Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

Chapter 284 Immortal Body Achievement

The end of the Fourth Shinobi World War brought peace back to the shinobi world, or rather, a deathly silence. Each shinobi village was licking its wounds, and even Kirigakure had to temporarily suspend its conquest of the countries in the South China Sea.

Fortunately, thanks to the existence of the Four Villages Alliance, the four major ninja villages have been able to communicate and help each other more deeply.

The Hidden Cloud Village even introduced the Iwagakure Village's engineering ninja army to their own daimyo's residence, allowing the Iwagakure Village's ninja army to assist in the construction of the railway project.

In this respect, Iwagakure was more professional, and Iwagakure received a large sum of commission, which greatly accelerated the village's recovery.

There are many similar collaborations, which have enabled the four major ninja villages to quickly overcome their most difficult periods.

Of course, the Hidden Cloud Village was an exception. The Hidden Cloud Village did not suffer much loss, but there were still many places where manpower was needed. Not a single ninja was idle, especially as they were busy moving around in the occupied territories.

In comparison, Konoha, which is completely isolated, is in a much more difficult situation. Moreover, the Land of Fire suffered heavy damage from the previous siege, with a large number of refugees within the country. Even many cities and villages in the outer regions were destroyed, houses were burned, farmland was damaged, and some waterways were deliberately dug up. It will be extremely difficult for them to recover.

This battle brought immense pain to the Land of Fire. In particular, the reasons for the battle spread, causing the entire population of the Land of Fire to reject and hate Konoha. Some powerful and influential families preferred to entrust their missions to the Four Villages Alliance rather than to Konoha.

Even the daimyo are wary of Konoha, fearing that Konoha might assassinate them again and seize their position.

Konoha has crossed their bottom line, making it difficult for them to trust Konoha anymore. This has only made matters worse for Konoha, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others in a state of utter chaos.

However difficult life may be, they have to keep going, and at the same time, they must prepare for the next Shinobi World War.

Everyone knows that the end of this Shinobi World War is not the end, but only the beginning. The next Shinobi World War will inevitably be more brutal, and may even lead to the true destruction of Konoha.

Tamura Hao ignored the affairs of the ninja world and didn't even concern himself with the development of Kumogakure, staying in the Summoning World to train.

This place has abundant natural energy, which is very suitable for perfecting the body of an immortal.

This step was much more difficult than he had anticipated. He had only completed a basic step initially and still needed to make constant adjustments.

The main problem is that his immortal body is somewhat innovative, with no precedent to refer to. It gets more and more difficult as you go on, and you have to keep exploring and moving forward, eliminating one wrong path after another, until you finally find the right one.

Of course, besides training, she didn't neglect her life either. At the age of eighteen, she married Hikari, Karura, Kushina, Vanilla, Mikoto, Yoru, and Izumi in the shamanic world, and even gave Danzo a wedding photo with Izumi.

There weren't many people who came; they were all acquaintances. His marital status was not something that could be known to outsiders, especially to Lord Danzo.

Two years passed after their marriage, and when Tamura Hao was twenty years old, he finally perfected his immortal body to the level he envisioned, allowing him to perfectly absorb and refine natural energy.

"Cultivation truly transcends time!"

Opening his eyes, Tamura Hao looked at the six calendars hanging on the side wall. Each calendar represented a whole year, and he had been cultivating here for nearly five years.

He stood up, took off his clothes, and went to a hot spring pool next door to relax his body, while thinking about the path of cultivation ahead.

In the past five years, he has mainly focused on perfecting his immortal body and permanently opening the eight gates, thus developing his physical potential to its fullest extent.

In addition, the nature changes of the three major attributes of lightning, wind and fire are all incorporated into the Light Release, making the Light Release more comprehensive. It can not only increase speed, but also condense into a light sword like Minato Namikaze, or even be used for ranged attacks.

He has cultivated the various properties of the two major attributes of water and earth to their limit, and has even cultivated the two attributes of yin and yang. He is only missing the fusion and upgrade of the light escape technique.

However, he wasn't entirely confident.

The risks increase as the bloodline upgrade progresses. The previous fusion transformation of Light Escape almost caused the body to collapse, and the upcoming fusion of the four attributes' bloodlines will inevitably be even more dangerous.

This is also the main reason why he spent five years continuously perfecting his immortal body.

The four-attribute bloodline limit has never appeared in the ninja world. The highest level is the three-attribute bloodline limit, the Etoken, and then it jumps directly to the seven-attribute bloodline limit, the Netra. There are three gaps in between.

