Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

Ninjas are not to be judged by ordinary standards, let alone when the other party is a Kage of a ninja village. Everything they do must have a deeper meaning.

"During my research, I accidentally discovered that the Kaguya clan's Shikotsumyaku (Corpse Bone Pulse) could actually fuse with the Byakugan power of your Hyuga clan. After becoming the Mizukage, I consulted the Kaguya clan's records and found that they seemed to have been blood relatives of your Hyuga clan."

It is unclear whether they were once married or share the same bloodline.

My research shows that the fusion of the two bloodlines can not only suppress the side effects of the Corpse Bone Vein to a certain extent, but the power of the Corpse Bone Vein can also promote the improvement of the Byakugan.

This cell body contains cells fused with those of the Kaguya clan, which is why the Byakugan was successfully cultivated.

Tamura Hao calmly explained part of the reason, the main reason being the power of destiny. However, the Hyuga clan did have the potential to be nurtured, especially Hyuga Neji, who was the most regrettable among the twelve Konoha 12.

I was completely fooled, and in the end, I even got scammed.

Changing it would definitely yield significant benefits, and Hyuga Neji is also very talented and qualified to be my disciple.

Hyuga Hizashi remained silent. He knew something about the relationship with the Kaguya clan, though not much, but he was certain that what the other party said was true.

Moreover, the large fleshy ball in front of us does indeed contain the special chakra of the Kaguya clan; there's no faking that.

"How are you going to get the children away?"

After a long silence, Hyuga Hizashi finally made a decision: the problem now was how the other party would take the children away from their family and village.

"Once you're ready, channel chakra into the kunai's seal to activate it. I'll be right there."

He took out a kunai and placed it on the low table, then Tamura Hao used the Flying Thunder God Technique and vanished instantly.

"Flying Thunder God!"

Hyuga Hizashi was greatly surprised. He had seen the Fourth Hokage use the Flying Thunder God Technique before, and considering the kunai used in the technique, this must be the Flying Thunder God Technique.

But how did the other party master the Flying Thunder God Technique?

Although puzzled, Hyuga Hizashi didn't dwell on it; it wasn't something he needed to consider at the moment.

"You're with Neji..."

Looking at his wife beside him, Hyuga Hizashi planned to send her and their son to Kirigakure. His wife was not a member of the clan, so she was not branded as a Caged Bird and could be free. However, before he could finish speaking, his wife interrupted him.

"When we got married, I said I would be with you forever. Neji has grown up now and can take care of himself."

Seeing the resolute look in his wife's eyes, Hyuga Hizashi hugged her tightly and kissed her.

"Go wake Neji up and talk to him. I'll go and bring the children from the branch family over."

Hyuga Hizashi glanced at the pale dawn sky outside the window, then got up and left.

As the head of a branch family, he has every reason to provide psychological counseling to the children who need to be branded with the Caged Bird Seal this year.

He was indeed tired of, and even loathed, the current family system. Since he couldn't change it himself, he decided to create a new Hyuga clan, one without the Caged Bird Seal and the distinction between the main family and branch family.

Furthermore, since Kirigakure is now capable of mass-producing Byakugan, they no longer need to use the Caged Bird Seal for so-called protection, and can now openly display their foreheads.

Hyuga Hizashi acted swiftly, immediately creating multiple shadow clones to carry out their missions, bringing all the children from the branch family who had not yet been imprinted with the Caged Bird Seal, including infants still in swaddling clothes.

Of course, this involved using some forceful methods, such as striking those people with pressure points to knock them unconscious. Given his status, his sudden attack caught the clansmen off guard, making it easy to subdue them.

Although it wasn't right to do this, he believed his people would understand, and he would bear all the blame himself.

After gathering the children together, Hyuga Hizashi activated the Flying Thunder God Kunai before anyone else could notice, and Tamura Hiroshi's figure appeared instantly.

"So many!"

Looking at the more than three hundred children, Tamura Hao was shocked. Was Hyuga Hizashi really that ruthless?

"Leave as soon as possible."

Hyuga Hizashi touched his son's tearful eyes, nodded to Tamura Hiroshi, and signaled him to leave as soon as possible.

"I wonder if I have enough chakra."

Muttering to himself, Tamura Hao activated the Yin Seal, extending chakra threads to connect all the children before using the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport the group.

