Naruto: Multiverse Character Templates

One o'clock in the afternoon.

Natsuki, Tsunade, Nawaki, and Nonō walked into the meeting room of the Hokage Building.

When the nearby jonin saw them, they greeted them one after another.

The four of them were all part of Konoha's upper ranks now. No one could ignore them.

Especially Natsuki.

Hokage Advisor, Hokage Guard, Hokage secretary, and leader of both ANBU and Root.

In terms of authority, he was even above Tsunade.

Of course, that was mainly because Tsunade was lazy and did not hold an official position.

After greeting everyone, the four of them walked toward the first row.

Very soon, the entire meeting room was filled with jonin.

The door opened.

Orochimaru walked in.

The jonin meeting officially began.

"ANBU has just received news."

Orochimaru went straight to the point. "Iwa has already sent five hundred ninja to raid Amegakure."

A commotion immediately spread through the meeting room.

They were not fools. They all understood that Iwa's real target was Konoha.

In other words, the Third Shinobi World War had finally reached Konoha.

But this was also expected.

The other four major shinobi villages had already begun fighting. It was impossible for Konoha to remain untouched.

Quite a few jonin even felt this was a good thing.

Because the fastest way to gain merit was war.

"Natsuki, take one thousand ninja to the Land of Rain and support Amegakure."

Orochimaru raised his hand, suppressing the commotion, and said this.

"Yes, Sensei."

Natsuki stood and immediately responded.

"Nawaki, prepare yourself."

Orochimaru continued, "If Iwa sends reinforcements, or if Suna makes any moves, immediately lead people to support Natsuki."

"Yes, Sensei!"

Nawaki said with great excitement.

Although he did not know how many ninja he would lead, this meant he had already become a battlefield commander.

To him, this was undoubtedly a huge step forward, bringing him one step closer to his dream of becoming Hokage.

"Minato, take five hundred ninja to the northeastern border of the Land of Fire and guard against Kumo."

After thinking briefly, Orochimaru said this.

Once war broke out, the thing they had to fear most was a surprise attack from another village.

Although Kumo and Kiri were currently at war, with Kumo's strength and style, it was very possible for them to run over and launch a surprise attack on Konoha.

"Yes, Hokage-sama."

Minato stood, then nodded.

"Sakumo, keep an eye on Kiri's movements."

Just in case, Orochimaru did not forget Kiri either.

Although it seemed insane for Kiri to fight two villages at the same time with its current strength, if there was a chance to take advantage, Kiri would not let it slip by.

"War has arrived. Everyone, raise your guard."

Orochimaru stood, paused, and said, "Dismissed."

"Yes, Hokage-sama."

All the jonin answered in unison.

The brief jonin meeting ended.

Orochimaru, Homura Mitokado, Koharu Utatane, and the others stood and left.

"Natsuki, be careful."

Tsunade looked at Natsuki and said seriously.

"If I cannot win, can I not still run?"

Natsuki asked with a smile.

"That is true. As long as you are alive, there is still hope."

Tsunade paused slightly and said this.

Although Natsuki had used the Door-Door Fruit many times, every time he used it, he tried his best to avoid being seen.

Because the Door-Door Fruit had strategic significance. The fewer people knew about it, the better.

However, Tsunade knew.

She was mainly worried that Natsuki was young and full of spirit, unable to understand when to advance and when to retreat.

Fortunately, judging from his current performance, he was not that kind of person.

"Sis."

Hearing this, Nawaki quickly said, "We will definitely beat Iwa until they run with their tails between their legs!"

"It is a good thing your sensei did not send you."

Tsunade raised her hand and flicked his forehead.

"I just have confidence in Konoha!"

Nawaki laughed and said.

"All right. We will leave first. See you later."

Tsunade knew Natsuki still had things to do, so she left together with Nawaki and the others.

"Natsuki."

Uchiha Fugaku walked over.

"Clan Head Fugaku."

Seeing him, Natsuki was somewhat surprised.

"Clan head."

Mikoto quickly stood to greet him.

She was a jonin and also the Hokage secretary, so she naturally had the qualifications to attend the jonin meeting.

