Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

"I told you I couldn't beat them, why were you so stubborn?"

Tsunade's brows furrowed in pain as her body was severed, but her eyes were fixed on Jiraiya, who was being sent flying.

Her hemophobia has just been cured, and she was able to throw a punch at Jiraiya after he was severely injured, allowing him to escape.

Unfortunately, it was all for naught; they lost the battle and now it's difficult for them to leave.

The Hidden Mist Village was far stronger than they had imagined. Not only did the ninjas possess puppet armor to enhance their strength, but these powerful individuals were also terrifyingly strong, especially the Fourth Mizukage.

"Tsunade-neechan!"

Kushina Uzumaki, who had been holding down the fort with the Adamantine Sealing Barrier, rushed forward, reconnected Tsunade's separated bodies, and poured a large bottle of life-saving potion over her.

With the life-giving elixir, along with the White Seal and Tsunade's bloodline power as a member of the Senju clan, his wounds slowly healed, preventing him from dying immediately.

Seeing his two teammates quickly fall to their deaths, Orochimaru prepared to run away.

But Tamura Hao had been watching him closely for a while, so how could he let him escape?

He used the Flying Thunder God Technique again to get to Orochimaru's side, and together with his adopted daughter-in-law's strong attack, he cut Orochimaru in half in one round and forcibly harvested his soul.

"That knife!"

Orochimaru finally understood what was going on; that sword could actually attack souls, and even harvest them.

This made him panic. His greatest confidence in coming here was the arrangement of the curse seals. Even if he was killed, his soul could leave and be resurrected in the highest level of curse seals.

But now this knife can actually damage the soul, and even break the seal, which completely restrains me and kills me.

It's too late to understand now; his soul was instantly sealed inside the Corpse Bone Demon Scythe.

Having harvested Orochimaru's soul, Tamura Hao glanced at Jiraiya, who had suddenly vanished in a cloud of mist, and then looked at Zabuza, who was clashing with Uchiha Shisui's Susanoo while activating the Seven Killings Dharma Form.

After thinking for a moment, he raised his hand and formed a hand seal to summon a large lizard. He then crawled into the lizard's mouth and used it to travel to the spirit world.

This is the Shuzaki lizard he obtained during a trip to the Kingdom of the Head. It originally lived in the Spirit World, and the three holy lands were only a part of the Spirit World.

Emerging from the lizard's mouth, he pushed his perception to its limit and quickly sensed the Flying Thunder God Technique imprinted on Jiraiya's back.

He didn't have much of an opinion about Jiraiya, a character in the story, but since the other party had come to his death, he might as well see him off.

He also knew how difficult it was to kill these good guys, so when he kicked them out earlier, he also left a Flying Thunder God Technique seal on their backs, just in case. Who would have thought he would actually have to use it?

Without delay, he used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport there, even at the cost of chakra.

Jiraiya's disappearance was clearly due to someone using a reverse summoning technique. He has already killed the three Gamabunta brothers and two toad sages of Mount Myōboku, leaving only the Great Toad Sage capable of doing this.

Given Jiraiya's injuries, ordinary methods wouldn't be enough to save him, since his heart had been shattered. Only someone in Mount Myōboku could save him.

Despite having these thoughts in his mind, it did not affect Tamura Hiroshi's performance in battle.

The moment it appeared, it swung its scythe and slashed at the neck of the giant toad sage.

"Clang!"

The sharp scythe pierced the Great Toad Sage's neck, but it struck as if it were hitting an indestructible rock, clearly indicating that the Great Toad Sage had already cast a hardening spell on himself.

Without forcing him, the sickle blade spun and cut the string of beads hanging around his neck.

At the same time, he took Jiraiya and left using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

"Young man!"

The Great Toad Sage, realizing what had happened, was furious and hurriedly formed hand seals again to try and summon Jiraiya back through the summoning contract. However, he failed and the contract connection with Jiraiya was broken, indicating that he had been sealed away.

After sensing that the contract link between Fukasaku and Shima had been broken, he realized something was wrong and immediately used the Reverse Summoning Technique to summon Jiraiya, only to find that he had been severely injured.

He decisively took out the immortal talisman that had been nurtured for thousands of years, preparing to revive it.

Little Jiraiya is also at a crucial juncture; he cannot die at this time, otherwise the future will truly be out of control.

But who would have thought that the young human would dare to attack, even taking Jiraiya away again, sealing the Spirit Contract, and stealing his Sage Orb.

