Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

Raising his hand and placing it on the portal that was integrated with the barrier, Tamura Hao used his superb control to manipulate chakra for subtle sensations, and even expended the power of destiny to activate his cheat ability to enhance his comprehension.

With his superb chakra control as a foundation, coupled with his understanding of sealing techniques and his cheat-like abilities, he finally figured out the mechanism for activating the barrier after three minutes.

Instead of forming hand seals, he took out Minato Namikaze's blood and fused it with his own chakra, forming fine, hair-like blood threads that merged into the portal. He then used meticulous manipulation to break through the most basic technique.

This is a common anti-theft method in the ninja world. Just like a summoning contract requires the dual verification of blood and chakra, relying solely on hand seals is not safe here. Otherwise, once leaked, anyone could enter.

To put it bluntly, the method of hand seals is like the password system of a safe in a previous life, and then there are other methods such as blood, eyes, and fingerprints. The more types there are, the more secure it is.

In the ninja world, blood is the most commonly used substance because it is the only thing in a ninja's body that can perfectly react with chakra. That's why he preserved the blood of Minato Namikaze.

After nearly ten minutes of this work, the portal and barrier were finally opened.

Instead of entering immediately, he extended chakra threads to probe and sense the area before finally entering.

The two immediately spotted the sealed scroll on the table, but it was still protected by a barrier.

Besides that, there were two rows of wooden shelves filled with various scrolls of books and some objects. Tamura Hao even saw a sword hilt, guessing that it should be the Second Hokage's Thunder God Sword.

"There are no sealing spells or barriers on either side, but be careful of possible traps. I'll try to break the barrier at the Book of Sealing."

After sensing the surroundings, Tamura Hao gave a brief instruction and walked towards the barrier surrounding the Book of Seals.

Ringo Hyakurin took out a burlap sack and carefully inspected the books and items she had removed, putting them into the sack one by one.

The items placed here are all extraordinary; even ninjutsu scrolls must be at least B-rank to qualify.

These are all great items, don't miss them.

On the other side, Tamura Hiroshi patiently worked to break the barrier around the Book of Seals, and after half an hour of this work, he finally managed to break it with the help of Minato Namikaze's blood.

Ringo Hyakjin had already cleared out the wooden shelves on both sides, carefully deciphered the few remaining mechanisms, and even checked the surrounding walls, roof, and floor, finding two hidden compartments.

Finally, the entire sack was sealed into the prepared sealing scroll.

Ringo Mari and the others also reaped a great harvest, looting almost everything of value in the entire Hokage Building, and leaving behind countless explosive tags, just waiting to be detonated later when needed to erase all traces.

A key aspect of this operation is maintaining secrecy as much as possible. Otherwise, if the secret is leaked, Konoha may not care, but certain people in the village will have something to say about it.

Without saying much, the group headed towards the home of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, as planned.

"Stop! There's a huge amount of chakra there. According to intelligence, it should belong to the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. He's still alive. Let's move on to our next target."

Suddenly stopping in his tracks, Tamura Hiroshi turned and rushed off in another direction, explaining rapidly as he ran.

He guessed that it must be Uzumaki Ninja, who had been rescued by Namikaze Minato and taken home, and Uzumaki Naruto should also be there.

There is Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God Technique there, and he could return at any time.

At this stage, they don't want to confront Minato Namikaze, lest their identities be exposed.

The group remained silent and soon arrived at Kakashi Hatake's house.

Tamura Hao used his extremely precise chakra perception to move around in those houses, and soon sensed a basement shrouded in a barrier at close range.

He raised his hand and placed it on the barrier. This was much simpler than the one at the Hokage Building. He even broke it by force without using any medium.

The basement was opened, and without him going down, several Ringo ninjas went down and came out with smiles on their faces in no time, clearly having gained quite a lot.

The group remained silent and set off again towards the Thousand Hands Clan's territory, arriving at the wooden building.

The Thousand Hands Clan's territory was deserted long ago, and wild grass had grown there. They no longer needed to hide here.

Tamura Hao went straight to the wooden building's gate, raised his hand and pressed it against the gate to sense it. He immediately realized that it was a barrier of the same level as the one in the Book of Seals, and the similarity was extremely high. It should be the work of the same person.

Tsunade's blood was extracted and mixed with chakra to form blood lines that spread across the gate, breaking the seal at the basic level.

