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

Luo Sha became anxious and burst out regardless of the loss of chakra, wanting to defeat Akimichi Qufeng, but who would have thought that the old man could outlast him.

When his chakra was almost exhausted, he still couldn't defeat it, and finally he could only reluctantly order a retreat.

Seeing the Sand Village Ninja Army retreat, the Konoha Ninja Army breathed a sigh of relief.

Qiu Daoqufeng and others did not take time to rest and gathered together to discuss the war.

The Sand Village Ninja Army cannot retreat like this. They are just going back to rest temporarily. They may attack again tomorrow, so they must be prepared.

Just as everyone was discussing, Minato Namikaze's expression suddenly changed and he turned his head to look in one direction.

"Senior Takefu, the Flying Thunder God Kunai I gave to Kakashi and the others was triggered. There might have been an accident over there."

He immediately stood up to report. Namikaze Minato knew the personalities of those three students. Unless they were in desperate situations, they would not have triggered the Flying Thunder God Kunai to ask for help from him at this time.

Something must have happened over there.

"Minato, you go over first to provide support. Tsunade, you also fly over as soon as possible and make sure they are safe."

Qiu Dao Qu Feng's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly asked the two to go as soon as possible.

Before he finished speaking, Namikaze Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique and left. Tsunade even broke through the wall of the conference room, with chakra wings spread out behind her and flew towards the Kingdom of Wind.

Namikaze Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport continuously, and kept swallowing Hyouliang Pills to forcibly restore his chakra.

But the distance was too far, and it took more than an hour to arrive.

"It can't be used. Is it sealed?"

Arriving at the nearest Flying Thunder God technique, Namikaze Minato formed hand seals and performed the technique, but failed to teleport there successfully. He guessed that there might be interference from the sealing technique.

Without delay, he used the teleportation technique to continue moving towards the direction he sensed.

After running for half an hour, they finally arrived at a seemingly peaceful sandy area. They looked around and found no traces, no footprints, no signs of fighting, and not even the smell of blood.

"under!"

After sensing it again and looking at the sand under his feet, he confirmed that the Flying Thunder God Kunai was underground and very deep.

After sensing and confirming again, Namikaze Minato suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, took a deep breath to refine the chakra, and after a while he used a kunai to prick his fingers, quickly formed a seal and finally slapped the ground.

"Psychic art!"

With a muffled bang, a huge red toad appeared, with a pipe in its mouth and a dagger on its waist.

"Isn't it Toadjian?"

Seeing Gamabunta under his feet, Minato Namikaze was slightly disappointed.

"Am I not as good as Jian?"

Gamabunta rolled his eyes and looked at Minato Namikaze on his head, feeling a little unhappy.

I am the boss of the Toad Trio.

"Boss Wen Tai, you misunderstood. I summoned you not for fighting, but because my students were buried under this desert. Jian's shield is more suitable for digging."

Minato Namikaze hurriedly explained that although it was not Gamaken, it could be used as is, at least it was large enough.

There was no way. He did not have earth-attribute chakra, nor did he know earth-style ninjutsu, so he could not use ninjutsu to quickly dig the people below up.

"desert?"

Only then did Gamabunta realize that he was in a desert. He took a last look at the soft sand under his feet, then at his claws and dagger, and it seemed that he was really not suitable for this job.

"You'd better channel Jian over here."

Wen Tai admitted that he was not as good as Jian in this regard. This was not land, but a desert. It was very difficult to dig a hole in the desert. It had to be very large.

"But I have no chakra left. I don't know how long Kakashi and the others can hold out down there."

Minato Namikaze smiled bitterly, feeling even more anxious inside.

"A sin!"

After a few complaints, Gamabunta could only wave his claws to dig the sand, and then dig the sand far away to prevent it from rolling down.

With such rapid digging, they dug out a large pit with a diameter of 200 meters and a depth of 100 meters in half an hour, but still no one was found.

"Are you sure it's down here?"

Looking at the yellow sand rolling down again, Wen Tai wondered how deep he was buried.

"It's right down there. It's still pretty deep."

Namikaze Minato became more anxious. The longer the time went, the slimmer the hope of Kakashi and the others' survival.

"Bunta-sama, jump on it, Tsunade-senpai should be here soon."

Seeing that it was unrealistic to continue digging like this, they had no choice but to let Bunta go up first and serve as a signpost to guide Tsunade-senpai over.