According to Black Zetsu, there have been some bloodline limits in history, but there has never been a higher-level four-attribute bloodline limit.

Either the fusion was too difficult, or the risks were too great; those who attempted to fuse all failed and died.

You must be fully prepared and cannot afford to make any mistakes.

Just as she was pondering this, a mermaid swam over, grabbed the Iron Needle, and began grinding her teeth.

"hiss!"

Tamura Hiroshi, who was deep in thought, couldn't help but gasp, then looked helplessly at the mermaid in the water.

"You can't keep launching sneak attacks like this, and Quan-jie has already complained to me many times. She has a lot of complaints."

From those sharp teeth, he knew that Dark Spring was in control of the body, not Shimura Izumi's consciousness.

Perhaps the initial cleansing was not thorough, and some bestial instincts still remain in Dark Spring's consciousness and personality, with a very strong desire to fish.

She became pregnant with her own child after the light, and she gets pregnant once a year. Perhaps due to the influence of the fusion of the three tails, she has an exceptionally good pregnancy, always having at least twins, and the highest number was quintuplets, which can be described as highly prolific.

This is already my sixth pregnancy; we only confirmed it last month.

"If you let me suck a mouthful of your blood every day, I won't resort to sneak attacks."

Dark Spring raised her head and rolled her eyes, then lowered her head to continue using the Dark Release technique originating from Kirigakure.

If you won't give it to me, I'll take matters into my own hands and be self-sufficient.

"Then you should continue your sneak attacks!"

Tamura Hao had no choice but to give in. This young lady was just that domineering. At first, she would only sneak around after he fell asleep, starting back when they were on the Fire Country peninsula.

That's why I felt a little weak every time I woke up back then, and even after being discovered, I still enjoyed it immensely.

Of course, this is not some special hobby, but rather for that pure life force, which is really pure and greatly beneficial to cultivation, especially in helping to perfect the immortal body.

That is why, although Shimura Izumi is not the strongest among the women, her Sage Body is the most perfected.

After fighting for three hours, Tamura Hao finally entered a sage mode. His consciousness seemed to have traversed the vast universe and crossed the river of time. He thought about many things, yet it was as if he thought about nothing at all.

"Let's talk this out, don't use knives!"

Suddenly sensing a sharp edge and murderous intent, Tamura Hao quickly and skillfully grabbed the blade and pulled the delicate body into his arms, holding her tightly.

"I warned you."

Having taken control of his body, Shimura Izumi's expression was icy, and a chilling killing intent surged within him.

"What's the use of warning me? It was Ah Quan who insisted on doing it that way."

Tamura Hiroshi said he was innocent, "You're my wife, and so is Izumi."

"It's all your fault!"

Shimura Izumi's attitude was firm: it was all this despicable and shameless bastard's fault.

"Okay, okay, it's my fault, it's my fault."

Tamura Hiroshi could only helplessly admit his mistake; there's no reasoning with women, especially pregnant women.

"snort!"

With a cold snort, Shimura Izumi stopped pursuing the matter and stored the naginata in his sealed space to continue nurturing it.

This kind of thing has happened countless times before, so there's no point in arguing about it. I was just angry just now, and I didn't want those two to push their luck.

"Is another war about to break out?"

While skillfully lying on someone's body, Izumi Shimura began to recount a story.

Although she focused all her energy on cultivation in order not to fall too far behind this bastard, she still knew a little about what was happening in the outside world.

The atmosphere has been off lately, and she suspects that war may be about to break out again.

"More or less, some people are about to lose their temper."

Tamura Hao also knew some information, some of which was sent by Lord Tsuchidae, and some of which was sent by Black Zetsu through the White Zetsu intelligence network. All things considered, the war was indeed about to begin, and it was just missing a fuse.

"What about Konoha?"

Shimura Izumi immediately thought of Konoha. She knew a little about Kumogakure's strategic plans and was not prepared, so it was impossible for them to start a war ahead of schedule.

The other three major ninja villages are still recovering and developing, so it's also impossible for them to start a war prematurely. That leaves only Konoha.

The situation there is the most complicated and the most likely to cause problems.

"shameless!"

While I was pondering this, I suddenly noticed something was wrong. I looked down and saw that bastard was shamelessly stealing food.

She tried to push it away, but it felt as if an electric current was sweeping through her body, leaving her powerless.

"I used up a lot of energy just now, I need to replenish!"

After looting both granaries clean in turn, Tamura Hao finally let out a satisfied burp.

This was purely revenge; Dark Spring had plundered him completely, and he had to settle that score.

Tamura Hiroshi rarely held grudges; if he did, he would settle the score on the spot.

