Pouring rain fell in torrents.
Natsuki, wearing a raincoat, followed Jiraiya without saying a word.
The Land of Rain, as its na suggested, was a land with a lot of rain, where rain fell throughout the four seasons.
Because of the excessive rain, the architectural style of the Land of Rain was completely different from other nations, giving it the feeling of a steel city.
With the help of the Hyūga clan and Abura clan ninja, the group arrived at their destination without any real danger.
It was a base located in a valley, but the land around the base was a deep black color.
Whether plants or insects, everything had withered and died.
Clearly, deadly poison had been scattered across the ground.
If they wanted to enter the base, they had to cross this poisonous ground first.
"There are eight Agakure ninja inside the base."
The Hyūga clan ninja spoke, "There are sixteen Konoha ninja being held captive."
"The priority of this mission is rescue."
Jiraiya said in a deep voice, "I'll lead a team to infiltrate first. After the rescue succeeds, the rest of you will be under Natsuki's command and block the Agakure ninja."
When everyone heard this, they could not help showing surprised expressions.
Although they knew Natsuki was Orochimaru's student and had excellent talent, in their eyes, his strength was not enough for him to beco the person in charge.
After all, aside from Jiraiya, there were still three Jonin present.
Mikoto was even more stunned.
Could it be that in Jiraiya's eyes, Natsuki was stronger than the three Jonin?
"That's how it'll be."
Jiraiya did not explain further. He chose four ninja skilled in infiltration to go with him and rescue the captives.
Among them was a ninja from the Nara clan.
This had sothing to do with Natsuki.
After Natsuki completed the deal with the Nara clan, quite a few mbers of the Nara clan had gradually learned Shadow Assassin and Shadow Space.
"Once the Agakure ninja make a move, stop them imdiately."
After Jiraiya finished speaking, he led the others toward the base.
He had Natsuki take charge not only because Natsuki had previously said he wanted to see Kandachi's poison, but also for two other reasons.
First, he knew Natsuki's true strength, especially since he had defeated Kushimaru Kuriarare and Mifune.
In terms of strength, the other three Jonin were indeed inferior to him.
Second, out of consideration for Orochimaru and Tsunade, he wanted to promote him.
After all, the person in charge would receive the greatest 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 perford poorly this ti, he would probably be labeled with other tags.
However, Natsuki naturally would not give them that chance.
Being the person in charge was more convenient for him as well, since it allowed him to face Kandachi directly.
Ti slowly passed.
In less than half an hour, the base beca lively.
Natsuki imdiately activated Clairvoyance.
He instantly saw Jiraiya and the others escorting the captured Konoha ninja as they ran outside.
Behind them were the Agakure ninja chasing them.
With Jiraiya's strength, he could actually kill them.
But he was worried about dragging the captured Konoha ninja into it, so he did not act.
"Kandachi is mine."
After Natsuki said this, he took out the projected Kurosawa.
Water Breathing, Seventh Form, Drop Ripple Thrust!
In an instant, the rain falling from the sky seed to stop as if ti had frozen.
It only stopped for a mont before stream after stream of water shot out like long snakes, forming circular ripples in the air.
Natsuki vanished from the spot and thrust forward at extre speed.
This was precisely the fastest move among Water Breathing.
A scream rang out.
The Agakure ninja closest to Natsuki was directly pierced through by Kurosawa.
Seeing this, Mikoto and the others could not help feeling their hearts shake.
But Kurosawa did not stop.
As blood sprayed out, it aid at Kandachi.
Kandachi sensed the danger.
He imdiately stopped chasing Jiraiya and the others, then drew a black umbrella from his back.
Ninja Art: Thousand Needles Like Rain and Dew!
The black umbrella opened, and as it spun, dense senbon flew out.
Seeing this, Natsuki retreated, but he let go of Kurosawa.
Kandachi imdiately felt puzzled.
What kind of swordsmanship ninja directly threw their own sword out like a ninja tool?
Although he did not understand, his hand movents were not slow.
The black umbrella imdiately blocked in front of him.
Clinking sounds rang out.
The senbon struck Kurosawa first, slowing its speed. By the ti it landed on the black umbrella, most of its force had already been reduced.
Kandachi snorted coldly and was just about to swing the black umbrella to knock Kurosawa away when Kurosawa suddenly exploded.
Terrifying chakra fluctuations instantly struck the black umbrella.
Kandachi's expression changed drastically.
A frightening force struck, and the black umbrella was blown apart in the explosion.
His body also flew backward uncontrollably.
Mikoto and the others fell silent.
They had not expected Kandachi to suffer such a huge loss in a single exchange.
Especially the three Jonin. They felt they could not have done the sa.
For a mont, they accepted Natsuki as the person in charge.
"Bastard!"
