Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

"Huh? This is Gale?"

Looking at the busty girl her husband brought home, Whirlpool Ninth Grader felt like his brain couldn't keep up.

How could this woman possibly be Gale?

Although the two do look somewhat similar, this is clearly a woman.

That magnanimity even made her a little jealous.

"The situation is a bit complicated. Hayate was sent by the Hokage to infiltrate Kumogakure to steal their secrets. He was then captured and, as punishment, was transformed into this form by Haojun and sent back."

Minato Namikaze briefly explained the situation. He had just asked Hayate, and it was indeed that old bastard Hiruzen Sarutobi who assigned it.

They also stole some secrets from the Hidden Cloud Village, but none of them were of great value.

"It was Hao Jun who changed it."

Uzumaki Kyuujin understood a bit. He had been staying with Kushina and the others for the past few days, and Kushina had complained a lot about Haojun. All things considered, Haojun might really be a bit frivolous in private.

"Physically speaking, he is a woman now, and I want you to explain some things about women to him so that he won't be caught off guard later."

Lord Orochimaru said he needs some time to research this secret technique, and it's uncertain when he'll be able to recover.

Minato Namikaze was in a real bind; his male disciple had been turned into a female disciple, but thankfully he survived.

"I see."

Seeing Moonlight Gale keeping its head down, Vortex Ninth Rank had no choice but to agree.

"You better not see that old geezer again, he's no good."

She uttered a reproachful remark, her heart filled with resentment towards that old man.

Moonlight Gale lowered its head even further, almost to its chest.

This change was too embarrassing, so he decided to always wear a mask when he went out from now on, and he also had to change his name, otherwise if acquaintances found out that he had become a woman, they would laugh him to death.

"Minato, I think I just saw that kid's silver glint, what happened again... Wow, what a hot chick!"

Just then, Jiraiya opened the door and came in. Before he could finish speaking, his gaze fell directly on Hayate Gekko, especially when he saw his magnificent chest. He couldn't help but drool.

This figure is exactly what I love!

"Beautiful lady, I am Jiraiya, the immortal attendant. May I ask your name?"

Jiraiya tossed his hair, struck what he thought was a cool pose, and asked for the other person's name.

"Get lost!"

Minato Namikaze's face twitched, and Uzumaki Kyuujin kicked him away.

He's such a pervert.

As for Moonlight Gale, he had become withdrawn, wishing he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into, and also wishing he could cut off those two huge lumps on his chest.

If he weren't worried about the impact on his future recovery, he would have actually cut it off.

Leaving aside the reclusive Hayate Gekko on one side, Tamura Hiroshi on the other side arrived at Iwagakure.

"Did that Otsutsuki relic get another pair of Byakugan from the Hyuga main branch?"

After reviewing the information brought by Tamura Hiroshi, Onoki frowned.

Over the years, the three major ninja villages have maintained an alliance, and the Hidden Cloud Village has even taken the initiative to share some technology to assist in people's livelihood development, so the relationship is relatively good.

At the same time, a lot of intelligence was shared, and it even seems that the Hidden Cloud Village had contact with some people in the Hidden Leaf Village, and knew about the existence of the Otsutsuki clan and that person's name.

"Hiashi Hyuga reacted fiercely when his daughter's eyes were taken away, and immediately gave chase. This was very different from his usual behavior. Moreover, Hiashi Hyuga did not value the eldest daughter, but preferred the second daughter who had better talent."

Considering that Otsutsuki Rei specifically sought to steal the Hyuga Byakugan, we speculate that the Tenseigan is likely to evolve based on the Byakugan of the Hyuga main family.

In other words, we will likely face two Tenseigan users next time, one of whom will have both, and their strength will inevitably be even greater.

Moreover, during the Fourth Shinobi World War, Otsutsuki Sharito stole half of the Five-Tails. If he were to make a move, the other eight Five-Tails inside the Tsuchikage would likely be his primary target.

Therefore, Lord Raikage sent me to inform you and invite you to the Land of Iron for further discussions.

Tamura Hiroshi acted very seriously and earnestly; this was not acting.

"I will go to the Land of Iron as promised."

After glancing at the invitation that had been sent along with the intelligence report, Onoki solemnly agreed to the matter.

We must be wary of that Otsutsuki relic; Iwagakure alone is no match for it, and joining forces with Kumogakure is essential.

"I won't bother you any longer. I still need to go to Sunagakure to invite the Kazekage."

