Naruto: Talent Entry Perks

"Damn it, you're a visitor from the moon, calling us monkeys in the ninja world—why don't you dare fight me openly?"

Floating above the Tsuchikage Building in the Hidden Rock Village, Ohnoki cursed at the puppet team battling the Anbu on the rooftop below.

Unlike other ninja villages with some spare space, the four puppets that airdropped into the Hidden Rock Village had almost reached the Tsuchikage Building. Using the Four Red Yang Formation, they separated the building from the rest of the village.

The barrier didn't just rise above ground—it sank deep underground, covering the base completely.

Unless you possess the power to break the barrier or attack the caster through it, even if you can fly, escape is impossible.

Those outside cannot enter; those inside cannot leave.

Whether it was Ohnoki, the Hidden Rock Anbu, or ninjas inside the Tsuchikage Building, they could only move within the building.

The same applied to the human puppet team inside after being airdropped.

This was why Ohnoki felt so trapped.

There were very few human puppets in the building; the rest were his subordinates.

Ohnoki, reluctant to risk his subordinates—especially after spending a lot to hire the Akatsuki—could not fully unleash his Dust Release techniques.

If the barrier weren't blocking him, Ohnoki would have ordered a retreat and used Dust Release: Limit Peeling Technique to instantly annihilate all the human puppets.

But now, all he could do was watch the puppets tangle with his subordinates and refrain from using the powerful Dust Release: Limit Peeling or Original Realm Peeling techniques.

He feared destroying the Tsuchikage Building and crushing his people.

Ohnoki was not distressed about the building's expensive status or its symbolic meaning for Iwagakure; he was worried about how many lives might be lost under the rubble.

These human puppets were corpses—but his subordinates were living.

At that moment, Ohnoki felt the cruelty and coldness of the Akatsuki and the Hidden Cloud Village.

People like these—who have no bottom line, despicable characters, and overwhelming strength—were truly disgusting!

Seeing the human puppets ignore him, Ohnoki landed and resorted to other ninjutsu to assist his subordinates against the puppets.

Unlike the Hidden Mist, Hidden Cloud, and Hidden Rock Villages, which faced dozens or hundreds of human puppets,

the Hidden Sand Village only saw about a dozen puppets airdropped—not just around the Wind Shadow Building, but three puppets holding Chiyo, Ebizo, and Gaara respectively, while the rest hunted rare bloodline limit owners.

After all, every bloodline limit owner is a purple entry, and some even have four-digit scores.

...

To avoid suspicion, Izayoi treated outsiders and his own people equally.

As the Four Red Yang Formation rose, it encircled the entire Hokage Building, plunging all of Konoha into chaos.

The alarm blared as Konoha ninjas rushed to organize villagers into shelters while large numbers of ninjas gathered outside the barrier.

"He's covered with black rods but doesn't have the Samsara Eye traits, and the number of human puppets... must be Otsutsuki Toneri!"

"Only four human puppet clones can maintain the Four Red Yang Formation. How much chakra does Otsutsuki Toneri have?!"

"The Hokage is in serious danger! Is there any way to break the barrier?"

"The barrier is an all-around blockade; even earth escape can't pierce it. It can only be broken by forcefully destroying the barrier or attacking the caster through it. But the Four Red Yang Formation's defense is dozens of times stronger than the Four Purple Flame Formation's."

"What do we do? Just watch helplessly?"

"…"

Voices echoed everywhere as Konoha ninjas grew anxious.

Some, impatient or inexperienced, wanted to rush and test the barrier's strength—but were stopped just in time before becoming toast.

At this moment, a ninja with a vest and a pineapple haircut, clearly from the Nara clan, suddenly had an idea:

"I got it! We can ask Master Izayoi. His Wood Release should be able to damage the caster directly!"

"Quick! Inform Master Izayoi!"

Those nearby immediately agreed and prepared to act.

Then came shocking news:

"Not good. Master Izayoi's home, the Uchiha clan lands, and the waterfall area in the suburbs are all trapped inside the Four Red Yang Formation too!"

"Damn, how much chakra does that guy have? It's like the tailed beast itself!"

