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

Chapter 159 The Mist Ninja's Fear
All the Mist Ninja ships sped off, trying to escape as quickly as possible and return to the sea. However, the river was only so wide that even such large ocean-going ships could only pass one at a time and could not travel side by side.

The upstream water flow has been temporarily cut off by the collapsed mountain, which has slowed down the speed of these large ships. In fact, due to the lack of water in the river, the large ships carrying relatively inexpensive supplies have run aground on the riverbed.

With insufficient water in the river, the Mist Ninja came up with a clever solution: they used ninjutsu to artificially create a large amount of water in the river.

"Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"

A massive waterfall appears, and a large ship loaded with valuable spoils speeds forward. Once it breaks through the river bend ahead, it will enter the sea and escape to safety.

Umino Sasuke quickly rode on Big White to intercept them.

"White Blood Demon, the Land of Fire and my Land of Water have not declared war. Are you trying to start a ninja world war?"

When Suigetsu Hobuki saw Umino Sasuke chasing after them, his eyes were filled with fear. He hoped to persuade Umino Sasuke to let them go.

However, it was strange to hear these words coming from the mouth of Suigetsu Hobutsuki, a war maniac.

As a high-ranking member of Kirigakure, Suigetsu Hozuki was extremely knowledgeable about Konoha's foreign policy, especially regarding intelligence research on the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi. If any Konoha ninja dared to initiate a ninja war, Kirigakure only needed to submit a diplomatic statement, and that Konoha ninja would definitely suffer a terrible fate. Perhaps, for the sake of so-called peace, Hiruzen Sarutobi would even send such a Konoha hero to Kirigakure to apologize and quell the war.

"What kind of diplomatic rhetoric is this? There are no Water Ninjas here. I only wiped out pirates. Don't you agree, dear pirate?"

Umino Sasuke pretended not to be fooled at all, acting as if he wanted to take the opportunity to annihilate all the Kirigakure ninja.

"Run!"

Seeing that Umino Sasuke was such a hothead with no political sense, Suigetsu Fuguki was afraid that Umino Sasuke would unleash Dust Release: Multiple Infinite Explosion Formation - Annihilation Arrow Zero Style and kill them all in one fell swoop.

Suigetsu Hobuki had previously held onto a sliver of hope, thinking that after Umino Sasuke released the Dust Release forbidden technique, he would be unable to use it again due to excessive chakra consumption. However, seeing Samehada on Umino Sasuke's body, and in such an intimate manner, how could he not know that Umino Sasuke was fully capable of continuing to use this Dust Release forbidden technique?

"Samehada, you damned traitor."

Suigetsu Hozuki stared intently at Umino Sasuke in the sky, ready to abandon ship and escape into the water at the slightest sign of trouble, hoping to avoid the devastating Dust Release forbidden technique.

Pipa Shichi and Kurozuki Raiga, who were standing nearby, had the same idea.

Obviously.

As members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, they were all quite familiar with the characteristics of Samehada.

"Pity."

Sasuke Umino looked at the elite Mist Ninja on the main ship below, but did not recklessly pursue them.

This flagship has three elite Jonin and a ship full of elite Kirigakure ninja of special Jonin rank or above.

If they were in the Misty Forest, he would have some confidence in defeating or even annihilating these Mist Ninjas. But now, they were in the river, which was extremely unfavorable for the deployment of the cumbersome mecha puppets. However, for the Mist Ninjas, the water provided an advantage.

"Looks like we need to add a diving capability to the mecha golem."

Umino Sasuke looked at the Kirigakure flagship with some regret. If the mecha puppets had diving capabilities, he would never have let the Kirigakure elites like Suigetsu Hobuki go. If he had the chance to kill them, why wait for them to kill Konoha Village in the next Shinobi World War?
As for Hiruzen Sarutobi's questionable actions, we can simply ask Danzo Shimura to settle things.

"White Blood Demon, do you really intend to wipe them out completely? I have already sent out the intelligence. If you dare to disregard the friendship between our two nations and provoke a ninja war, there will be no place for you in Konoha." Suigetsu Hozuki thought that Umino Sasuke was determined to annihilate them, so he quickly summoned a large group of sharks and sent them to break through the encirclement with the intelligence.

“Pufferfish Demon, I can let you go, but you must leave these spoils behind.”

Umino Sasuke pretended to be finally persuaded and looked hesitant.

Seeing that Umino Sasuke was indeed very wary of Konoha's foreign policy, he was overjoyed.

Suigetsu Hozuki seemed to have found a bit of confidence: "No way! These spoils are ours, and we must take them back with every last one."

Looking at the dozens of large ships behind him, laden with spoils of war, how could the Watermelon Pufferfish Demon be willing to give up?

"Looks like you're going to have to suffer the consequences instead of being polite. Samehada, give me your chakra."

Umino Sasuke feigned anger, then quickly formed hand seals, and Samehada poured a large amount of chakra into his body.

"Water Style: Hard Vortex Water Blade!"

Umino Saisuke conjured a massive whirlpool-like water blade javelin in his hand and hurled it directly out.

However, in order to allow Suigetsu Hobutsuki to continue his escape and not stay behind to fight to the death, and to discover the truth behind his feigned escape, the whirlpool water blade javelin was thrown at the second bow ship.

There was a loud bang.

The whirlpool-shaped water-blade javelin pierced through the entire bow, causing a large amount of river water to rush in. The large ship sank rapidly to the bottom of the river, while dozens of other large ships behind it were blocked by the sunken ship and stuck in the river channel.

"White Blood Demon, let's talk this out, please don't be impulsive."

When Sushiro Fuguki saw that Umino Sasuke, this hothead, had unleashed his ultimate move without warning, he immediately backed down, afraid of angering this killer star, and threw a whirlpool water blade javelin at his bow.

Riding on Big White, Umino Sasuke coldly stared at the Mist Ninja below, constantly threatening, "Suizan Hozuki, I don't want to hear any diplomatic rhetoric. If I can't stay in Konoha, I don't mind defecting to the Land of Water and catching up with you."

Upon hearing Umino Sasuke's threatening words, Suigetsu Hobutsuki and the others immediately patted their chests and assured him that as long as they were let go, everything would be negotiable.

"Get out of here."

Sasuke Umino rode the Great White, heading back upstream on the river, where dozens of large ships were waiting for him to take them over.

"Whoo~"

Suigetsu Hozuki felt a sense of relief, and couldn't help but take a deep breath. This killer was finally gone, and he had finally escaped with his life.

Thanks to the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi's peace policy. I used to think that this stupid Hokage was weak and easy to bully, a guy who only knew how to maintain the status quo. But now it seems that if Hiruzen Sarutobi hadn't suppressed these warmongers inside Konoha, he probably would have let these terrifying guys come out and wipe out several ninja villages long ago.

The Dust Release: Multiple Infinite Explosion Formation Annihilation Arrow Zero Style alone possesses enough devastating power to destroy the entire Hidden Mist Village in a single blow.

(End of this chapter)