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

Tamura Hao allowed the three tailed beasts to live in the village, but he also gave them some advice, which was to keep their tails retracted and not make them so special that people would associate them with the tailed beasts.

Especially the Nine-Tails. Konoha should be almost crazy now, looking for Uzumaki Naruto and the Nine-Tails everywhere.

Konoha was indeed going crazy. To be more precise, Sarutobi Hiruzen and others who knew the truth were almost going crazy.

They didn't expect that the matter of the Hidden Cloud Village delegation had not been resolved yet, and their own Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was lost, and lost on the same night. This made them suspect that the Hidden Cloud Village was playing a feint to the east and attack in the west.

After all, there is no such coincidence. Moreover, the kidnapped eldest daughter of the Hyuga family was also replaced and disappeared right under their noses. All these prove that the Hidden Cloud Village has means that are far beyond their cognition.

Not to mention that the Hidden Cloud Village kidnapped Uzumaki Kushina back then. Although that was partly their plan, the Hidden Cloud Village did succeed in the end. Even the Third Raikage came in person and forcibly took the person away.

"Hiruzen, let's fight."

Danzo Shimura, who had just returned, looked at his old friend and proposed to declare war on the Hidden Cloud Village again.

He didn't mention the previous plot against the Hyuga clan, but this time even the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was stolen, which he really couldn't tolerate.

The Nine-Tailed Fox must be brought back as soon as possible!

"How's it going in the Eastern Theater?"

Taking a puff of smoke, Sarutobi Hiruzen asked about the situation in the eastern war zone.

"The Hidden Mist Village has suffered a great loss of strength since the coup, and is now shrinking across the board, almost closing itself off from the outside world. No one is coming to the Land of Fire anymore."

Shimura Danzo replied that he had the confidence to propose a war.

At this stage, the Ninja World War is almost over. The Iwagakure Ninja Army has suffered heavy losses since it was annihilated by the Mist and Cloud Ninjas, with the deaths of two Kage-level ninjas and a tailed beast Jinchuriki. Now they have to guard against the Cloud and Mist Villages while continuing to fight with the Sand Village, which puts them under considerable pressure.

The Sand Village is not having a good time either. It has suffered a series of defeats on the battlefield. First it was defeated by them, and then by the Mist Ninja. In addition, its own resources are not abundant, so it has been very difficult for it to fight until now.

The Hidden Cloud Village was also in a bad situation. It was first severely hit by the Hidden Iwagakure Village, and even the Third Raikage was surrounded and killed. The Fourth Raikage had only been on the throne for a few years, and the village was not stable internally. It had fought bloody battles with Konoha in the Land of Hot Spring for several years and suffered heavy losses. In addition, it had to guard against the Hidden Iwagakure Village and the Hidden Mist Village, which was also very difficult.

At this time, Konoha is under the least pressure and is in a good position to go to the Land of Hot Springs to start a war with all their strength.

"What about the Sand Village and the Iwagakure Village?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Mito Kado En. This old friend was in charge of intelligence work and knew all this best.

"The Land of Grass and the Land of Rivers are both very peaceful, but it was the appearance of Tsunade and Orochimaru last time that suppressed the intentions of the Sand Village and the Rock Village. We cannot withdraw troops from those two places, otherwise there is no guarantee that the two sides will not have some ulterior motives.

Especially the Sand Village was very dissatisfied with the terms of the last contract signed."

With a frown, Mizuto Menen felt that he had to be cautious, otherwise, once they started fighting with the Hidden Cloud Village with all their strength, they would be in trouble if the Hidden Sand Village and the Hidden Iwa Village suddenly attacked again.

It is not known whether Tsunade and Orochimaru will appear again next.

"My roots plus the Hyuga clan are enough to suppress the Kumo-nin."

Danzo Shimura still proposed to go to war. They had already deployed a lot of manpower in the Land of Hot Springs, and the Uchiha elite were there.

In this way, they can fight back and forth with the Cloud Ninja. If he and the Hyuga clan are added, it will be enough to suppress them. Then they can take the opportunity to use sealing techniques to seal the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, and exchange them for the Nine-Tails.

Although the decision was to trade two for one, Danzo Shimura did not feel like he was at a loss.

Although they are all tailed beasts, there is a huge gap in their strength. The Nine-Tails almost crippled Konoha, but the Eight-Tails was often suppressed by the Third Raikage before.

So the Nine-Tailed Fox must be taken back.

"This is also a chance to weaken the Hyuuga and Uchiha."

Utane Koharu spoke up. They had wanted to weaken the Hyuga and Uchiha before, and now that they had this opportunity, they naturally had to seize it.

"The matter of the Nine-Tails needs to be kept secret for the time being, otherwise the other three ninja villages might become interested."

Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed to his old friend's proposal to go to war, but emphasized the confidentiality of the matter.

Originally, he didn't want to continue fighting with the Hidden Cloud Village, but the Hidden Cloud Village went too far this time. Not only did they want to seize the Byakugan, they also captured the Nine-Tails. This was really intolerable.

The tailed beasts are an important node in the balance of the major ninja villages, and their Fire Nation is in a place of four wars. The power of the Nine-Tails is even more important and must not be lost, so they will not hesitate to start a war again.

As for weakening the Hyuga and Uchiha families, it was also necessary. He didn't want the two major families to seize the opportunity to stage a coup, or even imitate the Hidden Mist Village and hold a public trial.

At that time, not only will he be infamous for eternity, but his family will also be implicated and exterminated.

Therefore, this battle must be fought, even if it means killing all the people on that side.

The four of them discussed it for a while before dispersing and starting to prepare themselves.

Sarutobi Hiruzen went straight to the Hyuga clan, while Shimura Danzo led the elite Root troops directly north to the Land of Hot Springs.

The renewed war between Konoha and the Hidden Cloud Village escalated the Ninja World War, which was about to end, and all forces soon learned the inside story.

"The Hidden Cloud Village actually plotted against the Byakugan bloodline of the Hyuga clan."

At the front line of the Sand Village, Luo Sha read the intelligence sent and was surprised at the methods of the Cloud Village.

They in the Sand Village were also jealous of Konoha's Byakugan. It was a completely strategic-level existence, and its role in the war was far greater than that of the Uchiha's Sharingan.

However, all the Hyuga clan members have strange curse marks on their bodies, and there is no way to obtain their Byakugan. According to their investigation, only a very small number of people in the Hyuga clan do not have that curse mark, but those people basically stay in Konoha Village and rarely come out, so there is no way to obtain it.

Who would have thought that the Hidden Cloud Village played a big trick and got the bloodline of Hyuga Byakugan.

That is bloodline, not just a single Byakugan. With time, it is entirely possible to develop a new Hyuga clan, which will have immeasurable value to the ninja village.

"Let the village prepare. If the war between Konoha and Kumogakure expands further, the ninja troops on the western front will be transferred to the Kingdom of Rivers.

The original armistice agreement must be changed."

Thinking of the contract signed after the defeat, Luo Sha felt ashamed and had to modify it.

That is not only to wash away the shame, but also for the future development of the village.

The funds of the Sand Village are already tight, and the contract stipulates that part of the village's hiring tasks will be transferred to Konoha, which will reduce the income of the village and the ninjas in the village a lot.

With less income, it is naturally difficult to train a large number of ninjas, which is extremely detrimental to the future development of the village.

This is also the insidiousness of Konoha, which wants to use this to continue to weaken their Sand Village.

There was no opportunity before, but now that the opportunity is right in front of us, we must seize it.

"The Hidden Mist Village also needs to pay attention. The strength and potential of the Fourth Mizukage are too terrifying."

Chiyo is more concerned about the Hidden Mist Village because the Fourth Mizukage is too strong and he is only thirteen years old.

It is really hard to imagine what the future holds for a twelve or thirteen-year-old shadow-level warrior.

"It's just the help of external forces. Orochimaru's method of resurrecting the dead must have limitations. It is impossible to resurrect perfectly."

Luo Sha was not afraid of this. In his opinion, the Fourth Mizukage mainly relied on the power of puppet armor and ninja tools, and his own strength was just so-so.

Although the record was brilliant, it was all achieved by taking shortcuts.

The reason why the two Kage-level strongmen and the Tailed Beast Jinchuriki of the Hidden Stone Village were killed in the three-way battlefield at Yunwu Rock was, firstly, because of the convenience of the surprise attack, and secondly, the Hidden Stone Village had a fierce battle with the Hidden Stone Village strongmen first, which consumed a lot of resources, so the opponent took advantage of it.

If it were in its heyday, there would be no way it could be taken down so easily.

As for the coup in the Hidden Mist Village, although four powerful men from the Hidden Mist Village were killed, including the Second Tsuchikage, they were all dead who were resurrected by some means.

That kind of forbidden technique couldn't be too powerful, otherwise Konoha would have been invincible long ago, and it wouldn't have suffered such a bad defeat in this Ninja World War, and been devastated by the Nine-Tails.

If the First Hokage could be resurrected, the Nine-Tails would have been easily suppressed.

Therefore, that kind of technique has its limits. It is hard to say how powerful the resurrected dead are, so it is not surprising that they are killed or suppressed.

"According to the information we got from the Hidden Mist Village, the resurrected dead seem to be able to be suppressed by sealing techniques. When the time comes, we will dispatch a group of sealing ninjas to be ready.

