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

Chapter 172 Collaboration with Flying Thunder God

"Little Needle, do you think it's feasible to add a sealing spell to the active syrup?"

During the relocation of the Umino clan, Umino Sasuke, in his spare time from training, began to perfect the clan's secret techniques with Umino Ikkaku and his wife.

The Black Rope Secret Technique mainly cultivates Yang Escape, which is sufficient for now. However, the Water Candy Secret Technique still has a lot of potential to be explored.

It just so happens that the Umino couple know sealing techniques, especially Umino Koshin, who is an extremely rare special Jonin in the Barrier Team and is very proficient in sealing techniques. Together they can perfect the Mizugae Secret Technique.

"Chieftain, this is entirely feasible! How did you come up with this idea?"

Umino Koji's eyes lit up, and she immediately realized the brilliance of this development idea.

Sasuke Umino's idea didn't come out of thin air. He thought of the Sand Release techniques of Sunagakure and the sealing techniques he inherited from Toyojo Shoran, many of which used active sand as a sealing medium, which inspired him.

Replacing activated sand with activated syrup would also be feasible.

Furthermore, the compatibility of activated syrup is even better, but the development of this secret technique will require a considerable amount of time to perfect.

Therefore, Umino Sasuke entrusted the tedious development of this Water Candy Sealing Technique to Umino Ikkaku and his wife. It's not hard to imagine that in the future, every ninja of the Umino clan might carry a gourd or be covered in sealing scrolls.

Of course, Sasuke Umino's reason for seeking out the Umino couple to develop the Water Candy Sealing Technique was not entirely for the sake of family secrets, but more so to ask Umino Koharu for guidance on the cultivation of sealing techniques.

He discovered that mastering the Flying Thunder God Technique not only requires strong spatial ninjutsu talent, but also knowledge of sealing techniques. In particular, advanced sealing techniques are essential for practical application.

Sasuke Umino has memories of his past life and knows that he can use summoning beasts to train the Flying Thunder God Technique. However, he lacks knowledge of advanced sealing techniques, so no matter how much he uses Shadow Clones, he can't keep up with the grind.

It's completely unlike Minato Namikaze's later work, which could be used in actual combat.

However, the Shadow Clone Technique's efforts during this period were not entirely fruitless; it has already achieved a very basic level of application of the Flying Thunder God Technique.

This was inspired by the Flying Thunder God Genma team, which consisted of Genma Shiranui, Raido Namiashi, and Deivashi.

Using three shadow clones, similar to the Flying Thunder God Technique team, Sasuke Umino can coordinate to unleash the Flying Thunder God Technique, effectively teleporting his main body away.

Through this shadow clone technique combined with the Flying Thunder God Technique, Sasuke Umino has made several trips to the Land of Waves during this period to handle matters related to the Land of Waves' ocean trading company.

"Boss, the profit margin for selling fish inland isn't high. We have limited funds right now, so why don't we invest in the more lucrative ocean trade?"

When Kado heard that Umino Sasuke actually wanted to sell sea fish in inland cities of the Land of Fire, he immediately raised objections.

Compared to the meager profits from inland fish trade, any business a deep-sea fleet can easily generate with sufficient capital would be far more profitable.

"Kado, even if it's a monopoly, there still needs to be some profit to be made in the Land of Waves."

Sea Fish Sasuke immediately described his business idea to Gato and asked him to help refine it.

Aside from fishing, the Land of Waves has no other pillar industries for its economy. The island's people are not wealthy and live a self-sufficient life. Their largest transactions are only in fishing and food trade.

Even if the Wave Kingdom were to monopolize all businesses, its people would remain poor and not be able to generate much profit. In fact, it would only provoke resistance from the people, making it a completely counterproductive endeavor.

It would be better to enrich the people of the Land of Waves and allow them to engage in legitimate, sustainable business activities. Furthermore, with the development of ocean-going fleet trade, the Land of Waves has the potential to grow into a port city, selling fish inland. We could also open trade routes to the Land of Waves beforehand, and then sell goods from various ninja countries in the Land of Fire inland.

When the caravans returned, they could also bring inland goods back to the ports of the Land of Waves and ship them to various countries by sea.

Moreover, once the Land of Waves develops into a port city, there will definitely be a shortage of food. If a caravan could be established, it would be possible to sell high-value seafood inland and then exchange it for cheaper food.

"Wonderful! If the Land of Waves could develop into the largest port city in the ninja world, the daily trade volume would be enormous."

Kado began to expand his influence, gradually transforming from a ruthless capitalist into a national tycoon.

"Then you should refine the plan. Let's make Konoha Village the first stop for selling fish inland."

After entrusting business matters to Gato and Kakuzu, Umino Sasuke went to the sea and found Umibozu.

This time, Umino Sasuke was fully prepared, bringing a top-tier summoning scroll, intending to sign Umibozu as the Umino clan's inherited summoning beast.

Umibozu possesses a splitting characteristic similar to a slug, making it extremely suitable to become the summoning beast of the Umino clan.

Its only drawback is that it is a bit weak, far less powerful than the slugs of the Three Holy Lands.

However, the Umino clan has only just been established and is not very strong yet, so Umibozu is more than enough for them.

Moreover, Umibozu has enormous potential and could very well grow into a powerful summoning beast like Gamabunta. Even if it can't be trained, we can always ask Orochimaru for help in modifying it.

The process of re-contracting Umibozu went very smoothly.

For Umibozu's safety, Umino Sasuke would return to the shipwreck whenever he had free time, using Samehada to transfer chakra to Umibozu and enhance its strength.

At the same time, they also used sealed scrolls to bring back batches of antique goods from the shipwreck and handed them over to Kado for processing.

The ocean-going fleet was originally worried about not having a grand finale cargo, but with this batch of antique goods, they won't lack business for a long time to come.

Because these goods were so valuable, Kakuzu personally escorted them on the first few occasions, making a fortune in the process.

With the Flying Thunder God Technique, traveling became much easier. During this time, Umino Sasuke made multiple trips between the Land of Waves and the Umino clan's relocation team without wasting any time.

It only took less than a week to get to Akitahara, but this time it took almost half a month to return to Konoha.

This was even with relatively easy roads and Sasuke Umino being willing to spend money to purchase a large number of means of transportation.

The relocation of over 300 members of the Umino clan to Konoha Village immediately caused a sensation. The ordinary villagers of Konoha were extremely envious, wishing that their own clan could produce a Jonin and establish its own ninja clan.

The attitude of the Konoha ninja clans was exactly the opposite. They were full of ridicule towards the so-called Umino clan, saying that they dared to move so many people to Konoha Village. They said that the Umino clan would have trouble even feeding themselves, let alone training ninjas.

The refugees from the Land of Rivers were settled with the spoils of war from the Konoha Hundred and the village of Konoha. The Umino clan, however, had to rely on themselves. The monthly expenses for the more than 300 clan members, just for food, drink, and basic necessities, exceeded 100,000 ryo. Umino Sasuke and Umino Ikkaku alone could not possibly support such a large clan.

It wasn't until the Land of Waves' merchant caravan arrived in Konoha that the Konoha ninja clans changed their minds, while those Konoha ninja clans with businesses in the fish market were on high alert.

(End of this chapter)