Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

Chapter 295 Artificial Spirits

"Now that the plan is complete, then you are of no use to me, father-in-law. I'd rather send you on your way. This matter is of great importance, and the fewer people who know about it, the better."

"Besides, the urn has been prepared for so long; it's a waste to just leave it there."

Tamura Hao suddenly said that he could immediately provide his father-in-law with the service of ascending to heaven.

"roll!"

Uchiha Retsuyo, who was drinking tea to relieve his fatigue, glared at him. This kid really wanted him to die every day.

Looking at the two of them, Ye Yueai and the other two couldn't help but twitch their faces. The relationship between this father-in-law and son-in-law was truly bizarre.

However, since it was Tamura Hiroshi who had planned this first, it's normal for him to have some lingering resentment and want to smooth things over.

Furthermore, that kid seems to dislike having another father, so he always wanted to see his father-in-law off in his final days, which is understandable.

"Can I go see the children I'm nurturing?"

Putting down his teacup, Uchiha Retsuyo suggested going to see the legion members that Tsuchida had mentioned earlier.

That one was mainly cultivated using the bloodline of their clan's ninjas, and secondarily by the Hyuga clan, so they could also be considered members of their own clan.

"Of course, they can. But they will need Mr. Lieyang to guide and teach them in the future, especially when they grow up, get married, and have children. Mr. Lieyang will need to keep an eye on them."

The Third Raikage nodded. Since he had chosen to recruit Uchiha Retsuyo, he would naturally have to do his best to contribute.

Tamura Hao then opened a portal, and the group entered one after another, arriving at a certain area of ​​the Spirit Realm.

It was a kindergarten, a very, very big kindergarten, with lots of play equipment inside, and many little ones were playing there energetically.

"So many!"

Seeing the massive crowd of little kids, even though Uchiha Retsuyo was mentally prepared, he was still taken aback.

That's way too many, probably around 100,000.

"This is Kindergarten No. 3. There are nine other kindergartens like this, each with about 100,000 children."

Tu Tai looked around at the surroundings and began to explain.

"That would be a million people."

Uchiha Retsuyo was even more shocked; this was utterly outrageous.

The Uchiha clan has a history of over a thousand years, but even at its peak, its total population never exceeded ten thousand. Now you've brought in a million people.

"Father-in-law, times have changed; your thinking is outdated!"

Tamura Hao smiled smugly. He was the one who first proposed this concept of cultivation, but it was perfected after Tsunade arrived. He even used the body of that White Zetsu as a foundation and combined it with the Spore Technique to create the egg cell production technology. He also recorded the genes of many deceased female ninjas as reserves, as well as the genes of male ninjas.

Adding the omnipotent water of life and chakra, they created an artificial reproduction method similar to that of the Kryptonians.

This isn't actually that difficult. Shin Uchiha learned cloning technology from Orochimaru in the future, and even secretly cloned a large number of his own clones, proving that it wasn't very difficult.

If Orochimaru could research it so early, then Tsunade, who specializes in medicine, would certainly be able to do it as well.

Moreover, this is not cloning technology, but a normal gene pairing and reproduction.

As for the source of the genes, during the last Shinobi World War, they captured a lot of Uchiha and Hyuga ninjas, some alive and some dead. Even the dead were kept active so that they could continue to produce genes.

In addition, there are the genes of Kaguya Senju and the Otsutsuki clan. This gene has the highest potential and is perfectly compatible with kekkei genjutsu (bloodline limits) of the ninjutsu type.

Shocked, Uchiha Retsuyo ignored the brat; the sheer number of them truly terrified him.

"This number isn't the limit, is it?"

It took him a long time to come to his senses. He turned to look at the group and guessed that this was just the beginning, and there would be more to come.

"We will cultivate as many as we can. In the future, we need to accelerate the growth of the World Immortal Tree, which requires a lot of chakra. Your kind of immortal bloodline has the most chakra and is the most compatible with the growth of the World Immortal Tree."

Meanwhile, Mikoto and Chiri were responsible for building the virtual world, which required a lot of eye power to assist in its expansion.

The Third Raikage answered the question, explaining that after confirming the success of the technology, they decided to cultivate it on a large scale, and most of the life-giving water produced by the World Tree in recent years has been invested here.

