Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

"Clang clang clang..."

In the illusion of the real waterfall, Tamura Hiroshi wields a golden harpoon and clashes with the dark side, as well as using Magnet Release to control flying swords in a battle.

After more than two years of fighting, he has improved so much that he can now fight the Dark Side to a standstill.

In fact, both of them are constantly improving and using combat skills more skillfully.

However, this time Tamura Hiroshi was determined to settle the score, because he had broken through.

The three attributes of Yin, Yang, and Water broke through to the Kage level almost simultaneously, resulting in a significant increase in strength.

"Unsettled and unpredictable!"

Seizing the opportunity, he suddenly unleashed a whirlpool of water that firmly trapped the shadowy side, and then spun the trident around once before throwing it out.

Caught in the shadows by the whirlpool, it was difficult to escape in a short time. The only option was to raise the trident to block, but it was no match for the charged-up attack.

The trident was slammed into his chest, and the opponent's trident blade also pierced his chest.

"You were the one who pioneered this move."

The man with the dark side lamented that he had always wanted to create this move, but unfortunately he couldn't compare to that cheater.

That unpredictable storm wasn't just a use of water-style techniques; it also involved the fusion of sealing techniques, freezing not only the body but also the chakra.

"Thanks."

Tamura Hiroshi expressed his gratitude, saying that he had learned a lot from this person over the past two years.

"Stop with the nonsense. When you become the Mizukage, remember to use the trident. It's way cooler than your sword."

The dissipating shadowy side of the body said, "This is proof that I ever existed."

"Although I really don't want to use this kind of harpoon, it's the thing I'm most familiar with now."

Tamura had no choice but to agree. After all, this dark side used harpoons, and he had to use harpoons to learn from them in order to keep pace with them.

He actually preferred swords and knives to this trident, and even a scythe was better than this thing.

The illusion collapsed, and Tamura Hao breathed a sigh of relief. He then got up and left, and the next moment Kakashi appeared, beginning their daily illusion sparring.

Kakashi trained very seriously during this period, even to the point of being obsessed. He trained with the Thunder Spear until he was exhausted every day, and even slept with the spear in his arms.

However, the improvement in strength is also quite impressive. His lightning attribute training is almost at the Kage level. If he can unleash the black lightning on the Thunder Spear that originates from the Third Raikage's chakra core, and add the chakra from the Yin Seal, he will be able to contend with Kage-level powerhouses.

After glancing at Kakashi, who had already entered the illusion to practice, Tamura Hao sighed inwardly before leaving to find his aunt.

Having broken through to the Kage level, it's time to compete for the position of Mizukage. I just don't know how the two major factions in the village are doing.

Intelligence work has always been controlled by that aunt; you'll have to ask her about that.

"The atmosphere in the village was not good. Yagura Karatachi became the Jinchūriki of the Three-Tails, and a perfect one at that, able to transform into the Three-Tails, and thus repelled the Sand Village army."

The ninja faction is getting desperate and might take some extreme measures in a desperate fight.

Ringo Jasmine recounted the recent situation in the village, suggesting that the two major factions might be about to clash.

Although they transferred their people out last time, they left behind some connections and intelligence networks. They couldn't get classified information, but some ordinary information wasn't difficult to obtain.

Not to mention that Yagura Karatachi led his army to defeat the Sand Village army, which was widely publicized by the Third Mizukage to build momentum for Yagura Karatachi's succession, and the news even spread beyond the village.

"He's become the perfect Jinchūriki so quickly."

Tamura Hao showed surprise, guessing that it was Obito's doing, directly using the Mangekyou Sharingan to control the Three-Tails and actively cooperate with Yagura.

Obito's eye power was greatly enhanced after being empowered by Hashirama's cells, to the point that he could even control the Nine-Tails, let alone the Three-Tails.

"It's quite strange."

Ringo Mari also found it strange, not understanding how Yagura, the tangerine, controlled the Three-Tails.

"I'll stay near the village and keep a close eye on what's happening there. I'll use psychic abilities to notify you if anything happens, so be prepared."

Tamura Hiro decided to go to Kirigakure to wait. He needed to control the timing of his and the Ringo family's appearance. It couldn't be too early or too late. He had to go there in person to sense and observe.

In addition, he will pilot Turtle Island to infiltrate near the main island of the Land of Water, hiding it on the seabed. With the speed of the latest fighter jet, he will be able to arrive in the first instance.

"I'll make the arrangements here."

Ringo Jasmine nodded. This plan concerned the future of their Ringo family and could not be taken lightly.

After explaining a few things, Tamura Hao went to the island turtle's head and guided it to swim towards the main island of the Land of Water.

