Chapter 82: Chapter 82: Gordon Template, Hanzo’s Nemesis

The torrential rain poured down.

Wearing a raincoat, Natsuki followed Jiraiya without saying a word.

The Land of Rain, as its name suggests, was a country with a lot of rain—it rained all year round.

Because of the excessive rain, the architectural style of the Land of Rain was completely different from other countries, giving it the feel of a steel city.

With the help of the Hyuga and Aburame clan ninjas, the group arrived at their destination without incident.

It was a stronghold located in a valley—but the land surrounding it was a deep, dark black.

Whether it was plants or insects, everything had withered and died.

Obviously, the ground was covered in highly toxic poison.

To enter the stronghold, they had to cross this toxic land first.

"There are eight Amegakure ninjas inside the stronghold."

The Hyuga clan ninja spoke up. "And sixteen captured Konoha ninjas."

"The priority of this mission is to rescue the hostages."

Jiraiya said in a deep voice. "I will take a team to infiltrate first. Once the rescue is successful, Natsuki will be in charge of the rest to hold off the Amegakure ninjas."

Hearing this, everyone couldn’t help but show surprised expressions.

Although they knew Natsuki was Orochimaru’s student and very talented, in their view, his strength wasn’t enough to be the person in charge.

After all, besides Jiraiya, there were three other Jonin.

Uchiha Mikoto was even more astonished.

Could it be that in Jiraiya’s view, Natsuki’s strength was greater than the three Jonin?

"That’s the plan."

Jiraiya didn’t explain further and selected four ninjas skilled in infiltration as teammates to go rescue the hostages with him.

This included the Nara clan ninja.

This was related to Natsuki.

After Natsuki and the Nara clan completed their transaction, many people in the Nara clan had gradually learned Shadow Assassin and Shadow Space.

"As soon as the Amegakure ninjas make a move, you must stop them immediately."

After Jiraiya finished speaking, he led his team toward the stronghold.

He put Natsuki in charge not only because Natsuki had previously said he wanted to experience Ibuse Kandachi’s poison, but also for two other reasons.

First, he understood Natsuki’s true strength—especially that he had defeated Akebino Jinin and Mifune.

In terms of strength, the other three Jonin were indeed inferior to him.

Second, he was doing it out of respect for Orochimaru and Tsunade—to give him a boost.

After all, the person in charge got the most credit.

After Jiraiya and the others left, the remaining eight people fell into silence.

Although none of them said anything, Natsuki could guess what they were thinking.

If he performed poorly this time, he would probably be labeled differently.

But Natsuki naturally wouldn’t give them the chance.

Being the person in charge also made it more convenient for him to face Ibuse Kandachi directly.

Time slowly passed.

In less than half an hour, the stronghold became lively.

Natsuki immediately activated Clairvoyance.

He instantly saw Jiraiya and the others escorting the captured Konoha ninjas out.

And behind them were the Amegakure ninjas pursuing them.

With Jiraiya’s strength, he could actually kill them.

But he was worried about collateral damage to the captured Konoha ninjas, so he didn’t make a move.

"Leave Ibuse Kandachi to me."

After Natsuki finished speaking, he took out a projected Kurosawa.

Water Breathing: Seventh Form — Drop Ripple Thrust!

In an instant, the rain falling from the sky seemed to pause—as if time had stopped.

It only paused for a moment, and then one stream of water after another shot out like long snakes, forming circular ripples in the air.

Natsuki disappeared from his spot, dashing forward at super-fast speed.

This was precisely the fastest move in Water Breathing.

A miserable scream rang out.

The Amegakure ninja closest to Natsuki was directly pierced through by Kurosawa.

Seeing this, Uchiha Mikoto and the others felt their hearts jolt.

But Kurosawa didn’t stop.

As blood sprayed out, it aimed at Ibuse Kandachi.

Ibuse Kandachi sensed the crisis.

He immediately stopped pursuing Jiraiya and the others and pulled out a black umbrella from his back.

Ninja Art: Senbon Shower!

The black umbrella opened. Amidst its rotation, a dense barrage of senbon flew out.

Seeing this, Natsuki retreated—but let go of Kurosawa.

Ibuse Kandachi was instantly confused.

What kind of kenjutsu ninja throws their sword directly as a ninja tool?

Although puzzled, his hands weren’t slow.

The black umbrella immediately blocked his front.

Clanging sounds rang out.

The senbon hit Kurosawa first, slowing its speed—so by the time it finally hit the black umbrella, most of its force had been shaved off.

Ibuse Kandachi snorted coldly. Just as he was about to swing the black umbrella to knock Kurosawa away, Kurosawa suddenly exploded.

A terrifying chakra fluctuation instantly struck the black umbrella.

Ibuse Kandachi’s expression changed drastically.

A terrifying force hit him. The black umbrella was torn to pieces in the explosion.

His body was also uncontrollably sent flying backward.

Uchiha Mikoto and the others fell silent.

They completely didn’t expect Ibuse Kandachi to suffer such a huge loss in their first encounter.

