Naruto: Multiverse Character Templates

August.

Konoha had already entered the heat of summer.

But Kumo was even hotter than Konoha.

Natsuki walked along the bustling street.

Everywhere were Kumo shinobi and residents dressed lightly for the weather.

Although Kumo was at war with Kiri, it had not affected them.

After all, this place was far from the battlefield.

And they all firmly believed that Kumo would achieve final victory.

Natsuki nodded slightly.

He had to admit that Kumo was indeed different. It carried a fierce atmosphere.

This could be seen from the shinobi and residents on the street. Each of them had a sturdy build.

Aside from that, there was another feature. Their skin tended to be darker.

However, a large number of people also had normal skin tones.

Natsuki could not quite understand the reason.

Skin color was caused by environment.

Logically speaking, if they were all darker, then everyone should be darker.

But Kumo was not like that. It was half dark-skinned and half light-skinned.

Suddenly, a burst of noise caught Natsuki's attention.

He raised his head and looked over, discovering a crowd gathered around a large viewing platform.

Natsuki thought of the intelligence he had seen that morning.

Today was the day Kumo was holding its Chunin Exam, and it had already reached the individual battles, which was the third stage.

Unlike Konoha's Chunin Exam, many of Kumo's higher-ups had come.

Natsuki looked around and found the Third Raikage sitting on the high platform.

His features were extremely obvious. He could be recognized at a glance.

Natsuki then looked at the genin participating in the Chunin Exam at the side of the field.

He raised an eyebrow and recognized three young girls among them.

Yugito Nii, Mabui, and Samui.

Due to the story's focus, there were very few named shinobi from the Third Raikage's generation in the original timeline.

But by the Fourth Raikage's generation, there were many more named characters.

A representative example was Yugito.

She was the jinchuriki of the Two-Tails, Matatabi, and also a perfect jinchuriki with powerful strength.

But she had another flaw, which was excessive pride.

In the original timeline, when she discovered Kakuzu and Hidan had come to capture her, she not only did not hide, but instead lured them out alone.

Because she believed she could defeat the two of them by herself.

The result was that she was killed instead, and the Two-Tails was extracted.

Mabui was the secretary of the Fourth Raikage.

Her position in Kumo was similar to Shikaku Nara's in Konoha. She was known for her high intelligence.

Samui was the close friend of Mabui and Yugito.

In the original timeline, her strength was jonin level, though fairly standard.

The only thing truly worth mentioning was her figure, which was comparable to Tsunade's.

In the original timeline, Tsunade, Samui, and Hinata Hyūga could undoubtedly be ranked in the top three in terms of figure.

After watching for a while, Natsuki turned and left.

Naturally, he had not come to Kumo to watch the excitement. He had come for Kinkaku and Ginkaku's corpses.

The reason he deliberately chose this day was to save effort.

The Third Raikage and other Kumo higher-ups had gathered together to watch the Chunin Exam, so they would not notice his movements.

Natsuki soon arrived at the Raikage Building.

He stood in a corner and recalled Dodai, whom he had seen earlier.

Complete Mimicry.

Natsuki's appearance and height changed once again.

Very soon, he became Dodai.

Natsuki walked into the Raikage Building.

"Dodai-sama."

The Kumo shinobi who saw him greeted him one after another.

Natsuki nodded slightly in response.

A moment later, he arrived in front of a room on the basement level of the Raikage Building.

"Dodai-sama."

Two ANBU shinobi appeared. "Please show Raikage-sama's order. Otherwise, you cannot enter."

Natsuki met their eyes.

A flash of scarlet passed through them.

The Mangekyō Sharingan activated.

Caught off guard, the two ANBU shinobi were immediately controlled by him.

"Open the door."

Natsuki spoke.

Kinkaku and Ginkaku's corpses were sealed in this room.

Hearing this, the two ANBU shinobi formed hand seals and opened the barrier.

Natsuki pushed the door open and walked in.

"Dodai-sama?"

The other two ANBU shinobi in the room were both stunned when they saw him.

Natsuki smiled slightly and activated the Mangekyō Sharingan again.

These two ANBU shinobi, like the two at the door, had no guard up and immediately fell into a dazed state.

Natsuki looked toward Kinkaku and Ginkaku.

Blood-red chakra floated over the surface of their corpses.

That was the Nine-Tails' chakra.

