Planning the Sharingan

Tamura Hiroshi arrived at the bathhouse, entered a private bath, and paid for a scrubbing service. Before long, a scrubber with an ordinary face came in.

Tamura Hiroshi naturally stepped out of the pool and lay down on the wooden bed beside it, enjoying the scrubbing service.

"Danzo's people found you?"

Dodai, disguised as the scrubber with a Transformation Jutsu, asked in a low voice. This was their agreed signal—whenever Tamura Hiroshi came here, it meant Danzo had made a move.

The two couldn't meet openly, so they had to resort to this covert method to avoid detection by each other's spies.

"He wants the village's plans for the upcoming war and the progress on utilizing the tailed beasts. I proposed getting the Sword of the Thunder God in return."

Tamura Hiroshi said simply. There was no need for excessive words; with Dodai's intellect, he would fully understand.

Sure enough, Dodai fell into thought.

He wasn't surprised by Shimura Danzo's intentions—he had even anticipated them. After all, even he wanted to know Konoha's plans for the next war; that was something all Five Great Ninja Villages wanted to learn about each other.

"Given your current status and Fukai's position, you definitely can't get too deep intel. I'll give you some superficial, indirect information—enough for Shimura Danzo's side to analyze something..."

After pondering for a moment, Dodai revealed some scattered intelligence, the kind Tamura Hiroshi could access with his current identity.

After speaking, Dodai also offered him some advice.

"You can give them the village's war plans first. The tailed beast intel, including the schemes against the Land of Whirlpools, you can hold as a bargaining chip to exchange for the Sword of the Thunder God.

But from what I know, using the Sword of the Thunder God well requires a massive amount of chakra. It won't be of much use to you."

He had heard of the Sword of the Thunder God. The Second Hokage had used it with the Flying Thunder God Technique, making it deadly to any ninja. It was said that back then, Kinkaku and Ginkaku only survived by relying on their Tailed Beast Cloaks; otherwise, they would have been slain by the Second Hokage long ago.

"I want to use the Sword of the Thunder God to assist in training Lightning Release Nature Transformation, not for combat. And after I'm done, I'll hand it over to the village to see if we can use it as a foundation to create large-scale ninja tools that help more people train in Lightning Release. That should be a considerable achievement, right?"

Tamura Hiroshi had bigger ideas. The Light Sword Form of the Sword of the Thunder God was powerful, but it required immense chakra to sustain. Without enough chakra, its true might couldn't be unleashed—in the original story, it was even shattered.

And what he lacked was chakra. So the Sword of the Thunder God would mainly serve as a training aid for him; in battle, Big Meow and Small Meow were enough.

Since that was the case, keeping the Sword of the Thunder God was useless. It was better to hand it over to the village in exchange for other resources.

"That's a good approach!"

Dodai was startled, then fell into thought before agreeing with the idea.

Then he thought of the Six Paths Ninja Tools, which Kinkaku and Ginkaku had sealed with a summoning technique before their deaths. Among them was a fan that could convert into five elemental natures.

If they could retrieve it, it could completely assist in training Nature Transformation for all five elements.

In the past, they only thought of using such tools for combat, overlooking their potential for training.

"Young people really have more flexible minds than us."

Dodai sighed, but he was also excited.

If this plan succeeded, their village could quickly produce a batch of jonin.

After all, mastering chakra Nature Transformation was a hallmark of becoming a jonin, and it brought a massive boost in strength.

But Nature Transformation training was far harder than Shape Transformation, and many were stuck at this step.

"Once you get the Sword of the Thunder God, I'll count it as an S-rank achievement. Combined with the two previous intelligence achievements, that's three. Is there anything you want?"

Dodai was generous, growing more approving of this kid.

He really was a lucky star for Kumogakure!

"Does the village have any Sharingan? I heard the Sharingan can enhance a person's dynamic vision. I plan to go the speed route in the future, and I really need to improve my dynamic vision to support bursts of speed.

Also, I need to increase my chakra quantity. My talent in that area is too poor, and it's severely limiting my strength."

Tamura Hiroshi stated his demands. He wanted to follow the path of Uchiha Sasuke's future Chidori, which required strong dynamic vision. Relying solely on post-training wasn't enough—he needed a cheat!

Just like his spar with Fukai last time. Fukai could easily block all his attacks, no matter how tricky his sword techniques were.

Against Fukai's lightning-fast slashes, he could barely even see them, let alone block.

And that was far from Fukai's true strength. Once he added Lightning Release Nintaijutsu, his burst speed would increase even further.

Facing an opponent like that, he wouldn't even have a chance to react.

So improving dynamic vision was crucial. And in the ninja world, the strongest dynamic vision belonged to the Sharingan.

Given Kumogakure's style, they should have confiscated and stored some Sharingan. The Uchiha Clan didn't have the Caged Bird Seal to destroy their eyes before death, so he could get one to study.

"We do have Sharingan. We've confiscated some from past battles with Uchiha ninja. That Kekkei Genkai can be transplanted, but non-Uchiha can't deactivate it—it constantly drains chakra. It's not suitable for you."

Dodai disagreed with the idea of transplanting a Sharingan. They had tried before, but it always failed.

Even Lord Third Raikage's chakra quantity couldn't withstand that constant drain, and this kid's chakra was far too pitiful—even less suitable.

"I don't want to transplant it. I just want to study the principle behind how it enhances dynamic vision and get some inspiration from it."

Tamura Hiroshi knew the problems with transplanting a Sharingan. Even a genius like Hatake Kakashi, who became a jonin at twelve, was dragged down into a chakra-depleted state. There was no way his small frame could handle it.

Dodai understood, then thought for a moment and said, "I'll report to Lord Third and take you to the Research Department. They have studies on some Kekkei Genkai there, as well as research on Eight-Tails flesh. Maybe you can offer some insights."

He had to admit, this kid's mind was sharp. He always hit on key points others overlooked. Maybe letting him go there could spark some good ideas.

"Thank you, Lord Dodai!"

Tamura Hiroshi was excited. He had been wanting to study tailed beast flesh.

Others couldn't refine the flesh and blood of a Tailed Beast, but with his Golden Finger, he could even erase the imprints of those big shots within his chakra, so Tailed Beast Chakra definitely wouldn't be a problem.

If he could merge with the power of a Tailed Beast, his Chakra Quantity would surely skyrocket.

He even had many ideas that required sufficient foundational resources to implement, and joining Kumogakure's Research Department couldn't be more perfect.

"Both I and the Third have high hopes for you. In the future, once the Third steps down, you can take my place and assist the Fourth."

Dodai expressed his appreciation. Kumogakure didn't lack for strong warriors, but wise men were few.

This child was very intelligent and could become the Fourth's right-hand man.

"I definitely won't let Lord Dodai and Lord Raikage down."

Tamura Hiroshi quickly pledged his stance. He couldn't afford any hesitation at this moment, and he truly needed to elevate his position within Kumogakure.

Only with a higher status would he be less likely to become cannon fodder, and he could also access more resources.