Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

Chapter 153 Yang Seal Upgrade Structure

When they got home, the Monkey King had been completely corrupted and purified by the power of the Ten-Tails.

"Sister Karura."

Upon arriving at the underground beehive, Tamura Hiroshi entered the experimental area where Karura was located. This area was now filled with numerous experimental instruments and materials, mostly animal organs, but also some human ones, making it appear somewhat eerie and terrifying.

"Ape Demon?"

Karura looked at the Enma that Tamura had brought in under Tamura's control. As a medical ninja and member of the research department of the village, she naturally knew about the existence of the Enma and had even studied it.

This is a rather special summoning beast. It is already very powerful, can perform ninjutsu, and can even absorb natural energy to cultivate. It is second only to the summoning beasts of the three holy lands, and in some aspects it is even more powerful.

Why did Hao Jun bring up the Ape Demon at this time?

"I want to upgrade the Immortal Art Seal to the Three Saints Immortal Art Seal, and also arrange it for the Ape Demon to be my summoned beast."

Before this, we need to conduct experiments on cell erosion and fusion to reduce the rejection reaction and make it easier to adapt to the three types of magical powers.

Tamura Hiroshi explained his purpose and took out a sealed scroll.

"The village has been conducting this experiment for the past few months, but the results haven't been very good."

Gallo did not refuse, but explained the difficulty of the research.

The village's leaders all understood that each of the three immortal techniques had its own advantages, and that combining them would create the most perfect combination, just like the World Immortal Tree.

However, the fusion of the three powers is extremely difficult, and the fusion of the cells of the three summoned beasts is equally difficult, so there has been no progress.

As he spoke, he unwrapped the sealed scroll, revealing a strange white corpse.

"Is this human?"

Looking at the strange corpse, Garu was puzzled; it didn't look human.

This was a White Zetsu, the one that Tamura Hao and Black Zetsu wanted. They had used genjutsu to obliterate its consciousness, turning it into a true vegetable, and then nurtured and strengthened it with the Ten-Tails.

"I discovered this by chance in Konoha. After doing some simple research, I found that this being can perfectly simulate transformation by absorbing the chakra of others. Not only does it look exactly the same after transformation, but the chakra simulation is also exactly the same."

I'm wondering if we could use these existing cells as a binder, or a transfer station, to fuse the three types of cells and chakra.

The key is fusion; everything else is secondary. Even if it reduces the chakra intensity of the three Sage Techniques, it doesn't matter.

In his view, White Zetsu's characteristic was similar to that of Shin Uchiha in the future. Shin Uchiha possessed a special constitution that would not cause rejection when any foreign organ was transplanted, and White Zetsu could also perform the same procedure.

The cells and Sage Chakra of the three sacred lands have a strong mutual repulsion reaction. The main reason why it was able to be successfully created on the World Sage Tree was that the World Sage Tree was large enough and had an extremely strong devouring ability.

Before the three Sage Chakras could even clash and go berserk, they were devoured and fused together, eventually evolving into the Sage Chakra unique to the World Tree.

This is difficult to replicate, so Tamura Hao had to find another way to plan the fusion of the three great immortal techniques.

White Zetsu was the best fusion agent he could think of, and the chances of success were not small.

Not to mention that the White Zetsu was an enhanced version modified by him using the Ten-Tails. If this succeeds, the Sage Art Seal system can be upgraded.

Although the power gained by using Manda's heart as a medium is very strong, especially in terms of increasing the body's explosive speed, the Sage Techniques of Mount Myōboku and Shikkotsu Forest are also very powerful.

The Sage Mode of Mount Myōboku focuses on enhancing the power of ninjutsu. It can be integrated into any ninjutsu to increase its power and also significantly boosts physical strength.

The Sage Techniques of Shikkotsu Forest focus on enhancing the body's vitality, and can even grant practitioners extremely strong self-healing abilities. For example, the First Hokage could heal his wounds on his own in Sage Mode without hand seals, and the effect was even better when combined with Yang Release and the Senju clan's Sage Body.

Each of the three has its own advantages, and as an adult, I would naturally want them all.

Moreover, since the Sage Art Seal is an external force borrowed from others, its upper limit is not high and it is far from comparable to Sage Mode.

In the early stages, it was fine as an aid, but later he had to cultivate a true Sage Mode and possess his own Sage Chakra. He wanted a perfect Sage Mode, so he could only learn from the Sage Techniques of the three great holy lands.

"It has this characteristic!"

Gallo became interested; such experimental subjects were very attractive to researchers like her.

"I'll help you with the research, and I'll let you know when I have results."

