Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swordsmen Begins from the Hidden Cloud Village.

Chapter 324: Fire Emperor
"You are such a brainless reckless man. You can be tricked by this."

In the overseas base, Danzo Shimura, who was lying in the instrument for examination, looked at the information sent to him and sneered with disdain.

He has always been at odds with the Third Raikage, not only because he had his arm cut off by him in the Land of Whirlpools, but also because he looked down on such brainless people.

If the Hidden Cloud Village did not have a Raikage to assist Dodai, the Third Raikage's brain and temper would have been broken long ago, and there was no way it would have been able to prosper.

Look, he was taken advantage of by Daming Prefecture in the blink of an eye. Anyone with a bit of common sense would not have been nearly killed in that way.

However, the foundation that the Hidden Cloud Village has accumulated over the years is indeed strong enough that it can come up with such a tree planting plan.

He knew very well the roots of the World Fairy Tree. It grew from the remains of the God Tree and had the same properties as the lotus that was discovered at the beginning, except that it was much larger in size. In addition, it grew into that shape due to the stimulation of the chakra crystal left by the first generation teacher.

But after all, it is a defective product, and can only grow a little in size, far less than his own World-Destroying Black Lotus.

"Master Danzo, we have exposed many problems in this operation, especially those people are too unreliable, none of them can be trusted."

Pharmacist Nono, who was using instruments to view Danzo Shimura's physical data, couldn't help but say that she had watched the memory fragments of the previous battle, and there was nothing wrong with Danzo's plan, but there were too many stupid teammates.

Especially Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was called upon to interfere with Uzumaki Nagato, but he hesitated for half a minute before taking action.

That Otsutsuki Shari is also a moron, he doesn't understand any planning at all.

"I was indeed too naive before!"

Shimura Danzo's tone was cold. This time he had indeed learned a lesson. None of those people could be trusted.

Especially that old buddy Sarutobi Hiruzen, he's a jerk.

Now that the Hidden Cloud Village has this tree planting plan, it can advance step by step. It is only a matter of time before Konoha is driven out of the Land of Fire.

Even with the current gap in strength between the Hidden Cloud Village and Konoha, as long as Konoha dares to show up, it will inevitably be targeted and attacked.

Once Konoha leaves the rich land of the Land of Fire, it will be difficult for it to develop.

Ninja training requires a lot of resources, not just enough to have enough food.

The reason why Konoha was so powerful in the past was inseparable from the wealth of the Land of Fire.

Without the Land of Fire, Konoha would be half ruined, and Hiruzen would become the sinner of Konoha.

Pharmacist Nono leaned over to take a look at the information and soon saw something surprising.

"Hiten-kun actually took the initiative to propose that you be honored as the Fire Emperor, and that the Fire Ninja Country be the First Ninja Country. This should also be included in the history textbooks of the Ninja School, in order to reduce the pressure on the Hidden Cloud Village to establish the Second Ninja Country."

"That kid has a heart."

Danzo Shimura smiled with relief. Although the intelligence stated that this was intended to reduce the pressure on the Hidden Cloud Village to establish the Thunder Cloud Ninja Kingdom, he knew that the boy wanted to use this to record his own achievements.

Although I failed, I opened up the era of Ninja Country, which is enough for me to be recorded in history like the first generation teacher. No matter how well others do, they are just imitating me.

The Ninja Country system is an inevitable development of the Ninja Village system. There is already a conflict between the Ninja Village and the Daimyo Prefecture, and that conflict will only get bigger and bigger.

If the ninja village wants to grow and become stronger, it will inevitably make the daimyo more wary, and then the daimyo will find ways to restrict the development of the ninja village.

The outbreak of the Ninja World War was also due to the secret manipulation and guidance of the daimyo of various countries. In particular, the war missions issued by the daimyo to each other during the war made their five major ninja villages confront each other.

In the end, only one of the two sides can survive, and they, the ninjas who control powerful forces, will definitely have the last laugh and evolve the ninja village into a ninja country.

I just sped up the process, but unfortunately there were too many stupid teammates.

In this battle, Emperor Huo Shi was not defeated by the enemy, but by his own people.

"Hiten-kun's loyalty to Danzo-sama is unquestionable."

Yakushi Nono also realized this point, that Hiten-kun was too loyal to Lord Danzo.

"Master Danzo, what should we do next?"

His expression changed and Yakushi Nono was a little confused about the future. He didn't know how to help Lord Danzo achieve his great cause.

"First, we will train the Dark Ninja Army, using the cloning technology we traded from Orochimaru, and using dark chakra as the energy source, to increase the size to 100,000.