"…"

When Izayoi got serious, he held nothing back.

Although his Flying Thunder God Technique remained a secret, only a few knew he could perform space-time ninjutsu.

Wood Release could also break the barrier, so Izayoi directed and acted personally, while the strong man held him back.

That strong man was not Toneri Otsutsuki in Wood Clone form, but Danzo-sama, enhanced to an epic level.

To avoid destroying his own home, Izayoi led Danzo-sama to open the barrier and began a fierce duel.

The Wood Release forest blocked spectators' views and resisted destructive Five Elements Release Techniques.

Rumbling explosions continued.

Those outside, unable to see the battle, imagined the scene from the explosions and chakra shifts hitting the barrier.

The only one aware that Izayoi was actually Toneri Otsutsuki was Hinata, who watched Konoha through her Byakugan, rarely confused.

"Izayoi-kun, what are you doing?"

As a good wife, Hinata blindly stood by Izayoi's side, trusting he had his reasons for attacking his own people.

She decided to pretend not to see and cooperate at the right moment.

So Hinata acted worried, ran outside the ring's barrier, and looked inside with her eyes rolled up.

The only one as worried as Hinata was Izayoi's future father-in-law.

But while Hinata's worry was fake, Hyuga Hiashi's was genuine.

"Didn't those people say they came for the Outer Path Demon Statue? Why attack Konoha suddenly? What do they really want?" Hiashi thought.

...

Near the Nanhe River, Uchiha Sasuke faced the human puppet before him.

His three-magatama Sharingan saw through the opponent's chakra, and he frowned:

"Human puppet, are you the leader of Akatsuki or Otsutsuki Toneri?"

The puppet raised a hand, creating a black long sword with Yin-Yang escape and wrapped in lightning nature chakra, then charged at Sasuke.

"Hmph… no matter who you are, if you're not here in your real body, you'll stay that way forever."

Sasuke sneered, wielding the Kusanagi sword, and attacked.

...

At the waterfall lands, Jiraiya protected Uzumaki Naruto behind him, eyes wary as he recognized two human puppets before them.

Having once informed Tsunade about the Six Paths of Pain, he quickly distinguished their identity.

"Otsutsuki Toneri?"

Naruto was slightly stunned, then scratched his head:

"Why do I feel like I've heard that name somewhere?"

The Yang Nine-Tails in Naruto's body opened his eyes wide, saying in disbelief:

"My chakra is correct... This is my chakra! It's not Madara who got my other half, but this guy. No wonder my other half didn't react. It's the power of the Ultimate Eye Technique!"

Shocked, Yang Nine-Tails grinned excitedly:

"Well done! You can use my chakra as you like—whether attacking Konoha or snatching the Outer Path Demon Statue, my other half will help you!"

Compared to Yin Nine-Tails falling into Uchiha Madara's hands, Yang Nine-Tails hoped it fell to Otsutsuki Toneri.

After all, Toneri shares the same surname as the old man Liudao, aiming to recover the Outer Path Demon Statue.

If Toneri wins, the Samsara Eye might be recovered, and Yang Nine-Tails wouldn't worry about the tailed beasts returning to the Ten Tails.

Izayoi's wooden clone didn't become a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, or he'd be the perfect Jinchuriki already.

The two puppets charged at Jiraiya and Naruto without hesitation.

Jiraiya tried to fight one-on-two to protect Naruto, but the seemingly ordinary human puppets instantly activated Lightning Chakra Mode, separating him and Naruto with close-range teleportation rivaling the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Jiraiya tried to help but couldn't bypass the puppets; he quickly used Ninjutsu·Needle Jizo for defense and summoned Fukasaku and Shima to enter Sage Mode.

"Stinky fox, lend me your chakra!"

Meanwhile, Naruto was grabbed by the neck and thrown far by a puppet.

Landing, he immediately split multiple shadow clones and urged the Yang Nine-Tails, but this time the Nine-Tails retracted leaked chakra and ignored him.

Helpless, Naruto used Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, Rasengan, and Wind Style to fight back.

