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

Chapter 191 Ninja War and Debt Settlement

"My Hidden Stone Village may not have much else, but it has a lot of ninjas. I don't believe we can't outlast your Hidden Leaf Village. If you're so tough, set up another explosive tag trap like this."

As the commander of the Iwagakure Ninja Army, Higashi no Shiren was well aware of the financial deficits of the major ninja villages. Apart from the Raigakure Village, which was barely able to balance its income and expenditure, all the other ninja villages were heavily indebted.

Especially in Sunagakure Village, the annual interest alone is almost equal to the total income from mission rewards. If it weren't for the ability to mine some gold dust, the economy would have collapsed long ago.

It is precisely because of these debt crises that Sunagakure is eager to ignite a ninja world war.

From the perspective of Sunagakure, it was riddled with internal conflicts. Rather than self-destruction, it was better to shift the internal conflicts to the outside world. Apart from Raigakure, which had a somewhat integrated military and political system, this was the case for most of the major ninja villages.

Anyway, the loser signing a defeat agreement won't destroy the village, but the winner will definitely be able to clear their economic debts and alleviate various internal conflicts.

The so-called Ninja World War, in the final analysis, was nothing more than an extreme means of resolving internal conflicts.

Since both parties are seeking wealth, even if Konoha Village is wealthy and powerful, it is unlikely that they would waste money like this and exacerbate their own fiscal deficit.

Unfortunately, Dong Siren guessed wrong again. A deafening roar shook the earth, and another vanguard was blown to pieces.

Judging from the power and effect, it must have been at least tens of thousands of explosive tags detonated simultaneously.

"Form defensive formations on the spot!"

After losing two vanguard units, the Eastern Dead finally stopped being stubborn and chose to form a defensive formation, giving the advance reconnaissance units more time to dismantle the explosive tag traps.

Disarming explosive tag traps isn't that easy; even with the rock ninja's defenses, which are as tough as clods of earth, it would still take quite a while.

Dong Siren finally began to regret his tactical decision. If he had known there were so many explosive tag traps, he should have circled around to the right and retreated. Even if he had been hit by one or two large Tailed Beast Balls, it would have been better than being trapped here.

"Go and wipe out those stinky flies on the mountain."

Seeing that the main force had stopped and was being bombarded by the five hundred demolition troops on the foothills, Dong Siren finally had time to clean up these disgusting guys. Before the explosive tag traps were dismantled and the retreat route was cleared, he wiped out the five hundred demolition troops to vent his anger.

The Eastern Dead immediately dispatched nearly a thousand Iwa ninja to launch a fierce attack on the Umino forces on the left flank foothills.

"Water Release Squadron, prepare!"

Umino Sasuke immediately ordered the Water Release squadron to use a combination ninjutsu. At the same time, his shadow clones, who were already prepared, threw a number of sealing scrolls towards the mountain pass to the side and below, and then formed hand seals.

The sealed scrolls unfurled in mid-air, releasing large amounts of liquid nitrogen that sprayed down.

"Frozen for thousands of miles!"

The Water Release squadron unleashed a massive Water Release attack from their elevated position. With the help of the Shadow Clone Wind Release combined with the liquid nitrogen, this water transformed most of the mountain pass below into a world of ice and snow.

Of the nearly one thousand Iwa ninja who came to attack the mountain, more than one hundred were immediately frozen into ice sculptures, suffering heavy casualties.

The attack on the mountain by the Iwa ninja was also halted.

In the current situation, the Umino troops are stationed on the foothills. Although the hills are not high or steep, with the addition of Ice Release, they are like an insurmountable ice barrier, difficult to breach. Meanwhile, the advance reconnaissance troops are still occasionally seeing bursts of fire, clearly indicating that the explosive tag traps have not yet been dismantled.

"Commander, what should we do?"

Chief of Staff Hiru was caught in a dilemma, unsure of what to do.

"Abandon the attack on the mountain and have the advance reconnaissance troops dismantle the explosive tag traps as soon as possible to open up an evacuation route."

The Eastern Dead Man stared intently at the icy world below the foot of the mountain, his eyes filled with resentment.