In addition, I need to collect the chakra of the tailed beasts first to promote the further evolution of the World-Destroying Black Lotus. This time I was too impatient and should have accumulated more."

After his previous failures, Danzo Shimura had more mature ideas.

The previous escape of the Five-Tailed, Six-Tailed and Nine-Tailed made him realize that the foundation of the World-Destroying Black Lotus was indeed a little weak. It was almost at its limit to carry two tailed beasts, unless it devoured part of the body of the Outer Path Demon Statue.

Uzumaki Nagato is very strong, and there are Uchiha Madara and Ōtsutsuki Shari hiding in the dark. It is difficult to get their Rinnegan and Gaiden Statue.

Now there is only one way to go, which is to first collect some of the power of the nine tailed beasts, and use it to promote the evolution and transformation of the World-Destroying Black Lotus, and grow it into an existence like a sacred tree.

That is also a kind of improvement, which can greatly enhance one's own strength, and then one can plan more.

Moreover, although the three tailed beasts had separated before, some of their power had been absorbed by the Black Lotus of Destruction during that long period of time. Now they only need to obtain the chakra of the One-Tail, Seven-Tail, and Eight-Tail to complete the collection.

As for the Four-Tails' chakra, it was already inside the Outer Path Statue. This was discovered after obtaining the Outer Path Statue's arm.

Obviously, the Four-Tails did not fall into Hiruzen's hands, but was snatched away by Uchiha Madara and sealed in the Outer Path Statue.

It was because of this that Uzumaki Nagato was able to seal the main body of the Outer Path Demon Statue into his body, become a Jinchūriki, and drive his own transformation.

This was also convenient for him. He had already obtained the chakra of six of the nine tailed beasts, leaving only three.

"I will study the cloning technology thoroughly as soon as possible."

Yakushi Nono said firmly that she would definitely do her best to assist Lord Danzo in achieving new goals and unifying the ninja world.

Only in this way can I be together with Ritianjun. It is too dangerous for Ritianjun in the Hidden Cloud Village. The sooner he comes back, the better.

Not to mention Danzo Shimura's plan, the Hidden Cloud Village on the other side also took action. The Third Raikage with white hair led a thousand elite soldiers and used the Sky-song technique to directly descend on the Daimyo's mansion to start killing.

The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning had already fled, and when he learned that the Third Raikage had been rescued, he knew that he was doomed, and immediately took his men out to sea, disappearing without a trace. Even the ship they were on was bathed in blood and the entire ship was taken away.

This was naturally done secretly by the Hidden Cloud Village, but not many people knew about it, and the only executor was Tamura Hao.

After destroying the Daimyo Prefecture, the Third Raikage announced to the entire ninja world the establishment of the Thunder Cloud Ninja Kingdom, and called himself the Thunder Emperor, to distinguish it from Shimura Danzo's title of Fire Emperor.

Soon after, the Iwagakure Village and the Sand Village also destroyed their own daimyo's mansions and the monk lineages in the country and established the Ninja Kingdom.

After receiving the news, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was hiding in a mountainous area, was so envious that his eyes almost turned red. He really wanted to inherit the size of the Fire Ninja Kingdom, even if it meant becoming the second-generation Fire Emperor.

Unfortunately, the Thunder God was sitting in the ruins of Konoha with the elite troops of the Hidden Cloud Village, and was obviously prepared to fight them to the death.

In the previous battle, Konoha suffered heavy losses again and even lost its old nest. Now they have become a stray dog ​​and can only hide in the dark and dare not show their heads.

"Hokage-sama, you are looking for me."

Just when Sarutobi Hiruzen was in distress, a figure walked in. It was Orochimaru. He was still as elegant and calm as ever, like a nobleman, not like a ninja at all.

"How long has it been since you called me teacher?"

Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar disciple in front of him, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but sigh, wondering how their relationship as master and disciple had turned out like this.

Orochimaru said nothing, just quietly looked at his former teacher.

He was completely disappointed with this man. There were two major turning points in the previous battle. One was the chaos of Otsutsuki Shari and the targeting of Uchiha Fugaku, and the other was Uzumaki Nagato.

He, Fugaku-kun and Hiashi-kun can deal with the Ōtsutsuki Shari. They can defeat him with a little time. Once they seize the opponent's Rinnegan and the incomplete Ten-Tails in his body, the strength of the three of them will be greatly enhanced, and then they can reverse the situation.

There was no problem here, but something went wrong on Uzumaki Nagato's side. This old guy should have controlled the Impure World Reincarnation at all costs to interfere with his accumulation of chakra for an explosion, but this old guy hesitated for a full half minute, which eventually allowed Uzumaki Nagato to accumulate enough chakra and defeat their main fighting force, Danzo Shimura.