Their corpses looked almost the same as when they had first died.

Natsuki guessed that the Nine-Tails' chakra had acted as a preservative.

This was convenient for him.

If the corpses had rotted after death, there would be no way to bring them back with the Reanimation Jutsu.

Natsuki took out a bow.

Because there was a barrier around Kinkaku and Ginkaku's corpses, he chose the simplest way to break it, the Sacred Arrow.

Natsuki drew the bowstring.

The Sacred Arrow struck the barrier.

With a crack, the barrier shattered.

Natsuki then took out a Summoning Storage Scroll and placed Kinkaku and Ginkaku's corpses inside.

He also erased the four ANBU shinobi's memories of seeing the Mangekyō Sharingan, then entered a spatial gate and disappeared.

A moment later, the four ANBU shinobi woke up.

When they saw that Kinkaku and Ginkaku's corpses had vanished without a trace, their expressions changed greatly.

When they thought back, they were even more shocked.

Because they had lost consciousness after seeing Dodai.

Had Dodai taken Kinkaku and Ginkaku's corpses?

No. With his identity and status, there was no need for him to do such a thing.

The only explanation was that someone had disguised themselves as Dodai.

The four ANBU shinobi hurried to the location of the third stage of the Chunin Exam and reported the matter to the Third Raikage.

The Third Raikage was instantly furious and immediately sealed off Kumo for a thorough investigation.

As for Dodai, he had been beside him the entire time and had no suspicion on him.

Natsuki arrived at Hōzuki Castle in the Land of Grass.

He walked out of the spatial gate and arrived at an empty seaside.

Natsuki took out the Summoning Storage Scroll and released Kinkaku and Ginkaku's corpses.

At the same time, his forehead trembled, and the Black Holy Grail flew out.

The Black Holy Grail released a beam of light that enveloped Kinkaku and Ginkaku's corpses.

A large amount of Nine-Tails chakra was completely absorbed by it.

The Black Holy Grail flew back into his forehead.

Natsuki sensed it and could not help showing surprise.

The chakra absorbed this time was no less than what he had absorbed from Mōryō and Satori before.

Together with the Dragon Vein, he estimated that the chakra inside the Black Holy Grail was now roughly equivalent to two tailed beasts.

Of course, that excluded the Nine-Tails and Eight-Tails.

Among the nine tailed beasts, those two undoubtedly had the most chakra.

But compared with the Nine-Tails, even the Eight-Tails' chakra was not worth mentioning.

This was probably why, among the Five Great Shinobi Villages, only Konoha and Suna possessed a single tailed beast.

Konoha was because the Nine-Tails was far too powerful.

Suna was because it was poor.

The First Kazekage, Reto, refused Hashirama Senju's offer of two tailed beasts and instead demanded funds and land.

From this point of view, Suna's poverty had already been determined from the early days of the village's founding.

Natsuki put away Kinkaku and Ginkaku's corpses again, opened a spatial gate, and arrived at Mui's office.

Mui was now the leader of Kusagakure.

"Mui."

Natsuki asked, "Are the two prisoners I requested ready?"

"They are ready. They are currently locked in ANBU's prison."

Mui nodded and said.

Natsuki had come here once before and told him to prepare two shinobi who had committed serious crimes.

"Take me there."

Natsuki paused and said, "Also prepare a sealed single prison cell."

"Yes, Natsuki-sama."

Mui immediately brought him to Kusagakure ANBU's prison.

Natsuki stepped forward and knocked the two prisoners unconscious.

They had been hit by Mui's Fire Release: Heavenly Prison, so they could not use chakra. They were no different from ordinary people.

"You can leave. You do not need to concern yourself with me."

Natsuki waved his hand and said.

Although Mui was somewhat curious about what he wanted to do, he could not go against the order, so he turned and left.

After Natsuki positioned the two prisoners, he used the Reanimation Jutsu.

The two prisoners were immediately covered by chakra resembling paper fragments.

Very soon, they became Kinkaku and Ginkaku.

Natsuki erased their consciousness without hesitation.

When they were alive, they had killed Tobirama Senju. They might have a way to deal with the Reanimation Jutsu.

"Summon the Six Paths ninja tools."

Natsuki ordered.

Kinkaku and Ginkaku formed hand seals and used the Summoning Technique.

A burst of smoke flashed, and four Six Paths ninja tools appeared.

