Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

Under the disdain of the women and the resentful gaze of a certain girl, Tamura Hao first flew to the capital of the Kingdom of the Head according to the map. There were many architectural ruins there. This country had been destroyed long ago, and all the buildings were destroyed in the war.

"What are we doing here?"

Silent was puzzled. There were many ruins to be seen here, and the surrounding area looked desolate with hardly any people around.

"I have read a record that there was once a powerful summoning beast in the Kingdom of the Head. It was an illusion-type beast, and it is possible that someone here made a contract with it."

"Let's come here to see if any of their descendants exist, or even just to find their remains."

Tamura Hiroshi explained his purpose, saying he came to rob a tomb... no, to do archaeology.

"An illusion-type summoning beast!"

Kurenai Yuhi, who was comforting her best friend, suddenly perked up.

"The illusion-type summoning beasts you mentioned might live here."

Vanilla Uzumaki suddenly spoke, turning her head to look in a certain direction, where she sensed a reasonably strong chakra, which was not human chakra, but rather animal chakra.

Human chakra differs slightly from that of beasts, and her Kagura Mind's Eye can distinguish between them; the stronger the chakra, the easier it is to differentiate.

"Little Black, go over there."

Tamura Hao also looked in that direction and gestured for Xiao Hei to fly over there.

Little Black understood, spread its wings, turned around, and flew away. It didn't take long for it to arrive.

There is an ancient castle that stands out strangely against the backdrop of the surrounding architectural ruins, like a crane standing among chickens.

"Brother Hai, talk to it."

After leaping down and taking a look at the ancient castle, Tamura Hiroshi gestured to Yamanaka Inoichi.

Yamanaka Inoichi also noticed something amiss with the ancient castle. He raised his hand, formed a hand seal, and used a mental technique to connect with the entity within, achieving a spiritual exchange.

"It said that a contract can only be signed if one passes its test."

A moment later, Yamanaka Inoichi spoke up, and the other party agreed to sign a new psychic, but he needed to pass a test.

"Whoever wants it can go in."

Tamura Hao gestured to the others that if they were interested, they could go in and try it out, but he himself wasn't particularly interested in these summoned beasts.

The summoning beast he wanted was one that could rival the power of a tailed beast, or one that possessed sage-like power like those of the three great holy lands.

Otherwise, signing the contract would be of no use to him.

"Let's go in together."

The group exchanged glances and decided to go inside together.

"Kai, you should go in and train too. Illusion combat is your weakness, so it will be good for you to practice more."

Tamura Hiroshi gestured to Might Guy, who was already doing a one-finger push-up in place.

"Can I also spend my youth there?"

"Kakashi, wait for me!"

Might Guy instantly became excited and rushed in.

"I didn't expect to make any progress so quickly; it went much more smoothly than I anticipated."

Nara Shikaku sighed. He had thought he would have to search for a long time, either to find the other person's descendants or to find the other person's remains to summon the dead through the Impure World Reincarnation. Who would have thought that he would find the real person as soon as he arrived.

"Who do you think will pass the test?"

Yamanaka Inoichi continued to examine the ancient castle. He couldn't detect anything unusual with the naked eye; only by using sensory ninjutsu could he sense what was wrong inside.

"Since it's an illusion, Kurenai Yuhi should have a higher chance of passing the test."

Nara Shikaku believes that Kurenai Yuhi is more likely, after all, she is the successor of the Yuhi clan. Even though she is still young, her mastery of genjutsu is definitely no less than that of some genjutsu-type Jonin. She is only limited by her age and chakra.

As for Tamura Hao, he and Akimichi Choza were already preparing dinner. They didn't care much about the summoning beast, since it wasn't of much use to them anyway. Dinner was more meaningful to them.

Nara Shikaku's guess was correct; it was indeed Kurenai Yuhi who cleared the game first and signed the contract.

Immediately, the ancient castle collapsed and burst into a cloud of mist, disappearing completely. Only a colossal creature could be vaguely seen inside, clearly indicating that the spirit beast was quite large.

"Thanks!"

Yuhi Kurenai excitedly came over to express her gratitude. She had originally come to cultivate as instructed by her father, but who would have thought that she would receive such a great opportunity on the very first day.

It's important to understand that this isn't just a summoned beast, but an entire clan, and a type of illusion magic at that. It can be passed down within the family indefinitely, making it exceptionally significant.

