Naruto: Multiverse Character Templates

The next morning.

After breakfast, Natsuki held a temporary jonin meeting in the command tent of the main camp.

The timing happened to be right before everyone left to carry out their missions.

"Last night, eight ninja from Iwa's Explosion Corps attempted to launch a night raid on our main camp, but I discovered them and dealt with them."

Natsuki spoke.

The jonin could not help freezing.

None of them had known about this.

Especially the reconnaissance unit's ninja. At this moment, they felt some pressure.

Under normal circumstances, they should have been the first to discover the enemy.

This was undoubtedly their failure.

"These are their corpses."

Natsuki took out a Summoning Storage Scroll and said, "Reconnaissance unit, take them and extract their memories. See if there is any important intelligence."

Naturally, he would not blame the reconnaissance unit for failing.

After all, he still knew the limits of their abilities.

"Yes, Natsuki-sama."

Aburame Shibi stepped forward and took the Summoning Storage Scroll.

"The Explosion Corps is Iwa's trump card unit. On the battlefield, they can cause tremendous destruction."

Natsuki warned them, "When carrying out your missions, pay close attention to their movements."

"Yes, Natsuki-sama."

All the jonin answered in unison.

"Dismissed."

Natsuki waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and carry out your missions."

The jonin turned and left. Very soon, only Uchiha Mikoto remained.

"Natsuki."

Mikoto said with some guilt, "I slept too deeply last night and did not notice the enemy's infiltration."

She had not even noticed that Natsuki had gone out once.

"This is not your fault. It is mine."

Natsuki reached out and placed his hand on her hips as he spoke.

When Mikoto heard this, her face could not help turning red.

She had slept so deeply because she had been too tired.

Why had she been so tired?

That really was Natsuki's fault.

She truly feared that one day, even if the enemy reached the main camp, she would not have the strength to fight.

"Stay in the command tent. If anything urgent happens, handle it according to the situation."

After kneading twice, Natsuki withdrew his hand and said, "I will take my three students out on a mission."

As the commander, he should have stayed in the command tent and issued orders.

But that did not suit his personality.

Moreover, he had the Door-Door Fruit and could return in time.

Mikoto nodded.

Natsuki left the command tent and soon found Might Guy, Kurenai, and Shizune.

"Natsuki-sensei, do we have a mission?"

Guy asked impatiently.

"We do."

Natsuki answered, "We are going to destroy Iwa's sentry posts."

"Great!"

Guy said excitedly, "We can finally let our youth bloom!"

"Let's go."

Natsuki smiled and turned to walk outside.

Guy, Kurenai, and Shizune quickly followed him.

"Whether it is us or Iwa, the main task this week is establishing strongholds and sentry posts."

As Natsuki walked, he said, "If we go destroy Iwa's sentry posts, we will definitely encounter quite a few enemies. You need to be careful."

At first, he had planned to bring Guy, Kurenai, and Shizune to build sentry posts, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that would be a waste.

After all, his team was not weak.

The battlefield was undoubtedly the fastest place to build a reputation.

After some thought, Natsuki made a decision. He would help his three students make their names.

Perhaps doing so would trigger another teacher-type character template.

The four of them soon arrived at the endless rocky mountain in the distance.

Natsuki activated Observation Haki.

With him at the center, his perception continued to expand.

"This way."

Natsuki did not use a spatial gate. He rapidly leaped along the rugged mountain path.

Guy, Kurenai, and Shizune did the same.

"There are four Iwa ninja ahead."

Kurenai spoke.

Although Natsuki was present, she had not forgotten her role in the team, which was control and support.

After entering the rocky mountain, she had kept Observation Haki active the entire time.

"They are planning to build a sentry post in the mountain forest."

Naturally, Natsuki had already noticed it. He casually said, "Prepare for battle."

As he spoke, he slowed down.

Guy, Kurenai, and Shizune immediately passed him.

The three paused slightly, then understood.

He wanted the three of them to destroy this sentry post.

"The four of them are all chunin."

After getting closer, Kurenai confirmed their strength through their chakra reactions.