The Land of Water is an archipelago nation, with only the central main island being the largest. The daimyo's mansion and Kirigakure (Hidden Mist Village) are located on it, one in the south and one in the north.

The Hidden Mist Village is less than 100 kilometers from the nearest sea, which makes their next plan very convenient.

Because Turtle Island was not far from here, after several days of swimming, they arrived at a sea area north of the main island, avoiding those islands and ships, and were not discovered.

It then sank and hid hundreds of kilometers away from the main island.

It's not that we don't want to get closer, but Turtle Island is too big. The area around the main island is all shallow water, which can't hide this big guy. So we can only hide it in the deep sea.

After hiding Turtle Island, Tamura Hao quietly arrived at the main island. However, when he reached the vicinity of Kirigakure and began to use his senses, he instantly made an unexpected discovery.

"I've never seen this chakra before. Could it be an outside aid hired by one of the two major factions?"

Puzzled, he sensed an unfamiliar chakra outside the village. It was very strong, no less than that of the Third Mizukage, and perhaps even stronger.

After thinking for a while, I decided to go and take a look. With my current strength, I can handle it.

The four pairs of wings on the back of the armor unfolded and soared into the sky, flying rapidly toward the perceived location.

Meanwhile, Orochimaru, hidden underground, was studying a corpse—a corpse he had obtained from Kirigakure.

"That's too bad. We need to find a powerful Kaguya ninja, or someone with enough talent. Maybe that child can do it."

After studying it for a while, Orochimaru was not satisfied.

He came to Kirigakure specifically for the Kaguya clan's Shikotsumyaku (Corpse Bone Pulse), as he was very interested in this special bloodline.

Unfortunately, the Kaguya ninjas captured during this period were too weak, and they didn't develop much of the Shikotsumyaku (Corpse Bone Pulse).

He set his sights on a child in the Kaguya clan who was born with the Shikotsumyaku (Corpse Bone Pulse) and was considered a monstrous genius even within the Kaguya clan.

That would be an excellent research target.

The infighting between the two major factions in Kirigakure had just reached its limit, and coupled with the fact that he had captured so many Kaguya ninjas during this period, it was enough to provoke those people to take action.

Then I can blend in and fish in troubled waters.

Of course, it's not just that child; there are many other good things in Kirigakure.

"Have we been discovered?"

Suddenly, as if sensing something, Orochimaru raised his hand to form a hand seal and used a sensory ninjutsu. He looked up and sensed a chakra level that surpassed that of a Jonin.

Not just above this temporary base, but high in the sky.

"Is it a flying ninja beast? Or a powerful member of the Ringo clan?"

With a guess in mind, Orochimaru calmly devoured and stored everything in the area with his giant snake before leaving the base and looking up at the sky.

Orochimaru was watching, and Tamura Hao in the sky was also watching. They were surprised when they saw the person's attire.

Orochimaru?

He hadn't expected it to be that person, but upon closer reflection, it seemed to make sense.

The conflict between the ninja faction and the Third Mizukage is about to erupt, and the two sides will inevitably clash.

Based on Kimimaro's physique and age when he was recruited by Orochimaru, it's not surprising that he appeared outside Kirigakure at this time.

"His Kusanagi swords are pretty good; they should be useful for improving the Corpse Scythe."

With a glint in his eyes, Tamura Hao activated the sealing technique on his battle armor, sending out ten flying swords and a golden trident appearing in his hand.

This flying sword is quite large and can be propelled by stronger magnetic force, resulting in greater power and speed.

Of course, the main reason for abandoning the Eight Spider Blades is their limited potential.

Eight Spider Blades is made from spider legs. He can strengthen his exoskeleton with alloy bone, but he cannot strengthen his internal muscles, which limits his explosive power and speed.

It's acceptable in battles at the Jonin level, but it wouldn't be good enough at the Kage level.

So he changed into a new suit of armor, a suit made entirely of alloy bone, with four pairs of wings on his back, focusing on defense and flight capabilities, and also assisting in the use of Magnet Release.

After completing the battle preparations, it instantly swooped down, and ten flying swords shot towards Orochimaru first.

There's no need to waste words with this guy; let's just start fighting and force him to use those Kusanagi swords.

Orochimaru was not surprised that the other party directly initiated the battle. He raised his hand and formed hand seals to create two shadow clones. He opened his mouth and spat out a straight-bladed longsword. He channeled his lightning chakra to amplify the blade and used it to block the flying swords that were shooting towards him.

At the same time, two shadow clones beside him formed hand seals, preparing to unleash ninjutsu.

"Wind Release: Wind Dragon Bullet Technique!"

"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Bullet Technique!"

