Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

Chapter 292 No Heart for Home

"Where did you pick up this girl from?"

Tsunade stared suspiciously at the brat, and the other women were also curious about it.

Those two girls were really going too far; they were eating and drinking like ravenous ghosts.

"This is the Queen of Loulan, named Sarah. This is a product of an experiment, named Red Moon."

While serving food to Princess Kaguya, Tamura Hao gave a brief introduction.

That's right, he didn't send Princess Kaguya back to the Origin Sphere. It's easy to get restless when you're alone there, so it's good for her to come out for a walk.

However, this was limited to the Summoning World, and his appearance was also altered. Black Zetsu also created a clone that stayed in Kaguya's sleeve.

"The Queen? That's it?"

Tsunade and the other girls were a little confused, looking at the girl who was still stuffing things into her mouth, and they really couldn't associate her with the word "queen".

In today's world, those kingdoms that can call themselves kings are all extremely ancient kingdoms.

As for the white-haired, white-eyed woman, they didn't pay much attention. They had seen too many similar test subjects, so it wasn't surprising that one more suddenly appeared.

However, the fact that he values ​​it so much and brought it home means it must have enormous potential.

Sarah didn't care about the strange looks from the crowd; all she could see right now was the delicious food.

Loulan is located in the desert, so resources are scarce. As the queen, she could only get enough to eat and had never seen so much delicious food before. Not to mention that she had been starving for several days. Those black pills were only to keep her from starving to death.

"Okay, you've eaten enough. You'll burst if you eat any more."

Tamura Hao pried the girl's head off. A hungry person can't eat too much at once, especially since Sara was just an ordinary person, not a ninja.

"Why can't I? She eats more than me."

The girl was upset. You're treating her differently; that's discrimination!

"She's a ninja, you're not. She won't die from overeating, but you can. You don't want me to cut open your stomach and take out the chewed-up food, do you?"

Tamura Hao's answer was simple: Kaguya's body was far superior to Sara's; she was a true Otsutsuki, capable of eating herself into a ball without any problem.

"Don't worry, there will be just as much delicious food every day from now on."

On the other side, Karura comforted the girl with a smile while wiping her greasy pink lips with a napkin.

"Thank you for your hospitality!"

"snort!"

Sarah, having recovered, thanked him politely, but snorted softly when she saw a certain bad guy.

Tamura Hiroshi ignored her completely and continued to serve Kaguya-hime food until she finished all the dishes on the table. Only then did Kaguya-hime reluctantly stop, her once smooth belly now bulging like a ball, as if she were ten months pregnant.

"Hey, what exactly do you want?"

After everyone moved to the sofa in the living room and sat down, Xia Rixing finally expressed her dissatisfaction.

Upon receiving the letter, she immediately returned by boat and secretly checked on her boyfriend and his new girlfriend; they seemed very much in love.

Although she was heartbroken, she still silently offered her blessings.

But things weren't that simple; that bastard had his eye on things for a while.

"Your boyfriend's name is Firefly, right? Go and drive away Firefly's girlfriend, win back your boyfriend, and then trick him into returning to Hoshinin Village, so that I can continue to use this bond to threaten you."

Or I could send someone to arrest Firefly's girlfriend, use that woman to threaten Firefly, and then use Firefly to threaten you.

Tamura Hiroshi took a sip of tea and expressed his thoughts.

Hearing these inhuman words, the women couldn't help but roll their eyes, realizing that this guy was about to do something inhuman again.

Knowing his scoundrel nature, they all knew this was no joke; if he could say it, he must really mean it.

"Why don't you just die?!"

Xia Rixing's chest heaved violently with anger; she really wanted to pounce on him and kill that bastard.

"I've given you the choice; how you choose is up to you."

Tamura Hao replied calmly, then blew on the tea that Princess Kaguya handed him to cool it down.

"I'll kill you sooner or later!"

glaring angrily at someone, Xia Rixing got up and left, preparing to persuade Yinghuo to leave Yunyin Village as soon as possible, and absolutely not fall into that bastard's hands.

"Is everything arranged?"

After the girl left, Tamura Hiroshi's expression changed, and he turned to look at his little vanilla.

"It's all set up. The secret agents over there have already set up the cameras."

As Vanilla Whirlpool spoke, she walked over to the bulky television and started operating it, and soon a picture appeared.

That's a food and entertainment complex. The camera is focused on a small restaurant, where the young couple, Firefly and her husband, have infiltrated Kumogakure from Hoshigakure.