Compared to Danzo Shimura, this old guy is really far inferior. The smell of decay makes him want to vomit.

"You are aware of the current situation. Do you have any good suggestions for the future of the village?"

He thought of several ways, but couldn't make a decision at the moment, so he wanted to hear what this disciple had to say.

As for why only Orochimaru was found and not Jiraiya.

There's no way, Jiraiya's brain really can't give any good suggestions.

"Go out to sea and head to the Rainbow Country to develop quietly."

Orochimaru calmly made a suggestion. Sarutobi Hiruzen remained silent, waiting for his disciple's next words.

“I got the information earlier that the rope tree left the Hidden Cloud Village and went south. Every few miles, it used something similar to seeds to stimulate the growth of a thousand-meter-high fairy tree, and the roots were closely connected.

It looks like the Hidden Cloud Village is planning to use the World Fairy Tree as its foundation and use the power of Wood Release to continuously advance. It is only a matter of time before they completely occupy the Land of Fire.

In addition, with the current strength of the Hidden Cloud Village, there is no benefit for us to continue to stay in the Land of Fire and fight against the Hidden Cloud Village. We have previously looted the resources of major domestic forces, which are enough for us to develop for a long time. Leaving is the best choice. "

"If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave."

After saying this, Orochimaru turned and left without waiting for Sarutobi Hiruzen to speak.

Regardless of whether the old guy listens or not, he plans to move to the Rainbow Country, which is the farthest from the five major countries among the many overseas island countries. At the same time, it is large in size and rich in resources, making it very suitable for settling down and developing.

And if his guess is correct, the base established by Shimura Danzo should also be in that sea area, so they can take care of each other then.

Sarutobi Hiruzen said nothing, just smoked and thought silently, his heart was even more conflicted.

Although going to the Rainbow Country will allow them to achieve more stable development, they will lose a lot by giving up the Fire Country, especially after the Hidden Cloud Village is easily occupied, their future development will inevitably be faster.

But it’s really not a good idea to fight with the Hidden Cloud Village now. What the village needs more is recovery and development.

Thinking of this, Sarutobi Hiruzen put down the pipe in his hand and made a decision in his heart.

Set out to sea and head for the Rainbow Kingdom.

After making the decision, he decisively ordered the personnel scattered across the Fire Nation to be secretly transferred overseas.

Although Konoha was defeated, the Land of Fire was their territory after all. They were very familiar with the place, so it was not difficult for them to hide and retreat quietly.

Even though the Hidden Cloud Village sent 20,000 ninja troops to the Land of Fire, it was still difficult to stop the broken-up Konoha ninjas from leaving, and they could only kill as many as possible.

After recovering some of her strength in the Tsukuyomi illusion, Kurenai put on the Anbu ninja suit of the Hidden Cloud Village and went to find her father who was covering the retreat of a group of Konoha women and children.

"Be careful, there is Kumogakure ANBU."

Seeing the figure walking out of the woods, Yuhi Shinku immediately gave a warning, and the accompanying Konoha ninjas quickly perked up and looked around vigilantly.

Since they are Anbu ninjas from the Hidden Cloud Village, there must be more than one person coming.

"No need to look, I'm the only one here."

Xi Ri Hong, who had a curly ponytail, spoke calmly, and the long sword in her hand, which was like a mirror, flashed a cold light.

This is the sword given to her by her teacher. It is said that it was made by that bastard. After completing the next stage of training, she will be able to upgrade it to her own famous sword.

Although it is not yet an exclusive famous sword and cannot become one with the person and the sword, its material is very special and can enhance illusions very well. It is a special ninja sword specially used to perform illusion sword techniques.

The girl's words attracted everyone's attention. They couldn't help but look over, and then they couldn't help but look at the long sword in her hand, their eyes were dazed.

"Kill him first!"

A jonin couldn't help it anymore, and gave a decisive order, throwing out a kunai.

Everyone followed suit and threw out kunai, shuriken and other ninja tools, but the strange thing was that the girl dodged all the kunai easily. Her movements were too fast and too strange.

Seeing that the first attack was ineffective, everyone launched an attack again, throwing out various ninja tools, and some even made hand seals and performed ninjutsu.

However, Yuhi Shinku, who was only holding the knife in his left hand, had a solemn expression on his face, because in his sight, his men were just hitting a ball of air, and the girl had already walked in front of him.

"What a brilliant illusion!"

After staring at the girl for a long time, Yuhi Shinku couldn't help but sigh at the power of the other party's illusion, which was even superior to his own.

The other party just deliberately did not cast an illusion on him, and it was not something he could resist or break.

"what is your purpose?"