But she had not sat together with Natsuki. She had silently watched him from the second row.

After Tsunade and the others left, she had originally planned to go find Natsuki, but Fugaku appeared.

"When you go to the Land of Rain this time, you can take more ninja from the Uchiha clan with you."

Fugaku ignored Mikoto and told Natsuki his purpose.

"I understand. Thank you for your support, Clan Head Fugaku."

Natsuki froze for a moment, then smiled and said.

"It is a small matter."

Fugaku said indifferently.

Natsuki had done the Uchiha clan a great favor by helping them get rid of Shimurā Danzo and disband Root.

Putting that aside, Natsuki's status alone was enough for the Uchiha clan to build a good relationship with him.

After all, unless something unexpected happened, he was most likely the next Hokage.

The benefits of forming ties with the future Hokage in advance were self-evident. It was equivalent to becoming a retainer who had followed the winning side from the beginning.

Natsuki also understood Fugaku's thoughts.

But this suited him.

The Uchiha clan was actually very easy to get along with.

Because they respected strength.

As long as Natsuki's strength remained above theirs, they would continue to support him.

It would be even better if they could see hope of competing for the Hokage position.

Natsuki suddenly thought of someone, Uchiha Shisui.

Shisui made his name during the Third Shinobi World War.

During the war against Kiri, he received the title Shisui of the Body Flicker.

The most frightening part was that he had still been very young at the time.

Although the original timeline did not state his exact age, it could be compared with Uchiha Itachi.

He was probably only four or five years older than Itachi.

In other words, he was around eight or nine years old when he earned the title Shisui of the Body Flicker.

Most importantly, he was a firm believer in the Will of Fire.

Between the Uchiha clan and Konoha, he chose the latter.

In order to stop the Uchiha clan's rebellion, he even told Hiruzen about Kotoamatsukami.

Unfortunately, he also told Danzo.

In the end, Danzo ambushed him and took his right eye.

After entrusting his left eye to Itachi, Shisui chose suicide.

Even before his death, he did not say that Danzo had ambushed him.

Because once he said it, the hatred between the Uchiha clan and Konoha would deepen.

From the Uchiha clan's perspective, Shisui was a traitor.

But from the perspective of the Hokage faction, he was an extremely useful subordinate, or rather, a very useful tool.

Natsuki felt that a genius like Shisui definitely could not be missed.

Now that Danzo was gone, his tragedy would not repeat itself.

"Does the Uchiha clan have any geniuses under eighteen?"

Thinking this, Natsuki asked.

Fugaku immediately felt puzzled when he heard this.

Why had he suddenly asked this question?

"Obito."

After thinking for a moment, Fugaku answered.

"Anyone else?"

Natsuki asked again.

"Shisui."

Fugaku's mind moved, and he said, "Although he is not yet six, he has already learned Uchiha-style swordsmanship."

"That talent is indeed astonishing."

Natsuki nodded and said with a smile, "After he graduates, I can take him as my student."

Although a team leader normally had only three students, there was no rule saying they could not take more or fewer.

Orochimaru and Tsunade had taken fewer. Each had only one student.

Jiraiya had taken more, with four students.

Aside from Minato and his two teammates, he had also taken Naruto as his student.

"What did you say?"

Fugaku subconsciously widened his eyes, thinking he had heard wrong.

The Uchiha clan was now already very close to the Hokage position.

One path was Mikoto.

But in the end, her strength was not enough. Becoming Hokage secretary was already her limit.

The other was Obito.

He had become Minato's student, which meant he had become a ninja of the Hokage faction.

But once again, the ninja with the greatest hope of becoming the next Hokage was Natsuki.

There was a huge difference between being the Hokage's student and merely being a ninja of the Hokage faction.

If Shisui could become Natsuki's student, it meant he would be even closer to the Hokage position than Obito.

"This is Shisui's honor. After I return, I will definitely tell him and have him graduate early."

Fugaku returned to himself, and his tone was rarely filled with excitement.

"Let nature take its course."

Natsuki paused and said, "I will leave first. I still have things to do."

After saying this, he walked toward his office.

After greeting Fugaku, Mikoto quickly followed him.

