Chapter 136: Chapter 139: Stamina Recovery Potion Unlocked, Orochimaru’s Mindset
Natsuki returned to the Senju clan compound.
After exchanging pleasantries with Uzumaki Kushina and the others, he headed to the Anbu Base.
Team Haru and Team Eagle of the Fourth Division were in the Land of Rain. Only Team Asayano and Team Aburame Kenpei were present.
"Help me investigate the Chinoike clan."
After calling the two of them over, Natsuki ordered directly. "Especially a ninja named Oyashiro En."
Having power and not using it was a waste.
He was now the Captain of the Anbu’s Fourth Division and could mobilize Anbu resources.
Theoretically, as long as it didn’t endanger Konoha, he could do whatever he wanted.
"Yes, Lord Natsuki."
Asayano and Aburame Kenpei took the order and left.
Natsuki was thoughtful.
Perhaps the Uchiha clan also knew Oyashiro En’s location.
Because back then, the Uchiha clan was tasked with guarding the Chinoike clan.
Although a long time had passed, archiving documents was standard practice for a major ninja clan. They might have relevant information.
Unfortunately, Natsuki wasn’t familiar with the Uchiha clan.
The only Uchiha ninja he knew was Uchiha Mikoto.
And Uchiha Mikoto wasn’t a higher-up in the clan right now, so she probably didn’t know much.
He’d wait and see if the Anbu could find anything first.
Thinking this, Natsuki left the Anbu Base and went to the Hokage Building.
Relying on his face, he took thirty-five ninjutsu scrolls, five for each of the seven chakra natures.
For Yin Release, he chose genjutsu.
Genjutsu was inherently very useful, and he also needed it to unlock the Hatake Kakashi template’s Sharingan and Mangekyo Sharingan.
When the time came, it would be strength upon strength, truly invincible.
For Yang Release, he chose medical ninjutsu.
The Unohana Retsu template also had Kaido, which was similar to medical ninjutsu.
After he finished learning, he estimated he could disguise himself as a medical Jonin.
Natsuki returned to the Senju clan compound.
Uzumaki Kushina and Nawaki were training.
Both were learning Armament Haki.
After learning for so long, they had both mastered four of the Konoha Rokushiki techniques.
It was just that Natsuki didn’t know the remaining two techniques either.
He didn’t know when he would trigger a character template related to the Marine Rokushiki.
However, neither Uzumaki Kushina nor Nawaki strictly needed to learn the Marine Rokushiki.
The former had a pile of sealing jutsu to learn.
The latter had a pile of Water Release jutsu to learn.
Even Tsunade wasn’t idle. She had been learning the Yin Seal.
Natsuki greeted Nawaki and Kushina, then began training not far away.
Previously, he was learning Lightning Release and developing Magnet Release. Now, he added another training project: developing Lightning Release: Chidori.
Hatake Kakashi developed Lightning Release: Chidori during his youth.
Now that Natsuki had acquired his Seven Natures Talent, this time period was just right. He was also in his youth.
The sun set in the west.
Tsunade and Yakushi Nonou returned from the Konoha Hospital.
Seeing Natsuki, they were both somewhat surprised.
Yakushi Nonou immediately ran up to Natsuki.
Seeing this, Tsunade couldn’t help but smile.
This brat’s future days might not be easy.
Between Yakushi Nonou and Uzumaki Kushina, no matter who he chose, one party would be heartbroken.
Although the Konoha higher-ups hoped Natsuki and Uzumaki Kushina would be together.
After all, once a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki formed a bond, they wouldn’t defect from Konoha.
"How is the situation in Amegakure?"
Tsunade asked casually.
"No major incidents, but constant minor issues."
Natsuki replied. "But Amayadori and his team can handle them."
After investigating for so long, they had confirmed that Iwagakure Anbu were causing trouble in Amegakure.
But they were extremely cautious, never showing their faces directly, only manipulating other Amegakure ninjas from the shadows.
This led to constant minor issues in Amegakure.
However, minor issues were just minor issues. Amayadori and his team held the absolute upper hand, so Natsuki didn’t need to intervene.
Once the Iwagakure Anbu were caught, there would be plenty of time for him to step in.
"Since nothing much is happening in Amegakure for now, how about we go out on a mission?"
Nawaki asked with a face full of anticipation.
Natsuki was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.
"The last time our squad did a mission was during the war with Amegakure."
Nawaki complained. "How long has it been? Training every day is going to drive me crazy."
"Nonou and I have our own tasks to do."
