Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

"hateful!"

Seeing the dolphin's unusual behavior, the middle-aged man used his teleportation technique to leave his original position without thinking. The next moment, several whooshing sounds passed by his original spot.

Turning my head, I saw two figures that had appeared on the iceberg at some point; they were moving too fast.

"Magnetic escape?"

He was startled and suspicious. He had just sensed something moving through the air, something only Magnet Release could do.

Their Hidden Cloud Village also has a Magnet Release bloodline limit, but it's different from this one. This kind of long-distance object manipulation seems to be the Magnet Release of the Hidden Sand Village.

Wasn't it the Hidden Mist ninja who launched the surprise attack?

How could the Magnet Release from Sunagakure appear?

Furthermore, there seem to be few Magnet Release ninjas in Sunagakure; the only one known so far is the Fourth Kazekage.

Although puzzled, the middle-aged man acted swiftly, raising his hand to form a hand seal and condense a water clone that separated from himself and escaped.

Neither of them had particularly high chakra levels, especially the short one. However, there were quite a few powerful individuals who had launched this surprise attack, including a Kage-level expert. He couldn't afford to linger here.

"That's a clone over there. Go after it, but be careful not to let it leave any traces or markings for information."

Tamura Hiro, who had been connected to the Byakugan with chakra threads, said something to Ameyuri and then chased after the person's main body.

The Byakugan has strong insight; it can see through all clones except for shadow clones.

Yuri didn't choose, after all, she was an elite Jonin, and even her clones wouldn't be weak. It would still be a challenge for her now, and exciting enough.

The two split up to pursue, and Tamura Hao was not slow. He even used Magnet Release to control finger blades for long-range attacks.

The middle-aged man was unable to unleash his full speed due to the influence of the finger knife. He ran for more than a minute but still couldn't shake off the attacker. Finally, he decisively stopped, his face turning sinister and cold, and a chilling murderous intent erupted in his heart.

Since the other party is courting death, let's send them on their way.

"Water Release: Tide of the Sea!"

With his hands forming hand seals rapidly, a powerful burst of chakra surged into the seawater beneath his feet, creating massive waves that swept up and shattered the ice floes on the surface, causing astonishing destruction.

This ninjutsu is already quite powerful, and since we're in the ocean, it doesn't require chakra to manipulate the water flow; it can directly merge with the seawater, further enhancing its power.

Seeing the massive wave sweeping towards him, Tamura Hao did not try to withstand it head-on. Instead, he used the Magnet Release power of the Third Kazekage's chakra core to propel himself into the air.

His armor was inlaid with iron sand, which allowed him to float in the air.

However, he could only achieve levitation, since he only possessed a chakra core, not the Third Kazekage himself, and his application of Magnet Release was far inferior, allowing him to only perform the most basic usage.

But getting past this wave was enough, and then Tamura Hiroshi was frustrated.

In the Byakugan's vision, the opponent left behind a water clone, while the main body reduced its chakra to the lowest level and dived into the depths of the sea to prepare for escape.

"I thought you were going to do something drastic."

He couldn't help but complain, then used his finger blade to quickly eliminate the water clone, and submerged into the seawater to use the power of Magnet Release to quickly pursue the enemy.

The occupation of Turtle Island must be kept secret, so this man must die.

However, at that moment, a huge figure suddenly rushed out of the deep sea.

It was a huge fish, at least twenty meters long, and its mouthful of sharp teeth indicated that it was quite powerful. It had its eyes on Tamura Hao.

At the same time, the middle-aged man who was swimming stopped, a sinister smile on his face, and quickly formed hand seals.

"Lightning Release: Lightning Serpent!"

A long snake of lightning shot out rapidly, its speed amplified by the conduction of the seawater.

This was his true killing move. Long after confirming that the person possessed the Magnet Release technique from Sunagakure, he knew that the opponent would likely also have the ability to fly, and that fighting against him would be very disadvantageous.

That's why I used the escape route to lure the opponent into the sea. With the seawater as a barrier, the opponent's magnetic escape creation speed will be greatly reduced, and the rapid passage will leave more obvious marks, making it easier for me to dodge.

With seawater as a medium, the speed of the lightning release will be even faster, making it almost impossible to dodge.

With the addition of his own partner's ambush, it would be enough to kill him.

However, despite this attack, Tamura Hao still used the power of Magnet Release to quickly pursue them, but now he had an extra controller in his hand.

Chakra was injected, and a golden lightning blade appeared, which was none other than the Second Hokage's sword, the Thunder God Sword.