"Let the violent woman handle this matter."

Wen Tai gave up, put the pipe in his mouth and jumped out of the pit.

After coming up, he looked around and jumped to the top of a sand dune in the distance.

His size and color were indeed very conspicuous, and soon Xiao Hei flew over, and the three groups of Ino, Deer and Chou ninjas above immediately jumped down, and not long after, Tsunade also came over.

“They will all fly.”

Looking at Tsunade's chakra wings, Wen Tai was a little confused. When did this violent girl gain such ability?

"there!"

Although he was surprised, Wen Tai did not forget his job and raised his claws to point at the big pit.

"Tsunade-senpai, they are right under the pit, and we can't dig them out."

Seeing Tsunade flying over, Namikaze Minato, who had been staying at the bottom of the pit, hurriedly gave instructions, and the Ino-Shika-Cho ninjas were also very anxious.

Tsunade didn't say much. After landing, she used the earth escape ninjutsu to quickly dive into the sand. Not long after, the sand at the bottom of the pit rose up, and a huge monster was slowly lifted up.

It was a collapsed pyramid. Namikaze Minato was unfamiliar with it, but Tsunade was very familiar with it. The traitor had used it to seal him in the last duel.

Use earth escape to lift the pyramid up, and then turn it right side up.

"The Yamanaka family, use spiritual secrets to try to contact them."

Suppressing her inner anxiety, Tsunade signaled the three ninjas from the Yamanaka family to come over.

The three Yamanaka ninjas hurried forward and performed secret techniques, but soon frowned.

"No, there's a seal on it. Our chakra can't get in."

"Boss Wentai!"

Minato Namikaze directly asked for help from Bunta who jumped over. Since he couldn't notify the people inside to lift the seal, he could only break it forcefully from the outside.

"This appears to be the chakra of the tailed beast."

Wen Tai stared at the pyramid for a while, underestimated it, and slowly accumulated strength. He instantly drew out the short knife from his waist and slashed at the connection point of the spell.

"when!"

With a loud bang, the huge dagger was blown away, but the seal was still intact.

Over the past six months, Tamura Hao has become more and more proficient in using the power of the four tailed beasts, and has also made in-depth development. Coupled with the change in the nature of the earth attribute chakra, the current sealing pyramid is much stronger than before, and it is not so easy to break.

On the other side, Tsunade took out the first generation greatsword and slowly accumulated power. Her body turned black, and she was activating the Steel Release. The thick chakra gathered towards the greatsword.

"break!"

He swung the sword down, hitting the connection point of the spell hard. The huge sword body cut nearly half way into the spell and finally cut off the connection point.

As the connection point was broken, the sealing spell on the pyramid slowly dissipated, and the pyramid itself began to collapse from the top, with wisps of yellow sand falling down.

It wasn't long before a head appeared.

"It's Ding Zuo."

Minato Namikaze immediately recognized that it was Choza, and hurried forward to check. He was relieved when he found that there was still a weak heartbeat.

Then heads appeared one after another, and then bodies, but everyone's expressions slowly changed.

This seal perfectly preserved the scene at that time, and the general situation of the confrontation could be clearly seen. The assault team did encounter an accident and had a fight with others.

But the people they were fighting were wearing ANBU uniforms, and some even had ANBU symbol tattoos on their bodies.

Soon, yellow sand soaked in blood appeared. The glaring color made everyone's face change drastically, and Tsunade's body trembled uncontrollably.

Minato Namikaze stared at the white-haired monkey. He could not be mistaken about this being the summoning beast Monkey Demon of the Third Hokage.

But how could the ape demon appear here?

And it seems that they are still fighting with Hao. Could it be that the third generation master ordered Hao and others to be killed?

How can this be?

There is no reason for the Third Hokage to do this. Although shocked, everyone immediately stepped forward and carefully dug away the yellow sand. Tsunade was the first to come to the rebel's side and stretched out her hand to dig away the sand stained red with blood.

As the pyramid collapsed completely, most of the bodies of the people were revealed. They were in different postures, but not in good condition. Especially the yellow sand around Tian Cun Hao was dyed red with blood. There was a big hole in his chest and abdomen, which was empty inside. The internal organs belonging to that part were gone.

Even not far away, you can see some minced meat mixed with the bloody sand, which can be seen as the liver.