Kandachi stopped himself and was imdiately furious.
Being ambushed by a child and falling into a disadvantage was sothing he could not endure.
Kandachi imdiately ford hand seals.
A pungent sll suddenly appeared.
What followed was a cloud of poisonous mist.
Within the rain, not only was the mist's spread not affected, it instead expanded instantly.
One Sword Style, Thirty-Six Pound Phoenix!
Natsuki took out another projected Kurosawa and swung it directly.
A sword wave smashed into the poisonous mist and imdiately exploded.
The mist scattered in all directions.
Kandachi and the other Agakure ninja also quickly dodged.
White Blow!
Natsuki leaped up and avoided the poisonous mist.
Although he had antidotes, if he could avoid coming into contact with the mist, he would.
After all, drinking an antidote also required ti.
Water Breathing, Eighth Form, Waterfall Basin!
Natsuki slashed from top to bottom.
Water flowed along with the blade aura, pouring straight down like a waterfall.
Kandachi imdiately ford hand seals.
A wall of water rose before him.
But he did not stop there. Instead, while retreating, he took out a sickle attached to a chain.
Aside from poison, Hanzō also possessed powerful Water Release and astonishing swordsmanship.
But his blade was not an ordinary blade. It was a flying sickle, a sickle attached to a chain.
Kandachi had clearly learned his swordsmanship as well.
Natsuki landed.
Kurosawa struck the water wall, and the wall imdiately trembled violently.
Kandachi forcefully swung his arm, and the sickle flew out, aiming directly at Natsuki's head.
When it got close, Natsuki discovered that the sickle was coated with deadly poison.
He gripped Kurosawa and swung his sword fiercely.
Water Breathing, Fourth Form, Striking Tide!
With a clang.
The sickle flew away at an even faster speed.
Kandachi frowned slightly. His wrist shook rapidly, and the chain rose and fell, dispersing the force on the sickle.
Swordsmanship, Iai Slash!
He gripped the sickle and vanished from the spot.
In the original story, Hanzō had defeated Mifune with Iai Slash.
One Sword Style, Iai, Lion Song!
Natsuki drew with his left hand, pulling out another Kurosawa.
Two streaks of blade light collided.
Natsuki and Kandachi entered a stalemate.
But at that mont, Kandachi grinned and opened his mouth. A cloud of mist rushed straight toward Natsuki.
If it had been the previous Natsuki, he might not have been able to dodge.
But now, he had Kirigaya Kazuto's reaction speed.
Natsuki imdiately held his breath and used Shadow Assassin.
"What's going on?"
Natsuki's sudden disappearance left Kandachi unable to withdraw his strength in ti, and his body leaned forward.
Kurosawa, which Natsuki had left in place, instantly exploded.
Kandachi's pupils contracted, and he subconsciously raised his sickle to block.
But it could only block part of it.
He let out a muffled groan, and several wounds appeared on his body.
Natsuki appeared again.
He gripped Kurosawa and suddenly jumped up.
Water Breathing, Tenth Form, Constant Flux!
The nearby rain was suddenly drawn in by his Water Release chakra.
Amid a roar, a giant water dragon appeared behind him.
Kandachi raised his head and felt that his entire field of vision was filled with blade light.
Natsuki launched several rotating slashes in an instant.
The water dragon descended from the sky and engulfed Kandachi.
Red blood sprayed outward.
Kandachi fell backward and lost all consciousness.
Natsuki let out a breath and put away Kurosawa.
He looked around and t the surprised gazes of Mikoto and the others.
During his battle with Kandachi, the others had already dealt with the other Agakure ninja.
He was the last to finish his battle.
Precisely because of that, the others had seen his astonishing performance.
Especially Jiraiya.
He had thought he already understood Natsuki's strength very well, but tonight, more than half of the Water Breathing techniques he used were swordsmanship styles he had never seen before.
Clearly, Natsuki had created quite a few new swordsmanship techniques again.
Together with the enhancent from the rain, he had killed Kandachi without taking any damage.
Jiraiya now wondered whether Minato could defeat him after learning the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Aside from Jiraiya, the most shocked person was Mikoto.
At the Ninja Academy, they had sparred several tis, and overall, they had been evenly matched.
But the current Natsuki made her feel that he was both unfamiliar and powerful.
Mikoto felt that the only area where she could still barely be considered to have an advantage over him was genjutsu.
[You have awakened the Gordon Agrippa Template.]
A line of text suddenly appeared before Natsuki's eyes.
His spirits could not help but lift.
As expected, he had triggered a new character template.
But who was Gordon?
The Gordon in Natsuki's mory was Gordon from Gotham City.
Thinking this, he looked at the character template he had just obtained.
[Na: Gordon Agrippa.]
[Period: Elf Reincarnation Arc.]