Of course, the main reason for choosing immortal bloodline for cultivation is that it has good talent and requires the least amount of resources for normal growth, making it the most cost-effective option.

"At first, I had some hesitation. Although the technology is successful and perfect, and the children conceived are no different from children born through normal pregnancy, they do not have parents, so it is difficult for them to have a complete childhood."

Since this aspect cannot be changed, we have focused on marriage. As long as these children can have a happy marriage in the future, nourished by love and family affection, their lives and personalities will stabilize and they won't cause any major trouble.

Looking at the children playing happily and the many kindergarten teachers busy inside, Tamura Hiroshi sincerely hoped that these children would have a bright future.

"Are they all to be trained as a firearms legion?"

I frowned and asked, "This kind of psychological counseling work is not easy to do."

"No, they can choose their own path in the future. They can choose whatever industry they want to work in. We will cultivate a sufficient number of them. If the base is large enough, the size of the legion will not be a problem."

Shaking his head slightly, Tamura Hao did not want to train these children directly as soldiers; that would be too cruel.

It's not about being soft-hearted; it's about preserving this bottom line and humanity, otherwise, if these children have problems in the future, it will be a huge problem.

Moreover, the reason for such large-scale cultivation is that training the army is secondary; the key point is to produce chakra to supply the growth of the World Tree and the Ten-Tails, relying on the numerical advantage to catch up with the gap of the Sage of Six Paths' millennium of harvesting the ninja world.

The thought of the Sage of Six Paths hiding in the Pure Land of the Underworld and harvesting the chakra of the ninja world for thousands of years sent chills down his spine. That much chakra was enough to produce several fruits from the Divine Tree.

This is the terrifying aspect of sustainable development: given enough time, it can accumulate indefinitely.

If we want to catch up, we have to be crazy. We must produce tens of thousands of them so that we can have the confidence to compete with the Sage of Six Paths and the future Otsutsuki clan.

"At least you still have some conscience."

Glancing sideways, Uchiha Retsuyo felt a little better. After all, there were his own clansmen among them, and it would be too cruel to train them as soldiers.

"Could you show me how it's cultivated?"

He wanted to see how these children were raised; he was quite curious about it.

Tamura Hao didn't say much and opened the portal again.

The group passed through a portal to a heavily guarded base. After passing through layers of checkpoints, they finally arrived at the base of a large tree. Around the tree was a small lake with pale green water. They could see placentas attached to the roots, and some of the placentas closer to the water's surface were even faintly visible in shape.

Meanwhile, many staff members attached the induced initial embryos to the tree roots and removed the gestating embryos; everything went very smoothly and naturally.

That small lake, on the other hand, is the diluted water of life, containing a vast and pure life force.

"That magical tree has this effect?"

Uchiha Retsuyo was astonished. He had previously thought that the children might have been conceived in nutrient tanks, but who would have thought that they were conceived through the Immortal Tree.

"The bloodlines of your families are highly compatible with the Immortal Tree. There may have been some kind of connection in ancient times, and the fetuses formed can be nurtured and grown with the help of the power of the Immortal Tree."

The Third Raikage spoke, gazing at the densely packed placentas on the tree roots in the lake water; these were the future hopes of their Hidden Cloud Village.

"It takes a lot of effort for so many children to grow up."

Gazing at the densely packed placentas, Uchiha Retsuyo could no longer imagine the energy and effort required to raise these children.

Food and such are secondary; the key is consumption in other areas.

During cultivation, it is necessary to use many medicines to assist in the process. For example, when injured, various medicines are needed. Also, refining chakra is a process that consumes the body's energy, so it is necessary to replenish it properly, otherwise it is easy to harm the body.

The consumption of ninja tools was also considerable, and as the head of the Uchiha clan, he had a deep impression of these.

Given the Cloud Village's practice of unlimited cultivation, the resources required are truly unimaginable.

"Only a minority are willing to become combat-type ninjas. Most people have only average training needs. Moreover, we have already opened up many medicinal gardens in the Summoning World. With the help of the rich natural energy and Wood Release power here, we can accelerate the cultivation and maintain the basic training without difficulty."