"Mixed Ninjutsu: Wind and Fire Dragon Bullet Technique!"

Two shadow clones, one using Wind Release and the other using Fire Release, merged together to form a tornado of wind and fire that shot out.

The Third Hokage was renowned throughout the ninja world for his fusion of the five elemental ninjutsu techniques and was revered as the Professor of Ninjutsu. As the Third Hokage's disciple, and possessing chakra of all elements, Orochimaru was naturally also proficient in this art, though he rarely used it.

However, Tamura Hao displayed astonishing agility, his four pairs of wings spewing out air currents in different directions to assist in dodging at extreme speed. No matter how the fire dragon twisted its body, it was difficult to hit it, and even the suction force formed by the whirlwind could not pull it in.

The four pairs of wings not only increase flight speed, but also make turning more agile and varied.

"Clang!"

The trident pierced the straight-bladed longsword with tremendous force, instantly breaking Orochimaru's arms. The trident blade pressed against the longsword and pierced his chest, pinning him to the ground.

At that moment, Orochimaru opened his mouth and spat out a snake, from which a sword blade rapidly extended and shot out.

However, Tamura Hao, who had been using his Byakugan chakra core, had already noticed this. He dodged to the side as the sword was thrust out, the blade grazing his chest armor as it passed.

At the same time, two Vajra chains extended out, binding the straight-bladed longsword and the extended, shooting sword blade, sealing the spirit contract on it.

His main purpose in fighting Orochimaru was for the Kusanagi sword he possessed; otherwise, he wouldn't have flown down to engage in close combat.

Just then, a giant mouth suddenly emerged from the ground and swallowed the two of them whole.

It was a giant purple snake, Manda, the summoning beast that Orochimaru often used.

The snake not only opened its mouth to bite down, but also sprayed out a mouthful of venom, but quickly realized something was wrong.

Suddenly, I can no longer sense the psychic contract with the sacred site; it seems to have been sealed.

This made him realize something was wrong, but before he could react, a powerful explosion erupted in his mouth.

That's right, Tamura used explosive tags, a million of them, all concentrated in one super-sized bomb to make the explosive force more concentrated.

He not only coveted Orochimaru's collection, but also coveted the snake from Ryuchi Cave. It was not only highly nutritious, but could also be used for research. He also wanted to try out Kabuto Yakushi's methods in the future and cultivate an even more powerful second-generation Manda.

One million explosive tags are quite powerful. If they exploded outside the body, the scales of the Thousand Serpents would be able to defend against them. But now they are exploding inside the body, and they are exploding together to form a huge bomb. That would be fatal. Even if the Thousand Serpents wanted to shed their skin, they wouldn't be able to.

With a deafening boom, the manta ray's jaw was shattered, and shrapnel from the bomb pierced its brain, killing it instantly.

Tamura Hiroshi was blasted away, curled up, but still managed to bind the two Kusanagi swords with his Vajra Lock.

Only after the force of the explosion subsided did he unfold his body and wings to stabilize himself, flapping his wings to fly back. He confirmed that Manda had breathed his last, but Orochimaru's chakra was gone, and he couldn't even sense it, nor could he observe it with his Byakugan.

"It wasn't as easy to kill as I expected, but it must have been a painful experience, especially losing my strongest summon beast, Manda."

He sighed inwardly, realizing that he had never even considered killing Orochimaru; that would be far too difficult.

Killing Jiraiya and Tsunade is easier than killing Orochimaru. Even if we kill him now, he can be resurrected using the cursed seal.

Who knows how many cursed seals they've created? They're practically the ninja world's version of Voldemort.

Orochimaru did indeed run away. He had only accepted the challenge as a test, but he hadn't expected his opponent to have so many tricks up his sleeve, and to be so incredibly strong and fast.

Furthermore, since this place is not far from Kirigakure, Kirigakure will definitely send people over, so there is not much point in continuing the fight.

He doesn't like doing meaningless things.

However, that person is truly strong. Even if I unleash my full power, I might not be able to defeat him. Now that he has my eye on him, I'm afraid I won't be able to take advantage of the situation in Kirigakure.

After confirming that Orochimaru had escaped, Tamura Hiroshi cut Manda into ten pieces, summoned several super-large sealing scrolls, and sealed and took away the remains of Manda one by one.

After dealing with the Manda, he decisively flew away. Not long after, a group of Kirigakure ANBU ninjas rushed over. Seeing the messy scene and the charred pieces of flesh, they were all shocked by the battle that had broken out.

"It's snake scales. With such huge scales, the snake itself must be over a hundred meters long. In the ninja world, only Ryuchi Cave, one of the three great holy lands, has a snake of this size. It's Orochimaru, one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha."

