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

Chapter 199 Iwa Ninja Secret Technique
Onoki's hardening technique is indeed very powerful; he can withstand several explosive tags without much trouble.

Unfortunately, the Mutual Explosion Tags technique is not a regular ninjutsu, but a forbidden technique developed by Tobirama Senju. As long as there are enough explosion tags and chakra, it can be almost endless.

Onoki's battlefield intuition was also exceptional; at a critical moment, he actually used a life-saving ninjutsu.

"The Second Tsuchikage's Split Technique?"

Through the telescope, Sasuke Umino discovered that Onoki seemed to have used Orochimaru's Snake-type Substitution Jutsu, separating himself from half of his physical body.

This life-saving ninjutsu is most likely a secret technique improved from the Second Tsuchikage's Split Technique. It allows for partial body splitting without sacrificing half of one's overall strength. However, even with partial body splitting, the side effects must be considerable.

This life-saving splitting technique was indeed remarkable. The summoning beast technique of the multiplying explosive tags immediately remained on that half of the body, continuing to cause pointless explosions.

Meanwhile, Onoki, the original body, took the opportunity to escape. Although he was still affected by the blast waves of the explosive tags, he managed to escape with his life.

"Ouch, my back."

Onoki supported his back, which was numb from the explosion, and felt that his spine might be injured. If he didn't get treatment in time, he was afraid he would suffer long-term consequences.

"Come on!"

Fearing that Hiruzen Sarutobi would catch up, Onoki quickly abandoned his rest and continued his desperate escape.

"Pity."

Sasuke Umino shook his head, feeling very regretful, as he had almost succeeded in assassinating Onoki.

Shadow-level powerhouses possess keen battlefield intuition and often have unique life-saving techniques, making them extremely difficult to assassinate.

Watching Onoki's departing figure, Umino Sasuke did not continue the pursuit. It wasn't that he was afraid of Onoki's Dust Release, but rather that, according to his reconnaissance using the Telescope Technique, the Iwa ninja reinforcements had already arrived.

Although most of these reinforcements were subpar chunin and genin, their numbers were considerable. Even if Hiruzen Sarutobi brought the main force of Konoha, they might not be able to easily defeat these Iwa ninja troops who were waiting in formation.

Rather than risk continuing to assassinate Onoki, it would be better to bring Higashi Shijin back and capture more prisoners along the way.

The five hundred Umino troops in the rear were working feverishly to capture Iwa ninja prisoners. Apart from the auxiliary squadrons guarding the prisoners, almost the entire main combat battalion was deployed. Led by shadow clones, they were divided into more than ten units, capturing the hidden Iwa ninja soldiers with great precision.

Under the perception of the sonic radar technique, these defeated Iwa ninja had nowhere to hide and were all exposed.

Except for a small number of Iwa ninjas who had the reverse thinking and ventured deep into the heart of the Land of Grass, temporarily breaking through the encirclement, most Iwa ninjas either died in battle or were captured.

Although the Iwa ninja were also poor, they were much better off than the Suna ninja. They had a good supply of basic equipment. Under the terrifying pressure of the Five-Tails, Kokuou, the Umino forces had already captured many Iwa ninja prisoners. Now they had captured more than two hundred Iwa ninja deserters. After this battle, the number of prisoners captured by the Umino forces almost exceeded the number of their own troops.

Although most of those captured were low-level ninja, the weapons and supplies they carried were not low-level at all; in fact, many of them were rare and high-quality items. The Umino Force made a fortune from capturing so many Iwa ninja.

This was just a small portion of the income for the Umino unit. Under the perception of the sonic radar technique, Umino Sasuke found the armory hidden underground by the Iwa Ninja Army. Inside, various blades were piled up like mountains, containing enough military supplies for thousands of Iwa Ninja for half a year.

As expected of the Iwa ninja, who are the best at defense in the ninja world, even their hidden supplies are hard to detect.

Even if the White Eye were to appear, it would be unlikely to penetrate a hundred meters of rock and see through to the inside.

If it weren't for his infrasound radar detecting the huge cavity beneath the rock strata, he wouldn't have been able to discover this hidden military supply depot.

"I'm exhausted."

Sasuke Umino collapsed onto Samehada, his head spinning. He felt like his kidneys were about to give out.

In order to transport these military supplies back to the Land of Waves, he had lost count of how many times he had used his shadow clones in conjunction with the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport these enormous sealing scrolls back and forth.

If he hadn't captured many Iwa ninja prisoners and stored up a large amount of chakra, he wouldn't have been able to send all these military supplies to the Land of Waves.

Even though teleportation seal scrolls consume less chakra, the sheer number of them is overwhelming.

"Earth Escape·Yansu Collapse!"

After completing the transport, Umino Sasuke immediately formed hand seals and released a B-rank Earth Release technique.

Although this rock collapse is of average power, failing to completely kill even the soil, it is extremely useful for destroying underground caves and erasing evidence.

"Spore Technique!"

Sasuke Umino disappeared underground and quickly disappeared without leaving a trace.

When he returned to the front line, the Umino troops also returned one after another with the Iwa ninja prisoners. They were all in high spirits and had smiles on their faces, clearly having gained a lot.

"Green Leaf, quickly organize the information in their minds and establish an intelligence database."

"Yes, Lord Sasuke."

The intelligence squadron under Yamashiro Green Leaf, along with his three newly recruited apprentices, is mainly responsible for military intelligence work, and the mind-reading and interrogation of prisoners is also within their scope of work.

The Umino unit places great importance on intelligence, and among the many auxiliary companies, the intelligence company was the first to reach full strength.

The three new disciples that Yamashiro Midori took in were the little geniuses that Umino Sasuke had specially selected for him during the last expansion.

Shengzhimen, Dulehui, and Feizhuqingting, these three little guys, do indeed have a great talent for mind-reading and interrogation. Shancheng Luye has really struck gold with them.

"Green Leaf, prioritize gathering information on Iwagakure's Earth Release ninjutsu. Other intelligence can be postponed as appropriate."

Sasuke Umino was quite envious of the many secret techniques of Iwagakure. If he could obtain the fusion methods of bloodline limits such as Explosion Release, Boil Release, and Lava Release, he would be set for life.

The Light Rock and Heavy Rock techniques, along with other secret arts, are precious techniques comparable to S-rank forbidden arts, yet they are easier to learn.

As for Dust Release: Bloodline Elimination, that's even more coveted.

Of course, he didn't have high hopes for these precious secret techniques. It would be good to be able to glimpse even a small part of them and increase his knowledge.

While Iwagakure's secret techniques are rare, it shouldn't be too difficult to obtain common Iwagakure Earth Release techniques such as Hardening Technique, Thousand-Mile Earth Flow Wall, Rock Fist Technique, Earth Diving, and Earth Dragon Concealment Technique.

In particular, the Hardening Technique, although it may not seem to be of a high level and many Iwa ninjas know it, is an extremely practical Earth Release ninjutsu. Its powerful practical effects are in no way inferior to most secret techniques.

The Hardening Technique of Iwagakure is like the Shadow Clone Technique of Konoha; it may not seem high-level, but its practicality is quite good.

Furthermore, many Iwa ninjas possess the Hardening Technique, which allows Yamashiro Midoriya to create a separate Hardening Technique database based on their training insights.

The efforts of ordinary ninjas should not be underestimated. Even genin have different ideas about each ninjutsu. Combining the hardening techniques training insights of many Iwa ninjas may yield additional benefits.

(End of this chapter)