"The image quality isn't very good and needs improvement."

Looking at the black and white television, Tamura Hiroshi couldn't help but reminisce about the computer from his previous life.

As for television, he stopped using it a long time ago. One reason was that the TV dramas were getting more and more melodramatic, and the other was that there were more and more paid features, so he eventually stopped watching them and turned to computers instead.

The women remained silent, intently watching the television screen. After a long while, Xia Rixing finally appeared on the screen.

Xia Rixing hesitated for a moment, but eventually went into the small restaurant. Not long after, she came out again, followed closely by a young man, Yinghuo.

Then the camera rotated and shook a bit, clearly indicating that someone was carrying the camera and running.

Even so, everyone watched with great interest, their inner gossip burning brightly, eager to know what Xia Rixing would do next.

Even Kakashi Hatake and the others, who had come to visit after learning of someone's return, quietly gathered around to watch.

In the scene, Xia Rixing led Yinghuo to a secluded training ground, then turned around and said something. Soon after, they started fighting. After a few rounds, Xia Rixing subdued Yinghuo, breaking both of her arms. Then, he used a kunai to stab Yinghuo wildly in the chest and abdomen, causing blood to spurt out.

Why is there no sound?

Tamura Hiroshi was dissatisfied; it turned out to be a silent drama after all.

"How could any sound possibly travel from that far away?"

Yecang rolled her eyes; it was already quite good that the image could be transmitted back at all.

"Is that person a spy from Hoshigakure?"

Kakashi Hatake understood things a little by then. He knew a bit about the background of that Xia Rixing sister. Logically speaking, she didn't have many acquaintances in Kumogakure, especially not men. In addition, considering the images on the TV and the expressions of Hao-gege and the others, it was easy to guess her identity.

"That was Xia Ri's boyfriend. Because of Xia Ri's long disappearance, he probably thought he was dead, so he fell in love with someone else and found a new girlfriend. He then came to our Hidden Cloud Village to investigate the meteorite incident."

I sent Xia Ri to trick her boyfriend back so that I could continue to threaten her with Xingren Village and their relationship.

Look how well Xia Ri did. Despite her deep reluctance to part with her boyfriend, she still put on that heartless act. Her expression while stabbing was spot on, and the location of the stab was also spot on, avoiding many blood vessels and vital organs. Especially that last stab, although it looked like it pierced her heart, judging from the location, it should be the myocardial interstitium, not the ventricle, so there was not much bleeding.

Women are truly born actresses. Kakashi, you can't find a girlfriend like her in the future; she's too good at deceiving people.

Just like Master Lu said, women with a bit of good looks are all good at deceiving people...

Tamura Hao was explaining the situation to Hatake Kakashi, but as he was talking, he noticed that Hatake Kakashi had run off into the distance.

"I'm talking to you, why are you running so far away?"

Looking at the boy running away, Tamura Hiroshi was puzzled.

Then a pair of delicate hands pressed down on her head and pulled it back onto the sofa back, followed by a beautiful face with a hint of ferocity.

"Go to hell!"

Accompanied by angry curses filled with resentment, a headbutt slammed into his forehead, leaving a mark of the Cloud Village headband.

Although Tamura Hiroshi's current physical condition meant he didn't feel much pain, he was still quite dazed.

After realizing what was happening, he grabbed Xia Rixing from behind and pulled her in front of him, bound her hands and feet with chakra threads, tore off her headband, and slammed it twice on her fair forehead, causing two large bumps to quickly swell up, making her head look angular and symmetrical.

He casually pushed the girl, who was in so much pain she was about to cry, aside and stared at the image on the black and white television with great dissatisfaction.

"No sound is bad enough, but why is the video still delayed?"

This is clearly due to a video delay, which caused this misunderstanding.

"Are you satisfied now?"

Xia Rixing glared resentfully. This bastard was such a scoundrel, making someone do that kind of thing and then talking badly about them behind their back.

How could there be such a wicked bastard in the world, and that I would have to run into him?

I must have been a world-destroying villain in my past life, otherwise why would I be bullied by this bastard in this life?

Tamura Hao ignored the girl's resentment and anger, and after thinking for a while, looked at Kakashi.

"Kakashi, I have a task for you. Write a letter in Natsumi's handwriting and secretly give it to that Hotaru. The gist of it should be that Natsumi was coerced into joining Kumogakure to protect her lover and the village. The goal is for Hotaru to maintain her feelings for Natsumi..."

