Naruto: Multiverse Character Templates

In the square outside Amegakure's leader building.

Facing Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato, Natsuki took out a ninja sword.

This ninja sword had been reforged from the Six Paths ninja tool, the Bashōsen.

From the outside, it looked no different from any other ninja sword.

"It is called the Five Elements Sword."

Natsuki introduced it, saying, "Aside from being indestructible, it can amplify ninjutsu of the five elemental releases."

After saying this, he poured Fire Release chakra into the Five Elements Sword.

The blade suddenly lit up, as if magma were rolling inside it.

Natsuki swung it toward the ground.

A blade of flame formed out of thin air and struck the ground, immediately leaving behind a blackened sword mark.

Natsuki then infused the Five Elements Sword with Wind Release chakra.

The blade turned translucent.

He swung it toward the ground again.

A sharp wind blade flew out, cutting across the ground and leaving a deep trench.

"Nagato, this is your New Year's gift."

Natsuki handed the Five Elements Sword to Nagato.

"Thank you, Natsuki-sensei."

Nagato said gratefully.

"It is nothing."

Natsuki smiled and said, "Now the three of you each have your own ninja tool. That makes it fair."

With Nagato's strength, having the Five Elements Sword or not would not make a huge difference.

In the shinobi world, the role of ninja tools was limited. The strongest thing was still bloodline.

And Nagato possessed the bloodline of the Uzumaki clan and Madara's Rinnegan. In truth, he lacked almost nothing.

If not for Madara and Black Zetsu watching him from the shadows, that would indeed be the case.

"I will leave first. During this period, pay more attention to Iwa's movements."

After giving them a reminder, Natsuki stepped into a spatial gate.

The Senju clan compound.

Might Guy, Kurenai, and Shizune had already received Natsuki's notice in advance and were waiting at the training ground.

A moment later, a spatial gate appeared, and Natsuki walked out.

"Natsuki-sensei."

The three of them called out in unison.

"I called you here because I have New Year's gifts for you."

Natsuki said with a smile.

After speaking, he took out fourteen round white rings.

"They are called the Seven Star Rings."

Natsuki looked at Guy and said, "Wear them on both arms."

The Seven Star Rings had been reforged from the Six Paths ninja tool, the Seven Star Sword.

Natsuki had fully considered Guy's nature as a taijutsu ninja and changed the sword into rings.

Guy nodded.

After receiving the Seven Star Rings, he immediately felt his arms sink.

His eyes lit up.

Wasn't this weight training?

Guy quickly put on the Seven Star Rings.

He clenched his fists and suddenly threw both fists forward.

His already powerful punches looked even heavier.

Moreover, the sound of the Seven Star Rings colliding with each other gave him a refreshing, mind-clearing feeling.

"The Seven Star Rings can usually be used as weights to strengthen your arm training."

Natsuki introduced them, saying, "In battle, they can increase your defense. When the rings collide with each other, they can also break genjutsu."

The Seven Star Sword's original function was to curse a target's frequently used word, or word soul.

This function belonged to the category of Yin Release ninjutsu.

After Natsuki's modification, the curse was changed into breaking genjutsu.

Most importantly, what taijutsu ninja feared the most was genjutsu.

Although Guy under the Eight Gates would not fear genjutsu, his normal state was still vulnerable to it.

In the original timeline, when facing visual genjutsu, he had once adopted a fighting style where he avoided looking into the enemy's eyes.

When Guy, Kurenai, and Shizune heard this, all three showed surprised expressions.

Although they did not know the exact value of the Seven Star Rings, judging from this effect, they were absolutely extraordinary.

"Natsuki-sensei, I have done nothing. I cannot accept such a precious gift!"

Guy quickly said.

"Then consider it something I am lending to you."

Natsuki knew his personality, so he said this instead.

Guy paused slightly, and hesitation appeared on his face.

He truly liked the Seven Star Rings.

"This is called Kōkinjō."

Natsuki looked at Kurenai and took out a bracelet.

He pressed the bracelet, and it opened from the middle, turning into a long whip.

"It can be used to attack and bind targets."

Natsuki chuckled and said, "After it binds a target, it can force the target to speak the truth."

After the Kōkinjō was reforged, its effect had only changed slightly.

