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

Chapter 222 Ninja World Map
"If he's just a fake Jinchuriki, then forget it."

Now that he has mastered the Ice Release Kekkei Genkai and has Samehada's blessing, he has become a pseudo Jinchūriki. His strength cannot be improved much. In fact, in order to suppress the rampant chakra in his body, it may even affect his strength.

It would be better to find a ninja like Sora, mold him into a pseudo-Jinchūriki, and use him to increase the Nine-Tails' chakra. This would prepare for the future when enough chakra from the nine tailed beasts is collected, allowing for the fusion of a smaller Ten-Tails and the acquisition of the Six Paths power.

If I remember correctly, fusing the Ten-Tails doesn't require all nine tailed beasts in their complete forms. Using a few tailed beasts as the main body and adding the chakra of other tailed beasts, it should be possible to fuse a smaller Ten-Tails.

"Fusing a partially complete Ten-Tails might avoid the risk of releasing Kaguya, and at the same time, it would make it easier to control the seal."

Sasuke Umino's eyes lit up; the more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

Now that he possesses the chakra of the Nine-Tails and the Five-Tails, coupled with the pseudo-Jinchūriki chakra proliferation method and Orochimaru's cloning techniques, obtaining a large amount of tailed beast chakra is not difficult.

There are still more than 20 years until the Naruto and Sasuke era, which is plenty of time and plenty of opportunities to collect the chakra of the tailed beasts, and even their flesh and blood. With the three-tailed beast that may have been lost in Kirigakure and the seven-tailed beast that may have been lost in Takigakure, it should be feasible to fuse a small ten-tailed beast with the chakra of the other seven-tailed beasts as the main body.

Once one becomes the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, one can awaken the power of the Six Paths and wield the ultimate power in the ninja world.

"The power of the Six Paths is too far-reaching; it can be considered a long-term plan. For now, we should just hold on and wait."

Sasuke Umino temporarily sealed away the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Instead of leaving Lab Zero to meet with Gato, Kakuzu, and Hiruko, he quickly returned to Konoha, found Might Guy and Shun Uchiha, mounted Big White, and headed towards the Hidden Cloud Village.

"Shun, is this map warped?"

When Sasuke Unno opened the map, he felt something was off. The cardinal directions were not aligned properly and were arranged diagonally, which made it uncomfortable to look at.

The Land of Lightning is located at a low latitude and is quite hot, yet it's placed in the northeastern part of the map. Meanwhile, the Land of Snow and the Land of Demons are located in the due north and are covered in snow all year round, yet they're placed in some corner of the map.

"Lord Sasuke, look at these two positions."

Uchiha Shun pointed to the two cities marked on the map without offering any further explanation.

"Huh?" Sasuke Umino noticed that the ninja world map was tilted, and Konoha and the Daimyo's Mansion of the Land of Fire were on the same line. If you really look at the map in a north-south direction, Konoha Village is obviously located further north, at a much higher latitude than the Daimyo's Mansion of the Land of Fire.

"So, for the sake of so-called politics, they deliberately distorted the map of the ninja world?"

Sasuke Umino was speechless, gaining a completely new understanding of the darkness and shamelessness of the ruling class in the ninja world.

A map may look small, but it can reveal the livelihood issues of the entire ninja world. The ruling class, for the sake of so-called political correctness, completely ignores the real problems of the ninja world. The map is arbitrarily adjusted, and the impact on the ninja world's commercial circulation is secondary. For a ninja world that is mainly based on agriculture, the climate and the distinct seasons are of paramount importance.

The ninja world is rife with wars, and once migration occurs, leaving their homeland, without the guidance of the locals, even daily farming will face major problems in the face of the ever-changing climate.

"One should not have too high expectations for the integrity of these insects."

Sasuke Umino shook his head. Without comparison, there is no harm. In his previous life, he thought that those politicians who were in charge of top-level design treated the people like cattle and horses, and their moral integrity was completely broken. Now, in comparison, those people are simply moral exemplars with aspirations.

"Lord Sasuke, watch your words!"

Uchiha Shun had been following Umino Sasuke for some time now. While he largely agreed with Sasuke's political ideals, he also considered them too radical. Especially during their time in the Land of Rivers, he had raised some objections to policies that benefited ordinary ninjas of the lower and middle ranks.

Of course, Shun Uchiha's ideology was clearly different from that of the mainstream Uchiha. Instead, he inherited the political ideology of the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, and belonged to the political faction that suppressed the Konoha ninja clan and developed civilian ninjas.

However, being from the Uchiha clan, he shares a different political philosophy with Umino Sasuke, which is rooted in the people's history. It's no wonder that he felt the previous policies for benefiting ordinary ninjas in the lower and middle classes were too radical.

"Hmm." Sasuke Umino remained noncommittal and put away the map.

The reason for looking at the map was simply to confirm the geographical location and political environment of the Sky Country in the ninja world. After all, the Sky Country has a very special geographical location. It is a small country that serves as a buffer between the three countries of Earth, Fire, and Lightning. It is closer to the Land of Earth and is a small mountainous country with little arable land and plains. It is best not to cause diplomatic conflicts.

Guided by the memories transmitted by the shadow clone, finding the Konoha pursuit force is not difficult.

The Konoha pursuit force led by Shiki Aburame advanced at an extremely fast pace, clearly intending to launch a blitzkrieg.

When Umino Sasuke and his group arrived at the Hidden Village, the Konoha pursuit force had already secretly surrounded the Hidden Village.

Almost all of the Sky Village's strength was concentrated on Angkor Fortress. There were not many ninjas left in Sky Village, and the small ninja villages were relatively weak. Faced with the ferocious Konoha ninjas, they were nothing more than lambs to the slaughter.

However, the defenses of the Hidden Void Village were not entirely useless; they were actually equipped with chakra cannons.

"The art of roe deer!"

Numerous shadow clones disappeared underground, infiltrating and directly controlling the air ninjas who were manipulating chakra cannons.

"attack!"

With a wave of his hand, Sasuke Umino unleashed a swift attack, and the Konoha ninjas, like tigers descending the mountain, stormed into the unsuspecting Hidden Cloud Village.

To prevent the Sky Ninja from escaping, Umino Sasuke and the Aburame clan ninjas did not participate in the attack, but instead sealed off the entire sky above Sky Village.

Faced with a team of elite Konoha ninja, the Hidden Cloud Village, having lost the Angkor Fortress, was utterly powerless to resist and was easily defeated. Apart from a few unlucky ones who were injured by the explosive tags, there were no other casualties.

The small ninja village was weak and didn't have many spoils, probably because they were all spent on the Angkor Fortress. However, the Hidden Village also had some good stuff, including the blueprints for a chakra cannon.

The so-called spoils were not much, but that was only in comparison. For ordinary ninjas of the lower and middle ranks, it was equivalent to becoming rich overnight.

No matter how weak Kongin Village was, it was still a ninja village of a country. Apart from the spoils of war that should be handed over, the Konoha pursuit force divided the spoils equally, and each person could get the equivalent of several months' worth of mission rewards.

"The art of water mirror rubbing!"

Umino Sasuke also gained a lot, and even found an opportunity to copy and make a rubbing of the chakra cannon blueprints.

Just after cleaning up the battlefield and taking control of the Hidden Cloud Village's resources, Tsuchikage of the Hidden Cloud Village arrived at the Hidden Cloud Village with a large group of elite Cloud Ninja.

(End of this chapter)