Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

Chapter 152 Supersonic Fighter

Arriving at the island turtle's tail, Tamura Hao guided the island turtle's chakra to create a Sage Art seal, and finally placed a piece of Manda's flesh and blood on it as a medium.

As the curse seal was activated, the piece of flesh was fused into the island turtle's tail. The island turtle guided its own chakra and Grell energy into it for refining, and activated the Sage Art curse seal.

Soon, purple scales spread, and the island turtle's huge tail also changed rapidly, eventually evolving into a snake head like a giant snake.

It then grew rapidly and transformed into a long purple snake in the blink of an eye, even growing ferocious and sharp claws, very similar to the second-generation Manda cultivated by Kabuto in the future.

Orochi Kabuto used drugs to activate Manda cells and cultivate a more powerful second-generation Manda. Now, with Grell energy, a pure life energy, it is even more effective than so-called medicinal materials.

With the island turtle as its foundation and the stimulation of Sage Chakra, it's not surprising that it grew to this size and shape.

That wasn't all. As the cursed seal stabilized, Sage Chakra flowed into the island turtle's body, fusing with Grell's energy to deeply revitalize its body cells, causing it to grow rapidly.

The island tortoise made quite a commotion, but fortunately it managed to keep its shell shape unchanged, only growing a new ring of shell around it.

Once the growth from this activation stabilized, the island turtle's diameter more than doubled, and the Sage Chakra within its body became even more terrifying.

"Thank you, friend."

The purple snake's head extended out, and the island tortoise used it to express its gratitude in human language, showing great appreciation for its new friend.

Having been granted immense power multiple times, I am now far stronger than before, and have even taken on a new form.

The snake body that evolved from this tail is much more agile than its original form, and it can then be used to defend against enemies.

Although I don't feel that anything can threaten me, it's always good to have an extra layer of protection.

"We're friends, so helping each other is only right."

Tamura Hao raised his hand and touched the snake's head together, clearly pleased with the island turtle's growth.

The initial idea was correct; this giant tortoise's talent lies in growth, and as long as there is a supply of energy, it can continue to grow.

It grew to that size using only Grell energy before; with the addition of natural energy and chakra, it will definitely grow even larger.

This current size is by no means the limit; it will continue to grow and expand in the future.

"friend!"

The island tortoise was even happier.

After exchanging words with the island tortoise, Tamura Hao finally headed to the island's firearms laboratory.

He had taken some time to visit this place before and had some discussions. After so much time has passed, things should have improved.

Without disturbing the researchers inside, Tamura Hiroshi wandered around and observed the various laboratories and firing ranges.

There were experiments involving long-range sniping with handheld sniper rifles, high-rate-of-fire machine gun fire, and small artillery shells.

At the same time, some ninjas use clones to perform different ninjutsu to defend themselves, and some even rely on speed and skillful movement to quickly advance.

By conducting real-world tests in this competitive environment, we can identify various problems and then continuously improve and refine the system.

Some people have even developed ninja gun techniques and gun-body techniques specifically designed to counter these firearms.

Ninja Gun Technique is the use of ninjutsu in conjunction with various firearms to imbue bullets and gun bodies with different degrees of ninjutsu effects.

Gun fighting techniques are close-quarters combat techniques using guns, especially effective with pistols.

Of course, calling it a pistol is only in comparison to machine guns; its size and caliber are quite large, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a hand cannon.

Even if an ordinary person were to use it with both hands, their hand bones would be shattered by the impact. Only ninjas can use it, and its power is quite astonishing.

Many of the ideas that Tamura Hiroshi proposed are being realized, especially the various modifications to firearms, which are far beyond what the original prototype could achieve.

If this were applied on a large scale to the battlefield, it would be an absolute killing machine, capable of sweeping away all current ninja legions.

Even the strongest ninja would be defeated by such a torrent of bullets, since the attack range of ninjutsu is very limited, at least far less than that of a firearm.

"If we can acquire the Sky Village's chakra technology system, it will be perfect. We can even start building aerial fortresses."

Tamura Hao was very pleased to see the various types of muskets, and his desire for the Sky Ninja Village grew stronger. He planned to submit the Death God's plan to seize the village upon his return and then find a way to steer the plot towards the Sky Ninja Village.

"How did you get in here?"

Suddenly, he spotted a familiar figure and was surprised.

How did this girl get in?

