Naruto's civilian cannon fodder starts with the three-body technique

Chapter 136 Take the initiative to surrender
"Shun, you should go and pay your respects to the daimyo of the Land of Rivers. I won't show myself."

Looking towards the luxurious mansion, Umino Sasuke could sense a putrid stench from afar, making him feel extremely uncomfortable.

So he pushed all the subsequent political wrangling onto Uchiha Shun.

Given the Uchiha clan's status in the ninja world, and considering that Uchiha Shun is the son of Uchiha Kagami, even the Daimyo of the Land of Rivers wouldn't dare to act arrogantly. They might even turn around and fawn over Uchiha Shun, helping him return to the Shinano Plains and getting the Daimyo of the Land of Fire to recognize his legitimacy again.

Less than ten minutes after Uchiha Shun paid his respects to the Daimyo of the Land of Rivers, Umino Sasuke, leading the Konoha Hundred, took control of the entire Daimyo's residence.

The dozens of Sand Ninja stationed in Daimyo Prefecture were either killed or captured, and he also dragged out all the Sand Ninja hiding in civilian houses.

He even helped the Sand Village ninja uncover several Kirigakure spies.

These Hidden Mist spies were far more courageous than the Sand Ninja stationed there; they all committed suicide by poison, giving no chance to capture them.

The Sand Ninja stationed there were mostly from the Sand Village clan, and their strength was not very high. Most of them were Chunin or Genin. They had come here through connections, hoping to enjoy the good life of the world. They never expected to fall into the hands of the Konoha Hundred Ninja and be met with torture that was worse than death.

The Konoha Hundred is full of talented people. There happened to be a genin from the Morino clan who was very good at interrogation. So, Sasuke Umino promoted him to be the captain of the interrogation support team, which is equivalent to being promoted to temporary chunin.

With the help of the intelligence support squadron of Yamashiro Midori, this expert interrogator Morino really managed to dig up a lot of good stuff.

Some Sand Ninja, unable to withstand Morino's expert interrogation skills, even resorted to surrendering.

Umino Sasuke had absolutely no trust in these guys who had voluntarily chosen to surrender, and immediately made them start writing long essays.

"Come on, write down the name of the Wind Country: a fat pig whose manhood is still impotent; the Third Kazekage murdered Shamon to seize power and had an affair with Elder Chiyo; the Sandfall Clan Chief actually did this to his daughter-in-law..."

As expected, when the Sand Ninja saw that Umino Sasuke was so vicious, and that he even made insulting and cursing remarks about the Daimyo of the Land of Wind, they immediately hardened their stance and refused to do it even if it meant death.

Everyone knows that the daimyo of the Land of Wind is notoriously petty. If he knew that someone was making up such rumors and cursing him, he would definitely retaliate, and even his own family would be implicated.

Faced with such a vicious demand, only one Chunin from a minor Sunagakure ninja clan could not bear it. He wrote a long essay, affixed his handprints to it, and even personally killed two powerful Sunagakure ninja as a pledge of allegiance.

After dealing with the Sand Ninja, Uchiha Shun returned from the Daimyo of the Land of Rivers.

"Lord Sasuke, the letter of appeal from the daimyo of the Land of Rivers has been written. In addition, Chagakure Ryusuke has volunteered to go to the coastal fortress to request reinforcements."

"Oh?" Umino Sasuke was somewhat surprised, but a cold smile crept into his heart. This Chagakure Ryusuke was indeed suspicious, and was most likely another spy. As for which ninja village he was from, that was unknown. It was probably either Kirigakure or Iwagakure.

But it doesn't matter, as long as they're not ninjas from Sunagakure, everything is fine.

"Then let Chayin Ryusuke and Kujiro go and ask for help."

Is this puppet Shi Yu trustworthy?

Uchiha Shun looked at the Sand Ninja kneeling on the ground, surrendering voluntarily, his eyes filled with suspicion.

"Don't worry, this Kui Shiyu comes from the declining Kui clan. Their industry has been almost completely eroded by the Sunagakure ninja clan. Once these little essays are exposed, the Sunagakure ninja clan will probably not mind wiping them out completely and taking the opportunity to eliminate all the old, weak, women and children of the Kui clan."

Then, Umino Sasuke lowered his head and said sinisterly, "Kujiro, you're a smart man, you know what to do, right?" "I know, I know," Kujiro nodded repeatedly in response, but inwardly he was filled with regret.

His surrender was merely to prevent the Puppet Clan from losing its last Chunin, thus protecting the elderly, women, and children within the clan.

Now, their plan has backfired, and this ruthless Konoha ninja has seized on their weakness. Once this matter is exposed, even without involving the Daimyo of the Land of Wind, the mere fact of their surrender will be enough for the Sand Village ninjas to wipe out the Puppet Clan.

As expected of the White Blood Demon, he is indeed ruthless and vicious, managing to devise such an insidious method to force him to submit.

If I had known this would happen, I would have preferred to die.

Now it's too late for regrets.

"Kui Shiyu, don't worry. As long as you live and behave, your people will be fine."

Umino Sasuke patted Kujiro on the shoulder, his words seemingly comforting, but in reality, he was reminding Kujiro not to think about suicide. If the truth came out, his clansmen would not have a good ending either.

Kui Shiyu was quite clever and immediately understood the threatening meaning in Umino Sasuke's words.

"Once we defeat Sunagakure and bring your Puppet Clan to Konoha, everything will be over."

"Move to Konoha?" A glimmer of light finally appeared in Kujiro's eyes.

Umino Sasuke then seized the opportunity to offer a sweet treat: "Well then, consider these two puppets as a congratulatory gift for your joining the Konoha family. We in Konoha don't have any puppeteers, and we need your puppet clan. Perhaps you can develop into a great clan in Konoha like the Uchiha or Hyuga clans."

Sasuke Umino's words were full of seductive intent.

Upon seeing the two Jonin-level puppets before him and hearing Umino Sasuke's innovative ideas, Kujiro finally ceased his resistance.

Obviously.

In Kui Shiyu's view, since there was no way to resist, there was no choice but to go all the way down this path, and who knows, he might actually be able to find a way to the heavens.

Anyway, the Puppet Clan didn't fare very well in Sunagakure, while Konoha was not only the number one ninja village in the ninja world, but also very wealthy. The key point is that Konoha did not have any puppeteers. If the Puppet Clan joined, it might be difficult to become a powerful clan like the Uchiha or Hyuga clans, but it shouldn't be difficult to become a first-class ninja clan like the Ino-Shika-Cho trio. The only difficulty was how to relocate the clan members to Konoha.

After exchanging words with Kujiro, Chagakure Ryusuke led Kujiro toward the sea fortification.

Watching Chagami Ryusuke and the other man walk away, Uchiha Shun asked with some concern, "Is it really alright not to inscribe a curse mark on Kujiro's body?"

"Don't worry, the curse mark in your heart is much more reliable than the one on your body."

Sasuke Unno didn't know what the outcome would be, but he did know that the ninja world was extremely cruel, with clans being wiped out at the drop of a hat.

Kui Shiyu knows better than anyone else how to choose.

Moreover, this Kujiro isn't particularly loyal to Sunagakure. If given the chance, it would be a good option for the Kujiro clan to move to Konoha.

(End of this chapter)