Having previously broken the barrier at the Book of Seals, this time it was done quickly, in just ten minutes, and the wooden door opened immediately.

The group followed Tamura Hiroshi inside and found that the room was full of huge wooden shelves, mostly filled with scrolls of books and other items.

"As expected, what's sealed away is the foundation and heritage of the Senju family."

Seeing those books, even someone as resolute as Ringo couldn't help but feel excited.

"Take action, but be careful of potential traps and mechanisms."

Suppressing his excitement, he looked at his son-in-law, and seeing that he nodded to indicate that there was no sealing technique, he decisively ordered the operation to proceed.

Tamura Hiroshi then headed towards the stairs, where there was another doorway, similar to the one at the main entrance, which was easily opened in less than ten minutes.

They advanced with unstoppable momentum, eventually reaching the top floor.

There was only a sealing scroll there, similar in style to the Book of Seals, but much thicker, and it was surrounded by a sealing barrier, but in essence it was the same.

With Tsunade's blood as the key, coupled with her superb chakra control and understanding of sealing techniques, it took ten minutes to break through.

After returning to the first floor, Tamura Hao sensed the surroundings and finally arrived at a secluded spot where there was a chakra reaction, indicating that there must be a secret room below.

"It's a sealed barrier; there's no way to break it."

After pressing his palm against it and sensing it for a moment, Tamura Hao frowned.

There is indeed a barrier here, but it is sealed off, forming a perfect closed loop inside, which cannot be opened from the outside.

"This is a big problem. Kurama is releasing a Tailed Beast Ball."

At this moment, a Ringo ninja who had been guarding the entrance of the wooden building suddenly spoke up, seeing that the Nine-Tails, which was fighting a great battle in Konoha, had suddenly begun to condense a Tailed Beast Ball.

Tamura Hao immediately leaped to the entrance of the wooden building, took out his binoculars to observe, focusing on the Nine-Tails' eyes, and sure enough, he found that the eyes that were originally glowing red had returned to normal.

"Have we finally dealt with Obito Uchiha?"

He muttered to himself that Tamura Hao understood that Minato Namikaze must have defeated Obito Uchiha, much slower than in the original storyline.

It's possible that the nerve damage in his arm caused Minato Namikaze's fighting ability to decline, which is why he couldn't immediately defeat Obito Uchiha.

It has been almost two hours since the Nine-Tails appeared, and Konoha has been mostly destroyed.

Turning the binoculars towards the Hokage Cliff, they indeed spotted a blurry figure there. The face was obscured, but the yellow hair was quite noticeable, which must be Minato Namikaze.

That was indeed Minato Namikaze, and at that moment, Minato was in very poor condition. He had fought that mysterious person for a full two hours, and not only was he injured in many places, but his chakra was also greatly depleted.

It was only after seeing Minato Namikaze's appearance that Kurama, having regained its consciousness, was able to condense the Tailed Beast Ball.

He was frequently sealed by that guy with chakra while inside the belly of the ninth rank of the vortex, so he naturally hated him immensely.

"I won't let you destroy the village again."

After catching his breath, Minato Namikaze watched the Tailed Beast Ball hurtling towards him. He raised his hands to form a hand seal, creating a magic array, preparing to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport the entire Tailed Beast Ball away.

But at that moment, the Hokage Cliff beneath their feet suddenly exploded, leaving Minato Namikaze stunned, and the Flying Thunder God Technique array diagram that was affected also collapsed.

Unobstructed, the Tailed Beast Ball collided with the shattered Hokage Cliff, instantly transforming into a massive sphere of light that rapidly spread outwards, engulfing everything around it, including the Senju clan's territory.

The Senju clan's territory was not far from the Hokage Building, or even right next to it, and now it was in trouble.

However, Tamura Hao and the others were not worried, because the Senju wooden building they were in was created by the First Hokage using Wood Release during his lifetime. Even after decades, it was still incredibly sturdy. With the added support of the sealing barrier, it could withstand a Tailed Beast Ball without any problem.

But this was already the limit. After the Tailed Beast Ball, the upper floors of the wooden building were destroyed, and all the protective barriers, including those underground, collapsed.

"The barrier below has broken. Quickly loot and leave."

Tamura Hiroshi, who had been watching the barrier closely, immediately sensed something and signaled to act quickly.

