Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

Chapter 310 A Dirtier Heart!

The three of them were quickly settled in a small building by Xia Rixing. Perhaps because the Land of Demons and the Land of Bears were adjacent, Xia Rixing felt a sense of kinship with Miroku.

Because of her previous employment relationship with Miroku, Nadeshiko Kaori decided to live with him so they could look after each other.

With Xia Rixing around, they can also adapt to life in Kumogakure better.

Of course, in order to contribute to Kumogakure, Miroku also brought some scriptures from the lineage of priestesses of the Land of Demons in advance. These scriptures are very valuable and can greatly enrich the foundation of Kumogakure.

After Tsunade gave birth to the quintuplets, Tamura Hiroshi waited another half month until Shimura Izumi gave birth to triplets before heading to the front lines.

Before leaving, I didn't forget to take a new family photo with Shimura Izumi and the children, and send it to Danzo.

At the overseas base, Danzo Shimura looked at the family photo that had just been sent via summoning jutsu, and a hint of gentleness appeared on his cold face.

Although he didn't care much about that daughter, as he devoted himself to the village and his business, she was, after all, his only bloodline. Now that she had found a good home, he was naturally happy.

And he was both surprised and delighted by the high number of his grandchildren.

My lineage has now flourished, allowing me to plan my grand undertaking with greater peace of mind. Even if I fail, my bloodline will not be severed.

After looking at it for a while, black flames appeared on his hand, slowly burning the photo to ashes.

That kid's identity must be kept secret; not a single detail can be leaked. Keeping this photo in your heart is enough.

"The outcome, success or failure, hinges on this battle!"

Letting the ashes fall from his hand, Shimura Danzo knew that it was almost time, and the moment he had been waiting for was about to arrive.

However, before that, I need to get my hands on the Nine-Tails.

According to the records of the Otsutsuki clan in Miyu Otsutsuki's memory, the Nine-Tails is the most special among the nine tailed beasts and possesses the most power. If one could obtain it, it would definitely bring about greater changes to the Black Lotus of Annihilation.

It's just that thinking about the Nine-Tails makes things better; as soon as one thinks of the Nine-Tails, a certain thought involuntarily arises.

"Ninth rank!"

As a vague name was uttered, his expression changed.

However, this change was quickly quelled, but Shimura Danzo's expression was extremely sinister.

"Two beasts and a piece of trash also want to influence this old man."

With a cold snort, Shimura Danzo knew what was going on.

The Black Lotus of Annihilation did not completely refine the Three-Tails and the Two-Tails. In fact, both of them retained the consciousness of Uzumaki Yaichi, the Uzumaki boy who provided him with information about the Ninja Clan back then, which he devoured using the Demon Sprout Technique.

The Vortex Eight One was the oldest and most mature among the carriers at that time, and also had the strongest will.

The three forces rallied together and resisted stubbornly, frequently interfering with his consciousness and causing him endless annoyance.

However, he has already found a solution. The reason why the will of Vortex Bayi is so strong is because he is attached to Vortex Ninth Rank, perhaps it is what is called love.

Once this attachment is destroyed, that will naturally dissipate.

Without Uzumaki Yaichi's will, the two beasts could no longer use Uzumaki Yaichi's whirlpool chakra to resist the devouring of the World-Destroying Black Lotus, thus the hidden dangers within their bodies could be completely resolved.

Leaving aside Shimura Danzo's thoughts and schemes, Tamura Hiroshi had already arrived at the front line.

Upon seeing Tamura Hiroshi's arrival, Huang Tu and the others, who were acquainted with him, expressed their welcome.

They had a deep understanding of his strength; his speed was extremely difficult to counter, and apart from space-time ninjutsu, no other method could keep up with it.

With this person's arrival, at least we can hold off Minato Namikaze.

Minato Namikaze is the strongest person in Konoha right now. Even Hiashi Hyuga and Fugaku Uchiha are not as troublesome as him.

"Isn't Miss Hikari participating in this war?"

Huang Tu inquired, and compared to this one, he hoped that Uchiha Hikaru could come and join the battle, as the latter's spatial abilities were better suited to counter Namikaze Minato.

"She's pregnant and can't come."

Tamura Hiroshi shrugged, indicating that it was an unavoidable factor.

There's no way around it; there are too few entertainment options these days. Movies are still in their infancy, so the only thing left to do at night is exercise. The more often you exercise, the higher your chances of winning a bid will be.