They were the Kōkinjō, the Bashōsen, the Benihisago, and the Seven Star Sword.

There was also another Six Paths ninja tool, the Kohaku no Jōhei.

It originally belonged to Kinkaku, but it had been taken by the Third Raikage.

The function of the Kohaku no Jōhei was sealing.

But the condition was that the target had to respond. Once they responded, they would be sealed.

The Kōkinjō's effect was to make the target spit out their most commonly used word, or word soul, after touching it.

It had to be used together with the Seven Star Sword and the Benihisago.

The Seven Star Sword could carve the target's most commonly used word, or word soul, onto the sword and curse it.

The Benihisago's effect was that once the target spoke their most commonly used word, or word soul, they would be sucked inside and sealed.

How should it be put?

The effects of these three Six Paths ninja tools were good, but their drawbacks were great.

First, they required a huge amount of chakra.

Second, it was not easy to make the target fall for them. Both sides had to scheme against each other.

Especially because the target had to touch the Kōkinjō first.

However, they were still good for catching someone off guard.

Compared with the flashy Six Paths ninja tools like the Kōkinjō, Seven Star Sword, and Benihisago, the Bashōsen was far more practical.

Its effect was to fan out wind with the five chakra natures of fire, water, lightning, wind, and earth.

Simply put, it could use all five elemental releases.

In the original timeline, Tenten used the Bashōsen to defeat the reanimated Kakuzu.

The gap in strength between Tenten and Kakuzu was very large.

From this, it was clear how powerful the Bashōsen was.

Its only drawback was that it consumed a huge amount of chakra.

After Tenten finished fighting Kakuzu, she collapsed from exhaustion.

Natsuki put away the four Six Paths ninja tools.

Then he opened a spatial gate and sent Kinkaku and Ginkaku to Amegakure.

Since they had already been reanimated, he would let them serve as a trump card for Akatsuki. They might be useful at a critical moment.

Natsuki returned to the ninja tool shop in Konoha that Mikoto had prepared for him.

He looked at the four Six Paths ninja tools and fell into thought.

First, all four Six Paths ninja tools had to be reforged.

Second, the functions of the Kōkinjō, Seven Star Sword, and Benihisago had to be changed.

Finally, the Bashōsen could retain its original function.

Natsuki had the forging techniques brought by the Sengo Muramasa Template.

With some special materials collected for him by Suna and Akatsuki, changing the functions would not be especially difficult.

Most importantly, he had Ability Three of the Sengo Muramasa Template, Flame.

In short, enough force could make miracles happen. He only needed to apply that force.

After thinking for a while, Natsuki decided to reforge the Bashōsen first.

The Bashōsen involved the five elemental releases, so it could be given to Nagato.

Nagato did not lack chakra, and he was proficient in all five elemental ninjutsu. Without a doubt, he was the most suitable.

Although Kakashi had seven chakra natures, in the original timeline, what he specialized in were Lightning Release and Earth Release. His other elemental releases could only be considered acceptable.

Now that he had the Blade of Lightning Fang, what he specialized in most had instead become swordsmanship.

The only question was whether he would still obtain the Sharingan.

But in Natsuki's view, it would be best if he did not.

The Sharingan had actually become somewhat of a burden to Kakashi.

As for the form of the ninja tool, Natsuki did not take long to decide. It would be a ninja sword.

First, Nagato also knew swordsmanship.

Second, any ninja tool was the same to him.

Because Nagato's Asura Path could use any ninja tool.

Although the current him did not have the Six Paths of Pain, the Six Paths' abilities were all gathered in one body. He alone could use all six paths' abilities.

The Asura Path was essentially a puppet, with things such as armor, cannons, and laser weapons.

The next day.

Before Natsuki got up, he heard a knock at the door.

He opened his eyes.

What entered his sight was Nonō's beautiful face and snow-white skin.

"I'll open the door."

Natsuki got out of bed and dressed.

He left the room, arrived in the living room, and opened the door. He found Nawaki outside.

"Aren't you going out on a mission today?"

Natsuki asked first.

"We are about to depart."

Nawaki nodded and said, "I came to find you because your three students also want to go with us."

"That is fine."

Natsuki pondered for a moment, then agreed.

"Good."

Nawaki smiled and said, "Then please cover my Hokage Guard duties for a while."

"What duties does your Hokage Guard position even have?"

