Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

Chapter 121 Ten-Tails Wood Release

Finally free, Uchiha Mikoto breathed a sigh of relief. Not daring to show anything unusual, she forced herself to remain calm and replied, "I just need to rest for a bit."

She desperately wanted to go back immediately, but her legs were weak and sore, and her kimono was soaked with sweat, so she didn't dare to get up.

"I'll go make you some sweet soup!"

Tamura Hiroshi said something considerately, then got up and went to the kitchen.

"If you're not feeling well, go back to your room and rest. There's no need for you to stay with us."

Uchiha Retsuyo said tenderly that he cherished this daughter very much.

They are my only remaining bloodline!

Mikoto Uchiha nodded sullenly, no longer daring to speak, her body utterly exhausted.

"You should get some rest. I need to go away for a few days. You stay home and take care of things."

"Fugaku, come with me to the shrine."

Without giving it much thought, Uchiha Retsuyo gave a few words of advice and then gestured for Uchiha Fugaku to follow.

He went to the room where ninja tools were stored first, took a set of ninja tools, and then left the house.

Get some rest!

After giving a concerned word of advice, Fugaku Uchiha got up and left.

On the other side, Tamura Hao quickly returned with a large glass of sugar water and placed it in front of Uchiha Mikoto, saying gently, "I added ice to cool it down quickly, and the temperature is just right."

Mikoto Uchiha didn't stand on ceremony, took the bag and gulped it down, which made her feel a little better.

Then he glared angrily at someone, his Sharingan unconsciously surfacing.

"Don't forget to come to my room later to be a body pillow. Wear your pajamas, the clothes you wore last night were uncomfortable."

Ignoring the angry little glare, Tamura Hao gave a reminder, then got up and went back to his room to take a shower and go to bed.

"You despicable, shameless bastard!"

The girl slammed her fist on the table in anger, wishing she could chop that bastard up and cook him into a dish, then she could definitely show off ten bowls of rice.

Leaving aside the angry girl on one side, Uchiha Retsuyo and Uchiha Fugaku quickly arrived at the shrine, then formed hand seals to open the secret chamber below, and the two walked in and stood in front of the stone tablet.

"This stone tablet has been passed down from our Uchiha clan. It requires the power of the Sharingan to read the hidden contents on it. The stronger the power, the more contents can be read."

The three-tomoe Sharingan can only read the most basic parts, while the Mangekyou Sharingan can read more, but we guess it's not all of it either.

Madara Uchiha's eyes surpassed the Mangekyou Sharingan back then, so he must have seen much more, and it's even possible that the secrets of his power are hidden in later parts of the story...

As Uchiha Retsuyo recounted the secrets of the stone tablet, he unbuttoned his kimono to reveal his abdomen, where a hideous scar stood.

He took out a kunai and ran it across the scar, revealing two eyes sealed inside.

"Uncle!"

Fugaku Uchiha was shocked, not understanding why his uncle would take out those eyes at this time.

He knew about the concealment of those eyes; in fact, he had even helped his uncle seal and transplant his eyes by using medical ninjutsu.

At that time, my uncle's eyes were almost blind, so he had to have other eyes transplanted. His original eyes were sealed in his body and kept at their peak activity by chakra.

But now my uncle has taken those eyes out.

"There is a saying in the clan that we Uchiha are descendants of the Sage of Six Paths, and the Senju clan also claims to be descendants of the Sage of Six Paths."

One of our clans possesses the Sharingan and is born with the Yin Release ability, while the Senju clan is the opposite, possessing a strong body and being born with the Yang Release ability.

This is the essential source of power for our two races. I used to think it was just a mythical legend, but today I realize it may not be so.

Ignoring the pain, Uchiha Retsuyo used his palm to wrap chakra and remove the two three-tomoe Sharingan from his eye sockets, then asked Uchiha Fugaku to help transplant his original eyes back.

Fugaku Uchiha had no choice but to comply and transplant the two eyes one by one.

He wasn't skilled in medical ninjutsu, but he could perform this minor surgery. Moreover, the Uchiha clan possessed a set of medical ninjutsu techniques for transplanting eyes, which allowed for a rapid and effective eye transplant.

"Does Uncle want to go to Shimura Danzo's laboratory on the front lines?"

Fugaku Uchiha realized that his uncle had transplanted his original eyes back to his original eyes because he wanted to risk going there and steal the research results of Hiruzen Sarutobi and others.

"The Mangekyou Sharingan puts a great strain on the body, especially when using the divine power of Susanoo, it draws on the body's life force."

This means that even we Uchiha cannot unleash the full power of the Mangekyou Sharingan. However, if we could obtain the physical strength of the First Hokage, even just a little bit would be enough to stabilize the Mangekyou Sharingan's depletion.