The three Jonin, in particular, felt they couldn’t have done it either.

In that moment, they acknowledged Natsuki as the person in charge.

"Bastard!"

Ibuse Kandachi stopped his retreat and was instantly furious.

Being sneak attacked by a child and falling into a disadvantage was unbearable for him.

Ibuse Kandachi immediately formed hand seals with both hands.

A pungent smell suddenly appeared.

Followed by a poisonous mist.

In the rain, the mist didn’t slow down—but instead spread instantly.

One-Sword Style: 36 Pound Phoenix!

Natsuki took out another projected Kurosawa and swung it directly.

A flying slash struck the poisonous mist and exploded immediately.

The mist dispersed.

Ibuse Kandachi and the other Amegakure ninjas also hurriedly dodged.

White Launcher!

Natsuki leaped up. White smoke shot out from beneath him, and he ascended into mid-air to avoid the poisonous mist.

Although he had an antidote, it was better to avoid contact with the mist if possible.

After all, it took time to drink the antidote.

Water Breathing: Eighth Form — Waterfall Basin!

Natsuki slashed downward from above.

Water flowed with the sword aura, cascading down like a waterfall.

Ibuse Kandachi immediately formed hand seals with both hands.

A water wall rose in front of him.

But he didn’t stop. Instead, while retreating, he took out a sickle attached to a chain.

Besides poison, Hanzo also had powerful Water Release and astonishing kenjutsu.

But his sword wasn’t an ordinary sword—it was a flying sickle, a sickle with a chain.

Ibuse Kandachi had obviously learned his kenjutsu as well.

Natsuki landed.

Kurosawa hit the water wall, which immediately trembled violently.

Ibuse Kandachi swung forcefully. The sickle flew out, aiming directly at Natsuki’s head.

As it got close, Natsuki noticed the sickle was coated with deadly poison.

He gripped Kurosawa and swung it fiercely.

Water Breathing: Fourth Form — Striking Tide!

CLANG!

The sickle flew back at an even faster speed.

Ibuse Kandachi frowned slightly. His wrist flicked rapidly, and the chain rippled, dissipating the force on the sickle.

Kenjutsu: Iai Slash!

He gripped the sickle and disappeared from his spot.

In the original story, Hanzo defeated Mifune using Kenjutsu: Iai Slash.

One-Sword Style: Iai — Lion’s Song!

Natsuki drew his sword with his left hand, taking out yet another Kurosawa.

Two blade lights collided.

Natsuki and Ibuse Kandachi were locked in a stalemate.

But right at that moment, Ibuse Kandachi grinned sinisterly and opened his mouth. A puff of mist rushed straight toward Natsuki.

If it were the old Natsuki, he might not have been able to dodge it.

But now, he had Kirigaya Kazuto’s reaction speed.

Natsuki immediately held his breath and used Shadow Assassin.

"What’s going on?"

Natsuki’s sudden disappearance left Ibuse Kandachi unable to retract his force. His body leaned forward.

And the Kurosawa Natsuki left in place instantly exploded.

Ibuse Kandachi’s pupils contracted. He instinctively raised his sickle to block.

But he could only block part of it.

He let out a muffled groan. Many bleeding wounds appeared on his body.

Natsuki reappeared.

He gripped Kurosawa and leaped up fiercely.

Water Breathing: Tenth Form — Constant Flux!

The surrounding rainwater was suddenly drawn by his Water Release chakra.

Amidst a roar, a giant water dragon emerged behind him.

Ibuse Kandachi looked up and saw nothing but blade light in his vision.

Natsuki launched a continuous series of rotating slashes in an instant.

That water dragon descended from the sky, enveloping Ibuse Kandachi.

Red blood sprayed outward.

Ibuse Kandachi fell backward, losing all consciousness.

Natsuki let out a breath and put away Kurosawa.

He looked around and met the surprised gazes of Uchiha Mikoto and the others.

While he was fighting Ibuse Kandachi, the others had already dealt with the remaining Amegakure ninjas.

He was the last one to finish fighting.

And precisely because of this, the others saw his astonishing performance.

Especially Jiraiya.

He originally thought he understood Natsuki’s strength very well—but tonight, more than half of the kenjutsu he used with Water Breathing were ones he had never seen before.

Obviously, Natsuki had created many new kenjutsu again. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Coupled with the enhancement of the rainy day, he was able to kill Ibuse Kandachi without taking a scratch.

Jiraiya now doubted whether Minato could defeat him even after learning the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Besides Jiraiya, the most shocked was undoubtedly Uchiha Mikoto.

When they were at the Ninja Academy, they had sparred several times—and overall, they were evenly matched.

But the current Natsuki made her feel very unfamiliar. And powerful.

Uchiha Mikoto felt that right now, the only thing she barely had an advantage in against him was genjutsu.

[You have awakened the Gordon Agrippa Template.]

A line of text suddenly appeared before Natsuki’s eyes.

His spirit jolted.

As expected, he triggered a new character template.

But who is Gordon?

