Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

Chapter 158 The Well of Eternity

"You guys really won't stop until you've squeezed me dry!"

Seeing the girls come in again in their pajamas, Tamura Hao couldn't help but make a comment.

These girls have now developed a taste for life and are eyeing the life force he has instilled in them, each of them actively trying to drain him dry.

"We're going to squeeze you dry so you won't bully us anymore."

Mikoto Uchiha said resentfully, and then raised her hand and clenched it tightly.

I was really bullied terribly by this shameless bastard back then, and was even brought to this Hidden Cloud Village.

Although I've resigned myself to my fate, I still can't swallow the resentment in my heart.

"The vitality you've given me has increased significantly compared to before."

Uchiha Hikaru was puzzled by this, as he could clearly sense that the life force given by this villain had become much stronger after returning from Turtle Island.

"I am now considered a Jinchūriki, one with Samehada. Samehada's improvement can drive my improvement, and my improvement can in turn drive Samehada's improvement and transformation."

Tamura Hiroshi shifted the blame to Samehada, which had already been swallowed.

"If Kirigakure knew that Samehada had been developed and improved to this extent by you, they would be heartbroken."

Karura sat on the edge of the bed, deeply moved by the boy's growth and the opportunities he had encountered.

Hao Jun has now reached the threshold of the Shadow level. A thirteen-year-old Shadow level expert is a miracle. At least, no one she knows has achieved such a feat.

"My master is the best!"

The whirlpool vanilla, who had been massaging its owner's shoulders, lay on its owner's back with its small body, its fair cheeks rubbing affectionately against its owner's cheeks, and it looked even more proud.

This is the owner of her Whirlpool Vanilla!

"It's so fast it's inhuman."

Uchiha Hikaru commented that she had watched Tamura Hiro grow up, and his growth rate was astonishing to her.

Without the Mangekyou Sharingan, one's talent is inferior to that of the opponent.

"You can't tell a man to be fast."

Tamura Hiroshi instinctively refuted and corrected him, saying that although his fighting style was mainly based on speed, it was limited to knife fighting, and he was definitely not fast in other aspects.

"Whether it's fast or not can't be determined by words alone."

She gave him a provocative look, and Uchiha Hikaru naturally understood the meaning behind his words. She wasn't exactly a novice in this area; she had read the works of a female author and knew about matters between men and women.

But this scoundrel is only thirteen years old; he's still a young boy.

Sooner or later you'll experience for yourself how fast I am.

Having made that sarcastic remark, Tamura Hao hadn't forgotten the humiliation from last time. He was determined to repay it tenfold or a hundredfold when he found the opportunity, making the other person wish they were dead.

In terms of theoretical knowledge, Tamura Hiten, who possesses nine pseudonyms of unparalleled literary giants, is certainly not lacking.

"You think I'm afraid of you!"

Uchiha Hikaru showed no weakness; at this moment, it was crucial to maintain a strong stance.

"Go to sleep early, you're going to the front lines tomorrow."

After saying something, Karura wrapped herself in a blanket and lay down on the edge of the bed, where she had been sleeping for the past few days.

"I definitely need to go to bed early."

Tamura Hao didn't intend to waste any more words. He took off the bath towel around his waist, walked to the bed, lay down, and angrily questioned the heavens with his Pure Yang Divine Spear.

There's nothing you can do about it; a thirteen-year-old boy is just that hot-blooded and vigorous.

"Time to sleep with my owner!"

Whirlpool Vanilla was the first to pounce on her owner, nestling against his chest to sleep, clearly enjoying the closeness.

"You didn't even know to put on a piece of clothing."

Kushina Uzumaki mumbled something, then went over and lay down on the other side of someone's chest, and even reached out to pinch Vanilla Uzumaki's nose.

"I'll drain you dry!"

Muttering something similar, Uchiha Mikoto walked over and rested her head on that strong arm, embracing Kushina's body.

Uchiha Hikaru, who arrived last, used chakra threads to turn off the lights, then walked over and lay down with his head on an arm, enjoying the life force that slowly flowed into his body from that arm.

As the lights went out, Karura opened her closed eyes and looked at the silhouette of the bed in the faint moonlight through the window, feeling envious.

She has almost forgotten the past after so long.

She wasn't a stupid woman; she knew she couldn't return to Sunagakure, not only because Kumogakure and Haojun had saved her life, but also because of Kumogakure's strength.

She accepted her new identity, and as a woman, she naturally wanted to start a new life.

Unfortunately, what was hidden under the sand was a mutilated body, and he couldn't get a perfect rebirth like Hikaru and the others.