Tamura Hiroshi got up to say goodbye, and Onoki saw him off at the Tsuchikage Building.

As Tamura Hiroshi walked towards the entrance of Iwagakure Village, he admired the local customs and culture.

As for why they didn't just use the Heavenly Delivery Technique to leave the village, it was firstly to show respect, and secondly because there was a barrier here, which would affect the accuracy of the Heavenly Delivery Technique.

If there is a significant deviation, it will be difficult to determine one's location in the vast desert of the Land of Wind, making it difficult to pinpoint one's position and causing considerable trouble.

They walked and strolled along for an hour before finally leaving the village. Just as they were about to use the Heavenly Delivery Technique to head to Sunagakure, a voice came from behind them.

"Wait a minute!"

Tamura Hao withdrew his Light Release chakra and turned to look behind him.

They discovered that there were three boys and girls, one of whom was burly, somewhat fat, and had the large, round nose that was a hallmark of the Land of Earth.

A boy had blond hair tied in a high ponytail, while the girl had neat short hair and was quite tall.

"Senior Hao, we're going to Kumogakure for an exchange program. Could you take us with you?"

The girl ran over first, her face full of hopeful pleading.

"Heitu, we'd better ask the teacher first."

The fat man who had followed was panting as he spoke, saying that it was wrong to leave without saying goodbye.

The blond boy seemed indifferent, and even a little impatient.

He was dragged along; he didn't want to go out and waste time.

I have no interest in that so-called exchange and learning; I'd rather use that free time to study my own art.

"I left a letter, the old man will definitely see it."

Hei Tu said impatiently, then stepped forward and grabbed someone's wrists with both hands, speaking in a coquettish manner.

"Please, Senior Hao?"

"Are you Brother Tu's daughter?"

Looking down at the girl in front of him, Tamura Hao guessed that she must be the daughter of the yellow earth, the future shadow of legs.

Although Huang Tu died in battle, he left behind a daughter, a fact Huang Tu knew. He even visited her in Iwagakure after the war ended.

"Senior Hao, do you know my father?"

Heitu's eyes lit up. Is this person related to his father?

"We are very good friends. We first met in Konoha when I went there to take the Chunin Exams. Tsuchi-nii was your Iwagakure team leader."

After our four-village alliance was established, we had a lot of contact. It's just a pity that Brother Tu passed away at a young age.

"After the war ended, I came to visit you. You were so little then, and I gave you a knife as a birthday present. It's amazing how much you've grown up."

His gaze fell on the long sword behind the girl; it was a gift from him.

"This knife was originally a gift from you, Senior Hao."

He raised his hand and touched the hilt of the long sword on his back. He liked this sword very much and used it to practice his swordsmanship, but he didn't know its origin. He only found out today that it was a gift from this person.

"Black soil!"

Just then, an angry shout came from the village, and then Onoki flew out angrily from the Tsuchikage Building.

"Oh no, Grandpa has found us! We'd better get out of here, or we're doomed if he catches us."

Hearing his grandfather's angry roar, Heitu became anxious and hurriedly urged him on.

"I can't take you away without the Tsuchikage's promise, otherwise it could easily cause a dispute between the two countries."

However, if you really want to come to our Hidden Cloud Village for exchange and learning, I can speak to the Tsuchikage.

Tamura Hao smiled and comforted him, saying that taking these three back with him wouldn't be a bad idea.

Especially Deidara; if this kid were lured away, he wouldn't have joined the Akatsuki. This change was also a twist of fate.

"Then you'd better talk to my grandfather properly."

Seeing that his grandfather was about to fly over, Heitu quickly hid behind someone.

"You brat, you've grown wings and even learned to run away from home."

Onoki, who flew over, glared angrily at his granddaughter. She was so infuriating.

"I left a note, and everyone else can go to Kumogakure for exchanges and learning, so why can't I?"

Black Soil poked her head out in protest. She was already tired of staying in the village and had visited all the places she wanted to go. She wanted to go somewhere else to play.

"You dare talk back!"

Onoki was even angrier; he had really spoiled this girl rotten.

"Alright, alright, Lord Tsuchikage, calm down. It's good to let this girl go and learn from her. Their strength is indeed lacking."

I'll take care of things when we get there.

Tamura Hiroshi spoke up, expressing his willingness to take the three of them back for exchange and learning.

"I'll deal with you when I get back, you brat."

He glared at his granddaughter again, then glanced at his two disciples beside him, then at the man, and after a moment's thought, said, "Are you interested in taking them as your disciples?"

