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

Chapter 161 Private Transaction
"Those who surrender will be spared death; those who flee will be killed without mercy!"

With Samehada, Umino Sasuke immediately unleashed a large number of shadow clones, manipulating various puppets to surround all the Mist Ninja in the river with fewer troops.

Some of the Mist Ninja were still unwilling to give up and tried to break through by stepping on the rock walls on both sides, but they were shocked by the infrasound and fell down like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

Under the crossfire of numerous puppets, it was immediately riddled with holes.

Each of these shadow clones unleashed the Crimson Secret Technique: Dual Machine Manipulation, controlling two Sand Village standard Jonin puppets. In the mist, their combat power was no less than that of a regular Jonin.

After Samehada transferred a large amount of chakra, Sasuke Umino released more than thirty shadow clones in succession. Faced with so many Jonin-level combatants, how could these Kirigakure ninjas responsible for logistics be a match for them? They were quickly wiped out.

Many Mist Ninja tried to disguise themselves as civilians they had captured, or even as ordinary women, but under the Sonic Radar Technique, they had nowhere to hide.

Just after Umino Sasuke had cleared out all the Kirigakure ninja, the Konoha 100 arrived in pursuit, just in time to help take over these ocean-going giant ships.

Meanwhile, Umino Sasuke, in his true form, found the sunken ship.

The bow of the sunken ship was pierced by a whirlpool-driven water-blade spear. One end tilted and sank into the river, while the other end rose high, blocking all the large ships behind it.

He came here not to salvage ships or dredge waterways, but for the gold and silver treasures on board.

This is a huge fortune. Although it is currently a period of peace and many antiques have depreciated, it is not difficult to liquidate those gold, silver and jewelry. Their value is far more than hundreds of millions of taels.

In order to plunder these gold and silver treasures, he even merged with Samehada, transformed into a shark, went to the bottom of the river, and put all the gold and silver treasures into an enormous sealing scroll and put them into his pocket.

By the time Umino Sasuke had finished plundering, the Konoha Hundred had just taken over the entire ocean fleet.

"Captain, we've struck it rich!"

Tekudo squinted his eyes, which were curved into crescents, and grinned with his big, fat mouth, drool almost dripping down his face.

There are so many spoils of war! Those Mist Ninja are truly ruthless. They practically swarmed through the southern part of the Land of Rivers like locusts.

Dozens of large ocean-going ships were almost full; what an enormous amount of wealth that must have been!

"Summon Gang Qianshi over here to salvage this sunken ship and see if it can be repaired."

"Alright!" Tejiu-do scurried off to find someone. These were giant ocean-going ships, each costing at least a million taels, and they were all priceless. Even if they weren't for dredging the waterway, they couldn't be wasted.

After entrusting the cleanup work to Tekudo and Kosengoku, Umino Sasuke rode away on his white horse, heading towards the Daimyo's residence in the Land of Rivers.

Now that the sea route has been opened and even large ocean-going ships are available, it's time to lead the Konoha Hundred to leave the Land of Rivers.

His trip to the Daimyo's residence in the Land of Rivers was not only to meet up with the garrison troops, but also to bring the Daimyo and all the officials of the Land of Rivers back to the Land of Fire.

Especially for the daimyo of the land of rivers, bringing him back is not just a simple super-high-level S-rank mission; its political significance far surpasses that of an ordinary S-rank mission.

The merits of this daimyo of the river province alone even exceed the total merits of this mission deep behind enemy lines.

There's no way around it; it's the consensus in the ninja world that ninjas are just tools, and the daimyo are the real financial backers.

The daimyo of the Land of Rivers and the daimyo of the Land of Fire are closely related by blood. If we bring him back, the daimyo of the Land of Fire will have a greater reason to continue controlling the Land of Rivers, and he will certainly receive a lot of credit.

It is even highly likely that this incident will lead the Daimyo of the Land of Fire to increase military spending on Konoha.