Just then, I suddenly felt a chakra thread wrap around my wrist and pull me towards it, and then I felt a hand gripping my wrist.

Feeling the life force emanating from him, Karura was once again deeply moved.

As expected, Haojun is a very gentle and considerate person at heart.

Meanwhile, Tamura Hao was worried about how to transfer the energy from the Grell mine. Although this energy was a valuable treasure, there was simply too much of it.

Even though the little ten-tailed fox was so full that it kept groaning, it needed to release some pressure to reduce its stress. Otherwise, it would be detrimental to the little ten-tailed fox's future growth and transformation. Right now, the little ten-tailed fox couldn't even digest people it was swallowing.

"Unfortunately, many of Grell technologies require special materials and devices, which are not available for the time being."

He had read about the technology in the Book of Grell, but unfortunately, that technology was too ancient, and many things no longer existed, especially the condensation of the Grell Stone.

That is to materialize the energy of the Grell ore vein, a highly concentrated form. Unfortunately, it requires many things that are only known by name but not by their physical form, so it is obviously impossible to condense it at this stage.

The only option is for the small ten-tailed fox to forcibly digest it, which will take time.

Simply letting the little Ten-Tails swallow it is not enough; it needs to be completely integrated into the little Ten-Tails' body to become nourishment for its improvement.

It's clear that the overfed Ten-Tails is currently having its own chakra suppressed by the massive Grell energy, making it difficult to efficiently digest and improve itself. Decompression is inevitable.

"Tomorrow I'll borrow the Amber Bottle to start the Eternal Well Project."

Having made up his mind, Tamura Hao stopped thinking about it and fell asleep, while continuing to supply the women with life energy without interruption.

After sleeping soundly until dawn, Tamura Hiroshi, with the help of Uzumaki Vanilla, finished washing and dressing, and went straight to the Raikage Building to ask to borrow the Amber Purifying Bottle for his experiment.

"What kind of crooked idea are you coming up with this time?"

The Third Raikage, who had just entered the office, looked over curiously, as did Tsuchikage, who was organizing documents.

"I am a very upright person, my loyalty to Kumogakure is the purest, and all my thoughts are upright."

Tamura Hiroshi felt he was being discriminated against. "I've done my part for the village, I've even shed blood!"

"When addressing someone in the village, do not refer to yourself by your official title or by the name of your disciple."

The Third Raikage instinctively corrected him, glancing furtively at the office door to make sure it was closed before finally relaxing.

On the other side, the earthen platform made no attempt to hide its disdain, as if to say, "With your wicked intentions, you dare to claim your thoughts are righteous?"

There is no one in the world with a more twisted mind than you; even Shimura Danzo is probably no match for you.

"I have some ideas about the World Immortal Tree and would like to give it a try."

Tamura Hiroshi was gloomy and could only talk about serious matters.

"If you have an idea, do it right away, don't delay the rest of your schedule."

The Third Raikage didn't ask any further questions. He waved his hand, signaling his cheap disciple to leave quickly and not linger here.

There was nothing he could do; today was only the second day of the month, and this kid's new book had just been released yesterday, the frenzy of which made him tremble a little.

If their master-disciple relationship were exposed, it's unimaginable how the villagers would look at them.

Just thinking about it sends chills down my spine.

Tamura Hao didn't say much. After bowing, he left the office, took the amber bottle, and went straight to the roots of the World Tree. Using Wood Release chakra, he opened a passage leading to the interior of the tree.

Arriving at the center of the tree roots, this is the thickest and largest part of the entire Immortal Tree, and also the one with the strongest defense.

Using Wood Release chakra, a spherical space with a diameter of ten meters was created here, and the Amber Purification Bottle was taken out and placed in the center.

First, quickly inscribe the pre-deduced sealing technique array in this spherical space, and then activate it with Wood Release chakra.

Roots extended out, fixing the amber bottle in the center of the sphere. After confirming that the sealing technique was operating stably, Tamura Hao then leaped to the side of the amber bottle.

Open the lid and continuously inject the energy from the Grell mine until the amber bottle is full, which is only 10% of the energy injected.

However, Tamura Hao's injection did not stop; it continued, guiding the Yin-Yang Release power of the Ten-Tails and Kaguya-hime to transform the Amber Bottle, slowly expanding it.

At the same time, the overflowing Grell energy was quickly absorbed and transformed by those Wood Release sealing techniques, merging into the World Tree.

With such pure life energy integrated, the World Immortal Tree began to grow rapidly once again, expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The trunk became thicker and longer, the crown became larger, and the roots extended further outward and into the depths of the earth.