After making a casual remark, Garura began to study this unusual body.

Seeing that Karura had entered a state of research, Tamura Hao did not disturb her. He left Enma behind, turned around, and returned to the villa upstairs.

"The seal was successful?"

Seeing Uchiha Mikoto humming a song in the kitchen, Tamura Hao guessed that the seal on Kyoka Suigetsu must have been successfully sealed.

The exclusive sword forged for Uchiha Mikoto was named Kyoka Suigetsu, but that was only the first step. The next step was to seal the moon artifact of Susanoo into it.

That was an application of sealing techniques, which he couldn't handle, so he had the two of them take him to Uzumaki Yuye for help.

It looks like it's definitely a success now.

"I'm very strong now."

While chopping vegetables, Mikoto Uchiha brandished the kitchen knife in a cute yet fierce manner, but she couldn't hide the smile on her face, clearly indicating that she had a good haul.

Uchiha Hikaru, who was helping the kitchen and washing vegetables, was even humming a song, indicating that the sealing of his personal sword was going smoothly.

The seal fused with the spirit weapon of Susanoo, the Ame-no-Murakumo sword, greatly enhanced the sharpness of that exclusive sword, making it capable of cutting through space as well.

Furthermore, it can be returned to Susanoo and transformed into a magical artifact for use—it's perfect.

Most importantly, the knife was made from the remnants of its own dark side, and its compatibility with itself was perfect. Holding the knife felt like an extension of its own arm, and it even seemed as if the knife could have a sense of touch.

The feeling was amazing, incomparable to the previous Thunder Blade. This was the perfect sword for me.

"Find it a good owner."

Uchiha Hikaru tossed over the Lightning Blade, which he no longer needed, hoping to find a new owner for the sword.

"Women are just fickle."

Tamura Hao caught the lightning blade with his hand and remarked, earning a glare from the girl.

Tamura Hao looked at the lightning blade in his hand, pondering who he should find to be its master.

Having the ability to forge one's own famous sword, this kind of famous sword is nothing special to me.

Even if the famous swords I make now are not quite as good as these, they are more compatible and easier to use, so they are actually better.

However, this Kusanagi sword should not be wasted, as its value and reputation are quite high, and it would certainly be a good gift.

"Who should we give it to?"

Tamura Hiroshi was considering suitable candidates from the other four major ninja villages, and they had to be women.

It's not because of any gentlemanly idea of ​​"ladies first," but because women are more emotional and easier to win over. If they happen to meet someone who's love-struck, that's even better.

Of course, these are all secondary. The key is to select those plot characters and use them to disrupt the plot to gain income from the power of destiny.

Although its own "golden finger" effect is not very noticeable, its effectiveness is quite impressive.

The reason I was able to improve my cultivation so quickly was mainly due to my cheat system. I need to plan this carefully. Only with enough power of destiny can I drive my cheat system to improve my comprehension and assist in cultivation.

"It seems like there aren't many female characters in the storyline in Iwagakure. They're all muscular hunks. Even the future Leg Shadow's dad is still a young man."

First, we can rule out Iwagakure (Hidden Stone Village), as there isn't much of a story there, and not many girls.

"There are only two Sunagakure villages now. Karura has already arrived, and there is only one left, Yekura. However, Yekura does not have lightning attribute and cannot use lightning blades well."

There's also Chiyo... uh, never mind, she's not easy to fool.

His thoughts drifted to Sunagakure, but he quickly dismissed it, finding no suitable candidate to deceive.

Then his thoughts turned to Kirigakure, a village with many characters from the main story, second only to Konoha.

"It's a pity they're all too small, or they haven't been born yet, so there aren't any that can be used as targets."

After thinking it over, Tamura Hao ruled out Kirigakure and could only turn to Konoha.

When it comes to plot and characters, you have to look to Konoha.

"At this stage, there don't seem to be many people who can be fooled. Tsunade is definitely out of the question; she's not suited to using a sword like the Lightning Blade, and she's not easy to fool either."

The two main characters' original mothers have already been won over, so who else is worth scheming against?

After thinking it over, Tamura Hiroshi still couldn't come up with a suitable target.

"It seems we can only use this knife as material for forging a new one."

I felt a pang of regret; it was a real waste to use such a fine knife as material. However, I figured that making the knife disappear would surely earn me some divine power.

After all, this is the weapon of one of the two main characters.

"It's just the right time to forge a new sword for Senior Sakumo. That incident only happened two or three years ago."

His thoughts turned to men, and Tamura Hao immediately thought of White Fang, who would be very suitable to wield the Thunder Blade.

