Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

Chapter 270 Light Escape!

"It is indeed a one-time use item, but it can be used as a medium to set up a sealing array, and combined with the curse seal technique to be integrated into the eyes."

We don't need to use the inner eye techniques; we can simply use them as a medium to amplify Senior Shinku's genjutsu, just like Sage Mode can strengthen our three major systems of ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu.

If Lord Orochimaru's skills are sufficient, he could transform Shinku-senpai's Yuhi Shinku genjutsu seal into a dojutsu sealed within her eyes, and cast it directly like a kaleidoscope dojutsu.

Tamura Hao explained his proposed solution: creating a pupil technique is difficult, but creating a genjutsu amplifier is not difficult; he could simply modify the glasses as ninja tools.

After hearing this, Orochimaru remained silent and began to ponder and deduce.

After more than half an hour, he suddenly began to inscribe a complex and mysterious magic array on Kurenai Yuhi's head, and finally activated it with his eye power.

The intricate array of spells slowly contracted, eventually transforming into three tomoe—one between his brows and one in each eye. These were the new pupil spell seals he had deduced.

While there are certainly many flaws, the basic architecture is fine and can be gradually adjusted and improved later.

"How are you feeling, Shinku-kun?"

After the eye power seal stabilized, Orochimaru asked with concern.

"My pupil power is sealed within the curse seal, it's very stable, but how can I activate it to assist in casting illusions?"

After experiencing it for a while, Kurenai Yuhi asked how to use it.

"This eye power seal is a whole. In the future, Crimson-kun will only need to inject Yin attribute chakra into the tomoe between his eyebrows, and it will be transformed by the seal and merged with the eye power, thus borrowing the power of the eye power."

Since this is a new cursed seal, you'll need to figure out how to use it yourself, Crimson-kun. If you experience any discomfort, please come to me for a checkup immediately.

Orochimaru gave a few words of advice and then signaled to Yuhi Shinku that she could leave.

This is actually a variant application of the Sage Art Seal, but the Sage Chakra within it has been converted into ocular power. Both are special powers, and their usage can be interchangeable.

"I won't bother the Hokage any longer."

After glancing at the Root ninja wearing a mask, Yuhi Shinku wisely left.

"Every time I meet Haojun, I gain a lot. Why don't you come work for me in the future?"

After Yuhi Shinku left, Orochimaru took off his gloves and extended an invitation, showing his growing fondness for the boy.

He desperately needs an assistant who can talk to him and provide him with inspiration.

The profession of espionage is not sustainable. This child will eventually return to Konoha. Rather than going back to Shimura Danzo, it would be better for him to come to my side.

"Thank you for your appreciation, Lord Orochimaru, but I still prefer to work for Lord Danzo."

Tamura Hao politely declined. He was a man destined to become the second head of Root, how could he give up halfway?

"Minato has mastered a bloodline limit and an advanced bloodline elimination light release. I have data on it here. Are you interested, Hao-kun?"

Orochimaru spat out a scroll, intending to make another deal with this person.

"Light Escape!"

That title stirred something in Tamura Hiroshi's heart. Was it the one he was thinking of?

While he was surprised that Minato Namikaze was able to develop a bloodline limit, he couldn't quite understand it. Minato's talent was truly exceptional, far surpassing even Jiraiya's.

However, the name "Light Escape" is quite interesting. If it is indeed the kind I am thinking of, that would be wonderful.

"What does Lord Orochimaru want?"

After some thought, Tamura Hiroshi decided to do it, but he didn't know what this person wanted.

"I know that the Hidden Cloud Village has conducted many experiments on the Tailed Beasts. I want small pieces of flesh and blood from the Eight-Tails and the Nine-Tails. I don't need too much, just a little bit."

Having revealed what he wanted, Orochimaru became even more interested in the Tailed Beasts.

He traded the flesh and blood of the Two-Tails and the Three-Tails from Danzo. During the Peninsula War, when the Four-Tails was unsealed and released, he went and cut off a piece. He had also obtained parts of the Five-Tails, the Six-Tails, and the One-Tails in previous battles.

A small portion of the Seven-Tails' flesh and blood was traded from Fugaku-kun, leaving only the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails' flesh and blood.

With Jiraiya and Mito Uzumaki keeping an eye on the Nine-Tails while it's sealed away, plus Minato Namikaze and Kyuuban Uzumaki being quite strong, he couldn't get his hands on it. He could only try to find a way through the Hidden Cloud Village.