Attacking and binding targets were things it could already do.

The only change was from making the target reveal their word soul to making them speak the truth.

In the squad, Kurenai's role was control.

With the Kōkinjō, she could go one step further and take on intelligence work.

"Thank you, Natsuki-sensei!"

Kurenai immediately said excitedly.

In terms of effect alone, the Kōkinjō was not inferior to the Seven Star Rings.

Seeing this, Shizune subconsciously revealed an expectant expression.

"They are called the Guardian Pendants."

Under Shizune's curious gaze, Natsuki took out a pair of silver earrings. "Their effect is to absorb specific ninjutsu that attack you."

"Specific ninjutsu?"

Shizune subconsciously asked, "Which ninjutsu?"

"In theory, all ninjutsu can be absorbed."

Natsuki explained, "The Guardian Pendants can absorb four ninjutsu a day. Which four depends on the enemies you encounter."

"So powerful!"

After understanding it, Kurenai could not help exclaiming.

"It depends on when you use them."

Natsuki gave the Guardian Pendants to Shizune.

The Guardian Pendants had been reforged from the Benihisago.

The Benihisago's original effect was to absorb ninja who triggered their word soul.

After being reforged, it became able to absorb specific ninjutsu.

The only pity was that it could only absorb four types of ninjutsu a day.

But for Shizune, it could still be considered a lifesaving divine technique, equivalent to nullifying four fatal attacks from enemies.

[Congratulations, Host. You have unlocked Ability Two of the Sengo Muramasa Template, Trial Cutting.]

A line of text appeared before Natsuki's eyes.

With this, all the abilities of the Sengo Muramasa Template had been unlocked.

"Go back and familiarize yourselves with how to use them. Continue training after the New Year holiday ends."

Natsuki instructed.

"Yes, Natsuki-sensei!"

The three of them happily left with their respective ninja tools.

At that moment, Natsuki raised an eyebrow.

Someone hugged him.

A soft feeling pressed against his back.

"Do I not have a New Year's gift?"

Kushina stretched out her hand and asked.

"You do."

Natsuki turned around, looked at her, and said.

"What is it?"

Kushina asked in some surprise.

She had not expected Natsuki to have really prepared a New Year's gift for her.

Natsuki lowered his head and moved close to her ear.

At the same time, his right hand squeezed her hips twice.

"What do you think?"

Natsuki breathed lightly and asked in return.

Kushina froze for a moment, then reacted, and a faint blush appeared on her face.

"Are you not satisfied with this New Year's gift?"

Natsuki asked with a smile.

"What kind of New Year's gift is that?"

Kushina could not help asking.

"A gift is something that makes the receiver happy."

Natsuki blinked and asked, "When you receive this New Year's gift, are you not happy?"

Kushina rolled her eyes in anger.

Although what Natsuki said was true, it still sounded like sophistry.

"You really are cute."

Natsuki directly kissed her lips.

Kushina's anger immediately disappeared, and she tangled with him.

Only when they could no longer breathe did they separate.

"You have the Sorcery Clima-Tact, so you do not need any other ninja tools."

Natsuki thought for a moment and said.

"I know."

Kushina took a breath and said.

In truth, she had only noticed Natsuki, Kurenai, and the others at the training ground, so she had come over to watch the excitement. She had not really wanted a gift.

"Then should we go back to training, or continue your New Year's gift?"

Natsuki raised an eyebrow and asked.

"Of course we go back to training!"

Kushina glared at him and said, "It is daytime! And Tsunade-sama and Nawaki will notice."

"What does that matter?"

Natsuki said unconcernedly, "They have probably already guessed."

"What about Nonō?"

Kushina changed the topic and asked.

Natsuki immediately froze.

"Why are you so nervous?"

Kushina curled her lips and asked somewhat resentfully, "Do you think I do not know why you go back every night?"

"Kushina, I."

Natsuki hesitated.

"All right, let's not talk about this."

Kushina shook her head and said.

She also did not know how to deal with the relationship between the three of them.

She could only let things continue as they were and see what happened later.

The two turned and left, returning to the courtyard to train Wood Release together with Tsunade and Nawaki.

The New Year holiday quickly ended.

Everyone returned to work.

