Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

Chapter 208: Making empty promises!

Ōtsutsuki Rei quickly arrived at the hidden cave, only to find that it had been destroyed, even the spatial passage was gone, completely destroyed.

"Miyu, please don't get hurt!"

Shocked and furious, Otsutsuki Shari hurriedly went outside to look at the moon in the night sky. He unleashed his ocular power and chakra without regard for the cost, and even mobilized the power of the giant Tenseigan to forcibly open a spatial passage to reach the surface of the moon. He then dug a passage into the interior space of the moon and quickly arrived at the castle.

But when he saw the empty interior, the anger and murderous intent he had been suppressing could no longer be contained and surged forth.

"Hinata!"

The furious roar must mean that Hinata took Miyu away, taking away his hope.

His rage nearly drove him mad, and he went on a rampage, destroying everything around him until he had reduced the entire castle and most of the city to ruins.

"Hinata, Miyu will be fostered with you for now."

Although he desperately wanted to rush over and snatch Meiyou back, he knew the chances of success were slim.

Through the previous battle, it can be seen that Hiashi Hyuga's strength is not much worse than his own, and his Tenseigan's power is even stronger.

Even a Byakugan of that purity could potentially allow the Tenseigan to evolve further. The opponent should already have Miyu's chakra and might be hiding somewhere, evolving their eyes.

Even if I wipe out the Hyuga clan, it won't make any difference. I have to find another way to increase my strength.

"First, find the stolen Gedo Mazo, repair the incomplete Ten-Tails, and become a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki like the Sage of Six Paths. Only then can you possess the power to create and destroy the world."

After a while, Otsutsuki Rei calmed down and decided to start with the Gedo Mazo.

Only after obtaining the Gedo Mazo, completing the missing Ten-Tails within his body, and devouring the nine scattered tailed beasts to become a complete Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, can he fully activate these eyes and even devour the Ancestral Eyes in return.

At that time, he will surpass his ancestors, surpass the Sage of Six Paths, become the supreme being, and then destroy this failed world to create a completely new one.

This is their own mission, the mission of the Otsutsuki clan, and the will left behind by their ancestors.

There's also Kumogakure (Hidden Cloud Village). That tree must have grown from the remains of the Divine Tree. Devouring it would definitely greatly enhance the power of the incomplete Ten-Tails within one's body.

However, the Hidden Cloud Village is very strong, especially since the Third Raikage possesses Sage Mode, and with the assistance of many powerful individuals, and given that his taijutsu is a weakness, it won't be easy for him to defeat them all by himself.

I learned a lot of Jujutsu from Hiashi Hyuga, but it takes time to practice and master it.

"I'll let you live a little longer."

Muttering a resentful remark to himself, Otsutsuki Rei headed to the now-empty temple to prepare for restoration.

Meanwhile, Yuhi Shinku and her two companions ran all the way back to Konoha.

However, Hyuga Genka was cautious and did not follow Yuhi Shinku to the Hokage Building, but returned to his clan instead.

Everything he found there was too strange, especially the woman's presence and words; he needed to report it to the clan chief as soon as possible.

Yuhi Shinku watched Hyuga Genka depart without saying much. After handing over the still seriously injured and unconscious Inuzuka Retsu to the ninja on duty at the village entrance, she immediately rushed to the Hokage Building.

On the other side, Hyuga Genka immediately found the clan leader, Hyuga Hiashi, told him about his previous discovery, and handed over the chakra and eye power.

The moment that chakra and eye power appeared, Hiashi Hyuga's Tenseigan spontaneously emerged, actively absorbing the chakra and eye power, and a faint blue light appeared in his purple pupils, and his eyes began to move again.

"Is it about to evolve again?"

Despite the excruciating pain of the fetal movements, Hyuga Hiashi was incredibly excited.

He experienced this fetal movement several times, and each time it enhanced his pupil power. He thought he had reached his limit, but unexpectedly, the fetal movement started again.

If my eyes evolve again, I will definitely be able to kill that person next time I face him, avenge my father, and take back his eyes.

"Chieftain, your eyes?"

The change in Hyuga Hiashi's eyes stunned Hyuga Genka. What was going on?

Before he could figure it out, a sharp pain shot through his brain, and his consciousness instantly went dark.

"The Caged Bird? Why would the clan leader activate the Caged Bird?"

Hyuga Genka knew that the Caged Bird Seal had been activated, but he didn't understand why the clan leader would use the Caged Bird Seal to kill him.

Also, why did the woman say she was guarding against them after discovering the Caged Bird Seal on her body?

"I'm sorry, these eyes still need to be kept secret for now."

Looking indifferently at the corpse in front of him, Hiashi Hyuga knew he was not strong enough, and at the same time, he also had some thoughts about the Hokage position.

