Gitsuchi

## Name

義ツチ *(Gitsuchi)*

Fourth Tsuchikage (四代目土影, *Yondaime Tsuchikage*; Literally meaning "Fourth Earth Shadow")
Truth-Seeker Gitsuchi (求道の義ツチ, *Gudō no Gitsuchi*)
Prophet of the Fierce God (預言者の鬼神, *Yogensha no Kishin*)

## Nature Type

 Earth Release
 Fire Release
 Lightning Release
 Water Release
 Wind Release
 Yang Release
 Yin Release

## Jutsu

* Body Flicker Technique
* Earth Release: Fist Rock Technique
* Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique
* Six Paths Sage Mode
* Six Paths: Kunitsukami
* Shadow Clone Technique
* Truth-Seeking Ball

## Appearances

### Universe

Earth-45

**Gitsuchi** (義ツチ) is a shinobi of Iwagakure and the **Fourth Tsuchikage** (四代目土影, *Yondaime Tsuchikage*; Literally meaning "Fourth Earth Shadow"). Gitsuchi is hailed as the strongest of the Tsuchikage, as well as the strongest of the current group of Kage due to the rare powers he possesses. He is regarded as a man who seeks peace in the shinobi world and seeks to reform Iwagakure from its underhanded history.

Gitsuchi is feared as **Truth-Seeker Gitsuchi** (求道の義ツチ, *Gudō no Gitsuchi*), due to his ability to use the divine power of the Truth-Seeking Balls due to his Six Paths Sage Mode. He gained this power due to being a variant of Ushishiki Ōtsutsuki, being entrusted by the powerful being to help lead the world into a better future. While his status of being a variant is unknown to any other human, his possession of the legendary form has led to him being called the **Prophet of the Fierce God** (預言者の鬼神, *Yogensha no Kishin*) as well.

## Background

Gitsuchi was born to a high ranking family within Iwagakure. While he was born without any sort of bloodlines, Gitsuchi possessed naturally high reserves of chakra since birth. His family claims to be distant descendants of Ushishiki Ōtsutsuki, supposedly branching out from the Senju clan prior to the formation of the village.

Eventually, Gitsuchi was put into the academy of Iwagakure, graduating at the top of his class. Gitsuchi showed particular high skill in ninjutsu and taijutsu. Upon his graduation, he was placed under the care of Gōten, the most respected of the jōnin of the village and the jinchūriki of the Four-Tails. One of his teammates was Jinkawa, the jinchūriki of the Five-Tails, with Gōten saying Gitsuchi had to have been considered a great investment to be pair with the strongest assets of the village.

Shortly after his promotion to the rank of jōnin, Gitsuchi engaged in a solo mission to gather intelligence about the movements of Sente, the feared and newly appointed village leader of Takigakure who had amped up his aggression after the loss of the Seven-Tails. Iwagakure feared the man would evolve to become a warmonger and target the young Misei to gain her Dust Release heart. In his mission, he was discovered by shinobi of Takigakure and attacked. While he was able to fend them off, Gitsuchi was seriously wounded and rested against a tree, finding content in his life. However, before he could slip away from life, his lauded ancestor Ushishiki appeared before him with Shizuka Ōtsutsuki. The woman used her great power to repair the wounds of the man, per Ushishiki's request.

Ushishiki revealed to Gitsuchi that their essence was the same. While Ushishiki didn't like to interfere with the fate of humanity, he feared their destruction would be brought about by the likes of Sente and others who threatened to plunge the world into chaos. As they were the same figure across different dimensions now occupying the same world, Ushishiki opted to entrust part of his power to the much younger variant, granting him the power of the Six Paths Sage Mode to act as a guide for the future.

## Abilities

Gitsuchi is considered the foremost shinobi of Iwagakure. As Earth-45's natural Variant of Ushishiki Ōtsutsuki, his chakra matches the great power and density of Ushishiki's prior to his transformation. In a meeting between the two as a jōnin, Ushishiki passed on to Gitsuchi the power of the Six Paths Sage Mode to carry out his ideal of peace on Earth, knowing their desires of peace aligned, and became even more powerful as such.

### Ninjutsu

#### Nature Transformation

Gitsuchi possesses all of the five basic nature transformations. Due to being raised in Iwagakure, his usage of Earth Release is one of his most used elements. This is often seen through enhancing his strength with stone. Further, he has shown himself to be able to launch the stones off his fist as a projectile. He also makes heavy usage of Fire Release, being able to conjure massive fireballs and streams of fire.

He is able to merge all five natures, as well as Yin and Yang Release, with natural energy to create ten Truth-Seeking Balls.

### Senjutsu

Gitsuchi has the ability to access Six Paths Sage Mode, having been granted the power by Ushishiki Ōtsutsuki. In this form, his eyes turn golden and his chakra forms a black and light green suit around him. His Tsuchikage cloak changes the most drastically, with the back two flaps forming together in a cape and the Rinnegan symbol on the front two. In this form, Gitsuchi's strength, stamina, durability, speed, and reflexes are greatly heightened. He also gains access to ten Truth-Seeking Balls, with nine of them typically remaining in a spherical form and the tenth one taking the form of a trident. However, he can reshape them into any form he desires.