He had a lot of ideas about Sakumo Hatake. Not only was Sakumo Hatake himself top-notch in terms of strength and talent, but his son was even more formidable.

If he hadn't been hampered by the Sharingan for so many years, and hadn't lost his fighting spirit, his achievements would have been even greater.

Even so, he created the Purple Lightning technique, which is comparable to the Black Lightning of the Third Raikage, demonstrating his exceptional talent.

If we can manage to lure Sakumo Hatake over, it's only a matter of time before Kakashi Hatake comes too.

"Who are you planning to bully this time?"

Kushina Uzumaki, having returned from her training, noticed the strange expression on someone's face and knew that he was definitely plotting to harm someone again.

The whirlpool vanilla that came back with her took the initiative to come over and massage her owner's legs.

"Thinking about how to bully my little family."

Tamura Hao watched as the girl flashed a smug smile, earning her an eye roll, which in turn made her fair face blush slightly.

"I also want to go to the battlefield to hone my skills."

With a serious expression, Kushina Uzumaki revealed her thoughts that she had been pondering for some time: she wanted to hone her skills on a real battlefield so that she could become stronger more quickly.

"Have you thought it through?"

Tamura Hiroshi did not refuse, but asked a question seriously.

Although she is only a thirteen-year-old girl, her own experiences, especially the pain of the annihilation of her village and clan, have stimulated her mental growth, and it is not impossible for her to go to the battlefield now.

"Um!"

Kushina Uzumaki nodded solemnly. She had been thinking about this for a while, and after returning to the village, she even talked to her aunt and got her aunt's approval.

"Master, I'm here too."

Whirlpool Vanilla chimed in, saying that she would be wherever her master was, and that she too would strive to become stronger so that she could better assist him.

"Okay, but you absolutely cannot act on your own then, otherwise I will not only send you back to be locked up, but I will also beat you until you are swollen."

Seeing the girl's determination, Tamura Hao agreed, but stated the conditions—conditions that must be followed and absolutely cannot be violated.

"Shameless!"

The punishment made Kushina Uzumaki blush. She glared at someone before getting up and running to the kitchen to help.

The girl's demeanor made Tamura Hiroshi laugh; this was life!

He immediately looked down at the Yang Seal mark on his chest, knowing he needed to upgrade it before he could go into battle with peace of mind.

His own chakra was still too little; the Yang Seal could only store one chakra, and he couldn't maintain it for long if he went all out.

Running out of mana on the battlefield is extremely dangerous.

He had always wanted to upgrade the Yang Seal, but unfortunately it was a simplified version of the Yin Seal created by the powerful Ashina Uzumaki, which was already at its peak.

To improve, we can only focus on the Yin-Yang attributes, which we can't address for now, so we can only focus on combinations.

Just then, the doorbell rang, and Tamura Hiroshi sensed who it was.

Whirlpool Vanilla sensed something and hurried over to open the door.

"Auntie, please sit down. Dinner will be ready soon."

Kushina Uzumaki, who was helping in the kitchen, poked her little head out and greeted them.

"Looks like I've come at just the right time."

Hearing the noise from the kitchen, Yu Ye smiled gently.

After sitting down on the sofa in the living room, he immediately noticed the difference in the chakra within Tamura Hao's body, which surprised him greatly.

"You've broken through the Jonin level?"

Although I know this person is very talented and it's only a matter of time before they reach the Kage level, this is still too fast.

He's only thirteen!

Although titles like Genin, Chunin, and Jonin are just ninja ranks and not entirely related to strength, there are still some levels of distinction.

The primary factor is strength, followed by the quality of chakra, while the quantity of chakra is secondary.

For example, the ninjas of the Uzumaki clan have much more chakra than other ninjas, but they don't have much of an advantage in improving the quality of their chakra.

Ninja combat places greater emphasis on the quality of chakra. The higher the quality of chakra, the greater the power of the ninjutsu used, and the less it is consumed.

Judging from the feeling, Tamura Hao's current chakra quality has already broken through to the Kage level, but the quantity is a bit impressive.

"After mastering the sword intent, his mental will led to a transformation and upgrade of his chakra, reaching the Kage level."

Tamura Hao explained simply that he relied on his mental fortitude to drive his breakthrough, just like Mifune.

At the same time, his physique is also very strong. He has independently tempered his physical strength, and his cultivation level of lightning attribute transformation is also not low. Under the combined effect, he can naturally break through.

But it's only an improvement in quality; the quantity is still quite disappointing.

He's similar to Kakashi in the future; his chakra quality has reached the threshold of Kage level, but his chakra quantity is quite low.