Now is not the time to expose these eyes.

However, what Hiashi Hyuga didn't know was that his actions and the changes in his eyes were reflected by several inconspicuous mirrors in the room onto another mirror, and then reflected again. After being reflected a dozen times at precise angles, it was finally observed by a high-precision telescope in the distance.

"A blue glow has appeared. Is it about to evolve?"

Black Zetsu spotted the blue light and, through lip reading, deciphered Hyuga Genka's words, realizing that the woman had ultimately given him her eye power and chakra.

Hamura's main lineage chakra is indeed purer, so it's normal that it can help the Tenseigan to further improve.

"There's another transformation of the Tenseigan, all of which are good resources."

With a sinister chuckle, Black Zetsu packed up his equipment and disappeared into the ground.

The plan here is complete; there's no need to waste time monitoring it anymore.

Neither Otsutsuki Rei nor Hyuga Hiashi will fight again in the short term. Both of them possess space-time jutsu, so if one of them is unwilling to fight, there will be no way to find them.

If Hiashi Hyuga were ruthless enough, even slaughtering the entire Hyuga clan wouldn't have forced him to do so.

If he were Otsutsuki Shari, he would definitely try to improve his strength. There aren't many ways to improve at that level, so he could take this opportunity to plan something.

Black Zetsu went to Kumogakure first, informed his younger brother of the situation, and then left for Madara Uchiha's underground base.

"As expected, they took away the giant Tenseigan."

After carefully analyzing the memory fragments transmitted by Black Zetsu using illusion magic, Tamura Hao realized with a start that he had expected this.

The space inside the moon is a huge barrier, maintained by the giant Tenseigan, similar to the Summoning World. So when Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyuga worked together to destroy the giant Tenseigan, the barrier quickly collapsed, and the interior became dark.

According to the memory fragments Black Zetsu obtained from the ninja dogs, the interior of the moon is now completely dark. It is clear that Otsutsuki Shari sealed the giant Tenseigan into his body as they had secretly instructed him to do so. He even used the tail of the Gedo Mazo cut off by the Otsutsuki clan to fuse with another small Ten-Tails and killed the entire clan.

What a ruthless person!

At the same time, Hiashi Hyuga also brought a surprise, as his Tenseigan showed signs of further evolution.

"The purple Tenseigan should be the lowest level, then the blue one, and then the gold one."

Tamura Hao hoped that Hyuga Hiashi could successfully evolve those eyes, so that he could use them to further explore the mysteries of the Tenseigan.

He had long suspected that the Tenseigan also had an evolutionary path. For example, although the main body of Toneri Otsutsuki's Tenseigan was blue, the central area revealed a ring of gold, the same gold as the giant Tenseigan.

The main body of Hiashi Kyoga's Tenseigan is purple, but a touch of blue has appeared in the central area, which is by no means a coincidence.

This is exactly what I want to see: for these people to demonstrate the most powerful forces in the ninja world in detail, which will help me study the mysteries of chakra and the Otsutsuki bloodline, and at the same time improve myself.

"The Seeking the Dao Jade is indeed difficult to condense."

After watching the battle footage between Hyuga Hiashi and Otsutsuki Rei, Tamura Hiroshi reflected on the difficulty of fusing the Truth-Seeking Balls.

During the Fourth Shinobi World War, Naruto Uzumaki only obtained Truth-Seeking Balls by borrowing the Sage of Six Paths' chakra. To be precise, those were the Sage of Six Paths' Truth-Seeking Balls, which were temporarily lent to Naruto.

They were taken away after the war. The black spheres that Toneri Otsutsuki fused in the Tenseigan Chakra Mode were not Truth-Seeking Balls. After all, Madara Uchiha only managed to condense nine Truth-Seeking Balls when he was the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, but Toneri Otsutsuki created so many black spheres.

If those were all Truth-Seeking Balls, it would be terrifying. So they weren't Truth-Seeking Balls, but rather the power of Yin-Yang Release, just like the black rods that Madara Uchiha and Nagato Uzumaki condensed using their Rinnegan.

Therefore, Naruto Uzumaki was able to fight those black spheres head-on and break them without the power of the Six Paths. Otherwise, even with the Nine-Tails' chakra and Sage Mode, Naruto would have been annihilated if he had the Truth-Seeking Balls instead.

After considering his future plans, Tamura Hiroshi went downstairs.

It's lunchtime, Karura-neechan must have already prepared the food.

Sure enough, as soon as I got to the first floor, I smelled an enticing aroma.

"Dinner will be ready soon, and Mikoto and the others should be back soon too."

Karura, who was busy in the kitchen, heard footsteps and said something. Then she felt someone hug her waist. It was a certain boy who had pressed himself against her.