Right now, the people in my family are either pregnant, have just given birth and are in their postpartum period, or are taking care of their children.

Furthermore, Kumogakure cannot appear too powerful. If they were to truly defeat Konoha, they would become the next target of Konoha's attacks.

If it weren't for the Sage of Six Paths hiding in the shadows, they wouldn't mind wiping out the four great ninja villages immediately and unifying the ninja world.

However, without eliminating the Sage of Six Paths, unifying the ninja world would be meaningless and might even provoke him to take action.

We're no match for that old guy yet; we have to continue developing our strength cautiously.

As for whether the Sage of Six Paths will intervene, he believes he will, since he has his own plans, and Indra and Ashura haven't been reincarnated yet.

The pieces haven't even been placed yet, how could they possibly allow the chessboard to be disrupted?

"That's such a pity!"

Upon hearing that she was pregnant, Huang Tu and Luo Sha were both very sorry. There was really no way to refute this reason; they couldn't expect her to come to battle while heavily pregnant.

"There's nothing to regret. With Minato Namikaze's current strength, even if Hikaru came, it wouldn't make a difference. His Flying Thunder God Technique has already surpassed that of the Second Hokage back then. Hikaru is far inferior to him in terms of spatial abilities. Even if he came, he would be suppressed by Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God Technique."

Tamura Hao's expression was very solemn. Minato Namikaze had grown much faster than in the original storyline, and had reached a much higher level.

Even though he still hasn't reconciled with Kurama and mastered Kurama Mode, Kurama Chakra Mode can still make up for Minato Namikaze's shortcomings in chakra quantity and fragility.

In addition, Minato Namikaze also innovated on the Flying Thunder God Technique, reaching a higher level and making it even more difficult to deal with.

Uchiha Hikaru was no longer able to suppress Namikaze Minato, even though the Mangekyou Sharingan evolved into the Perfect Mangekyou Sharingan, greatly enhancing the effects of the eye technique, it was still not enough.

His main weakness is his spatial talent, which has been completely surpassed by Minato Namikaze.

"Minato Namikaze's space-time ninjutsu has improved a lot."

Rasa wholeheartedly agreed, realizing that his Magnet Release technique could no longer interfere with Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God Technique; it could only save his life.

"Minato Namikaze's talent in space-time ninjutsu is terrifying."

Huang Tu also acknowledged that Minato Namikaze's talent and strength were superhuman.

The boy from back then has grown up completely and become a top-tier powerhouse, whose strength is by no means inferior to the legendary First Hokage.

It was even more threatening than the First Hokage, enough to intimidate the four great ninja villages.

"Orochimaru's strength is also terrifying, no less than that of Mito Uzumaki back then."

Terumi Sora, who had remained silent until now, spoke up, showing even greater apprehension towards Orochimaru.

The other party somehow managed to perfectly steal the power of the Uzumaki clan, and even underwent some kind of transformation; the power of those chakra chains was too strong.

In their last battle, he was almost sealed and dragged away by those chakra chains. Fortunately, the Third Raikage intervened in time and severed the chakra chains, thus escaping with his life.

"Then Fugaku Uchiha and Hiashi Hyuga are also very strong."

Huang Tu mentioned two other people, both of whom were also incredibly powerful.

Even though Fugaku Uchiha lost his Mangekyou Sharingan, his strength was still terrifying.

With Wood Release combined with the power of the Seven-Tails, plus Sage Mode, and those strange black rods, he is a rather dangerous being.

Not to mention Hiashi Hyuga, who is not only powerful but also possesses the ability to fly, and whose agility and speed even surpass their Super Light-Heavy Rock Technique.

Only the Third Raikage, who could run through the air, could contend with him, but even that was only a contest.

Both of them have improved a lot since the last Shinobi World War, especially Hiashi Hyuga.

"To severely damage Konoha, we need more top-tier fighters."

Luo Sha stared intently at Tamura Hao, his meaning clear.

All the top ninja from the three major ninja villages have come to their aid, while your Hidden Cloud Village is still holding back.

"Some things are hard to say. After all, they come from Konoha, so we are a little worried. Not to mention there are people hiding in the shadows that we need to be wary of."

You need to protect the Tailed Beasts from being plundered, and we also need to protect the World Tree from being stolen and devoured.

With a sigh, Tamura Hiroshi displayed a sense of helplessness.

These words made the three of them frown, but they didn't say anything more.