Natsuki waved his hand and said.

"See you next time."

Nawaki turned and left.

Natsuki thought for a moment and decided to send two shinobi squads to follow them, so they would not encounter any accidents.

The current shinobi world was not very peaceful.

Natsuki closed the door and went back inside.

Nonō had already woken up. After washing up, she began making breakfast.

Natsuki stood at the kitchen entrance and looked at her. He felt that the good-wife aura around her was comparable to Mikoto's.

Suddenly, he thought of Kabuto Yakushi.

Barring any accident, he should now be around three or four years old.

Natsuki felt that when he had time, he could have Pakura pay attention to Kabuto.

Kabuto was a war orphan whom Nonō picked up during the Third Shinobi World War.

Judging from the original timeline, he might have been a Suna shinobi.

Sasori had also controlled him before.

It was just unknown when that control happened.

Although finding him would be like looking for a needle in a haystack, Kabuto was worth searching for.

After all, in a sense, he was the peak of non-kekkei genkai shinobi.

Moreover, like Orochimaru, he was very good at research.

After breakfast, Nonō went to Konoha Hospital, while Natsuki went to the Hokage Building.

He pushed open the door and walked into his office.

The fragrance of tea greeted him.

"Natsuki, good morning."

When Mikoto saw him, she held a cup of tea and walked to him with a gentle expression.

"Thank you."

Natsuki smiled and said.

This scene had already become normal for him.

Mikoto had already been very much like a good wife before, but after their relationship broke through, she had completely become that way.

In every matter related to him, she worked hard to do her best.

Natsuki took the teacup and drank a sip.

The temperature was just right, neither too hot nor too cold.

"Do you want some?"

Natsuki looked at Mikoto and asked.

Mikoto subconsciously shook her head, but then she thought of something and nodded.

Because she already understood Natsuki very well now.

Since he asked this, he definitely had his own idea.

Sure enough.

Mikoto immediately saw Natsuki drink a sip of tea without swallowing it.

Her face flushed slightly. She bent down, and her soft pink lips parted.

Natsuki leaned forward and kissed her.

After a long while, their lips separated.

Mikoto breathed lightly, taking in the fresh air.

She did not speak. Her eyes looked hazily at Natsuki.

But what she expected did not happen.

Natsuki picked up a document on the desk and began reading.

Mikoto licked her lips and soon regained her clarity.

She walked behind Natsuki and massaged him.

Natsuki's gaze sharpened slightly.

After two months of investigation, Iwa had confirmed the disappearance of Suna's Third Kazekage, so it had officially gone to war with Suna.

The two sides had begun fighting in the Land of Birds.

At present, the number of troops was not yet high. Both sides had only committed one thousand shinobi each.

How should it be put?

Iwa would not go all out in its war against Suna.

Because it still had to guard against Kumo and Konoha.

This was also the reason Kumo had not yet launched a full-scale war against Kiri.

Natsuki felt that Konoha would soon be involved as well. He just did not know which shinobi village would make the first move.

He believed Kumo and Iwa were the most likely.

Because they were the strongest and still had strength to spare.

Kiri was also possible.

In the original timeline, Kiri had sent the Seven Ninja Swordsmen to sneak deep into Konoha's territory for a surprise attack.

In the end, they encountered Might Duy and were reduced to the three lucky survivors.

However, the first generation of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen had all been killed by Natsuki. Not one had been left, and even all seven swords were gone.

It was hard to say whether Kiri would send the new Seven Ninja Swordsmen to sneak into Konoha.

The current new Seven Ninja Swordsmen had already confirmed four members.

Ryogetsu Hōzuki, Yagura Karatachi, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Ringo Ameyuri.

There was no need to say much about the first two.

Although the latter two were young, one naturally had a great deal of chakra, while the other had extremely high talent in Lightning Release.

Aside from them, there were also three Kiri geniuses who had become candidates.

Mangetsu Hōzuki, Mei Terumi, and Zabuza Momochi.

Among them, the most famous was undoubtedly Zabuza.

Because when he graduated last year, he killed all the students in his class.

His brutality shocked all of Kiri.

Because of this, the Third Mizukage ordered the graduation system of killing classmates to be changed and abolished.

Natsuki fell into thought.

He felt that he could let Mei become one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.

That way, it would be convenient for her to build reputation and further become Mizukage.

(To be continued.)