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

Chapter 230 The Art of Sending One's Head to the Head

The purpose of the Ino-Shika-Cho trio's trip was not a marriage alliance, but rather the Raikage's son. After a brief exchange of pleasantries, they left Umino Sasuke behind and went to entertain the Raikage's son.

It was genuine hospitality, not torture, and they were quite polite.

Clearly, they had received instructions from Hiruzen Sarutobi to engage in political and diplomatic efforts to win over the Raikage's son.

"Shun, your eye power has improved again?"

As his strength increased, Sasuke Umino became increasingly sensitive to the aura of Yin-Yang Release. Especially after mastering the Spirit Transformation Technique, he could even sense fluctuations in the Sharingan's power, unlike the Ino-Shika-Cho trio who mistakenly thought Shun Uchiha was randomly activating his Sharingan.

"I have to thank you for your wise words."

Uchiha Shun withdrew his crimson Sharingan, his eyes filled only with gratitude.

Umino Sasuke was quite envious of this guy's ability to increase his strength so easily, unlike his own strength, which he had painstakingly planned and endured a lot of hardship for.

"Shun, if you weren't married yet, would you have activated the kaleidoscope just now?"

It's said that awakening the Sharingan requires a monstrous, lonely star and mental stimulation. But for Uchiha Shun, it's become a completely different upgrade process. This is so unlike the Sharingan.

"My commander, please stop making fun of me. The Mangekyou Sharingan isn't that easy to activate."

Among hundreds of Uchiha clan members, perhaps only one can awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan. He didn't think he had any special talent. In the Uchiha clan, where geniuses were everywhere, he had never shown any particular talent from childhood to adulthood. If it weren't for the Commander's unintentional guidance, he would have just been an ordinary Uchiha ninja.

"Shun, it's better if you don't awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan. If you did, you might not be able to accept it."

Sasuke Umino patted Shun Uchiha on the shoulder, his eyes filled with a strange sense of pity.

"?" Uchiha Shun was completely confused. Awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan was the lifelong pursuit of every Uchiha clan member. How could anyone not want it?
Sasuke Umino didn't say much, but left with a meaningful look on his back.

The arrival of the Ino-Shika-Cho trio signaled the end of the rest period, and the prisoner escort team had to continue on their way. There was no need for the interrogation team under Yamashiro Midori to stay any longer, and he used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport them back to the front line of the Grass Country.

"The Flying Thunder God Technique is so useful!"

Now, with his mastery of the Flying Thunder God Technique, and especially after receiving guidance on sealing techniques from Mito Uzumaki, he can not only use shadow clones to coordinate with the Flying Thunder God Technique to simultaneously teleport Yamashiro Midori, Tobitake Tobi, Seishimon, and Dokuro, but he can also do it independently as his main body.

Teleporting four living people is not much more difficult than moving an incoming Tailed Beast Ball away.

The reason for using shadow clones in conjunction with the Flying Thunder God Technique is not only to save chakra, but also to maintain secrecy.

"We must improve our neural reaction speed as soon as possible."

Although he has now basically mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, he cannot use it in actual combat between strong individuals like Minato Namikaze. At most, he can only bully weak ninjas. But to kill weak ninjas, there is no need for such a high-end technique. The Silent Killing Technique is enough.

Only after truly mastering the Flying Thunder God Technique did he realize that this forbidden technique was not at all what he had imagined—it wasn't as invincible as gods and Buddhas had thought. In fact, it was less useful than a typical S-rank forbidden technique. He finally understood that the strength wasn't in the Flying Thunder God Technique itself, but rather in Minato Namikaze's exceptional strength.

The true Flying Thunder God Technique is more like a technique that delivers someone's head from a thousand miles away.

Without Minato Namikaze's terrifying reflexes, it would be quite dangerous in actual combat.

Elite Jonin and above have incredibly strong combat instincts. When they try to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to launch a surprise attack, they are more likely to be countered by the enemy's combat instincts, who will launch a counterattack.

Minato Namikaze was able to use the Flying Thunder God Technique in actual combat mainly because his nerve reaction speed was fast enough, and his close combat strength was ridiculously strong. Once he got close, he could easily crush the enemy ninja in a completely overwhelming manner.

When facing opponents with faster reaction speeds, the Flying Thunder God Technique is primarily used for escaping. However, against enemy ninjas with weak speed, it's undoubtedly a superb technique for crushing the weak.

Minato Namikaze was able to kill half a hundred Iwagakure Jonin in an instant, which shows how effective the Flying Thunder God Technique is when dealing with enemy ninjas whose speed is far inferior to one's own.

Of course, even without Minato Namikaze's lightning-fast reflexes, the Flying Thunder God Technique is not entirely useless and has no practical value whatsoever. Apart from the Flying Thunder God Slash, it can also be used for special assassinations.

If the Flying Thunder God mark could be applied to the enemy ninja beforehand, people need to eat, drink, relieve themselves, and sleep, and once they relax, the opportunity for assassination would arise.

If someone suddenly appeared while you were sleeping or using the restroom, unleashing a Giant Rasengan, even the Third Raikage would have to kneel down.

"With my current reflexes, I can easily deal with elite Jonin of normal speed using the Flying Thunder God Technique. In a while, I should be able to put up a fight against Kage-level shinobi."

Sasuke Umino's confidence soared, and he was filled with fighting spirit.

It wasn't that he was particularly confident in himself, but rather that he discovered that cultivating the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, or more accurately, the Tiger and Leopard Thunder Sound Secret Technique, could not only enhance physical strength but also improve physical speed, including nerve reaction speed.

With continued training, he firmly believed that in less than a year or two, his physical speed would experience a qualitative leap. At that time, he would not need to set up water-candy wall traps; he could defeat the Fourth Raikage, A, purely through his strength.

Moreover, he had secretly marked the Fourth Raikage A and Tsuchida with the Flying Thunder God Seal, intending to eliminate them silently once Hiruzen Sarutobi released them, thus preventing future troubles.

Looking at the Fourth Raikage A, who was chatting and laughing with the Ino-Shika-Cho trio not far away, a very subtle killing intent flashed in Umino Sasuke's eyes.

Throughout the journey, this guy kept clamoring to have another fight with him, his attitude was extremely arrogant, and he had no sense of being a prisoner at all. If it weren't for the seal on his body, which was a unique seal developed with the help of Mito Uzumaki, he probably would have already threatened the Ino-Shika-Cho trio to help him break it, and his attitude would probably have been even more arrogant then.

"Instantly, prepare for the prisoner presentation ceremony."

As they approached Konoha, Umino Sasuke finally broke a sealed scroll, releasing all the spoils inside, especially the chakra cannons.

The Sky Ninja were all shackled, and the new headbands found in the Sky Village warehouse were aged and stained with a lot of blood, piled on several open-air carriages.

(End of this chapter)