This is an extremely powerful ninja tool. As long as chakra is injected, it can form a lightning blade. It can be formed even without lightning-attribute chakra. The difference is that if lightning-attribute chakra is used, the resulting lightning blade will be more powerful.

He swung Thor's sword and swept it across, severing and destroying the incoming electric snakes.

The Thunder God's Sword is very effective against Lightning Release ninjutsu. It's hard to say about the Lightning Release of a Kage-level expert, but it can still suppress the Lightning Release of a Jonin.

Furthermore, while seawater can accelerate the transmission speed of Lightning Release ninjutsu, it also disperses the power of Lightning Release ninjutsu, greatly reducing its effectiveness, so it can be considered both an advantage and a disadvantage.

At the same time, the finger knife flew out, accurately piercing the eye of the large fish below, then piercing into its brain and spinning rapidly, destroying the brain and killing it instantly.

Tamura Hao hadn't experienced much fighting, but he had consulted his aunt and father-in-law many times, and even had practical training, so his combat experience was quite good, especially in dealing with lightning and water release techniques.

Lightning Release is the primary ninjutsu of the Ringo clan, while Water Release is the forte of Kirigakure, including underwater combat.

As a proud member of the Mist Village, one would be embarrassed to go out without being a good swimmer.

"What?"

This smooth counterattack startled the middle-aged man, who hurriedly raised his hands to form a hand seal. But the next moment, an embroidery needle suddenly pierced his neck from the side and disappeared into his cervical spine.

The spinal cord was punctured, causing the middle-aged man's body to stiffen. The next moment, several finger-knife blades flew in, destroying his joints. In addition, the drug numbed him, and he eventually fell into a coma amidst his resentment.

"You really think all I do is play with nails?"

With a smirk, Tamura Hao realized that he had not only made magnetic finger knives, but also quite a few magnetic embroidery needles.

Compared to a finger knife, an embroidery needle can withstand much less force due to its smaller size and is less likely to cause large wounds, but it is far more concealed than a finger knife.

After initially manipulating and propelling the needle with Magnet Release, he withdrew the Magnet Release chakra that had been applied to the embroidery needle, making it difficult for the opponent to sense.

Meanwhile, due to its shape, the embroidery needle leaves virtually no trace when moving through water, thus completing a decisive strike.

After checking the surroundings to make sure nothing was missed, Tamura Hao used Magnet Release to quickly bring the person and the big fish to the surface of the sea.

Magnetism is a very versatile power that can be applied to various environments, both on and underwater, and it is much faster than simply swimming.

Once on the sea, Tamura Hao waved to the ninja hawks circling in the air.

With a cry, the ninja hawk swooped down, grabbed the large fish with its claws, and flew quickly toward Turtle Island. Tamura Hao stood on the large fish.

Soon they arrived at Turtle Island. Yuri had returned and brought back the dolphin, including the scroll in its mouth.

The Ringo ninjas also completed the massacre on Turtle Island, slaughtering all the Cloud ninjas and the animals there, leaving no one alive.

It's not that it's cruel, but the animals might be summoned beasts trained by the Cloud Ninja, possessing intelligence and their own stance, and more likely to leak secrets, so killing them all is the best option.

Moreover, they've been eating either toad meat or fish for the past six months, and they've been wanting a change of pace for a while.

Of course, not all of them were killed; three Jonin were left behind for interrogation.

Drugs combined with torture are enough to get them to know what they want to know.

Tamura Hiroshi also joined the interrogation, using illusion magic to guide the conversation and obtain a lot of information. Finally, they arrived at the most important real waterfall on Turtle Island.

"The Cloud Ninja has hidden such a unique treasure land."

Ringo Mari looked at the waterfall with great surprise; she never expected that Kumogakure would have such a great treasure.

According to the information obtained, both of the two Jinchūriki of Kumogakure trained through this, shattering the dark side of their hearts, and the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki even became a perfect Jinchūriki.

Unfortunately, they are not Jinchūriki, so they can't use this, or rather, it's not very useful.

"Sparring and fighting against yourself will definitely yield a lot of benefits."

Tamura Hao was very interested in the real waterfall. He walked over and sat down cross-legged. Soon, the surrounding environment changed slightly, and his father-in-law and his companion disappeared behind him.

I glanced around and realized that this was the illusionary space of the real waterfall.

The next moment, a figure emerged from the waterfall opposite. Upon seeing the figure's appearance, Tamura Hao couldn't help but cover his face.

"You lowly mortal, to see me and not kneel before me—you are already courting death!"