The Third Raikage once cut off the Nine-Tails' tail and took it with him.

As for the Eight-Tails, he was certain it was with Senju Chengshui, but Senju Chengshui was very wary, and he hadn't been able to get it after several attempts. He could only try to find a way through Haojun.

"The flesh and blood of two tailed beasts!"

Looking at the scroll, Tamura Hiroshi remarked that the deal was unequal.

"Can you get your hands on Haojun?"

Orochimaru licked his lips, realizing the unspoken meaning behind the words.

Previously, he only hoped that this person could obtain one of the items, but now it seems that he underestimated this person's status in the Hidden Cloud Village.

"able!"

Without much explanation, he simply stated that he could obtain it, provided it was an equal transaction.

"As expected of Lord Hao!"

Orochimaru was very excited, and then pondered the bargaining chips he currently possessed.

"A cell and chakra from the Hyuga clan leader should be very useful to your Samehada."

As he spoke, he took two bottles out of his mouth, one containing a ball of green chakra and the other containing a small piece of meat.

"It will take half a month."

Tamura Hiroshi took the two bottles and then put away the scroll.

"Don't go to Danzo's place today, lest he suspect you. I'll cover for you."

Orochimaru gave a reminder, since many people had seen him bring Hao Jun here before, and Shimura Danzo must have known about it too.

Tamura Hao indeed did not intend to go to Lord Danzo's place. He didn't want to expose his relationship with Orochimaru and give Lord Danzo a chance to misunderstand.

Not long after, Tamura Hao left the Konoha camp following the route given by Orochimaru and returned to his main body.

"Why does this feel like we're having an affair?"

Having received the memories of the shadow clone, Tamura Hao couldn't help but complain, "This feeling is awful."

He casually transferred the two bottles into the Origin Sphere space for the little Ten-Tails to eat as a snack. Tamura Hao then opened the scroll, which contained a detailed record of Minato Namikaze's training process, especially his training in chakra nature transformation and his attempts at bloodline fusion.

According to records, Minato Namikaze first fused the attributes of lightning and fire to create a bloodline limit similar to the Third Raikage's Piercing Release, which could form an indestructible light blade.

Then, wind attribute was incorporated into it, forming a light escape that can condense into a light sword that can stab and cut, similar to the Chidori Spear, but even more powerful.

This record is very important. As long as I follow the properties and transformations described in it, I will definitely be able to obtain that kind of light escape.

Fortunately, he had mastered the three major nature transformations of the fire attribute during the limited Tsukuyomi, which he could then integrate into Swift Release.

The ability to master the three major nature transformations of the fire attribute is largely thanks to Uchiha Hikaru's training.

Fire attribute nature transformation is a compulsory course for the Uchiha clan. Uchiha Hikaru was very good at this, and these insights were incorporated into the Limited Tsukuyomi, which he eventually mastered.

Limited Tsukuyomi is, after all, an illusion. All its settings originate from the caster's perception, and it is impossible for anything to exist that exceeds the caster's perception. This is a significant limitation.

Furthermore, the limited number of people involved in the Tsukuyomi is limited. The fewer people involved, the easier it is to construct, and the fewer conflicts there are in the perceptions. Once there are too many conflicts in perception, the illusion will collapse. Therefore, it is best to have only one recipient in addition to the caster.

This time it was Uchiha Hikaru, I wonder who I'll have to find next time.

We need to choose carefully, because the consumption is really huge; even the Ten-Tails' current chakra reserves are not enough.

"Minato Namikaze truly deserves to be called the strongest genius in Hokage."

After reading the record, Tamura Hiroshi couldn't help but sigh, Minato Namikaze's talent was truly remarkable.

When I watched Naruto in my past life, I was so shocked when I saw Minato Namikaze display Sage Mode and Kurama Mode during the Fourth Shinobi World War.

Naruto Uzumaki's ability to reach that level largely relied on his own external advantages, while Minato Namikaze's was purely due to talent.

The current Minato Namikaze is even more powerful. Not only did he master Sage Mode and Nine-Tails Chakra Mode ahead of time, but he also fused Kekkei Genkai and Kekkei Tota, making him even more powerful than himself, who was overpowered.

"Perhaps the Nine-Tails can also help. At least with the Nine-Tails around, we won't die after the fusion attempt fails."