"If you can come in, why can't I?"

Mikoto Uchiha, who was watching from outside a shooting range, rolled her eyes. She could have come in much earlier; she had even applied to the Third Raikage.

Although the conditions are a bit... well, it's okay to compromise for the sake of the Uchiha clan.

"Then you'd better keep this a secret. This is the village's top secret at this stage. Anyone who tells you will die. If the Uchiha finds out, even the Raikage will have to personally lead a group to kill you and silence you."

"Miss Mikoto, you don't want the Uchiha clan to be wiped out because of you, do you?"

Tamura Hao reminded him that since this person already knew, there was no need to hide it. Moreover, being able to enter this place was proof enough that permission had been granted.

Those barriers outside don't recognize the Sharingan.

"I don't need you to remind me!"

The familiar threatening words made Mikoto Uchiha glare at them angrily, then she continued to look at the gun that was being tested.

"Does the village intend to use these ninja tools to unify the ninja world?"

Although the Third Raikage didn't say much to her at the time, she understood after seeing the powerful ninja tools there.

The Hidden Cloud Village is preparing for the unification of the ninja world. It's unknown how many people will die or be injured, and the Uchiha will inevitably be among them.

Tamura Hao could guess the girl's thoughts and casually lied, "In the First Shinobi World War, more than 30,000 people from the five great ninja villages died, 20,000 were disabled, and the number of small ninja villages destroyed is countless."

The indirect civilian casualties exceeded one million, and countless homes were destroyed and people were displaced.

The Second Shinobi World War has begun, and more than 10,000 ninjas from various villages have died in the war, with about 5,000 disabled.

And this was still the result of restraint. Now that Grandma Mito has passed away, the last mountain weighing on the heads of the major powers has collapsed, and the war will inevitably escalate, possibly becoming even more brutal than the last Shinobi World War.

Even if this Shinobi World War ends, there will be a third, a fourth, a fifth, and so on, without end.

This is an inherent flaw in the ninja village system. There is no other way to achieve lasting peace except by unifying the ninja world. If you can think of a better solution, please suggest it.

The girl fell silent; the reasoning was simple, and she understood it.

She hasn't truly experienced the brutality of the Ninja World War yet, because there haven't been any casualties in the Uchiha clan so far, and the war hasn't even officially started; it's just been a show of confrontation.

Once a real war begins, casualties will inevitably be unavoidable.

The war seems to be endless. We are now in the Second Shinobi World War. When will the Third Shinobi World War begin?

"The only thing you can do now is to become stronger. When we face the Uchiha, you will have enough strength to forcefully persuade the Uchiha, and at least retain those who are willing to join our Hidden Cloud Village."

Of course, it's too early to talk about that now. The Uchiha clan has to get past the Hokage faction first. We don't want them to be wiped out before we even begin our unification war.

Finally, pointing out a path, Tamura Hiroshi turned and left.

Mikoto Uchiha is not a child, and ninjas are generally precocious, so she can understand some principles.

"Don't do anything foolish."

She prayed silently in her heart. At this moment, Uchiha Mikoto felt very powerless and could only pray.

After witnessing these firearms and ninja tools, she deeply understood the terror of Kumogakure, which was far beyond the reach of other ninja villages, not even Konoha.

Compared to the Hidden Cloud Village, which is constantly improving and accumulating strength in secret, the Hidden Leaf Village, which is still embroiled in internal strife, has long fallen behind and will inevitably be wiped out in the future.

Even if my father and Fugaku become Hokage in the future and control the entire Hidden Leaf Village, they will still be no match for the Hidden Cloud Village.

She wanted to warn her father and Fugaku, but she knew she absolutely couldn't do that, otherwise the Uchiha clan would be targeted and wiped out by the Hidden Cloud Village ahead of time.

The clan's situation in Konoha was already extremely dangerous; if they were to add Kumogakure to the mix, they would be doomed.

Putting aside everything else, the clansmen on the front lines will inevitably be wiped out immediately.

Tamura Hao ignored the upset Uchiha Mikoto and enjoyed himself on Turtle Island. After nightfall, he bid farewell to the island turtle and quietly returned to Kumogakure by boat under the cover of darkness.

They had their own secret passage; the Hidden Cloud Village spent a huge sum of money to secretly dig a long tunnel that led directly to a secluded coastline.

They've even been secretly designing and building submarines, which will make things even more discreet.

