Uchiha Itachi, Chiriku, Sasori of the Red Sands... So far, all the identities Uchiha Naruto had worn had been men. He had never used the Transformation Technique to turn into a woman.
Cross-dressing was something you either never did or did countless times.
Turning into a woman with ninjutsu was even more realistic than cross-dressing. He simply could not get past that mental hurdle.
Especially Tsunade, Hinata Hyuga, Mabui, Samui, and the like. Those spectacular beauties were certainly easy on the eyes, but the thought of having those crowd-pleasers hanging from his own chest made Uchiha Naruto shudder.
Besides, Uchiha Naruto was a man, after all. Men and women were different, and after transforming into a woman, his speech and movements would differ greatly from a man's, making it easier to give himself away.
Cross-dressing was out of the question. Only by transforming into other men from Naruto could he keep up his supernatural charade.
Building a persona from scratch was a hassle. He chose Naruto characters as his alternate identities because the original work had already established their distinctive appearances and personalities. Uchiha Naruto only needed to imitate them.
Besides, Uchiha Naruto's system was based on Naruto's ninjutsu, after all. As long as he possessed a character's signature techniques, his cosplay would be all the more convincing.
Uchiha Naruto leaped off the taro leaf, stepping across the leaves of different plants before finally landing on the ground.
"It really feels like I've come to Mount Myōboku!"
He reached out to stroke the giant python's corpse. The cold, rough texture of its scales left Uchiha Naruto marveling.
Once the instance for [Secret Realm Exploration] materialized, it was completely immersive. Precisely because truth and illusion were so difficult to distinguish, Uchiha Naruto could fool the lucky spectators he randomly pulled into