Glancing at his subordinates, Yuhi Shinku realized that he had no chance to help break their illusions, and now it was even a question whether he could defeat the ANBU girl.

Firstly, the opponent is very strong. Secondly, he is still injured and has not found a suitable transplant target for his broken right arm. His chances of winning the fight are not high.

"If I want to fight with you, there's no need to compete in illusion. You're definitely not as good as me. I want to compete with you in swordsmanship."

Xihi Hong spoke in a suppressed voice, wanting to have a fight with her father to show the results of her training during this period.

Although due to time and reality, her recovered strength is not much, only one tenth of her strength at her peak in the illusion, but it is not bad.

Because her main strength lies in illusion, and illusion relies least on the body and chakra. In this respect, she can suppress her father's illusion power, and she is confident that she can break it even if he uses the red sunset.

There was no way. She had experienced the red sunset her father had seen countless times in the world of illusion. She was already very familiar with it.

Now I just want to compete with my father in knife skills.

"can!"

Although she was puzzled by the other party's words, Yuhi Shinku did not refuse, and she had no right to refuse now.

Seeing her father agreed, Xihi Hong raised her hand and made a seal of opposition, indicating that she was ready. Then she rushed forward with a knife and even used the technique of strange strength.

In the world of illusion, she had already cultivated her supernatural powers to an extremely high level, and this purely technical method had fewer restrictions when used, and placed more emphasis on fine control, which was what she was good at.

"when!"

The two long swords collided, and it was Yuhi Shinku's foot that slipped back half a step due to the impact. At the same time, the ninja sword in her hand was cut by the opponent's long sword, leaving a huge gap, cutting into one-third of the blade.

"What a powerful magic!"

Yuhi Shinku was surprised once again. This girl's supernatural skills were truly amazing.

Although he was frightened, he remained calm. He brandished the long sword in his hand and displayed his exquisite sword skills, instead of confronting the enemy head-on.

Not only is the girl's explosive power amazing, but the long sword in her hand is also extraordinary.

Although the long sword in his hand is good, it is just good. It is not as good as the other person's sword. If he continues to fight, it will definitely be cut off.

The two of them started a sword-fighting competition, while the Konoha ninjas on the other side were still attacking a ball of air and were completely controlled by Yuhi Kurenai's illusion.

After fighting for several minutes, Yuhi Shinku's side was the first to decide the outcome, mainly because the ninja sword in her hand was cut off.

Even though he tried his best to avoid a head-on collision, he was just trying his best.

"I lost, so you can kill me. I just hope you can let them go. They won't pose a threat to your Hidden Cloud Village."

Looking at the sharp sword that cut her neck, Xihi Shinku sighed and admitted defeat, but hoped that the other party would let those subordinates go.

However, Xihi Hong, who was holding the knife, was nervous. She just got used to it and almost beheaded her father with the knife.

It was all because that bastard’s illusion world was too real, and she had developed a habit of it.

"Dad, I win this time."

Raising her hand to remove the mask, Xihi Kurenai said with a smile, and her original voice returned to normal.

"Honghong?"

Listening to the familiar voice and looking at the familiar face, Xi Ri Zhenhong was stunned, and then she was full of disbelief.

The girl who defeated him turned out to be his own Honghong.

You have to know that my daughter was kidnapped just over a month ago, and she was just a Chunin at that time, but now she can defeat me.

Is this really my daughter?
"Dad, I'm here to take you to the Hidden Cloud Village. You will live with me there from now on."

Yuhi Kurenai stated her intention, saying that this time she must take her father over and cannot continue to follow this broken ship of Konoha.

"What nonsense are you talking about? You should leave with me. The Hidden Cloud Village is not a good place."

Xihi Shinku retorted instinctively. He had not forgotten the brat's expression and words during the last decisive battle. He was almost so angry that he vomited blood. It was also in that battle that he lost his right arm.

"Sure enough, it's not that easy to convince."

Xihihong sighed, knowing that verbal persuasion was useless and that she could only use force to persuade them.

The knife flashed, and Yuhi Shinku's left arm and legs were cut off.

Xihi Hong swiftly took out a spray and sprayed it on her father's wound to form a layer of gelatin to seal the wound. Then she took out a sealing scroll and opened it, revealing a large barrel of nutrient solution. Finally, she stuffed her confused father's body and legs into it.

"Dad, you stay here first. I'll let you out after we get to the Hidden Cloud Village."

After saying this, without giving his old father a chance to speak, he closed the lid of the nutrient jar and sealed it back into the scroll.

After taking a look at the Konoha ninjas who were still attacking the air, Kurenai Yuhi left without paying any attention.

(End of this chapter)