Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swordsmen Begins from the Hidden Cloud Village.

“That might be an opportunity.”

After taking a puff of smoke, Sarutobi Hiruzen said in a gloomy voice.

He has not forgotten the last time he was attacked by the Third Raikage. He has always kept it in mind and is waiting for an opportunity to pay him back double.

Moreover, the Third Raikage who possesses this kind of projection ability is indeed a trouble and must be eliminated, otherwise I will not be able to sleep peacefully in the future.

"He will definitely bring the ninja army with him, so it will be difficult to capture him. Besides, the Third Raikage is very powerful, and the titles of the Strongest Spear and the Strongest Shield are not in vain."

Mizuto Menen frowned. The last time, it was not just the Third Raikage who was sent over, but also hundreds of senior ninjas.

Not to mention that the Third Raikage himself is very powerful. His two major ninja techniques, Lightning Release Armor and Hell Stab, are both extremely powerful. He is almost unstoppable and it is difficult to surround and kill him.

"The Four Red Yang Formation is enough to form a blockade. What I am worried about is that the Cloud Ninja will go crazy and destroy the Senju clan."

With a look of sadness on his face, Sarutobi Hiruzen was still very careful about his own personality, but Utane Koharu and Mito Kado En's eyes lit up and they understood what their old friend meant.

Yes, then they can just pin the destruction of the Senju clan on the Hidden Cloud Village, and they can get away with it that way.

"The Four Red Yang Formation requires four Kage-level warriors to perform. Just you and Danzo are not enough. I'm afraid Qufeng will not agree."

Mito Kado En began to think about who to find to perform the Four Red Yang Formation. Currently, only Hiruzen and Danzo are qualified on their side, while Akimichi Tofu tends to be neutral.

Hiruzen's three disciples definitely can't do it, especially Tsunade and Jiraiya.

"I have my own plans in this regard."

After taking another puff of smoke, Sarutobi Hiruzen did not explain further, but was thinking about the research progress of his disciple.

It is hard to find trustworthy Kage-level strongmen nowadays, but many have passed away, such as my father.

For the sake of the village and the family, we have no choice but to disturb his sleep.

Seeing that the old friend was unwilling to say more, the two men did not ask any more questions. They had always trusted this old friend.

"To what extent have Minato Namikaze and his team mastered the power of the Nine-Tails? When will they be able to master the Tailed Beast Ball?"

When asked about the two Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, they needed mature Tailed Beast Jinchuriki to fight against the four major ninja villages, especially the Hidden Cloud Village.

Chapter 166: Talents of the Immortal Clan

"The Nine-Tails is the most powerful tailed beast. According to the two teachers, it is more than ten times stronger than the other tailed beasts. Even if they only have one-fourth of the Nine-Tails, it is still difficult to tame. Now we can only rely on sealing to suppress it."

Speaking of this, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but look worried.

The Nine-Tails is indeed very powerful. Sensei Hashirama once said that if it weren't for the Wood Release that could restrain the tailed beast, he would have to activate the Sage Mode if he wanted to take down the Nine-Tails.

However, when capturing other tailed beasts back then, Hashirama Sensei captured them easily, which shows the gap between them.

The three of them discussed for a long time before Mizuto Menen and Utane Koharu got up tiredly and left. However, before leaving the office, Utane Koharu paused.

"Huruzen, Namikaze Minato is your chosen successor. We will not reject your choice, but you cannot train him to be too strong. If he really becomes like Orochimaru, he will become a hidden danger to the village."

After saying that, Utane Koharu closed the office door.

What they need is a puppet with the same interests as them, but they don't want a Fourth Hokage who is too powerful.

The struggles between the Senju faction and them over the years are all vivid in their minds. It would be a disaster if they really had to fight the future Hokage in this way, and if they are not careful, the clan will be wiped out.

Sarutobi Hiruzen smoked a cigarette without saying a word. He naturally understood what Utatane Koharu was thinking, and this was also what he had been worried about.

Originally, Minato Namikaze's temperament was very suitable for being controlled, but his nature changed after being messed around by that kid, forcing him to put the training of Minato Namikaze on the surface.

Now that Lord Mito has taken away the Nine-Tails from him, he has no idea what Minato Namikaze will become in the future.

"Minato, I hope you won't let me down."

He whispered to himself and now could only pray that Minato Namikaze would not go down the wrong path in the future, otherwise he would have to find a way to get rid of him.