There is no one left in Konoha now. As long as we keep an eye on Tsunade and Orochimaru, we will definitely be able to break Konoha's defense line in River Country."

Luo Sha was full of confidence. As long as they could not face Konoha's main force, their Sand Village would definitely win.

"what happened?"

Suddenly he noticed that Chiyo looked strange, so he asked.

"I have been wondering why Tsunade did not participate in this Ninja World War. She only showed up last time. I originally thought it was due to the inside story of the demise of the Senju clan. She herself has not returned to Konoha for a long time.

But a while ago, I suddenly got a piece of vague intelligence that might be helpful to this war."

After thinking for a while, Chiyo revealed the information she had about Tsunade.

“The death of her relatives and clan members seemed to have caused her great mental trauma, which is why she did not participate in this Ninja World War.

She has rarely fought with anyone in recent years, and was even forced to flee in embarrassment when a group of ordinary people came to collect their debts. This is very abnormal."

"Traumatic."

Narrowing his eyes slightly, Luo Sha felt that this was a great opportunity.

"How sure are you?"

"I'm not sure, but it shouldn't be bad. At least there is a reason why I can't join the war."

Chiyo couldn't make an accurate judgment either, and needed to face Tsunade once to be sure.

"Let Karura and Yekura come to my place, and we'll open up the eastern front."

After some thought, Luo Sha decided to give it a try.

He is in urgent need of a record of victory that can be shown off. Since there is a flaw on the Konoha side, he will take advantage of the situation and launch a strong attack to achieve greater results.

There is no other way. Fighting with the Iwagakure Village here is too boring. The main fighter here is the son of the Third Tsuchikage, who is very good at defensive combat. It is almost impossible to defeat him.

This is not a desert, so he cannot fully unleash his magnetic power.

In that case, it would be better to change the battlefield to River Country and start a war with Konoha again.

"I will step in and lure Tsunade out again."

Chiyo agreed with this. She also wanted to defeat Konoha. Her son and daughter-in-law were killed by Konoha, and her grandson was also corrupted because of this, causing their family to be broken up.

Although that person is dead, Konoha is still there.

Not only the Sand Village had some concerns because of the renewed war between Konoha and the Iwagakure Village, but the Iwagakure Village was the same.

They were also very angry towards Konoha and Orochimaru. After all, it was Orochimaru who resurrected those people, including their second generation.

This matter must be investigated thoroughly. It would be perfect if Orochimaru could be lured out again.

Even Ohnoki is ready to go out personally. The teacher's affairs must be investigated thoroughly. If Orochimaru really controls the teacher's soul, then he must take it back.

It is not just a matter of honor and disgrace, but also concerns many secrets of the village, especially the secret of Dust Escape.

The Hidden Cloud Village was also shocked by Konoha's reaction.

"The Hyuga clan has sent out five hundred ninjas, and Shimura Danzo has also led the Root north. Do they want to fight us to the death?"

Looking at the latest information obtained, the Fourth Raikage who was on the front line was very puzzled.

They had indeed planned to obtain the Byakugan of the Hyuga clan, and at the same time take the opportunity to determine Konoha's attitude and strength.

It’s just that I haven’t really obtained the Byakuyan bloodline, and even if I had obtained it, there wouldn’t be such a big reaction.

"Perhaps it was the coup in the Hidden Mist Village and the fate of the Third Mizukage that stimulated them."

Dodai, who had been analyzing the intelligence, suddenly said that he had probably guessed what was going on in Konoha.

The Fourth Raikage gave him a puzzled look. What was so exciting about this?
Dodai began to explain, “Unlike our Cloud Village, the situation inside Konoha and Kirigakure is much more complicated.

The Third Mizukage was the leader of the Shadow Guard of the First Mizukage, and he also followed the First Mizukage to participate in the first Five Kage Summit. He was supposed to succeed to the throne and become the Second Mizukage.

However, the patriarch of the Kizuki family suddenly formed an alliance with the three major ninja clans to seize the position of Mizukage and became the second Mizukage.

Afterwards, with the death of the Second Mizukage, the power of the Ninja Clan suffered a severe blow, and the Third Mizukage took the opportunity to ascend to the throne.

But in recent years, he has been fighting against the faction left by the Second Mizukage, and gradually evolved the Blood Mist Policy.

Once political struggle breaks out, it is inevitable that some insidious means will be used, which cannot be allowed to be seen in the open.

Therefore, when the Third Mizukage grew old, he wanted to pass the position of Mizukage to his disciple Yagura Karatachi, so that he could maintain the power of his own faction while covering up and eliminating what he had done in the past.

But who would have thought that the head of the Ringo family, Tamura Hao, would emerge as a dark horse and forcefully suppress the two major factions after the fight. He even publicly tried the Third Mizukage and others, nailing them to the pillar of shame forever, and even family members were implicated in the trial.