Ringo Hyakjin, wielding the Raitogi, cleaved through the floor, revealing a passage leading downwards. The group filed in and discovered a warehouse below, sealed with many eerie items, mostly organs preserved in bottles, with eyeballs being the most numerous, mostly Sharingan eyes, and even one pale white eyeball.

Then there were some notebook scrolls. Upon seeing these, Tamura Hiroshi immediately thought of the first Nagakage, Tobirama Senju.

That's a big shot who researches forbidden techniques and has done a lot of human experiments.

Without Tamura Hao even needing to speak, everyone immediately sprang into action, sealing everything they could carry into a roll.

In less than a minute, the entire warehouse was emptied.

Under the cover of darkness, the group quickly retreated, still disguising themselves as Konoha ANBU ninjas.

At this moment, the people of Konoha were still focused on Kurama (the Nine-Tails), and no one paid attention to this place.

They easily crossed the Konoha wall, which had long been deserted. As for the so-called barrier, it had been torn apart when the Nine-Tails appeared.

The group of eleven arrived and left quietly, taking away a large amount of spoils.

It ran for more than ten kilometers in one go before stopping, and then fired a signal flare.

Yuri flew over on her ninja hawk, and the group, holding onto the dangling ropes, were quickly lifted into the air.

Tamura Hao nimbly climbed up the rope onto the eagle's back, removed his armor and stored it in the sealing scroll to reduce weight, then picked up his binoculars to observe Konoha.

With the help of the moonlight, it could be vaguely seen that the Nine-Tails seemed to be restrained, and then disappeared not long afterward.

"Is it still sealed away like that?"

Upon seeing the Nine-Tails disappear, Tamura Hao murmured to himself, roughly guessing that the Nine-Tails was probably still doubly sealed in the same way.

The Nine-Tails was too powerful; ordinary sealing techniques couldn't contain it. The seal that Uzumaki Kyuuhou used must have been created by Uzumaki Mito, so the Nine-Tails was bound hand and foot inside and couldn't move.

But once inside Naruto's body, it was much freer; that's the difference between sealing techniques.

The Eight Trigrams Seal is clearly insufficient to seal the complete Nine-Tails. To seal it, the Reaper Death Seal must be used to weaken it. This is why Minato Namikaze still used the Reaper Death Seal in the original story after the Nine-Tails was suppressed by the Kongo Seal.

Of course, these are just his guesses, and it doesn't matter whether they are true or not.

The important thing is that this incident changed a lot. Konoha suffered even greater losses. Almost the entire village was destroyed, Hokage Cliff was gone, and the Hokage Building was completely destroyed by that Tailed Beast Ball, leaving not a trace.

Their traces were completely erased, and even the previous Thousand-Handed Wooden Building was further destroyed by them with numerous explosive tags, erasing all traces.

The entire operation was flawless.

Of course, this was made possible by Tamura Hao's extraordinary senses leading the way, as well as the group's formidable strength. Anyone who stopped and blocked the way was quickly dealt with, and their bodies were sealed in a scroll and taken away.

"What have you been looking at?"

Turning his head to look at the little girl who had been staring at him, Tamura Hao looked down at himself and saw nothing amiss.

Is she just lusting after my body?

"How come you're not hurt at all during such a dangerous operation?"

Yuri was puzzled. In the past, she had returned injured for everyone, even at the cost of several lives. She was worried about staying on the back of the ninja hawk.

To everyone's surprise, they all returned unharmed, especially this guy who didn't lose a single hair, let alone get injured.

"Who said I wasn't injured? I swallowed eight soldier ration pills this time."

Tamura Hao really put in a lot of effort this time. Not only did he need chakra to break through those sealing barriers, but he also needed chakra to continuously use sensory ninjutsu.

He had been taking military ration pills for this reason, and his body was already somewhat exhausted.

"That counts as an injury?"

Yuuri rolled her eyes at her, but she didn't approve of that.

"This plan went much more smoothly than expected."

Ringo Mari smiled; the plan had gone too smoothly this time.

"Xiao Hao deserves the most credit for the success of this plan."

Ringo Hyakka also smiled, becoming increasingly satisfied with her young son-in-law, and even planning to arrange the marriage upon returning home.

The reason we initially recruited this kid into my daughter's team was simply because of his sensory abilities and medical ninjutsu. Who would have thought he would bring so many surprises?