The enraged Great Toad Sage burst out of the temple, unleashing an immense and suffocating power of Sage Art. He tried to sense Jiraiya's chakra, but even after scanning the entire Summoning World, he still couldn't sense Jiraiya's chakra or his own Sage Orb.

Leaving aside the enraged toad sage on one side, on the other side, Tamura Hao, who had been taken away by Jiraiya, immediately tore off the sage talisman from Jiraiya's face and stuck it on his own body, absorbing the pure sage power.

He had been eyeing this Immortal Talisman for a long time, and over the past thousand years, Mount Myōboku may have created and nurtured another one.

This trip was just an attempt, but I didn't expect to actually get it, and even get the Great Toad Sage's bead.

Jiraiya, whose injuries had just begun to heal thanks to the power of the Sage's Talisman, glared angrily at the boy, but the next moment his soul was reaped by that gleaming white scythe.

Feeling the power of destiny entering the tent, Tamura Hao was very satisfied.

However, the greatest gain was the power of the precious pearl and the Immortal Talisman. The power of the Immortal Talisman was incredibly pure and extremely gentle, perfectly integrating into his body and slowly releasing its power, while also transforming his body.

As the power of the Immortal Talisman transformed him, his perception of the surrounding natural energy became increasingly clear and acute.

"This may be the power of the Sage of Six Paths' immortal techniques."

Feeling the changes within himself, Tamura Hiroshi thought of the Sage of Six Paths from a thousand years ago.

Although the Sage of Six Paths learned his Sage Techniques from Mount Myōboku, he clearly did not use those mediums; there was no Sage's face, and no toad eyes.

That was the true, perfect power of Sage Mode, far surpassing the Sage Mode that Naruto Uzumaki achieved with the help of toad oil in the future.

Of course, that was mainly because the Sage of Six Paths had a strong enough physique to withstand the risk of losing control during Sage Technique cultivation and quickly master it, without needing to use those mediums for indirect cultivation.

Tamura Hiroshi had always wanted to master the perfect Sage Technique like the Sage of Six Paths, but with little success. Unexpectedly, the Sage's Talisman allowed him to see the secrets of the perfect Sage Technique.

"boom!"

Just then, a bright light appeared hundreds of kilometers away.

"Tailed Beast Ball, is someone attacking the village at this time? Obito? Or the Akatsuki?"

After some thought, Tamura Hiroshi sealed away Jiraiya's body and the Sage Orb he had seized, and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return directly to the village.

Upon returning, they discovered several enormous creatures fighting outside the village, battling against some kind of being.

He used the Flying Thunder God Technique again to land on Kurama's head.

"Kid, that one-eyed bastard is back, and he has a pair of Rinnegan eyes now."

Kurama immediately explained the situation, and the appearance of those two Rinnegan made him very wary.

"What is that thing? It looks somewhat like you, and also somewhat like a Wood Release creation."

Tamura Hiroshi's gaze fell on the Gedo Mazo in the distance, and he asked, feigning confusion.

"That was a dead tailed beast."

Kurama's eyes flickered, but it did not provide any information about the Gedo Mazo.

"Lord Mizukage, these are people Obito brought. There's Sasori of the Red Sand and a few puppets with special abilities. We've already dealt with the others."

At that moment, a flash of purplish-black lightning appeared, and Kakashi landed on Kurama's head, uttering the name of his dearest friend.

"Did you gain anything?"

Tamura Hao inquired and realized that those puppets with special abilities must be Pain.

"The manipulation of those puppets is strange. They're not controlled by chakra threads, and their bodies are covered in these weird things. It might be related to that."

Kakashi took out a black nail and handed it over; he had obtained it from a puppet.

Tamura Hao examined the black nail for a moment, using natural energy to sense it, and soon found a location to detect.

"You guys go deal with that big guy."

After saying a sentence, he disappeared and appeared near the location he had sensed the next moment.

He had long ago set up countless Flying Thunder God spells inside and around the village to ensure that he could arrive at the scene immediately in case of any emergency, and this time it came in handy.

"He sensed me! Run!"

Nagato spoke, gesturing for them to leave as soon as possible.

Xiao Nan was preparing to perform the spell, but it was already too late.

The disguised rock was cut open, revealing Konan and Nagato, who was sitting inside a device.

Without the slightest hesitation, Tamura Hao charged forward, ready to take down Nagato Uzumaki as soon as possible.

"Shinra Tensei!"

Nagato Uzumaki decisively unleashed the Rinnegan's eye technique, and a powerful repulsive force acted on Tamura Hiroshi.

