Naruto: Reborn with the Template System

Author Note:

Here's the BONUS CHAPTER as promised—thanks for the support, and let's keep this energy going!

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Whoosh—!!!

Molten stone balls, brimming with lava, exploded through the air as Guts hurled them one after another at Roshi and the advancing Rock Shinobi army.

The Rock Shinobi instinctively activated their best Earth Style defenses.

Walls of stone rose up in desperation, but the sheer impact of Guts's throws,especially the one aimed at Roshi,was far beyond expectations.

Several shinobi couldn't react in time and were struck directly.

Roshi, now fully enveloped in his Lava Style Chakra Mode, barely dodged in time. His brows furrowed as a disturbing thought crossed his mind.

"How the hell... How can someone touch magma like that—barehanded?!"

His eyes narrowed. Guts's hands were now a deep, glossy black,completely unscathed by the lava's blistering heat.

"A secret technique... or something else entirely?" Roshi muttered under his breath.

But before he could react

Flash!

A golden light burst before him.

Too fast!

Namikaze Minato,The Yellow Flash,appeared in a blur, his palm already extended, spiraling with chakra.

"Rasengan!"

Roshi growled and threw a punch to counter.

But before the impact landed—

"Earth Style — Rock Golem!"

From above, Onoki formed hand seals mid-air. The floating boulder beneath him expanded into a towering ten-meter rock golem that let out a thunderous roar and charged straight toward Guts.

Guts smirked.

"This toy again? Take it back to entertain your granddaughter. That is, if you survive this war."

With one clean punch, Guts struck the golem in the face.

BOOM!!

The golem shattered into a rain of stone debris.

He hadn't even used Armament Haki.

But as the dust settled, Onoki had already completed a second set of seals.

Between his palms, a glowing white sphere formed,pulsating with deadly energy.

Onoki sneered.

"Boy, I never believed that golem would kill you. But this...this is what ended your precious White Fang."

Without warning, the sphere expanded into a beam of pure white light.

Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique!

FWOOOOSH!

Guts vanished just before impact. The beam disintegrated everything in its path, carving a hole into the earth itself.

Gasps rippled through the Konoha ranks.

"That's the jutsu that killed Lord White Fang!"

"No one can survive that...!"

But from mid-air—

"Too slow, old man!"

Guts's voice echoed as he stepped across the sky,his feet tapping into nothing.

Geppo.

One of the Marine Six Styles, allowing him to literally walk through the air.

Onoki's eyes narrowed.

"That movement… is it some kind of advanced ninjutsu?"

This kid...barely thirteen,and he had already slain the Third Raikage. His bold declaration of my death might not have been empty talk.

But Onoki wasn't done yet.

"Earth Style: Light-Weight Rock Technique!"

"Earth Style: Super Heavy Rock Technique!"

The surrounding boulders floated as their weight was manipulated, then suddenly gained mass and plummeted like cannonballs toward Guts.

"Heh."

Guts grinned and spun in the air, his foot glowing with cutting force.

"Rankyaku!"

The slicing wind kick cleaved a hillside clean in half.

Then he grabbed one of the massive rocks mid-air and hurled it back at Onoki.

"If you're gonna throw stones, at least do it right! You think your backache will kill you?!"

BOOM!!!

The boulder surged at Onoki like a meteor.

But the old Tsuchikage didn't dodge.

Instead, he extended his palms and shouted:

"Earth Style: Light-Weight Rock Jutsu! Super Aggravated Rock Technique!"

The same technique,but with far more chakra behind it. He stopped the boulder in mid-air and hurled it back with force doubled.

Guts narrowed his eyes.

His right fist turned pitch black.

Armament Haki—Iron Fist Impact!

WHAM!!!

The rock shattered into thousands of chunks, raining down like a broken sky.

However—

Onoki, the original himself, had vanished!

Down below, Tsunade's eyes widened in shock as she yelled out,

"Behind you!"

About five meters behind Guts, a patch of rock began to twist and morph,shifting into a human shape.

A clone, crafted from the earth itself, emerged with sinister intent.

Earth Style: Shadow Clone Jutsu.

He had hidden within the battlefield's rubble, blending with the very terrain to launch a surprise attack.

Cunning old fox…

"It's over, kid."

At such close range, Onoki was confident—deadly confident.

The faint curl of a smirk appeared beneath his prominent nose. Between his two hands, white light started to radiate once again, fierce and blinding.

"Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique!"

A cube of devastating silver-white light formed around Guts.

So close...there was no room to dodge.

Unless you had Obito's Kamui, no shinobi, not even a Kage, could escape that at point-blank range.

In the eyes of onlookers,Tsunade, the Konoha shinobi, even the enemy lines,it was over.

The cube engulfed Guts completely.

"Guts!!!"

Tsunade screamed, her voice cracking with shock and disbelief.

The entire battlefield stood still. Many Konoha shinobi stared in horror.

Had he really… died?

Onoki sneered, floating just above the wreckage.

"You can go keep White Fang company in the afterlife."

But before the last word left his mouth—

A cold, spine-chilling voice echoed just inches from his ear.

"No… it's you who should join White Fang."

A moment of silence.

Then...

CRACK!!!

A whip-like kick smashed into Onoki's ribs, launching him like a football into the rocky ground below.

He slammed into a massive boulder, shattering it to pieces upon impact.

"Dad!!"

Onoki's son, Kitsuchi, cried out, stunned.

High above, Guts stood mid-air, his body steaming. His skin flushed crimson, muscles visibly engorged, veins pulsing like coiled wires under the surface.

He was breathing heavily, but his expression,twisted and fierce,held nothing but raw determination.

From the Konoha side, Shisui, watching with wide eyes, shouted:

"Sensei actually opened the Third Gate! All at once?! That's insane!"

The Eight Inner Gates!

Even among elite taijutsu users, few could open them safely. And yet, Guts had done it in the blink of an eye.

The Third Gate—Gate of Life—

A drastic surge in power, speed beyond even most Kage-level shinobi.

But such a burst came at a price.

"Tch…"

Guts winced, his foot hitting the ground as he landed, staggering slightly. His right leg spasmed,muscles twitching violently.

"Damn it…"

He gritted his teeth.

Opening the Third Gate so abruptly had strained his body more than expected. The pain surged through his nerves like lightning.

He had the strength to continue. He could finish Onoki right now.

But his body was starting to betray him.

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