Smoker Template

"If we've run into someone suspicious, we can't just let it slide!"

Tsunade spoke without hesitation.

By blood, she was half Uzumaki Clan.

Therefore, without even waiting for Uzumaki Kushina to speak, she took the matter upon herself.

"To be safe, we'll split into two groups."

After a brief moment of thought, Orochimaru said, "Tsunade, you keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't escape. I'll question Ryoichi and learn more about him."

"What about us?"

Nawaki immediately asked.

"He's a Jonin. It wouldn't be appropriate for you to get involved. Stay in the cabin and wait for us."

Orochimaru shook his head as he spoke.

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

Tsunade agreed.

"Alright."

Though Nawaki was rather reckless by nature, he still listened to Orochimaru and Tsunade.

Natsuki actually wanted to go along and see what was happening.

But having lived two lives, he understood very well that safety came first.

Besides, he had something even more important to deal with.

Just moments ago, a line of text had appeared before his eyes.

[You have awakened the Smoker Template.]

Obviously, this was related to his killing that Rogue Ninja on the sea, who had essentially been a pirate.

Because Smoker was a character from One Piece, and a Marine at that.

The Marines and pirates were opposing forces in One Piece, natural mortal enemies.

After Orochimaru and Tsunade left, Natsuki turned his attention to the Character Template he had just obtained.

[Name: Smoker.]

[Era: Colonel.]

[World: One Piece.]

[Level: B-rank.]

[Ability One: Logia Smoke-Smoke Fruit, unlocked.]

[Effect: Turn the body into smoke, becoming immune to physical attacks and unaffected by seawater.]

[Ability Two: White Smoke Bomb, locked.]

[Effect: Turn the arms into smoke and expand the smoke's range. After enveloping an opponent, thicken the smoke to restrain the target.]

[Unlock Condition: Learn Water Release: Hidden Mist Technique.]

[Ability Three: White Blow Smoke Bomb, locked.]

[Effect: Blast dense smoke from the arms to strike opponents. After hitting them, it can restrain them like the White Smoke Bomb.]

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

[Ability Four: White Snake, locked.]

[Effect: Blast snake-shaped dense smoke from the arms to pursue an opponent until it hits and captures them.]

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

[Ability Five: White Vine, locked.]

[Effect: Turn the body into a spiraling smoke column to trap enemies or capture aerial targets.]

[Unlock Condition: Develop a new ability for the Logia Smoke-Smoke Fruit.]

After reading it, Natsuki could not help but let out a sigh of relief.

He had previously thought that obtaining the Logia Smoke-Smoke Fruit would also give him the weakness of fearing seawater. If that were the case, the loss would outweigh the gain.

Especially since this was the world of Naruto, with vast oceans and countless Water Release Ninja.

If he encountered Water Release Ninja at sea in the future, he would be at an absolute disadvantage.

Fortunately, the system had removed that weakness.

Ability One: Logia Smoke-Smoke Fruit.

Its effect was simple: his body could transform into smoke at any time.

Since it was smoke, it was naturally immune to physical attacks.

Physical attacks mainly involved ninja tools and Taijutsu, both of which Ninja frequently used in battle.

Other ninjutsu, such as Genjutsu, Fire Release, Lightning Release, and Wind Release, would still work.

But simply being immune to attacks from ninja tools and Taijutsu was already enough to give Natsuki a considerable advantage in battle.

The remaining four abilities were all derived from the Logia Smoke-Smoke Fruit.

Ability Two, Ability Three, and Ability Four were fairly similar. The first turned his arms into smoke, while the latter two blasted smoke from his arms.

All three abilities used smoke to restrain targets.

The unlock condition for Ability Two was learning Water Release: Hidden Mist Technique.

Natsuki's first thought was that he could perfectly use Water Release: Hidden Mist Technique as an excuse for using his Logia Smoke-Smoke Fruit.

As for the four abilities, he could also claim they were ninjutsu modified from Water Release: Hidden Mist Technique.

Although Water Release: Hidden Mist Technique belonged to Kirigakure Ninja, it was perfectly normal for Ninja from different villages to learn each other's ninjutsu.

After all, if Konoha captured a Kirigakure Ninja, they would definitely torture and interrogate him.

Aside from obtaining intelligence, they would also obtain Kirigakure's ninjutsu.

Water Release: Hidden Mist Technique was practically a compulsory ninjutsu in Kirigakure, so obtaining it would not be difficult.

The unlock condition for Ability Three was not difficult either.

Control-type ninjutsu included Genjutsu. He only needed to learn one Genjutsu.

The unlock condition for Ability Four was relatively troublesome.

It required him to capture a Water Release Special Jonin within mist.

As everyone knew, capturing someone alive was far more difficult than defeating or killing them.

However, this unlock condition could also unlock Ability Three of the Tanjiro Kamado Template along the way.

After defeating the pirate leader today, he only needed to defeat one more Special Jonin proficient in Water Release or Sword Technique to unlock it.

As for the unlock condition for Ability Five, it looked difficult, but it was not actually that hard.

Because Natsuki had a reference.

In One Piece, Smoker later developed a new use for the Logia Smoke-Smoke Fruit: White Blow.

Its effect was to turn the body into smoke and use explosive recoil generated by blasting smoke to move quickly and fly.

Honestly, Natsuki felt that White Blow was the most useful one.

After all, being able to fly was a tremendous advantage.

All ninjutsu had a range.

As long as he flew high enough, he could ignore most ninjutsu because they simply could not reach him.

This could be seen from the battle where Deidara captured Gaara in the original story.

Other than Gaara, Sunagakure had no way to deal with Deidara at all. Their ninjutsu could not even hit him.

This also proved one thing: if he could develop one ability, he could develop countless more.

Meanwhile, Orochimaru found Ryoichi and relayed the suspicious man's appearance.

"You're talking about Junpei."

After hearing Orochimaru's description, Ryoichi recognized him.

"Where did he come from?"

Orochimaru nodded and asked.

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

Ryoichi replied.

Orochimaru fell into thought.

The possibility that Junpei was a spy Ninja had increased by several degrees.

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

After pondering for a moment, Orochimaru asked again.

"No."

Ryoichi explained, "We set out from the Land of Whirlpools, pass through the Land of Fire, and ultimately head to the Land of Water."

"I understand. Thank you."

After hearing that, Orochimaru immediately went to find Tsunade.

"It seems he is most likely a Kirigakure Ninja."

Tsunade narrowed her eyes as she spoke.

"Capture him directly."

Orochimaru said indifferently.

They naturally did not regard a mere Kirigakure Ninja as a threat.

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

What was more, Junpei was a spy Ninja who was never meant to see the light of day.