Hearing this, Tsunade smiled and said. "Have Natsuki take you out. He’s a Jonin now, anyway."
Nawaki immediately looked at Natsuki.
"That works."
Natsuki thought of Oyashiro En.
Once his location was confirmed, they could take a mission nearby and let Nawaki satisfy his craving for action.
"Great!"
Hearing this, Nawaki immediately beamed with joy.
"I want to go too."
Yakushi Nonou said without hesitation.
"My student isn’t siding with me."
Tsunade shook her head and joked.
Yakushi Nonou embarrassedly lowered her head.
Uzumaki Kushina sighed. She wanted to go too.
But she knew she couldn’t go out, so she didn’t say anything to avoid troubling Tsunade and Natsuki.
"Kushina."
Natsuki stopped his training and said. "It’s almost time for dinner. Let’s go cook together."
"Okay!"
Uzumaki Kushina’s spirit jolted, and she instantly became happy.
She and Natsuki walked toward the kitchen.
Yakushi Nonou hesitated for two seconds but didn’t follow.
Tsunade couldn’t help but chuckle softly.
Youth is indeed interesting.
Moreover, with Natsuki’s strength and looks, it was perfectly normal for girls to like him.
If she were his age, she might be the same.
Of course, she was still young now, not even thirty.
It was just that among her peers, no one caught her eye for the time being.
Tsunade quickly dispelled these thoughts from her mind and walked into the living room with Nawaki and the others.
She hadn’t eaten Natsuki’s cooking for a long time and kind of missed it.
Night fell.
Natsuki, who was just about to go to bed, suddenly thought of something and went to Uzumaki Kushina’s room.
He raised his hand and knocked on the door.
A moment later, the door opened.
"Natsuki?"
Uzumaki Kushina was somewhat surprised and asked. "What do you need..."
She stopped halfway, her face suddenly turning red.
Natsuki was instantly baffled.
Why are you blushing?
"I have something I want to ask you."
Natsuki stated his purpose. "Can you control the Nine-Tails’ chakra?"
"Eh?"
Uzumaki Kushina was stunned, completely not expecting Natsuki to come looking for her to ask this.
"What’s wrong? Can’t you?"
Natsuki secretly thought this was somewhat troublesome.
The reason Jinchuriki were powerful was because they could borrow the Tailed Beast’s chakra.
Borrowing was divided into two types.
If they could borrow all of it, they could fully transform into the Tailed Beast, becoming what was known as a perfect Jinchuriki.
But borrowing all of it required the relationship between the Jinchuriki and the Tailed Beast to reach a certain level.
It was very difficult for most Jinchuriki to reconcile with their Tailed Beasts and become partners who depended on each other for survival.
Therefore, perfect Jinchuriki were extremely rare.
However, there were also situations where they couldn’t use the Tailed Beast’s chakra at all.
Usually, this was because they had just become a Jinchuriki and didn’t know how.
"I haven’t tried."
Uzumaki Kushina snapped back to reality and said. "But I should be able to."
She had learned how to borrow the Nine-Tails’ chakra from Uzumaki Mito.
It was just that her sealing jutsu wasn’t proficient, and having just become a Jinchuriki recently, she was afraid of causing the Nine-Tails to go berserk, so she had never borrowed it.
"Why are you suddenly asking this?"
Uzumaki Kushina tilted her head and asked.
"I want some of the Nine-Tails’ chakra."
Natsuki didn’t hide it and said directly.
A ninja’s chakra was very difficult to exist for a long time because the quantity was small.
But Tailed Beast chakra was different. The quantity was massive, and it could exist for a long time.
In the original work, a certain plot point was mentioned.
Kazuma, one of the Twelve Guardian Ninja of the Land of Fire.
He once collected scattered Nine-Tails chakra, sealed it in his son’s body, and created a pseudo-Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
"What do you need it for?"
Uzumaki Kushina asked with concern. "The Nine-Tails’ chakra is very violent and can easily hurt you."
"I want to use it to try making a new potion."
Natsuki reminded her in a low voice. "Don’t tell anyone else about this for now."
"Is this our secret?"
Uzumaki Kushina’s eyes lit up, and she asked.
"Yes, a secret only the two of us know."
Natsuki was slightly taken aback, then added. "When I make money from it, I’ll give you a share."
"I don’t lack money, and I don’t need money."
Uzumaki Kushina paused and said with a smile. "You keep it for me. When I need money, I’ll ask you."
"It’s a deal."
Natsuki reached out, rubbed her head, and said. "Alright, rest early."
"Mm."
