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

Chapter 170 The Boy and the Dragon

After the appearance of the Daimyo of the Land of Rivers, the ceremony of presenting prisoners to the hundred Konoha members came to an end.

The Konoha Hundred were pulled aside by friends and family to inquire about their well-being, especially those who had been assigned wives, who were surrounded by a large crowd.

"Kazeshimaru, weren't you guys supposed to be fighting on the front lines? How come you got married?"

“Ito, don’t say I didn’t warn you. There are quite a few beautiful women among these refugees from the Land of Rivers. If you don’t go and pick one soon, you’ll only have crooked tiles and broken dates left.”

"Feng Shiwan, why didn't you say so sooner? Quickly lend me some money to tide me over. I'll pay you back after the dinner party tonight."

Upon learning that they had only gone to the Land of Rivers and not only gained a large amount of spoils but even brought back a wife, the villagers of Konoha wished they could become members of the Konoha Hundred and have such benefits.

Fortunately, the Konoha Hundred-Person Army only numbered a little over a hundred. Although they took the best of the beauties, there were still many beautiful women from the Land of Rivers who were rescued. As long as one has money and power, there is still a chance to find a beautiful wife.

Resettling these refugees from the Land of Rivers was a huge challenge. Konoha Village was about to expand, so the timing was perfect. The Konoha leadership was also happy to let the villagers share some of the burden. As a result, the atmosphere in Konoha immediately changed from a ceremony to showcasing martial prowess and presenting prisoners to a matchmaking event.

After handing over the daimyo of the Land of Rivers and the refugees to the Konoha leadership, the Konoha Hundreds, surrounded by their relatives and friends, began to return to their respective homes.

"Second brother, second brother, here, we're here."

An eight- or nine-year-old boy stood on a giant tree by the street, waving his hand and boasting to the people below, "My second brother is the Iron Wall of Konoha, the commander of the Konoha Hundred, and I am his third brother."

The little boy was incredibly proud, and the villagers under the tree all praised him as a little genius and envied him for having a great hero brother.

Konoha Village is full of hidden talents, so Umino Sasuke dared not easily release his sound wave perception technique in Konoha Village. However, since he developed this ninjutsu, his hearing perception has become much stronger, and he saw his family at a glance.

Umino Sasuke quickly went over, and the Konoha villagers, while expressing their respect, also made way for him to reunite with his family.

"Big brother, Tobirama, and Kaoru, why aren't Father and Mother here?"

Sasuke Umino had a bad feeling; his father and mother should be here on this joyous day.

Umino Taro was initially very happy, but then his expression turned somber as he said, "Jiro, Father is at home taking care of Mother and can't get away."

"Brother, what's wrong with Mother?"

Umino Sasuke immediately grabbed Umino Taro, but due to his haste and excessive force, he almost broke Taro's arm. Fortunately, Umino Sasuke reacted in time and did not cause too much damage. After circulating Yang Release chakra, the bruise was immediately cleared.

After Umino Taro explained, they realized that a huge change had happened in their family.

More than two months ago, bad news came from the front lines. The family received an extra sum of money as compensation for his death in battle. His mother thought he had died in the war, and she fell ill from the shock and anxiety, and has been bedridden ever since.

Fortunately, it turned out to be a misunderstanding, and the Chunin compensation money came from the summoning beast bat that died in battle. Only then did the mother feel relieved.

However, more than ten years ago, when they first moved to Konoha Village, life was difficult. They worked day and night, and their mother had just become pregnant with her third child but suffered a miscarriage, which damaged her health. It wasn't until many years later that she recovered and unexpectedly became pregnant again, giving birth to Tobirama and Kaoru, a pair of twins.

Now, due to the stress and anger, the hidden injuries accumulated over the years have relapsed, and his body has completely collapsed.

"Brother, didn't I send back a lot of money last month? Why didn't you have a medical ninja treat me?"

Given the medical capabilities of Konoha Village, it shouldn't be difficult to cure my mother if I have the money.

“Erlang, Mother knows you don’t earn money easily; it’s all hard-earned. She says she wants to save money for us three brothers to get married and have children. She refuses to go for treatment, saying that the medical ninja’s house call fee is too expensive, and that she can recover on her own.” “Is the medical ninja’s house call very expensive?”

"The medical ninja said that treating patients would deplete chakra and affect training. Each treatment would cost at least several thousand ryo, or even tens of thousands of ryo. He also said that my mother's injury was not external but internal, and that she needed to take secret medicine and undergo long-term treatment. Hearing that the cost was huge, how could my mother agree?"

Upon hearing this, Umino Sasuke frowned, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that what he said was true.

Medical ninjas are not yet fully developed. Even among ninjas and nobles, medical ninjas are scarce. For commoners, they belong to a completely different social class.

The Umino family was located on the outskirts of Konoha Village. Umino Sasuke and his three siblings walked through a small alley and returned home.

Umino Sasuke rushed upstairs and, seeing that his mother was too agitated and had injured herself, he quickly used a water-based healing technique to stabilize her condition.

Just as Nara Shikasa had stabilized his mother's condition and put her into a deep sleep, he personally came to the door with deer antler and other nourishing medicinal herbs as a congratulatory gift. After exchanging a few pleasantries, he left.

In the days that followed, Umino Sasuke stayed by his mother's side at all times, helping her to recuperate. As expected of the Nara family's medicinal herbs, their effects were indeed powerful, and his mother's body, which had been burdened by years of hard work, was quickly nourished and repaired.

During this time, Umino Sasuke also took the opportunity to treat his family members.

In particular, Tobirama and Kaoru, who were still attending the Ninja Academy, received nourishment and conditioning equivalent to a secret medicine.

Only two days of peace had passed when the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, personally visited Sasuke Umino's family to offer his condolences and brought with him the appointment of a Jonin rank.

The next day, Umino Sasuke brought the ninjutsu scrolls he had prepared beforehand to the Hokage's office building.

Seeing that Umino Sasuke had offered a puppet technique and an S-rank sound genjutsu, Hiruzen Sarutobi took out a sealing scroll and let Umino Sasuke choose one S-rank ninjutsu and two A-rank ninjutsu.

"I choose Flying Thunder God Technique, Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tags, and Dark Travel Technique."

Sasuke Umino was prepared and immediately picked out the ninjutsu he wanted.

"Sasuke, the Uchiha are also members of the village."

Hiruzen Sarutobi thought that Sasuke Umino was targeting the Uchiha clan, and that he was choosing ninjutsu that were effective against the Uchiha clan.

Sasuke Umino was also happy to see this misunderstanding. He pretended to agree verbally, but his face was full of dissatisfaction with the Uchiha clan.

When Hiruzen Sarutobi saw that Sasuke Umino was so stubborn as to dare to confront the Uchiha clan head-on, he immediately had an idea.

“Sasuke, now that your Umino family has one Jonin and two Special Jonin, you are old enough to form a ninja clan.”

"One Jonin, and two Special Jonin?"

Umino Sasuke looked confused.

"Umino Ikkaku and your family are not even five generations apart. Including Umino Koshin, your family has one Jonin and two Special Jonin, right?"

Next, in order to further win over Umino Sasuke, Hiruzen Sarutobi even proposed that Orochimaru use gene sequencing technology to return to Akinahara fishing village and relocate all the villagers who had blood ties with the Umino family to Konoha village to replenish the Umino clan's population.

(End of this chapter)