To achieve our goals in the upcoming war, we must unleash the full power of the Kaleidoscope.

Uchiha Retsuyo was very resolute. He knew very well that whether it was the Senju or Hiruzen Sarutobi, they would all be wary of the Uchiha clan. It wouldn't be so easy to reap the benefits without lifting a finger.

The best way to break the deadlock is to obtain stronger power, either surpassing the power of the kaleidoscope or to bring the power of the kaleidoscope to its maximum limit and eliminate its side effects.

This time, we have to take a gamble!

"Shimura Danzo or Orochimaru will definitely return for the Chunin Exams; this is our chance."

"I'll go with you, Uncle."

Fugaku Uchiha realized this and also longed for the power of the First Hokage.

"Without further ado, let's set off immediately!"

Uchiha Retsuyo didn't want to wait any longer; he had to get there as soon as possible.

This is a rare opportunity; we must seize it.

Without lingering, the two quietly left Konoha after leaving the shrine.

As one of the two founding families of Konoha, they naturally knew how to bypass Konoha's barrier perception and secretly enter and exit.

Furthermore, at their full speed, they could reach the other side in three days at most. Using the Sharingan's genjutsu power to interrogate people and find Shimura Danzo's hidden experimental base wouldn't be difficult.

And just as Uchiha Retsuyo had predicted, Shimura Danzo secretly left the front lines and returned to Konoha.

He saw a familiar name on the list of examinees from Kumogakure, and he was also worried about the front lines between Kumogakure and the Uchiha main force. He had to go back and make contact to get information from there.

What Shimura Danzo didn't know was that Orochimaru, whom he had ordered to stay behind, had also secretly left, leaving only a trusted confidant who used a transformation technique to look like him and stay behind to oversee the situation.

Currently, they are in a truce with Sunagakure, and everyone's attention is focused on Konoha's Chunin Exams, so there shouldn't be any problems here.

Putting aside these people's underhanded tactics, on the other side, Tamura Hao was once again cuddling Uchiha Mikoto, who was wearing pajamas, as they slept.

Meanwhile, his consciousness entered the sealed space, connecting with the little Ten-Tails and feeling the Wood Release chakra.

After obtaining Hashirama Senju's chakra crystals, he immediately sealed them into a sealed space for the Ten-Tails and Kaguya to absorb, with excellent results.

As expected, the Ten-Tails gained the power of Wood Release. It had previously absorbed the discarded experimental subjects sent by Black Zetsu, which gave it the cells of the First Hokage.

Although the cells lost their activity due to the failure of the experimental subject, preventing the Ten-Tails from obtaining Wood Release, it still laid a foundation.

In addition, the corpses of Senju ninjas purchased and collected from the battlefield gave the young Ten-Tails the foundation of Wood Release. Now, stimulated by Hashirama Senju's chakra, it has finally obtained the power of Wood Release, which has further improved the young Ten-Tails' ability to devour and refine.

"Unfortunately, I can't use Wood Release right now."

After sensing the Wood Release power of the Ten-Tails, Tamura Hao sighed.

Although he and Kaguya and the Ten-Tails were in a tailed beast and jinchūriki relationship, their chakra compatibility wasn't very high due to their different chakra levels.

This results in some forces being merely borrowed, rather than integrated, because they lack the corresponding foundation themselves.

For example, Wood Release requires the three chakra natures of Water, Earth, and Yang as a foundation, but I only have Lightning Release.

That's right, Wood Release is not a Kekkei Genkai, but a higher-level Kekkei Elimination.

Ordinary Wood Release, like Yamato in the future, is power at the level of a bloodline limit.

Hashirama Senju's Wood Release was fused with his own Yang Release power, not simply because of his massive chakra reserves.

Only when you have Yang Release can you truly master Wood Release.

The Ten-Tails has now awakened the Wood Release of Hashirama Senju, and its potential is even greater. With its current chakra, it could even use the Wood Dragon Technique without any problem.

Unfortunately, it can only be used inside this sealed space and cannot be used outside by using Tamura Hiroshi's body.

"They can already use Wood Release?"

At that moment, a dark mass extended in—it was Black Zetsu.

Black Zetsu was very excited as he looked at the large trees created by the Ten-Tails, finally gaining the power of Wood Release.

Wood Release is the power of the Divine Tree, and its significance is extraordinary.

He understood his brother's intentions after seeing his younger brother take the necklace belonging to Hashirama Senju's grandson.

With the chakra crystals that Hashirama Senju condensed during his lifetime, the Ten-Tails could definitely obtain the complete Wood Release.

