Naruto: The Template System - Chapter 143: Strengthening

Konoha.

“This thing can heal us”

Looking at the golden ring that Kozuki handed them, Shisui and Itachi asked curiously.

“It has far better uses; healing is just one of them; you will discover it gradually”

Even a tiny speck of Pure Gold was enough to turn anyone into an immortal.

The golden rings only had slight pure gold imbued in them.

He had enough to share it with his close ones as he didn’t want himself to be the only one to be left alive.

But he didn’t plan to tell anyone about its actual function; yet, they would gradually discover it, and he wasn’t afraid that it would be stolen.

It was a product of the system; even if it was thousands of miles away from him, he could take it back with a single thought.

Just yesterday, he also took back his fake corpse, which was stolen, leaving a special glasses guy bewildered.

Hearing his words, Shisui and Itachi quickly wore the ring, and immediately they felt a cool sensation in his body.

“This…”

Shisui was shocked as he subconsciously opened his eyes to Sharingan, and soon a pinpointed wheel pattern appeared in his eyes.

But unlike before, his eyes didn’t hurt a bit, and he could also feel strong vitality injected into his eyes.

The pattern in the eyes of Shisui changed slightly before it stopped.

And just like Shisui, Itachi was also going through the same process.

Itachi felt the cool sensation in his whole body and around his chest; the pain he would feel from time to time disappeared.

He opened his eyes subconsciously, and a pattern different from the basic Sharingan appeared.

It also spun for a moment before the pattern in his eyes changed slightly.

Kozuki, who saw the pattern in the eyes of Itachi, was surprised as he didn’t expect him to open Mangekyo also.

In the original, witnessing the death of Shisui was the reason for the evolution of his Sharingan.

But he still would get Mangekyo; this was something that Kozuki had never expected.

“Itachi, Your Mangekyo??”

Kozuki was curious as to what was the reason behind his evolution.

“Sensei… It… was when I learned how you were betrayed”

After hesitating for a while, Itachi finally told the truth to Kozuki.

“This…”

Kozuki was in shock as he never expected him to have such a place in the heart of Itachi.

Actually, Kozuki constantly belittled himself; in the corner of his mind, he always thought that he was an outsider.

But whether it was Kurenai, Kakashi, Itachi, and everyone else, to them, he was someone they looked up to and cared deeply for him.

“Sorry Itachi, you had to go through that painful experience because of me”

Kozuki knew how strong a stimulus was required to open Mangekyo; Itachi must have really felt some pain because of his death.

“It’s not your fault Sensei, you had no choice; rather than justifying yourself, you took the blame and protected the village from the shadows (Hmm, this sounds familiar)”

“You even accepted the stain of a rogue for the sake of the village and infiltrated the enemy; my pain is nothing compared to what you have to bear”

“Sigh…”

Kozuki sighed as he was happy that he was given a chance to come to this world.

Not only did he met someone who, no matter what happened, didn’t give up on him and forgave him like nothing had happened.

But he also had comrades who had such blind trust in him.

“Let’s go; I want to see how much you’ve improved”

Kozuki brought his hand forward and ruffled the head of Itachi like he used to when he was a kid and strode towards the Third Training ground of Konoha.

“Haha…”

Itachi was a bit embarrassed being treated as a Kid, while Shisui on the side laughed as his eyes had some nostalgia in them.

These were the days that he missed, days of training with Kozuki without any worry.

“Hehe, we also want to see how much we’ve improved”

Hearing his words, Shisui responded with some expectations in his eyes, and Itachi also had the same look.

Kozuki had told them about the next stage of Mangekyo, so feeling the improvement of eye power, they wanted to confirm it.

Shisui and Itachi quickly followed Kozuki towards the third training ground.

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While Kozuki was about to spar with his students at an underground base somewhere in the ninja world.

“It seems you can only handle one eye”

Looking at Fukashi with a Rinnegan in his right eye, Black Zetsu said with some disappointment.

“This isn’t enough”

For the first time, Fukashi felt powerless as he knew even with the Rinnegan, he won’t be able to defeat Kozuki.

“Fukashi, you have to be strong; we haven’t lost yet; as long as Madara is resurrected, we can deal with Kozuki”

When he learned that Akagami Shanks was Kozuki, Black Zetsu was finally able to sigh in relief.

Maybe only the name was the same; even Madara wouldn’t last long against him if it was that guy.

Fukashi wanted to say that even Madara paled in front of Kozuki, but then remembering that as long as Madara can become the Jinchuriki of ten tails, he could definitely beat him.

“Let’s go from today. I’m the new leader of Akatsuki”

Fukashi, along with Black Zetsu, disappeared and appeared somewhere in the Ninja World, which was their new base.

He had already notified everyone through White Zetsu about this place, and when he appeared there, all of them were present already.