There were some things he had to consider. His son's death in battle had already broken his heart, and he couldn't let anything happen to his granddaughter.

He had a premonition that when the next calamity struck, the village might not be able to hold on, and that the safest place in the ninja world right now was Kumogakure.

"That works too, their qualifications are all quite good."

Tamura Hiroshi was taken aback for a moment, then understood Onoki's intentions and nodded to indicate that he could accept it.

The old man is entrusting his orphan to someone else, perhaps because he foresaw some danger.

"Hurry up and call him 'teacher,' he's the strongest ninja in the world today."

He smiled with satisfaction, and then Onoki gestured for his two disciples and granddaughter to quickly become his disciples and establish the relationship.

"The strongest ninja in the world!"

Deidara, who had been impatient, became interested. He had heard of this person's name, but he never expected him to be the strongest ninja in the world.

Chi Tu looked at it curiously, then called out "Teacher".

"teacher!"

"Lord Tsuchikage is too kind. Compared to those truly strong individuals, I am still far from being a match for them."

Tamura Hao modestly admitted that he wasn't the strongest ninja in the world. At least for now, he couldn't defeat the Sage of Six Paths and his brother. He figured he'd be in trouble against the half-crippled Isshiki Otsutsuki. He'd need to fuse Yin-Yang Release and Five Elements Release to form a Bloodline Limit.

"You're being modest with me, kid. In a head-on fight, you'd kill those guys even if they were facing me."

Onoki had a certain understanding of this person's strength; that speed was simply too unfair.

Moreover, this kid fused four attributes of bloodline back then, and he must have made further progress in recent years. His strength is beyond imagination.

At least, defeating himself instantly is definitely not a problem.

"teacher!"

Heitu quickly called out to his teacher, his heart filled with even more admiration.

So Senior Hao... no, Teacher, is this strong.

Deidara also called out "Teacher," but in his heart he wondered if this teacher had any knowledge of the art of explosions.

"Alright, go ahead. Study hard in Kumogakure and don't come back until you surpass me."

With a wave of his hand, Onoki placed high hopes on these three juniors, for the future of Iwagakure depended on these young people.

If the village really can't survive, at least some embers can be preserved.

Goodbye, old man!

Kurotsuchi waved happily, finally able to go to Kumogakure to play.

After Tamura Hao nodded to Onoki, he enveloped the three of them with Light Release chakra and used the Heavenly Delivery Technique to head to Sunagakure.

Onoki stood there for a long time before turning around and flying back, his heart heavy.

Over the years, he has been constantly reflecting on this. Although he is reluctant to admit it, the development of the Rock and Earth Ninja Country and the village is indeed far behind that of the Thunder Cloud Ninja Country.

What worries him most are those enemies. Last time, the village was almost wiped out, and Kirigakure has already been destroyed. His strength has not improved over the years, so he has to make some plans as soon as possible.

Hopefully, those people won't target their village.

Leaving aside Onoki's worries, Tamura Hiroshi arrived outside Sunagakure with his three newly recruited disciples in the blink of an eye.

"This is the Land of Wind, aren't we going to Kumogakure?"

Hei Tu looked around at the vast expanse of yellow sand and the blazing sun, realizing that he had arrived in the Land of Wind, which was different from what he had expected.

"I have a mission this time. I need to invite the Tsuchikage and Kazekage to the Land of Iron for talks. I went to your Iwagakure village before, and now I'm coming to Sunagakure village to meet the Kazekage."

As he spoke, Tamura Hao stepped forward and handed the invitation to the Sand Ninja guarding the narrow passage.

"Lord Hao, please wait a moment!"

The middle-aged ninja recognized Tamura Hao, bowed respectfully, and then quickly headed towards the village with the invitation.

"Teacher, are you really the strongest ninja in the world?"

Heitu asked curiously, "Is the teacher really that strong?"

She knew that her grandfather was very proud; for that old man to be called the number one ninja in the world, he must be incredibly powerful.

"I wouldn't call myself the number one ninja in the world, but in terms of taijutsu and swordsmanship alone, no one in the ninja world should be my match. In other aspects, I'm much weaker."

Tamura Hao explained in detail that his greatest strengths were physical techniques and swordsmanship, which he specifically trained to counter those powerful Otsutsuki.

I didn't put much effort into training the other ninjutsu and genjutsu because they were useless against the Otsutsuki.

Didn't you see that in the future, Naruto and Sasuke can only fight with their fists and swords, and they still get beaten to a pulp?

