Naruto: The Template System

Konoha.

Rumble... (Lightning Sound)

Rain constantly poured down from the dark clouds as the whole Konoha was covered in Darkness.

Lightning would flash from time to time adding a touch of fear in the hearts of everyone.

"What's with this sad feeling"

Kakashi who sat by the window of his house looked at the dark sky above and didn't know why he suddenly felt sad.

Minato, Shisui, and Itachi all had a bad premonition in their hearts and they hoped nothing bad happens.

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At a Casino in the Grass Village,

"Damn, Fat Sheep actually won the bet"

All the gamblers in the Casino looked towards the woman with blonde hair and the biggest weapons of Ninja World.

"Let's go"

Tsunade immediately took Kurenai and Shizune with her as she left the Casino in a hurry.

"What's the matter, Sensei?"

Shizune who has matured a lot while training this whole year asked Tsunade while running along with her.

"Whenever I win something bad happens, let's quickly leave this village"

Tsunade quickly explained the reason as she kept running forward.

"Sensei I don't know why but I'm also feeling sad since this morning like something bad is going to happen"

Kurenai had a worried expression on her beautiful face as she told Tsunade about her premonition and hoped that nothing bad occurs.

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Rumble.

In the Destroyed field that was filled with numerous deep slash marks, both Sarutobi and Danzo were pressed to the ground.

Lightning illuminated the whole area as it also revealed the fearful expressions on their faces.

Both Sarutobi and Danzo could hardly move but at this time their fearful eyes were fully focused on Kozuki.

The red aura around Kozuki kept increasing as his black hair started turning red and his upper body clothes burst open.

Kozuki's body size at a speed visible to the naked eye began to increase.

Soon, the aura around Kozuki began to dissipate as Kozuki who had his head down the whole time stood up as his indifferent eyes looked towards Sarutobi and Danzo.

"What happened to him?"

Danzo asked as he nearly exhausted all of his strength speaking.

Sarutobi didn't know how to answer as he was also stunned by the changes that occurred to Kozuki.

Kozuki's height suddenly increased to nearly 1.9m as his red hair blew up constantly by the strong wind.

The blood that was pouring down before seemed to have stopped completely.

"I was careless"

Kozuki looked at his wound and couldn't help but sigh that he really underestimated the means of a Ninja.

Kozuki knew he would have died for sure by that sneak attack if it wasn't for the evolution of his Observation Haki.

At that time, he saw the future due to Observation Haki through which he escaped the deadly attack.

But even so, he still lost an arm.

Kozuki shook his head as he knew there was no point in thinking about it anymore.

He lost an arm but it didn't affect his strength much since his main slashing hand was right.

And his Template also suddenly increased to 90%, he didn't know whether it was because Shanks also had one arm, but it benefitted him a lot.

His Haki successfully reached the Advanced stage while Conquerors Haki reached the perfect stage and

his swordsmanship also reached Grade 4, the highest it could be.

"Using the Izanagi to attack me by surprise, really good strategy, I nearly died"

Kozuki arrived in front of Sarutobi and Danzo who were pressed to the ground by his Conquerors Haki and couldn't help but praise their strategy.

Even he, a traverser was nearly taken down by them.

"Who are...you?"

Sarutobi looked at Kozuki who suddenly changed so much and couldn't help but ask.

He was thinking whether he was in a Genjutsu.

"Do you regret it?"

Kozuki didn't answer Sarutobi's question but looked at both of them and asked back.

He could sense that both Sarutobi and Danzo didn't have even an ounce of strength left so he wasn't worried about another sneak attack.

"Yes, I regret it, I regret listening to Hiruzen and not killing you before"

Danzo roared looking at Kozuki as he began to release his inner frustration.

Sigh...

"When I decided to attack you, I was naturally ready for such a result, maybe this is the punishment for every sin I committed"

Sarutobi didn't regret his decision to attack Kozuki but looking back at his sinful life, dying under the hands of a Konoha Shinobi wasn't a bad ending after all.

"Your sins like destroying the Senju Clan, letting Danzo experiment with Innocent villagers and for your Hokage seat ruining the reputation of Sakumo"

Kozuki announced the deeds of Sarutobi whose expression became more and more horrified.

"That day. outside Sakumo house...?"

Sarutobi asked with a look of disbelief on his face.

At that time, Kozuki was only around 7 and if he was able to figure out the true purpose behind those rumors, then he had underestimated him too much.

"It's all because of you Hiruzen!!!, If you had listened to me there shouldn't be such a day"

Hearing Kozuki's words Danzo became angrier and angrier and roared towards Sarutobi like a mad dog.

"You shouldn't have messed with me, all I wanted was a peaceful life, but you didn't understand this"

Looking at the mad Danzo and remorseful Sarutobi, Kozuki took a deep breath and raised his sword high facing Danzo and Sarutobi.

"Farewell"

Puff...

Kozuki's sword fell as it immediately cut off the head of Danzo as it rolled aside his feet.

Puff...

The blade penetrated the heart of Sarutobi as his body began to twitch and soon he lay motionless on the ground with blood everywhere.

"Huh It's finally over"

Kozuki sat on the ground as he looked at the two corpses in front.

He didn't behead Sarutobi since even if Sarutobi was hypocritical, he was still a Hokage, in respect for that exalted position, he left him intact.

And for Danzo, even if he was fed to dogs, it could not wash away his sins.

After resting for a few minutes Kozuki stood up as he closed his eyes for a second and a body that was similar to Kozuki or to the Kozuki an hour earlier appeared on the ground.

It was a perfect duplicate of Kozuki with no difference from the real body.

Kozuki got this body when his Template had reached 70%.

He always thought that this thing was useless to him but it finally came in handy.

Kozuki had many reasons for him to feign death.

First Sarutobi and Danzo dying and him disappearing at the same won't be considered a coincidence.

Second, his unique long slash marks everywhere around would make him a prime suspect.

Also due to his presence, Konoha evaded every disaster, but the future was too dark.

They need a stimulus and his death can perfectly do this job.

He was a bit guilty of deceiving everyone but what he was doing was ultimately in their favor.

And lastly, there was something he wanted to confirm and only with his death, it was possible.

Kozuki made a wound on the heart of his duplicate body as blood began to pour down from it.

After engraving a few words on a rock nearby with his sword, Kozuki left the along with the head of Danzo.

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(The same hint for the upcoming 2 climax chapters though some legends might be able to guess now)