"Shameless!"

Shimura Izumi, her body limp, glared angrily, a blush creeping onto her fair face, whether from embarrassment or from soaking in the hot spring, it was hard to tell.

Tamura Hiroshi didn't care at all; it wasn't the first time anyway, so it was just a form of mutual harm.

"Owner."

At this moment, a slender figure walked slowly over and stepped into the hot spring, carrying a tray with three bowls of soup on it.

The newcomer was none other than Vanilla, with a resentful look in her eyes, clearly having witnessed everything that had just happened.

"She's about to give birth, isn't she?"

Tamura Hao held her in his arms, gently stroking her high, protruding belly, calculating that the due date was fast approaching.

"The due date is in a week."

The wooden tray floated on the water, and Vanilla picked up a bowl of soup and fed it to someone.

Although Tamura was a little full, he still forced himself to continue drinking.

Shimura Izumi, who was also a little hungry, picked up a bowl of soup and sipped it slowly. She needed to replenish her energy as soon as possible because she had to feed the little ones later.

After feeding Xiangcao that bowl of soup, she picked up the last bowl and sipped it slowly.

"Has anything interesting happened in the village lately?"

After Xiangcao finished drinking the soup, Tamura Hao asked about the recent events.

He has perfected his immortal body to the expected level, and now he needs to relax a bit, take a stroll around the village to clear his mind, and see how the village is developing.

"Summer's boyfriend has infiltrated the village and seems to be investigating the theft of the meteorite years ago, and possibly Summer's past as well."

Vanilla placed the bowl, spoon, and wooden plate on the edge of the hot spring pool, then rested her head on her master's shoulder and began to speak.

"What a coincidence?"

Tamura Hiroshi was taken aback. He had just been preparing to leave the seclusion when this strange thing happened.

"He came here six months ago, disguised himself as a merchant, and even opened a shop in the food and entertainment center."

The secret service had discovered them long ago, but because the other party didn't take any excessive actions, they didn't make any arrests.

The timing of Xiangcao's statement was no coincidence; the person had arrived long ago and had been secretly investigating in the village.

Fortunately, the other party was very cautious, or rather, very timid, and only listened to the ninjas' conversations in the food and entertainment center in order to search for useful information.

Of course, this was also because they had given special instructions; otherwise, they would have arrested or driven them away long ago, and if they had overheard any secrets, they might have killed them.

"Didn't you let summer come into contact with it and drive it away?"

Tamura Hiroshi was puzzled. Why keep him around after half a year? He was a spy.

"Summer went to Turtle Island a year ago to train using the Real Waterfall. Since those two were quite well-behaved, we didn't bother them."

"Has she finished her training? If she has, come back quickly and persuade her boyfriend to leave her. Don't let her stay here and overhear something she shouldn't and get eliminated by the Dark Guard."

Tamura Hao didn't want anyone to die, after all, that was Xia Ri's bond. Only if the other party was alive could he better threaten Xia Ri and let that girl live a peaceful life as a Cloud Hermit.

People with weaknesses and constraints are easier to control. Just like in the past, employers preferred to hire people with wives and children, because those kinds of people were less likely to cause trouble or even quit.

If it were a young person fresh out of college, try betting on them and they'd be fired on the spot. A more ruthless one might even call the fire department to report inadequate fire safety measures, leading to a business shutdown for rectification.

Therefore, it is very important to find the other party's weakness or vulnerability.

As if he had guessed the despicable and evil thoughts in someone's heart, Shimura Izumi said disdainfully.

"Your idea is going to fail. He already has a new girlfriend, and you can't use that to manipulate Xia Ri anymore."

"It's only been a few years, and you've already found someone new?"

Tamura Hao was taken aback, then pondered, "Xia Ri has such deep feelings for her boyfriend, she should be able to tolerate polygamy, right? Or I could arrest his new lover and let him stay single."

Hearing those inhuman words, Shimura Izumi rolled his eyes, knowing that this bastard's heart was the dirtiest.

"Should we call Xia Ri back? Her training over there should be finished by now."

Vanilla inquired, "The summer passed by in order to cultivate and transform into sword intent. So much time has passed, you should have already defeated the dark side."

"Call them back. The sight of the two... no, the three of them meeting would be quite interesting."

Tamura Hiroshi was very interested in this; after so much hard work, a dramatic twist would be nice.

"I'll write to them in a bit."

Whirlpool Vanilla agreed. Although she thought her master had a rather perverse sense of humor, she didn't want the two to be killed by the Dark Guard for violating the village's rules. Summer would definitely be very sad if that happened.

