Naruto: Multiverse Character Templates

With a soft click, the door closed.

Natsuki looked at Mikoto, who had fled in a panic, and licked the corner of his lips.

He could still faintly feel her soft touch.

Natsuki smiled slightly, returned to himself, walked to the desk, and continued working.

A new day arrived.

Mikoto appeared in front of him again.

She seemed to have already forgotten what had happened yesterday. As usual, she made tea for him and helped him handle his work.

Seeing this, Natsuki was not in a hurry.

When dealing with Mikoto, he could use another method.

At that moment, Natsuki suddenly sensed the disappearance of one of his eyeball clones.

It was the eyeball clone placed beside Pakura.

Natsuki's eyes narrowed.

Was it Rōran? Or the Third Kazekage?

"Mikoto, I'm heading out for a while."

Natsuki stood up and said.

After speaking, he opened a spatial gate.

Very soon, he arrived in Suna.

"This is the information on Rōran."

When Pakura saw him, she handed him a file.

"Thanks."

Natsuki took the file and was about to open it when he suddenly looked at Pakura.

"Is there a problem?"

Pakura asked in confusion.

"Change your clothes."

Natsuki reminded her.

"I'll change now."

Pakura did not hesitate and walked toward her room.

Very soon, she changed into the low-cut, backless dress Natsuki had bought for her before.

"Satisfied?"

Pakura turned in front of him once, openly showing off her perfect figure.

"Not bad."

Natsuki smiled and said.

He then opened the file.

Rōran was a small nation deep in the desert of the Land of Wind.

It was called a small nation, but in reality, it was just an oasis city.

Rōran had no shinobi. The nation itself could not be considered powerful either. It could only barely survive.

However, due to various reasons, the Queen of Rōran had accidentally formed a connection with the Dragon Vein and could use its power to a limited extent.

She knew very well that possessing treasure could bring disaster, so even after obtaining the Dragon Vein, she had never used it.

That lasted until Mukade crossed over from the future, took the alias Anrokuzan, heavily developed the Dragon Vein, and established a puppet army.

But where was Mukade?

Natsuki realized that the information did not mention Mukade.

Pakura naturally would not make such a mistake.

The only explanation was that Mukade had not crossed over.

Natsuki thought about it carefully and understood the reason.

Crossing through the Dragon Vein required an enormous amount of energy.

In the original timeline, Mukade, Naruto, and the others had been able to cross over because the Dragon Vein had accumulated energy for a thousand years.

But Natsuki had already planned to use the Black Holy Grail to absorb the Dragon Vein.

If the absorption succeeded, Mukade, Naruto, and the others would no longer be able to cross over.

After all, from this point in time, they were only about twenty years away.

Such a short period was not enough for the Dragon Vein to accumulate the energy needed for time travel.

Natsuki closed the file.

Without a doubt, judging from Rōran's current situation, it could already be confirmed that he had successfully absorbed the Dragon Vein's energy.

Since that was the case, there was no need to waste any more time.

"Are you free right now?"

Natsuki looked at Pakura and said, "Let's go to Rōran."

"I can."

Pakura nodded and said.

She was very curious about Natsuki's method.

After all, even the Third Kazekage had been unable to do anything about the Dragon Vein.

"I have to change again."

Pakura then complained.

"It's fine. There's plenty of time."

Natsuki coughed lightly and said.

Pakura turned and walked into her room.

Natsuki fell into thought.

He felt that Pakura had changed quite a bit.

When facing him, she was livelier than before.

That was a good thing.

Natsuki did not want what he obtained to be a lifelike doll without emotions.

Before long, Pakura walked out again.

Natsuki had never been to Rōran, so he first used the Door-Door Fruit to teleport to the nearest desert.

After arriving, he used Minazuki's Shikai and turned it into a giant crocodile.

Natsuki jumped onto the giant crocodile and extended his hand toward Pakura.

Pakura held his hand and leaped up.

The giant crocodile immediately flew into the sky.

Pakura instantly showed a look of surprise.

Minazuki truly opened her eyes.

But when she thought of Natsuki's blood curse and Blood Demon Art, she was not that surprised.

Even now, she still did not understand why there would be a secret technique like a blood curse.

No matter how she thought about it, a shinobi's blood should not have that kind of effect.

In fact, her thoughts were not wrong.

This was not the blood of a shinobi. It was the blood of an oni.

The two of them flew toward the desert.

They continued until a huge oasis appeared.

The oasis was covered with all kinds of buildings.

But Natsuki was not interested in Rōran. He was interested in the Dragon Vein.