"Leave it to me!"

Guy accelerated and rushed into the mountain forest.

"Enemy attack!"

The Iwa team immediately noticed his appearance.

"Armament Haki!"

Guy clenched both fists and suddenly punched out.

Two invisible forces tore through the air and attacked the closest Iwa ninja.

Sensing danger, the Iwa ninja hurriedly took out a ninja sword.

But the next second, he was sent flying. He let out a scream and fell to the ground unconscious.

Earth Release: Earth-Style Rampart!

A female ninja formed hand seals.

The ground rose, and countless sharp rocks stabbed toward Guy.

"Geppo!"

Guy leaped upward.

Seeing him avoid her Earth Release, the female ninja prepared to form hand seals again.

At that moment, her vision blurred, and she suddenly could not move.

It was Kurenai's attack.

She raised her hand.

The bracelet on her wrist immediately opened and turned into the Kōkinjō, flying out and binding the female ninja at once.

Shizune suddenly stepped forward.

Chakra Enhanced Strength.

She clenched her fist, and chakra instantly gathered.

With one punch, it was as if a thousand-jun force had been unleashed.

The female ninja bound by the Kōkinjō was sent flying, landing on the ground with her life or death unknown.

The remaining two Iwa ninja were not idle. The moment Kurenai and Shizune appeared, both of them formed hand seals.

Earth Release: Earth Mausoleum Dumpling!

One Iwa ninja lifted a huge rock and smashed it toward Kurenai.

"Rankyaku!"

Guy arrived in time and shattered the boulder with one kick.

Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death!

Kurenai formed hand seals.

The Iwa ninja was immediately bound by a tree.

Seeing this, Guy stepped forward and struck with an elbow.

Seven Seven Star Rings were worn on his right arm.

With that elbow strike, the Iwa ninja immediately became a bloody mess and died on the spot.

Kurenai turned her head and discovered that the final Iwa ninja had disappeared.

"Underground."

Shizune immediately reminded her.

Observation Haki.

Kurenai's eyes narrowed, and she directly raised her leg.

Rankyaku!

A vacuum slash fell onto the ground.

The earth split in two.

A scream rang out.

Blood sprayed.

The Iwa ninja underground was also split in two.

With this, the battle ended.

Kurenai let out a breath and looked toward the unfinished sentry post.

The sentry post was a rectangular defensive structure.

Its most important function was to help Iwa occupy this area.

Kurenai stepped forward.

Rankyaku!

With a rumble, the sentry post collapsed.

"You did well."

Natsuki descended from the sky and appeared before them. "Rest for ten minutes, then we continue to the next mission."

The battle just now had not even taken ten minutes in total.

Although logically, after completing a mission, they should return, Natsuki found that too troublesome.

In any case, he was the commander. He could assign missions on the spot.

"Yes, Natsuki-sensei."

The three of them immediately found a place to sit and recover chakra.

Ten minutes later, Natsuki took them to another sentry post.

After another battle, their team once again easily destroyed Iwa's sentry post.

Time arrived in March.

At Iwa's main camp in the Land of Earth.

The weekly jonin meeting began as scheduled.

"Over this past month, we have encountered many troubles."

Gari slowly spoke, "Especially Natsuki's team."

When the jonin heard this, they could not help nodding.

In terms of ninja numbers, Iwa should have held the advantage in this war.

Because Iwa had five hundred more ninja.

But in actual battle, things were completely different from what they had expected.

Instead, Iwa had fallen into a disadvantage.

Because in this war, Konoha and Amegakure had displayed extraordinary intelligence-gathering ability.

Gari had once suspected that a traitor had appeared inside Iwa.

But after testing several times, he dismissed this suspicion.

Because even missions known only to him had still encountered problems.

Was he the traitor?

And over this past month, what gave Gari the greatest headache was Natsuki's team.

Because Natsuki's team could always accurately find the locations of Iwa's sentry posts.

On top of that, all four members of the team were powerful.

Over the course of a month, they had already killed over three hundred Iwa ninja.

