Naruto: Talent Entry Perks

"Human Bullet Tank!"

"Fire Release · Great Fireball Technique!"

"Water Release · Water Turbulence Wave!"

"Ninja Art · Fang to Fang!"

In the late morning, the central streets of Konoha witnessed a spectacle.

Someone was openly using the five nature transformations in public — something strictly forbidden.

However, no patrol ninjas came to question or arrest them because this was a pre-approved demolition project.

Centered around the ruined hot springs building, several surrounding houses had been cordoned off with barriers.

Led by Uchiha Sasuke, a group of youngsters were showcasing their ninjutsu and secret techniques, violently demolishing the houses bought by Izayoi.

It had been several days since Uchiha Itachi returned to the village.

During these days, Sasuke had been helping Izayoi with the demolitions.

At first, only he and Akitou Chouji were assisting.

But the young ninjas passing by saw this and spontaneously joined in.

Money was not the priority; the chance to demolish houses openly was far more fun than practicing ninjutsu in the training grounds.

A series of explosions rang out, smoke billowed everywhere.

When the group was exhausted, barely able to breathe and running out of chakra, they still hadn't demolished a single house.

"Forget it, let me handle this."

Izayoi, wearing a safety helmet, came to supervise and shook his head.

He then raised his hand, condensing a Rasengan-sized energy ball, infusing it rapidly with water and lightning nature transformations, forming a small storm-style glowing orb.

He fired a decisive light wave at a badly damaged house, and it collapsed instantly with a thunderous crash.

In less than ten shots, Izayoi destroyed all the houses inside the cordoned-off area.

After finishing, Izayoi turned to his nearby team and said, "Get to work."

"Yes, sir."

The dozen or so well-equipped squads immediately began clearing the rubble.

The young ninjas who had not helped earlier also joined.

But their pace was still slow.

At this rate, it would take about ten days just to transport all the debris.

So Izayoi used a forbidden technique he had learned but never used before.

He formed hand seals and said, "Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"

A series of balloon-popping sounds rang out as thick mist spread.

When the breeze dispersed the white fog, two hundred copies of Izayoi began working.

Among them, three clones sped toward the southern river to retrieve the sealing scrolls.

The young ninjas were surprised at the number of clones Izayoi made.

"Naruto's technique? Izayoi, how do you know Naruto's shadow clone jutsu?" Nara Shikamaru squinted at Izayoi's clones and asked.

"If I'm not mistaken, this is a forbidden technique listed in the Book of Seals."

Shikamaru didn't doubt that Izayoi had stolen the village's Book of Seals, though he wasn't aware it was stolen.

The theft of the Book of Seals had not been made public by Konoha's high-ups.

Long ago, previous Hokage had foreseen the risks of theft or loss and prepared separate scrolls containing the forbidden techniques.

As long as those scrolls were safe, a new Book of Seals could be recreated when a new Hokage took office.

The only downside was that the village's forbidden techniques could now be used by enemies against themselves.

What Shikamaru found curious was that Izayoi's identity shouldn't allow him to learn such a forbidden technique.

Even with help from the Hyuga clan, it would be difficult to obtain it.

Could Naruto have taught it to him?

But Izayoi's next reply made Shikamaru twitch slightly.

One of the clones carrying stones turned to look at Shikamaru and said confusedly, "Do you really need to learn this? Isn't it just a matter of watching once to learn?"

Then, as if remembering something, it looked apologetic and said, "Oh sorry, I forgot your chakra reserves are too low. Even if you wanted to learn, you couldn't."

"Annoying! I can't stand this anymore! Die!"

Just then, Inuzuka Kiba passing by smashed a stone onto the clone, turning it into white mist.

"Woof woof..." Akamaru barked in agreement.

Seeing someone take the lead, the other youngsters quickly joined in.

But soon they were overwhelmed by the clone army and were begging for mercy.

"Thanks for your hard work, come eat some fruit."

At that moment, a girl's voice came through.

Hinata, Hanabi, Ino Yamanaka, and Sakura Haruno were pushing a cart full of fruit and called out.

"Onii-chan, drink some water."

Hanabi, always doting on her brother, immediately came to Izayoi and handed him a bottle of water.

"Thanks, Hanabi."

Izayoi took the water, smiling as he patted Hanabi's head.

But when he saw the youngsters quickly slack off and start snacking instead of working, his face went blank.

No matter the world, he always had a bunch of lazy, food-loving friends.

Fortunately, after replenishing their chakra and stamina, the youngsters began using shadow clones themselves and started working seriously.

With two hundred shadow clones of Izayoi, plus the youngsters' clones and the teams, the huge debris that would have taken a long time to clear was done in under two days.

To thank them, Izayoi treated the youngsters to several big meals over the two days, spending nearly one hundred thousand ryō, roughly the reward for a typical S-rank mission.

A big loss!

But after fighting, working, and eating together, Izayoi and his group felt the camaraderie of schoolmates and their relationships improved.

After demolition, it was time to lay the foundations.

This was simple — issue a mission at the Hokage building and commission ninjas skilled in earth release to assist.

Ninjutsu's original purpose was to improve life.

What took several days in the previous life was done in half a day with ninjutsu.

After laying the foundation, the next work was handed over to a professional team.

Izayoi could rest.

On the way back to the Uchiha clan land alone, Izayoi suddenly stopped and turned his head, suspiciously looking at the forest path behind him.