After all, although Kumogakure took away many strong people during the last Shinobi World War, it is not easy to win them over, especially now that they are at war with Konoha. They really need to be on guard.

"What's the deal with the immortal tree in your world?"

Rasa had always been curious about the World Tree of Kumogakure. When the tree was in Takigakure, it didn't seem to have many supernatural properties, but after it arrived in Kumogakure, it began to grow without limit, and its size was too exaggerated.

"We don't know for sure either. We just injected the First Hokage's chakra into it to activate it, and then the tree really seemed to come alive. It must have a close relationship with Wood Release."

Furthermore, it seems to be related to the chakra of the tailed beasts. Since you have all sealed the tailed beasts, perhaps you can get some clues from them.

If such a place exists, our Hidden Cloud Village is willing to offer sufficient sincerity to purchase it.

Tamura Hao shifted the topic to the tailed beasts, since the tailed beasts of our Hidden Cloud Village had been stolen, and now we can only find a breakthrough by dealing with the three of you.

"We've had some exchanges and obtained some clues. I need a bottle of the Water of Life."

After thinking for a moment, Huang Tu agreed to the transaction.

The Water of Life produced in Hidden Cloud Village is very effective; it can save the lives of anyone who is not already dead, essentially giving them an extra life.

"As long as the intelligence is valuable enough."

Tamura Hiroshi immediately took out three bottles of the standard dose of the Water of Life.

"The Five-Tails is terrified of your World Tree and says that the tree will destroy the entire ninja world."

Huang Tu was also puzzled by the information he had obtained from the Five-Tails and wanted to ask more questions, but the Five-Tails remained silent, clearly keeping some kind of secret.

Even using illusions to induce or force questioning won't work in this regard.

"Destroy the entire ninja world? Just that one tree?"

Tamura Hiroshi looked shocked, seemingly not understanding this statement at all.

"The One-Tailed Fox said something similar, that the tree is the source of calamity, something that we humans cannot control, and that your Hidden Cloud Village will become the first sacrifice."

Rasa then recounted what he had learned from Ichi-Tail. Although he had ulterior motives for saying this, it was indeed what Ichi-Tail had said, and it was absolutely true.

"The Six-Tails said something similar, but it wasn't about your tree. It seemed to be something else, something that could frighten the Six-Tails."

Terumi Sora also revealed the information she obtained from the Six-Tails. Since becoming a Jinchuriki of a Tailed Beast, she has been communicating with the Six-Tails, hoping to obtain a Tailed Beast Chakra Mode like Minato Namikaze and Kyuuben Uzumaki.

After several years of exchanges, I learned some things, especially after coming to the Land of Lightning. We inevitably talked about the World Tree of the Hidden Cloud Village, and that gave me some clues.

"Something else?"

Tamura Hiroshi looked thoughtful, then looked up at the bright moon in the night sky.

"Maybe the people up there know something, but unfortunately we can't go."

"The First Hokage possessed Wood Release, and you recruited the Senju clan; there should be relevant records, right?"

When Rasa mentioned the Senju clan, he pointed out that the World Tree was clearly related to Wood Release, which originated from the Senju clan. He didn't believe that the two were unrelated.

"Wood Release is a bloodline power created by the First Hokage. Its essence is indeed related to the bloodline of the Senju clan. However, the appearance of Wood Release in the hands of the First Hokage is the first case. Such power has never appeared in the previous thousands of years of history, and no related ancient books have been passed down."

Tamura Hao did not deny it, but emphasized that Wood Release was appearing for the first time in the hands of the First Hokage, and there were no related records of it in the Senju clan before.

"If we really want to figure it out, it might be related to the legendary Ninja Clan, but the Ninja Clan has long since collapsed. All of us ninjas are descendants of the Ninja Clan, but unfortunately, too little of our heritage has been left, so we cannot know many of the secrets of ancient times."

With a sigh, Tamura Hao once again steered the conversation towards the Ninja Clan.

"The ninja world has existed for too long, hiding too many unknown secrets."

All three couldn't help but sigh, compared to the ninja world with its thousand-year history, their ninja village had only been established for about fifty years.

Moreover, the Warring States period destroyed too many records of civilization, leaving only various legends of uncertain authenticity that cannot be verified.

"But the war still has to be fought, and those figures are all very troublesome; it's difficult to eliminate them."

Rasa wanted to kill those people, especially Minato Namikaze, who posed a great threat.

