Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

After spending a day cuddling with his girlfriend, Tamura Hao went to Grandpa Tofu's dormitory the next day.

Although Akimichi Torifu is in charge of the ninja army this time, since the war has not yet started, he doesn't have much to manage. It's mainly the younger generation, such as Nara Shikaku, who are handling things, which can also be considered a kind of training for them.

"Grandpa Wind Chaser!"

Tamura Hao brought in a large bowl of braised pork, which he had specially hunted in the mountains.

"You're finally back, kid."

Akimichi Torifu, who was pondering over the map, looked up and immediately burst out laughing when he saw the large pot of braised pork.

He immediately pulled out a large box from under the bed, which was full of fruit juice drinks.

It was wartime, so drinking alcohol was not advisable. However, eating only meat could be tiring, so they prepared plenty of fruit juice and tea.

The Akimichi family never skimps on food and drink.

The two immediately began to eat and drink heartily, quickly finishing off the large bowl of braised pork.

"Why did you suddenly go scout out the terrain?"

Sipping his beverage, Akimichi Torifu was quite puzzled.

This kid ran away without a word, and stayed away for a whole month.

"I mainly wanted to get away and relax; I'd been too stressed for the past few months."

Tamura Hiroshi gave the excuse he had prepared long ago, which was also one of the reasons he had gone out earlier.

Cultivation cannot be all about burying yourself in hard work; you also need to relax. A balance between relaxation and rest is the key.

This is also the main reason why he came up with the idea of ​​integrating cultivation into life, so as to minimize mental fatigue.

After all, not everyone is a passionate young man like Might Guy.

"You can't be too tense when you're cultivating."

Akimichi Tomori nodded, agreeing with this point.

"I made some breakthroughs during this trip to relax and fused with the First Hokage's Yang Release chakra. I can now condense a huge amount of life force by consuming food, a really huge amount, which is making me feel a bit full right now."

As Tamura spoke, he gathered that life force in his palm.

He didn't hide the fact that he had obtained the First Hokage's chakra from his elder. Only by showing more could he make the Ino-Shika-Cho trio more confident in placing their future on him and giving him greater support.

"You have absorbed the power of the first teacher."

Akimichi Torifu was shocked, staring intently at the green energy in his palm.

That pure life force is unmistakable; it's very similar to what the first teacher felt back then.

The first teacher possessed a vast and boundless life energy, a life force that far surpassed that of other Senju clan members, and even the second teacher could not compare in terms of life force.

Now that this younger generation in their family also possesses such life power, could it be that their Akimichi family will also produce an invincible powerhouse like their first master in the future?

Thinking of this, Akimichi Torifu couldn't help but get excited.

I originally thought this kid would at most reach the level of a second-generation teacher, but now it seems he's aiming for the level of a first-generation teacher.

"This life force has a very good nourishing effect on the body, and if you have too much of it, it can even help with cultivation."

"I want to create a Bagua seal on your heart, Grandpa Qufeng, where I will seal this life force within. Through this seal, I will refine and integrate it into your body, which should restore you to your peak condition."

He expressed his thoughts, revealing that Tamura Hao valued this person highly, even more so than that fat sheep teacher.

After all, he and Teacher Fei Yang were only master and disciple, but he was related to this person by blood. Although he did not have the surname Akimichi, he had half Akimichi blood and was a member of the Akimichi family.

As long as he doesn't betray the Akimichi family, Akimichi Torifu will never betray him.

Therefore, this is a truly trustworthy person, the most solid support before one grows up, the stronger the better.

Then there's this guy's identity. He's not only a disciple of the Second Hokage, but also a classmate and close friend of Hiruzen Sarutobi and others. He's Tetsuya, who went through life and death trials with them.

With this person around, even if Hiruzen Sarutobi and his group wanted to scheme against him and the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, they would have to think twice.

"Can this be replenished through food?"

Akimichi Torifu was somewhat tempted, but he was also worried that it might harm the child's body and potential.

You have to understand that the First Hokage died because he overexerted himself in the great battle against Madara Uchiha, and he didn't want this kid to overexert himself as well.

"It's easy to replenish. I'm really full now. I'm actually a little worried that this strong vitality might cause some negative changes."

