Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

"Lord Mizukage, you want Samehada?"

Kisame, who was applying sunscreen to his wife, was taken aback. Why did she want Samehada?

"I think Samehada suits me better."

As Tamura Hao spoke, he summoned his long-unused trident.

He hadn't used this thing since the coup, and it had been gathering dust in the warehouse.

"You really don't need to."

Everyone looked at the dusty trident with regret; such a fine ninja tool had been gathering dust.

"By the way, what kind of bloodline core do you want? I'll replace it for you. That Explosion Release one doesn't seem to suit your fighting style."

Tamura Hao suddenly remembered that the chakra core inside the trident hadn't been changed yet; it was still the same chakra core from the Explosion Release: Hunting.

Looking at the dusty trident, Kisame understood that it was truly useless against that person. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Could you use Boil Release?"

He excels at large-scale water-style ninjutsu, but his taijutsu is somewhat weaker compared to the power of his ninjutsu. If he could obtain the Boiling Release bloodline limit from Iwagakure and modify his armor, his close-combat strength would definitely be greatly enhanced.

"There aren't any at the Kage level, but there are a few at the Jonin level. Let me find them for you."

Tamura Hao summoned a huge jar, extended his chakra into it, and after a while used chakra threads to pull out a chakra core, which he then sealed into the blue gem on the trident.

This large jar is a storage ninja tool he created by combining the sealing technique with the Kamui dimension, the Amber Purification Bottle, and the Red Gourd.

Compared to sealing rolls, this raw material is easier to obtain. It can be directly molded from alloy cells, which is much cheaper and also more stable and sturdy, with a considerable internal space.

He developed it specifically for the harvesting project, and many have already been produced.

After sealing the Boil Release chakra core, Tamura Hao modified the trident's structure, turning the two small branches below the blade into hollow tubes and the long handle into a hollow tube to facilitate the Boil Release steam jet and increase the striking power.

"laugh--"

After the modifications were completed, I tested them to make sure all three jet holes were clear before throwing them to Kisame.

"Bang!"

Kisame raised his hand to catch it, and even though he had undergone physical modifications, the heavy weight still made his hand tremble.

This trident weighs over a thousand kilograms, which is why it was able to break Samehada in one blow back then. If it were enhanced with the Weighted Rock Technique, it would be even more satisfying to swing.

Now, with the added boost of Boil Release jets, the impact force when rotating will undoubtedly be even stronger.

Kisame twirled the trident around, clearly enjoying it; it was far superior to Samehada.

Samehada's greatest use is absorbing the chakra of others' ninjutsu. After modifying his body, his chakra absorption ability was greatly enhanced. Although it is not as good as Samehada, it is not much worse.

With the addition of ninjutsu, it's sufficient for his current needs, so Samehada doesn't actually improve his strength much. It's just right to switch to this trident now.

After taking turns for a while, Kisame put the trident aside and continued to apply sunscreen to his wife, especially her slightly protruding belly. Feeling the little life inside, he felt very satisfied.

"Love is indeed the greatest enemy of ninjas."

Looking at Kisame's appearance, Zabuza muttered something, his expression one of disdain and wariness.

On the other side, Tamura Hao lay down for a while, then dragged the playful Samehada away using the Flying Thunder God Technique. He went to the laboratory, first studied Samehada, and then used the Demon Summoning Technique to integrate the body of the ultimate summoning beast into Samehada.

He has improved and perfected the Ghost Sprout Technique many times, and it is no longer the half-finished product it used to be.

The body of this ultimate summoning beast has been studied many times, and even its soul has been extracted for research. Now, only a pure body remains, sealed in the life potion.

This time, it was perfectly integrated into Samehada's body, allowing it to gain the ability to devour and fuse like an ultimate summoning beast.

He wanted to see if he could raise a Kun-kun, starting with a Kun and evolving entirely by devouring others.

After cultivating and observing for a period of time, and confirming that Samehada's fusion was very stable, Tamura Hao sealed a large piece of Grell Stone into Samehada's body, signed a new summoning contract, and branded it with the Flying Thunder God Technique before putting it into the sea to hunt and grow on its own.

That island tortoise is indeed related to the former Grell Empire; it should be an experimental product of the Grell Empire, which is why it is so large.

With the support of the Grell mine's energy over the past few years, its body has been growing continuously, with the outer shell plates growing layer upon layer. Now, its body diameter has reached an astonishing 10,000 meters. Even if the Ten-Tails came out, it would be a little brother in front of it, unless it evolves into the God Tree form.

Of course, this is largely thanks to the island tortoise's body structure and living environment. The shell structure supports its body, and living in water greatly reduces the pressure on its internal organs.

