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

Chapter 165 Assigning Wives
"Captain, once we've trained our Lightning Release squadron, we must come back and tear this immortal sea monster to pieces."

Tekudo hated this immortal sea monster so much that he wished he could immediately train a Lightning Release squadron to kill this despicable creature and take back all the gold and silver treasures.

This is a fortune worth tens of millions of taels! We were about to return safely to the Land of Fire, and it was just stolen like this. How could anyone be willing to accept this?

Xiao Xiao, who was indifferent to money, comforted him, "It's alright, it's already good that we escaped. If we had really angered this immortal sea monster, we would all have died here."

Ryo Inuzuka also advised, "Yes, money is just an external thing; enough is enough. Improving your strength is the key."

"Let's set off quickly and leave this sea area."

With a wave of his hand, Sasuke Umino set sail again, quickly leaving the area.

Seeing that the immortal sea monster did not pursue them after the large number of sacrifices, the crew cheered, all feeling fortunate to have escaped death.

However, after traveling for less than half a day, they encountered another problem: a group of pirates.

This group of pirates were actually Kirigakure ninja stationed in the Land of the Sea, who were pretending to be pirates to earn extra money.

This group of Mist Ninja is quite strong, a very standard 9-person Mist Ninja squad.

The strength of the Konoha Hundred is now vastly different from what it used to be. Without Umino Sasuke even having to lift a finger, the Konoha Hundred easily defeated the Kirigakure squadron. As a result, Umino's fleet immediately gained another ocean-going vessel.

After eliminating the Mist Ninja disguised as a pirate, the Umino fleet sailed directly into the port of the Land of the Sea. They spent half a day replenishing their supplies and then quickly left the Land of the Sea to continue their journey.

Although the dust explosion earlier had intimidated Suigetsu Hozuki and his group, Kirigakure is one of the five great ninja villages in the ninja world, and they would definitely send the Kirigakure army to intercept them.

While Kirigakure is still embroiled in internal strife, let's hurry and escape.

Sasuke Umino was indeed prescient. Less than a day after the fleet left the Land of the Sea, a large fleet dispatched by Kirigakure arrived in the Land of the Sea to intercept them, but they just missed Umino's fleet.

The commander of the Mist Ninja who came to intercept Umino's fleet this time is none other than Yagura Karatachi, the Jinchūriki of the Three-Tails, a true Kage-level fighter.

If it weren't for Suigetsu Hozuki's reckless exaggeration of the Konoha Hundred's strength, the Kirigakure army taking considerable time to prepare for battle, and Umino's fleet fleeing relatively quickly, they might have actually encountered each other in the Land of the Sea.

At that time, another great battle will be inevitable. Even if Might Guy can hold off Yagura, the Konoha Hundred will have no advantage in terms of terrain in a naval battle. Even if they win, they will suffer heavy casualties.

Yagura Karatachi quickly gave chase to Umino's fleet, but after two days he still couldn't catch up, so he had to stop and could no longer pursue them.

The fact that such a large number of Kirigakure ninjas have entered the waters of the Land of Waves, when there is no declaration of war between the Land of Water and the Land of Fire, is a very serious diplomatic provocation.

As early as the First Shinobi World War, the Land of Fire and the Land of Water signed a series of agreements, making the Land of the Sea part of the Land of Water's sphere of influence, while the Land of Waves was part of the Land of Fire's sphere of influence.

In particular, the Land of Waves, which has no daimyo, is influenced by the Land of Fire in every aspect, fully demonstrating the political influence of the number one country in the ninja world.

The Umino troops did not make any diplomatic statements beforehand and passed through the Land of the Sea on their own. They deserved to be intercepted and killed by the Mist Ninja. However, if the Mist Ninja pursued them to the Land of Waves, it would be tantamount to launching an undeclared war.

As for the Kirigakure army that the Konoha Hundred Puppet Masters annihilated in the Land of Rivers, diplomatically it could be said that they had wiped out the pirates. Unless they wanted to trigger a ninja war, the Kirigakure could only swallow their bitter pill of pretending that the pirates were wiped out.

Having landed on the land of the Land of Waves, the Konoha 100 finally relaxed, having essentially escaped the pursuit of the Kirigakure ninja. As soon as Umino Sasuke disembarked, some well-informed merchants from the black market exchange proactively approached him, eager to secretly trade spoils of war.

Merchants of all sizes in the Land of Waves also sprang into action upon hearing the news. Even if they couldn't make a big profit from the ninja's spoils, they could still provide various services to the ninja.

Even more surprisingly, many slave traders came to the ship, wanting to take a share of the thousands of young and strong men and women from the River Kingdom on board, while the elderly, weak, women and children from the River Kingdom on board were ignored.

"Compared to monetary figures, population is the real wealth."

Umino Sasuke knew the value of people, so how could he possibly sell these people who had been painstakingly brought from the Land of Rivers? They were the essence of the Land of Rivers.

"If we could bring them all to Konoha Village to settle down, the influence of the Konoha Hundred would definitely rise several levels."

To put it bluntly, Konoha Village is also made up of people. The reason why those Konoha ninja clans have such great influence is not only due to their strength and money, but also because of the population they have attached to.

The Senju clan, in particular, has many vassals; almost half of the villagers in Konoha have intricate connections with the Senju clan.

If these thousands of civilians from the Land of Rivers could be brought to Konoha Village to settle down, the resulting influence would be unmatched by any other ninja clan besides the Senju clan.

However, although the idea was good, he also knew that it was unrealistic to arrange for thousands of people to enter Konoha Village. The investment involved was simply too huge and difficult to accomplish.

He thought about it all night before he came up with a really good idea.

He planned to give those with a skill a low-interest loan as start-up capital and take them directly to Konoha Village for resettlement. Those without a skill would have to rely on their own methods.

"Lord Sasuke, I have also shed blood and rendered meritorious service for the Konoha Hundred. Why should only adult ninjas be allowed to choose wives, while I cannot choose a child bride?"

Seeing their older colleagues pick out one beautiful older woman after another, many junior ninjas who had only graduated a few years ago immediately complained. They all went to Umino Sasuke, demanding that he not treat them differently and that they be given wives as well.

There's no way around it; these beautiful older women were all handpicked by the ninja from the Land of Rivers to be sold as prostitutes, so their looks are all exceptionally good.

Although the prettiest older sisters were chosen by Kurama K-On, the rest are just as good, so it's no wonder these young men have such strong opinions.

Especially after someone started it, the young men, no longer holding back, began to jeer and even brought up his unfair treatment as the commander.

"Want to raise children as brides? Sure, as long as you have the means to make them willingly go back with you, go ahead and do it."

Umino Sasuke was naturally happy to use the Konoha Hundred to bring more people to settle in Konoha Village and expand his influence.

At the same time, this method can also be used to win over the hearts of the Konoha Hundred.

Upon hearing that Umino Sasuke had agreed, these young men immediately sprang into action, even promising to bring their fathers-in-law and their families along in order to win the heart of the beauty.

These commoners from the Land of Rivers, who had already lost their homes, were overjoyed to have the opportunity to move to a major city in the Land of Fire.

(End of this chapter)