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

Chapter 174 Thor's Sword
A few days later, news reached Konoha that Kirigakure had been punished by the heavens and half of it had been destroyed.

The entire territory of the Hozuki clan was completely overturned, turning into a scorched wasteland, with almost all the Hozuki clan members killed or wounded.

Hozuki Shingetsu, who used a spirit summoning technique, survived because he had mastered the water transformation technique.

Kirigakure had originally planned to wage a major ninja war, but now they have suffered heavy losses and can only silently lick their wounds. They were kicked out of the game before they even participated in the ninja war.

In a short period of time, many major events occurred in Kirigakure. After the death of the Kaguya clan chief, Kaguya Hyakuzan had to bear the blame for the Kirigakure army's crushing defeat, which led to the Kaguya clan being targeted and attacked by the entire village.

The Hozuki clan was nearly wiped out again. An accidental summoning incident led to their decline, which disrupted the power balance in Kirigakure. The Minazuki clan eventually surpassed the Kaguya and Hozuki clans to become the number one ninja clan in Kirigakure.

The power of the Kirigakure clans with bloodline limits subsequently plummeted to an all-time low, and even public opinion shifted entirely to the Third Mizukage's faction.

Furthermore, because the political balance in Kirigakure was disrupted, the Third Mizukage even took the opportunity to propose the Blood Mist Policy, ostensibly to cultivate more elite ninjas and reduce expenses, but in reality, it was to consolidate power.

On the surface, the Blood Mist policy is also very beneficial to the bloodline families. However, these families are all long-established clans. Apart from the stubborn big guys in the Kaguya clan, they are all political veterans who know the true purpose of the Third Mizukage. For the sake of the power and privileges in their hands, they all oppose the Third Mizukage's Blood Mist policy.

The internal strife in Kirigakure was far more chaotic than that in Konoha. The Mizukage's faction and the bloodline clans were fraught with conflict, and the various bloodline clans looked down on each other. Coupled with the instigation of the Daimyo of the Land of Water, the internal strife was incessant, and the village was simply unable to participate in the Second Shinobi World War, and had already fallen into internal strife.

After the Mizukage line lost the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, the Mizuki clan began to vie for power, wanting to control them and increase their political influence and strength. Thus, they came to Konoha Village.

First, they protested to Konoha Village, demanding compensation for the destruction of Kirigakure; second, they wanted to retrieve the Hiramekarei twin swords and other ninja swords; and third, they wanted to redeem Mizuki Yuki and others.

"Lord Hokage, this is utter slander from the Hidden Mist Village. I have been in Konoha the whole time, and the entire village can testify to that. How could I have had time to blow up the Hidden Mist Village?"

Sasuke Unno vehemently denied the bombing of Kirigakure.

"White Blood Demon, it was clearly you who set up the psychic trap, and you still dare to deny it?"

“Slander, he’s slandering me! You guys were the ones who blew yourselves up in the experiment, don’t make baseless accusations against innocent people.”

Sasuke Unno insisted that he had an alibi and that the matter had nothing to do with him. Hiruzen Sarutobi also knew that he couldn't admit to the matter, otherwise it would be an extremely serious diplomatic incident, so he also started to argue.

"Then you should return the ninja swords you stole from Kirigakure, right?"

"What do you mean, ninja swords from your Hidden Mist Village? These are spoils of war I seized from pirates."

"What pirates? They're clearly—"

He stopped speaking halfway through his sentence.

Next, Mizuki Kiyoshi turned to Hiruzen Sarutobi, demanding the return of the Kirigakure swords no matter what, even threatening to start a ninja war.

Seeing that Hiruzen Sarutobi had softened, Sasuke Umino quickly complained, "Hokage-sama, all my strength is in my mecha puppet, especially that Executioner's Blade, which is a perfect match for my mecha puppet."

"White Blood Demon, the decapitation sword must be returned without any room for negotiation. At most, you can leave behind the Samehada sword."

Seeing Samehada coiled around Umino Sasuke, its menacing gaze confirming its betrayal, Mizuki Kiyoshi had no intention of reclaiming it. "Hokage-sama," he said, "these ninja swords are my spoils of war. I'm hoping to use them to complete more S-rank missions, earn some money to support the Umino clan of over three hundred people. Are you just going to make me hand them over for nothing? Won't that starve my clan to death?"

Seeing that Hiruzen Sarutobi was so weak and that the return of the Hidden Mist Sword was a foregone conclusion, Umino Sasuke began to complain, hoping to get some benefits in return.

Although he didn't fully exploit the value of these Hidden Mist Ninja Swords, their value had already been greatly reduced, except for Samehada. The mecha puppet was already equipped with nine simpler and more practical Executioner's Swords.

Now that the decapitation sword has been drained of its value and has been used to absorb blood to restore its abilities, it is basically useless.

He also disassembled a large piece of Yin Release chakra metal from the Exploding Blade Splash. However, the blade of the Exploding Blade Splash was quite large, and it was only missing a large piece of the blade in front of the hilt. It still retained most of the blade and was still a good sword.

As for the Twin Blades Hiramekarei, its value lies mainly in the amplification sealing talisman within it. This has now been copied. If it can be successfully researched and replicated onto a puppet, it might be able to rival the Five-Colored Scroll Puppet of Sunagakure.

As for the Thunder Blade, which was originally highly anticipated, it didn't yield anything useful.

Previously, Sasuke Umino had used the Lightning Blade to summon lightning for body tempering, but found that it had no effect at all, and was not as effective as the electric eels that Gato had brought.

"Sasuke, how about this? I'll make the decision. I'll give you the Thunder God Sword as payment for one ninja sword. As for the other three ninja swords, we'll have the Mizuki clan chief redeem them for forty million ryo each."

Hiruzen Sarutobi was aware of the Umino clan's predicament, so he finally made the decision to have Kiyoshi Minazuki redeem the ninja sword for 120 million ryo. At the same time, Hiruzen Sarutobi gave the Thunder God Sword, left behind by Tobirama Senju, to Umino Sasuke, so that he could equip the Thunder God Sword on the mecha puppet to maintain its combat power.

"White Blood Demon, what have you done? How did the Exploding Blade Spray get damaged like this?"

Mizuki Kiyoshi looked at the explosive blade in his hand and realized that it was missing nearly half of the most important explosive tag blade.

Umino Sasuke replied dismissively, "It exploded on its own because I used too much force."

Mizuki Kiyoko actually believed her, and then questioned, "You still dare to say that you didn't blow up Kirigakure?"

Kiyoshi Minazuki didn't understand the Exploding Blade Droplets very well, so he misunderstood and thought that Sasuke Umino had overused the Exploding Blade Droplets because he had previously made a large number of explosive tags, which damaged the blade.

This misunderstanding and conjecture has now turned out to be half right.

"You don't want to redeem the ninja sword, right? Then the deal is void?"

Sasuke Unno wanted to take back the Exploding Blade Splinter, but Kiyoshi Minazuki gave him no chance. His decision to trade back the ninja sword was more about political considerations. As long as the Exploding Blade Splinter wasn't completely destroyed and could still be used, the trade would naturally continue.

In the end, Sasuke Umino pretended to be reluctant and left the Hokage's office building with 120 million ryo in gold notes and a Thunder God Sword.

"Huh? The power of this Thor's Sword is actually this great?"

As soon as Sasuke Unno got home, he began to experiment with the Thunder God Sword he had just obtained, only to find that it was completely different from what he had imagined.

(End of this chapter)