He did not resist it head-on, but was pushed backward by the repulsive force. After the repulsive force disappeared, the four pairs of wings on his back instantly sprayed out powerful air currents, propelling his body forward rapidly.

While Shinra Tensei is powerful, especially the super-powerful burst of power created by Nagato Uzumaki gathering all his chakra, it has a cooldown period, which is its weakness.

Konan also knew the weakness of Shinra Tensei, so she immediately controlled countless paper butterflies made of folded explosive tags to fly out.

"Rumble..."

The explosion engulfed everything, but it was nothing to Tamura Hiroshi's armor, and he charged in despite the blast.

He swung his sword and shredded Xiao Nan's body into countless pieces of paper; it was clearly just a paper clone.

Ignoring this, he continued charging towards Nagato, swinging the Corpse Bone Demon Scythe in his hand.

This is the real big deal!

Nagato was at a loss for a moment. After all, he couldn't move his body, and his opponent was going to use such a large scythe to kill him. Many of his eye techniques couldn't be used directly.

The Asura Path was also destroyed and cannot be used for a short period of time.

Just as Nagato was about to be killed, the space around him suddenly twisted and rotated. It was Obito Uchiha who made his move and prepared to take Nagato away.

Upon seeing this, Tamura Hao immediately extended two chakra threads that pierced Nagato's eyes, attempting to pluck out his Rinnegan.

At this moment, Nagato's body was twisted by Kamui, making him even more unable to move, which was the best time to make a move.

Ultimately, Nagato's body was taken into the Kamui dimension, and Tamura only received his left eye, due to someone's reckless interference.

The flames engulfed everything, and countless explosive tags exploded around them, the flames of which were compressed into a ball of light that rapidly expanded outwards.

It was the decoy detonators that Konan had laid out in advance. Although the number was far less than the future six hundred billion, it was still terrifying. Unfortunately, it had little effect on Tamura Hao, who possessed the Flying Thunder God Technique.

"I wonder how powerful Uchiha Shisui's eye technique is."

While admiring the exploding ball of light as he carried a charred body, Tamura Hiroshi was thinking about Uchiha Shisui's Kotoamatsukami.

The girl he was carrying was naturally Xiao Nan. She had just launched a suicidal bombardment and had no intention of surviving.

Perhaps they didn't want to be caught, which led them to leak the information.

It's ruthless!

However, this was a good opportunity to test the effect of Kotoamatsukami on Kage-level powerhouses.

He then turned to look at the Gedo Statue, which was being engulfed by a terrifying sphere of light, which was rapidly expanding.

That was a Tailed Beast Ball, and it was a Tailed Beast Ball formed by the combined efforts of five Tailed Beasts. The explosive power was unimaginable.

Clearly, the Nine-Tails and its allies do not want this thing to exist in the world and want to join forces to destroy it.

When the firelight died down, Tamura Hiroshi flew over and found only a piece of remains that resembled an arm.

"Looks like they ran away."

Looking at the severed arm, he knew it must have been taken away by a spirit.

After all, even the arms were preserved, let alone the main body of the Gedo Mazo.

Then another question arose in his mind: judging from this explosion, the Gedo Mazo is not indestructible. If the Tailed Beasts can destroy it, then the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura Otsutsuki back then must also be able to.

So why did they leave the Demonic Statue of the Heretic behind?

Recalling the timing and role of the Gedo Mazo, as well as the information that the Sage of Six Paths was not completely dead, a bad guess quickly formed in his mind.

"What's going on here? Did they use a feint to lure us away from our base?"

Stopping his thoughts and sealing away the severed arm remains, Tamura Hao turned to look at the approaching Nine-Tailed Fox and the others.

"That one-eyed man appeared first, trying to control me with his eye power, and then I knocked him out."

What Nine-Tailed Fox said was very simple, and in fact, it really was that simple.

"He probably wants to control you first, use you to defeat the Isobu and the others, and then capture them all."

Tamura Hao understood, and roughly grasped the thought process of Obito Uchiha and the others.

They must have communicated with Orochimaru. Orochimaru is still wearing that ring, which proves he's still a member of Akatsuki.

Furthermore, Itachi Uchiha had not yet exterminated his clan to join Akatsuki, nor had he instantly killed Orochimaru, so he had not yet left Akatsuki. Therefore, it is normal for them to act together this time.

If they hadn't ended the battle so quickly, those tailed beasts might have actually been captured.

The main problem is that the Gedo Mazo and the Rinnegan are too effective against the Tailed Beasts. It's just that Nagato Uzumaki can't fully unleash the power of the Rinnegan right now. If it were Obito Uchiha or Madara Uchiha, they would have already annihilated the Tailed Beasts.

