Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

After leading those cockroaches into the pit, Tamura Hao returned to his mansion in the spirit world. It was the same old house; he didn't demolish and rebuild it, since he had lived there for so long and had grown attached to it.

They simply built a building on the side specifically for the children to live in. The older children would take care of the younger ones, and only those who were still breastfeeding would continue to be placed here and personally cared for by Tsunade and the others.

But as soon as he got home, he was summoned to the Raikage Building by people sent by Tsuchikage, because they had captured a spy whose identity was rather special.

"How did he get here?"

Looking at Moonlight Gale, who was bound like a dumpling, Tamura Hiroshi thought to himself, "This guy really knows how to court death."

Back when I was in Konoha, I thought there would be a Hayate in Shippuden, but who would have thought that someone would come and steal secrets?

It must be said that the Transparent Release technique is very suitable for infiltration. In addition, he learned the Sage Mode of Ryuchi Cave from Orochimaru, which can further conceal his chakra by using natural energy. This allowed him to sneak in and see many things he shouldn't have seen, and he almost infiltrated the Summoning World.

If it weren't for the presence of a system that can sense good and evil here, this kid would have really managed to sneak in.

"His brain is covered with cursed patterns, which are difficult to decipher. However, the only technique that can sneak in silently is the Flying Thunder God Technique."

Flesh and blood tissue of Minato Namikaze was found inside him; it is still unclear who brought the Flying Thunder God Technique formula in.

While stirring his coffee, Tu Tai talked about what he knew.

"Fine, let him go back for Minato's sake. As for his accomplice, it should be his girlfriend, I think she has purple hair. Keep that woman in custody for thorough interrogation."

After thinking it over, Tamura Hiroshi thought of someone else.

That night, this guy seemed to be showing affection with a girl. As the saying goes, showing off your love leads to a quick demise. Let this guy see what the wickedness of society is like.

Upon hearing that his girlfriend was being targeted, Moonlight Gale, who had been acting as if he would rather die than submit, couldn't hold back any longer. He struggled and made muffled noises, but unfortunately, his mouth was gagged and he couldn't say anything.

"Okay, you go and handle it."

Tu Tai didn't care about such trivial matters, and wouldn't even bother with them if the other party weren't of a special status.

Tamura Hao didn't say anything, but picked up the struggling Gekko Hayate and took him to the rooftop of the Raikage Building.

Revealing the other's hands from the rope, he raised his hands to form hand seals with them, mobilizing the chakra of the Little Ten-Tails to draw upon the other's chakra, and unleashing a gender reversal technique developed by combining the Frog Transformation Technique and the Demon Country Transformation Secret Technique.

As the Yin-Yang Release effect activated, Moonlight Gale's form rapidly changed, transforming in no time into a curvaceous woman with a rather attractive appearance.

This is a profound change, even altering the internal physiological structure.

In fact, the physiological structures of the male and female parts are very similar. The difference is that one is inside the body and the other is outside the body, and the transformation is not difficult.

As for the chest area, that's easy to handle. Men also have mammary glands, and they may even get breast cancer, so all you need to do is expand it a bit.

Sensing the changes in himself, Moonlight Gale struggled even more fiercely, but unfortunately, he had been injected with a strong anesthetic earlier, so he couldn't muster any strength, let alone break free.

"I can spare your life for Minato's sake, but you will not escape punishment. This is your punishment."

Seeing that the work was relatively satisfactory, Tamura Hao immediately wrapped it with Light Release chakra and used the Heavenly Delivery Technique to send it to Konoha.

"That girl should be of some use."

Looking at the long sword in his hand, Tamura Hao thought that perhaps he could fool that girl.

That girl has a good talent for swordsmanship, and it's in the illusionary arts category. If Kurenai and the others teach her, she will definitely become a hardworking and excellent employee in the future.

Unfortunately, their Hidden Cloud Village has the biggest shortage of illusionists, mainly to facilitate the expansion and improvement of the virtual world.

This was also the main reason why he spared Moonlight Gale's life; with this bond, he could better control that girl.

As for Hayate Gekko, given his tendency to court death, he probably won't survive the next Shinobi World War.

When those bonds are gone, and new bonds are established here, then Uzuki Yugao will become Kumogakure.

Of course, if you don't know what's good for you, then just humanely destroy them and let them become nourishment for the virtual world.

Without hesitation, Tamura Hao released his senses, found the place where Uzuki Yugao had settled, and slowly walked over carrying the long sword.

"Knock knock!"

"Lord Hao, is there anything I can help you with?"