Being able to help the village increase its military expenditure is such a great achievement that even the Konoha ninja clan dared not say a word, otherwise they would be drowned in the spittle of the Konoha ninja.

"Captain, the daimyo of the Land of Rivers has already set off."

After Ryo Inuzuka finished arranging the tedious relocation work, he reported, "However, some nobles do not want to leave. You see—" Upon hearing this, Sasuke Umino's eyes flashed coldly, but his face remained extremely calm as he said, "Since they want to stay, then forget it. Don't worry about them."

However, not long after Ryo Inuzuka escorted the daimyo of the Land of Rivers and his family, a group of defeated Kirigakure ninja appeared and looted the nobles who remained in the daimyo's residence.

They didn't even spare the money and treasures buried in flower beds and under trees, let alone those secret rooms.

Sasuke Umino left the Daimyo's mansion laden with sealing scrolls. He intended to use the Body Flicker Technique to catch up with Ryo Inuzuka and the others, but he stopped in his tracks.

"Kujiyu and Sunabuki, why are they back?"

Using his sonic radar technique, Umino Sasuke discovered a group of Sand Ninja brazenly appearing in the Daimyo's residence in the Land of Rivers, and even rapidly pursuing them.

Soon, the Sand Ninja team spotted Umino Sasuke, who had been waiting in the middle of the road.

"Sasuke-kun, I am Toyoshiro Shoran, from the Shoran clan. May I ask you for more details?"

Zhuo Lanfengcheng was extremely polite, clearly because he needed something from him. More accurately, he was there to make a deal, wanting to get Ye Cang back at any cost. For Ye Cang, he even brought the Bloodline Limit Fusion Scroll.

Kui Shiyu and Shapu Yue were both quite sensible. Upon hearing Zhuo Lanfengcheng's words, they took the initiative to leave and went to keep watch, leaving the two of them plenty of space to talk.

"Zhuolan Fengcheng, we are enemies, what is there to talk about?"

"Sasuke-kun, I heard that you made a deal with Ruri-dama. You don't mind that, do you?"

Zhuolan Fengcheng was well prepared and didn't believe that Umino Sasuke would refuse the deal, otherwise he would have made his move long ago.

"Oh, so word has already spread about my deal with Ruri-tama?"

Sasuke Umino's eyes lit up, and he was overjoyed. It seemed that the information he had Karuo send back before his death was beginning to take effect.

"I do mind, of course I mind, but as long as I pay more, everything is negotiable."

Umino Sasuke feigned a greedy expression and chuckled, "I wonder what kind of assassination mission Toyojo-kun wants me to give you, to help you eliminate which political enemy?"

"Purge political enemies, could it be—"

Upon hearing this, Zhuolan Fengcheng was greatly shocked and couldn't help but ask, "Sasuke-kun, Ruriyu traded so many Wind Release techniques with you. Could it be that Ruriyu did this to eliminate dissidents?"

"Fengcheng-kun, what do you think is being traded?"

Sasuke Umino was also surprised. He didn't expect that the arm he traded back wouldn't be reattached by the Sand Iron Storm; it was still the mechanical arm. So, he couldn't be blamed for framing Ruritama for trading other things.

Next, Umino Sasuke simply provided a keyword: "Karuo".

This reminder immediately made the connection: Could it be that the Wind Release inheritance that Ruri Tama traded out was actually a way to eliminate dissidents and weaken the power of Kazekage candidate Rasa? Such things used to be common, but times have changed, and probably not many people would dare to take the risk now.
Moreover, Ruritama doesn't seem like the type of person who would do something like this.

Seeing that Zhuolan Fengcheng had gone from initial suspicion to disbelief, Umino Sasuke added fuel to the fire, hinting, "What I'm trading with isn't Luli Jade, it's Sand Iron Storm."

"I see!"

Zhuolan Fengcheng immediately understood.

It's impossible for Ruritama to do this, but it's entirely possible for Satielan to do it.

(End of this chapter)