Otherwise, with such a large size, its internal organs would have been crushed long ago if it were placed on land, just like a stranded whale.

But this is still not the limit; the island tortoise's body continues to grow.

To this end, Tamura Hiroshi specifically guided the alloy cells that manipulated the bone veins of the corpse to grow in its internal organs, helping to fix the internal organs, and splitting the internal organs into individual entities and shrinking them, thereby reducing the pressure on the internal organs themselves.

He wanted to see where the island tortoise's growth limit was. If it could be cultivated into a cosmic behemoth, that would be perfect, giving it a place to stand when it ventured into the stars.

They also have high hopes for the modified Samehada.

The next steps were still cultivation research and guiding the village's development, with all three proceeding simultaneously and none being neglected.

However, after developing like this for a while, one day Tamura Hiroshi suddenly looked in a certain direction.

"Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Uchiha Shisui, and that chakra that feels like it has the bloodline of the Senju clan... Is it Tsunade? Has she finally realized something?"

He had sensed Uchiha Shisui's chakra before. He had received intelligence on the battlefield in the Land of Hot Springs that Jiraiya intended to end the war there, so he personally went to keep an eye on it. He was the one who took away the bodies of the Fourth Raikage and Killer Bee at the last moment, so he was no stranger to Uchiha Shisui's chakra.

"Since we're here, let's have some fun."

With a smile playing on his lips, Tamura Hao used his spiritual magic to contact several people to come and greet him, and the harvesting plan could soon begin.

Meanwhile, Orochimaru and his four companions, unaware that they were being targeted, infiltrated the main island of the Land of Water and were shocked by what they saw.

The development here far exceeded their expectations, with all sorts of advanced ninja tools being applied to every aspect of life.

What shocked them most was that the Daimyo's residence in the Land of Water had been destroyed, and all the powerful and wealthy merchants within the Land of Water had been purged. The country had been completely taken over by Kirigakure.

"What does Kirigakure want to do?"

Jiraiya had a very bad feeling; Kirigakure was even more insane and daring than he had imagined.

It was originally thought that its isolationist policies were merely for self-preservation, to help it weather the period of weakness following the coup, but who would have thought that it was doing such crazy things internally.

"They probably wanted to establish a ninja nation, which is the final form of the ninja village system. I didn't expect Kirigakure to take this opportunity to complete the evolution ahead of schedule."

Licking his lips, Orochimaru became even more interested in that person and looked forward to meeting him again.

This is a unique advantage for Kirigakure and the Land of Water. As maritime nations, they do not border other countries, making blockade relatively simple.

In addition, the four major ninja villages were all at war, especially Konoha and Kumogakure, which were closest to the Land of Water, and had no time to attend to Kirigakure.

Sunagakure and Iwagakure are also slowly licking their wounds, unable to send strong warriors to infiltrate the Land of Water to investigate.

Even though it took them a lot of effort to sneak in, it was all thanks to Uchiha Shisui's genjutsu. Any other ninja, even a Kage-level one, would not have been able to sneak into the heart of the Land of Water so quietly, let alone discover these secrets.

"Are they going to fight against the entire ninja world?"

Tsunade's expression was extremely solemn; she was well aware of the consequences of her actions.

Once this news gets out, the daimyo and daimyo prefectures of the other four great nations will definitely not sit still and will surely order the four great ninja villages to wipe out Kirigakure.

That would shake their very foundations, and the Hidden Mist Village, which the Four Great Ninja Villages could not tolerate growing stronger under such circumstances.

This will be another ninja war, and it may even be more brutal.

"That Fourth Mizukage doesn't seem like a madman. He must have his reasons for doing this. As for what they are, we'll have to go to Kirigakure to find out."

As Orochimaru gazed at the location of Kirigakure, his curiosity grew even stronger.

"It seems that Kirigakure has used all its ninjas for defense, so the village must be quite vulnerable inside, which is perfect for us to infiltrate."

Jiraiya felt that this was the time to infiltrate Kirigakure and, even if discovered, force their way in.

During their previous infiltration, they discovered many patrolling Kirigakure ninja, including both visible and hidden sentries. Even though they were discovered several times, they were only able to continue thanks to Shisui's genjutsu.

Unfortunately, the minds of those Hidden Mist ninjas were sealed with sealing techniques and cursed seals, making it impossible to read their memories. Otherwise, they would have been able to obtain a great deal of information about Hidden Mist Village.

However, with so many ninjas deployed outside, there are bound to be not many ninjas remaining in the village.

This is their chance.