He immediately activated Observation Haki.

A moment later, he sensed an enormous mass of chakra on the northern side of the oasis, spreading beneath the entire underground area.

Natsuki's heart shook.

This was definitely chakra on the level of a tailed beast.

It was far greater than the energy contained in Mōryō and Satori before.

Moreover, he also detected another energy different from chakra.

He was familiar with this energy as well. It was natural energy.

The Dragon Vein was formed naturally.

It was normal for it to contain natural energy.

But to Natsuki, this was undoubtedly a pleasant surprise.

Because Sage Mode required natural energy.

Especially since his Sage Mode was only a half-finished version.

Under normal circumstances, he needed the help of the Three Snake Princesses to maintain it for a long time.

But now, that might not be necessary.

After the Black Holy Grail absorbed the Dragon Vein, it would be able to store a large amount of natural energy for him to use.

Natsuki patted the giant crocodile.

The giant crocodile flew toward the northern side of the oasis. After reaching the Dragon Vein, it descended.

"This Dragon Vein really is terrifying."

After Pakura landed, she immediately sensed the enormous and boundless energy beneath her feet.

She now understood why even the Third Kazekage wanted to use the Dragon Vein.

But how could it be used?

Pakura could not help falling into thought.

"What are you thinking about?"

Natsuki raised his hand. Earth Release chakra surged out, and the ground instantly split open, revealing a passage.

He leaped up, and after landing, what entered his sight was a dragon.

More accurately, it was dragon-shaped chakra.

In front of him was the dragon's head.

The dragon's tail extended deep into the distance, and the end could not be seen.

"I was thinking about how to use the Dragon Vein."

Pakura also jumped down after him.

"Did you think of a way?"

Natsuki asked casually.

"Treat the Dragon Vein as a tailed beast."

Pakura answered, "Choose a shinobi to become a jinchuriki and use it like a tailed beast."

"A good method, but it won't work."

Natsuki shook his head and said.

"Why?"

Pakura asked in confusion.

"The Dragon Vein is not just chakra."

Natsuki looked at the Dragon Vein and said, "And it is a dead thing."

Natural energy was extremely violent.

To maintain balance inside the body, it had to be fused with chakra and turned into senjutsu chakra.

In other words, they had to find a shinobi who had mastered Sage Mode to serve as its jinchuriki.

But that was still extremely dangerous.

Because the Dragon Vein was not a tailed beast. It had no consciousness.

It would always remain in a rampaging state.

The danger of a rampaging tailed beast went without saying.

Natsuki guessed that this was precisely why the Third Kazekage had not taken it away.

After all, the idea of treating the Dragon Vein as a tailed beast was very easy to think of.

The two were also very similar, except one had no consciousness while the other did.

In the original timeline, Minato's approach also proved this point.

He directly used the Flying Thunder God Technique along with the sealing technique of the Uzumaki clan to seal the Dragon Vein into the earth.

In theory, if it could be sealed into the earth, it could also be sealed into a body.

But Minato did not do that.

First, he had no greed for the Dragon Vein.

Second, it was far too dangerous.

"Go meet the Queen of Rōran now."

Natsuki said again.

"What for?"

Pakura was stunned. She had not expected him to suddenly change the topic.

"Tell the Queen of Rōran that the Dragon Vein has already been taken away by Suna. As compensation, Suna will protect Rōran for free."

Natsuki answered.

Pakura looked at him and could not help feeling surprised.

She had thought Natsuki would directly take the Dragon Vein.

With his strength, he could completely do that.

Even if Rōran found out, they could only rage helplessly.

But Natsuki had more conscience than she had imagined.

Though it was still a robber's kind of conscience.

"I'll go now."

Pakura glanced at the Dragon Vein, then jumped back to the surface.

Having her meet the Queen of Rōran was one reason. Sending her away was another.

After Pakura left, Natsuki extended his hand.

The Black Holy Grail flew out from his forehead and drifted toward the Dragon Vein.

When it reached the dragon's head, the Black Holy Grail stopped.

A beam of light shot out and enveloped the dragon's head.

The Dragon Vein instantly trembled.

In the next instant, the earth shook and the mountains swayed.

But in the end, the Dragon Vein was a dead thing. Coupled with the suppression of the Black Holy Grail, all of its resistance was futile.

Very quickly, it was completely absorbed into the Black Holy Grail.

Natsuki beckoned with his hand.

The Black Holy Grail returned to his forehead.

Natsuki sensed it for a moment, then revealed a satisfied smile.