"This battle was not fought to kill those people. We don't have the ability to kill them. All we can do is weaken Konoha's overall strength as much as possible."

"Without those low-ranking ninjas, even if Konoha had the strongest ninjas, even if the First Hokage were resurrected, they still wouldn't be able to destroy our Four Villages Alliance."

Tamura Hao emphasized the strategic goal of weakening Konoha, stating that the priority now is to weaken Konoha, and other matters can be discussed later.

He himself didn't even care about this Ninja World War, because Danzo's plan to build a ninja kingdom was the real focus.

Only by weakening the five great ninja villages can Lord Danzo better launch his plan to conquer the world and establish a ninja nation.

This was also a trial run, allowing Lord Danzo to help gauge the Sage of Six Paths' attitude towards the issue of unifying the ninja world.

Their Hidden Cloud Village currently lacks both the courage and the strength to test the Sage of Six Paths' attitude, but Lord Danzo doesn't care about such things. In order to complete the great cause of unification and become the supreme immortal emperor, he would not be afraid even if it meant going against the entire ninja world or facing the legendary Sage of Six Paths.

As Danzo's most loyal and strongest henchman, I, Tian, ​​must pave the way for Danzo and weaken the five great ninja villages, especially Konoha.

"I don't know how many more will be sacrificed in this battle."

Huang Tu felt reluctant to let it go. The previous battles were just tests, mainly clashes between high-level experts, and the ninja army suffered little loss.

However, the main force in the upcoming decisive battle will be the ninja army, and the war will not stop until they are exhausted to a certain extent.

Of the thousands of people they brought, it's unknown how many will ultimately return.

Rasa and Terumi Sora also looked rather pale. Their village suffered the greatest losses in the last Shinobi World War, and they had finally managed to catch their breath in the past few years, but the Shinobi World War broke out again, and their strength was being depleted once more. They didn't know how long it would take to recover.

After continuing to fool the three of them, Tamura Hao returned to his residence, where the Thor clone controlled by Black Zetsu was already waiting.

"Fugaku Uchiha's wife is pregnant again. I vaguely sensed Indra's chakra. It seems that Hagoromo can't hold back any longer."

Black Zetsu revealed some information: he had never relaxed his surveillance of the Uchiha clan, especially Fugaku's family.

"Is the reincarnation process finally beginning?"

Tamura Hao smiled. It was good that he had appeared; it proved that he could plot another wave.

I wonder if Sasuke will be able to fuse the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan in the future without Itachi Uchiha's eyes. Without the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan as a foundation, it would probably be quite difficult to obtain the Rinnegan with six tomoe.

"If that's the case, Ashura's chakra will be reincarnated soon."

My thoughts turned to Ashura's chakra reincarnation, which would inevitably require a vessel.

The Sage of Six Paths probably won't choose the Senju and Uzumaki clansmen from Kumogakure, since there are too many variables here.

As for Konoha, it can only be Uzumaki Ninja. I just don't know how long his deception in the Land of Iron will affect Minato.

"That should be about right!"

Tamura Hao suddenly muttered to himself, then took out a small bottle of blood mixed with chakra and used the Summoning Jutsu. A very ordinary ninja dog was summoned, with a scroll in its mouth.

Tamura Hiroshi took down the scroll and unfolded it. Inside were some names and corresponding information, the first one being Minato Namikaze.

This is the kill list given to him by Lord Danzo, which he needs to eliminate as many times as possible in the upcoming final battle.

When he sent that photo over before, he said that he was going to the front line and that the decisive battle was about to begin. He asked Lord Danzo to give him a combat mission so that he could take advantage of the power of the four great ninja villages to complete it.

"Was it useful to send so many photos to Danzo Shimura's side?"

Black Zetsu glanced at the list and expressed a question, unable to understand his brother's actions.

Given Danzo Shimura's personality, even if you produce a lot of grandchildren for him, he won't immediately hand over the Root to you.

Not to mention, your identity as a spy is more valuable to them. Danzo Shimura won't recall you until he destroys Kumogakure.

"Of course it will be useful. It will allow Lord Danzo to act without any scruples, even if it means the destruction of the Shimura family."

Tamura believed it was very necessary, not only to strengthen Lord Danzo's emotional bonds, but also to weaken his bonds to his clan, so that he could completely unleash his potential and start his great enterprise without any worries.

Hei Jue's face twitched slightly, and he secretly sighed that his younger brother's heart was still dirtier.

(End of this chapter)