Hearing this, the women rolled their eyes again, while Kakashi Hatake pretended not to hear anything.

He didn't want to be beaten up by Sister Xia later under some pretext, and besides, that kind of thing was too immoral and went against his principles.

"Go to hell!"

Xia Rixing was so angry that she immediately pounced on him, ready to fight to the death and kill the bastard to prevent him from harming people again.

Unfortunately, Tamura Hao was prepared this time and used his superb speed to deliver a headbutt to the center of that fair forehead, plunging her into a deep sleep.

"Can't you do something right for once?"

Tsunade caught Natsumi, who was about to fall to the ground, and rolled her eyes at the brat, thinking, "What a jerk!"

"She's not one of us."

Tamura Hao was quite self-righteous. Personnel matters were done for his own people, so he naturally treated those who weren't his own people with the ruthlessness one could muster.

Moreover, he has given her far too much time—six years in total—and yet this girl still hasn't submitted and become a true hermit of the clouds.

This was also a test, and it's a pity that the girl didn't pass.

Since that's the case, then don't blame me, Tian, ​​for being ruthless.

"I'll talk to Xia Ri later."

Galura said helplessly that she knew why Hao was targeting Xia Ri; the key issue lay with Xia Rixing herself.

Since I've stayed in Kumogakure, I must be a true Kumogakure resident and not harbor any ulterior motives.

Hao will give them time to adapt and forget, but that time is limited; the summer has indeed taken too long.

Everyone else did a good job in this regard. Even Tsunade completely severed her ties with Konoha, so although Hao and Tsunade often bickered and argued in recent years, he no longer targeted her specifically.

It's good to take this opportunity to sever ties with that ex-boyfriend this summer. As long as you change your mindset, everything else will be alright.

"Has he always been this inhumane?"

Sara whispered to Uchiha Hikaru beside her, "Has that guy always been this mean?"

You'll get used to it.

Uchiha Hikaru looked at the girl beside him with pity. This girl would definitely suffer a lot if she wanted to adapt. They had all gone through this back then.

"When are you planning to meet that girl from Amegakure?"

Yecang suddenly brought up Konan's story. When Konan first came to Kumogakure, she took the initiative to greet and take care of her, and even brought her to the Spirit World to settle down.

I had given guidance to Xiao Nan and the other two before, so I was quite familiar with them. I just never expected that when we met again, one of them would be dead and the fate of the other would be unknown.

That girl is so pitiful.

"I'll go take a look."

Tamura Hiroshi also felt it was time to go and take a look. He had rushed back to check on the dragon vein, so he went straight to the Myoboku-san Temple.

Now that I have some free time, it's time to go and take a look.

"I'll go with you!"

Yekura stood up as well, and Tamura Hao extended his arm for Yekura to take, since she was pregnant and needed to be careful.

Princess Kaguya, heavily pregnant, followed along, but instead of walking, she floated, curiously observing everything around her.

This is much more fun than the starting space.

The three of them went out and soon arrived at the residence arranged for Xiao Nan. Xiao Nan was practicing outside the residence, wielding the huge scythe of death. Tamura Hao could sense the murderous aura and hatred from a distance.

"Konan!"

Tamura Hao shouted, causing the girl to stiffen, and she almost flung the huge scythe in her hand away.

She steadied herself and turned around. When she saw that familiar figure, her eyes immediately welled up with tears. She then dropped her sickle and ran over to embrace him.

"Brother Hao, Yahiko is dead, our teacher is dead, Nagato is gone, and Amegakure is gone too."

Tears that had been suppressed for many days finally streamed down Xiao Nan's face. She was filled with sorrow. Today, she was finally able to see Brother Hao again, who was now her only close friend.

"I've heard about what happened to you. I'm sorry, I was on a mission in the Land of Wind at the time."

Gently stroking the girl's blue hair, Tamura Hao sighed at the impermanence of life.

Although my participation brought about many changes, some things are still difficult to change.

Hanzo-senpai died, and Yahiko died too, and even committed suicide. The power of fate is truly unreasonable; it can forcefully correct many things.

He couldn't stop Yahiko's death back then, mainly because he couldn't show himself at the time, otherwise it would have been troublesome if the Sage of Six Paths and his brother had their eyes on him.

Moreover, Yahiko had already died when he arrived, especially after Nagato's final Chibaku Tensei attack, which crushed everything, making it difficult to even find a bone fragment.