Although it could not be called infinite chakra, the amount was so vast that it would already be very difficult for him to use it up.

He felt that in the entire shinobi world, no shinobi had more chakra than him.

Of course, the Sage of Six Paths in the Pure Land and the sealed Kaguya Ōtsutsuki were still open to discussion.

But neither of them was in the shinobi world, so Natsuki's feeling was not wrong.

A moment later, Pakura appeared again.

She instinctively looked toward the Dragon Vein, but it was already empty.

How exactly had he done it?

Pakura could not understand it.

Moreover, the feeling Natsuki gave her had not changed at all compared to before.

If he had just become a jinchuriki, the feeling would definitely have been different.

"Did you finish speaking with the Queen of Rōran?"

Natsuki asked.

"She was not willing at first. Only after she sensed the Dragon Vein's disappearance did she agree."

Pakura withdrew her gaze and said.

Natsuki nodded slightly.

This was the shinobi world, where strength reigned supreme.

In truth, losing the Dragon Vein was protection for Rōran instead.

In the original timeline, Rōran had declined in the end because of the Dragon Vein, going from a small nation to a small tribe.

"I'll send you back."

Natsuki raised his hand and opened a spatial gate.

Pakura walked into it.

She returned to her own home.

The spatial gate disappeared.

Pakura froze slightly. She had thought Natsuki would follow her and continue taking advantage of her.

Time slowly passed.

The year quickly reached its end.

From absorbing the Dragon Vein to December, in roughly four months, Natsuki did three things.

The first was accompanying Nonō and Kushina.

The second was teasing Mikoto and Pakura.

The third was taking Might Guy, Kurenai, and Shizune out on missions.

It was the first day of work after the New Year holiday ended.

Inside Natsuki's office.

Mikoto only felt her mouth go dry.

Her beautiful face was covered with an intoxicating blush, and sweat seeped from her snow-white skin, making her hair messy.

But what stood out even more were the marks on her collarbone.

"Mikoto, good morning."

Natsuki greeted her with a smile on his face.

Mikoto lowered her head.

As soon as she had entered the door, Natsuki had hugged her and kissed her for at least five minutes.

Mikoto felt as if her lips, neck, collarbone, and snow-white skin were all burning.

And there were marks too.

If anyone else saw them, how could she keep living?

Natsuki licked the corner of his lips and walked toward the desk.

After sitting down, he picked up the file on the desk.

Natsuki glanced at it, and his gaze focused.

After half a year of small clashes, the war between Kiri and Kumo had escalated.

Both sides had each sent one thousand shinobi to the battlefield.

One thousand shinobi did not seem like many, but in reality, it was already quite a large number.

Among the Five Great Shinobi Villages, the number of shinobi with true combat ability was only around ten thousand.

This was equivalent to sending out one-tenth of their forces.

Aside from a Shinobi World War, it would be difficult to find a war on a larger scale.

What surprised Natsuki the most was that among the one thousand shinobi sent by the Third Mizukage were the remaining two members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.

Of course, the word "Swordsmen" should now be removed, leaving only the Seven.

After all, among the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, only two still used ninja swords.

These two, or more precisely, the Blastsword, Shibuki, and the Twin Swords, Hiramekarei, in their hands, were Natsuki's targets.

Natsuki fell into thought.

Since his targets had already appeared, it was time to make a trip.

Fishing in troubled waters on a battlefield was very simple.

He could also take the opportunity to unlock the final ability of the Unohana Retsu Template, Kaidō.

It required killing three medical jonin.

Now he was still missing one.

Although Natsuki had already learned medical ninjutsu, having Kaidō as an extra precaution would not hurt.

However, he would wait a few more days.

The one thousand shinobi reinforcements from Kumo and Kiri had not yet reached the battlefield.

Thinking up to this point, Natsuki said something to Mikoto, then went to the headquarters of the Seven Warlords of the Sea in the metropolis of the Land of Water.

The Seven Warlords of the Sea now had many members, no weaker than a large shinobi clan.

The Daimyō of the Land of Water was wealthy and generous. He directly designated the street behind the Daimyō's residence as the headquarters of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Natsuki appeared at the residence of the Three Snake Princesses.

At present, the Three Snake Princesses were stationed permanently with the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Because there was no real danger in the Land of Sea, the original members of the Kuja Pirates were enough there.

But the metropolis of the Land of Water was different.

Although Kiri had given up investigating them, that was only temporary.

Once Kiri seized an opportunity, it would surely launch a terrifying strike like thunder.

With the Three Snake Princesses there, the worst possible situation could be prevented.