However, anger did not cloud his judgment, and he still chose the most rational course of action.

At the same time, Higashi turned his attention to the right flank again. Seeing that the Five-Tails was showing signs of weakness under the siege of the Three Konoha Sannin, he finally found a glimmer of hope for breaking through.

"Send the order to flank and retreat to the right, and have the sealing team prepare to retrieve the Five-Tails." Dong Siren ultimately chose to break through by flanking to the right, which was somewhat risky, but it also gave him the opportunity to retrieve the Five-Tails.

The Five-Tails, as the most important weapon of war for Iwagakure, must not fall into the hands of Konoha.

The Five-Tails, in its fully transformed tailed beast form, is incredibly powerful. The three legendary Sannin of Konoha were not fully grown and were only at the level of regular Kage. Even with the assistance of the three summoning beasts, they didn't have a good way to deal with the Five-Tails.

Upon seeing the main force of the Iwa ninja army to its side and rear, the Five-Tails immediately unleashed a hateful roar, followed by a series of small Tailed Beast Balls. One of the small Tailed Beast Balls even affected the Umino troops stationed at the foot of the mountain.

The main force of the Iwa ninja is very experienced in fighting tailed beasts. They all used Earth Release to defend against these small tailed beast balls. As long as it is not the large tailed beast ball unleashed by the Five-Tails at full power, the main force of the Iwa ninja is not too difficult to deal with.

"Dodge!"

The Kamizuki Falcon, stationed at the foot of the mountain, saw the Tailed Beast Ball heading towards the area of ​​his subordinate Water Release squadron and decisively issued an order for them to scatter and take cover.

There was nothing they could do; facing the attack of the Tailed Beast Ball, any defensive measures they, as a Water Release squadron, could not possibly be effective.

What's the use of scattering and dodging? This is the Five-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball!

Even a small Tailed Beast Ball is something they can't avoid.

Kamui Hayato was utterly despondent, already able to imagine himself being blasted into dust by the Tailed Beast Ball.

At that moment, Umino Sasuke, carrying Samehada, charged straight toward the Tailed Beast Ball.

"Captain, no!"

"Lord Sasuke, this is a Tailed Beast Ball! How can you possibly withstand it?"

"We are just worthless lives, why should we risk our lives to save you, sir?"

Upon witnessing this scene, the Unno troops exclaimed in astonishment, deeply moved by Unno Sasuke's selfless act of saving them, while simultaneously feeling a surge of sorrow.

In their view, the Tailed Beast Ball's attack power was enough to destroy everything, and their commander would naturally not be spared either.

"Sasuke-sama!"

Seeing that Umino Sasuke's life-risking act was about to collide with the Tailed Beast Ball, deeply moved, Uchiha Shun was filled with the Will of Fire, and his three-tomoe Sharingan eyes spun rapidly, revealing a strange Yin Release chakra fluctuation.

Just as the three tomoe in the Sharingan were about to connect into a line, they suddenly stopped.

Samehada: Chakra Absorption!

Suddenly, Samehada in Umino Sasuke's hand opened its huge mouth and swallowed the small Tailed Beast Ball in one gulp.

Then, Samehada let out a burp, and a large amount of extremely pure chakra was transferred into Umino Sasuke's body.

"Huh?" Sasuke Umino sensed the changes within his body and discovered that this chakra energy was extremely effective in cultivating the Yang Release technique of the bone marrow, and at the same time, it could also alleviate the aftereffects of the Shadow Clone Technique.

"Could it be Yin-Yang Release chakra?"

Umino Sasuke was shocked.

This chakra energy, which Samehada absorbed and transformed from the Tailed Beast Ball, should undoubtedly be Yin-Yang Release chakra.

It seems that compared to Fire Release chakra, or even Water Release chakra, Samehada's greatest strength lies in the conversion of Yin and Yang Release chakra.

When Samehada absorbs Fire Release ninjutsu, it feels hot, but when it absorbs a small Tailed Beast Ball, it can swallow it whole and digest it directly.

(End of this chapter)