Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

Chapter 236 Capturing Tsunade

The power of the Sage Art: Wind Release: Amaterasu Scorching Release: Rasengan and the power of the shuriken made even Hatake Sakumo glance over, and Tamura Hao took the opportunity to force the distracted Hatake Sakumo back with a single slash.

In a flash, he appeared behind Tsunade, who was exchanging blows with Yotsuki A. Before she could react, his blade flashed, severing her limbs. He then used a sealing technique to seal her into a sealed space, which the Ten-Tails swallowed to purify her chakra and branded her with the Eight Thousand Spears mark.

After doing all that, they went with Yotsuki Ai to Uchiha Hikaru's side.

As planned, everyone quickly gathered, giving Jiraiya and the others no chance to react. Uchiha Hikaru, disregarding the loss of chakra, used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take everyone thirty kilometers away, to the place where the spatial gate had been opened earlier. Uchiha Hikaru left a Flying Thunder God mark there.

Pretending to be exhausted, Uchiha Hikaru naturally jumped up and leaned on someone's shoulder.

I'm going to pin you down, you shameless scoundrel!

After glancing at the pretentious Uchiha Hikaru, and then at Huangtu and Rasa, Tamura Hao resisted the urge to throw them away.

Without delay, the group once again used Rasa's Magnet Release to ascend and return.

After returning to the camp, Tamura Hao took out the altar and used the Heavenly Transfer Technique to teleport himself to Kumogakure.

In fact, besides sending Danzo on his way, the idea of ​​this raid was also to capture Tsunade.

Medical research in the village has come to a standstill. Even though they have acquired the foundation of the Senju clan, it will take a long time to transform it into their own foundation.

Most importantly, the Senju clan's medical system is largely based on their unique bloodline. The Senju clan inherited their lineage from Ashura, possessing naturally strong physiques and a certain degree of self-healing ability.

Although not nearly as fast as Hashirama Senju, he was still many times faster than an ordinary ninja.

With the blessing of the Hundred Healings Technique, Tsunade can achieve immortality; even if she is cut in half at the waist, she will not die.

"You brat, what have you done in my name this time? Why has my bounty increased by another five hundred million taels?"

Upon seeing that hateful figure appear, Tsuchikage's face instantly contorted into a ferocious expression as he used Body Flicker Technique to leap up and grab the boy by the collar.

Not long after the war on the Land of Fire Peninsula ended, he discovered that his bounty at the underground gold exchange had increased again, by a whopping 500 million taels.

Needless to say, it must have been that brat who did it.

"Wasn't that Lord Tsuchikage's plan to have Kirigakure dig waterways, divide and occupy that peninsula, and establish Kirigakure and the Land of Water as maritime superpowers?"

Tamura Hao looked puzzled and said that it was all part of Lord Tsuchida's plan. He was just a novice who conveyed the plan, and he was far inferior to Lord Tsuchida, who was a master strategist who could win battles from thousands of miles away. He still needed to learn from Lord Tsuchida.

"I'll strangle you!"

Tu Tai was so angry that his face turned green. He grabbed the boy's neck with both hands and shook him violently, as if he wanted to strangle him to death.

Tamura Hao did not resist, letting himself be shaken like this, but he gathered a layer of chakra to resist Lord Tsuchida's spittle.

The Third Raikage's shadow clone, sitting in the office, watched with a smile. The battle on the peninsula was very successful, causing considerable losses to the four major ninja villages, especially Kirigakure, which was the main force.

However, they gained half of the chakra of the Three-Tails and the Four-Tails. Although that kid devoured it, he was the future of the village. The stronger he became, the brighter the future of their Hidden Cloud Village would be.

"Lord Tsuchidai, this is flesh and blood I cut from the tail of the Four-Tails and purified. You can transplant it onto your Monkey Seal to aid in your Lava Release training."

Once the shaking frequency of the earthen platform decreased, Tamura Hao took out a gift he had prepared beforehand: a piece of flesh from the Four-Tails' tail, containing the Four-Tails' original power. This was undoubtedly a great tonic for the earthen platform, which had obtained the Lava Release technique.

It's definitely not feasible to fuse the earthen platform itself, but it can be transplanted onto the cursed monkey to obtain it indirectly.

Tsuchida also chose a monkey and sealed it into a cursed seal. It could also condense an indestructible armor, and even temporarily obtain the monkey's indestructible body by relying on Inuzuka-ryu's hybrid transformation technique.