"You three, head to the battlefield between Kiri and Kumo immediately and determine Toroi's location."

Natsuki gave the order directly and said, "Summon me in one week."

After speaking, he walked into the spatial gate again and returned to Konoha.

Natsuki had previously made a plan to disguise himself as a Kumo shinobi and kill the two remaining members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.

In that case, not only could he avoid exposing his identity, he could also intensify the conflict between Kumo and Kiri.

Natsuki had the complete mimicry of the Kibutsuji Muzan Template.

He was not worried that anyone would discover his disguise.

After looking over the jonin participating on Kumo's side, Natsuki chose one shinobi as his target.

That was Toroi.

Although Magnet Release was Suna's signature kekkei genkai, it was not exclusive to Suna.

Toroi was a Magnet Release shinobi from Kumo.

Natsuki chose him for two reasons.

First, he could use Magnet Release.

Second, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen were powerful. It would be strange if ordinary Kumo jonin killed them.

But if Toroi, a Magnet Release shinobi, killed them, it would be reasonable.

One week quickly passed.

Natsuki sat in his office and sensed the summoning of the Three Snake Princesses.

He gave up resisting, and in the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of them.

"Master."

Tagitsuhime bowed slightly and said, "Toroi's squad has been at a nearby stronghold for the past two days."

"Take me there."

Natsuki nodded and said.

"Yes, Master."

Tagitsuhime immediately replied.

"Master, there is no need for you to act personally. The three of us can easily kill the four of them."

Ichikishimahime followed Natsuki and said ingratiatingly.

"I'll deal with Toroi. The other three shinobi are yours."

Natsuki paused and said, "Remember their appearances and ninjutsu. After they die, you will disguise yourselves as them."

The Three Snake Princesses' Senpō: Transformation could be used as a Transformation Technique.

Because it was senjutsu, it was not easy to see through.

Besides, under normal circumstances, no one would check shinobi from their own village for no reason.

Very soon, they arrived near Kiri's stronghold.

This stronghold was an isolated island.

Its position was extremely important because behind it was Kumo's main camp, which was also on an island.

Kumo did not want to fight in the Land of Lightning, so it could only fight in the Land of Water.

In fact, they could have fought in the Land of Hot Water.

But the Land of Hot Water was close to the Land of Fire, and both shinobi villages feared that Konoha might suddenly join the war.

Natsuki raised his hand.

Concealment Barrier.

A vast amount of chakra surged out, spreading rapidly with him as the center.

In the blink of an eye, it enveloped the entire stronghold.

"What's going on?"

The instant the stronghold was hidden, Toroi and the others sensed that something was wrong.

They all walked out of the stronghold.

What greeted them was the Three Snake Princesses.

When Toroi saw the unfamiliar Three Snake Princesses, he took out several giant shuriken half as tall as a person without hesitation.

He immediately threw them.

With the support of Magnet Release, the four giant shuriken moved extremely fast, cutting toward the Three Snake Princesses like sharp blades.

The Third Kazekage used Magnet Release: Iron Sand, and Rasa used Magnet Release: Gold Dust, but Toroi used Magnet Release: Ninja Tools.

All of his Magnet Release ninjutsu were related to ninja tools.

Clearly, the direction of his development had problems, which also caused his strength to be far inferior to the two Kazekage.

The Three Snake Princesses kept Natsuki's words in mind and did not treat Toroi as their opponent, so they dodged one after another.

Natsuki, who was behind them, was revealed.

When Toroi saw him, his pupils trembled violently.

It was not because he recognized Natsuki, but because Natsuki was wearing a Konoha forehead protector.

A Konoha shinobi had appeared on the battlefield between Kumo and Kiri. No matter how one thought about it, there had to be a huge conspiracy.

But in the next second, he revealed a stunned expression.

He saw heaven and earth change, and he appeared in a desolate land filled with countless ninja swords.

All these swords were exactly the same.

Natsuki raised his hand.

Unlimited Blade Works.

Crack.

All the ninja swords broke at once.

Streams of light flew into Natsuki's hand and condensed into a ninja sword.

Natsuki held the ninja sword and swung it at Toroi.

Toroi instinctively lowered his head.

His body was cut in half.

"This is impossible."

Toroi's eyes widened.

As a jonin, he had been cut in half before he could even react.

The Reality Marble shattered.

Toroi fell into a pool of blood.

Natsuki nodded in satisfaction.

The power of Unlimited Blade Works was indeed astonishing.

Any shinobi below Kage level could be finished with one strike.

(To be continued.)