Therefore, practicing ninjutsu is pointless; you should practice taijutsu and swordsmanship, as only these two will be useful in the end.

"Physical skills and swordsmanship?"

Deidara frowned; this didn't seem to have anything to do with his art.

Akatsuchi was just as excited as Kurotsuchi. He was also skilled in physical combat, and learning from the number one person in physical combat would definitely improve his skills.

Not long after, the middle-aged ninja who had gone in earlier brought back a team of ANBU ninjas.

"Lord Hao, Lord Fengying is waiting for you in his office. Please come in."

The ANBU ninja bowed to Tamura Hiroshi and then led the way.

Tamura Hao led the three behind him into Sunagakure. Kurotsuchi and the other two were very curious about Sunagakure, as it was their first time leaving a village, especially visiting another ninja village.

The houses in Sunagakure are very different from those in Iwagakure.

Upon arriving at the Kazekage Building, Tamura Hao left the three of them in the lobby on the first floor. He then followed the Anbu ninja to the Kazekage's office, where he handed over the intelligence he had brought to Rasa and did some analysis.

"The great battle is still coming."

Luo Sha's expression was serious; he had long anticipated this day.

"I will go to the Land of Iron for talks as agreed."

Taking a deep breath, he accepted the invitation. He did need to discuss it with the other two, as the Sand Village alone couldn't withstand that kind of enemy.

"Is the Tsuchikage going to send his daughter to your area for an exchange program?"

Changing the subject, he had been collecting information about Iwagakure and knew about Onoki's granddaughter and two disciples. After the report described the three of them, he matched them up with the Iwagakure headband.

Two of the three were Onoki's disciples, and the other was Onoki's granddaughter. The fact that this guy was letting them take care of the three of them at this time speaks volumes.

"Senior Ohnoki asked them to become my students and asked me to teach them. They all have great potential."

Tamura Hiroshi did not hide anything, and at the same time wanted to see what choice Rasa would make.

This much time should be enough for them to come to terms with reality.

Without the support of the Otsutsuki bloodline, reaching this level is the limit of cultivation.

"He's been accepted as a disciple."

Rasa was quite surprised. He hadn't expected that old man Onoki would make such a choice. Was it because he wanted to further improve relations with Kumogakure? Or was it because he was worried about the future?

Or perhaps both?

With this in mind, Luo Sha also had a plan.

"I have a daughter and two sons, all of whom are very talented. My youngest son, Gaara, has even inherited my Magnet Release. If you don't mind, Lord Hao, you can take him as your disciple."

"Rasa-kun, things haven't come to that point yet, there's no need for this."

Tamura Hiroshi showed a moved expression and began to offer words of comfort.

"It's always better to be prepared!"

Luo Sha did not deny having the intention to entrust his son to someone else; it was simply because he had been in despair for years.

He had hoped to make significant progress over the years, but reality proved harsh. Apart from becoming more proficient in controlling the One-Tailed Beast's chakra, he hadn't improved much in other areas, let alone developed a method of using the Nine-Tailed Beast's chakra like Minato Namikaze did.

He couldn't withstand a powerhouse of that level.

The village has developed well in recent years, and the number of ninjas has exceeded 50,000, but those low-level ninjas are not very meaningful in front of those top-level experts.

Of course, the idea of ​​having the three children become disciples also stemmed from the desire to obtain the high-level cultivation inheritance of Kumogakure, which was a major weakness of Sunagakure, preventing them from advancing to higher levels.

That level of inheritance is currently only possessed by Konoha and Kumogakure in the ninja world, so we can only try to find it by going to Kumogakure.

Even if you don't have the chance to use it yourself, your children can get it.

"Alright, I will definitely teach them well. As long as they can learn it, I will not hold back anything."

After looking at each other for a while, Tamura Hiroshi sincerely agreed and promised to teach her everything he knew.

Meanwhile, he was thinking about Mei Terumi and Kirigakure. Back then, the Fourth Mizukage, Terumi Sora, entrusted her daughter to them, and Kirigakure was destroyed not long after. With the help of Mei Terumi, Kumogakure successfully took over the inheritance of Kirigakure and the Land of Water.

Now that we've captured Onoki's granddaughter and Rasa's children, taking over this area in the future will be a natural progression. In this way, we can complete the great task of unifying the ninja world without losing a single soldier.

"I trust Hao Jun's character."

Luo Sha was unaware of the man's sinister intentions. He was very satisfied with the promise and felt reassured by those words.

(End of this chapter)