As Tamura Hao spoke, he released control over his life force, and instantly green life energy manifested, rising like flames on his body. Under the influence of this life force, the surrounding wooden furniture sprouted new buds and branches.

This pure life force is a great tonic for any living organism; the mere glimpse of it in the original storyline caused a large amount of vegetation and trees to grow on the surrounding barren mountains.

Akimichi Torifu was stunned as he stared at the torch-like life energy.

What incredible vitality!

"Put it away, put it away quickly, don't let anyone notice."

Coming to his senses, Akimichi Torifu quickly signaled to put away the life force. At the same time, he cautiously ran to the window and peered through the crack to make sure no one outside had noticed anything unusual before he felt relieved.

He wasn't afraid, but rather worried that the little guy would be targeted.

"After giving Grandpa Qufeng a share of life force, I plan to give some to Brother Ding and the others as well. This will not only help them with their cultivation but also provide them with an additional means of survival."

Tamura Hao is really at his limit now. This is still suppressing the extraction rate of Grell's energy to the lowest possible level, but it can't withstand the continuous extraction and conversion. His body simply can't digest so much life force, so he can only try to transfer it.

"Then get one for every member of the clan, but you can't be the one to do it. At this stage, the fewer people who know about your potential, the better."

Akimichi Torifu also knew this was an opportunity, but Xiao Hao's identity still needed to be kept secret, and he must not be targeted by anyone before he grew up.

His son died outside because he was being targeted, and his body was never found.

"That's what I thought too. I simplified the Bagua Seal, keeping only the transformation ability, which will make it much easier to use."

Tamura Hiroshi naturally knew the principle that a tree that stands out in the forest will be felled by the wind, so he had already thought it through.

He himself had created a complete Bagua seal for the fatal acupoint on his heart, but Grandpa Feng and the others did not need that level of Bagua seal, since they only needed to seal some life energy. In this way, the Bagua seal could be greatly simplified.

It doesn't even require someone with Yin-Yang attributes to cast it; just find two people with Yin-Yang attributes each and work together with the seal scroll they made.

Yin and Yang attributes are hard to find elsewhere, but they are abundant among the three races of pig, deer, and butterfly.

"That's good!"

Akimichi Torifu nodded with satisfaction. This child not only has excellent talent for cultivation, but also has a first-rate temperament. As long as he grows up, he will definitely become a towering tree, and it is even possible that he will surpass the first generation teacher.

Without delay, Akimichi no Toki formed a hand seal and created a shadow clone to notify Ding and the other two to come over.

The three members of Akimichi Choza arrived quickly, and after listening to Tamura Hiroshi's explanation, they were all overjoyed.

This is fantastic news!

"Does it really have no effect on your health?"

The three, including Akimichi Choza, were even more concerned. Although this was a great opportunity for them, especially during this time of war, they couldn't do it if it would harm the child's potential.

"Actually, I have too much life force in my body, and it's all over the place, so I asked you to share the burden."

Tamura Hiroshi revealed the truth: he now has a lot of life force.

Moreover, with so much Grell energy, it would be a waste not to make the most of it.

The three races of pig, deer, and butterfly are his core base, and the improvement of their strength is his advantage.

Furthermore, in the upcoming war, he needs to do everything possible to protect the elite of the Ino-Shika-Cho clan. These are the important pillars that will support Fat Sheep-sensei and himself in becoming Hokage in the future, and he will feel heartbroken if he loses any of them.

"That's good!"

The three of them breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it didn't affect Xiao Hao's health.

"The selection of personnel also needs to be taken seriously. Lu Jiu and Hai Yi, you two need to do a good job in this. This concerns the future of our three clans and cannot tolerate the slightest mistake."

Give me the list of problematic individuals, and I'll send them to the battlefield to earn glory.

Akimichi Tokifumi's solemn instructions even revealed a sense of dread, indicating a wariness towards his clansmen.

Who knows if any of the clansmen below have been bribed by outsiders? We also need to investigate all the men who have married into the family and the women who have married into the family.

Ninjas are ruthless and unpredictable, and it's difficult to distinguish between friend and foe. There are many people watching the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, and they especially need to be wary of the Sarutobi clan.

Back then, his decision to lead the three clans to independence greatly displeased the Sarutobi family, and even that old man harbored some resentment.

When it comes to family interests, all friendships are meaningless.

