Seems Like Rock Lee's Treatment, but Actually Naruto's Template? (Please Keep Reading)

"Huh?" Setsuna felt as if he had heard something absurd. He had been a ninjutsu idiot for over a decade, and now Slime was suddenly telling him that he actually wasn't devoid of talent for ninjutsu?

Setsuna suppressed the urge to complain and asked, "Why do you say that?"

"I only just noticed it. That little fox's chakra accidentally mixed into that woman's body, forming an 'impurity' that interferes with hand seals. Aside from the sealing techniques granted by her own exceptional talent, she probably can't use a single ninjutsu either."

Setsuna had to admit that the Slime Leader truly deserved to be called a former cosmic emperor. Having only just encountered the chakra system, it had already figured out so much in such a short time.

"What about me?"

"You?" The Slime Leader pondered for a moment before saying, "You also have a strange foreign power in your body interfering with your hand seals. That's why you can't precisely control and draw out chakra. Only attacks like ki or taijutsu, which rapidly release energy without needing guidance, remain unaffected."

Setsuna fell silent. He had thought he had Rock Lee's treatment, but he actually had Naruto Uzumaki's template?

"So if it's a ninjutsu that requires no hand seals, I can cultivate it normally?"

"Theoretically, yes." Slime nodded, looking every bit the master of ninjutsu.

Even so, Setsuna had no intention of urging Minato Namikaze to hurry up and develop the Rasengan.

He could merely cultivate hand seal-less ninjutsu normally; that didn't mean he had suddenly become a ninjutsu genius. Besides, the Rasengan's power might not even surpass one of his casual strikes.

In a sense, he ought to thank this foreign power for keeping him from plunging headfirst into the massive pit that was ninjutsu.

Without those eight years of taijutsu foundations, he might not have grown so much in the Dragon Ball World.

As for the Flying Thunder God Technique, he could ask Minato Namikaze about it when he had time and see whether he had any talent in that area.

"But what exactly is the source of that foreign power?" Setsuna asked gravely.

Anyone would feel uneasy upon learning that an unknown power had suddenly appeared inside their body.

Slime shook its head slightly. "I don't know. This power has a different origin from the tailed beasts. If tailed beasts are sealed into someone after birth, then this power has been bound to the deepest part of your soul since birth. It was already in your soul before you were born, which is why I didn't notice it at first."

Upon hearing Slime's explanation, Setsuna's first thought was the Myriad Worlds Pearl.

But he quickly felt that couldn't be right. Pearl Bro could take him across universes, so it shouldn't be this low-class, right?

"Could it be Ōtsutsuki Isshiki?" Setsuna recalled that boss from the Boruto era, who seemed to parasitize human bodies.

But that still didn't seem right. Even if Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had noticed his uniqueness, it should have happened after he was born, shouldn't it?

After thinking it over briefly, Setsuna shook his head. "Forget it. No point thinking about it."

Slime smiled. "You're quite open-minded."

"If it's a blessing, it isn't a curse; if it's a curse, I can't avoid it. There's no use thinking about it now. Once I travel to a universe that specializes in cultivating the soul, I'll study it then." Setsuna shrugged. "Or do you have any powers for cultivating the soul?"

Slime yawned. "Eat, sleep, sleep, eat. As long as you live long enough, your soul will naturally grow stronger."

Setsuna was rather speechless. That was basically a pig-raising method.

"Forget it. I shouldn't count on you."

Setsuna sighed. The Naruto World did have the Spirit Transformation Technique, a ninjutsu involving the soul, but unfortunately, it also required hand seals.

That created a vicious cycle. To break the foreign power, he first needed abilities related to the soul. But to learn the Spirit Transformation Technique, he had to avoid the foreign power's interference with hand seals.

(The Spirit Transformation Technique's hand seals were simple, but no matter how simple they were, they couldn't be simpler than the Transformation Technique, which only required one seal.)

At Might Guy's home, Guy was doing one-handed push-ups, muttering to himself, No, I ate so much delicious food today. The guilt is too strong. I have to train twice as hard to make up for it.

"Guy." The voice arrived before the person did.

Might Duy made a stylish drift into the doorway, appearing right on time with a raised thumb. "Your father completed another mission today. To celebrate my youth taking another great step forward, let's go eat barbecue!"

"No need, Dad. Look what I brought back." Guy, who had been waiting for this moment, leaped up excitedly and pointed at the rice bowl on the table.

"Where did this come from?" Might Duy stared at it in shock. The rice bowl instantly made his saliva flow.

"Didn't Big Brother Setsuna invite us to a gathering today? I brought this back from the banquet." After speaking, Guy worried that his father might misunderstand and quickly added, "Not just me. Everyone brought a portion home. Big Brother Setsuna said that sharing is the true essence of good food."

Might Duy sighed in relief. He had truly been worried that Guy had done something rude.

"Dad, hurry up and eat. I've already eaten. I had three whole big bowls." Guy patted his round belly.

"Then I won't hold back." Might Duy sat down and shoveled a mouthful of rice into his mouth. Tears immediately streamed down his face. "I've never eaten anything this delicious. The hot-blooded passion of youth is about to erupt from within me."

"I understand!" Guy resonated deeply. At the time, he had wanted to eat while doing a handstand, but he had been too embarrassed to disturb the others.

Might Duy set the bowl and chopsticks on the floor, doing one-handed push-ups while waving the chopsticks to reward himself.

"Guy, that upperclassman of yours usually takes such good care of you. He taught you his unique cultivation method and even gave us such delicious food. We should know how to repay kindness."

Guy sighed. "I think so too, but I have nothing to repay him with. If only I were a girl, then I could offer myself to him."

Might Duy fell silent. He found it difficult to tell whether that would count as repayment or revenge.

"I've got it! We'll teach him the forbidden technique we learned, the Eight Gates!" Might Duy declared confidently.

"Dad, wake up. You're just a Genin. How could you possibly know a forbidden technique?" Guy looked at Duy worriedly, afraid that he had lost his mind.

Might Duy stared in shock. "Didn't I tell you that I know the forbidden technique, the Eight Gates?"

Guy shook his head blankly.

"Haha, I thought I'd taught it to you long ago." Might Duy chuckled awkwardly, then turned serious. "But it doesn't matter. Tomorrow, we'll go find that upperclassman of yours together. You can learn from the side too."

Although Guy was somewhat speechless, he quickly became excited again. "Dad, is this Eight Gates really that powerful?"

"Of course! As a Genin, I trained every day for twenty years before I finally mastered this one and only move!" Might Duy clenched his fist confidently. "This will be the power that shatters the dark clouds!"