We have to plan ahead of time to find the people who can restrain Minato Namikaze, otherwise we will be in a passive position if a conflict really breaks out in the future.

The combination of the Tailed Beast Jinchuriki and the Flying Thunder God Jutsu is too unstoppable.

"Lord Mito, you really know how to give us problems. Is this your way of balance?"

Rubbing his forehead, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't think of a way to restrain Namikaze Minato for a moment.

Even the Senju clan has already come into contact with Namikaze Minato and taught them Tobirama's Flying Thunder God Technique. Last time, Tsunade came to ask for Tobirama's Thunder God Sword.

It is obvious that he wants to win over and cultivate Minato Namikaze.

But there was more than one thing that bothered him, there were many others, even threats.

"Uchiha Madara, you should be old now."

Thinking of the many secret information that Tobirama teacher finally conveyed to him through illusion, Sarutobi Hiruzen became very worried and fearful.

There were too many secret information in it. What shocked him the most was that Uchiha Madara did not die that year. At least his body was gone, and his eyes were gone too.

The most troublesome thing is the pair of eyes. Even if Uchiha Madara is old, the pair of eyes can be sealed and even passed on to other people for use.

Even if he couldn't unleash the power of Uchiha Madara at his peak, they would still be unable to defeat him.

In addition, Uchiha Madara also has a summoning contract with the Nine-Tails. The reason why Lord Mito used himself to continuously seal the Nine-Tails and become the Jinchūriki was to prevent the Nine-Tails from being summoned by Uchiha Madara.

Now that Sensei Hashirama is gone, no one can be a match for Uchiha Madara.

And where is Uchiha Madara now?

What kind of conspiracy is being carried out in such a hidden way?

"Strength!"

After thinking for a long time, he finally sighed, feeling a little unwilling.

His strength has reached its limit. He has practiced the seven chakra nature changes to the limit, but even so, he still can't reach the level of Sensei Hashirama, and is even much worse than Sensei Tobirama.

It was still OK with the assistance of the Ape Demon in the past, but now without the Ape Demon, its own strength has been weakened a lot, especially in close combat.

It was precisely because of the loss of Saruma that he was suppressed by the Third Raikage last time.

We must find a way to improve our strength.

"Tailed beasts, senjutsu, bloodline fusion."

He recited the three paths that were suitable for improving his own strength, and his brows furrowed deeply.

The tailed beast is naturally the tailed beast jinchūriki, but the conditions for becoming a tailed beast jinchūriki are very harsh.

He can perform sealing techniques, but his own chakra is no match for the chakra of the tailed beasts.

Moreover, his own chakra is not that huge, far from being comparable to that of the Thousand Hands Ninja and the Uzumaki Ninja, so the chances of suppressing the power of the tailed beast are not high.

The consequence of being unable to suppress the power of the tailed beasts is obvious. It will take a long time to refine chakra to make up for the difference in quality with quantity, which is not a long-term solution.

For example, Lord Mito died early because he had to refine chakra for a long time to suppress the Nine-Tails.

You know, the Uzumaki ninja is known as a long-lived clan, and there are many who live over a hundred years old, but Lord Mito was less than seventy years old when he passed away.

If it were me, I would definitely be in a worse situation, and might not even live past 60.

This is just the power to counter the tailed beasts, and it is even more difficult to use it.

"The success rate of the tailed beast path is too low, and the fairy technique is not easy to plan. We can only wait for Orochimaru to produce results."

Turning his thoughts to fairy arts, Sarutobi Hiruzen realized that there was no hope at the Wet Bone Forest and Myoboku Mountain.

The contract scroll of the Wet Bone Forest was inherited by the Thousand Hands Family, and it was impossible for him to obtain it with his current relationship with the Thousand Hands Family.

The people at Myoboku Mountain must be blaming themselves for the incident that occurred due to the deaths of Bunta's three big toads last time. Even Jiraiya has not summoned any toads to assist in the battle at the front line during this period of time.

The only hope is Ryuchi Cave. The magic inheritance of Ryuchi Cave is not easy to obtain, so we can only look at Orochimaru's research results on that kind of magic curse.

Now the only thing I can work on is the bloodline fusion route.

The bloodline limit of the jutsu type is originally artificially fused, but the fusion is extremely difficult. Even though there are not many types of bloodline limits of jutsu inherited in the ninja world, he does not have much confidence that he can fuse the bloodline limits.