Upon hearing the knock, Uzuki Yugao opened the door and looked at the person outside, her gaze quickly falling on the long sword in his hand.

"This knife!"

"How do you possess the Gale Blade?"

She recognized the knife; it was a pair with her own, but why was it in this person's hands now?

"Didn't you infiltrate with Moonlight Gale?"

The girl's reaction surprised Tamura Hao. He had initially thought that the girl had brought the Flying Thunder God Technique over with her help, but now it seemed that wasn't the case.

In other words, there might be spies among those people they brought.

"Hayate has come to Kumogakure? What have you done to him?"

Uzuki Yugao was even more nervous; if she hadn't known how powerful the person in front of her was, she would have drawn her sword and questioned him.

"He used the Flying Thunder God Technique to infiltrate our Hidden Cloud Village and steal secrets. We are considering whether to send him to the laboratory to assist in some lethal experiments, or to simply euthanize him."

Tamura Hiroshi revealed a wicked expression. To deal with such a person with strong bonds, you only need to hold onto those bonds firmly; there's no need to expend too much effort.

"How can you unleash the swift wind?"

After forcing herself to calm down and thinking for a while, Uzuki Yugao felt that there must be a chance for this person to come, or that the other party wanted her to do something.

"Let's go inside and talk!"

Tamura Hiroshi went inside and sat down in the living room.

Uzuki Yugao frowned, then closed the door and sat down in the living room.

"From what I understand, you and Hayate Gekko are boyfriend and girlfriend. Logically, you shouldn't be here in our Hidden Cloud Village for exchange and study, so you must have other purposes in mind."

I don't care about their motives. Now that Moonlight Gale has made a mistake, he or she must be punished—either him or you.

Tamura Hao made his point clear: although the girl didn't seem to have any obvious hostility, she was probably not there to spy. Perhaps she really wanted to exchange ideas and learn from Kumogakure's teaching methods so she could bring them back to Konoha to improve the village's teaching methods.

However, these were all secondary. What he valued was the girl's potential in illusion techniques. Her creation, the "Oborozuki Night," was a kind of illusion sword technique, proving her talent in this area.

"It's very fair."

After a long silence, Uzuki Yugao nodded, understanding that this was a kind of exchange, but as long as Hayate could safely return to the village, that was fine.

"I'll give you a choice: go to the elite academy to study and break through to the Shadow level within a year. I will then put you through an assessment. If you fail, Moonlight Gale will be sent to the laboratory for lethal experimental research."

The fate of Moonlight Gale rests in your hands; train diligently.

After saying that, Tamura Hao placed the knife on the coffee table, got up and left.

The girl was calmer than he had expected, preventing him from uttering any of the persuasive words he had prepared.

He likes people who are calm and rational.

"Gale, how could you be so foolish?"

As she picked up her ninja sword, Uzuki Yugao felt immense worry.

She really didn't expect that Hayate would take the opportunity to secretly infiltrate Kumogakure and be captured.

Even Lord Minato dared not infiltrate this place; Hayate was far too reckless.

Leaving aside Uzuki Yugao's worries, on the other side, Namikaze Minato saw the silver light shooting from the north and immediately flashed over. He was a little confused when he saw the woman who looked like his disciple.

"Hayate? You went to Kumogakure? What did you do? What did they do to you?"

After confirming that it was indeed his own disciple's chakra, he quickly stepped forward, pulled the cloth out of his disciple's mouth, and questioned him sternly.

That silver light was Haojun's chakra, which means that Hayate was sent back by Haojun. Hayate had gone to Kumogakure before.

He didn't give such an order; Gale is too reckless.

"Minato-sensei, hurry and save Yugao! That guy is going to hurt Yugao!"

Moonlight Gale hurriedly cried for help, hoping that the teacher could bring Xiyan back. Even now, her voice has changed, becoming much sharper.

"Did Yugao help you enter Kumogakure?"

Minato Namikaze's expression changed slightly; he realized things were in trouble.

"It wasn't Yugao, but that bastard thinks Yugao helped me."

"It's good that Xiyan didn't help you. Haojun is a very reasonable person. As long as Xiyan didn't help you, he won't make things difficult for her."

"And with Lady Tsunade there, she can help out."

Minato Namikaze breathed a sigh of relief. He was really worried that Yugao was helping Hayate make a mistake, and that even if he went there, it wouldn't have any effect.

"I'll take you to Lord Orochimaru's place."

Seeing his disciple's current state, Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take his disciple directly to Orochimaru. He needed to ask Orochimaru if he had been involved in this matter.

Orochimaru, on the other hand, was quite surprised by the arrival of the two. He then conducted a detailed examination of Hayate Gekko's body and finally shook his head.