One possibility came to mind, and Tamura Hao roughly guessed how Minato Namikaze had managed to merge so quickly.

Fusion bloodlines can be simple in some ways, but difficult in others.

The simplicity lies in simply fusing two types of chakra that have undergone nature transformation to create a new chakra, which can be aided to some extent by using the Rasengan.

With the Nine-Tails' chakra and Sage Mode chakra combined and compressed, success shouldn't be difficult.

But that only represents successful in vitro fusion; the real challenge lies in the next step.

The goal is to integrate the well-fused chakra into the body, thereby driving the transformation of the chakra bloodline.

This is extremely dangerous; one wrong move and you could be either dead or maimed.

Life is only once, and very few people dare to try and succeed. Others either get stuck at that step and dare not try, or they perish.

However, Minato Namikaze was the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki, and could use the Nine-Tails' chakra to quickly recover his body, making him almost immortal.

Furthermore, once the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode is activated, the user's ability to withstand damage will be greatly enhanced, and the damage caused by the failure of bloodline chakra fusion will be much smaller.

With such a cheat code at your disposal, you can confidently and boldly attempt the fusion, and success will naturally be just a matter of time.

Tamura Hiroshi was right; Namikaze Minato had indeed succeeded in merging with the enemy with such reckless abandon, and had made an unexpected discovery.

"You wretched brat, it's no use saying anything. I won't give you that power."

Inside the sealed space, Kurama glared unhappily at Minato Namikaze's consciousness.

Last time, he was really tricked by this brat. He could withstand the backlash of the chakra fusion of the bloodline limit with his normal chakra mode, but the chakra fusion of the bloodline limit last time was deadly and he almost died. He had no choice but to cooperate and activate a stronger perfect chakra mode for him.

"I'm sorry, I was too reckless last time. Please forgive me, Nine-Tails."

Minato Namikaze sincerely apologized, acknowledging that the previous incident was indeed very dangerous. The chakra fusion of the bloodline limit was extremely risky, and the light chakra he forcibly fused using the Rasengan was not stable enough, causing even greater damage when integrated into his body.

My body almost collapsed that time, even with the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode activated, it wasn't enough; it was the Nine-Tails that saved the day.

It also made him realize that his Nine-Tails Chakra Mode was not perfect, or rather, that the Nine-Tails was hiding something.

The power in that mode is much greater; even Grandma Mito was unaware of that power.

During this time, he had been trying to persuade Kurama to give him that power, so that the chances of winning this war would be greater.

"Don't disturb my sleep. You evil and filthy humans don't deserve this power, including you, Minato Namikaze. You're no good to me either."

As he spoke, a surge of hatred welled up within him; he loathed humanity to the extreme.

For thousands of years, he was constantly harassed by human ninjas. By the time of Madara Uchiha, he was controlled like a dog to fight Hashirama Senju, then brutally beaten by Hashirama, and finally sealed and imprisoned in Mito Uzumaki's body.

Afterwards, his tail was cut off, he lost half of his chakra, and then he was dismembered and imprisoned in two separate seals.

This experience intensified his hatred for humanity and made him increasingly distrustful of the old man's words.

Perhaps the old man eventually became senile and started talking nonsense.

After saying that, he ignored Minato Namikaze and closed his eyes to go to sleep.

The Nine-Tails Chakra Mode was already the limit of what he could do, and it was all to reclaim the tail that had been taken from the Hidden Cloud Village.

If Minato Namikaze makes good use of this point, his strength is more than enough.

Even if I can't get it back, so be it. Given the current situation in the ninja world, I can't escape the fate of being sealed away. As long as humanity exists, I can never break free and gain true freedom.

Not only themselves, but all the others have been dismembered. This era is a mistake for the Tailed Beasts.

Sensing the deep hatred in Kurama's heart, Minato Namikaze remained silent for a long time before his consciousness finally withdrew from the sealed space.

This wasn't the first time he had gone in to communicate with the Nine-Tails, but unfortunately, he hadn't succeeded each time.

Because Kurama desires freedom, and if Kurama leaves his body, not only will he die, but he will also lose Kurama, let alone obtain the most perfect chakra mode.

This is a dead end, there is no way to solve it.

"Still unable to persuade them?"

Jiraiya, who was watching from the side, knew from his disciple's expression that he had failed again. Last time, he had witnessed that perfect chakra pattern, which was much stronger than before.