"The one who just used the Rinnegan was a red-haired Uzumaki ninja. How could someone from the Uzumaki clan awaken the legendary Rinnegan? They don't have ocular jutsu talent in their bloodline, do they?"

Tamura Hao then voiced his doubts, wanting to see how much the tailed beasts could say.

The five tailed beasts exchanged glances, and finally Kurama spoke up: "The Rinnegan is the ultimate Sharingan. In this era, only Madara Uchiha has the potential to awaken the Rinnegan."

That wretched woman and Hashirama Senju had previously discussed the disappearance of Madara Uchiha's body, suggesting a possible faked death. Perhaps Madara transplanted his Rinnegan into that Uzumaki ninja.

"It's impossible for Madara Uchiha to awaken the Rinnegan on his own; he also needs the ultimate power of the Senju clan and the power inherited from the Uzumaki clan."

Four-Tails added that, according to his understanding of the old man's power, only by gathering all the bloodline power passed down by the old man could one possibly awaken the Rinnegan.

"Is the ultimate Senju power the power of the First Hokage? And the power inherited from the Uzumaki clan?"

Tamura Hao seemed to be deep in thought. He knew that he needed the ultimate power of the Senju clan, that is, the power of Hashirama Senju. Madara Uchiha had transplanted Hashirama Senju's cells to his chest, which formed a face.

This is the first time I've heard of the power inherited from the Uzumaki clan, but I can understand it.

Although the Uzumaki clan is a close relative of the Senju clan, their bloodline talents are completely different, and they have inherited a mysterious sealing technique. The Vajra Lock looks like a weakened version of the Outer Path Demonic Statue Chains.

Perhaps the Uzumaki clan inherited the power of the Sage of Six Paths, and it was not a coincidence that Madara Uchiha transplanted those eyes into Nagato Uzumaki.

This may be the main reason why Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu did not use Nagato Uzumaki to revive earlier; their Rinnegan was not mature and perfect enough.

"I sensed it."

Suddenly, Tamura Hao looked in a certain direction, placed his hand on Kakashi's shoulder as he arrived, and vanished instantly, just in time to see Uchiha Obito gouging out Nagato's eyes.

While gouging out Nagato's eye, he casually used chakra threads to leave a Flying Thunder God Technique seal in Nagato's eye socket, a habit he developed after learning the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Previously, Obito Uchiha and Nagato Uzumaki were both in the Kamui dimension, which is an independent alternate dimension, making it impossible to perceive each other.

However, Obito Uchiha could not stay in the Kamui dimension indefinitely; its time limit was five minutes, and he had been waiting.

I just didn't expect that Obito Uchiha could run over 100 kilometers in five minutes. I don't know how he used Kamui to run like that.

The Flying Thunder God technique, which involves carrying people for hundreds of kilometers, is indeed quite taxing, but with the chakra he has stored in the Kamui dimension, it's nothing.

Previously, the distance used in the spirit world was much greater, and the energy consumption was also much higher.

Without a word, he swung the Corpse Bone Demon Scythe and struck, but it passed right through Obito Uchiha's body.

Kakashi also swung his activated Ea sword and slashed forward, trying to use it to reopen Obito's eye technique space.

But this time, Obito Uchiha learned his lesson. He used intangibility to dodge Tamura Hao's scythe attack and then ran away decisively, not even having time to deal with Nagato Uzumaki's body.

One of these two is too strong, and the other is too restrained towards me; there's no way to fight them. I'll find a way to kill them after I transplant that Rinnegan.

The only remaining Rinnegan is the right eye, which overlaps with my own Mangekyou Sharingan. How can it be transplanted?

Does this mean we have to give up the kaleidoscope?

"He got away again."

Kakashi was very unhappy to see Obito run away.

Tamura Hao then checked on Nagato's condition. Fortunately, he arrived in time; Obito Uchiha had not yet killed Nagato.

Not only can we obtain more information by keeping Nagato alive, but we can also gain a share of the power of destiny.

It doesn't matter how one lives; it could be joining Kirigakure or being imprisoned, as long as one is alive.

The choice is up to Nagato Uzumaki; if he's willing to cooperate, he wouldn't mind letting him spend his later years in Kirigakure.

At this moment, Nagato was filled with despair; his and Yahiko's ideals had been completely shattered.

Without the Rinnegan, he could no longer realize his dream of peace, and Konan should have already been killed. The two people he cherished most were gone.

My life has lost its meaning.

(End of this chapter)