"What a pity."

Fugaku thought of Itachi.

What he found regrettable was that Itachi was too young. He was not even one year old this year.

If Itachi could become Natsuki's student, that would be even more perfect.

Natsuki walked into his office.

Because he had to support Amegakure, the first thing he needed to do was gather one thousand ninja.

"Natsuki."

Mikoto said firmly, "I am going to the Land of Rain this time too."

"That is fine."

Natsuki thought for a moment and agreed.

Having Mikoto accompany him could help him quite a bit.

For example, she had Water Release that could counter Fire Release.

Hearing this, Mikoto immediately let out a breath of relief.

The main reason was that if Natsuki did not bring her, she would not dare disobey.

"Go get the jonin list."

Natsuki ordered.

Chunin and genin could be chosen casually, but the choice of jonin needed his approval.

"Okay."

Mikoto walked to the bookshelf and took out a scroll.

She turned, walked to the desk, and opened the scroll. Dense rows of names appeared before Natsuki.

This was the complete list of Konoha's jonin.

In theory, all jonin could follow him to the Land of Rain.

But in reality, that was obviously impossible.

Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Tsunade, Nawaki, and the other jonin had to be excluded.

Aside from that, there was also a numerical limit.

One thousand ninja, with four per squad, meant two hundred and fifty squads.

But he could not possibly take two hundred and fifty jonin. That would be far too wasteful.

At most, he would take one hundred jonin.

Considering Amegakure's strength, Natsuki felt that he did not even need one hundred jonin.

He picked up a pen and selected the first jonin, Might Duy.

There were two reasons Natsuki chose him.

First, Duy was powerful.

Second, he planned to take his three students along as well.

When father and son went to battle together, two users of the Eight Gates would already make Natsuki feel like they had won half the fight.

Time slowly passed.

In less than an hour, Natsuki finished selecting the troops.

As Fugaku wished, he selected quite a few ninja from the Uchiha clan.

However, the Uchiha clan's ninja really were useful.

Combat, support, and control. They could do everything.

"Mikoto, go to the ANBU base and have them send out the notice."

Natsuki stood and said, "Prepare today. We depart at nine tomorrow morning."

Mikoto took the list and turned to leave.

Natsuki raised his hand, opened a spatial gate, and arrived at Amegakure's leader office.

"Natsuki-sensei."

Yukina stood and called out.

"Have Yahiko and the others already set out?"

Seeing that she was the only one there, Natsuki guessed.

"Mm."

Yukina nodded and said, "Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan have already set out with five hundred ninja."

"I will head over now."

Natsuki stepped into the spatial gate and disappeared.

Because he was uncertain of Yahiko and the others' exact location, he could not arrive directly. He could only continuously use spatial gates within his field of vision.

Although it was somewhat troublesome, the speed was fast enough.

In less than half an hour, Natsuki had already caught up with them.

With a flash, he appeared in front of them.

Natsuki raised a finger to his lips, signaling them not to make a sound.

Then he followed them as if he were an ordinary Amegakure ninja.

Night fell.

Everyone stopped, because they had already reached the area where the Land of Rain bordered the Land of Earth.

"According to ANBU's intelligence."

Yahiko said, "The Iwa ninja will need about half a day to arrive here."

Although the Land of Rain and the Land of Earth bordered each other, Amegakure and Iwa were very far apart.

Traveling from Iwa to Amegakure took around two and a half days.

Because of Natsuki's order, Amegakure had been keeping watch on Iwa.

Yukina used her Blood Demon Art, Eyeball Clone, to create many eyeball clones in the Land of Earth.

Less than half a day after the Iwa ninja set out, they were discovered.

Yahiko and the others then promptly notified Natsuki.

"What is your battle plan?"

Natsuki nodded and asked.

"My idea is to first use our advantage in the air to reduce their numbers."

Yahiko answered, "Once they fall into chaos, we will launch a full attack."

"That is a good idea."

Natsuki praised him.

The current Amegakure, or rather Akatsuki, had quite a few ninja who knew Geppo.

If they launched attacks from the air, the ninja on the ground would have a hard time counterattacking effectively.