"Look at Honghong, she's so polite. Unlike you, she's clearly trying to help you, but you're still holding a grudge."

Tamura Hao quite liked this polite girl, and then openly criticized a certain girl who still had a resentful look in her eyes.

"Shameless!"

Mitarashi Anko immediately labeled him as shameless, then dragged her best friend over to eat, her eyes still glaring resentfully at the shameless scoundrel.

At the same time, I was also puzzled. This guy was a model student who was praised by the teacher many times when he was in school. How did he change like this after graduation?

Is it a revelation of one's true nature?

Or have they been led astray by certain people?

Xia Rixing was also quite gloomy, recalling her experience of being bullied, and her village, wondering how everyone was doing.

The others still felt a sense of novelty, never expecting that the ancient castle they had been in was actually an illusion created by magic; they hadn't even realized it.

Can illusions still be used like that?

This successful start has made everyone even more excited for the journey ahead.

"Where to next?"

After dinner, Jingyin asked about the next goal.

"This is a collection of places with some strange legends. I'll go there one by one to verify them and see what mysteries they hold."

Tamura Hao took out a notebook, which he had compiled based on the Naruto anime he had watched in his previous life and the many books he had read in this world. The notebook contained far more places and legends than what was shown in the anime.

After all, this is a real world with thousands of years of history and civilization, as well as many cultivation systems, which cannot be fully shown in an anime.

He planned to tour all these places before finally going to the Spirit Island to conduct experiments and create the ultimate summon beast.

Of course, cultivation cannot stop, especially self-cultivation.

His current focus in training is on earth element, and he wants to raise it to its limit as soon as possible and then fuse it into steel element.

Only by fusing with the Steel Escape Technique can one truly be secure.

Although they can borrow the power of the tailed beasts, it is only borrowing, not integrating it into themselves.

To become a true powerhouse, one cannot rely on external forces indefinitely; one must cultivate one's own strength. Steel Release is the best choice at this stage.

Instead of setting off immediately, Tamura Hiroshi and the others wandered around the area for a few days before finally leaving in Xiao Hei.

Tamura Hao even dug out some decent tombs around that ancient castle, found some bandits as sacrifices to summon the monarch and ministers of the head country, and found some treasure locations, reaping considerable gains.

Unfortunately, the Impure World Reincarnation technique only works on ninjas or those with chakra and chakra bloodlines, that is, descendants of the Ninja Clan. It is ineffective on ordinary people, who cannot be resurrected using the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

Of course, this inhumane practice garnered another wave of disdainful glances.

However, Tamura Hiroshi didn't care about this, since the gains were real.

After thoroughly searching the Land of the Head, they headed to their next destination, wandering around for two months before arriving at the Land of the Sky, mainly the location of the Sky Ninja Village.

"There is a large amount of chakra below."

After sensing for a moment, Vanilla Uzumaki said that she sensed a large amount of chakra in the ruins below.

"Are there any powerful individuals who surpass the Jonin level?"

Tamura Hao inquired, not surprised that there were a large number of ninjas in the ruins of the Sky Ninja Village, since the Sky Ninja's real base was underground, and those on the surface were just for show.

Moreover, the Sky Village was not truly destroyed, but instead hid and quietly accumulated strength.

In the future, they even developed and manufactured aircraft carriers and many powerful weapons, especially this air fortress, which is truly formidable.

"I didn't sense it."

After sensing again, Vanilla Uzumaki confirmed that there was no Kage-level powerhouse present.

"Is there something wrong with the Sky Ninja Village?"

Nohara Rin, who was levitating using the Peacock Technique, wondered why Hao Jun and the others looked so serious. Was something wrong with the Sky Ninja Village?

"The Sky Village was destroyed by our Leaf Village during the last Shinobi World War. Back then, they possessed a strange flying ninja tool that could carry people in flight, but it was rather slow."

I thought the Sky Ninja Village was destroyed, but who knew it was still there, hidden here.

Nara Shikaku explained that he happened to know about the Sky Ninja Village and had witnessed the Sky Ninjas with flying ninja tools. They were formidable opponents, as few ninjas possessed the ability to fight in the air.

They just didn't expect the other party to still be around. The fact that the Sky Ninja Village was developing so discreetly must mean they had a desire for revenge. Once the other party started to take revenge, they would definitely suffer heavy losses.

It must be removed!

"Haiyi!"