[World: Black Clover.]
[Rank: B-rank.]
[Ability One: Forbidden Fruit, Unlocked.]
[Effect: Condenses liquid poison masses in both hands, which can inflict corrosive damage on the target.]
[Ability Two: Poison Cloud's Dwelling, Locked.]
[Effect: Releases a large-scale poison cloud, causing corrosive damage.]
[Unlock Condition: Poison ten targets at once.]
[Ability Three: Violet Umbrella, Locked.]
[Effect: Generates a liquid barrier that can block attacks and corrode targets that co into contact with it.]
[Unlock Condition: Learn Water Release: Water Formation Wall.]
[Ability Four: Curse Antidote, Locked.]
[Effect: Can neutralize most magic poisons, curse poisons, biological poisons, chemical poisons, and miasma poisons.]
[Unlock Condition: Successfully prepare it once according to the formula.]
[Ability Five: Poison-to-dicine, Locked.]
[Effect: Converts absorbed poisonous gas into dical ninjutsu, allowing the user to heal their own injuries.]
[Unlock Condition: Use poison against poison and save three Jonin with poison magic.]
After Natsuki finished reading, he rembered Gordon Agrippa.
He was a mber of the Black Bulls in Black Clover and specialized in poison magic and curse magic.
During the Elf Reincarnation Arc, he had once saved his controlled partner, Gauche Adlai.
Natsuki felt that saving the captured Konoha ninja had triggered the Gordon Agrippa Template.
It had to be said that the Gordon Agrippa Template had co at just the right ti.
Although it was B-rank, it was very effective against Hanzō.
Ability One, Forbidden Fruit.
The poison magic the Gordon Agrippa Template specialized in could cause corrosive damage.
When applied to Naruto, it could only be considered acceptable.
Because the Gordon Agrippa Template was B-rank.
This ant that his poison magic was equivalent to B-rank ninjutsu in Naruto, decent against so Genin and Chunin.
Ability Two, Poison Cloud's Dwelling.
It was equivalent to a group-attack version of Forbidden Fruit and could be used to clear out small fry.
The unlock condition was not too difficult either, poison ten targets at once.
There were no restrictions on the ten targets. He would probably unlock it by casually using it during a group battle.
Ability Three, Violet Umbrella.
Compared to the previous two abilities, this one was more useful and had both offense and defense.
It was equivalent to Water Release: Water Formation Wall with poison added.
And its requirent was also to learn Water Release: Water Formation Wall.
Natsuki's Water Release chakra nature transformation had already reached the second stage, so learning Water Release: Water Formation Wall was not especially difficult.
Ability Four, Curse Antidote.
This was undoubtedly the ability Natsuki wanted the most, as it could solve the imdiate problem.
One part of its effect was neutralizing biological poisons.
Hanzō's poison belonged to biological poison, because it ca from his summoning beast, the salamander.
Of course, whether it could neutralize it or not would only be known after he prepared it.
Its unlock condition was the sa as the previous Nfirea Template. Once he successfully prepared it, it would unlock.
But this formula was very troubleso.
It probably could not be prepared in a short ti.
However, Natsuki also felt this was reasonable.
Hanzō's poison could be called unmatched in the shinobi world. Even Tsunade had no way to deal with it. If an antidote could be prepared too easily, that would be unreasonable instead.
Actually, by this point, Natsuki was already very satisfied, but he had not expected there to be an outrageous Ability Five, Poison-to-dicine.
It completely countered Hanzō and the salamander's poison.
Because after unlocking it, Natsuki could convert poison into dicine to heal himself.
Its unlock condition was much more troubleso.
He had to use poison magic to save three Jonin.
Poison magic undoubtedly referred to Ability One, Ability Two, and Ability Three.
Using three B-rank ninjutsu to save three Jonin was still very difficult.
But no matter how difficult it was, he had to do it.
After all, as Orochimaru's student, Natsuki would face Hanzō sooner or later.
At that ti, if he inhaled poison gas heavily right in front of Hanzō, Hanzō's brain would probably freeze.
Fortunately, the condition was to save, not defeat.
"Natsuki, why are you suddenly spacing out?"
Jiraiya walked forward and said, "The mission is over. We need to hurry and retreat before Agakure's reinforcents arrive."
"I suddenly had so ideas about the antidote."
Natsuki answered.
"Ah?"
Jiraiya imdiately froze.
Although Natsuki had previously said he wanted to fight Kandachi to find inspiration, Jiraiya had not believed it at all.
How could it be that simple?
If it were that simple, Hanzō's poison would not have stumped the dical ninja of the entire shinobi world.
But he actually had gained inspiration.
Jiraiya wanted to speak but stopped, unsure of how to comnt for a mont.
(To be continued.)
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