It was taken out forcibly and then crushed.

Considering the ape demon's blood-stained palm, it was obvious who had done it.

Looking at the miserable condition of her disciple, Tsunade's face turned pale as paper and two lines of tears rolled down her cheeks.

why?
Why is this happening again?
why!
Although the nine Ino-Shika-Cho ninjas were very angry, they still went forward to check as soon as possible, and the results were relatively encouraging.

"Lady Tsunade, Xiao Hao's spirit is still fluctuating. He is not dead yet."

A Yamanaka ninja shouted in surprise, he was able to cast the spell on Hao successfully, which proved that the spiritual space was still there, which was a sign that he was still alive.

The dead have no spiritual space.

"let me!"

Hearing that the traitor was not dead yet, Tsunade suddenly raised her head, hurriedly checked him, and used medical ninjutsu to seal the blood vessels in the wound.

He reached his palm directly into the hole, pierced the diaphragm, grabbed the heart and squeezed it to make the blood inside flow again.

He even had to perform artificial respiration from time to time, and it took a while before his heartbeat and breathing were barely restored.

Seeing that Tamura Hao's breathing had recovered, Namura Minato next to him finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although I don’t know what happened here, the fact that Tamura Hao survived means that things can still turn around, otherwise it would be really troublesome.

"Take everyone aboard the Ninja Hawk and return as quickly as possible."

Seeing that the traitor's breathing and heartbeat had barely recovered, Tsunade breathed a sigh of relief and immediately gave an order.

"Lady Tsunade, this little girl is still experiencing mental fluctuations, and there is a strong life force in her body that is keeping her alive."

At this time, a mountain ninja shouted, and it was Nohara Rin, a disciple that Namikaze Minato did not want to face.

I was disheartened when I saw that disciple being cut in half. It was impossible for him to survive with that kind of injury.

But at this moment, hearing that the disciple still had life, he was suddenly surprised and happy.

"Lin!"

He hurried over and carried his disciple to Tsunade.

"Lady Tsunade, please save Lin!"

"Bring me the other half of her body."

After checking the girl's physical condition, Tsunade glared at the unconscious traitor and finally understood why the kid almost couldn't hold on.

Logically speaking, he should have been able to survive with his vitality, but he died. His breathing and heartbeat stopped.

Now she knew. It was obviously this kid who injected his own life force into everyone's bodies to prolong their lives, which was why so many people were able to hold on until now.

However, this also put the little ghost in danger and he almost died.

Minato Namikaze hurriedly dug out the other half of Nohara Rin's body from the sand and brought it over, anxiously waiting for Tsunade's judgment.

"Fortunately, this girl's body is being nurtured by life force, and her cells are still very fresh. She can be reconnected, but her spinal nerves are not going to recover well, and she is likely to become paralyzed from the waist down."

After checking that half of the girl's body, he found that there was also a strong life force inside to maintain her vitality, so there was a possibility of continuing to go back.

"As long as I can save my life."

Only then did Minato Namikaze breathe a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that this student would die.

"Lady Tsunade, I have learned from the memory of our young clan leader that only these people came out of the Sand Ninja camp. The others have died."

A mountain ninja came over and said that these were the only ones left. After looking at Minato Namikaze, he said angrily, "It was Sarutobi Shinnosuke, the son of the Third Hokage, who intercepted and killed the young clan leader. They first pretended to deceive and approached, and then suddenly killed him. The two who grabbed Xiao Hao's palms were the traitors they had arranged long ago. They teamed up to severely injure Xiao Hao.

Xiao Hao finally burst out the power of One Tail to seal everyone, and was able to hold on until now.

It's a pity that they failed to seal Sarutobi Shinnosuke. In the end, it was he who used the earth escape technique to sink Xiao Hao and the others into the depths of the desert."

"Sarutobi Hiruzen!"

Tsunade gnashed her teeth in hatred as violent chakra exploded.

It’s really that old immortal!
Namikaze Minato also had a gloomy expression. Not only did the Third Hokage's son do such a thing, but he even attacked his two disciples.

Judging from the posture, it should be Rin who pushed Kakashi away at the last moment, otherwise Kakashi would have been cut in half.

Is it because of Senior White Fang’s matter?
"Take them back for treatment first."

It took a while to suppress the anger and murderous intent in her heart. Tsunade picked up her disciple horizontally and jumped onto the back of the ninja hawk beside her.