Nara Shikaku looked at Yamanaka Inoichi; this was something his friend should handle.

"You should prepare enough medicine."

Yamanaka Inoichi said something and then used the Spirit Transformation Technique, his soul leaving his body and flying into the ruins of the Sky Ninja Village below.

Tamura Hiroshi and the others landed not far away and used the materials they carried to make a drug that could knock out everyone.

Not long after, a figure leaped over quickly. It was a sky ninja controlled by Yamanaka Inoichi, and judging from his attire, he must be a high-ranking member.

Yamanaka Inoichi took the prepared medicine and left. Four hours later, he woke up and nodded wearily to the others, indicating that everything was done.

This is the terrifying power of the Spirit Transformation Technique; it allows one to control another's body to do things, and when combined with drugs, it could easily overthrow an entire ninja village.

After all, no one would suspect their own people of betrayal, especially if it's someone from their own high-ranking position. Without proper precautions, even the best ninja could fall victim to such a betrayal.

"The Sky Village has been plotting revenge, dominating the ninja world, and destroying our five great ninja villages for years."

The flying ninja tool from back then was further improved, so that as long as chakra was injected, one could fly, even without wind attribute.

In addition, they are also researching a steel warship to carry ninjas who possess flying ninja tools.

Finally, there's this underground base. According to their research, this underground base is capable of flight, but it requires a large amount of chakra.

They created something called Zero-Tails, which can absorb negative emotions to create dark chakra, and they also created a chakra cannon whose power is no less than that of a Tailed Beast Ball.

However, Zero-Tails is uncontrollable and is temporarily sealed by the Sky Village. The current leader of the Sky Village is a guy named Shennong, who has gone out to find a way to control Zero-Tails, wanting to make further use of its power…”

As Yamanaka Inoichi was carried on Akimichi Choza's back, he explained the information he had gleaned from the memories of the high-ranking Sky Ninja.

"Shennong!"

Nara Shikaku wrote down the name and prepared to mobilize his family's resources to find the person.

He believed that news would come soon, because according to Haiyi, the other party was very skilled in medicine and often disguised himself as a doctor.

Since they were doctors, they would inevitably need to buy medicines, and coincidentally, the Nara family was in the business of selling medicinal herbs.

Although it is limited to the Land of Fire, as long as the other party appears within the Land of Fire, traces will definitely be found.

Furthermore, when it comes to methods for controlling beings like tailed beasts, is there any ninja village with a more profound foundation than our Konoha?

Of course, the reason for wanting to capture it is to keep it secret, to keep this aerial fortress a secret.

This is a real treasure!

The group continued on their way and soon arrived at a place that resembled a prison. There were many cells inside, some of which held people, but most contained skeletons—dried-up skeletons, as if they had been drained dry by some kind of force.

Even though the ninjas were used to life and death, this scene still made their scalps tingle.

"These are ninjas and civilians captured by the Sky Village from outside, used as food to feed the Zero-Tails, with civilians making up the majority of them."

The cells here are all inscribed with magical formulas that continuously absorb chakra and even life force, ultimately transmitting it to the sealed Zero-Tails.

Yamanaka Inoichi explained that he found the actions of the Sky Ninja Village despicable.

It's one thing to target ninjas, since ninjas are tools of killing, and they are prepared to be killed when they kill the first person.

But capturing civilians to sacrifice is too cruel and despicable.

Not harming innocent civilians is a rule in the ninja world, especially the five great ninja villages, which strictly adhere to it. The Sky Ninja Village has completely crossed this line.

"We'll lock those Sky Ninja here in a bit."

Tamura Hao thought these prisons were well-designed, a place of rest prepared by the Sky Ninja for themselves.

Nara Shikaku and the other two thought the same way. After all, there were so many Sky Ninja waiting to be dealt with, and it wouldn't be good to kill them directly. It would be a good opportunity to make use of them.

This way of dying is just the way they pay for their sins.

The group split into small teams and searched the entire underground base. Tamura Hao and his three companions, along with Uzumaki Vanilla and Uzumaki Kushina, arrived at the core location, which was also the place where the Zero-Tails was sealed.

"How would you like to modify it?"

After examining the Zero-Tailed Beast, the two women, Vanilla and Whirlpool, exchanged a few words and, after confirming that it could be modified, looked at Tamura Hao.

"Just make it a simple energy source to supply this aerial fortress. It doesn't need intelligence or combat power. The more stable it is, the better."