"Looks like another surprise."

In the Raikage's office, the Third Raikage smiled as he looked at the rapidly growing World Tree.

Whatever that kid did, it's a good thing.

The stronger the World Tree, the stronger the defenses of their Hidden Cloud Village.

Putting aside the defensive barrier built on the foundation of the World Tree, the tree roots alone are enough to stop any ninja below the Kage level. Even Kage-level experts would find it difficult to break through, at least not from the ground.

On the other side, Tamura Hao continuously injected Grell's energy until he released half of it, at which point the Ten-Tails' form became slightly more normal, and its chakra could barely circulate.

At the same time, the energy within the World Immortal Tree merges with the pure Grell energy within the Amber Bottle through the sealing technique here, and incorporates its own unique tree sap.

This sap is the original Hero's Water. However, after being stimulated by Wood Release chakra, the power of the Ten-Tails, Sage Mode chakra, and Grell's energy, not only has the World Tree been greatly enhanced, but the efficacy of this sap has also been greatly improved, which can greatly stimulate the burst of human potential.

"Hopefully, it will eventually evolve into an eternal well."

Looking at the amber bottle that had grown several times larger and whose black seal ink inside had been squeezed out to reveal Grell's energy, Tamura Hao had high hopes for it.

This sealing technique was created based on the Whirlpool Sealing Technique and some techniques from the Book of Grell. He even used the Yin-Yang Release of the Ten-Tails and Princess Kaguya to make preliminary modifications and expansions to the Amber Bottle.

He wanted to create something similar to the Well of Eternity, which would continuously produce energy.

On one hand, it is the transformation of natural energy absorbed by the World Immortal Tree, and on the other hand, it is the decomposition and transformation of excess chakra absorbed from the village ninjas. Pure life energy is integrated here to form a spring.

Of course, it's just a concept at this stage, and the sealing array is quite crude, but it's already the limit I can achieve at this stage.

However, the sealing array is secondary; the key lies in Grell energy and the life force of the World Tree. Moreover, the sealing array here can be continuously improved in the future.

This was mainly to reduce the pressure on the little ten-tailed fox and allow it to undergo a true evolutionary transformation.

After confirming that there were no problems, Tamura Hao took out the Sake-Kari Tachi and integrated it into the jutsu array, allowing the World Tree to infuse it with the spiritual energy extracted from its chakra.

Chakra is formed by the fusion and transformation of spiritual energy and physical energy. Physical energy is equivalent to life energy and can be poured into the amber bottle, while spiritual energy can be poured into the sake katana, serving as the foundation for opening up the jade dream in the future.

After doing all this, Tamura Hao left and used Wood Release chakra to close the passage.

In this way, no one else can enter this place except for oneself.

After stepping outside and glancing at the ever-growing World Tree, Tamura Hao looked up at the Raikage Building, nodded, and headed towards the Anbu base.

Uchiha Hikaru Uzumaki Kushina and Uzumaki Vanilla have arrived. Uchiha Mikoto cannot go to the front lines with them due to her identity, which is better for both Uchiha Mikoto and the Uchiha clan.

Galuro, on the other hand, has made up his mind to be a logistics worker, has no intention of going to the battlefield, and does not like killing.

Moreover, she can continue to make contributions later on; many of the research she has participated in are very valuable.

"Set off!"

After saying a few words, Ai Yozuki, the team leader, walked towards the opened passage, and Tamura Hao and the others quickly followed.

They rode in a small car that sped along the sloping railway tracks, arriving at a train station ten minutes later, and then boarded a train to the front lines.

"Driving this fast, what if we get ambushed and derail?"

Kushina Uzumaki, who had been gazing out the window, suddenly asked a question that left the others who were chatting speechless.

Seeing the girl's serious question, Fukai thought for a moment and replied, "That is indeed a problem, but ninjas generally don't attack ordinary trains. Our whereabouts are kept secret, so as long as we are not targeted, we are still quite safe."

Those trains specifically transporting troops are heavily protected, escorted by ninjas with various sensory abilities, and have inspection trains traveling ahead to scout the route. Furthermore, their speed isn't too high, so even if something goes wrong, our ninjas' strength is enough to protect themselves in an accident.

"But this is indeed a hidden danger. Other ninja villages don't like to fight head-on like we do in Kumogakure."

Ye Yue Ai's expression turned serious; this was indeed a major hidden danger.

While railway transportation offers many conveniences, it is also easy to sabotage. All it takes is destroying a section of rail, and even a single explosive tag can cause a major accident.