If Iwa had only known Natsuki before, now they knew the information on Guy, Kurenai, and Shizune by heart.

The Iwa ninja, including Gari, all wanted to kill the four of them as quickly as possible.

"If this continues, Iwa will definitely lose."

Gari said in a heavy voice.

Most importantly, after the battle reports were sent back to Iwa, the Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, was already very dissatisfied with him.

If he returned to Iwa after a crushing defeat, his future would be completely finished.

Let alone continuing as the commander of the Explosion Corps.

The jonin looked at each other, but for a while, none of them could think of a good solution.

"Our ANBU has just confirmed the location of Amegakure's main camp."

Gari's eyes narrowed as he said, "I plan to personally lead the Explosion Corps there."

If he could wipe out Amegakure's five hundred ninja in one strike, that could be considered a great achievement.

He could also temporarily stabilize Ōnoki's opinion of him.

After dealing with Amegakure, they could focus their energy on Konoha.

"To prevent this operation from being discovered, you must increase the offensive pressure on Konoha."

Gari continued.

He still did not understand why Konoha and Amegakure had such strong intelligence capabilities, as if they understood all of Iwa's actions perfectly.

But no matter what, once there were more operations, the intelligence would become more complicated.

In the confusion, it would be easier to conceal their true objective.

"Yes, Gari-sama."

All the jonin answered in unison.

"I will begin assigning missions now."

Gari nodded and said, "At present, we have confirmed three of Konoha's larger strongholds. Use them as the targets."

The meeting ended half an hour later.

Beneath the command tent, White Zetsu turned and left, moving through the earth at extreme speed.

Very soon, it left the range of Iwa's main camp.

It headed north all the way and finally arrived in a dense forest.

"Madara-sama!"

White Zetsu emerged from underground and looked at Uchiha Madara sitting on a tree.

This was not the real Madara, only one of his shadow clones.

"What is it?"

Madara opened his eyes and asked.

White Zetsu immediately repeated the contents of the jonin meeting it had just heard.

"It sounds like a good opportunity."

Madara nodded slightly and said.

"I thought so too!"

White Zetsu said proudly.

Madara jumped down from the tree.

The opportunity he spoke of was to control key members of Iwa's Explosion Corps.

When the Explosion Corps attacked Amegakure's main camp, that would be the time Yahiko died.

He could actually act personally.

But his condition was extremely poor, and he relied entirely on the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to prolong his life.

If he were injured again, the result would be unpredictable.

He could not die yet.

After all, his proxy had not been decided.

The proxy Madara had currently chosen was Uchiha Obito.

But Obito had followed Minato to the northeastern border of the Land of Fire to guard against Kumo.

Kumo had not fought Konoha for now. Without war, there was no opportunity.

Therefore, Madara first wanted to let Nagato witness the darkness of the shinobi world.

In Konoha's main camp in the Land of Earth.

Natsuki sat on the carpet and leaned back, falling into Mikoto's soft embrace.

He raised his head, but his vision was blocked, and he could not see her face at all.

If he could not see, then he might as well not look.

Natsuki closed his eyes.

Over this past month, whenever he had time, he had taken Guy, Kurenai, and Shizune to destroy Iwa's sentry posts.

Although his three students' fame had increased quite a bit, unfortunately, no corresponding character template had been triggered.

Among his current character templates, only one ability could be completed in a short period.

That was Kyōka Suigetsu from the Aizen Template, which required killing a Kage-level powerhouse.

Natsuki secretly thought that it seemed he still needed to find a way to deal with Rasa.

However, to deal with Rasa, he needed to change his identity.

If he killed Rasa as Natsuki, it would put Pakura in a difficult position.

Under normal circumstances, Pakura would have to go to war with Konoha to calm Suna's internal emotions.

The best method was to kill Rasa while disguised as an Iwa ninja.

At that moment, a snake suddenly slithered into Natsuki's tent.

Mikoto, who was using pressure to massage his head, was startled.

"It is a snake from Ryūchi Cave."

Natsuki explained.

Mikoto immediately relaxed.

She knew about Ryūchi Cave and also knew that Natsuki was a contractor of Ryūchi Cave.

