"Director, I want to learn how to cook."
After returning to the Konoha Orphanage, Natsuki went to find Director Mayū.
He wanted to see whether he could trigger a new template.
"I want to learn too."
Seeing this, Nonō quickly spoke up.
"Then we'll start with the simplest sunny-side-up egg."
Mayū did not refuse.
In fact, once the orphans in the Konoha Orphanage grew a little older, she would teach them how to cook.
Children without parents had to learn to be independent early.
Besides, the Konoha Orphanage would not raise them for their entire lives. Once they turned twelve, they had to leave.
In his previous life, one was only considered an adult at eighteen, but in the shinobi world, twelve was enough.
Because this world was too cruel. Even four-year-old children could go to the battlefield and kill.
Mayū explained while frying the egg.
After she finished, it was Natsuki's turn.
He copied Mayū's steps and quickly completed a sunny-side-up egg.
[You have awakened the Emiya Shirou Template.]
Natsuki could not help but widen his eyes.
What kind of luck was this?
Natsuki quickly looked at the Emiya Shirou Template.
[Name: Emiya Shirou.]
[Period: First year of high school.]
[World: Fate/stay night.]
[Rank: C-rank.]
[Ability One: Cooking, unlocked.]
[Effect: Outstanding cooking skills, especially skilled in Japanese cuisine.]
[Ability Two: Reinforcement Magecraft, locked.]
[Effect: Understand the material and structure of an object, then inject chakra to temporarily strengthen it.]
[Unlock Condition: Obtain first place once in a ninja tool throwing test.]
[Ability Three: Projection Magecraft, locked.]
[Effect: Use chakra to project and imitate items that exist in reality.]
[Unlock Condition: Master the beginner-level usage of five types of ninja tools.]
After reading it, Natsuki could not help but feel a little regretful.
Because there was no Unlimited Blade Works.
But that was normal.
The trigger difficulty and the strength of the template were clearly proportional.
He had triggered a new template just by cooking. There was practically no difficulty at all.
Natsuki looked carefully and confirmed why it was C-rank.
Because this was Emiya Shirou during his first year of high school.
In the original work, he only participated in the Holy Grail War in his second year of high school and mastered Unlimited Blade Works.
Natsuki was not disappointed. He was already pleasantly surprised.
Even if he knew Unlimited Blade Works right now, he would not have enough chakra to use it.
Unlimited Blade Works, simply put, created a Reality Marble in which countless swords could be copied.
If localized into Naruto, it could be described as the sword version of Infinite Tsukuyomi.
Natsuki fell into thought.
Overall, Emiya Shirou's template was quite good.
Especially Reinforcement Magecraft and Projection Magecraft.
Reinforcement Magecraft could not only strengthen ninja tools, but also strengthen himself.
This could give Natsuki an advantage in shinobi combat.
Of course, Reinforcement Magecraft was still only C-rank in the end, so the strengthening would not be especially heaven-defying.
Natsuki valued Projection Magecraft more.
First, because it was connected to Unlimited Blade Works.
Second, because it could save Natsuki money.
Shinobi was a profession that cost money.
Among those expenses, the consumption of ninja tools made up a large portion.
Aside from that, there were quite a few powerful shinobi famous for using ninja tools.
For example, Konoha's White Fang, Hatake Sakumo, and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of Kirigakure.
With Projection Magecraft, Natsuki could more conveniently learn ninja tool throwing techniques, swordsmanship, or kenjutsu.
If his potential before could only reach Chunin, now it could almost reach Special Jonin.
The unlock conditions for the two abilities were not particularly troublesome.
Mastering the use of five types of ninja tools could be achieved with time.
Obtaining first place in a ninja tool throwing test would depend on Ability Two of the Conan Template, Tranquilizer Needle.
When the time came, as long as he coated the ninja tools with anesthetic, he could basically hit every time.
And getting first place in ninja tool throwing was nothing major. It would not attract too much attention from Danzō.
The next day, before dawn.
Natsuki woke up two hours earlier than usual.
He was preparing for the physical fitness test, striving to enter the top ten as soon as possible.
Fortunately, the system did not specify which physical fitness test it had to be, so he still had plenty of time.
"Although I didn't see Konoha at four in the morning, I did see Konoha at five in the morning."
Natsuki moved his elbows and warmed up.
After finishing his warm-up, he began running around Konoha.
It had to be said that compared to his previous life, his physical fitness in this life could be called superhuman.
In fact, that was true. Just in terms of cells, people in the shinobi world had one trillion more cells, reaching an astonishing 1.3 trillion cells.
It was precisely because of such a large number of cells that physical energy could be produced, then combined with spiritual energy and transformed into chakra.
In the official novel, it had once been mentioned that Rock Lee ran around Konoha eight hundred and sixty-four laps in one night.
Part-time poet!
But Natsuki was clearly not that abnormal yet.
He could not even reach Rock Lee's fraction, not even exceeding sixty-four laps.
After Natsuki finished running, he went back to take a bath, then went to the Ninja Academy with Nonō.
In the afternoon, the class he was interested in arrived, ninja tool throwing.
As a shinobi, ninja tools were indispensable.
Every shinobi had a ninja tool pouch at their waist, used to store kunai, shuriken, and other ninja tools.
Although things eventually became the legend of eyes and giant avatars clashing against each other in the later stages, for most shinobi, they were still very useful.
Because aside from a few exceptions, shinobi had high attack power but low defense. They were fragile.
Of course, the most important thing was that Natsuki had just obtained Emiya Shirou's template, so he had to master five types of ninja tools.
There were many types of ninja tools, but the three most commonly used were kunai, shuriken, and senbon.
Shuriken were hollow throwing stars, purely thrown ninja tools.
Kunai were shaped like daggers or short swords. They could be thrown and could also be used in close combat.
Senbon were needle-like slender ninja tools, more concealed compared to shuriken and kunai.
Natsuki thought for a moment.
Aside from these three, he still had to add two more.
Swords and blades could count as one type of ninja tool. In the shinobi world, swords and blades were closely linked.
For the final type of ninja tool, he chose makibishi, the diamond-shaped ninja tools scattered on the ground.
Today's lesson was on kunai.
After Ishida Yū finished explaining, Natsuki took the kunai and looked at the fixed target not far away.
Just then, quite a few girls' screams rang out beside him.
Natsuki turned his head and saw the kunai thrown by Minato easily hit the bullseye.
Together with the warm smile on his face, like a little sun, it was only natural that he would attract the girls' attention.
Although Natsuki was not inferior to him in appearance, he was not outstanding enough in other areas, aside from his specialty.
He withdrew his gaze and forcefully threw the kunai in his hand.
With a thud.
The kunai struck the fixed target, but it was still four or five centimeters away from the bullseye.
"Being able to hit the fixed target on your first try is already quite good."
Ishida Yū encouraged him, and in the end, his gaze fell on Minato.
He nodded in satisfaction, secretly thinking that it seemed a genius had appeared among them.
(To be continued.)