Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

Chapter 143 The Box of Bliss

Leaving aside the many events in Konoha, in Takigakure, far away in the Land of Waterfalls, corpses littered the fields, and blood stained the lake red.

A figure stood on a patch of ground stained with blood, using a sealing technique to extract crimson chakra from the sealing ninja tools in front of him.

That was the chakra of the tailed beast. It took quite a while to completely devour it, and the Seven-Tails was also swallowed into the sealing space.

This person was none other than Fugaku Uchiha, who secretly infiltrated Takigakure and single-handedly slaughtered the entire village.

Although Takigakure possesses a tailed beast, it lacks a sealing technique to utilize it, and the village doesn't even have many strong individuals.

He was completely powerless against Fugaku Uchiha, who possessed the Mangekyou Sharingan. He didn't even need to use his eye techniques; he relied solely on the genjutsu enhanced by the Mangekyou Sharingan to kill everyone.

Anyone who makes eye contact with these eyes will lose their ability to resist.

Fugaku Uchiha obtained the sealing tool to encapsulate the Seven-Tails as he wished, and then used the power of his Mangekyou Sharingan to control the seal. Everything went so smoothly.

After confirming that the seal was intact, Fugaku Uchiha drew upon the Seven-Tails' chakra and merged it with his own, quickly forming a crimson tailed beast cloak on his body, and a wing-like tail appeared on his back.

Then came the second, the third, until all seven tails were revealed, and the Tailed Beast Cloak gradually transformed into the Seven-Tails form, eventually becoming a massive Seven-Tails body.

It then degenerated into a scarlet tailed beast cloak and slowly retracted into its body.

That wasn't all. The chakra controlling the tailed beasts merged with the divine power of the Mangekyou Sharingan, and pieces of scarlet bones condensed, transforming into a half-skeletal giant, then muscles, and soon into a scarlet giant more than ten meters tall. In its hand appeared a hand axe like a carpenter's axe, with an axe blade and a hammer head, both emitting strange fluctuations.

"Hahaha……"

Feeling this immense power, Fugaku Uchiha couldn't help but burst into wild laughter, releasing all the emotions he had suppressed for years.

"The power of God, this is the perfect power of God!"

He had received careful instruction from his uncle and knew very well that the divine power of the Mangekyou Sharingan was a double-edged sword. Although its power was strong enough to rival that of the Tailed Beasts, it also caused great wear and tear on himself.

Even the Uchiha, as the owner of the eyes, would find it difficult to endure for an extended period.

Now, with the chakra of the tailed beasts, it can actually replace the Susanoo's extraction of the body to a certain extent, greatly reducing the loss.

Only after raising Susanoo to this level in one go did I feel the pressure. If I could fully control the power of these eyes and the power of the Seven-Tails, I would definitely be able to go even further.

"hiss!"

Suddenly clutching his right arm in pain, Fugaku Uchiha was filled with surprise and uncertainty.

He felt the arm autonomously absorbing the tailed beast's chakra, and for a moment he couldn't tell whether it was good or bad.

He quickly withdrew the Susanoo and the tailed beast's chakra, and it took a while before his arm felt calm again.

"It doesn't seem like a bad thing. Is there still untapped potential in this arm that I'm unaware of?"

Looking thoughtfully at his right arm, Fugaku Uchiha felt that the three powers in his arm seemed to have become more harmonious.

"Hero's Water, though it's a boring thing, at least it has some use."

Fugaku Uchiha picked up a gourd from the ground and put it away. Then he gathered all the corpses together and burned them into skeletons using Fire Release. After making sure that nothing was missing, he jumped into the lake and swam out through the waterway below.

We've got the Seven-Tails and the Hero's Water, the secret treasure of Takigakure. It's time to go back.

"They're still young; they don't know the true treasures here."

A dark figure emerged from the ground, chuckling as it looked at the sacred tree that had protected Takigakure Village.

This sacred tree is a remnant of the divine tree from back then. Because its location was too hidden and its size was not large, it was not detected by Yu Yi.

Having grown and developed for thousands of years, it has grown again. Although it cannot compare to the divine tree, it is still a great treasure.

If Fugaku Uchiha could use Wood Release to devour this sacred tree, the power and potential of Wood Release would undoubtedly be greatly enhanced, making it possible for him to catch up with Hashirama Senju.

Unfortunately, Fugaku Uchiha missed this opportunity and only took the useless Hero's Water.

"It's time to let my younger brother come over."

Without hesitation, Black Zetsu sensed the clone remaining beside his brother and used himself as a coordinate to guide it.

Soon a spatial vortex appeared, and a figure stepped out from it—it was Tamura Hao.

"Takigakure Village?"

After looking around, I finally looked at the huge tree and immediately thought of Takigakure Village.