Tamura Hao had already made arrangements for this. He was well aware of the difference between having resources and not having them. In the past, he had relied on money to buy resources to forcibly improve himself, especially by using the secret medicine of the Yotsuki family for cultivation, which was extremely expensive.

Although the children of these immortal bloodline families will have great talent, he will not really provide them with no resources at all. Basic resources will still be provided, and in the end, it depends on how these children choose in the future.

Moreover, growing and cultivating in the highly concentrated natural energy of the spirit world will greatly reduce the damage to oneself and save a lot of cultivation costs.

"You guys are really crazy!"

Uchiha Retsuyo didn't know how to comment. He just felt that these people had gone mad, and their actions were far beyond his imagination.

"So your thinking is outdated."

Tamura Hao glanced at him sideways, his contemptuous gaze undisguised.

As a time traveler, he knew very well what population meant; a population that wasn't measured in hundreds of millions was hardly worthy of being called a population.

The planet's current productivity is very primitive, especially in agriculture. There is no good technology for farming, and it is truly dependent on the weather.

Productivity is relatively easy to improve, after all, this world can even come up with cutting-edge technology, and its technological level is not low, with things like telephones and televisions already developed.

Train technology existed in the Land of Snow much earlier, but unfortunately it couldn't be widely adopted due to the presence of ninjas.

Once a stable and orderly regime is established, increasing productivity is quite simple.

With increased productivity, population growth will naturally become a non-issue.

"No matter how outdated my thinking is, you still have to call me Dad like Mikoto."

Uchiha Retsuyo snorted coldly, emphasizing his status as his father-in-law.

"Raikage-sensei, how about we just euthanize this old guy humanely?"

Tamura Hao decisively suggested that his father-in-law be humanely euthanized, since Mikoto had long been fed up with the old man anyway.

The Third Raikage ignored it completely; he wouldn't get involved in such family matters.

"How are you going to fabricate their backstories? If you don't come up with a plausible story, those children could easily go to extremes, especially those of us with Uchiha blood."

When Uchiha Retsuyo got down to business, this was not a good thing, since there were too many of them, and he couldn't think of a way to explain it.

"As you can see, these children were all born from the Immortal Tree; the Immortal Tree is their parent."

Tamura Hiroshi delivered the explanation he had prepared long ago, referencing the elf concepts from some fantasy novels and games.

"Can't you think of something more reliable?"

Uchiha Retsuyo glared at him, clearly disapproving of the argument; it was too far-fetched.

"Mr. Lieyang, that's already the most reliable approach right now."

Tu Tai shrugged helplessly. When he first heard this claim, he also thought it was unreliable, but after thinking about it carefully for a long time, he finally felt that it was somewhat plausible, at least enough to fool people.

Moreover, those children are still young, so it's not a problem to guide their understanding of values ​​and beliefs and make them believe in this kind of statement.

Furthermore, these children were indeed nurtured by the Immortal Tree. After their chakra was extracted, they would instinctively become close to the Immortal Tree, as if returning to their mother's embrace.

With this foundation, any further deception will no longer be like a rootless duckweed.

Of course, they themselves also need to hypnotize themselves and agree with this statement, including the staff here, in order to achieve perfection.

Turning to look at the Third Raikage and seeing his tacit agreement, Uchiha Retsuyo really didn't know what to say.

"How fast is the pregnancy progressing?"

Changing the subject, Uchiha Retsuyo didn't want to continue on that topic any longer; he felt he was going to go crazy if he did.

"It has now stabilized, and about one million babies can be conceived each year, mainly due to the limited production and supply of the Water of Life."

The platform provided a figure, explaining that they had been adjusting and checking for potential problems for the past few years, and only began to fully nurture newborns this year.

This is only now. As more chakra is collected and the production of the Water of Life increases in the future, the cultivation speed can be further improved.

"One million a year, that's ten million in ten years, twenty million in twenty years. Even if the whole world were unified, it would be impossible to supply that many people."

Uchiha Retsuyo thought the number was too exaggerated.

"Then let's leave this world. Our world is a sphere, similar to the moon, but much larger. We'll call it a planet."

There are many other planets out there that we can migrate to. Even if the environment is harsh, we can use the World Tree to transform it into a habitable place.

Tamura Hiroshi's ideas were very advanced; they included interstellar migration.