But all his moves were useless against puppets mastering Five Elements Style, Lightning Chakra Mode, and Flying Thunder God Style.

After a dozen rounds, a puppet stabbed Naruto with the Yin-Yang Style Black Rod, blocking chakra flow and ending the fight.

Seeing Naruto defeated with no entries released, the puppet knocked him out and teleported away to another battlefield, leaving Jiraiya behind with another puppet.

The turmoil in the five major ninja villages lasted just over an hour before ending quickly.

Without strategic-level bloodline limits, the puppets couldn't unleash super hurricane balls.

Besides their own abilities, they only had Izayoi's five ninjutsu, some forbidden Book of Seals techniques, Yin-Yang escape, and light bullets.

With nearly unlimited chakra from Yin Nine-Tails, each puppet could challenge a Five Kage.

For example, Aburame Togen's nano-level poisonous insects could kill a Five Kage on contact.

Yet, even the Five Kage couldn't defeat a whole ninja village, including top Five Kage like Third Raikage and Ohnoki.

Izayoi had tested twice and found the puppet army couldn't defeat the Cloud Ninja Army.

His goal was to brush up points, so he didn't attack all five villages simultaneously.

This time, Izayoi targeted the Five Kage and the five villages' Anbu.

Even those were incidental—the real targets were Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto.

When fighting other villages' ninjas, the puppets held back somewhat.

Their first move combined Lightning Chakra Mode with Yin-Yang Chakra Black Rod—when someone is hit, their chakra flow is blocked like Hyuga clan's Gentle Fist, preventing ninjutsu.

Then the puppet mercifully knocked them out.

If the target dodged this first strike, the puppet would unleash Five Elements Chakra, forbidden Book of Seals techniques, or other abilities to severely injure and finish off the opponent.

Each puppet had its own goal—one against many.

After winning, the puppet teleported away.

If the target was killed, the puppet disappeared with the body.

Since targets were five shadows, Anbu, and bloodline limit owners, defeating one released one or more beams of colored light flying to Konoha.

Izayoi and Danzo-sama acted for half an hour, with system prompts ringing in Izayoi's mind.

He broke down all entries into points.

It wasn't until the wooden clone reported Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke defeated with no entries released that Izayoi ended the game and played for real.

"Sage Mode—On!"

Izayoi clapped his hands, red eye shadow appearing in the corners of his eyes, and his blue pupils turning gold.

He softly shouted:

"Sage Method… Wood Release: Ranking Technique!"

"Sage Method… Wood Release: All Bag Techniques!"

At that moment, Konoha ninjas felt the ground tremble.

Before they could react, the ruined Hokage Building's ground turned to wood, then liquefied into a mask-like ghost that closed like two doors, covering all unconscious or still-fighting ninjas inside.

The earth cracked, and huge wooden fists burst from the ground, moving at terrifying speeds and blasting human puppets into the sky.

The four puppets maintaining the Four Red Yang Formation were smashed to pieces by a single punch.

Many puppets blasted skyward also shattered; their black rods and nails burst under the impact.

Only a few puppets teleported away in time.

The battle ended instantly.

The barrier vanished simultaneously.

The Konoha ninjas outside the barrier were stunned, powerless.

No exaggerated scenes or vast forests appeared—just one attack and one defense.

Izayoi showed the power and safety of Wood Release to Konoha.

"This... this is too much, right? Is this the legendary Wood Release power?"

Jiraiya, in Sage Mode, stared wide-eyed at the puppet that he and the two sages couldn't defeat but was shattered by the massive wooden fist.

Fukasaku and Shima, on Jiraiya's shoulders, said in amazement:

"What powerful sage chakra!"

Though Izayoi did not appear, his combination of skills ended the battle, calmed Konoha's turmoil, and shone for all to see.

Afterwards, his reputation in Konoha would soar to new heights.

Last year, he was a supernova—the hope of Konoha.

This time, he turned the tide, killing puppets that could fight Hokage and Anbu in one blow.

Izayoi would surely be crowned the hero of Konoha.

The only candidate for Sixth Hokage, no one could shake his position.

Little did they know Izayoi was directing and acting alone, fighting with his own hands.