However, it is not easy to get the Nine-Tails to willingly relinquish that power.

"The Nine-Tails' hatred for us runs too deep!"

With a sigh, Minato Namikaze longed to obtain that power, which would greatly enhance his strength and be of great help in the upcoming decisive battle.

Unfortunately, the hatred in the Nine-Tails' heart was too deep to be persuaded.

"I am still too weak to end this war."

Clenching his fists, Minato Namikaze knew that his strength was still insufficient. Although he had developed Light Release, which greatly improved his strength, there was still a considerable gap compared to the Shinobi World War.

The four-village coalition on the other side is not weak; they are improving their strength, and the other side is not idle either.

Moreover, his own chakra deficiency is still fatal. He achieved the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode by fusing the Nine-Tails' chakra after activating the Yin Seal. If the chakra in the Yin Seal is exhausted, he will not be able to maintain the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.

Furthermore, the envisioned Sage Mode combined with Nine-Tails Chakra Mode failed to materialize; perhaps it could only be achieved under a perfect Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.

Unfortunately, the Nine-Tails harbored too much hatred and was unwilling to relinquish that power, which even worsened the relationship between them.

"Don't put too much pressure on yourself. This Ninja World War belongs to our generation, and it will also be ended by our generation. Your era is in the future."

Jiraiya comforted him, saying that he didn't know how to persuade the Nine-Tails, since the problem ultimately lay with the humans. They were the ones who sealed and used the Tailed Beasts as weapons of war, or even dismembered them. It was unrealistic to expect them not to hate them.

As for releasing the Nine-Tails to give it freedom, that's even more impossible.

Even if they release the Nine-Tails, it will be captured and sealed by other ninja villages, and then used against Konoha.

This has become a vicious cycle with no way to break it.

He was already quite satisfied with this disciple. The strength he could unleash now was very close to that of the First Hokage, no less than that of Mito-sama back then, but he just couldn't sustain it.

However, Minato is still young. Once he grows up and his body matures, he will have more chakra, and things should be easier then.

"But the scale and nature of this Ninja World War have already surpassed your generation, teacher. If we fail, the consequences will be unimaginable. Moreover, so much time has passed, and they must be trying to deal with our threat of mutual destruction."

Minato Namikaze was very troubled. His deterrent power of mutual destruction was not absolute, and the destructive power of the Tailed Beast Ball was not insurmountable.

Sealing techniques can effectively counter the Tailed Beast Ball, and coincidentally, the Uzumaki Sealing Technique was obtained by the Hidden Cloud Village. Given the Hidden Cloud Village's hostility towards Konoha and the nature of the Four Villages Alliance, there is a high probability that they would trade the corresponding sealing technique to the other three great ninja villages.

At that point, their deterrent power would be gone, and the four great ninja villages would inevitably stop their ruthless attacks and destroy Konoha.

How did the war turn out like this?

"This is our fault!"

Speaking of this, Jiraiya couldn't help but feel dejected. The fact that the war in the ninja world turned out this way was their problem, and even his teacher had to bear half the responsibility.

"I can't take that responsibility. It's the fault of my teacher's generation. I was just following orders in this Shinobi World War."

At that moment, a magnetic voice rang out, and Jiraiya turned his head to look at it with annoyance.

"What are you doing here?"

"Hokage-sama!"

Minato Namikaze bowed respectfully. Although he was wary of this man, he also respected him greatly. During this time, the man had helped the village's ninjas improve their strength so much, and had even used his own Sage Mode power.

Although those were all transactions, they were at least something that was put out there, something that he couldn't compare to Jiraiya-sensei in.

"The four-village allied forces should be almost ready; the decisive battle will take place in the next few days."

Orochimaru's gaze swept over Minato Namikaze for a moment before he revealed some information.

Although Haojun hadn't revealed any information beforehand, his very presence here was a signal.

It's highly likely that the four-village alliance was ready to start a decisive battle, which is why they risked sending a shadow clone to communicate and strategize with Shimura Danzo.

Moreover, according to the intelligence he obtained, the four-village coalition was indeed almost ready and their patience had reached its limit.

The decisive battle is about to begin!

"Is it finally coming?"

Taking a deep breath, Jiraiya turned to look south, towards Kikyoyama Castle, the location of the four-village coalition's encampment.

Minato Namikaze also looked in that direction; this battle was finally about to begin, and it also meant the end.

(End of this chapter)