Chapter 134: Chapter 135 - 136 : Unlimited Blade Works, Hatake Kakashi Template

After the brief chat ended, Natsuki casually took out a Kurosawa.

Seeing this, Kakuzu’s gaze sharpened.

After the Second Shinobi World War ended, everyone knew Natsuki’s kenjutsu could rank in the top three in the ninja world.

Taking out Kurosawa now meant this was no longer a minor scuffle, but about to enter real combat.

Thinking of this, Kakuzu immediately struck first.

Wind Release: Pressure Damage!

Chakra erupted in his body like a volcano, surging out through the Wind Release mask.

An extremely compressed wind sphere was spat out. Upon landing, it suddenly exploded, forming a whirlpool-like fierce wind.

Hado #88: Hiryu Gekizoku Shinten Raiho!

Natsuki didn’t use kenjutsu immediately.

He raised his left hand, and a massive linear light beam blasted toward the fierce wind like a laser cannon.

When it contacted the fierce wind, the wind scattered as if oil was poured on a fire.

The ground trembled, countless cracks spread, the air vibrated, and ring after ring of air waves formed.

Kakuzu, however, felt a tightness in his heart.

Because Natsuki disappeared from his spot.

Earth Release: Earth Spear!

Kakuzu reacted quickly. Regardless of where Natsuki was, he would definitely attack him, so he clapped his hands to defend first.

The skin all over his body hardened again.

In the next second, a blade light attacked him like terrifying lightning.

Kakuzu instinctively crossed his arms.

Natsuki’s body materialized, and Kurosawa in his hand hit his arms dead on.

A clanging sound rang out.

Kakuzu uncontrollably took a half step back.

But he quickly steadied his body, then his body expanded, and countless black tendrils appeared.

The black tendrils gathered together, forming two additional hands that rapidly grabbed at Natsuki’s heart.

This was the Secret Jutsu: Heart Seizure.

Starburst Stream!

Natsuki opened his left hand and grasped another Kurosawa.

Both Kurosawas struck out, horizontal slashes left and right, densely packed blade lights overlapping.

In an instant, the two tentacles were sliced to pieces.

Realizing the situation was bad, Kakuzu hurriedly used the Body Flicker Technique to widen the distance from Natsuki.

He took a deep breath and brought out his true skills, which were combination ninjutsu.

Combination Ninja Art: Flame Wind Wild Wave!

Kakuzu’s Fire Release mask and Wind Release mask opened their mouths simultaneously.

A fireball and a wind sphere were spat out at the same time.

The fireball landed on the ground and immediately spread in all directions, turning into an endless sea of fire in the blink of an eye.

The wind sphere followed closely and landed in the sea of fire, suddenly exploding violently.

Countless winds surged outward, carrying the flames, expanding the range of the sea of fire once again.

In an instant, the air distorted, and everything on the ground was burned to ashes.

Natsuki’s surroundings were also completely swallowed by the flames.

Geppo!

In the instant the flames reached him, Natsuki leaped up into the air.

Kakuzu frowned slightly and immediately controlled the flames to surge toward the sky.

Red flames crashed toward Natsuki like reverse crimson meteors.

Water Breathing: Tenth Form — Constant Flux!

Natsuki twisted his wrist, and Kurosawa unleashed several rotating slashes continuously.

Water flow generated out of thin air, transforming into a roaring water dragon that descended from the sky and crashed into the flames.

Countless amounts of steam appeared.

The surroundings were filled with splashing water and flames, then turned into turbulent currents.

Mana Burst!

Armament Haki!

Natsuki directly passed through the turbulent currents.

He leaped down, gripping the two Kurosawas tightly.

Invisible Air!

The two Kurosawas were enveloped by wind and disappeared in the air.

"What?"

Seeing this scene, Kakuzu instantly realized the terror of Invisible Air.

As a ninja from Senju Hashirama’s era, his combat experience was incredibly rich.

An invisible sword would be extremely troublesome.

Earth Release: Earth Spear!

Kakuzu clapped his hands together again.

While the skin on his entire body hardened, the black tendrils reappeared.

Unlike last time, this time it was eight giant black threads.

His entire body was like a giant spider, the eight legs attacking Natsuki at extreme speed, aiming to pierce him.

The Eclipse!

Natsuki struck out with both swords.

The twenty-seven-hit combo transformed into the most violent storm, sweeping up the eight giant black threads.