This is a huge improvement!

"That's not enough. It would be best to get Hashirama Senju's complete corpse and devour it."

Furthermore, the sealed space is not large enough; it needs to be larger to accommodate the growth of the Ten-Tails.

Tamura Hao shook his head slightly. He wasn't surprised that Black Zetsu was able to enter. After all, this sealed space was created by the other party. Even if the power of the space seal was refined by Kaguya's chakra, there was still at least the right to enter and exit.

What we need to do now is to find a way to expand this sealed space, otherwise the growth of the little ten-tailed fox will be limited.

"Once the little ten-tailed fox absorbs a few more eye techniques and reaches the level of nine tomoe, along with the power of my mother and me, it should be able to sense the primordial space that my mother opened up back then. Then, using my mother and the little ten-tailed fox as a medium, it will be enough to integrate the primordial space into the seal."

Before that, you need to obtain Uchiha Retsuyo's Mangekyou Sharingan. His eye technique allows him to open spatial portals of varying lengths, somewhat similar to his mother's Yomotsu Hirasaka. It should be able to take us into the Origin Sphere Space.

Black Zetsu pondered for a moment and offered an idea: the primordial space created by his mother using the Ten no Minakata.

"The spaces that my sister created back then have probably already been found by the Sage of Six Paths, who left behind some hidden traps."

Tamura Hao knew that Uchiha Sasuke would be able to enter Kaguya's space in the future, so it was obviously not safe there.

"Hagoromo could only find those five peripheral spaces. The core Sphere space was beyond his ability to sense with his Rinnegan, even if he became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki."

Hei Jue was very confident about this, believing that Hagoromo's Rinnegan had its limits and could never compare to his mother's Rinne Sharingan.

Moreover, those spaces were opened by the mother using the Ame no Minakata, and their connection to the power of the Rinnegan is not obvious, especially the core space of the Origin Sphere, which is a completely independent space. Even the mother had to rely on the Rinne Sharingan and the Divine Tree to sense and enter it.

"How exactly do I do it?"

Tamura Hiroshi suddenly realized and asked about the specific steps and requirements.

Looking at his mother, who had regained a slight level of intelligence, Black Zetsu said in a deep voice, "We need to restore the power of Mother's Rinne Sharingan as much as possible."

After eating the fruit of the Divine Tree, the mother restored the Divine Tree to the Ten-Tails, intending to forge it into a weapon of war to fight against her clan. She used her own power to guide the Ten-Tails to further evolve into the Moon Rabbit form.

The Ten-Tails' eyes can grow to a maximum of six-tomoe Rinne Sharingan, but its Moon Rabbit form can possess a nine-tomoe Rinne Sharingan.

We need to first raise the eyes of the little ten-tailed fox to the nine-tomoe level, and then my mother and I will temporarily merge into the little ten-tailed fox and guide it to evolve into the Jade Rabbit form, thereby further enhancing that eye.

Then we'll try to sense it again. If we can sense it, we can use Uchiha Retsuyo's Mangekyou Sharingan to enter and guide it to merge with this sealed space. This will allow Mother and the little Ten-Tails to recover faster in the Origin Sphere space.

The young Ten-Tails and its mother still need further development; obtaining Hashirama Senju's corpse and Madara Uchiha's eyes should be enough.

Listening to Black Zetsu's account, Tamura Hao thought of the rabbit form that Kaguya Otsutsuki took before she used the expanding Truth-Seeking Balls, and the Rinne Sharingan with nine tomoe between her eyebrows was indeed present.

That should be considered an evolution of the Ten-Tails, different from the Divine Tree form, and more focused on combat.

Did Madara Uchiha transfer his eyes?

Tamura Hao understood, and then asked about Uchiha Madara's eyes, "They should have been transferred by now, right?"

"It was transplanted to a descendant of the Uzumaki clan in the Land of Rain, named Uzumaki Nagato, to use that child's Uzumaki chakra to help perfect the Rinnegan."

"The Land of Rain is not a good place, especially during wartime. That child's future will likely be very difficult."

Tamura Hao had studied the Land of Rain and found it to be a land of constant conflict. Whenever the Ninja World War broke out, it would inevitably be invaded by the three great ninja villages, and they might even fight there directly.

Living in such a place, the fate of Nagato Uzumaki and others was destined to be tragic.

"Only pain can best nourish those eyes."

Black Zetsu chuckled strangely, "The Land of Rain is the best place."

"The chakra of the Uzumaki clan alone is definitely not enough. Madara Uchiha only took a bit of the flesh and blood of the First Hokage, which is far less than the chakra of the entire Senju Hashirama and Ashura."