"Is it just my imagination?" Izayoi muttered, then quickened his pace and left.

After he disappeared, a white face suddenly appeared from the trunk of a large tree.

A terrifying sight — if Konoha's children saw this, even the most unruly would never dare enter the forest again.

Watching Izayoi leave, the white Zetsu clone muttered:

"Impressive perception. That kid must be Izayoi mentioned by Kisame and Itachi. Flight ninjutsu and dust release — he's basically a copy of Onoki. Konoha is lucky to have such a genius appear now."

But the Zetsu clone didn't know that everything it did was observed by Izayoi.

A blue light flashed in Izayoi's eyes as he thought:

"So they really came in? Makes sense — with such a big event, there would be multiple clones sent to gather intelligence."

Izayoi stared at a certain direction for a few seconds, then coldly smiled.

The Dust Release technique is powerful, merging perfectly with earth and plants, hiding chakra so well that even the Rinnegan can't detect it.

But as a time traveler, Izayoi had more than one countermeasure.

Let them gloat for a few more days — then the tide would turn.

"Wood Release · Great Forest Technique!"

Scene shifts to the Land of Waves, a remote location with a purple transparent rectangular barrier.

Inside is a dense forest, filled with sounds of battle.

Captured by Izayoi's clones, Amakusa was using wood release to extend many wooden vines from his arms, like snakes released from a cage, trying to bind a youth in a black cloak.

The youth's face was wrapped in white bandages except for his red eyes.

The youth remained still despite the attack.

When the vines succeeded in binding him, the youth turned into red powder and vanished.

Next moment, a palm struck Amakusa's back, black tadpole-shaped runes spread, instantly causing him to lose control of his body.

The youth appeared in front again and executed a set of Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, sealing Amakusa's chakra flow, ending the battle with the Eight Trigrams Void Palm.

The youth looked down at the fallen, blood-spitting Amakusa for a few seconds before turning and leaving.

"Help him heal."

As the youth left, a man's voice sounded outside the barrier.

Then, a girl in a black cloak and white mask appeared, crouching beside Amakusa and performing healing palm technique.

"Cough cough... who are you people?"

Amakusa, his body controlled and chakra sealed, could only move his mouth.

He looked at the girl and said stubbornly, "If you want to torture me for information, you're naïve. You'd be better off killing me now than wasting time here."

The girl did not respond.

After a brief healing, she opened Amakusa's mouth and fed him a ration pill.

Done, she left.

Soon the youth reappeared, removed the seals on Amakusa, allowing him some time to break through his pressure points.

Amakusa was numb by now.

Every day for the past few days, the youth tortured him at least a dozen times.

After surviving a repulsion storm in the underground base, Amakusa thought he was dead.

But when he woke, he was trapped in a barrier, forced to spar with this youth.

From initially only using five nature transformations, the youth gradually displayed Hyuga clan's Gentle Fist, but his eyes were not the Byakugan — instead, the legendary red bloodline limit that counters the Byakugan.

He also wielded various sealing techniques and advanced elemental ninjutsu.

The youth's growth stunned Amakusa.

In less than five days, his strength had gone from equal to crushing.

Yet, the youth did not kill him, and those behind the scenes neither killed nor interrogated him.

Even when wounded, they sent someone to heal him and feed him ration pills.

Too strange!

But as long as there was a sliver of hope, Amakusa would not give up — constantly battling the youth to seek escape.

While Ranmaru and Amakusa resumed another bout, outside the barrier, Izayoi's clone said to Kourin:

"Kourin, you can go now."

"Izayoi-kun, don't you need my help?"

"I've got good news," Izayoi smiled. "The Fifth Hokage is about to be appointed. The real me might visit you in a few days to recommend you join Konoha. So go pack."

"Really?"

Kourin's eyes brightened, nodding repeatedly.

"I understand. I'll pack now."

"Thanks for your help."

"That's my duty," Kourin shook her head, waving goodbye. "You do your thing, call me if you need me."

"Bye."

Whether due to Kourin's fate or working hard finally paying off, less than two hours after she left, Izayoi, controlling Ranmaru and Amakusa battling three more rounds, finally saw a purple beam shoot out from Amakusa's body.

At that moment, Izayoi felt like a heavy burden had been lifted.

"Finally triggered! Damn drop rate... is it just because it's called Wood Release?" Izayoi cursed internally.

But he knew it wasn't the Wood Release's fault.

This new system gave a much higher drop rate when killing enemies than just defeating them.

In fact, all mechanisms have a higher drop chance on kills.

After all, kills can repeatedly drop items, while defeats are either drop or nothing.

Finally uncovering a counter to the Dust Release and now in transformed mode, Izayoi controlled his puppet to dispel the Four Purple Flame Formation and came to Amakusa, who had lost control of his body again due to heavy seals.

"Are you going to kill me?"

Amakusa, ready for death, asked.

"You've worked hard. Now you can sleep for a few years."

Izayoi placed his hand on Amakusa's head, spoke, and then performed a sealing technique, sealing Amakusa's consciousness.

Taking out a scroll and the sarcophagus Kourin brought, Izayoi sealed Amakusa inside the stone coffin, sealed it again, and then buried it inside a mountain cave sealed tight.

Finally, he returned to the ninja continent with his puppet.

After returning, the clone turned into white smoke and returned puppet control to Izayoi's main body.