Tamura Hao had sensed the Zero-Tails before, and found it far inferior to the Tailed Beasts, so he lost interest in it.

He doesn't lack the combat power of Zero-Tail; he can simply turn it into a super-sized battery pack.

"It cannot generate chakra on its own like a tailed beast; it needs a continuous supply of chakra, life force, and soul consciousness."

Kushina Uzumaki frowned. This thing can only absorb chakra, or the life and soul of ordinary people, especially negative emotions. To keep it powered, it has to keep absorbing.

"It's alright, there are still plenty of damn scum in the ninja world and the world at large."

Tamura Hao spoke casually, and even already had some targets in mind. For example, the Third Hokage, that Dark Ninja, and those old guys all deserved to die. Capturing them to provide energy would be a way to make use of their trash and atone for their sins.

"Actually, you should be locked up in those prisons."

Kushina Uzumaki still harbored resentment, and at the same time, she thought that this brat had saved her back then mostly because of Minato Ranbu's heart, and the fact that he forced her to lose weight back then was the best evidence of that.

That brat has a dirty heart!

"According to the information I've gathered, it seems that the forces on Tongling Island were intentionally searching for the orphans of the Uzumaki clan a few years ago. I don't know if they found them or what they wanted to do with them. Could it be that they wanted to dissect and study them?"

Unfortunately, we haven't found the exact location of Tongling Island, only a general sea area coordinate. Otherwise, we shouldn't bother trying to find it.

Tamura Hao pondered the question seriously. The force on Shaman Island was very mysterious. Even with the intelligence network of the Ino-Shika-Cho triad, they could only pinpoint a sea area. As for the specific location, they couldn't pinpoint it, and it would take quite a while to find it.

"I was wrong!"

Kushina Uzumaki readily admitted her mistake and softened her stance, while inwardly cursing her for being despicable.

That's absolutely despicable and shameless!

Why did Tsunade accept this thing?

"Keep it up!"

Tamura Hao patted his shoulder with satisfaction, then put his hands behind his back and left, preparing to stroll around the aerial fortress.

He likes people with weaknesses, regardless of gender. As long as you have a weakness or leverage, you can easily take advantage of them.

"Are all of you from the Ino-Shika-Cho clan so despicable and shameless?"

After the brat left, Kushina Uzumaki looked gloomily at Shikaku Nara and his two companions, who were scrutinizing the Zero-Tails.

I've never seen such a despicable and shameless person!

These words left the three of them speechless, unsure how to respond.

Nara Shikaku and Yamanaka Inoichi finally looked at Akimichi Choza, after all, that kid was from the Akimichi family.

"His surname is Tamura!"

After a long while, Akimichi Choza finally managed to utter a sentence. He had already witnessed his cousin's shamelessness and did not believe it was a problem with the Akimichi family's bloodline; it must be due to the other half of the bloodline.

"whispering sound!"

Kushina Uzumaki glanced at it disdainfully and continued studying the Zero-Tails, pondering what kind of sealing technique to use to modify it.

Whirlpool Vanilla smiled. She had already witnessed someone's shamelessness, and that girl, Summer, was still full of resentment.

However, she found people with this kind of personality quite amusing.

Leaving aside the thoughts of those people on this side, on the other side, Tamura Hao, who was strolling around the aerial fortress, was pondering how to modify this thing.

First, most of the aerial fortresses will be abandoned.

The fortress itself was constructed of piled-up rocks, which were then connected together using spells.

Rock is too rudimentary and bulky; it should at least be replaced with steel.

It just so happened that the One-Tailed Chakra corrupted the Third Kazekage's puppet, granting it the Sand Iron Magnet Release. Afterward, it found an iron mine to collect some, and then used the power of the Four-Tailed and Two-Tailed to smelt it and create a main frame.

Then dismantle the aerial fortress and transfer the useful items there, especially the flying devices and the chakra cannon.

This would make it much lighter and easier to move around in a more discreet manner. This air fortress is too big and too conspicuous, making it difficult to use.

In addition, this thing can be further modified to make an aircraft carrier to sail at sea, or even a submarine. With the buoyancy of seawater, the energy consumption will definitely be reduced a lot.

Although there are countless scumbags in the bizarre world of Naruto, where even terrorists yearn for and fight for peace, there are still limits.

Moreover, waste is shameful, and we should be thrifty and frugal.

(End of this chapter)