First, conquer this world and develop it to its fullest potential in every aspect, then travel to other planets within the solar system to terraform them.

Not only can the interior of a planet be modified, but the distance between a planet and the sun can also be altered.

If a planet is too close to the sun, it will be too hot, so we manipulate the gravitational repulsion to move it away. If a planet is too far from the sun, it will be too dark and cold, so we use the gravitational repulsion to move it closer together. Even if it eventually disperses into one orbit, it's fine as long as it disperses.

Chakra's ability to manipulate gravity and repulsion is quite powerful. The moon can be controlled using the Tenseigan. As long as there is a sufficient supply of chakra, there is nothing that cannot be changed.

Finally, connect them with spatial portals, and everything will be perfect.

Although it sounds simple and crude, that's exactly what Hamura Otsutsuki did back then, creating a space inside the moon for future generations to live in for thousands of years.

Uchiha Retsuyo ignored his mentally unstable son-in-law and looked at the Third Raikage again.

"Aren't you afraid that these immortals will replace you in the future?"

This number is outrageous. The number of children conceived so far exceeds the number of ninjas in Kumogakure, or even the total population.

If those children were to grow up and leave, they would inevitably replace the current composition of Kumogakure, and even a slight dilution would be terrifying.

"Why be afraid? We can just integrate such high-quality bloodline directly into it."

The Third Raikage replied with a smile that if he could, he would want to possess that kind of Sage bloodline, as the limits that could be reached were too high.

That is the bloodline gene that is most compatible with chakra cultivation, so it naturally needs to be carefully nurtured and integrated.

The young men and women of the Yoruzuki family are pursuing members of those families; some of their sons have already married and had several children, all of whom have Kaguya's bloodline.

In the future, everyone's bloodline will be basically the same, so what's the point of rejection or dilution?

This question silenced Uchiha Retsuyo, who realized that his thinking might really be outdated and he couldn't keep up with the pace of these lunatics.

"Can I take a look at those firearms?"

Left with no other choice, he changed the subject again. He was quite curious about the firearm. Although he understood the basic principles, he still needed to see it for himself to know how it worked.

Tamura Hiroshi used a spatial portal to clear the way; these bases were all very far apart, and running there on foot would be too slow.

The group arrived at the base for firearms research and experimentation. It was a large base with various precision lathes used to manufacture parts for various firearms and artillery.

Ye Yue Ai went to find the person in charge here, and soon a middle-aged man with bronze skin walked over quickly.

"Raikage-sama!"

The burly man bowed to the Third Raikage, then nodded to Tamura Hiroshi and the others, all of whom he was familiar with.

"Take us to see the latest products."

The Third Raikage spoke up, saying that he hadn't been here for a long time and wanted to take a look at the latest products being developed here.

"Please come with me!"

The burly man led the way and soon arrived at a shooting range. Several researchers had arrived a step ahead and placed some of their latest firearms on the table.

He picked up two symmetrical pistols and began to introduce them: "These are our seventh-generation combat pistols. Due to advancements in sealing techniques, the magazine capacity has been further expanded compared to the previous generation. Each magazine can hold a thousand rounds, enough to support a small-scale war..."

While the burly man was explaining, Ye Yue Ai picked up a machine gun with twelve barrels, each with a caliber as thick as a thumb, clearly a weapon of mass destruction.

Of course, it's also quite large, with the barrel and shaft combined being two meters long and incredibly heavy. Ordinary people can't use it, and even ninjas would need to be strong enough to handle it.

Ye Yue Ai fired a barrage of shots at the targets, finding it quite exhilarating.

Tamura Hiroshi picked up a sniper rifle that was also two meters long, set it up like in the movie, and opened the scope to look at the target. The field of view was quite impressive.

"These firearms can indeed unleash their full power when used in conjunction with eye techniques."

Uchiha Retsuyo carefully examined the firearms and watched several people use them. He even picked up a rifle to try it out, gaining a preliminary understanding of the power of these special ninja tools.

These firearms and guns do indeed require the assistance of eye techniques. For example, the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan enhances dynamic vision, allowing them to better detect enemies.

The Byakugan of the Hyuga clan is well-suited for using rifles and sniper rifles to kill targets from a distance; even building earthen walls for defense wouldn't be able to stop it.

(End of this chapter)