Gallo was used to this and continued to busy himself.

Tamura Hiroshi didn't say anything to disturb him, and just enjoyed the pleasant fragrance of her body and the aroma of the food. He was very happy to experience the warmth of home.

"Click!"

Just then, the door opened and several figures walked in; it was Mikoto and the other girls who had gone out to look after the Uchiha children.

"snort!"

Seeing someone holding Karura in their arms, Kushina Uzumaki, as his fiancée, snorted coldly to express her dissatisfaction.

"Go wash your hands quickly, the food will be ready soon."

Gallo also said something, gesturing for everyone to wash their hands.

Tamura Hosuke opened his arms and was the first to go to the bathroom to wash his hands. The girls followed him and finally sat down at the dining table.

Kushina Uzumaki and Vanilla Uzumaki went to help in the kitchen, while Tamura Hiroshi, Uchiha Hikaru, Uchiha Mikoto, and Uchiha Chiri, who had had her eyes transplanted back, sat at the dining table.

After extracting the Mangekyou Sharingan's eye techniques, Tamura Hao returned the eyes, just as he had done to Uchiha Hikaru.

"No matter how much you glare at me, I won't let you go back unless you switch places with Uchiha Myōkyō, or Uchiha Myōkyō sincerely joins our Hidden Cloud Village and comes back with the Hokage's head to reunite with you."

Looking at Uchiha Chiri, who was staring at him, Tamura Hao was surprised that this man, who was already in his mid-twenties, still had such an innocent side.

So cute!

Has anyone ever told you that you're despicable?

Uchiha Chiri really wanted to draw his sword and slash at him. This guy was so young, how could he be so despicable and shameless?

"They've all mentioned it, except for vanilla!"

Tamura Hiroshi pointed around, indicating that many people had already said this before.

Hikaru Uchiha gave her a disdainful look, and Mikoto Uchiha rolled her eyes back.

Seeing this, Uchiha Chiri felt utterly exhausted, helpless against such a despicable person.

"Don't be discouraged. As long as you help us build a virtual world, I promise to return your freedom after we unify the ninja world. Then you can be with Uchiha Myōkyō."

"You can master the Yin Seal technique, and combined with your medical ninjutsu, maintaining eternal youth won't be difficult."

Tamura Hao made a promise, saying he was quite good at making empty promises, having eaten plenty of them in his previous life.

Moreover, he didn't believe that Uchiha Myokyo would live that long. According to the information that Black Zetsu had gathered while investigating Konoha, the last defeat had dealt him a heavy blow, and he had been drowning his sorrows in alcohol and was drunk all day long.

If you keep drinking like that, you'll develop alcoholic liver disease in just a few years.

"real?"

Uchiha Chiri perked up, but also harbored doubts.

Can such a despicable and shameless person's words be trusted?

"You have no choice but to believe now!"

Tamura Hao put on his signature gentle smile; he, Tamura Hao, usually kept his word.

"I agree to participate in building the virtual world, but neither you nor anyone from Kumogakure can harm Myokyō-kun again."

After thinking it over for a while, Uchiha Chiri finally agreed, as there really was no other choice at the moment.

However, she also demanded a promise that this despicable man and the Hidden Cloud Village would not target Mingjing-kun again.

"I promise you, as long as Mingjing-kun stops targeting our Hidden Cloud Village."

Tamura Hao readily agreed. Uchiha Myokyo no longer posed a threat to him; her only value was in giving birth to the future Uchiha Shisui.

"What about my people?"

After staring at the boy for a long while, Uchiha Chiri finally asked about the other members of his clan.

Don't be too greedy.

Tamura Hiroshi did not answer, but simply offered a reminder.

Those Uchiha are excellent test subjects. Next, they will use genjutsu in conjunction with stimulating negative emotions to awaken their Mangekyou Sharingan.

Once the kaleidoscope is awakened, it loses its value.

He certainly wouldn't be so foolish as to try to subdue these enemies, especially those who had launched the attack.

Not to mention that those are ninjas with their own will and values, they are not so easily fooled.

As for the group of Uchiha children that Uchiha Retsuyo arranged in Mikoto's letter, there is no problem. First of all, those children are orphans who lost their parents for various reasons and have no ties. Secondly, they are young, all under ten years old, and can be educated and guided to become members of Kumogakure.

Aside from these people, let alone others, even the Third Raikage and others wouldn't agree to accept him.

Uchiha Chiri, on the other hand, was valuable enough to assist in the development and construction of the virtual world project; otherwise, she would have become experimental material long ago.

Uchiha Chiri fell silent, wanting to speak but unsure how to begin.

At the same time, he regretted supporting Mingjing's decision to take the initiative and let things develop to this point, leaving no room for maneuver.

