"Since we encountered a suspicious person, we can’t just let it go!"

Tsunade said without hesitation.

By bloodline, she was half Uzumaki.

Therefore, without Kushina needing to ask, she took this matter upon herself.

"Just to be safe, let’s split up."

Orochimaru considered. "Tsunade, you monitor him to prevent escape. I’ll ask Ryoichi about his background."

"What about us?"

Nawaki immediately asked.

"He’s a Jonin. It’s not appropriate for you to participate. Wait for us in the cabin."

Orochimaru shook his head.

"A Jonin with unknown intel is extremely dangerous. Even with both of us here, we might not be able to protect you."

Tsunade added in agreement.

"Alright."

Although Nawaki was reckless, he would still listen to Orochimaru and Tsunade.

Natsuki actually wanted to join the action too.

But having lived two lives, he understood the rule of safety first.

Moreover, he had more important matters to attend to.

Just now, a notification had appeared before his eyes.

[You have awakened the Smoker Template.]

Obviously, this was related to killing the rogue ninjas—essentially pirates—at sea.

Because Smoker was a character from One Piece. A Marine, no less.

Marines and pirates were opposing factions in that world. Natural mortal enemies.

After Orochimaru and Tsunade left, Natsuki examined his newly acquired template.

[Name: Smoker]

[Era: Captain]

[World: One Piece]

[Rank: B-Rank]

[Ability 1: Logia-Type Plume-Plume Fruit — Unlocked]

[Effect: Transform the body into smoke, gaining immunity to physical attacks. No longer vulnerable to seawater.]

[Ability 2: White Smoke Bomb — Locked]

[Effect: Transform the arm into smoke and expand its range to envelop the opponent, then thicken the smoke to trap the target.]

[Unlock Condition: Learn Water Release: Hiding in Mist Technique.]

[Ability 3: White Blow — Locked]

[Effect: Shoot thick smoke from the arm to impact the opponent. Upon contact, it can trap them like the White Smoke Bomb.]

[Unlock Condition: Learn a control-type ninjutsu.]

[Ability 4: White Snake — Locked]

[Effect: Shoot snake-like thick smoke from the arm to pursue the opponent until it hits and captures them.]

[Unlock Condition: Capture a Water Release Tokubetsu Jonin within the mist.]

[Ability 5: White Vine — Locked]

[Effect: Transform the body into a spiral column of smoke to trap enemies or capture airborne targets.]

[Unlock Condition: Develop a new application of the Logia-Type Plume-Plume Fruit.]

After reading, Natsuki couldn’t help but exhale with relief.

He had previously worried that obtaining the Logia-Type Plume-Plume Fruit would also bring the weakness of fearing seawater. If so, the drawbacks would outweigh the benefits.

Especially since this was the Naruto world—with vast oceans and countless Water Release ninjas.

In the future, if he encountered Water Release specialists at sea, he would be at an absolute disadvantage.

Fortunately, the system had removed this weakness.

Ability 1: Logia-Type Plume-Plume Fruit.

Its effect was straightforward—his body could transform into smoke at any time.

Since it was smoke, it naturally gained immunity to physical attacks.

Physical attacks primarily involved ninja tools and taijutsu—techniques ninjas used constantly in combat.

Other ninjutsu—Yin Release, Fire Release, Wind Release, Ice Release—remained effective.

But immunity to ninja tools and taijutsu alone was enough to give Natsuki a significant battlefield advantage.

The remaining four abilities were all extensions of the Logia-Type Plume-Plume Fruit.

Abilities 2, 3, and 4 were similar: the first involved transforming the arm into smoke, while the latter two involved shooting smoke from the arm.

All three abilities trapped the target with smoke.

The unlock condition for Ability 2 was learning Water Release: Hiding in Mist Technique.

Natsuki’s first thought: he could perfectly use Hiding in Mist as an excuse for his Logia-Type abilities.

As for the other abilities, he could claim they were ninjutsu modified from Hiding in Mist.

Although Hiding in Mist belonged to Kirigakure, it was completely normal for different villages to learn each other’s techniques.

After all, when Konoha captured a Kirigakure ninja, they would certainly conduct interrogation.

Besides extracting intel, they would also obtain Kirigakure ninjutsu.

Hiding in Mist was mandatory training in Kirigakure. Obtaining it wouldn’t be difficult.

The unlock condition for Ability 3 wasn’t difficult either.

Control-type ninjutsu included genjutsu—he just needed to learn one.

The unlock condition for Ability 4 was more troublesome.

It required capturing a Water Release Tokubetsu Jonin within the mist.

As everyone knew, capturing someone alive was twice as difficult as killing them.

However, this condition could also conveniently unlock Ability 3 of the Kamado Tanjiro template.

After defeating the pirate leader today, he only needed one more Water Release or kenjutsu Tokubetsu Jonin to complete it.

As for Ability 5’s unlock condition—it looked difficult but actually wasn’t.

Because Natsuki had a reference.

In One Piece, Smoker later developed a new application of the Plume-Plume Fruit: White Launcher.

Its effect was transforming the body into smoke and generating explosive recoil by shooting smoke outward—allowing rapid movement and flight.

Honestly, in Natsuki’s view, White Launcher was the most useful ability.

After all, flight was an enormous advantage.

All ninjutsu had range limitations.

As long as one flew high enough, most ninjutsu became irrelevant—they simply couldn’t reach.

This was evident from Deidara’s battle to capture Gaara in the original story.

Besides Gaara himself, Sunagakure had absolutely no way to deal with Deidara. Their ninjutsu couldn’t even hit him.

This also proved something: if he could develop one new application, he could develop countless more.

Meanwhile, Orochimaru found Ryoichi and described the suspicious person’s appearance.

"You’re talking about Junpei."

After hearing the description, Ryoichi recognized him.

"What’s his background?"

Orochimaru nodded.

"He has no background. He’s just a crew member I recruited in the Land of Whirlpools."

Ryoichi replied. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Orochimaru fell into thought.

The possibility of Junpei being a spy ninja had increased significantly.

"Is your ship’s destination the Land of Fire?"

Orochimaru asked after a moment.

"No."

Ryoichi explained. "We departed from the Land of Whirlpools, are passing through the Land of Fire, and will eventually reach the Land of Water."

"I understand. Thank you."

After hearing this, Orochimaru immediately went to find Tsunade.

"It seems he’s most likely a Kirigakure ninja."

Tsunade narrowed her eyes.

"Just capture him directly."

Orochimaru said carelessly.

A mere Kirigakure ninja—they naturally wouldn’t consider him a threat.

Moreover, covert struggles between the Five Great Villages had always existed. Ninjas died from time to time.

Not to mention Junpei was a spy who couldn’t see the light of day anyway.

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