Naruto: What Kind of Starter Pack is 13 Years Late?

"Great Sage."

Fukasaku jumped off Jiraiya's shoulder and spoke, looking at the Great Sage Toad before him.

"Little Jiraiya has come."

"Little Jiraiya has come, has he?"

The Great Toad Sage narrowed his eyes and smiled, but he quickly looked a bit lost again.

"Who is Little Jiraiya?"

"..."

Jiraiya was used to this old toad's ways.

"You're really senile!"

Fukasaku couldn't take it anymore. She jumped down and muttered softly, "It's Little Jiraiya, the child who came to us by himself back then."

"Oh, I remember now."

The old toad seemed to have come to his senses this time, and he also smiled.

"I'm old, I really am forgetful."

As he smiled, he turned to look at Fukasaku and asked, "Little Jiraiya, why are you here this time? Are you here to ask about the Child of Prophecy?"

"..."

Jiraiya was struggling to maintain his composure, but he still spoke, "It's not about the Child of Prophecy. The Ninja World has encountered some trouble this time. I once found the Child of Prophecy, a child with the Sage of Six Paths' eyes, but now..."

"The Sage of Six Paths' eyes?"

Hearing this term, the old toad's eyes widened slightly.

A thousand years ago, he had assisted the Sage of Six Paths and his brother in fighting the world's calamity, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.

That battle had shattered the world. If Kaguya hadn't been sealed at the last moment, he couldn't say what would have become of this world.

Those eyes naturally left a deep impression on him, but in his dreams, it didn't seem to be those kinds of eyes.

"This matter does seem a bit troublesome." The Great Toad Sage pondered for a moment, then finally shook his head.

"However, in my dreams, such a situation did not appear. Perhaps there was a mistake, or perhaps this is something the true Child of Prophecy needs to experience."

"Something the true Child of Prophecy needs to experience?"

Jiraiya was silent for a moment. He remembered that the last prophecy the Great Toad Sage gave him was 'a young boy with sky-blue eyes, playing with a Tailed Beast'.

Could it be that Nagato was never the one from the beginning, even if he hadn't died?

"Little Jiraiya, you must calm your heart and believe in yourself. Perhaps this is also a test."

"A test?"

Jiraiya was speechless at this, but in the end, he could only nod. His disciple becoming a test for another disciple was somewhat cruel to him.

"I understand, Great Toad Sage."

Jiraiya sighed helplessly, while the Great Toad Sage smiled indifferently.

"It's nothing, nothing. Little Jiraiya... why did you come to see me?"

"..."

Jiraiya felt a headache coming on, but fortunately, the conversation hadn't strayed too far, so he immediately continued, "There's one more thing. A very strange guy has appeared in the Ninja World and is collecting Tailed Beast Chakra. This time, I wanted to ask about it."

"Tailed Beast Chakra, huh."

The Great Toad Sage didn't care, as he seemed to have seen something similar in the future, but Jiraiya still looked solemn.

"That's right, he has already acted and obtained some Nine-Tails' Chakra, and that guy's name is also very strange, so I wanted to see if the Great Sage had any clues."

"Ah? A strange name? What's his name?"

"He calls himself 'Ōtsutsuki Takeshiki'..."

Before Jiraiya finished speaking, a vast surge of Chakra suddenly churned throughout Mount Myōboku.

In an instant, the entire Mount Myōboku seemed to be shaking.

— — —

In the underground tomb not far from the Fire Temple.

As Takemi's Chakra vibrated slightly, everything around him began to restore itself.

"Hoo..."

Slowly opening his eyes and looking at his surroundings, he couldn't help but nod slightly.

"The Totsuka Blade's genjutsu is interesting, but unfortunately for it, I knew it was fake from the beginning, so it didn't cause me any trouble."

Apparently, the person who made the Totsuka Blade a burial item had set up many measures to prevent his tomb from being robbed.

One of them was to use the special properties of the Totsuka Blade to form a unique genjutsu seal, which would be triggered if anyone acted recklessly.

"It's just a pity that you met me..."

Crack.

As he silently thought, a cracking sound echoed in his ears the next moment.

Looking up, he saw that the stone door that had blocked his path was now covered in cracks.

Crackle, crackle...

With a series of crisp sounds, the stone door shattered into countless pieces, scattered throughout the tomb chamber.

At the same time, in his deep blue eyes, he clearly saw a spiritualized object shaped like a gourd quietly appear.

"It really is the Totsuka Blade."

Seeing his harvest this time, Takemi couldn't help but smile. He had waited so long, and even had to fight Obito and the others.

Even at the last moment, he had to 'painfully' beat Naruto and the others in the Totsuka Blade's genjutsu.

Now that he finally got what he wanted, how could he not be happy?

"It's perfect for strengthening the Ōtsutsuki's offensive capabilities. Even if I have Truth-Seeking Balls later, this can still be used."

The standard for spiritualized weapons is usually something like Susanoo, but Takemi didn't think this was fixed.

After all, Susanoo's essence is the ultimate manifestation of Yin Release, the ultimate power of 'creating form out of nothing'.

Although Takemi didn't have Susanoo, he could use Yin Release.

Whoosh—

He stretched out his hand, and a black staff appeared in it. The next moment, he pressed the black staff against the 'gourd'.

Under the guidance of his power, the Totsuka Blade slowly merged with his black staff.

"Hmm?"

Moreover, as the Totsuka Blade merged, a peculiar power suddenly transmitted throughout his body.

In an instant, he felt a surge of excitement in his body again.

"It's reacting so quickly? Sure enough, no matter who created this thing, it ultimately belongs to the Ōtsutsuki, and I am just collecting my 'origin energy'."

Sitting cross-legged, Takemi simply began to seriously absorb and comprehend these powers, and at the same time, he also released the Nine-Tails' Chakra.

"The Nine-Tails inside the container is not as strong as expected. Its estimated strength seems to only reach that of four tails, but that doesn't matter. Combined with the Totsuka Blade, it shouldn't be too bad."

Silently thinking, he began to quietly comprehend and absorb these things.

The Totsuka Blade was a product of Yin Release, and what he was comprehending and absorbing was naturally the power of Yin Release.

This was very important to him, the Yin Release power he had obtained so far seemed to only be provided by Obito.

And the rest were all powers from Yang Release.

The Nine-Tails' Chakra also continuously gathered in his eyes with this integration, and he immediately felt that the speed at which his eyes absorbed Chakra had increased once again.

Buzz—

Silently, his Chakra continuously overflowed, his body slowly floated up, and a faint blue Chakra glow appeared around him.

After a long time, he suddenly opened his eyes.

Boom—

With the vibration of Chakra, a large number of cracks instantly appeared on the walls around the tomb chamber.

Even the entire tomb chamber swayed slightly, as if it was about to collapse.

But his expression was a bit strange. He looked at the black staff in his hand, seemingly pondering something.

And in his line of sight, the panel popped up.

[Name: Kitagawa Takemi]

[Bloodline: Ōtsutsuki (36%)]

[Dōjutsu: Tenseigan (Nascent Eye)]

[Special Skills: Ice Release, Magnet Release, Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion]

(End of Chapter)

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