He will arrange for those who are disloyal to the family to receive glory, glory through sacrifice.

In any case, there will inevitably be sacrifices in the upcoming war; otherwise, it will only make people wary.

Rather than sacrificing the true members of the tribe, it's better to let those who are not thinking clearly gain glory.

"We will conduct the screening."

Nara Shikaku and Yamanaka Inoichi both nodded solemnly. They naturally knew the importance of this matter and that it was essential to keep it confidential. They would not tolerate any bad apples.

Choza Akimichi also looked serious, but he couldn't get involved in this kind of brain-teasing matter.

Moreover, among the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, the Akimichi family's primary role is combat, and doing that well is enough.

Next, Tamura Hao taught the group a simplified version of the Bagua seal, which they mastered in half a day. Then, under Tamura Hao's guidance, they sculpted it on Akimichi Torifu's chest.

The original Bagua seal resulted in a complex pattern, but the simplified version only has eight horizontal bars.

However, these are all formed by the convergence of many sealing techniques, and are still very complex.

After the simplified Bagua seal was completed, Tamura Hao poured life energy into it, and it was filled in a short while.

"It's just too small."

Tamura Hiroshi withdrew his hand, somewhat dissatisfied.

His own complete Bagua seal had a diameter of over a hundred meters, but this simplified, low-end version of the seal only had a space of about one cubic meter, so it couldn't store much life force in its vaporized state.

Of course, that "few" was relative to him; for Akimichi Torifu, it was already incredibly large.

The wisps of life energy are transformed and released by the simplified Bagua seal, nourishing all the cells in the body.

Although it didn't reach the same level of activation as Tamura Hiroshi, it still made Akimichi Torifu feel incredibly comfortable, and many of his internal injuries showed signs of recovery under the nourishment of this pure life force.

Her gray hair gradually turned black, becoming jet black and shiny, and she looked much younger.

"Grandpa Feng, you might need to dye your hair."

Seeing the changes in Akimichi Torifu, Tamura Hiroshi felt he needed to get some hair dye.

"I really need to dye it."

Choza Akimichi nodded. The change was too obvious; if someone saw it, they would definitely become suspicious.

"Dyeing your hair white is better, so you can claim to the outside world that you've overdrawn your lifespan to restore your peak condition."

Nara Shikaku had already come up with an excuse: Uncle Tokiwa had overdrawn his lifespan to recover by taking the latest secret medicine developed by the Ino-Shika-Cho tribal group in order to better cope with the war.

As we all know, the Ino-Shika-Cho clan is skilled in drug research, and the Akimichi family has many life-threatening secret medicines. It is perfectly reasonable for them to develop a medicine that overdraws lifespan to restore health.

They might even be able to actually figure it out, even if they themselves aren't capable, there's still Tsunade, the number one healer in the ninja world.

If those people don't believe it, we can sell it at cost price. It would be even more perfect if the Hokage were willing to test the medicine on himself.

Thinking of this, Nara Shikaku discussed it with Tamura Hiro, asking him to go and find Lady Tsunade to study this medicine.

Tamura Hao also thought it was feasible. After Nara Shikaku and the other two had also constructed a low-end version of the Bagua Seal and infused it with life power, they went straight to Fat Sheep Teacher's side.

"What is this?"

As soon as I entered the lab, a scroll was thrown at me.

"There is a sealing technique I modified on it that can perfectly seal the life force in your body, at least it won't be detected, unless you encounter the Hyuga clan's Byakugan."

Tsunade knew the special nature of this constitution. If certain people found out, this traitor would be in danger, and even she might not be able to protect him.

Don't think that having the Flying Thunder God Technique makes you invincible; even my second grandfather died back then.

"Thank you, teacher!"

Tamura Hao was deeply moved, and felt that he had been too petty yesterday. There was no need for ten thousand times the revenge; a thousand times would have been enough.

"Teacher, Uncle Qu Feng hopes you can develop a drug that can restore physical condition by overdrawing lifespan. It doesn't need to be perfect, as long as it has the effect, even if it has the flaw of a low success rate."

The Nara family will fully support your research, and you are welcome to freely consult various medical texts.

After carefully putting away the scroll, Tamura Hao explained the purpose of his visit.

"You gave your life force to Uncle Qu Feng?"