The densely packed black threads were severed and fell to the ground.

At this moment, Kakuzu raised his right arm.

Earth Grudge Fear: Final Shooting!

A combination of three ninjutsu, taking the power to another level.

The Wind Release mask, Fire Release mask, and Lightning Release mask all gathered on his right arm.

Terrifying might permeated the air.

Majestic chakra formed a chakra cannon crackling with lightning.

Soru!

Natsuki advanced instead of retreating.

In an instant, he bypassed the remaining black tendrils and arrived directly in front of Kakuzu.

Kakuzu completely didn’t expect him to close in.

His heart jolted, and reacting quickly, he aimed his right arm at Natsuki and released the chakra light cannon.

Tsubame Gaeshi!

Natsuki gripped Kurosawa and swung a slash.

Kakuzu felt the surrounding space stagnate for a moment.

Followed by three blade lights blooming in his vision.

He stared blankly, looked down, and saw his right arm had been severed.

The released chakra light cannon thus changed direction, blasting into the ground.

A terrifying explosion occurred.

The ground cracked, and countless pieces of rubble flew out.

Soru!

Natsuki dodged, avoiding the aftermath of the explosion.

Kakuzu did the same, hurriedly retreating backward.

When the explosion cleared, a massive, bottomless crater had appeared on the ground.

Kakuzu looked at Natsuki in silence.

With that Tsubame Gaeshi just now, Natsuki could have aimed for his heart, but he didn’t. He only cut off his right arm.

With Earth Grudge Fear, his body was no longer made of flesh and blood. A severed right arm could be quickly restored.

But if a heart was cut, it couldn’t be restored. He would have to find a new one.

If all five hearts were destroyed, he would die.

Of course, that Tsubame Gaeshi just now could have destroyed at most one of his hearts.

He still had four hearts left, so the outcome was still unknown.

"Having fought to this point, you and I already have an understanding of each other’s strength."

Noticing his expression, Natsuki said. "I guess although you acknowledge me, you only think our strengths are evenly matched."

"Is that not the case?"

Kakuzu snorted coldly and asked in return.

Although Natsuki’s Tsubame Gaeshi was powerful, it also consumed a lot.

He had five hearts, so Natsuki would have to use Tsubame Gaeshi five times in a row.

With such huge consumption, the risk was also great. He might just be counter-killed by him.

After all, he wouldn’t just stand there foolishly and let him attack.

"It seems I have to convince you completely."

Natsuki raised his hand and began to chant.

Kakuzu instantly showed a puzzled expression.

What’s going on?

He had never heard of needing to chant to use ninjutsu.

Unlimited Blade Works!

The Reality Marble deployed.

Under Kakuzu’s shocked gaze, the world before his eyes underwent earth-shaking changes in an instant.

They arrived at a desolate plain somewhere, the ground littered with swords and blades.

Flames danced on the horizon, and giant gears turned in the distance.

The sky had no sun, dark as blood.

"Space-time ninjutsu?"

Kakuzu was stunned for a long time before instinctively blurting out.

"It can indeed be considered space-time ninjutsu."

Natsuki said with a straight face.

It had to be said, the chakra consumed by Unlimited Blade Works was huge.

Fortunately, the swords and blades used in Unlimited Blade Works could be projected and stored in advance.

If he had to project that many on the spot, it would consume even more chakra.

Even so, he couldn’t maintain it for long.

It seemed he still had to find a way to unlock the Artoria template’s Ability 4, Infinite Mana.

However, dealing with Kakuzu wasn’t a big problem.

The reason Natsuki used Unlimited Blade Works was purely because he had never used it before and wanted to try it out.

Kakuzu just happened to serve as his test subject.

Natsuki waved his hand casually.

A sword on the ground flew toward Kakuzu.

Kakuzu hurriedly formed hand seals with both hands.

Water Release: Water Formation Wall!

A water wall appeared, blocking his front.

The sword hit the water wall and suddenly exploded.

The water wall trembled violently but withstood the explosion.

Kakuzu was slightly taken aback.

This space-time ninjutsu looked very flashy, but the power of this attack seemed unmerited.

He instinctively looked up and was suddenly dumbfounded.

Countless densely packed swords and blades were suspended in the air.

Kakuzu couldn’t help but swallow hard.

The power of one sword exploding wasn’t huge, but it wasn’t small either. It took at least a B-Rank Water Release: Water Formation Wall to stop it.