Given the physical strength of the ape race, fusing with the flesh and blood of the four tails would not be difficult, not to mention that since both are ape species, they would definitely be more compatible.

"You're not so bad after all."

After receiving the sealed scroll, Tsuchida felt a little better.

Actually, he was just annoyed, but not to the point of blaming anyone. Besides, taking the blame was a way to divert attention from outsiders and help the brat grow better. The future of the village rested on this kid's shoulders.

As for the increase in bounty, it's not a big deal. I rarely leave the village anyway, and the village's defenses have been greatly improved. It's impossible for outsiders, especially strong ones, to sneak in quietly.

Therefore, there is no danger to him, not to mention that he is now a Kage-level powerhouse and has undergone the Evil God Ritual to obtain immortality. With other means, it would not be so easy for anyone to kill him, let alone kill him in the Hidden Cloud Village.

However, he always felt that this kid was strengthening himself so that he could take the blame better in the future, rather than simply wanting to protect himself. Their motivations were different.

"Did you come back this time to capture Tsunade?"

The Third Raikage's shadow clone then asked, "This kid sent a message earlier saying he was going to plot against the Konoha Ninja Army, and he specifically marked Shimura Danzo and Tsunade."

They must have come back specifically to capture Tsunade.

"We caught them."

A smile appeared on his face; Tamura Hao was very happy to have captured Tsunade.

He even tried to capture it during the last battle on the peninsula, but he was too badly injured in the battle with Matt Damon to fight it again.

"Let's go to the Spirit World, Tsuchidai, and take Yuye there to try and persuade them as well."

The Third Raikage's shadow clone chuckled and gestured to the two of them.

Capturing the granddaughter of the First Hokage was only the first step. The next key was to persuade her to stay and join their Hidden Cloud Village, or at least participate in medical research to improve the village's medical standards.

They have made many preparations for this, hoping to succeed in one fell swoop.

Tamura Hiroshi nodded and headed towards the spirit world, while Tsuchidai went back to inform his wife, who was at home resting during her pregnancy.

Upon learning that Tsunade had been captured and brought to the village, Uzumaki Tamayori immediately went to the Summoning World accompanied by Tsuchida.

On the other side, Tamura Hao arrived in the Summoning World and released Tsunade, whose severed limbs were then repaired.

As a member of the Senju clan, Tsunade possesses considerable self-healing abilities. Furthermore, she previously activated the Yin Seal and the Hundred Healings Technique, further enhancing her self-healing abilities to an extremely high level.

When he was cleansed by the chakra of the Ten-Tails, not only was his bloodline power further stimulated, but the massive amount of life force also further enhanced his self-healing ability, making the reattachment of severed limbs nothing special.

"You brat, you attacked me from behind!"

Tsunade, who was transferred out, was furious. She had been fighting fiercely with Aya Yotsuki when this brat suddenly attacked her from behind.

That's despicable!

"Time is of the essence, so we can only choose the most efficient fighting method. How about we fight another round?"

With an apologetic expression, Tamura Hao handed over the Hashirama Greatsword.

"Of course we have to fight!"

Tsunade did not refuse. After taking the greatsword, she swung it, and the speed and power were much greater than before.

She was conscious in that strange place and could clearly feel the changes in her body; even her control over chakra had improved significantly.

Although I don't understand what happened or why that kid did it, the improvement in my own strength is real.

This is a good opportunity to let the brat get used to his sudden increase in strength. As for what happens next, we'll talk about that later.

Tamura Hao did not use the Masamune sword, nor did he even activate the Golden Lightning Sage Mode. He simply used wind-style chakra to empower himself and wielded Zangetsu to meet the attack, unafraid of a head-on confrontation.

His physical attributes were already formidable, far surpassing Tsunade's. Even though the Senju bloodline was more compatible with the Super Strength Technique, allowing him to unleash even greater power, it would at most be on par with his own strength.

As for speed, he completely outclassed Tsunade, not to mention his swordsmanship.

However, since Tsunade chose to accept the challenge, she naturally had her own ulterior motives.

After several minutes of fierce fighting, Tsunade seized an opportunity and suddenly swept her leg, which Tamura raised to block.

However, the laces on Tsunade's low-heeled shoes broke, and the shoes flew off. At the same time, her figure suddenly disappeared and reappeared beside Tamura Hiroshi the next moment. She grabbed his right wrist and dislocated his elbow and shoulder joints with a fierce joint lock.