An older ANBU ninja saw a broken purple snake scale and immediately associated it with an extremely terrifying being.

But why would they come to Kirigakure, especially at this sensitive time?

"And who is fighting Orochimaru?"

One of the ANBU members wondered, "A battle has clearly taken place here. Anyone who can fight someone like that must be a powerhouse who surpasses even a Jonin."

"Were there any other discoveries?"

When asked by the older ANBU ninja, he couldn't immediately recall who was fighting Orochimaru and could only look for other clues at the scene.

"No, there are no footprints or other traces around."

After a while, the group replied that they had not found any new traces.

"Continue the search. I'll go back and report to Lord Mizukage."

The senior member of the secret service gave the order and, carrying a tattered snake scale, quickly ran back to the village.

Orochimaru's arrival in their village at this time is definitely not simple; we must report to the Mizukage as soon as possible and let him make a decision.

Orochimaru!

Upon receiving the report and looking at the purple snake scale, the Third Mizukage's expression darkened.

He acknowledged the strength of the legendary Sannin, whose achievements were undeniable, but Orochimaru's arrival in Kirigakure during this period inevitably led him to some speculations.

"Looks like we need to speed things up."

With a heavy heart, he decided to speed up the plan and eliminate the ninja faction as soon as possible, otherwise it would be troublesome if Orochimaru joined forces with the ninja faction.

Tamura Hao was unaware of the changes brought about by his battle with Orochimaru. He had already returned to Turtle Island and was directing everyone to skin and dismember Manda, while also creating Manda's chakra core himself.

Manda is far more valuable than the toads of Mount Myōboku. Its skin alone can be used to make the inner armor of puppet battle armor, and its toughness is far superior to that of toad skin.

Moreover, the thickness is just right, providing a certain degree of cushioning, which can effectively help deal with heavy-hit attacks.

"Manda? You ran into Orochimaru?"

Kakashi was astonished to see the almost completely destroyed purple snake head.

He had seen Orochimaru fighting on the front lines and had also seen this purple snake, but he never expected to be killed this time.

Most importantly, was Orochimaru in Kirigakure at this time?

"I fought him, I was well prepared, I caught him off guard, and maybe because I was afraid of the village, I didn't linger and ran away quickly."

Nodding, Tamura Hao understood that there was an element of luck involved this time, mainly because he had a grasp of Orochimaru's intelligence and combat methods, but Orochimaru knew very little about him.

With the added support of various equipment, they were able to gain the upper hand in the battle, especially with the final million explosive tags that killed Manda in one blow.

But facing Orochimaru next time won't be so easy; he's the most troublesome of the three legendary Sannin.

However, it won't be long before he becomes the Fourth Mizukage and controls the entire Hidden Mist Village. No matter how strong Orochimaru is, he can't possibly come and fight the entire Hidden Mist Village head-on. That guy isn't that reckless.

"You're now able to fight Orochimaru!"

Kakashi exclaimed that this was a true genius. At only twelve years old, he was already a Kage-level shinobi and could even fight against Orochimaru, a renowned shinobi who had been famous for many years.

Compared to him, I, this so-called genius, am nothing.

There's something you might need to know.

Tamura Hao pondered for a moment and said, "Yagura Karatachi became the Three-Tails' Jinchūriki and quickly mastered the Three-Tails' power, becoming a perfect Jinchūriki."

This is very abnormal. The Three-Tails has always hated our Hidden Mist Village. It is impossible for it to actively cooperate with Yagura Karatachi to become a perfect Jinchūriki, and so quickly at that.

As far as I know, there is only one way to control the Three-Tails and, together with Yagura, become the perfect Jinchūriki.

"kaleidoscope?"

Kakashi's expression turned serious; he understood what the other person was trying to say.

In the ninja world, only those with the Mangekyou Sharingan can control tailed beasts; Obito controlled the Nine-Tails back then.

"You suspect that Obito and Yagura are collaborating?"

"If it's just cooperation, that's fine. But I'm afraid he'll also use the Kaleidoscope to control Yagura Karatachi, and use that to seek revenge."

Despite his worried expression, Tamura Hiroshi was secretly quite looking forward to it.

I'm looking forward to the meeting and showdown between Kakashi Hatake and Obito Uchiha, these two best friends. Moreover, without the Kamui dimension, Obito Uchiha can no longer use Intangibility and can only use Kamui to distort space for teleportation, which will undoubtedly reduce his strength by a lot.

This was one of the main reasons he went to Konoha specifically to lure Kakashi over, because only Kakashi could fight against Obito Uchiha.

(End of this chapter)