Furthermore, there were quite a few Root ninjas who died there. Their bodies were smashed together and mixed up, making them indistinguishable. In the end, Nagato Uzumaki gave up on collecting the bodies.

Fortunately, Konan came to Kumogakure, which is much safer than staying with Nagato Uzumaki.

There were just too many people eyeing Nagato, and they were all too strong. Even he didn't dare to show his face. He had already taken a huge risk by introducing Nagato and the other two to Hanzo.

"Brother Hao, can you save Nagato? He's definitely not dead."

Konan pleaded hopefully with tears in her eyes, saying that the Hidden Cloud Village had sent people to investigate, but they had not found Nagato's body. She believed that Nagato must still be alive.

Furthermore, the salamander can prove this point. Not long after it was sent to Kumogakure, it was summoned away. The salamander only signed contracts with the teacher and Nagato. Currently, only Nagato can summon the salamander.

"I assure you, I will do everything in my power to save Nagato's life."

Tamura Hao gave his assurance, saying that this was not difficult to do. He would rescue Nagato after those people had finished using him, at least saving his soul. He might even be able to obtain another piece of Rinnegan power at that time.

After all, Nagato Uzumaki was resurrected during the Fourth Shinobi World War and possessed the Rinnegan, and was able to use those eye techniques, proving that he had a portion of eye power in his soul, just like Madara Uchiha.

"Thank you, Brother Hao!"

Seeing that Tamura Hao agreed, the girl felt much more at ease.

"Tell me about Nagato's eyes. How could he have awakened the Rinnegan? I didn't see him with the Rinnegan when I was teaching you."

Tamura Hao walked to a stone bench not far away and helped Yekura sit down. He had talked to Yekura before, and Konan had mentioned Nagato Uzumaki's Rinnegan. He could take this opportunity to ask about it.

"We don't know either. Nagato suddenly awakened the Rinnegan. It was only after the teacher researched a lot of information that we were able to confirm that those eyes might be the Rinnegan."

After that, the teacher kept it a secret and even made Nagato wear glasses to cover it up.

Those eyes possess a great deal of power…

Xiao Nan followed and sat down, then told him everything she knew.

After learning that Shimura Danzo and his group were after Nagato's eyes, she understood that the information about those eyes had been leaked, and there was no need to hide it anymore. Revealing it now would allow Kumogakure to intervene and restrain Shimura Danzo and his group, making Nagato safer.

If Nagato is captured by Shimura Danzo, the Hidden Cloud Village can be asked to come to his rescue.

The teacher said that Kumogakure is the second strongest ninja village after Konoha, and the only one that can directly confront Konoha. Even on his deathbed, he asked me to come to Kumogakure for protection.

"Is there something wrong with Nagato's eyes?"

After recounting everything he knew, Xiao Nan couldn't help but feel nervous looking at Hao-gege's expression.

"According to our research and collation of ancient books, the Uzumaki clan is indeed a descendant of the Sage of Six Paths, and the Rinnegan is indeed the eyes of the Sage of Six Paths, but the bloodline of the Uzumaki clan alone cannot awaken the Rinnegan."

Based on our speculation, if anyone in the current ninja world could awaken the Rinnegan, it would definitely be the legendary Uchiha Madara.

Because the Senju and Uchiha clans are descendants of the Sage of Six Paths, they each inherited a portion of his power. In other words, the Rinnegan is the highest form of the Sharingan. Nagato didn't even have the Sharingan, so how could he have awakened the Rinnegan?

Furthermore, the power of the Rinnegan is many times greater than that of the Sharingan and Byakugan, and given Nagato's strength, it was impossible for him to awaken the Rinnegan.

If his eyes really are the Rinnegan, then this is troublesome.

Tamura Hiroshi looked very serious, and even Yekura next to him believed it and his expression also became serious.

"Uchiha Madara? Wasn't he dead? Nagato's eyes belonged to Uchiha Madara?"

Xiao Nan was surprised and even more worried.

She had heard her teacher mention Madara Uchiha's name, and Madara was also a master of using a scythe. Her teacher had always regretted not being able to compete with Madara in swordsmanship.

According to the teacher, Madara Uchiha should have been killed by the First Hokage, so how could he still be alive?

If those Rinnegan were truly Madara Uchiha's, then why would Madara Uchiha transplant them into Nagato?

(End of this chapter)