The situation in Konoha was similar, or even more complicated. At that time, the Second Hokage was hunted by Kinkaku and Ginkaku, and passed the position of Hokage to Sarutobi Hiruzen. Because he did not return to Konoha to pass the position in public, only the Second Hokage's last words were brought back by Sarutobi Hiruzen and a few others. Naturally, it was difficult to convince the public, especially the Senju family and the Uchiha family.

Therefore, Konoha has been engaged in internal strife and internal consumption for decades. During the Second Ninja World War, the Uzushiogakure Village and the Senju Clan were destroyed one after another, and the shadows of the Third Hokage and others were involved.

Although they did it perfectly, there was no guarantee that there would not be traces left, not to mention being injected with drugs, interrogated and tried in public like the Third Mizukage.

In order to avoid that situation, the forces within the village that are capable of staging a coup must be eliminated or weakened, and at this stage, that only includes the Uchiha and Hyuga.

The elite of the Uchiha clan has been fighting us in the Land of Hot Springs, and this time they have forced out the elite of the Hyuga clan, obviously wanting to use our power to weaken or even destroy the two major families."

Tsuchida believed that this was the truth, and the loss of Hyuga bloodline was just an excuse, and it was even possible that it was directed by the Third Hokage and others.

After all, who can kidnap someone in Konoha?

Do you really think that the Third Hokage and the Konoha Anbu are just there to do nothing?

Moreover, the fact that their people were able to sneak into the Hyuga clan's territory was itself a kind of proof. After all, at that time, the people in their delegation must have been targeted by the Konoha Anbu, and it would not be easy to avoid their eyes.

"They used us as knives!"

His face turned dark. Ye Yueai never thought that there would be a day when he would be used as a knife.

"Can it be cracked?"

"It's difficult. The initiative is in the hands of the Third Hokage and his people."

Tsuchida couldn't think of a way to break the impasse for a moment, and he guessed that the Hyuga clan and the Uchiha clan should have guessed the Third Hokage's sinister intentions, so it depended on how the two clans would respond.

"Is the Hidden Mist Village still hiding?"

Yeyue Ai, who also couldn't think of a way to break the impasse, turned the topic to the Hidden Mist Village. At this stage, the only enemies that could become their Hidden Cloud Village were Konoha and Hidden Mist Village. They had already crippled the Hidden Iwagakure Village last time, so it was impossible for them to gather troops to attack again.

But the Hidden Mist Village is different, especially the Ringo Ninja Clan, who are very extraordinary.

"It is a completely closed-off country. All foreign ninjas who enter the Land of Water will be killed. Even ordinary people will be interrogated and investigated. It is very sensitive."

Dodai felt that the Hidden Mist Village would not make a comeback in the short term. After all, the losses from the coup were enormous, far exceeding the losses on the battlefield.

Not to mention that the Fourth Mizukage was a particularly tough and ruthless person. He held a great trial and removed almost all the middle and high-level officials in the village. It is estimated that the operation of the Hidden Mist Village was paralyzed, and it would not be easy to recover.

Faced with the retreating Hidden Mist Village, they had no other options. They couldn't cross the ocean to attack the Land of Water.

In that case, there is a high probability that they will be ambushed by the Mist Ninja at sea. No one wants to fight the Mist Ninja at sea, as it will almost certainly lead to death.

On the other side, in the Hidden Mist Village, Tamura Hao read the latest information about the Ninja World War and smiled at the Master. Everything was said without words.

He had previously given some of the intelligence he had obtained from Konoha to the Master to use and manipulate, trying to provoke the Ninja World War to continue, thereby continuing to weaken the four major ninja villages while also diverting their attention and facilitating his own development.

They themselves have no interest in this Ninja World War, and their target has always been the Ninja Country plan, so there is no need to consume and sacrifice in this Ninja World War.

The best option is to save your energy.

While Tamura Hao was developing the Hidden Mist Village, he did not give up his own cultivation. Most of the time he even arranged for a shadow clone to go to the Mizukage's office to work and handle things.

His own training and research have been ongoing, especially those research projects have progressed rapidly after gaining the support of the entire Hidden Mist Village.

Tamura Hao himself mainly cultivates Yin and water attributes, and studies the bloodline of Mingtun, hoping to integrate Mingtun.

Dark Release is a very powerful bloodline limit that can absorb the opponent's chakra and even ninjutsu and return the ninjutsu to them. It is simply a weakened version of Otsutsuki Momoshiki's Rinnegan Jutsu.

Moreover, he has some ideas that need to be tried and realized based on Ming Dun, so the integration of Ming Dun is very important.

(End of this chapter)