As soon as Natsuki opened the door, he saw Mikoto.

"Natsuki, Happy New Year."

Mikoto bowed slightly and said.

Today, she had deliberately changed into her secretary uniform again and had undone one button.

With her movement, her snow-white skin looked as if it might spill into view.

"Happy New Year."

Natsuki could not help smiling.

He walked forward and placed his hand on her black-stockinged thigh.

With a gentle squeeze, the feeling of the black stockings filled his fingers.

Faced with his teasing, Mikoto showed a gentle expression.

Natsuki immediately felt as if he were some kind of bad child.

He withdrew his hand and walked toward the desk.

Work should look like work. He had to read the documents first and could not immediately lose himself in beauty.

Natsuki picked up the first file.

It was related to the war between Kiri and Kumo.

After fighting for so long, both sides had finally escalated to a full-scale war.

A total of over six thousand ninja from both sides had begun a chaotic battle among the islands.

Not only that, Kumo had also sent out the Two-Tails jinchuriki, Yugito Nii.

As for Kiri, the situation was unclear. Perhaps they had already sent out a jinchuriki, but they had not appeared yet.

Among the Five Great Shinobi Villages, only Kumo's jinchuriki had great freedom and appeared relatively casually.

What Natsuki found regrettable was that the Third Mizukage still had not gone to the battlefield.

Natsuki then thought of Mei.

Mei's talent was very high.

During this period, she had learned quite a bit of Kidō, and her strength had advanced rapidly. She had successfully become one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.

Kidō could be called a divine technique for crushing weaker opponents.

Because after discarding the chant, it could be cast instantly.

Against most ninja, instant casting could provide a huge advantage.

The most typical example was Minato.

He relied on the instant activation of the Flying Thunder God Technique to prevent his enemies from reacting, allowing him to settle things with a single kunai.

Natsuki picked up the second file.

It was related to the war between Iwa and Suna.

The two villages were comparatively restrained. At least, the total number of ninja committed by both sides had not exceeded two thousand.

As for Suna, Pakura did not want to expand the scale of the war.

After all, she still had to deal with Rasa, Retsu, and the others.

But Iwa was something Natsuki could not quite understand.

The only reason he could think of was that Iwa was being so restrained because it was preparing to deal with Konoha or Kumo.

As for the specifics, he could only wait for Iwa's movements.

Natsuki picked up the third file.

It was related to Hoshigakure.

After ANBU's detailed investigation, they had already figured out the current situation of Hoshigakure.

The Third Hoshikage had not yet been killed by Akahoshi.

But the Star had already been taken away by Natsuhi and Hotarubi.

Their location had also been found, in a toxic canyon north of Hoshigakure.

Natsuki rubbed his chin.

He was thinking about what exactly counted as secretly controlling a small shinobi village.

Let Akahoshi kill the Third Hoshikage first, then support Natsuhi and Hotarubi in killing Akahoshi and becoming the new Hoshikage?

Natsuki nodded slightly and felt that this was feasible.

He planned to let the Three Snake Princesses handle this matter.

With his current strength and position, there was no need for him to personally step forward.

The main reason was that Hoshigakure was also very weak.

Even with the Star's support, the entire village had no more than ten ninja who could reach jonin level.

Natsuki quickly finished reading the files.

Compared with the first three files, the remaining files were not particularly important. Most were small matters.

"I am going out for a while."

After saying this to Mikoto, Natsuki opened a spatial gate and arrived at the Land of Water metropolis.

He found the Three Snake Princesses and told them about Hoshigakure.

After making the arrangements, he returned again.

Since his work was done and he had nothing else to do, he tested Mikoto's Water Release again.

Time arrived in February.

The atmosphere of the New Year had completely disappeared.

Natsuki sat in his office chair and examined the stone in his hand.

This was Hoshigakure's Star.

The meteorite that had fallen from the sky.

Natsuki could sense that it contained a large amount of energy.

This energy was very similar to chakra, but also slightly different.

But that was normal.

Chakra itself was not poisonous.

Yet ninja who trained with the Star suffered severe aftereffects.

This was clearly caused by the part of its energy that differed from chakra.

Natsuki thought about it and felt that its only use was to be absorbed by the Black Holy Grail.