Black Zetsu had previously told him that he would take him to retrieve the Chest of Bliss after the events in Konoha were over.

The method she used was for Kaguya to absorb the spatial eye technique formed by Uchiha Retsuyo's two Mangekyou Sharingan. Kaguya then merged the two eye techniques into one, becoming even more powerful.

In addition, the Ten-Tails provides a massive amount of chakra, allowing the portal to be opened very far.

How did I end up in Takigakure Village?

"The sacred tree enshrined in Takigakure Village grew from the remains of the original divine tree. Although it is far inferior to the divine tree, its accumulation over thousands of years should not be underestimated. It is a great tonic for your little Ten-Tails."

Black Zetsu briefly explained that after learning that his younger brother was plotting against the Seven-Tails of Takigakure for the Uchiha clan, he remembered this sacred tree.

I hadn't paid much attention to it before, but now that my younger brother needed it, I came over in person to keep an eye on Fugaku Uchiha's changes.

"Did it grow from the remains of the divine tree?"

Tamura Hiroshi suddenly realized that the sap of this tree could supposedly unleash ten times the chakra. If it was related to chakra and was a tree, then it must be related to the Divine Tree.

"Does this thing grow by absorbing natural energy?"

Looking at that enormous sacred tree, a bold idea came to me.

"The sacred tree mainly absorbs the life force and soul of living beings, and its absorption efficiency of natural energy is not high. This sacred tree is far inferior to the original sacred tree, and its efficiency is further reduced."

Black Zetsu replied that he was very clear about these things.

"It can absorb chakra, right?"

Tamura Hiroshi valued this sacred tree even more.

"Of course you can, but this ability has almost atrophied and become dormant. It would be best to stimulate it with Wood Release chakra."

Although he didn't understand why his younger brother asked this, Black Zetsu still gave an answer.

"If we transplant this sacred tree to Kumogakure, could we use it to absorb the chakra released by the ninjas of Kumogakure as they practice ninjutsu, or even seize their souls after they die, and then try to use it as a foundation to create a spiritual world similar to the Infinite Tsukuyomi?"

Growing increasingly excited, Tamura Hao really wanted to create an illusionary world with an infinite Tsukuyomi, or even a limited Tsukuyomi.

This idea left Black Zetsu speechless. He then began to think about it seriously, finally nodding his dark head.

"Theoretically, it's possible, but you need to arrange for the Hidden Cloud Village to come and take it away. That way, you can have a reasonable explanation in public and avoid being targeted by Hagoromo and the others."

"That's easy. Takigakure has been destroyed and the Seven-Tails has been taken away. Once the news gets out, all the major ninja villages will definitely send people to investigate."

We stumbled upon this sacred tree along the way, and then, with the help of the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques, we packed it up and brought it back to Kumogakure for research. This led to some significant discoveries, which we then incorporated into the village's new defense system.

Tamura Hiroshi revealed the pre-arranged script: the fact that this sacred tree could exist for thousands of years proves that the Sage of Six Paths didn't care about it.

If Takigakure is able to possess the Sacred Tree, then Kumogakure is also capable of doing so, making their research achievements quite reasonable.

"I'll arrange it."

It wouldn't be difficult for Black Zetsu to take responsibility for the leaked information.

"I can't stay away from Hozuki Castle for too long."

Tamura Hao said something, and then left Takigakure under Black Zetsu's guidance. Tamura Hao used Shunpo to travel quickly and arrived at Hozuki Castle, located on an island in the sea, that same day.

With the help of Black Zetsu, they silently infiltrated the secret area from underground and found the hidden Box of Elysium.

"Who made this thing?"

After examining it closely, Tamura Hiroshi became somewhat curious about the origins of the Box of Elysium.

"This is the ultimate weapon created by the Onmyoji of that era, specifically designed to deal with the Ninja Clan."

Hei Jue was very clear about this, and even contributed some of his own efforts to it.

"Onmyoji!"

Tamura Hao understood. Ninjas and chakra were foreign, but this world had native powers and even some demons and monsters.

For example, the spirit beasts we see now, especially those from the three holy lands that were called monsters in ancient times, particularly those that can transform into human form, like the snake immortals of Ryuchi Cave.

Then there are the various systems of human beings: Onmyoji, monks, samurai, and the rarest of all, shrine maidens.

The development of Ninja Sect and ninjas largely drew upon those systems, leading to the current three major systems of ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu, as well as sealing techniques. In turn, these systems were squeezed to the point of near collapse.

This is competition within the system industry, and naturally, others will not back down and will fight to the death with everything they have.

However, the level of chakra is too high; it is an interstellar level power, far beyond the power systems that still exist within planets.

Failure was inevitable.