"Hao-kun really has a twisted sense of humor. But this kid was lucky; he was spared this time because he was Minato-kun. Otherwise, he wouldn't have made it back alive."

Seeing Orochimaru's relaxed expression, Minato Namikaze understood that his disciple was probably out of danger and breathed a sigh of relief. He then inquired about the matter.

"Wasn't it Lord Orochimaru who sent Hayate to Kumogakure?"

"After all these years together, don't you know me well enough? I've never been interested in things with no chance of success."

Orochimaru laughed; this meant Orochimaru was starting to doubt him.

"Is there any way to restore Hayate's body?"

Upon hearing this, Minato Namikaze glanced at the location of the Hokage Building, his expression not good, and then inquired about his disciple's health.

"This is a high-level application of Yin and Yang escape techniques, which I cannot decipher yet. It will take me several years to study it."

However, his gender only changed; it didn't affect his performance. In fact, the change even improved the compatibility of the transplanted flesh and blood within him.

Orochimaru was truly helpless in this regard. Although he had mastered some Yin-Yang Release techniques, he had never conducted any research in this area before.

Moreover, he had lost interest in this piece, mainly because its potential had been fully exploited and it was difficult to improve upon it further, so it was not worth his continued investment.

Not to mention that this kid has also had contact with that old guy, so he's already unreliable.

"I have other matters to attend to, so I won't disturb Lord Orochimaru any longer."

Minato Namikaze glared at the disciple again, nodded to Orochimaru, and then left with Hayate Gekko using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

He needed to know why this disciple would suddenly risk infiltrating Yunyin Village, and why Haojun would take such drastic measures—he must have done something significant. He needed to find out all of this.

"Another fool who got tricked."

Orochimaru sneered, guessing who had ordered Hayate Gekko to go there. No one else but that old man had that motive.

"Sasuke-kun, have you made up your mind?"

Turning his head to look at a hidden barrier not far away, he realized that something was definitely wrong when he sensed the chakra fluctuations of Hao Jun's Heavenly Delivery Technique and the chakra of Moonlight Hayate. He was in the process of communicating with Uchiha Sasuke, who had come to his door. Minato Namikaze was likely to bring people to his door.

They then set up a barrier to conceal Sasuke and prevent Minato Namikaze from sensing him.

It's better to keep the deal with Sasuke private; it will inevitably cause trouble if Minato finds out.

"I agreed, but I don't want the eyes he gave me. I want the eyes he has now, and I'm going to take them from him myself."

Uchiha Sasuke stepped out of the barrier, his heart filled with hatred.

He had confronted the man before, and they had even fought, but he was completely overwhelmed and powerless to resist those eyes.

After much thought, I realized I had no choice but to seek out Orochimaru; only he could help me become stronger quickly.

However, he didn't want the pair of eyes that the man had prepared for him. Even if his own kaleidoscope was blinded in the future, he wouldn't use it. If he wanted to use it, he would have to steal the kaleidoscope from that man.

"This is Sasuke's freedom."

Orochimaru didn't care; he just wanted to see if this child could grow to the level of Madara Uchiha.

He had conducted multiple prenatal checkups on the Ninth Rank of the Vortex and, using the Yin-Yang Escape technique, vaguely discovered a power within the child.

That power felt very familiar to him; he had sensed it before in the First Generation Chakra.

Not long after, a similar power was discovered in Sasuke, but it was of the Yin attribute.

This gave him some clues, especially since Naruto's chakra became very active and his perception became clearer when Naruto awakened Wood Release.

"How will you help me become stronger?"

Sasuke Uchiha asked directly, revealing his desire to quickly become stronger than that man and then defeat him.

"There are two paths. One is bloodline transplantation. The most suitable bloodlines for your Uchiha clan are those of the Uzumaki and Senju clans."

I have a new cell here, which combines the bloodlines of the Senju and Uzumaki clans. It has a high compatibility with you and is sufficient to assist in the growth and use of your Sharingan.

The second path is bloodline fusion, the path Hao Jun took. It involves fusing chakra attributes to form a bloodline, and continuously fusing to enhance those attributes. His light-escape technique would also be suitable for you.

Orochimaru prepared two parallel paths for Sasuke Uchiha to become stronger: one was to replenish his bloodline by transplanting Naruto Uzumaki's cells, and the other was to fuse with a bloodline limit.

Only when both are combined can a truly powerful and flawless system be achieved.

Moreover, if my guess is correct, Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki are both well-suited to this path, which will further unleash their potential.

"You want me to fuse with Swiftness?"