In Natsuki’s impression, Gordon was the Gordon from Gotham City.

Thinking this, he looked at his newly acquired character template.

[Name: Gordon Agrippa]

[Period: Elf Reincarnation Arc]

[World: Black Clover]

[Rank: B-Rank]

[Ability 1: Forbidden Fruit — UNLOCKED] Effect: Condense liquid poison masses in both hands, dealing corrosive damage to the target.

[Ability 2: Dwelling of the Poison Cloud — LOCKED] Effect: Release a large-scale poison cloud, dealing corrosive damage. Unlock Condition: Poison ten targets at once.

[Ability 3: Violet Umbrella — LOCKED] Effect: Generate a liquid barrier that can defend against attacks and corrode targets that come into contact with it. Unlock Condition: Learn Water Release: Water Formation Wall.

[Ability 4: Curse-Breaking Poison Recipe — LOCKED] Effect: Can cure the vast majority of magical poisons, curse poisons, biological poisons, chemical poisons, and miasma poisons. Unlock Condition: Successfully concoct it once according to the formula.

[Ability 5: Poison-to-Medicine Conversion — LOCKED] Effect: Convert absorbed poison gas into medical ninjutsu, capable of healing one’s own injuries. Unlock Condition: Fight poison with poison; save three Jonin using poison magic.

After reading it, Natsuki remembered Gordon Agrippa.

He was a member of the Black Bulls in Black Clover, skilled in Poison Magic and Curse Magic.

During the Elf Reincarnation Arc, he once saved his possessed partner, Gauche Adlai.

Natsuki felt it was his action of saving the captured Konoha ninjas that triggered the Gordon Agrippa template.

It had to be said—the Gordon Agrippa template came at the perfect time.

Although it was B-Rank, it was highly effective against Hanzo.

Ability 1: Forbidden Fruit.

The Poison Magic the Gordon Agrippa template excelled in could deal corrosive damage.

Placed in Naruto, it could only be considered passable.

Because the Gordon Agrippa template was B-Rank.

This meant his Poison Magic was equivalent to B-Rank ninjutsu in Naruto—which was pretty good against some Genin and Chunin.

Ability 2: Dwelling of the Poison Cloud.

It was equivalent to an AoE version of Forbidden Fruit—useful for clearing out mob enemies.

The unlock condition wasn’t very difficult either: poison ten targets at once.

There were no restrictions on the ten targets. He just needed to casually cast it during a group battle, and it would probably unlock.

Ability 3: Violet Umbrella.

Compared to the first two abilities, this ability was more useful—being capable of both offense and defense.

It was equivalent to a Water Release: Water Formation Wall infused with poison.

And its requirement was to learn Water Release: Water Formation Wall.

Natsuki had already learned Water Release chakra nature transformation up to the second stage, so learning Water Release: Water Formation Wall wouldn’t be particularly difficult.

Ability 4: Curse-Breaking Poison Recipe.

This was undoubtedly the ability Natsuki wanted the most—as it could solve an urgent problem.

One of its effects was curing biological poisons.

And Hanzo’s poison was a biological poison, as it came from the venom of the summoning beast, the salamander.

Of course, whether it could cure it or not would only be known after he concocted it.

Its unlock condition was the same as the previous Nfirea template: successfully concoct it to unlock it.

But this formula was very troublesome.

He probably wouldn’t be able to concoct it in a short time.

However, Natsuki also felt this was reasonable.

Hanzo’s poison was unrivaled in the ninja world, and even Tsunade couldn’t do anything about it. If he could easily concoct an antidote, it would actually be unreasonable.

Actually, Natsuki would have been very satisfied if it ended there—but he didn’t expect there to be a heaven-defying Ability 5: Poison-to-Medicine Conversion.

It completely countered Hanzo and the salamander’s poison.

Because after unlocking it, Natsuki could convert poison into medicine to heal himself.

Its unlock condition was quite troublesome.

He had to save three Jonin using Poison Magic.

Poison Magic was undoubtedly Ability 1, Ability 2, and Ability 3.

Using three B-Rank ninjutsu to save three Jonin would still be very difficult.

But no matter how difficult, he had to do it.

After all, as Orochimaru’s student, Natsuki would face Hanzo sooner or later.

When the time came and he inhaled Hanzo’s poison right in front of him, Hanzo’s brain would probably crash.

But fortunately, it was saving, not defeating.

"Natsuki, why did you suddenly space out?"

Jiraiya walked up. "The mission is over. Let’s hurry up and evacuate before Amegakure reinforcements arrive."

"I suddenly had some ideas about the antidote."

Natsuki replied.

"Ah?"

Jiraiya was instantly stunned.

Although Natsuki had previously said he wanted to fight Ibuse Kandachi for inspiration, he hadn’t believed it at all.

How could it be that simple?

If it were that simple, Hanzo’s poison wouldn’t have stumped all the medical ninjas in the ninja world.

But as it turned out, he really did get inspiration.

Jiraiya wanted to say something but stopped—not knowing how to complain for a moment.

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