"It's probably too difficult to infiltrate now."

Orochimaru suddenly turned his head to look to the side, where several figures had appeared without him noticing.

"Is it really you, Kushina!"

Tsunade's gaze immediately locked onto the three red-haired women, finally settling on one of them. From her brows, one could vaguely see the shadow of that girl from back then.

"Tsunade-neechan still remembers me? I thought you had forgotten me."

Kushina harbored a lot of resentment. After she was captured, she had been hoping for someone to come and rescue her for over a decade, but no one did. It was that brat who came and rescued her.

"I'm sorry, they said you're dead."

Tsunade felt guilty upon seeing the resentment in Kushina's eyes. If she had known earlier that Kushina was still alive, she would have definitely tried to rescue her.

Whether it's infiltrating Kumogakure or capturing important figures from Kumogakure for exchange.

But back then, everyone told her that Kushina had been killed by the Cloud Ninja, and she was heartbroken for a long time because of it.

However, she was very happy to see Kushina again this time.

It's good that people are alive.

"Fourth Mizukage, did you kidnap Naruto?"

Jiraiya fixed his gaze on the tall man holding the golden harpoon and questioned him sharply.

His main purpose in coming here was to bring back Naruto and Kurama, and he would do anything to bring them back.

However, these words suddenly made the atmosphere on the scene strange, and Tamura Hao and the others all stared at Kisame, who was holding a trident.

"I never thought I'd be a water keeper one day."

Kisame grinned maliciously, feeling that the guy opposite him definitely had something wrong with his head.

"Idiot, the one with the scythe is the Fourth Mizukage."

Orochimaru regretted bringing this idiot along; he'd already made a fool of himself before the fight even started.

How embarrassing!

"Huh? Didn't you say the Fourth Mizukage used a golden harpoon?"

Jiraiya was confused. Wasn't that what you said?

"I also mentioned that the Fourth Mizukage was a teenager."

Orochimaru wanted to cover his face in embarrassment; he really didn't want to admit that he was in cahoots with this idiot.

"Orochimaru, this time I won't let you get away again."

Holding the Corpse Bone Demon Scythe, Tamura Hao stared intently at Orochimaru, determined to kill him this time, or at least destroy his soul.

No matter how many curse seals the opponent uses to save their life, they can only seal away fragments of the soul. Once the main soul is destroyed, even if the opponent is resurrected with the help of soul fragments, their strength will be greatly reduced.

"You're the one who sealed away the souls of those powerful beings, aren't you?"

Orochimaru suddenly asked a question. In recent years, he had searched for the flesh and blood of many powerful people, preparing to revive them using the Impure World Reincarnation technique, but most of them failed. Like the Second Tsuchikage and the Four-Tails Jinchuriki who were sealed by this person, they could no longer summon the dead.

He guessed that someone must have sealed the souls of those powerful individuals first, and that this person was the only one in the ninja world capable of doing so.

It was clearly targeted at me.

Tamura Hiroshi remained silent, his gaze falling on Jiraiya, who had summoned two small toads using a summoning technique.

"Should we retreat?"

Tsunade suddenly spoke, indicating she didn't want to fight anymore.

Seeing that Kushina was still alive and seemed to be doing well here, and had not been imprisoned to give birth, she felt relieved.

Moreover, with Kushina here, along with those two whirlpool women, even a ninth-rank child shouldn't be mistreated.

Furthermore, since the enemy had anticipated their move and seemed quite formidable, even outnumbering them by one, continuing the fight would likely be fruitless; it was better to retreat as soon as possible.

"Tsunade!"

Jiraiya, who had just entered Sage Mode with the help of the two great immortals, looked on in disbelief. How could they suddenly change their minds?

"Can we win?"

Tsunade countered with a question. Her purpose in coming here was very clear: to see Kushina and Kyuubi's child. Now that she saw that Kushina was still alive and seemed to be doing well, that was enough.

As for the ninth-rank child, she never intended to bring him back to Konoha. She even planned to raise him herself. She was already utterly disappointed in those old men. If she really brought the ninth-rank child back, he would definitely be imprisoned.

Especially after this kidnapping experience, those people will definitely keep a closer eye on them.

That wasn't what she wanted to see. Now that she saw Kushina and the other two Uzumaki women there, she could finally relax.

Of course, the inability to win this battle is also a major reason; continuing the fight would be pointless.

"We'll have to fight first!"

Jiraiya will not back down; there must be a result today.

"Don't be too persistent. If you can't win, retreat as soon as possible."