Sasuke Uchiha seemed to be deep in thought. He had read the person's detailed information and knew that the person's initial bloodline limit was Swift Release, which was later fused into Light Release.

Swift Release is a bloodline limit formed by the fusion of lightning and wind attributes. He has only recently begun training his lightning attribute nature transformation and hasn't even mastered all of the Chidori series yet.

He has only learned some ninjutsu with wind attribute, and is still far from being able to fuse with a bloodline limit.

"It doesn't start with Swift Release, but rather it combines Yin and Lightning attributes, or more precisely, the Sharingan's ocular power and Lightning attribute."

Orochimaru smiled and corrected him. He could see that the power within Sasuke was of the Yin attribute, and that to maximize its potential when fusing with bloodlines, one must start with the Yin attribute.

Although he didn't know what kind of bloodline would be formed after the fusion of Yin and Lightning attributes, this was necessary and the fastest way.

This child has already mastered the basics of lightning-attribute transformation due to his training in the Chidori series of ninjutsu, while his yin-attribute transformation is enhanced by his Sharingan, making him the fastest to achieve mastery.

"As long as it makes me stronger quickly, that's fine."

Uchiha Sasuke didn't care, and in fact, he had great faith in this person's abilities.

"Grandpa Orochimaru!"

Just then, a shout came from above.

"That idiot!"

Upon hearing that familiar voice, Uchiha Sasuke frowned.

"Grandpa Orochimaru, you really are here! Help me become stronger, I want to take Sakura back!"

They quickly found the passage and ran down. Naruto cried and pleaded for Sakura to come back to him, saying he couldn't live without her.

"idiot!"

Uchiha Sasuke really didn't want to be on the same team as this guy; it was too embarrassing.

"What are you doing here, you arrogant Sasuke?"

Who are you calling an idiot?

Naruto Uzumaki only then realized that Sasuke Uchiha was there, and then he got angry. That arrogant Sasuke is so annoying.

"Naruto, how many times have I told you to knock before coming in?"

Orochimaru felt a headache coming on as he looked at the brat who had run in and then at Uchiha Sasuke.

Whose personality did this kid take after?

It doesn't seem like Danzo Shimura's offspring.

"Oh, I'll go knock on the door."

Naruto was still quite afraid of this old man, so he quickly ran up the stairs, knocked on the door, and then ran back down.

"Grandpa Orochimaru, you have to help me become stronger, I want to take Sakura back."

"idiot!"

"You arrogant Sasuke, who are you calling an idiot?!"

Seeing the two people back on the same loop again, Orochimaru felt even more overwhelmed.

"Naruto, do you really want to become stronger?"

With a serious expression, Orochimaru knew he had to get rid of this brat, and that the brat had great potential and could open up another path for him.

"I want to, a million times over."

Naruto Uzumaki, disregarding his argument with Sasuke Uchiha, nodded repeatedly.

These past two days, his mother has been driving him crazy, constantly telling him to give up Sakura and choose Hinata, who has almost no presence in the story.

In what ways does Hinata compare to Sakura?

"I have a Steel Release bloodline cell here that I can transplant into you. As long as you master Earth Release, you can fuse it into your own Steel Release. Once you have Steel Release, you will become incredibly strong and have super strong defense. Ordinary ninjutsu simply cannot break through it."

Orochimaru recommended Steel Release, which is the least brain-intensive bloodline limit to develop; all you need to do is continuously stack defense and power.

He happened to know about the Senju clan's monstrous strength inheritance, which was also very suitable for Naruto to train in.

"Can it defend against that bird of Sasuke's?"

Naruto's eyes were very bright, which displeased Sasuke.

"That's called Chidori!"

"Steel Release can not only defend against, but also counter Chidori. With Steel Release, as long as you stand on the ground, you can quickly channel any Lightning Release into the ground, minimizing the damage to yourself."

Orochimaru agreed, having anticipated that Naruto would ask that question.

These two little guys are like natural enemies, just like the First Hokage and Madara Uchiha recorded in the data. They are both close friends and rivals.

Naruto's eyes shone even brighter, but that wasn't good enough.

"Can it stop that red-haired man's knife from that day?"

"That attack could have been stopped."

Orochimaru used a bit of eloquence, implying that the girl that day had excellent potential and would undoubtedly achieve great things in the future, with her swordsmanship becoming increasingly powerful.

Therefore, Steel Release is only applicable to the slash used by the opponent that day, and he can't say what will happen in the future.

"Then let's use Steel Release."

Naruto was overjoyed; once he learned Steel Release, he could finally crush that arrogant Sasuke.

(End of this chapter)