The shadowy figure appears to be looking down, holding a golden trident in its hand.

"There are too many flaws, let me catch my breath."

Tamura Hao felt he needed some time to calm down. His dark side was completely different from Naruto's in the original story. It wasn't just the appearance that was different; the personality was also different. He didn't have that mindless, vicious, and dark side.

Or perhaps deep down I'm just a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur)?

Or is he just a goofball?

The current design of the Dark Side character is a blatant copy of Tang San, the Sea God from the Douluo Continent anime next door, even the Eight Spider Lances are copied.

"I hate it most when people talk badly about me behind my back!"

A golden trident flew over and pierced through Tamura Hao. It was the Dark Side that made the move. Tamura Hao was also freed from the illusion, and his face turned pale.

The newly formed body is his spiritual essence; piercing and shattering it is also a form of damage to his spirit.

"They were driven back so quickly?"

Ringo Jasmine was surprised to see her niece's husband leave so quickly.

Is it really that difficult to recreate a real waterfall?

"The dark side is another version of myself, and it understands me perfectly."

With a pale face, Tamura Hao took a breath and said that although he had lost before, he was still very interested in that dark side, whose combat skills far exceeded his own.

He couldn't dodge that one throw, so he's definitely a good target for practice.

"What fun things are you guys playing?"

A pretty figure ran over; it was Ringo Ameyuri.

Ringo Mari described the effect of a real waterfall, which made the little girl's eyes light up.

"Create another version of yourself to fight."

How could I miss out on something this fun?

I decisively ran over and sat down, trying to fight with my other self.

"Establish communication with this giant sea turtle as soon as possible and guide him away from this area. We must prevent the Hidden Cloud Village from discovering the anomaly here."

You also need to thoroughly inspect Turtle Island and eliminate any hidden threats left by the Hidden Cloud Village.

Looking at her daughter sitting there, Ringo Hyakurin spoke to her son-in-law about how to handle Turtle Island.

This is a perfect base; all the things they acquired can be placed here, especially since there is a huge space behind this real waterfall, which is just right for storing those things.

However, this Turtle Island must be completely taken over, all traces on it must be erased, and most importantly, the island must be driven away to avoid being found by the Hidden Cloud Village.

"I will handle it as soon as possible."

Tamura Hao nodded, showing his high regard for the base. He had spent half a year sensing the area in search of this giant sea turtle.

They just didn't expect that the Hidden Cloud Village would bring it to the Ice Sea, perhaps because of the war with the Hidden Mist Village.

"Next, I will lead a group to the Land of Lightning. The head of the Hozuki family previously sent me a letter inviting me to participate in the siege of the Fourth Raikage, promising to obtain the Raikage's Lightning Release technique."

The Kaguya family patriarch's bloodline disease seems to have worsened, and they want to seize this opportunity to fight back with all their might.

Ringo Hyakka explained the upcoming arrangements, emphasizing the head of the Kaguya family.

He no longer valued the Raikage lineage's lightning release techniques much, since he had already received the inheritance from Konoha's White Fang and they were more suited to them.

However, the Kaguya clan leader's body is very important to them. She is not only a Kage-level powerhouse, but she has also developed the Corpse Bone Pulse to an extremely high level.

The Kaguya clan's Shikotsumyaku (Corpse Bone Pulse) poses a significant hidden danger, as it is accompanied by a bloodline disease. The deeper the development of this bloodline, the stronger the disease becomes.

The Kaguya clan leader is not yet thirty years old, but she is already nearing her limit.

Of course, the corresponding person is also extremely powerful, the strongest among the three clan leaders, and may even be stronger than the Mizukage.

If it weren't for his flawed personality and bloodline, he could probably have been a contender for the Fourth Mizukage.

"Father-in-law, please be careful!"

Tamura Hao's mind started working; he really needed a Kage-level Kaguya ninja's body for his research.

Although they had previously obtained the remains of several Kage-level ancestors from the Kaguya family cemetery, they were all just bones without flesh and blood, and therefore could not be used to make chakra cores.

He now needs a Kage-level Shikotsumyaku Chakra Core, not only to assist in upgrading the puppet armor, but also to aid in the cultivation of his own bones.

Next, we need to see if we can solve the research project on mass production of bone cells from the Corpse Bone Vein, since we can't keep using the corpses of Kaguya the Ninja as raw materials.

It's best not to be held hostage in this regard.

After continuing his conversation with his father-in-law, Tamura Hao began to wander around Turtle Island, using his keen senses and the power of his Byakugan to search for any unusual places or objects on the island.