Even Mikoto Uchiha couldn't speak, since it was the Uchiha who initiated the attack, with Fugaku also involved. This clearly violated the original alliance agreement, so Kumogakure would naturally be angry.

The best we can do now is to keep those children from being affected.

"Time to eat!"

Just then, Karura's voice came over, and the three women brought over the food. Soon everyone was enjoying the meal.

Only Uchiha Chiri and Uchiha Mikoto had no appetite because they were preoccupied, and they only ate a little.

Everyone knew about the two of them, so they couldn't say anything and could only wait for the two of them to figure it out themselves.

"When are we leaving?"

After finishing their meal, the group sat on the sofa drinking tea when Uchiha Hikaru suddenly asked a question.

She craves battle, believing that only through intense combat can she achieve faster improvement.

She had rested for too long after that battle and wanted to return to the battlefield as soon as possible.

"In a few more days."

Tamura Hao replied that he had been mainly working on the Raijin clone during this period, and that he would be openly participating in the war with the clone as the main force. Furthermore, the Third Raikage had already declared the Raijin clone as his disciple.

With this additional identity, he is no less capable than Aya Yotsuki, the son of the Raikage.

As long as one performs well enough on the battlefield, one can smoothly take over the position of Raikage.

Of course, he will have to wait a few more years to succeed to the throne, until the next Shinobi World War ends, and after the Hidden Cloud Village establishes its own Shinobi Nation and takes over the Land of Fire.

Unfortunately, the Third Raikage was quite attached to the title of "Thunder Emperor" and wanted to win the first battle of unification in his own name. He even demanded that the script be changed.

The original plan was for the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning to poison the Third Raikage, severely injuring him, and then Aya Yotsuki, the Raikage's son, would retaliate in a rage and kill him. However, it was changed to Aya Yotsuki being poisoned and dying, the Third Raikage retaliating in a rage and killing him, leading the Hidden Cloud Village to establish a ninja nation, and himself being given the title of Thunder Emperor and making a name for himself in history.

"I want to go too!"

Kushina Uzumaki was also tempted. In the past six months, she had grown rapidly, and her chakra was at a critical juncture of transformation. Once she crossed that threshold, she would become a Kage-level powerhouse.

The thought of a Kage-level powerhouse under fourteen years old is incredibly exciting, so he couldn't stop his progress and broke through in one go.

Once the Vajra Seal is upgraded to its maximum of nine strands, combined with their Vortex Sealing Technique, they will surely be able to defeat that despicable villain.

Whirlpool Vanilla remained silent, but her gaze remained fixed on her master.

"If it's the same as before, follow orders and don't do anything reckless."

Tamura Hao did not refuse. This time, not only was he going to Kirigakure to provide support, but Yozuki Ai and his teacher Fukai would also be going, all wanting to use the war to continue to hone and improve themselves.

"Your Hidden Cloud Village is already so strong, why do you keep targeting our Hidden Leaf Village?"

Uchiha Chiri couldn't help but speak up, expressing her incomprehension.

Although she doesn't know much, Mikoto has repeatedly stated that Kumogakure is very strong and has the power to unify the ninja world; what she has shown on the surface is only the tip of the iceberg.

This can be seen from Misaka's growth; even at her peak, I wasn't confident I could defeat her.

Mikoto has improved so much in less than two years since she came to Kumogakure, which shows how strong Kumogakure's ability and foundation are in cultivating talent.

Even though they are already so powerful, Kumogakure is still targeting Konoha.

Why?

"That's because you don't know how terrifying Konoha's foundation is. Even we in Kumogakure don't have the confidence to defeat it right now."

Otherwise, why do you think Hiruzen Sarutobi and his gang dared to play so ruthlessly?

Tamura Hao revealed a slightly wary expression, and Konoha's foundation was truly solid; once the lower limit was broken, it could unleash extremely terrifying power.

"You mean the Wood Release experiment?"

Uchiha Chiri was still puzzled. She knew that the village was secretly conducting Wood Release experiments, and that even the Second Hokage had done it. Uncle Kagami had mentioned it himself.

But Wood Release itself isn't all that great; the real strength lies with the First Hokage, not Wood Release.

However, a powerful figure like the First Hokage cannot be replicated or created through experiments.

"It's not just Wood Release; there are other forbidden techniques as well."

Tamura Hao shook his head slightly, said nothing more, put down his empty teacup, got up and went back to his room to prepare to write a letter to Lord Danzo to report the intelligence that Kumogakure was about to send a support team to support Kirigakure on the battlefield.

Tamura Hitomi aspires to become the second head of Root, and naturally, the more merits he accumulates, the better. As a civilian spy, the way to accumulate merits is through intelligence gathering.

(End of this chapter)