Tsunade was taken aback for a moment, then she realized that this was meant to mislead certain people.

"I made a simplified Bagua seal for Grandpa Tokiwa. You can make one for Tsunade too. I have plenty of life force, and I'm still holding on."

Tamura Hao didn't hide anything, after all, this person was now one of them, and this person didn't have many ties in the village, at least there was no one worth leaking secrets to.

There used to be two, but unfortunately they both died.

This kind of carefree, wealthy woman is his favorite.

"You said it yourself."

Tsunade would not refuse, as she was also very envious of that pure life force.

The main issue is my age. I now need to use chakra to maintain the youthfulness of my body's cells, otherwise I will look old.

Although his medical skills are good, he can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause. Once his chakra is over-consumed, he will revert to his original form.

Compared to Yang Release chakra, that pure life force is more suitable for maintaining the youthfulness of the body's cells.

There's really no way to refuse this.

"I will take care of the medication."

Tsunade was in a great mood and readily agreed to the job, which was not difficult for her.

Making a perfect drug is certainly difficult, but developing a semi-finished product is not a problem.

"When did the village become like this? We have to be so careful when fighting outside."

As if remembering something, she sighed again.

She knew and could understand Uncle Feng's concerns, after all, she herself had experienced a lot.

"When I become Hokage, I will change all of this."

Taking the opportunity, Tamura Hiroshi stated that he would definitely change all of this.

"That would be twenty years from now."

Tsunade glanced sideways and did not deny it.

This brat's talent is truly remarkable. He possesses excellent spatial abilities, even surpassing Minato's in this aspect. In the future, he will surely surpass his great-grandfather and Minato Namikaze in the cultivation of the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Now that she has fused with her great-grandfather's chakra and gained the same physique as him, she can hardly predict how far she will grow in the future.

If one could truly reach the level of the Great-Grandfather, it wouldn't be impossible for Konoha to regain the power of that era; that power would be enough to suppress any dissent.

"How's the teacher's research on the stars going?"

Tamura Hao turned his gaze to the meteorite. Fat Sheep Teacher had been mainly researching this for the past few months, and was obviously very interested in it.

"We've done enough research to eliminate the corrosive effects on the body, but I don't think it's necessary."

Orochimaru's cursed seal is quite interesting. Combined with the Peacock Technique and your Akimichi clan's Butterfly Transformation Technique, it can store mutated chakra within an external cursed seal. When needed, the seal can be released.

Tsunade had a better idea for this system. The reason she was interested in it was mainly because that lecherous brat had proposed the idea of ​​chakra wings and chakra armor, which was actually based on the Susanoo of the Uchiha clan.

Susanoo is the solidification of chakra. Madara Uchiha's Susanoo even had wings and could fly.

Back when it fought against its great-grandfather, it even transformed Susanoo into armor and put it on Kurama's body.

These are all good ideas. The chakra after the star energy mutation can be very good at changing its form. At this stage, she has already been able to achieve a preliminary solidification, which is a step further than the Peacock Technique.

As for why the process of eliminating the corrosive side effects was abandoned, it was mainly because there was no need to transfer the mutated chakra back into the body.

After all, that kind of mutated chakra can only enhance the transformation of form, and cannot amplify the body like Sage Chakra. Transferring it into the body would not have much effect, so it is better to seal it outside the body for use.

"A cursed seal?"

Tamura Hiroshi thought of Nisuke's cursed seal state in the future. Although the claw looked ugly, it did have the ability to fly.

"The improved spell seal is in my notes; you can learn it yourself."

Tsunade pointed to the notes on her desk, indicating that she should get lost if she had nothing else to do. She wanted to continue researching this star energy to see if she could further solidify and harden the mutated chakra to form a complete set of armor, which would definitely greatly enhance her strength.

It would be even more perfect if it could be infused with earth-style chakra and enhanced with earth-style hardening techniques.

These all require further research.

In addition, she is researching and fusing Wood Release chakra. She has already sealed that Wood Release chakra into her body using the Cursed Seal and is trying to guide and fuse it into her own Wood Release.

Not to mention reaching the level of my great-grandfather, he should at least surpass the current level.

If you want to live a comfortable life in the future and no longer let those around you get hurt, you need to be strong.

(End of this chapter)