But now there is a shortcut, which is the blood transplant surgery of his disciple Orochimaru.

Jiraiya had already told him the profound meaning of the surgery performed by Orochimaru, and that path was also suitable for him.

"Melting Release, preferably Dust Release."

Targeting the two bloodlines, Sarutobi Hiruzen was very clear about his own situation and his areas of expertise.

Although he possesses chakra of all attributes and has cultivated the property changes of the seven attributes to the limit, he is best at fire and earth jutsu.

In particular, the Fire Style inherited the family's secret technique of great flames, which is much stronger than ordinary Fire Style.

Therefore, Lava Release is the most suitable for him, but if possible, he would rather obtain the Tsuchikage's Dust Release.

That is a bloodline elimination that is superior to the bloodline limit, and its power is even more terrifying.

Moreover, Dust Release can be acquired through learning. The Third Tsuchikage learned Dust Release from the Second Tsuchikage, not through blood inheritance.

If that little dwarf Ōnoki can do it, then I, Sarutobi Hiruzen, can certainly do it too.

"We still have to find Orochimaru."

Thinking of Dust Release, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but feel a headache.

The secret technique of fusion of Dust Release definitely cannot be obtained from Ohnoki. Now we can only hope for the Impure World Reincarnation studied by Orochimaru. If we can summon the Second Tsuchikage, we can find a way to obtain the secret technique of fusion of Dust Release from him.

But this requires contacting that disciple. However, that disciple has changed a lot since he came into contact with Danzo, and he even feels distant from him.

It may not be easy to get them to cooperate.

"Perhaps Orochimaru can check Minato."

Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and Sarutobi Hiruzen felt that he could use Orochimaru to restrain Minato Namikaze and form a new balance in the future.

The Flying Thunder God Technique is very difficult to solve, but the Impure World Reincarnation Technique is not bad either. Both are forbidden and have no solutions.

Not to mention Sarutobi Hiruzen's thoughts, on the other side, Namikaze Minato was receiving instruction from Uzumaki Mito's chakra projection in the sealed space.

It's not just about teaching the Uzumaki Sealing Technique, but also about analyzing the situation in Konoha and the Ninja World.

Although she doesn't know much about this, she knows a lot.

"Granny Mito, I want to know the truth about what happened in Uzushiogakure back then."

After completing today's lessons, Minato Namikaze hesitated for a moment and finally asked.

The incident in the Uzushiogakure Village back then caused a big stir and was widely spread throughout the ninja world and the village, so naturally he had heard about it.

However, I used to think that the Hidden Cloud Village was deliberately smearing the Hokage, but gradually I found that something was not right.

Although this matter has little to do with him, he needs to figure out the secrets behind it so that he can see the true nature of some things and some people.

"The actual situation is exactly as stated by the Hidden Cloud Village."

With a sigh, Uzumaki Mito's chakra projection was very sad.

She was not a fool. She had understood it as early as the day when Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo came over that the power of the Nine-Tails gave her the ability to sense good and evil and to distinguish who was good and who was bad.

Moreover, she had communicated with Yuye and confirmed what happened at the beginning. It was indeed the little monkey and Danzo who plotted against the Uzushiogakure Village.

This simple answer left Minato Namikaze silent, and he felt very confused.

"If you can obtain the power of the Nine-Tailed Fox in the future, you will have the ability to sense the good and evil of others. Don't tell anyone about this ability."

After giving the reminder, Uzumaki Mito's chakra projection disappeared.

Minato Namikaze regained consciousness and looked at the night outside the window with a confused look in his eyes.

He was very sure that destroying an ally was a wrong thing, but the one who did it was the Hokage, whom he had always admired and strived for, so was it the Hokage who did something wrong?

Is this what the Hokage is supposed to do?

"No, that's wrong. It's the Sandaime who have changed. Konoha shouldn't continue like this. Changes must be made."

His eyes gradually became clearer and more determined.

Minato Namikaze was very sure that the Hokage had taken the wrong path and done the wrong thing.

Whether it is a forced change or a voluntary change due to interests and power, the result is wrong.

If this continues, the entire Konoha will fall into endless internal strife and will continue to weaken.

This cannot go on, something must change.

"I need to become stronger, surpass the Third and Second generations, reach the level of the First generation, and use my absolute strength to integrate all the power of the village."

Gradually he came to an understanding, and Minato Namikaze knew that if he wanted to change the village, he must have absolute power, the invincible power like the first Hokage.