Seeing her teammates persist, Tsunade gave them a reminder and then raised her hand to form hand seals to summon a slug. However, the slug was not very large and split into four, landing on their shoulders to continuously provide medical ninjutsu support.

On the other side, Orochimaru also used the summoning technique, but what he summoned were coffins, twelve in total.

"The ninja world is vast, and powerful individuals emerge in endless streams. You can't find all the seals."

Looking at the boy opposite him, Orochimaru felt somewhat smug.

After discovering that the souls of those powerful figures had been sealed away, he changed his target and searched for the powerful figures from the late Warring States period, eventually finding these twelve powerful figures.

Moreover, in recent years he has further improved his control over the talismans, and with the assistance of Uchiha Shisui's genjutsu, he finally managed to perfectly control these twelve people.

Most importantly, the offerings used to resurrect these twelve people were perfect, allowing their strength to be almost identical to that of their living selves.

The twelve dead were resurrected in their coffins, including the Steel Warrior and the Explosion Hunter who had been recalled last time.

But the next moment, Tamura Hao suddenly appeared, his Corpse Bone Demon Scythe sweeping across, a blade of energy emanating an eerie aura cut through, severing all the dead at the waist before they could fully revive.

He wouldn't actually give Orochimaru the chance to revive those resurrected powerful figures and start a war. The reason he didn't act immediately before was to let Orochimaru use these dead so that he could take the opportunity to reap the rewards.

Moreover, after sensing the four people, he came over first to set up the area. The surroundings were filled with his Flying Thunder God Technique, allowing him to teleport at will and gain absolute control.

"How is this kind of damage possible for someone resurrected through the Impure World Reincarnation technique?"

Orochimaru, who dodged the slash, still wore a confident smile, but it froze the next moment.

He felt that his connection with those Impure World Reincarnations had been completely severed, which would only happen if the Impure World Reincarnations were completely broken.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the twelve powerful figures who had been resurrected through the Impure World Reincarnation had revealed their true forms, turning into twelve pale and bizarre corpses.

That was the most perfect offering he obtained from that organization.

The fact that the offerings have now been revealed proves that the Impure World Reincarnation technique has indeed been broken.

How did you do that?

Before Orochimaru could figure out what was going on, a graceful figure rushed over, unleashing a barrage of attacks with her lightsaber and the Eight Spider Blades behind her, forcing Orochimaru to focus solely on dealing with the attack.

It was Yuri who made her move. With the help of Lightning Release, her speed soared, and her combat power was not bad.

After reaping the souls resurrected through the Impure World Reincarnation technique, Tamura Hao reappeared behind Jiraiya in a flash.

At the same time, Kisame charged forward, empowered by Boil Release, and swung his trident, also empowered by Boil Release, in a powerful, rotating attack.

Normal ninjutsu is ineffective against this kind of being; taijutsu would be better. At the same time, he also needs to cooperate with the Mizukage in the battle.

"not good!"

Jiraiya sensed something amiss behind him by using his perception of natural energy, and he knew he was in trouble, but it was too late.

Tamura Hao grabbed the two toads' bodies with both hands, imprinted the prepared contract seal onto them, and at the same time kicked Jiraiya in the back, forcibly pulling off the two toads that were connected to him by the Two Lives Technique.

That wasn't all. Under the control of the magnetic escape technique, the Corpse Bone Demon Scythe swept across, beheading the two toads that had just stuck out their tongues in preparation for a counterattack, and also reaping and sealing their souls.

He had high hopes for this Corpse Bone Demon Scythe, not only hoping to elevate the power of the Corpse Bone Pulse to the level of Kaguya Otsutsuki's All-Killing Ash Bones, but also to incorporate the short sword bracelet he obtained from the Shinigami, giving it the ability to cut and grab souls.

That's why I was able to defeat twelve powerful beings resurrected with a single strike.

This time, they killed two toad sages from Mount Myōboku.

Kisame, who was fighting Jiraiya head-on, naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity. When Jiraiya was kicked towards him, he decisively swung his trident and cut open his chest cavity.

Jiraiya, having lost the assistance of the two toad sages, had his Sage Chakra run rampant and was unable to dodge.

Just as he was about to deliver the fatal blow, Tsunade, who was not far away, suddenly threw a punch, using the force of her fist to send Jiraiya flying and avoid the second round of halberd blade attacks.

However, Tsunade was also caught off guard by Mei Terumi's powerful attack. She swung her scythe, which crackled with electricity, slashing through Tsunade's shoulder and ribs, cutting her in two.

Suffering such injuries, even with Tsunade activating the Yin Seal and the White Hair Seal, she couldn't withstand it and collapsed to the ground. (End of Chapter)