"It's very clean here, obviously people come here often. Is someone researching this thing, or is someone guarding it?"

Looking around at the facilities, Tamura Hao began to plot.

This Box of Bliss has great potential and can serve as a valuable asset to Lord Danzo.

"After the Ninja Clan sealed this thing, they sent someone to guard it and formed a blood pact with it, which allowed them to sense and control the outer seal of the Box of Bliss to a certain extent."

"We must let Lord Danzo know about this great treasure as soon as possible and send someone to take it away."

Tamura Hao understood. After confirming that there were no traps or barriers, he raised his hand and formed a seal to put the Box of Bliss into the sealing space.

Controlling the little Ten-Tails to move forward and inject chakra, it opened the outer seal and then thrust its tail into the wide-open mouth of the mask, devouring what was inside.

Faced with the power of the Ten-Tails, and being sealed inside, the creature inside had no way to resist or hide. In the end, it could only be devoured unwillingly, without even being able to show itself.

After absorbing the enlightenment within, Tamura Hao sensed that the Ten-Tails and Kaguya-hime's perception had increased, especially their perception of good and evil. They could sense detailed emotions and even glimpse some of each other's thoughts.

"As expected, one can gain the ability to comprehend."

Sensing this change, Tamura Hiroshi was very satisfied.

It's no longer about perceiving good and evil, but rather a more refined perception of emotions, and that alone is already a great gain.

Without destroying the Box of Bliss, all the negative power devoured by the little Ten-Tails was separated and transferred into it, even the negative power that was previously sealed inside the Sake-Kari Tachi was transferred in as well.

Compared to the Sake-Kari Tachi, this Box of Elysium has greater potential and can store more negative energy.

"That's too extreme."

Black Zetsu entered the sealed space and couldn't help but feel a little terrified as he sensed the negative power within the Box of Elysium.

It's become much more extreme and purer than it was back then.

Such extreme negative forces are difficult to control.

"That's not enough. Once we've gathered all the negative forces in the world, it will surely bring a surprise to the Sage of Six Paths."

Tamura Hao cleverly left a spatial coordinate inside the Box of Ecstasy, making it convenient to inject negative power later.

There are many unfriendly things in this world, such as the demons sealed in the Land of Demons and the Land of Swamps, and the Heavenly Spear doesn't look very proper either. The evil god worshipped by the cult in the Land of Hot Water is also not a good thing.

There are many similar existences, and Tamura Hao wants to study them all. He wants to let the little ten-tailed fox devour the essence inside, so that all the negative forces will be transferred into the Box of Bliss.

I believe it will eventually evolve into all the evil in this world. This is the most suitable power for Lord Danzo, and I believe that Lord Danzo, as the Dark Lord of Shinobi, can certainly bear it.

"Are you trying to corrupt the Ten-Tails and those Rinnegan through this?"

Black Zetsu had a guess; his younger brother's actions were indeed extreme.

"Leaving aside the Rinnegan, the Ten-Tails was sealed away by the Sage of Six Paths for such a long time, and then transferred to the moon. The Ten-Tails' original power was also split and gave birth to the nine tailed beasts."

The Sage of Six Paths must have had a reason for doing this. We can't accurately guess his plans. The best course of action is to smash his chessboard and start the game anew with ours.

Turning to look at the much more lively Kaguya, Tamura Hao said quietly, "It would be enough to save and revive my sister's soul. But we don't need her chakra, lest she be schemed against. Otherwise, it's hard to say whether she will still be the real sister."

Sometimes, the more greedy you are, the easier it is to fall into someone else's trap.

He only valued Kaguya's bloodline limit, especially her Rinne Sharingan, in the upcoming Fourth Shinobi World War, and had no interest in her enormous chakra.

Compared to the accumulation of energy, qualitative transformation is more important, more difficult, and of the highest value.

"You're right, I was too greedy before."

Black Zetsu deeply agreed; his only goal was to rescue his mother, and power was secondary.

Moreover, Mom really isn't good at fighting. Instead of scheming to use chakra to restore Mom's strength, it would be better to train my younger brother, who is the real fighting force.

"The Sage of Six Paths is still very strong. It's hard to imagine the amount of chakra he has accumulated over a thousand years with the help of ninjas. In terms of pure chakra accumulation, he must have far surpassed my sister back then."

Tamura Hao was most wary of the Sage of Six Paths, considering him far more mysterious and dangerous than Momoshiki Otsutsuki and others who would appear in the future.

Look at the Fourth Shinobi World War; he only gave them a little power and they were able to advance to the Six Paths level and seal Kaguya Otsutsuki without him even having to do it himself.

When Momoshiki and his companions arrived, the Sage of Six Paths ignored them completely and then killed them.