Natsuki bit his thumb and summoned Tagitsuhime.

He did not understand snake language, so he could only have her translate.

"Iwa is making a big move. They have recalled many ninja."

Tagitsuhime repeated, "Their targets are three of Konoha's strongholds."

When Iwa held its jonin meeting, neither the snakes of Ryūchi Cave nor Natsuki's eyeball clones could enter the command tent.

After all, with so many jonin gathered together, aside from White Zetsu, any disturbance would be discovered.

However, Iwa's follow-up troop movements allowed the snakes of Ryūchi Cave to gather specific intelligence.

But the intelligence on the Explosion Corps was still missing.

Because they had not moved yet.

"Have they finally lost patience?"

Natsuki fell into thought.

Since the war began, Iwa had been at a disadvantage.

It was normal that Gari wanted to change the situation.

This time, did they want to take Konoha's strongholds?

"Continue monitoring them."

Natsuki waved his hand.

Tagitsuhime and the Ryūchi Cave snake both disappeared.

Natsuki had no choice but to give up the comfortable feeling of being wrapped in warmth. He stood and walked toward the command tent.

Before long, all the jonin in the main camp arrived.

"I just received intelligence. Iwa plans to attack three of our strongholds."

Natsuki spoke, "The time will be tonight."

Quite a few jonin revealed surprised expressions.

On one hand, they were surprised by Iwa's large-scale offensive. On the other hand, they were also surprised by Natsuki's intelligence ability.

To be honest, they were like Gari and the Iwa ninja. They did not understand Natsuki's intelligence capability.

Fortunately, he was on their side. Otherwise, it would have been far too terrifying.

Natsuki began making arrangements.

In truth, there was not much to arrange. It was nothing more than strengthening the defenses of the three strongholds.

The brief jonin meeting ended.

Natsuki returned to his own tent.

He held Mikoto and placed both hands in her embrace to warm them.

Night fell.

Natsuki let Mikoto go.

Just as he was planning to inspect the three strongholds, he heard a faint sound.

A snake appeared.

Natsuki grew puzzled.

Was there new movement from Iwa?

He bit his thumb and summoned Tagitsuhime.

"More than one thousand Iwa ninja have split into three groups and are heading toward Konoha's three strongholds."

Tagitsuhime paused and said, "Gari is leading the Explosion Corps toward Amegakure's main camp."

Natsuki's gaze sharpened.

After thinking for a moment, he understood.

The strong attack on Konoha's strongholds was most likely Iwa's diversion.

Their real target was Amegakure.

Thinking this, Natsuki immediately opened a spatial gate.

He stepped inside and arrived at Amegakure's main camp.

"Natsuki-sensei, why are you here?"

When Yahiko saw him, he was somewhat surprised.

"Natsuki-sensei."

Nagato and Konan followed right after and greeted him.

This was the command tent of Amegakure's main camp, so all three of them were present.

"I just received intelligence. Gari of Iwa is leading the Explosion Corps toward your main camp."

Natsuki went straight to the point.

"What?"

Yahiko subconsciously showed a surprised expression.

Because he had not received any related intelligence.

If not for Natsuki's timely notice, Amegakure might have suffered heavy losses because of this.

"The Explosion Corps can only make full use of its power in places with many people."

Natsuki smiled and said, "But since we already know in advance, there is no way we will let them use that advantage."

"I think the four of us can go ahead and kill them first!"

Yahiko clenched his fist and said.

"That is also what I was thinking."

Natsuki nodded.

"Great!"

Yahiko said happily, "It has been a long time since we fought side by side!"

When Nagato and Konan heard this, they also revealed anticipation.

"Let's go."

Natsuki stroked Konan's head and said, "We will take the air route."

He withdrew his hand and opened a spatial gate.

The four of them stepped inside and arrived high in the sky.

Natsuki then took out Minazuki.

The giant crocodile carried them toward the rocky mountain.

Very soon, Natsuki saw Gari and his Explosion Corps.

They were hurrying toward Amegakure's main camp.

(To be continued.)

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