Uzumaki Kushina watched him leave before closing the door.
She let out a breath, threw herself onto the bed, and her snow-white little feet kicked randomly in the air, showing her mood.
A new day.
After breakfast, Natsuki went out to buy the other herbs needed for the Stamina Recovery Potion.
When he returned, Uzumaki Kushina pulled him into her room.
"I chatted with the Nine-Tails today, and it’s willing to lend me some chakra."
Uzumaki Kushina spoke up.
"It agreed?"
Natsuki asked in surprise.
"I told it your cooking is very delicious, worth exchanging its chakra for."
Uzumaki Kushina said with a proud face. "Of course, it didn’t believe me, so I used reverse psychology and easily got it to agree."
"Very smart."
Natsuki was slightly taken aback, then praised.
"Go make a bento now, and I’ll bring it to it."
Uzumaki Kushina said with a smile. "I think it will definitely like your cooking."
"Wait for me."
Natsuki got up and went to the kitchen.
He didn’t know what the Nine-Tails liked to eat.
But judging from the original work, it indeed had a digestive system.
It once swallowed Kinkaku and Ginkaku, but they wreaked havoc in its stomach, eating its flesh and blood.
Unable to endure it, the Nine-Tails spat them out.
Natsuki reappeared in Uzumaki Kushina’s room and handed her the prepared bento box.
Uzumaki Kushina took the bento box, glanced at Natsuki, and turned around.
She lifted her clothes, revealing her smooth abdomen and navel.
Chakra surged out, and she sent the bento box into the sealed space.
Hearing the sound of tearing air, the Nine-Tails opened its eyes.
Its chakra acted like a hand, grabbed the bento box, and threw it into its mouth, box and all.
The Nine-Tails’ originally indifferent expression suddenly changed.
The taste of the bento completely exceeded its expectations.
Since the Sage of Six Paths left, it had been wandering the ninja world.
It didn’t need to eat, but occasionally, when interested, it would take a bite, but the taste was quite ordinary.
"Nine-Tails."
Uzumaki Kushina’s consciousness sank into the sealed space, and she asked. "Is it delicious?"
"Passable."
The Nine-Tails said with a disdainful tone.
"Impossible."
Uzumaki Kushina put her hands on her hips, not believing it. "Natsuki’s cooking is definitely delicious."
"You humans just like to make a fuss over nothing."
The Nine-Tails said with a haughty face. "But it’s true I haven’t eaten in a long time. Bring more next time, and I can lend you chakra."
After it finished speaking, it waved its hand casually, and a surge of blood-red chakra rushed toward Uzumaki Kushina.
Uzumaki Kushina’s consciousness then returned.
She extended her hand, and a surge of violent chakra appeared.
Natsuki immediately took out a storage summoning scroll.
Uzumaki Kushina sealed the chakra in her hand into it.
The Tailed Beast chakra was successfully acquired.
Another week passed.
Anbu Base.
Natsuki sat at his desk, reading the scroll provided by Asayano.
After a week of investigation, Oyashiro En’s location had been found.
To be honest, Natsuki didn’t expect it to be this fast.
But after reading the scroll, he understood why it was so easy.
Because Oyashiro En was quite famous.
Although his fame didn’t come from his strength.
After leaving the Chinoike clan, he went to the Land of Lightning and founded a real estate company called "Kusabi."
He managed this company so well that it thrived, making him extremely wealthy.
Besides that, he also opened a colosseum.
Seeing this, Natsuki remembered a storyline.
Oyashiro En had a daughter named Chino.
But she was forced to train with a group of children from a young age and didn’t even know she was Oyashiro En’s daughter.
After awakening the Ketsuryugan in the colosseum, she escaped with Fuushin and other colosseum ninjas.
They formed the Lightning Group, robbing the rich to help the poor. Eventually, they robbed the Daimyo of the Land of Water and were discovered by Kirigakure Anbu.
Only three people escaped.
Because Chino knew the origins of the Chinoike clan, she planned to seek revenge against Uchiha Sasuke.
Naturally, she couldn’t beat him and was captured and brought back to Konoha.
The Fifth Mizukage at the time, Terumi Mei, learned of Chino’s strength through the Anbu, so she stepped forward and traded her back to Kirigakure.
From then on, she worked for Kirigakure.
Natsuki’s first reaction after reading the scroll wasn’t to go fight Oyashiro En, but to figure out a way to abduct Chino and Fuushin into the Akatsuki organization.
He couldn’t help but chuckle.
In the original work, Orochimaru also liked to abduct various geniuses.