The Hidden Cloud Village indeed attached great importance to this place, leaving behind many sealing techniques, even inside the island turtle, which Tamura Hao found and broke one by one.

It took four days of such busy work to clean it up. Finally, an illusion was used to awaken the sleeping island turtle and communicate with it. After several days of interaction, a friendship was established. Then the island turtle swam away from the icy sea.

The main reason is that the island tortoise doesn't like it here either; it's too cold, which has caused it to hibernate.

He still prefers to stay in warm waters where there is more food.

In the following period, Tamura Hao directed the Ringo ninjas to assist in modifying the island turtle, especially upgrading the sensory barrier.

In this respect, it has the foundation inherited from Konoha, and even the barrier structure of Konoha Village itself is far superior to that of Kumogakure.

Furthermore, during the last search of the Hokage Building, the core device for setting up the Konoha Village barrier was found inside.

Tamura Hiroshi disassembled it into raw materials and rearranged it, cleaning up all traces on it. With the addition of some materials obtained by the Ringo family, the barrier was finally completely modified.

The upgraded barrier has four main functions. First, it retains the original sensory abilities, and as long as Tamura Hao's chakra is connected to it, he can continuously maintain his external perception.

The second function is invisibility, which is achieved by simulating the surrounding environment through a barrier.

While a perfect simulation is impossible, simulating the simple environment of the ocean is not difficult at all.

As long as no one gets close enough to look, they won't notice.

Moreover, the sea surface is curved, and once you exceed a certain distance, you will be obscured by the sea surface. Combined with Tamura Hiroshi's perception ability, he can avoid everyone in advance.

The third function is concealment. It can conceal the chakra of everyone inside the barrier, and the chakra reaction of the barrier itself is also greatly reduced, minimizing the chance of being discovered.

The fourth function is diving. The barrier can materialize to block everything from the outside world, including seawater, so that the island turtle can dive into the sea and hide completely.

Of course, it's impossible to dive indefinitely. With the current strength of the barrier, the maximum depth is 100 meters, but that's enough.

During this period, Tamura Hao has devoted all his energy to this. He is transforming this base into his old lair, and he will also be transferring many treasures here in the future, so he naturally has to ensure that everything is foolproof.

Not long after the renovation was completed, the father-in-law returned with people, or rather, was brought back by others, and was in very poor condition.

"How could he be so badly injured?"

After checking on his father-in-law's physical condition, Tamura Hao's brows furrowed deeply.

My father-in-law suffered extensive burns to his body, including his eyes. The remaining parts of his armor showed the terrifying attack he had endured.

Its internal organs were in equally bad shape, with many of its bones broken and some of its internal organs shattered. In particular, its chest was completely cut open, and its heart was visible inside.

However, the most serious injury was to the meridians and acupoints, which was probably caused by an excessive chakra burst.

It should be noted that this father-in-law had already damaged his meridians due to practicing the family's secret techniques, which was his biggest weakness and prevented him from unleashing his full potential.

"It's a Tailed Beast Ball from the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki. The clan head risked everything to storm in in order to seize the body of the Kaguya clan head..."

A Ringo ninja who had also suffered severe injuries took out a storage scroll, which the clan head had risked his life to bring back.

Moreover, the situation at the time was very complicated. They underestimated the power of the Fourth Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki. Most importantly, their plan was leaked, and they were surrounded and killed by the Hidden Cloud Village. They were even severely injured by the Fourth Raikage. In the end, they decided to risk their lives to obtain Kaguya's body.

"Has this gotten involved in the village's factional infighting again?"

Ringo Mari sighed, knowing that the news must have been leaked to Kumogakure from within the village. There must have been spies planted or bribed within the three major clans.

"dad!"

Upon hearing the news, Yuri rushed from the Real Falls and saw her father's tragic state. Her eyes immediately reddened, and tears streamed down her face.

"Little Apple!"

Upon hearing her daughter's voice, Ringo Hyakurin finally spoke, her voice dry and weak.

He knew he didn't have much time left, and he had come back with his last breath to complete some arrangements.

"Has everyone arrived?"

"Everyone on Turtle Island has arrived!"

Ringo Mari spoke, her eyes reddening, struggling to hold back her tears.

From the first day she became a ninja, she was prepared to face death, not only her own, but also the death of her family and friends.

It was still very painful to see her younger brother about to die.

"Master!"

Everyone was deeply saddened, understanding that the patriarch wouldn't last much longer. (End of Chapter)