"Flying Thunder God?"

Tamura Hao stared in astonishment at the low-heeled shoes that had landed on the ground, never expecting that Tsunade would know the Flying Thunder God Technique.

"Kid, you lost!"

Tsunade was very pleased with herself. "You're still too green to fight me."

Tamura Hao naturally did not approve of this result. He gathered Lightning Release chakra with his left hand, forming a knife-like shape, and severed his right arm.

This was the hand-blade technique that Ye Yue Ai had taught him, to prepare for situations where he didn't have a blade in his hand. He just didn't expect that the first time he used it would be like this.

"That's ruthless!"

Tsunade was shocked. Before she could react, she was grabbed and slammed against a stone wall behind her. At the same time, black lightning chakra entered her body, numbing and stimulating her nerves, making it difficult for her to fight back.

"Bang!"

Both of their bodies crashed into the stone wall, causing a large section of the wall to collapse.

But the battle did not stop. Tsunade barely suppressed the stimulation of her nerves by the black lightning with her superb medical ninjutsu, and continued to fight by using chakra threads to control her body's muscles instead of her nerves.

The battle grew increasingly fierce and brutal, employing every possible means: groin kicks, heart-piercing dragon claws, violent headbutts, star-absorbing techniques, and mad dog bites, among others, all were used, causing the clothes on both of them to be torn apart continuously.

The battle only temporarily ended after that stone wall was completely destroyed and collapsed, mainly because the Whirlpool Jade Leaf had arrived.

"Auntie!"

With only a bra covering her upper body, Tsunade glared resentfully at the boy before turning to nod at Uzumaki Tamayori, who was walking towards her. Her gaze then fell on his protruding belly, and then on Tsuchida, who was supporting her arm. She realized that the two had formed a family and had a child.

As expected, the Uzumaki clan has completely integrated into the Hidden Cloud Village, which also means that it has completely severed its ties with the Hidden Leaf Village.

Tamura Hiroshi, whose face had been bitten off, picked up his severed arm and reattached it. With the support of pure life force, the wound healed quickly, and the bones were reattached by the power of the Corpse Bone Vein.

"How old are you? Still so violent. Aren't you going to get married?"

Seeing Tsunade's bruised and battered appearance, and then looking at the messy ground around her, Uzumaki Tamayori somewhat understood how Aunt Mito felt.

Having a junior who doesn't act like a girl is a headache for any elder.

Tsunade's face fell at her aunt's words. As a single woman in her late twenties, this was the thing that bothered her the most.

"Why did you capture me?"

Turning her head to look at the wretched brat, she knew that the brat had deliberately captured her, not because of any hostility. The mysterious transformation she had undergone earlier confirmed this suspicion, and the brat had no intention of letting her go back.

"There are three points. First, we invite Tsunade to join our Hidden Cloud Village. Second, after the Senju clan's elite forces are wiped out, we ask Tsunade to persuade the women and children of the Senju clan to join our Hidden Cloud Village. Third, we ask her to heal Nawaki."

Tamura Hiroshi didn't hide anything and stated his three demands for capturing Tsunade, believing that Tsunade would definitely agree.

Sure enough, Tsunade was instantly flustered upon hearing her younger brother's name, her eyes widening in surprise.

"Rope Tree is here with you? He's not dead?"

In her excitement, she gripped the boy's arm tightly; if it were anyone else, their arm would have been crushed long ago.

"You'll understand the specifics when you go there."

Tamura Hiroshi didn't pay any attention and gestured for Tsunade to follow.

Suppressing her excitement and trepidation, Tsunade quickly followed them to an experimental base specifically for medical research, where she saw Senju Nawaki swimming like an octopus in a nutrient tank.

"elder sister!"

Upon seeing her older sister's figure, Senju Nawaki, who was swimming, paused for a moment, then became excited and overjoyed.

I finally saw my sister.

"Rope Tree!"

Upon hearing that familiar voice, Tsunade was so excited that tears streamed down her face. She quickly stepped forward and leaned over the huge nutrient tank to look at her younger brother inside.

"How did the rope tree become like this?"

It took a while for her emotions to calm down a little before she turned to look at the detestable boy.

"It was me back then..."

Tamura Hiroshi recounted what happened back then without any concealment, including his own scheming.

Even though she already knew, Yu Ye, who was standing next to her, couldn't help but facepalm.

Although the husband that her father found for Kushina was very outstanding, he sometimes acted inappropriately.