They all looked at the boy who was eating grapes peeled by the Whirlpool Herb, and seeing his enjoyment, they couldn't help but feel speechless.

Tamura Hao didn't care about the looks they were giving him. He chewed the grapes in his mouth, swallowed them, and said...

"This problem requires multi-faceted defense. We need to strengthen the railway tracks and trains with sealing techniques, enhance detection methods, and severely crack down on enemies who sabotage the railway. No matter who they are, we must investigate them thoroughly and hunt them down to the end, leaving no one alive. Even if they die, we must summon their souls and beat them to a pulp, killing them until everyone is terrified and dares not to sabotage them."

Furthermore, we can further develop illusion magic, using a massive illusion to envelop the entire country, with a focus on the railway network and real-time monitoring…

Tamura Hiroshi doesn't have any good solutions for this either; he can only focus on prevention.

Although it sounded harsh, none of them felt there was anything wrong with it.

If an accident occurs on such a high-speed train, ninjas might be alright, but ordinary people would likely be in grave danger, and countless families would be torn apart.

Those who sabotaged the railway deserve to be killed a hundred times over.

Can illusions alter a person's consciousness?

Ye Yue Ai suddenly asked a question, her expression not good, as if she had thought of something unhappy.

"Theoretically speaking, it is possible, but that requires an extremely high level of skill, such as the kaleidoscope eye technique."

What happened?

Tamura Hao replied, noticing that Yozuki Ai's expression was off; something must have gone wrong.

Ye Yue Ai remained silent, clearly in a bad mood.

Tamura Hiroshi looked at his teacher, Fukai, who should know.

With a sigh, Fukai explained, "As the Third Hokage became the Raikage, some people in the clan became arrogant and their thinking became very bad. Some time ago, the Third Hokage even personally executed eight clansmen, one of whom was A's cousin."

"It's not easy to manage a large team."

Tamura Hiroshi remarked that he could understand such a situation.

Power struggles have never ceased throughout history, and they occur on all fronts.

From families to nations, struggles exist everywhere, whether overt or covert, and some people simply cannot suppress their desires.

"It's like this now, and it's likely to get even worse in the future."

Ye Yue Ai was troubled. He was not afraid of external enemies, no matter how strong they were. At worst, he would just die.

But dealing with those internal problems and people is really difficult.

"Establish comprehensive regulations, and if anyone deliberately violates them, they will be sent on their way. My sharkskin needs nutrients to grow."

Tamura Hao appeared very cold-blooded. There was no other way in this regard but to formulate comprehensive laws and rely on them to restrain people. If someone violated the laws, they would be punished accordingly.

There's no need to pity those who are courting death; just send them to their deaths.

He doesn't have a strong sense of belonging to this world, and the death of everyone in the world wouldn't affect him much.

Sometimes you have to act like those who obey you prosper and those who defy you perish, killing until those people are terrified.

Looking back at the history of those dynasties in the past, almost all of them perished due to internal corruption, so the executioner's blade must never stop, nor should there be any mercy.

"This kind of thing is not for you and us to do. Dad's awareness is more ruthless and domineering than ours. Even if I go astray, Dad can still do it."

Ye Yue Ai also knew that this was the only way; her father had mentioned it before.

If someone is truly wrong, then kill them, no matter who they are, otherwise even more people will die.

"The Raikage is a formidable figure who fought his way out of the last Shinobi World War, and a ruthless man who quelled a village rebellion. His willpower is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people."

Tamura Hao never doubted the Third Raikage's will; he was a ruthless man who had truly earned his reputation through bloodshed, and no one could be spared his wrath.

He also endorsed this ruthless killing; if someone deserved to die, then let them die.

For example, regarding the Uchiha clan massacre in the future, he felt that Hiruzen Sarutobi and others did nothing wrong in essence, at least from their perspective, they were right.

You Uchiha are planning a coup, and you might even release the Nine-Tails to destroy the village. The casualties that would result would be countless.

If the Uchiha clan members are innocent, are there no innocent people among those who died tragically after the coup?

So we're all equally bad, so let's not criticize each other.

Adults act based on their own perspectives, and normal people would not betray their own stance or class.

This is the origin of human conflict, an unsolvable problem that can only end when one side falls.

As for mutual understanding, why should someone understand you?

Adults shouldn't act so childishly, or they'll kill even more people.

The adult world is also complex and cannot be categorized simply by right and wrong.

"Perhaps it's true, as you say, that once you embark on this path, there's no turning back; you can only keep moving forward."

With a complex expression, Ye Yue Ai sighed, knowing that they had no way out, because if they retreated, even more people would die.

(End of this chapter)