Of course, there would definitely be a few counterattacks.

But those few counterattacks could be blocked by Nagato and the others.

"Begin setting it up now."

Natsuki instructed.

Yahiko nodded, then immediately issued orders. The five hundred ninja began moving.

Time slowly passed.

When the sky began to brighten, Iwa's five hundred ninja stepped into the encirclement that Yahiko and the others had set up.

"Move."

Yahiko stood and said.

Konan, Nagato, Chino, and sixteen Amegakure ANBU ninja used Geppo at the same time and flew into the air.

These sixteen Amegakure ANBU ninja were from Akatsuki's former CP9, all of them orphan-born.

Yahiko followed closely after them.

Natsuki thought for a moment and flew into the sky with them.

Although he did not plan to act.

After all, this was Akatsuki's first real hard battle after its founding.

He would observe the situation first.

"We have already entered the Land of Rain. Everyone, stay alert and guard against an ambush from Amegakure!"

Higashishito, the commander of Iwa's force, spoke to remind them.

He was also the commander of Iwa's raid on the Land of Fire in the original timeline, and he had ultimately died at Minato's hands.

At that moment, he suddenly sensed something wrong.

A large number of chakra fluctuations appeared above their heads.

Higashishito subconsciously raised his head, and his pupils shook.

High in the sky, twenty-one figures entered his sight.

"Enemy attack!"

Higashishito shouted sharply, "Watch the sky! Everyone defend!"

Shinra Tensei.

Nagato was the strongest.

His attack landed first.

Invisible repulsive force descended from the sky.

In an instant, the ground shook and collapsed downward.

Screams rang out. Under this single strike, the dense formation of Iwa ninja was torn apart, blood and flesh flying everywhere.

Higashishito's expression changed drastically when he saw this.

Fortunately, the Iwa ninja did not react slowly and raised earth walls one after another.

But at that moment, the sky suddenly darkened.

Konan raised the Sorcery Clima-Tact.

After dense rumbling, brilliant lightning followed.

Lightning poured down.

In the end, the earth walls only protected one side.

The lightning ran along the earth walls and quickly struck the Iwa ninja hiding behind them.

Their bodies trembled violently, and they screamed one after another.

"Damn it!"

Higashishito's face darkened, and an ominous feeling rose in his heart.

If this continued, all five hundred ninja would die.

"Everyone gather together and use Earth Release: Great Earth-Flow Wall!"

Higashishito shouted in urgency.

The remaining Iwa ninja quickly formed hand seals with both hands.

A thick and long wall appeared in front of them.

Simply put, Earth Release: Great Earth-Flow Wall was a longer and thicker version of Earth Release: Earth-Flow Wall.

"Watch me!"

Yahiko raised both hands.

All of his chakra was transformed into blood.

Blood Demon Art: Mist Ice, Water Lily Bodhisattva.

A giant ice Bodhisattva statue appeared.

Yahiko directly swung both hands, and the ice Bodhisattva dropped downward.

The ice Bodhisattva smashed through the wall.

Countless shards of ice and chunks of earth shot toward the Iwa ninja like senbon.

Screams rang out again.

Shinra Tensei.

Nagato continued attacking.

Konan and the other Amegakure ANBU ninja did the same.

Although Higashishito organized several counterattacks, they all ended in failure.

"Retreat!"

Seeing that more than half of his force was already dead or injured, Higashishito gritted his teeth and gave the order.

They had been beaten into chaos before even seeing Amegakure's people on the ground. When he returned to Iwa, he would definitely be severely punished.

But Yahiko and the others naturally would not let them leave.

"Everyone, attack!"

Yahiko shouted.

The Amegakure ninja who had been lying in ambush charged forward one after another.

Meanwhile, Yahiko, Nagato, and the others continued attacking from the air.

By the time the sky fully brightened, Higashishito and the five hundred Iwa ninja had all died here.

Flying gave them not only an advantage in the air, but also an advantage in speed.

No matter how fast the Iwa ninja ran, they could not outrun Geppo.

In the end, not a single one survived.

Akatsuki's first battle ended in a complete victory.

(To be continued.)

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