The plan was to guide Madara Uchiha to transplant Hashirama Senju's cells into Nagato Uzumaki, making the child stronger and ideally, the ruler of Amegakure and the Land of Rain.

The ninja world needs that child's power to reshuffle things up, and the so-called three holy lands are also a hidden danger, especially Mount Myōboku.

I heard that Jiraiya seems to be searching for some chosen one, which appears to be related to Mount Myōboku.

Tamura Hao had some thoughts about Nagato Uzumaki and hoped that he could become even stronger.

"It's very simple. All we need to do is have the White Zetsu monitoring the situation report to Madara Uchiha that the child can't withstand the extraction of the Rinnegan."

The toad at Mount Myōboku is indeed worth noting. Hagoromo and Hamura's conflict with their mother was related to that toad, and their ability to seal their mother relied on the power of Mount Myōboku's sage techniques.

Black Absolute no longer cared much about those eyes; he wanted to use them to dig a pit for Hagoromo, and at the same time, he harbored deep hatred for Mount Myōboku.

"What kind of eye technique did the Sage of Six Paths prepare for those eyes?"

Tamura Hao asked, "Will it still be those eye techniques?"

"He has many abilities, one of which is the ability to revive the dead. Just as you predicted, Madara Uchiha planned to have Nagato Uzumaki revive him to his peak condition after his death."

Hagoromo might want to use this opportunity to allow Madara Uchiha's soul to enter the Pure Land for a deeper transformation, in order to scheme against his mother. Last time, the time was too short.

There's another eye technique that's quite interesting. Madara Uchiha called it Limbo, which allows him to use the power of Yin-Yang Release to refine shadows into clones.

This is a unique eye technique possessed only by Madara Uchiha; only his eye power can activate it.

Speaking of Black Zetsu, he was in a bad mood, which his younger brother had expected. He had indeed fallen into the trap set by Hagoromo.

"Then extract the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan's power and the Limbo from those eyes to serve as resources for the Ten-Tails' eyes."

Since Madara Uchiha has already been chosen by the Sage of Six Paths, he must have left a contingency plan in his soul, making him unsuitable as a sacrifice to revive his sister.

There's no need for those eyes to return to Madara Uchiha's hands. Let's create new sacrifices; the ninja world is full of ambitious people.

Tamura Hao was very envious of Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan's Limbo-no-kyoku eye technique, as having that eye technique would definitely greatly enhance his ability to survive.

"Such offerings are not easy to obtain. Danzo Shimura's approach is one way, and Nagato Uzumaki barely managed it after transplanting Hashirama's cells."

Black Zetsu pondered how to create a suitable offering; there couldn't be just one, he needed to make several.

"Orochimaru's research abilities are quite good; we can try to guide him. Hiruzen Sarutobi possesses chakra talents of all attributes; we can also try to guide him."

Tamura Hao mentioned the names of Orochimaru and Hiruzen Sarutobi, saying that both of them were good tools.

Orochimaru goes without saying. Hiruzen Sarutobi's talent is not bad, but he doesn't have the bloodline of the Otsutsuki. In this regard, he can follow the path of Hyuga Kagami next door, by pairing and cloning new bodies to supply the Oni-Gama Technique for absorption, and take the path of the Bloodline Limit.

Hiruzen Sarutobi must be struggling with his lack of strength right now. If an opportunity presented itself, he certainly wouldn't miss it, even if it meant doing something against his principles.

It would be really exciting if Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi had a love-hate relationship.

Then Orochimaru was arranged to act as the fisherman, gathering the two Rinnegan to become the final sacrifice.

perfect!

"Alright!"

After thinking for a moment, Black Zetsu agreed to the suggestion to the two people, and then thought of the Uchiha clan.

"What about the Uchiha side?"

The former Uchiha clan leader and Uchiha Fugaku were led away from Konoha by his younger brother's words to raid Shimura Danzo's experimental base, where they were sure to obtain Hashirama cells.

"Madara Uchiha doesn't have much time left, and he will most likely find a pawn within the Uchiha clan."

Tamura Hao thought of Uchiha Obito, who would be Madara Uchiha's pawn, and also his own pawn.

He was very envious of Obito Uchiha's Kamui Mangekyou Sharingan, which he believed could be used to supplement Kaguya's Sharingan tomoe between her eyebrows, as it was the closest space-time jutsu to Amanomichu's.

Hei Zetsu understood, and then asked, "What about the Senju family?"

The most suitable sacrifices are the descendants of the three main lineages left by the Sage of Six Paths: the Uzumaki, Uchiha, and the Kaguya clans. Only these three can bear the Rinnegan.

(End of this chapter)