He arrived ten kilometers away from Konoha Village in an instant, and then collapsed to his knees, utterly exhausted.

"We can't do that again."

With his hands on the ground, panting heavily, Tamura Hao felt completely drained. Not only was the chakra in the Yin Seal depleted, but his body was also overdrawn.

Unfortunately, I brought a lot of people this time, and the distance was quite far.

"Lord Mizukage, are you feeling weak? Would you like someone to give you some nourishment?"

Mei Terumi walked in, exuding immense evil, a wicked smile playing on her lips.

This is the first time I've seen my naughty younger brother look so disheveled.

"Replenish my supplies after you give birth and the granary is opened."

He glared at them, then looked at the children, his gaze finally settling on Hyuga Neji.

The current Hyuga Neji is not yet the aloof male god he will become in the future. He appears somewhat flustered at this moment, but he tries his best to remain calm.

The children were also very flustered, and many of them started crying, which made the babies cry as well.

"From now on, I will be your teacher. Although I have taken you away from your parents, it is to prevent you from having a more tragic and unjust fate. This is also a kind of love from your parents. They have placed their hopes for freedom on you."

Will my mom and dad die?

Neji Hyuga fought back tears. His mother had said a lot to him before, and with his father's last words and look, he already had a premonition.

"That was their choice, and as the head of the branch family, your father has to be responsible for the clan members. This incident is an unforgivable sin in the eyes of the Hyuga clan, especially the main family. He has to bear all the sins for the branch family members."

Stroking the little boy's head, Tamura Hao felt a little helpless about Hyuga Hizashi's choice.

If Hyuga Hizashi's death could be averted, it would certainly be another source of income from the power of fate, but unfortunately, he already had the will to die.

Moreover, he is not yet able to break the Caged Bird Seal. The structure of the seal itself is nothing special, but its energy level is very high.

The Caged Bird Seal has accompanied the Hyuga clan for over a thousand years, and it remains unsolved. Perhaps only by finding the source of the Caged Bird Seal can it be broken.

Hyuga Neji fell silent, and tears finally streamed down his face.

"Use the ninja hawks to take them back to the village. Remember to activate the barrier device on the ninja hawks' backs, and don't let these children catch a cold."

I'll go meet up with Silver Wolf and the others.

After giving Mei Terumi and Yuri some instructions, Tamura Hiroshi turned and ran towards Konoha.

Kakashi is still there, and he's quite interested in the main branch lady of the Hyuga clan.

"Children are cute, but very young ones are not."

Mei Terumi looked at the crying children and couldn't help but facepalm; there were just too many of them.

Yuri was also at her wits' end, after all, she was still a child.

Leaving aside the two troublesome women on this side, the Hyuga clan was in complete chaos. The main family members rushed to Hyuga Hizashi's residence, but all they found inside were two corpses.

Hyuga Hizashi and his wife leaned against each other, both gazing at the rising sun outside the window with smiles on their faces, but their bodies remained silent.

Seeing his younger brother's corpse, Hiashi Hyuga was furious, but he could only suppress his anger at the moment.

"This matter must be kept strictly confidential, and no one may disclose it."

Losing so many children is tantamount to a massive outflow of children, and a disdainful outflow at that.

Although it is unknown which force was responsible, this would be a disaster for the Hyuga clan, especially since the current situation in the village is not quite right, and the clan cannot afford any more trouble.

"But those who split up also need to be punished."

The faces of the main family members were extremely grim; this was the sin of the entire branch family.

Hiashi Hyuga did not refute this, but he also felt he had to warn the branch family members.

At the same time, the delegation from Kumogakure arrived in Konoha. Under the arrangement of Hiruzen Sarutobi and others, some villagers warmly welcomed them by lining both sides of the main street.

After all, this is a peace treaty to be signed, which means the war is coming to an end, something to be happy about and celebrate.

The negotiations went smoothly, both sides were very sincere, and a peace treaty was signed smoothly. However, on the same night, the leader of the Cloud Village delegation quietly left the hotel and headed to the Hyuga clan's territory.

"There was definitely a problem."

In the Hokage's office, Koharu Utatane was quite dissatisfied with the image displayed on the crystal ball, but Hiruzen Sarutobi and Homura Mitokado remained expressionless.