What if thousands of swords and blades exploded together?

Was he supposed to use a thousand Water Release: Water Formation Walls in an instant?

That was impossible. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

The only way was to counter it with a ninjutsu of the same level or more violent.

But he didn’t have one.

His combination ninjutsu could only combine a maximum of three ninjutsu.

Unlike Sarutobi Hiruzen, who could combine five ninjutsu.

If it were a five-ninjutsu combination, he could give it a try.

"I concede."

Kakuzu said very straightforwardly.

Hearing this, Natsuki immediately dispelled Unlimited Blade Works.

If he really had to detonate so many swords and blades at once, he wouldn’t be able to bear it. This was the result of several months of his work. He didn’t want to waste it on Kakuzu.

Fortunately, Kakuzu was scared by him and voluntarily conceded.

"I think your bounty shouldn’t be just seventy million ryo."

Kakuzu looked at Natsuki and said.

"..."

Natsuki’s mouth twitched.

At a time like this, are you still thinking about my bounty?

As expected of you.

"No wonder you guys were able to kill Hanzo."

Kakuzu changed the subject and added. "Using space-time ninjutsu like this... in the entire ninja world, besides the Five Kage, probably no one can break it."

That’s not necessarily true.

It wouldn’t be very difficult for Uchiha Madara to break Unlimited Blade Works.

He could use the method Kakuzu thought of: a brute-force break, using a terrifyingly powerful attack to shatter the Reality Marble.

Besides that, ninjas possessing space-time ninjutsu could also break Unlimited Blade Works.

For example, the Flying Thunder God Technique and Kamui.

Of course, there was another way.

That was to control him before he used Unlimited Blade Works or while he was chanting.

But if someone could really do that, Natsuki would just surrender directly.

In reality, even for the first two methods, the ninjas capable of doing it could be counted on one’s fingers.

He could name exactly who could do it, such as Otsutsuki Kaguya and Uchiha Madara.

"Kakuzu."

Natsuki smiled and asked. "Are you going to join the Akatsuki organization now?"

"I’ll join."

Kakuzu said without hesitation. "Since it’s an organization you established, there must be many powerhouses."

Natsuki instantly showed a weird expression.

In the original work, Kakuzu joined the Akatsuki organization for a similar reason.

He thought he could meet various powerhouses in the Akatsuki organization and trade them for bounties.

There was indeed nothing wrong with thinking that way.

But the problem was, the only person in the current Akatsuki organization who could be called a powerhouse was him.

"Is there a problem?"

Kakuzu noticed Natsuki’s expression and asked.

"No problem."

Natsuki shook his head and said. "I’ll take you to our Akatsuki organization base now."

He turned and walked toward the capital of the Land of Rain.

As he walked, he checked the system.

Kakuzu was a five-element ninja. After defeating him, the progress for the Misaka Mikoto template’s Ability 2 and the Jiraiya template’s Ability 4 both increased.

But wasn’t there a new character template?

Just as the thought crossed Natsuki’s mind, a line of text appeared before his eyes.

[You have awakened the Hatake Kakashi Template]

Another local character?

And it’s Hatake Kakashi?

For a moment, Natsuki didn’t understand why defeating Kakuzu would awaken the Hatake Kakashi template.

Was it because they could both use five elemental jutsu?

Or was it because in the original work, Hatake Kakashi fought Kakuzu and destroyed one of his hearts?

Natsuki felt it was the latter.

His actions in fighting Kakuzu just now fit Hatake Kakashi’s experience.

Otherwise, using five elemental jutsu, triggering the Sarutobi Hiruzen template would be more reasonable.

Then the question came: did the triggered Hatake Kakashi template have the Mangekyo Sharingan?

After all, the five elemental jutsu he used all came from Sharingan copying.

Of course, it was actually the Mangekyo Sharingan. He just didn’t realize it or hadn’t awakened it in the early stages, so he used it as the Sharingan.

For Hatake Kakashi to become the Sixth Hokage, he naturally had Kage-level strength.

But Natsuki already looked down on ordinary Kage-level strength.

After all, he was already an ordinary Kage-level powerhouse.

He needed some more special abilities.

The thing on Hatake Kakashi that best met this requirement was the Mangekyo Sharingan.

The Mangekyo Sharingan from Uchiha Obito, possessing the space-time dojutsu Kamui.