But his goal was to select suitable vessels for the Living Corpse Reincarnation.
However, as Orochimaru’s student, having a bit of his mindset wasn’t strange.
Natsuki pondered for a moment and had an idea.
He planned to take Nawaki and Yakushi Nonou to the Land of Lightning.
Although Amegakure was also in the Land of Lightning, Oyashiro En’s location was very far from Amegakure.
Unless they were particularly unlucky, they wouldn’t encounter the Third Raikage.
Besides, even if they did, he could hold him off for a while to let Nawaki and Yakushi Nonou escape.
His Unlimited Blade Works was, in a sense, a god-tier skill for one-on-one duels.
Pulling the enemy into the Reality Marble, if they couldn’t break it, they couldn’t escape for the time being.
Natsuki put away the scroll and returned to the Senju clan compound.
But he planned to make a trip back to the Land of Rain first.
After explaining the situation to Nawaki and the others, he didn’t waste any time and left Konoha.
By the next night, he had arrived in the capital of the Land of Rain.
"What took you so long?"
Seeing him, Kakuzu asked somewhat dissatisfied.
Delaying him from making money was simply a heinous crime.
"Buying the herbs took a little time."
Natsuki said casually.
"The Hero Water is inside."
Kakuzu handed him a storage summoning scroll and asked impatiently. "When do we start selling?"
"Give me two days, and I can make the first batch of Stamina Recovery Potions."
Natsuki paused and asked in return. "How do you plan to sell them?"
"How to sell them?"
Kakuzu asked in confusion. "Didn’t you already buy a storefront?"
"Come here."
Natsuki waved to Yahiko’s trio and said. "I’m going to teach you a lesson today."
Kakuzu couldn’t help but frown.
He was a veteran who had traversed the ninja world for so many years. What lesson did he need?
"This lesson is called Promotion and Marketing."
Natsuki said with a face full of smiles.
Overall, the ninja world was still in a feudal era.
Although they had advanced technology like electric lights and computers, few could afford them.
Coupled with being dominated by ninjas, commerce was backward, so naturally, their promotion and marketing couldn’t compare to his previous life.
For the Stamina Recovery Potion, Natsuki planned to use the celebrity effect, starting with the Daimyo.
The Daimyo would influence the nobles, starting a trend in high society, which would then spread to wealthy merchants.
As for ordinary residents, they definitely wouldn’t be able to afford the Stamina Recovery Potion.
After all, the cost of the Stamina Recovery Potion was also high.
Especially Hero Water and Tailed Beast chakra. Very few ninjas could obtain them.
Natsuki couldn’t possibly lower the price.
Even if ninjas used it, only Jonin could afford it.
After Kakuzu finished listening, he only had one feeling.
Compared to doing business, taking bounties in the underground black market every day was simply too slow.
If he was somewhat reluctant to join the Akatsuki organization before, now he was joining willingly.
Because he believed Natsuki was definitely very good at making money.
Yahiko’s trio listened, somewhat understanding and somewhat not.
They were still too young.
But listening more would eventually help them understand in the future.
"Alright, go do what you need to do."
Natsuki smiled and said. "I’m going into seclusion to make the Stamina Recovery Potion."
After speaking, he walked into his room.
Natsuki opened the storage summoning scroll and took out various pieces of equipment.
The conditions in the Land of Rain were too backward, lacking many pieces of equipment, so he brought them directly from Konoha.
[Congratulations to the host for unlocking the Nfirea Template Ability 4: Stamina Recovery Potion]
With the successful production of the first bottle of Stamina Recovery Potion, he unlocked the last ability of the Nfirea template.
After the ability was unlocked, his proficiency was maxed out, and his speed in making the Stamina Recovery Potion was raised to the highest level.
By the morning of the third day, he had already made fifty bottles.
"Kakuzu, here are fifty bottles of the Stamina Recovery Potion."
Natsuki handed Kakuzu a storage summoning scroll and said. "I’ll leave the rest to you."
"Don’t worry."
Kakuzu took the storage summoning scroll and said. "You already told me what to do yesterday. I won’t make any mistakes on this small matter."
"Use ninja methods when necessary."
Natsuki chuckled lightly and asked. "I suppose you won’t abide by those ninja rules?"
"You and I really get along."
Kakuzu was quite surprised by his words.
After all, Natsuki was a Konoha ninja.
He knew some ninjas from the Five Great Villages were quite rigid, never using ninjutsu on non-ninjas, let alone the Daimyo of the Land of Rain.
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