If the target of the Hidden Cloud Village were something else, they would definitely send people to stop them, but if it were the Hyuga clan, that would be a different story.

They were just looking for an opportunity to teach the Hyuga clan a lesson, but unexpectedly, this opportunity came knocking on their door.

Meanwhile, the leader of the other delegation infiltrated smoothly, with even ANBU ninjas secretly clearing the way for him, allowing him to successfully infiltrate the Hyuga clan's territory.

Meanwhile, all the Hyuga branch family members living on the outskirts of the clan's territory were laid down.

Everyone was tormented by the Caged Bird Seal activated by the main family, and it directly affected the brain nerves. It wasn't just painful; the aftereffects would take several days to subside.

This also facilitated the infiltration of the delegation leader, who eventually reached the main family's residential area in the core region, found the target, and decisively brought him out.

Just as he left the main family's residential area and entered a place shrouded in shadow, a figure appeared in front of him. The first thing that caught his eye was a pair of three-tomoe Sharingan eyes, which made him pause for a moment. After he came to his senses, he looked around in confusion before continuing to run quickly.

But just as they were about to leave the Hyuga clan's territory, a figure suddenly appeared, slapping them in the abdomen with one hand and taking the child from their arms with the other.

It was Hiashi Hyuga who noticed the commotion, chased after the thief, killed him, and rescued his daughter.

But he quickly realized something was wrong and looked sharply at his daughter in his arms.

"Damn it!"

Looking at the rag doll in his arms, Hiashi Hyuga realized he had been tricked. He hurriedly activated his Byakugan ability to its maximum and scanned the entire clan territory, but found nothing.

Not only was Hiashi Hyuga stunned and furious, but Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other two who had been observing remotely through the crystal ball were also somewhat bewildered.

They were certain that the man had kidnapped the young lady of the Hyuga family, but how did she suddenly turn into a rag doll?

When was it changed?

"Hiruzen, the Byakugan must never be allowed to leave Kumogakure."

Koharu Utatane suddenly stood up. Originally, they only wanted to give the Hyuga clan a warning, but who would have thought that the Hyuga main family members would actually be taken away by the Hidden Cloud Village.

Although she was just a little girl, it was still a loss of bloodline, which was absolutely intolerable.

"Let's see how the Cloud Village delegation reacts first."

Mitokado Homura was thinking further ahead. Since Kumogakure had resorted to such a trick, there would inevitably be follow-up actions.

Hiruzen Sarutobi thought the same thing, and he really didn't want to fight anymore.

The Nine-Tailed Fox's rampage caused too much damage to the village. Although he successfully regained his original status, he is also under tremendous pressure. The most important thing is to stop the war as soon as possible.

They will agree to any requests from the Cloud Village delegation as long as they are not excessive.

The Cloud Ninja delegation's reaction was exactly as the three had expected. They seized the opportunity to launch an attack, demanding that Konoha hand over Hyuga Hiashi, the murderer of their leader, or else they would start a war.

Meanwhile, the Fourth Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki reappeared on the front lines of the Land of Hot Springs, putting both sides on edge once again. Jiraiya even wrote back to his village that very night to inquire about what had happened.

Just when it seemed like a ceasefire was about to be reached, something unexpected happened. What's going on here?

In response, Hiruzen Sarutobi personally came to the Hyuga clan's territory to discuss the matter and made a clear statement: either hand over the murderer as demanded by the Kumogakure delegation, or go to war. However, if war broke out, the Hyuga clan had to step up, especially the main family members.

This alarmed the main family members. They had been protected within the clan for their entire lives and had basically never experienced the tempering of actual combat. If they were to go to the battlefield, they might really perish.

Moreover, the Hidden Cloud Village is clearly targeting their Hyuga Byakugan this time. If they go to the battlefield, they will definitely be targeted and will surely die!

"We can use Hizashi's corpse to replace the head of the family and hand it over to the Cloud Village delegation."

The members of the Zong family racked their brains and quickly came up with a plan.

The deceased sinner Hyuga Hizashi and the head of the family were twins who looked exactly alike. Moreover, since he was already dead, his brain nerves and Byakugan had been destroyed by the Caged Bird Seal, so handing him over was the most suitable option.