Everyone brought their people up and searched the sand, taking away everything they could, even the sand stained red with blood.

There are all kinds of strange ninjutsu and secret techniques in the ninja world, and you must never leave anything behind, otherwise who knows if someone will use them against you.

The Ninja Hawk spread its wings and flew up, and Tsunade created many shadow clones to maintain the physical condition of everyone, especially those who were seriously injured.

The main body was responsible for taking care of the traitor, while at the same time nurturing the collected liver fragments with Yangtun Chakra.

The traitor's liver had been completely ripped out and crushed. It would not be safe to transplant it from someone else as it would easily cause rejection. The best approach would be to use the original liver cells to grow a new liver.

However, these liver fragments were taken out of the body, and without the nourishment of life force, the cells on the surface had already died.

Now we can only pray that the cells at the core of these fragments are still alive, otherwise we will be in trouble.

Xiao Hei was very fast. After flying back to Kikyo Castle, Tsunade and the others went to the laboratory immediately, which was also Tsunade's medical room, where there were the most complete equipment and medicines.

After receiving the notification, Akimichi Tofu rushed over immediately and fell silent after listening to what happened.

He didn't know whether those little guys were planning something, but the old friend's son was really serious about it, and the old friend's summoned beast was also involved.

The nature of the matter has changed. Even if the old friend himself is not aware of it, it represents the will of the Sarutobi family. There is no difference between the two.

"I'm sorry, Senior Qufeng, I have inquired about Xiaohao's secret technique before."

Namikaze Minato said apologetically, judging from the previous fighting posture, it was obvious that Xiao Hao was the opponent's main target.

Perhaps it was Xiao Hao's huge potential that made those people uneasy, so they took such a cruel action.

If he hadn't used the Flying Thunder God Kunai to lock their location, these people would have died.

"It has nothing to do with you. There are also traitors among us, Zhu Lu Die."

Qiu Daoqufeng shook his head slightly, then looked up at the young man in front of him.

He sighed and said, "We old guys should be the ones who should be sorry. We are the ones who created the darkness in the village. Now the darkness is gradually getting out of control. It is too difficult to change it. You will definitely be under great pressure in the future.

Go back and think carefully about how you would change the current situation of the village if you became Hokage, and prevent this kind of thing from happening again.

Come to me when you have made up your mind. I will guide the Pig, Deer and Butterfly tribes to fully support you. But you have to do it as soon as possible, while I am still alive. Otherwise, without me to calm them down, the resentment of those people in the family will be uncontrollable."

There was more determination in the last part. Qiu Daoqufeng was really angry this time, and he made up his mind to set the village right at all costs, otherwise he would not be able to face his two teachers after his death.

As for his support for Minato Namikaze, he was serious about it, but he didn't think that Minato Namikaze could think of a way to change the village, or he couldn't do it because it was a dead end.

After a year of contact, he could see that this young man was a good boy who respected his teachers. With his relationship with Jiraiya, it was impossible for him to attack Sarutobi Hiruzen and others.

If you don't have the heart to kill people, the problems in the village will not be solved.

They will have to deal with it when the time comes.

"Thank you for your support, Senior Qufeng. I will think about it seriously."

Minato Namikaze was very moved. He saw the sincerity and determination of this senior, who really wanted to support him.

However, we also have to come up with a way to solve the darkness within the village. When he thought of this, Minato Namikaze couldn't help but get a headache.

"Those two children are considered dead."

Akimichi Norifuge said that the two disciples of Namikaze Minato were both very outstanding, especially Hatake Kakashi, who was no worse than White Fang back then, and even had better qualifications.

He was thinking about finding an outstanding girl from the Yamanaka and Nara families and arranging them to live together, so that the boy could marry into the family.

As for why we don’t look for it among the Akimichi clan, that is a bit difficult.

"Rin and Kakashi will be taken care of by you, Senior."

Namikaze Minato thanked him gratefully, he could understand this very well.

Lin is already half disabled and will most likely spend her entire life in a wheelchair.

Kakashi himself had some mental problems because of the incident with Senior White Fang back then, and now he's faced something like this again. Regardless of his own mental state, those people's desire to kill him will definitely be even stronger.

It is not a good idea to let the two return to the village. Staying here is the best option.

(End of this chapter)