Although his Kamui’s effect was different from Uchiha Obito’s Kamui, it was equally very useful.

Natsuki also thought of the Misaka Mikoto template’s Ability 7.

Its unlock condition was to develop Lightning Release: Chidori.

Wouldn’t this conflict with the Hatake Kakashi template?

After all, Lightning Release: Chidori was developed by him during his youth.

Thinking this, Natsuki looked at his awakened Hatake Kakashi template.

[Name: Hatake Kakashi]

[Period: Battle with Hidan and Kakuzu]

[World: Naruto]

[Rank: S-Rank]

[Ability 1: Seven Natures Talent — UNLOCKED] Effect: Possess Hatake Kakashi’s seven chakra natures and talent.

[Ability 2: Eight Inner Gates — First Gate — LOCKED] Effect: Can open the First Gate of the Eight Inner Gates and master Primary Lotus. Unlock Condition: Defeat three taijutsu Jonin.

[Ability 3: Lightning Release — Lightning Cutter — LOCKED] Effect: An improved version of Lightning Release: Chidori, with greater power. Unlock Condition: Develop Lightning Release: Chidori.

[Ability 4: Three-Tomoe Sharingan — LOCKED] Effect: The left eye can activate the three-tomoe Sharingan, possessing functions such as copying, hypnotism, and insight. Unlock Condition: Learn five ninjutsu for each chakra nature.

[Ability 5: Mangekyo Sharingan — LOCKED] Effect: The left eye can activate the Mangekyo Sharingan, using the dojutsu Kamui. Unlock Condition: Intense emotional fluctuation.

After reading it, Natsuki felt pleasantly surprised.

Because it really had the Mangekyo Sharingan.

Ability 1: Seven Natures Talent.

Hatake Kakashi was a rare ninja possessing seven chakra natures.

The seven chakra natures were Fire, Wind, Lightning, Earth, Water, Yang, and Yin.

Coupled with the Sharingan’s copying, he earned the title of Copy Ninja.

But being able to copy didn’t mean being able to use.

Otherwise, why was Hatake Kakashi the only one called the Copy Ninja?

With so many ninjas in the Uchiha clan possessing the Sharingan, logically, someone should have earned the title of Copy Ninja long ago.

The reason lay in the fact that they didn’t possess seven chakra natures like Hatake Kakashi.

Of course, judging from the original work, he couldn’t copy and use all seven natures of jutsu either.

Although he claimed to have copied over a thousand ninjutsu, he only frequently used a few.

Hatake Kakashi undoubtedly excelled most in Lightning Release and Earth Release, followed by Water Release and Fire Release.

With Natsuki unlocking his Seven Natures Talent, at the very least, learning ninjutsu would be much easier.

Ability 2: Eight Inner Gates — First Gate.

Judging from the effect, Ability 2 was not just the First Gate of the Eight Inner Gates, but also came with a taijutsu, Primary Lotus.

In the original work, Might Guy’s Eight Inner Gates all had corresponding taijutsu.

Primary Lotus was a taijutsu that could be used after opening the First or Second Gate.

Its effect was to first kick the opponent into mid-air, bind the target, and then violently smash the opponent’s body into the ground in a spinning motion.

The binding method varied.

One could use bandages, or directly grab the target.

And the effect of the First Gate of the Eight Inner Gates was to remove the brain’s limiters, increasing strength.

How should he put it?

For the current Natsuki, it was useful, but not much.

However, he never intended to learn the Eight Inner Gates anyway.

If he really wanted to learn it, he could just go directly to Might Duy.

The reasons he didn’t learn it were simple: first, the learning difficulty was high; second, the side effects were huge; third, after opening the gates, other ninjutsu couldn’t be used.

Judging from the performances of Might Guy and others, after using the Eight Inner Gates, chakra became extremely violent.

Under these circumstances, most ninjutsu could not be used normally. Only corresponding taijutsu could be used.

For Natsuki, the loss would outweigh the gain.

Opening the First Gate was very safe, so he could use it occasionally.

Its unlock condition was to defeat three taijutsu Jonin.

Defeating them wasn’t hard. The hard part was finding three taijutsu Jonin.

At this stage, taijutsu was completely disregarded in the ninja world. Finding three taijutsu Jonin was harder than finding three medical Jonin.

Ability 3: Lightning Release — Lightning Cutter.