The Rinnegan with tomoe is obviously of a higher level. The Sage of Six Paths only had a Rinnegan without tomoe back then, but in the future Fourth Shinobi World War, he used a little bit of his power to help Sasuke Uchiha evolve a six-tomoe Rinnegan, so its power must be even more terrifying.

Compared to the Sage of Six Paths, Momoshiki Otsutsuki and others were far inferior.

The Sage of Six Paths' sustainable development path is far superior to the Otsutsuki's brutal absorption. The energy the Divine Tree gains from absorbing ordinary people is certainly less than that from absorbing ninjas who cultivate chakra.

This is equivalent to using the entire ninja world to help the Sage of Six Paths cultivate. Whether it's the refined chakra or the various forbidden ninjutsu developed, they will all eventually be mastered by the Sage of Six Paths.

This is what a behind-the-scenes mastermind should look like. Momoshiki Otsutsuki and others are at best nouveau riche who spent money on in-game purchases, and not even that.

Are there still Onmyoji players now?

Tamura Hiroshi's gaze fell on the Box of Bliss once more, and he began to devise even more schemes.

"There are still some incomplete inheritances in the daimyo prefectures of the five great nations."

Hei Jue knows a bit about this. The Onmyoji have always relied on the country for development and inheritance. Although they can't compare to those of that era, they still have some inheritance.

"Afterwards, I pretended to be an Onmyoji while I was working on it, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the Sage of Six Paths."

Tamura Hiroshi was preparing to shift the blame to the Onmyoji, since this thing was created by the Onmyoji, it would be reasonable for the Onmyoji to be involved in the planning, and it would also be reasonable for changes to occur within it.

"That's easy."

Black Zetsu agreed; it was not a difficult task for him either.

"I have to go back right away. You can handle the rest."

Tamura Hao couldn't stay outside for long. After transferring the Box of Bliss, he used Kaguya's eye technique and the chakra of the Ten-Tails to open a portal and return to his home in Kumogakure.

"To scheme against Yu Yi, this is not enough; we need more."

Black Zetsu looked at the Box of Elysium shrouded in negative energy, then disappeared into the ground and left to deal with matters in Takigakure. He then relayed the information to the Takigakure ninjas who were returning from missions outside.

The destruction of Takigakure and the capture of the Seven-Tails shocked the entire ninja world. Takigakure itself was nothing special, but the Seven-Tails was a real tailed beast, and the only tailed beast with the ability to fly.

The loss of such a strategically important entity is a major threat to any faction in the ninja world, and all the major ninja villages have dispatched elite teams to investigate.

The Hidden Cloud Village also sent a team, and Tamura Hao was a member of the team and its captain. Moreover, he is now a Chunin.

The people from Konoha and Iwagakure arrived first because they were the closest, and the battlefield in the Land of Grass was right next to Takigakure.

Next came the teams from Sunagakure and Kumogakure led by Tamura Hiro, and finally the team from Kirigakure, which was the furthest away.

They were all familiar faces. The one leading the group from Iwagakure was Kotsuchi, the son of the Third Tsuchikage, and the one leading the group from Sunagakure was Rasa. Tamura was a little disappointed not to see Pakura.

The team from Kirigakure was led by Kusanagi Eijin, while the team from Konoha had already investigated and withdrawn.

They didn't want to be besieged by the investigation teams from the four major ninja villages.

"Ai Jun didn't come?"

Rasa was surprised to see that it was Tamura Hao who was leading the group from Kumogakure, as he had thought it would be Yotsuki Ai leading the group.

"Lord Ai is not suited for investigative tasks."

Tamura Hao shrugged. Yozuki Ai and Fukai were currently undergoing training under the guidance of the Third Raikage in the Cloud Thunder Gorge and wouldn't be coming out for a while.

"What did you learn?"

Ask directly; at this stage, we are allies, and some intelligence can be shared.

"The other party was very cautious and burned all the bodies."

The yellow earth beside them shook its head. They had arrived with the people of Konoha and conducted an investigation, but found nothing special.

"But the other party did take the Seven-Tails after all, and they will definitely use it in the future. We'll find out sooner or later."

As Luo Sha spoke, he glanced at a certain young man, who seemed to have the strongest suspicion of Kumogakure.

To effectively utilize the Tailed Beasts, one needs a perfect sealing technique, which can only be the sealing technique of the Uzumaki clan. Currently, only Konoha and Kumogakure possess the Uzumaki sealing technique.

As for the Seven-Tails, Sunagakure had actually been eyeing it for a long time.

Of the five great ninja villages, only Sunagakure and Konoha have one tailed beast each, but Konoha has the strongest Nine-Tails. In this respect, Sunagakure is at a great disadvantage.

Originally, they planned to take down the Seven-Tails, but someone beat them to it.

(End of this chapter)