After all, using it for training caused problems in the body. There was no need for that.

Thinking this, Natsuki summoned the Black Holy Grail.

The Black Holy Grail released a beam of light that enveloped the Star and quickly absorbed it completely.

Natsuki could not help letting out a soft sound of surprise.

The energy contained in this Star was truly considerable.

He felt it was roughly equivalent to half a tailed beast.

This Star was a meteorite that had fallen from the sky.

Could it be related to the Ōtsutsuki clan on the moon?

He could not be blamed for thinking so.

After all, all chakra in the shinobi world came from the Ōtsutsuki clan.

As for the native power of the shinobi world, that was only natural energy.

If it was not natural energy, then it was basically related to the Ōtsutsuki clan.

[Congratulations, Host. You have unlocked Ability Two of the Shimurā Danzo Template, Mangekyō Sharingan.]

Natsuki nodded in satisfaction.

This Mangekyō Sharingan had come quite easily.

At that moment, Natsuki raised an eyebrow.

One of the eyeball clones he had left beside Yahiko had disappeared.

Natsuki immediately stood, used a spatial gate, and arrived at the leader's office in Amegakure.

To his surprise, not only Yahiko was there, but Konan, Nagato, and Yukina were also present.

"Natsuki-sensei."

When Yahiko saw him, he immediately said, "We received news that Iwa has sent five hundred ninja toward us."

"Their speed is very fast, and their movements are well hidden. They are most likely planning to raid us."

Yukina added, "Fortunately, my eyeball clone discovered them."

Natsuki immediately thought of Iwa's surprise attack on the Land of Fire in the original timeline.

If Minato had not arrived in time, they would have succeeded.

"Their true target is Konoha."

After thinking for a moment, Natsuki said, "These five hundred Iwa ninja are only the advance force. Their goal is to deal with Amegakure first."

"Iwa is looking down on us!"

Yahiko snorted softly and said.

"For dealing with a small shinobi village, sending five hundred ninja for a surprise attack is already very cautious in a sense."

Natsuki smiled and said, "But Iwa clearly has not figured out Amegakure's strength."

"Natsuki-sensei, what should we do?"

Yahiko clenched his fist and asked, "Hit them back hard?"

"We do need to hit back."

Natsuki thought briefly and said, "Since we already know their movements, set up an ambush and eliminate them at the smallest cost."

"We will arrange it immediately!"

Yahiko's spirits rose as he said this.

"With your strength, plus an ambush, you can wipe out these five hundred Iwa ninja."

Natsuki reminded them, "But you must understand that after this, you will face Iwa's storm-like attack."

"Amegakure definitely cannot defeat Iwa."

Yahiko knew his limits and said, "At most, we can hold them off for a while."

"You only need to delay them for three days."

Natsuki smiled and said, "When the time comes, I will bring Konoha's ninja to support you."

"Yes, Natsuki-sensei."

The four of them answered in unison.

"I will return first. All of you be careful."

Natsuki thought about it. Since the fighting had only just begun, Madara probably would not make a move immediately.

Once Iwa and Konoha fully began fighting, there would be many opportunities to act.

Natsuki opened a spatial gate and returned to Konoha.

He immediately found Orochimaru and explained the matter to him.

"This is undoubtedly a declaration of war against Konoha."

Orochimaru frowned and said.

Everyone knew that Amegakure had Konoha behind it.

Iwa's purpose in raiding Amegakure was self-evident.

"Amegakure's intelligence capability is not bad. They were able to discover Iwa's movements."

Orochimaru praised them briefly, then ordered, "Natsuki, send the notice. Hold a jonin meeting at one in the afternoon."

"Yes, Sensei."

Natsuki turned and went to the ANBU base.

After Zō received the order, he immediately sent all ANBU ninja to notify Konoha's jonin.

For a time, undercurrents surged through Konoha.

Holding a jonin meeting during wartime made the purpose far too clear.

"Natsuki."

The moment Tsunade saw Natsuki, she asked, "Is there going to be war?"

"Iwa has sent five hundred ninja toward Amegakure."

Natsuki answered.

"As expected."

Tsunade shook her head and said, "War is ultimately unavoidable."

(To be continued.)

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