Upon returning to the village, Tamura Hiroshi went straight to the Raikage's office and handed over the prepared plan to capture the Shinigami.

After reading it, the Third Raikage's expression turned serious, and he handed it to Tsuchida on another desk.

He highly values ​​the existence of Shinigami, not only because of their power, but more importantly because they can counter the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

He was terrified when he first saw the Impure World Reincarnation technique in the Scroll of Seals from the Senju clan. The forbidden technique that could revive the dead was terrifying, especially for Konoha, which had produced countless powerful figures.

If Konoha were to revive the First and Second Hokage, it would undoubtedly be a strategic move.

Furthermore, those resurrected through the Impure World Reincarnation technique possess unlimited chakra, can unleash ninjutsu at will, and are immortal, making them terrifying to the extreme.

If Konoha were to create an army resurrected using the Impure World Reincarnation technique, sweeping across the ninja world would be no problem.

Fortunately, this forbidden technique does not seem to have been successfully developed yet, but Konoha is definitely researching it in secret, and it is unknown what level it has reached now.

This must be guarded against, and the only thing that can counter the Impure World Reincarnation is sealing techniques, especially the Reaper Death Seal, which targets the soul. The Shinigami is the greatest nemesis of this.

However, the Reaper Death Seal technique has a problem. It requires a user who is stronger than a Jonin and will become a sacrifice. This is a taboo even within the Uzumaki clan.

Then there's the source of the Grim Reaper, which seems to be the Pure Land of the Underworld. In fact, according to the records of the Impure World Reincarnation, the Second Hokage developed the Impure World Reincarnation based on the Reaper Death Seal, summoning the souls of the dead from the Pure Land of the Underworld.

The Pure Land of the Underworld is no good place, especially given that the legendary figure might still be alive.

The best course of action is to seize the power of the Shinigami and completely control it, so that we can better fight against the Impure World Reincarnation in the future.

Tutai took the document and examined it carefully, even looking at it again. He pondered for a while before speaking.

"Do you have a goal yet?"

"I don't know much about this, but we definitely can't let Lord Danzo get involved. It would be best to find a small ninja village that is ambitious and has some strength, and that is connected to that mysterious force that is closely monitoring technological research, so as to divert the attention of certain beings."

Tamura Hao did not directly mention the Sky Ninja Village, but only stated his conditions and requirements.

Tu Tai fell into deep thought, filtering suitable targets from the intelligence he knew, and soon came up with one.

"There is a mysterious Sky Ninja Village in the Land of the Sky. It has extraordinary chakra technology and has even secretly created ninja tools that can fly over long distances."

They have been preparing in secret, stockpiling large quantities of explosive tags and dispatching ninjas to infiltrate various battlefields to gather intelligence; their ambitions are certainly not small.

This surprised Tamura Hao slightly. Although his target was the Sky Ninja Village, it was too coincidental that Tsuchida mentioned it directly.

But upon closer reflection, it seems that the Sky Village is indeed the most suitable.

They possess considerable strength, great ambition, and mysterious chakra technology, making them highly likely to have connections with the Kara organization, which perfectly matches the conditions they set.

"Then let's settle on the Sky Ninja Village. You can go there with me. With your sensory abilities, you might gain even more."

After hearing this, the Third Raikage made a decision, deciding to take this opportunity to lure out the Sky Village and destroy it, seize their chakra technology achievements, and find more information about that mysterious organization.

"I'll be ready at any time."

Tamura Hiroshi nodded solemnly; he certainly wouldn't miss this grand drama, which he had written his own script for.

After discussing for several hours in the Raikage's office, Tamura Hao finally gave a portion of the Nine-Tails' original power to the Raikage for fusion, granting him a range of good and evil perception within a hundred meters. Only then did he leave and go straight to the research department, where he found Sasori assembling a large machine.

"Little Scorpion, how have you been doing in our Hidden Cloud Village these past few days?"

Tamura Hiroshi looked at the huge thing being assembled and asked a question.

"very good."

He gave a curt reply and continued assembling his latest creation with great concentration.

"In the Land of the Sky, there is a Sky Ninja Village. They have been secretly developing chakra technology and creating many interesting things, including a flying ninja tool for individual use that can fly long distances."

The village is preparing to use force against them. You can come with me to take a look, and while you're at it, you can put your creation into practice there.