Tamura Hao smiled shyly and modestly, realizing that he had secured his position as a kept man.

"We will all need to undergo Xiao Hao's illusion hypnosis to cover up this memory. We will also need to keep it strictly confidential in the future, and no one can reveal it."

With her pleased smile fading, Ringo Hyakka's gaze swept over everyone. Next, she needed to perform the necessary illusionary hypnosis to seal this memory away.

It's not about erasing, but about concealing, making it difficult to recall on one's own, thus preventing leaks.

Otherwise, it would be troublesome if he got drunk or was drugged and leaked the information later.

This kind of hypnotic illusion doesn't require high skill; with Xiao Hao's abilities and their active cooperation, he can perform it at this stage.

"Yes, Master!"

Everyone agreed, understanding the gravity of the situation. If the news got out, not to mention the reaction from Konoha, the villagers alone would be tempted to seize it.

Their family can't keep these things at this stage, so they have to hide them for now.

Where should we put these things?

Ringo Mari looked at the huge sealed scrolls with a headache. She had gained so much this time, especially from the Hokage Building, which she had practically packed up.

Moreover, the things here are too important; it's obviously not safe to bring them back to the clan's territory in the village, and it's also not reassuring to leave them outside.

"I need to think about this carefully."

Ringo Hyakka also looked worried; this is really hard to store.

Tamura Hao then thought of a good place: the turtle island in Kumogakure, or rather, the island turtle.

That would be a pretty perfect base. Not only is it big enough, but it's also mobile. If you set up a barrier, it might even be able to dive into the seabed.

It's important to know that sea turtles are capable of diving, and they are quite adept at it.

There must be a tortoise on the island too. If we add a device to help it breathe and exchange air, it could stay on the seabed indefinitely without any problem.

Next, we'll be taking a boat trip in the waters near the Land of Lightning, so we can take the opportunity to look for Turtle Island.

"I wonder if the Second Hokage's sensory ninjutsu was a bloodline secret technique or just a simple sensory ninjutsu."

Thinking about finding that island turtle, Tamura Hao thought of the sensory abilities of the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju.

After being resurrected through the Impure World Reincarnation, he immediately sensed Madara Uchiha's chakra on the battlefield in Konoha. In terms of sensing distance alone, he was the strongest among those pure-blooded Otsutsuki.

After flying back to the ship they had been on by the Ninja Hawk, everyone rested for a day before coming to Tamura Hao to receive genjutsu hypnosis to cover up that memory.

Because they cooperate voluntarily, the effect will be better, and at the same time, it will basically not cause any mental damage to them.

No one dares to be careless in this regard; in fact, everyone is keeping an eye on each other.

After all, those things are too precious. Once they are leaked, they will attract countless people to fight for them. The Ringo family will not be able to protect them, and the family may even be wiped out.

For the sake of their family and their own lives, concealing that memory is the best option.

Even Tamura Hiroshi hypnotized himself to cover up that memory.

After doing all that, Tamura Hiroshi began to peruse the scrolls, first looking for information on Yin Release and Yang Release training, especially Tobirama Senju's sensory ninjutsu.

"So there's also a combined application of Earth Escape."

Having read the secret technique of perception, Tamura Hiroshi understood the principle behind it.

This is not simply Yin Release perception, but also a fusion of Earth Release, so it requires contact with the ground to sense other people's chakra through the earth.

Without the use of Earth Escape Technique, the effect will be greatly reduced.

Even with the reduced range, it's still possible to sense distances of hundreds of kilometers, but it requires cultivating Yin-attribute chakra to a certain level and demands extremely high control over chakra.

While Tamura Hao's Yin attribute training is still far from the level of Tobirama Senju, his chakra control is absolutely top-notch. There are very few people in the entire ninja world who can surpass him in chakra control at this stage.

This is one of the benefits he enjoys as a transmigrator; his chakra is relatively special, and he has a high talent for controlling it.

Once he was certain that he could master this secret technique, Tamura Hao immediately began practicing it.

The primary task at this stage is to find that moving turtle island in the waters near the Land of Lightning, seize it as their base, and only then can they safely develop their strength there.

As for Kirigakure, who wants to hang out in a place full of mentally ill and crazy people?

Not to mention the increasingly sharp conflict between the ninja faction and the Mizukage faction; who knows when they might break out into a bloodbath? He didn't want to get involved.

(End of this chapter)