"Is your cultivation coming to an end?"

Shimura Izumi seemed to be deep in thought, noticing the scoundrel's unusual behavior today; he was clearly not going to continue cultivating.

"My immortal body has been fine-tuned to the limit I can achieve, so there's not much point in continuing to cultivate."

Tamura Hao indeed did not intend to continue his secluded cultivation. His plan for the Immortal Body had three steps. The first step was to perfectly integrate and refine natural energy. As long as there was natural energy, his own energy would not be depleted.

The second step is to refine the two natural forces of thunder and fire, thereby further transforming the immortal body into a thunder and fire immortal body, endowing the immortal body with the two attributes of thunder and fire, and if possible, even elementalization.

The third step is to merge with sunlight and cultivate a solar immortal body, which allows one to directly absorb stellar energy for cultivation and combat, just like Superman.

The first stage has been completed, but the second stage will have to wait a while. This will allow you to take a break, as a balance between work and rest is the key.

Besides that, he had another thing to do, and perfecting his immortal body was also a preparation for that.

After relaxing in the hot spring with his two wives for a while, Tamura Hao got dressed and returned to the villa in the spirit world.

As soon as I got home, I saw my brother-in-law busily taking care of the little ones. Especially since he was wearing an apron, he looked even more like a young girl, and his looks were no less than Garuda's.

No wonder he's a cross-dressing master in the Naruto world, on par with Haku.

"Brother-in-law, help me!"

Yashamaru, who was about to be buried by those little guys, saw his brother-in-law and quickly asked for help.

These little guys have so much energy! One or two is fine, but with so many of them coming up, it's really hard to keep up.

"It was you who promised your sister you'd be a kindergarten teacher in the future."

Tamura Hao was amused, but he didn't just stand by and watch the baby die. He raised his hand, formed a hand seal, and created more than a dozen shadow clones, each of whom picked up a little one.

Over the years, he has had quite a few children. Shimura Izumi alone gave birth to seventeen little ones for him, one child per year, twins, triplets, quadruplets, and even quintuplets.

Kushina and the others each had two or three, and he enjoyed this joyful family atmosphere.

Anyway, I've already achieved financial freedom in this world, so I can afford to raise as many children as I want.

Shimura Izumi, who came along, picked up two babies and went to the side to breastfeed them. There are now seven babies in the family who are still breastfeeding. Three are from her previous pregnancy, Kushina, Hikaru, and Karura make up the other four, with Karura being a twin.

They were too lazy to categorize these children; they were all fed together. Whoever was bloated would be fed.

"But brother-in-law, your kids have just too much energy."

Yashamaru had a long face. He had finally gotten a day off, but he still had to serve these little devils. It was too much of a headache.

Of course, his sister chose the future profession of kindergarten teacher for him. He knew that his sister did not want him to do a combat-type job, and was worried that he would be in danger.

He didn't care about it, and he really liked children.

Of course, this only applies to children who are three years old and have started to understand things. Children under three are too much trouble, especially the little devils in my brother-in-law's family, who are all full of energy and seem to never need to sleep.

They are truly hated by everyone and even dogs.

"Kakashi, haven't Sakumo-senpai and the others returned yet?"

Suddenly, he heard the door open. Tamura Hiroshi turned around and saw a white-haired boy with his face covered. It was none other than Hatake Kakashi.

She was holding a baby in her arms, with a little toddler following behind her.

A few months ago, Sakumo Hatake took his wife on a trip, leaving Kakashi Hatake, the little third wheel, to stay at his place.

Of course, the main reason was to get Kakashi to come and freeload a meal. After all, Karura's cooking skills are the best in Kumogakure, and even Kakashi, who always maintains a cool and aloof demeanor, can't help but come and freeload.

As for the little boy and the baby in his arms, they are Kakashi Hatake's younger brothers, Kakashi and Kakanan.

"Not yet, but I wrote back a few days ago saying that I'm going to have a younger brother or sister."

Kakashi Hatake spoke expressionlessly, but a hint of helplessness could be clearly heard in his words.

The unfortunate thing is that his parents only cared about giving birth, not raising their children; he was the one who took care of his two younger siblings.

"Senior Sakumo and the others are getting better and better at mindset."

Tamura Hiroshi was delighted; this was truly responding to the village's call for more children.

Of course, it's mainly because life is peaceful now, so people naturally have more time and energy to think about things, unlike during wartime when it was difficult to even go home.

Since the end of the war, the population of their Hidden Cloud Village has exploded, with the number of newborns increasing every year and the kindergarten expanding again and again.

(End of this chapter)