Tu Tai's face twitched as he listened, feeling that being blamed by this kid wasn't so bad after all; it was better than being schemed against by those other people.

Tsunade clenched her fists, veins throbbing on her fair forehead, and her face contorted in a grimace.

He took several deep breaths to suppress the urge to smash the brat to death, and glared at him angrily.

"I should have beaten you to death right there in the village!"

She had felt indignant on Hiruzen Sarutobi's behalf when he schemed against those brats, but now it seems she was too naive.

Hiruzen Sarutobi is no good, but this brat is even worse.

How exactly did the Hidden Cloud Village cultivate such a thing?

It's so different from the art style of Hidden Cloud Village.

"That Nawaki is long dead. Although I was the one who planned it, it was just going with the flow. Your entire Senju clan is on the Hokage faction's kill list. The four great ninja villages don't want your Senju clan to produce another invincible First Hokage."

The entire ninja world wishes for the destruction of the Senju clan; you have no way out.

Tamura Hiroshi appeared very calm, even somewhat indifferent.

This is the most realistic side of the ninja world. The Naruto anime in my previous life could be seen as a hot-blooded drama, but I live in a real world, a ninja world that leans towards darkness and cruelty.

"Tsunade-senpai, this is the data on Nawaki's current physical condition. We are trying to cultivate a body for him, but there are still many difficulties to overcome."

At that moment, Karura came over and handed Tsunade a thick stack of files.

"You brat!"

After glaring at someone again, Tsunade took the file and quickly flipped through it.

With her medical expertise, she could easily understand it, so she flipped through it very quickly.

He finished reading it in just one hour, then pondered for a moment before saying, "The direction of the plan is fine; I can guide you to complete it."

Although she had never been exposed to this method of in vitro cloning and cultivating body organs before, she knew the underlying principles and knew that it was possible to do it under the right conditions.

Although Kumogakure will inevitably acquire this medical system in the future, this time it is for Nawaki's body, and she will definitely help Nawaki recover.

Tsunade's calm response relieved everyone. Although they had made many preparations, they were not entirely confident that they could get Tsunade to agree.

Fortunately, things went smoothly. Perhaps the previous fierce battle had allowed him to vent his frustrations and become calmer, which enabled him to make a more rational judgment.

"Auntie, you also agree to let the women and children of the Senju clan join the Hidden Cloud Village?"

Tsunade looked at her aunt, who didn't know much about the situation here and wanted to hear her aunt's opinion.

As for her family, she also sensed that the future was not good, especially after her brother's accident, which made her think even more deeply.

Just as that brat said, it wasn't just Hiruzen Sarutobi and his group who wanted the Senju to disappear; the other four great ninja villages, including Kumogakure, shared the same idea.

The main reason is that the prestige of the Great-Grandfather back then, or rather, the pressure he exerted on others, was too great. No one wanted the Senju to have another invincible powerhouse like the Great-Grandfather.

Now that she's been captured, it's clear from their expressions that they won't let her leave. Moreover, after that mysterious transformation, she feels that her summoning contract with the Slug Sage has been broken, given how drastically her chakra has changed.

Losing themselves will inevitably make things more difficult for the family in the upcoming war.

She had considered asking Cheng Shui and the clan to give up, as the clan had already sacrificed far too much for the position of Hokage. However, Cheng Shui and the others were very determined and there was no way to persuade them. Besides, some things cannot be let go of just because you want to, and others would not believe it anyway.

Faced with this internal and external crisis, she had to consider a way out for her family, but whether the Hidden Cloud Village was reliable was uncertain. She didn't want to wait until they arrived only to be sent to the dissection table.

Those clansmen who went missing in recent years have probably been captured by various powerful forces for research purposes, and their fates must have been tragic.

My aunt has been in Kumogakure for quite some time, and now she's the wife of the Raikage's assistant and has a child. She must know a lot about Kumogakure, including its secrets.

She dared not underestimate the Raikage who assisted her. Many of the changes in Kumogakure over the years were due to him, and all the battle plans against external forces were also devised by him. His wisdom was even more terrifying than that of her second grandfather, making him the number one sage in the ninja world today.

I heard that the bounty in the underground gold exchange has reached 2 billion, more than half of which was contributed by the major forces in the Land of Fire, especially the Daimyo Prefecture.

It was quite unexpected for her that her aunt could become this man's wife, but it was still a good thing.

(End of this chapter)