Hiashi Hyuga's lips twitched slightly, but he ultimately said nothing; after all, he couldn't very well hand himself over.

"Hizashi Hyuga is dead?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi was taken aback. How come he didn't know about this?

When did this happen?

"Go and bring Hyuga Hizashi's body."

The clan members offered no explanation, but instead ordered the body to be brought over.

The Hidden Cloud Village clearly came prepared; to avoid any unforeseen complications, this matter needs to be resolved as soon as possible.

Life is full of disappointments, and they wanted to end things as soon as possible, but things just went wrong.

"Hizashi's body is missing?"

Hiashi Hyuga was stunned. How could his younger brother's body have disappeared?

Even the bodies of my younger brother and sister-in-law disappeared. Who did it?

He had personally examined his brother's body with his White Eye. Even the curse mark on the caged bird had disappeared, and his brain nerves and White Eye had been damaged. He was definitely dead, and it was definitely the body of both of them.

Therefore, it must have been someone else who took away the two bodies. Moreover, the fact that they could take away the two bodies silently in the clan's territory suggests that it was not an outsider. Could it have been someone from a branch family?

The more he thought about it, the gloomier his face became. Hyuga Hiashi even suspected that the one cooperating with Hizashi was Kumogakure, and that the other party not only wanted the children of the branch family, but also had their eyes on the bloodline of their main family.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes were filled with suspicion, wondering what the Hyuga clan was up to.

Needless to say, it was Tian who took away the bodies of Hyuga and his wife.

He couldn't prevent Hyuga Hizashi's death, but he could change what happened next. Without Hyuga Hizashi's body, it would be up to the Hyuga clan and Konoha to deal with Kumogakure.

He's now on Kakashi's side, but this guy's actions are a bit too aggressive.

They brought not only the anesthetized and comatose Matt Kai, but also a child, a thin, blond-haired boy.

"He is the son of Professor Minato."

Holding the small, thin child in his arms, Kakashi's eyes held a surge of anger.

Upon returning to the village, he would naturally find an opportunity to visit his teacher's children. Previously, he had been ordered not to contact his teacher's children, and he didn't even know where they were.

He finally found the teacher's child, but what he saw made him very angry.

Being monitored is bad enough, but they can't even be properly taken care of.

It has been three years since the teacher passed away, but the child is pitifully thin, looking like a two-year-old.

Moreover, the child still has diarrhea today, and it seems like this isn't the first or second time; the food he's been eating is also likely problematic.

The teacher and his wife died fighting for the village and sacrificed their child to become the new Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. They were clearly heroes of the village, yet they were treated this way. How could he not be angry?

He must take this child away and raise him in Kirigakure. Konoha, this filthy place, is unworthy of such a hero.

"I see."

Tamura Hao understood, placed his hand on Kakashi's shoulder, and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave Konoha directly.

This time, I didn't teleport too far, since I haven't recovered much chakra yet.

After leaving Konoha, the two ran quickly for a while, then used the wings of their armor to take flight at an even faster speed.

They didn't care what happened in Konoha; it was none of their business.

On the other side, Mei Terumi and her companion brought the children back to the village, then returned on ninja hawks to pick them up. The group then rode the ninja hawks back to Kirigakure from the sky.

After dropping off Kakashi and the other two, Tamura Hao set off again on his ninja hawk, heading to Kumogakure to visit their ninja cemetery.

Mei Terumi and Yuri Amane naturally followed, and then they got bored.

"Did you come out just to dig up other people's graves?"

Mei Terumi was very dissatisfied. With such a beautiful woman right next to you, couldn't you do something romantic?

"I didn't ask you to come along."

After glancing sideways at the two beautiful women, Tamura Hao continued digging at the grave and touching the corpse, then filled in the hole he had dug to restore it to its original state to avoid being discovered.

If that's the case, it will be difficult to gain anything next time. We should strive for sustainable development in our lives and work.

There was no other way; the village's demand for the puppet armor was too high, and he needed to stockpile as many raw materials as possible.

"You have no sense of romance!"

Mei Terumi was even more dissatisfied, as was Yuri Amane. She disliked coming to the cemetery, especially in the dead of night, when that guy was still digging up graves and stealing corpses.

You're the Mizukage now, how could you do something like this?

(End of this chapter)