He revealed the purpose of his visit, explaining that he had previously heard from Tutai that this little guy had researched and updated several generations of flying puppets, which were quite outstanding.

This is a good opportunity to put it into practice.

"Sky Ninja Village."

Scorpion stopped what he was doing; he certainly wouldn't miss the opportunity to showcase his work.

At the same time, he was also very interested in the Sky Ninja Village, which possessed flying ninja tools. If he could obtain the Sky Ninja Village's chakra technology, his own creation would definitely be upgraded again.

"How's the performance of this big guy?"

Seeing that Scorpion was indeed interested, Tamura Hao changed the subject to the big guy that was being assembled.

Tu Tai had previously complained that this little guy was too extravagant with money, as the material cost of this giant alone exceeded one billion taels.

If it weren't for my guarantee for Scorpion back then, the good performance of Scorpion's previous generations of flying vehicles, and the fact that the village had secretly made a lot of money through the entertainment city project over the past three years, we really wouldn't have been able to afford it.

Sasori clearly respected Tamura Hiroshi as a close friend, and put down his tools to explain with a sense of pride.

"This is the fourth generation Black Hawk. The previous generation Black Hawk pushed the speed to its limit, compressing the air into a solid wall. It was almost scrapped after its first test flight."

To address this, I upgraded the materials, especially the cutting-edge materials.

They also asked the ninjas from the sealing and barrier teams to further enhance the mecha and create multiple layers of barriers on its exterior.

In addition, a chakra core was made from the corpse of a wind-style jonin, which can be used to enhance the aircraft with wind-style ninjutsu to reduce air resistance.

If it's successfully made, it will definitely be able to break through that invisible wall, and the speed will experience a qualitative leap..."

Scorpion spoke with great excitement, while Tamura Hao listened with great surprise.

Although they started with jet aircraft, which are already very fast, it's too exaggerated to break the speed of sound so quickly.

However, this is, after all, a world with a cultivation civilization, so it's understandable that it's developing faster.

If this supersonic aircraft can be successfully developed, it will undoubtedly be a groundbreaking achievement.

No ninja in the current ninja world has ever broken the sound barrier in terms of actual speed. Even the Third Raikage only came close to the sound barrier and did not reach the speed of sound.

After exchanging a few words with Scorpion and offering some suggestions based on his rudimentary understanding of supersonic fighter jets from his previous life, he was then excitedly chased out by the Scorpion.

Tamura Hiroshi, who was kicked out by Scorpion, felt a little helpless. The way of thinking of tech geeks is really hard to understand. Fortunately, it seems that he has corrected Scorpion and prevented him from embarking on that path of eternal art.

Without delay, Tamura Hao arrived at the biological research area of ​​the research department, took out the ape demon that had already undergone numerous experimental studies, sealed it in the sealing space, and modified it with the small ten-tailed beast.

After so much research, the ape demon's consciousness had long since collapsed, and it was now just a plant monkey, which made it easier for Tamura Hao to carry out his next move.

"Isn't talent reflected in physical growth?"

Sensing the state of the Monkey King being infused with chakra and Grell's energy by the Ten-Tails, he understood that the Monkey King did not have the talent for increasing in size like the three great holy lands.

The ape race is a very special group of spirit beasts. They are skilled at forging their bodies, and the strongest of them can even forge an indestructible body.

The strongest Enma was even able to withstand the sharpness of the Kusanagi Sword with its own body.

The key to achieving this lies in the use of Earth Release chakra, similar to Kakuzu's Earth Release: Earth Spear Technique.

However, the ape race has mastered it into a passive skill, making it a regular defense, and it doesn't have the disadvantage of hindering movement like the Earth Spear Technique.

To be honest, it's somewhat similar to Steel Release.

In addition to the use of earth-style chakra, there is also the blessing of natural energy.

Although the ape race does not have a systematic immortal technique like the three holy lands, they have a rudimentary way of using natural energy and apply it to physical cultivation, ultimately achieving an indestructible body that can rival famous swords.

Therefore, Tamura Hiroshi attaches great importance to the ape clan and has a bold idea.

Although the ape demon did not have the talent to grow larger, as the saying goes, concentrated essence is the best, and the energy it absorbed was used to improve its physique.

"I hope it will succeed."

Sensing the changes in the ape demon's body, Tamura Hao was filled with anticipation. If that idea could be realized, he would be able to roam freely on the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)