Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

Chapter 8 Raikage's Killing Intent

After experiencing the wonders of pure chakra, Tamura Hao laughed, raised his hand to cover the upper half of his face, his left eye peeking out from between his fingers, and his laughter grew louder and louder.

"Hahaha……"

After all this time, it's finally time for me, Tamura Hao... no, for me, Tamura Ritian, to rise to power. My parents really did make a good choice in naming me.

At this moment, I, Tamura Hiten, pay my respects!

Starting today, I will use the most efficient, most scientific... no, most patient method to either overwhelm you all or be overwhelmed by you all!

"Xiao Haozi, you've found a dead rat! What are you laughing at?"

Just as Tamura Hiten was laughing wildly and dreaming about the future, a loud roar came from upstairs, startling Tamura Hiten.

"I'm sorry, Aunt Ruth. I couldn't resist reading the exciting parts of the novel. I'll be more careful next time."

Tamura Hiroshi quickly responded and then closed the window tightly.

We need to play it safe and develop our strength cautiously now. We can't be reckless and we need to keep a low profile. The name Tamura Hiten is too flamboyant, so let's use Tamura Hao for now.

Once calmed down, Tamura Hao connected with the broken jade fragment with a thought, consuming the power of destiny to enhance his comprehension, thereby cultivating the chakra refining technique and trying to perfect it.

The chakra of ninjas is different from the internal energy and true qi systems in novels from my previous life. They do not have a storage space like the dantian. They can only be extracted when they need to use it.

The method of refinement is to first fuse spiritual power with physical life force to form an existence similar to physical strength, and then transform it into chakra. The ratio of spiritual power to physical life force must be one to one.

Of course, there are exceptions to special chakra, such as the Sharingan's ocular power, where the proportion of spiritual energy is definitely much greater.

Tamura Hao currently has no bloodline limit, no Yin-Yang attribute, only a lightning attribute, so he can only honestly fuse one-to-one.

Fortunately, perhaps because he has lived two lives, his mental strength is much stronger than that of his peers. This allows him to refine chakra faster and more efficiently, and he also has strong chakra control. He mastered chakra threads very early on, and he learned to walk on water and climb trees even earlier.

Now he needs to refine the chakra refining technique he has learned and see how much his comprehension boost can be increased.

Leaving aside Tamura Hao, who was cultivating and exploring the effects of the cheat system here, in the Raikage's office on the other side, the Third Raikage looked at his disciple's files and then at the box full of pornographic masterpieces, and his face couldn't help but become somewhat distorted and ferocious.

The earthen platform beside it keeps its eyes down, its nose inward, trying to minimize its presence.

As for Ye Yue Ai, he's long since disappeared; he certainly won't be appearing before his father today.

"Is it too late for this old man to regret it now?"

His face contorted for a long while before the Third Raikage covered his face, feeling that his reputation was about to be ruined.

No wonder that brat only told me all this after I agreed to take him on as a disciple; he's really good at scheming.

Tsuchikage remained silent. This was something only the Raikage could figure out on his own; there was nothing he could say.

"Is it very profitable?"

After a while, the Third Raikage calmed down a bit. Looking at those erotic masterpieces, he really couldn't understand how such filthy things could make so much money.

Seeing that the Third Raikage had calmed down, Tsuchikage finally spoke up and replied, "According to the sales survey of those books, his books cover a wide range of topics, and people of all ages and genders like them."

He was also quite prolific, writing about 100,000 words a month, with each book selling for 10,000 taels of silver. As the highest-ranking author in the publishing house, he received 90% of the revenue, with a 9:1 split with the publishing house.

According to the current investigation, at least 70% of the ninjas in our Hidden Cloud Village are fans of his books, and at least 30% of the ordinary villagers are fans of his books. Other ninja villages should be similar, as are people in major cities, and even some powerful and wealthy people have purchased them.

Preliminary estimates suggest that he has accumulated a fortune of 2 billion yuan, and this is a sustainable source of income. Even his earlier works have been selling well in the last two years, providing him with a continuous stream of revenue.

If he maintains this high rate of productivity, in a few years his income will surpass that of the entire village.

Tu Tai was also very surprised by this. He only knew that those famous writers made a lot of money before, after all, he had to contribute 120,000 taels of silver every year and buy all the books published every month.

However, after sending someone to investigate, they discovered that the situation was even more exaggerated than expected. Although the investigation only covered the village, by extension, sales in other places must also be quite high, especially in Konoha.

After all, many of the characters in that book have titles associated with the ninja clans of Konoha, so they would definitely feel more connected to the story, be more appealing, and sell better.

"Is it really that profitable?"

The Third Raikage was taken aback. He knew the village's income, but he never expected that one person's income could exceed that of the entire village.

"People are under a lot of pressure these days, especially us ninjas who are constantly involved in killing. We have to find a way to calm the dark side of our hearts."

Tu Tai offered an explanation: after reading those erotic masterpieces, his mind became much clearer, especially since he would enter a special state after each reading, free from desires and wants, which was perfect for thinking about problems.

"He's only ten years old this year, and he was only five years old five years ago. How could he write a book like this?"

I still don't understand it; it's so abnormal.

Tu Tai also couldn't understand this, but he had some guesses.

"Perhaps it was at Konoha Middle School. We have intelligence suggesting that the Third Hokage of Konoha was rumored to have used a secret technique to spy on bathhouses."

Jiraiya, a disciple of the Third Hokage, also frequently spied on bathhouses, and was chased by countless women throughout the streets on numerous occasions. This even caused a major conflict with the Uchiha clan, who were in charge of the police department.

According to our investigation, after he came to our village, he spent his six and seven years in the women's bathhouse, taking advantage of his young age, and also worked in Kabukicho, possibly to gather information.

He was also very diligent in his studies at school, frequently borrowing books from the academy library, mostly history books, especially records of the major ninja villages and clans.

This is the only way to analyze it now, and these are all traceable and can be connected.

Absolutely reasonable!

The Third Raikage's face twitched as he listened, and he felt even more regretful.

Should we go and clean house now, so as not to ruin our reputation in our later years?

After hesitating for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and gave the order.

"This information about him is classified as a top secret in the village, on par with the secrets of the two tailed beasts."

"Hmm, he seems to have been practicing his swordsmanship diligently, and he's arranged for Fukai to be his team's Jonin leader."

That brat has great potential and is good at making money, which is a great benefit to the village. For the sake of the village, his own reputation is nothing. This is the awareness and magnanimity of a Shadow!

Of course, it's best not to expose it, thus achieving the best of both worlds.

Keeping things confidential is crucial, and we need to find a trustworthy person to mentor the kid; my own nephew would be a good fit.

My nephew is a perfect ninja, excelling in ninjutsu, bloodline, ability, and character. He was even nominated as one of the candidates for the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.

At the same time, Fokai is also skilled in knife skills, making him a good candidate to teach that brat, at least the basics.

This way, you don't have to personally make contact, lest you be noticed.

This master-disciple relationship must be kept secret, lest one day in the future he really loses his reputation and becomes a laughing stock in the entire ninja world.

He doesn't have the thick skin of Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"Think of a way to give the outside world a reasonable explanation for what happened today. That Danzo Shimura guy isn't so easy to fool."

His thoughts turned to Shimura Danzo. The Third Raikage had a deep impression of that man; he was a very troublesome and ruthless character.

"The matter of ten billion taels is probably hard to keep secret, and may have even been leaked. However, we can take advantage of this and eliminate the spies we identified earlier."

Tsuchida had a plan in mind. It wasn't difficult for him, after all, this was Kumogakure, not Shimura Danzo's Konoha.

(End of this chapter)