In the original work, Might Guy said Lightning Release: Lightning Cutter was just Lightning Release: Chidori with a different name.

The system made some adjustments, treating it as an improved version of Lightning Release: Chidori.

Its unlock condition was to develop Lightning Release: Chidori.

And the unlock condition for the Misaka Mikoto template’s Ability 7 was also Lightning Release: Chidori.

Natsuki had been wondering how the system would handle it, but he didn’t expect it to be a direct two-in-one.

But that was fine. It saved him trouble. Developing one Lightning Release: Chidori would unlock two abilities.

Before this, it would have been very difficult for Natsuki to develop Lightning Release: Chidori.

Because he had no talent for Lightning Release.

But the current Natsuki was different. He had Hatake Kakashi’s Lightning Release talent.

The difficulty for him to develop Lightning Release: Chidori was significantly reduced.

Actually, although Lightning Release: Chidori was very powerful, it needed to be paired with the Sharingan.

After losing the Sharingan, Hatake Kakashi stopped using Lightning Release: Chidori and Lightning Release: Lightning Cutter, and developed another jutsu, Lightning Release: Purple Electricity.

In other words, even if the previous Natsuki developed Lightning Release: Chidori, it would be difficult to use.

Ability 4: Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

The Sharingan, the Kekkei Genkai of the Uchiha clan, had diverse functions and was as famous as the Byakugan.

It was no exaggeration to say it was the most influential Kekkei Genkai in the original work.

Because it could upgrade to the Mangekyo Sharingan, and then to the Rinnegan.

Even without upgrading, a three-tomoe Sharingan was enough to make any ninja a Jonin, and an elite Jonin at that.

After all, in the ninja world, there was a legend that the Uchiha were invincible in one-on-one combat.

Hatake Kakashi’s Sharingan was a dying gift from Uchiha Obito.

Referring to the Uchiha Obito who hadn’t turned evil yet.

During the Third Shinobi World War, half of his body was crushed by Earth Release, so he entrusted his intact left eye to Hatake Kakashi.

Its unlock condition was to learn five ninjutsu for each chakra nature.

Natsuki now had Hatake Kakashi’s Seven Natures Talent, so this unlock condition wasn’t difficult. It was just a matter of time.

Ability 5: Mangekyo Sharingan.

The Mangekyo Sharingan was an advanced form of the three-tomoe Sharingan.

Its abilities were also enhancements of the three-tomoe Sharingan, reaching an exaggerated level where a single glare could trap a target in genjutsu.

Besides that, each Mangekyo Sharingan also came with an exclusive dojutsu.

The Mangekyo Sharingan was the eye that reflected the heart, and the acquired dojutsu was related to the state of mind at the time of awakening.

Hatake Kakashi’s Mangekyo Sharingan naturally also came from Uchiha Obito.

Because of Uchiha Obito’s state of mind of wanting to escape and create a new world when he awakened it, he awakened Kamui.

There were two types of Kamui.

Simply put, the left eye leaned toward offense, and the right eye leaned toward defense.

The left eye’s Kamui could forcefully twist off an enemy’s limbs from a distance and send them to a pocket dimension, and it could also teleport the user in and out of the pocket dimension.

The size of the object teleported depended on the user’s chakra amount.

Hatake Kakashi’s Kamui was this type.

In the original work, he used Kamui to twist off Deidara’s arm and the Gedo Statue’s arm, throwing them into the pocket dimension.

The right eye’s Kamui could suck targets into the pocket dimension, and it could also teleport oneself or a part of one’s body to the pocket dimension.

The left eye’s Kamui was long-range, but the right eye’s Kamui required touching or being close to the target to suck them into the pocket dimension.

However, the most useful effect was teleporting a part of one’s own body to the pocket dimension.

Because it could be used to evade enemy attacks.

By teleporting away the body part that would be hit before the attack arrived, one could ignore the attack.

This was the so-called intangibility.

But Natsuki awakened the Hatake Kakashi template, so he didn’t have the right eye’s Kamui.

Moreover, Uchiha Obito was only one year old now, and whether he could awaken Kamui in the future was also a question.

Regardless, a single Kamui was also quite good.

The only troublesome thing was its unlock condition.

It required intense emotional fluctuation.

Natsuki thought carefully. From birth to now, he had never experienced any particularly intense emotional fluctuations.

Therefore, meeting this condition would be quite difficult.

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