It can unleash Kage-level combat power, but it is difficult to sustain it.

"Haojun's talent is unparalleled in the world; even his uncle and that other person back then were far inferior."

Whirlpool Jade Leaf sighed, this growth rate was too inhuman, she had never even heard of a thirteen-year-old Kage-level powerhouse.

"My speed is far from the strongest; it's still a long way off."

Tamura Hao modestly remarked that the future Uchiha Itachi had become a Kage-level powerhouse at the age of thirteen, and that Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Obito were also incredibly powerful.

Compared to those geniuses, my achievements are not particularly outstanding, and I still need to work harder.

"Auntie, dinner is ready."

Kushina, who was in the kitchen, suddenly called out, and then went down to the Hive Base to call Karura up for dinner.

Whirlpool Jade Leaf and Tamura Hao stopped the conversation and got up to go to the dining table.

After Gallo came up from below, the group sat around the table and enjoyed the sumptuous dinner.

After they finished eating, the group sat down in the living room to chat. Tamura Hao and Uzumaki Tamaya discussed the matter he had asked for earlier.

"The method of combining Yang seals that you proposed has been almost fully deduced. It is extremely difficult to cultivate, but with your Kage-level chakra quality and control, it is sufficient."

Whirlpool Jade Leaf handed over a scroll she had brought, which contained the method for combining Yang seals.

Tamura Hao took the document and began to study it carefully. He had previously discussed the upgrade of the Yang Seal with this person and had two suggestions. One was to further strengthen the structure of the Yang Seal towards the Yin Seal, expand the internal space of the Yang Seal, and thus increase the amount of chakra stored.

Another approach is to combine multiple Yang seals to increase chakra reserves, much like the battery packs in a tram in the previous life.

Compared to the previous one, the second option is simpler and easier to achieve results.

Sealing techniques can be stacked; the most famous example is that two Four Symbols Seals can be combined and stacked to form a stronger Eight Trigrams Seal.

"Can only three be stacked?"

After reading the scroll, Tamura Hiroshi was slightly disappointed.

This combination plan can only combine three Yang seals at this stage, which is equivalent to storing three cards of chakra, which is still too little.

"This is already the limit. Any more Yang seals will cause them to collapse due to mutual interference, especially during use. The Trisolaran structure is the most stable."

Whirlpool Jade Leaf explained helplessly that she also wanted to create more superimposed combinations, or even infinite superimposed ones, but that was obviously impossible.

The three-body architecture is the most stable and cannot be improved upon.

Tamura Hiroshi looked at the effect drawing at the very end of the scroll and pondered.

This design is very similar to the Sharingan pattern with three tomoe. It is a circle with three tomoe on it, and those three tomoe are the Yang Seal.

The three Yang seals are linked together by a circle formed by a complex technique, creating a three-body balanced structure.

After staring at the picture for a while, Tamura Hiroshi suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

"Bring me paper and pen."

As soon as she finished speaking, Whirlpool Vanilla rushed upstairs and came down with paper and pen in no time.

Tamura Hao first drew a three-tomoe pattern on the white paper, and then drew another three-tomoe pattern around it, offset from the inner circle of tomoe, just like the future Uchiha Sasuke's six-tomoe Rinnegan.

That's not all. In the first and second circles, every three magatama are connected by dotted circles to form a new three-body structure.

Thus, there are five three-body structures in total, one inner and one outer, and three separate parts, and the six magatama are the nodes.

"Do you think this architecture might work?"

His initial idea was to use Kaguya Otsutsuki's Rinne Sharingan pattern to form a three-body structure with each link in the next.

If this architecture succeeds, it can be used for infinite nesting, with layers added on top of each other.

As Yu Ye gazed at the painting, she fell into deep thought, her expression gradually shifting to one of shock and joy.

"It's highly feasible, but we need to add a central seal at the very core to bind and regulate the chakra of all the combinations."

This structure may seem simple, but it represents a new approach.

They had previously only tried to increase the number of Yang seal superposition combinations and had thought of some new structures, but they had never thought of this kind.

How long will it take to succeed?

Tamura asked, since he would be going to the battlefield in a few days, it would be best to prepare before going to the battlefield.

"I can do your dual-layer version right now, but following your line of thinking, it should be able to be expanded indefinitely. As for the triple-layer version, we'll have to do some experimentation first."

Give me four days.

After setting a time limit, Yu Ye excitedly got up and left, preparing to gather her clan sisters overnight to deduce and refine this structure.

If this architecture succeeds, its significance and value will be immense; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it has ushered in a new era.

(End of this chapter)