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

Chapter 242 Summer Star
While the Third Hokage's head still had a little warmth left, Umino Sasuke quickly placed his hands on it.

"The art of mind reading!"

The Third Hokage's strength wasn't great, but extracting complete information from a memory labyrinth spanning nearly a century was far more difficult than for Shennong.

Fortunately, the Third Hoshikage didn't have a high-level leak seal in his mind, and he was already dead, so it was only a matter of time before he could extract the information.

"It's actually a forbidden technique, not a divine technique?"

Sasuke Umino shook his head, quite disappointed.

According to the memories retrieved, the reason for the corruption of the Third Hokage's heart was not due to the backlash of the Sage Art's energy, but rather the application of dark energy similar to physical activation, which is a powerful burst of secret techniques.

Of course, although it is not a Sage Art, it is somewhat similar to one. The Third Hokage used the star chakra within his body to condense a chakra robe, similar to the effect of toad oil from Mount Myōboku, to absorb dark energy from the void and fuse it with the star chakra, thus unleashing extremely powerful attack power.

The Third Hokage was able to live for so long because of this secret technique. In the ninja world, besides Sage Techniques, there are naturally corresponding magical secret techniques, and they are not rare. The Mouryou of the Land of Demons, the Box of Paradise of Hozuki Castle, and the Zero-Tails technique of the Sky Village are all examples of this.

"If I used Wind Release Chakra Mode instead of the Star Chakra Cloak to simulate the effects of toad oil and absorb unknown mysterious factors in the air, wouldn't that be—"

Although I didn't obtain the immortal techniques, I did inherit the secret magic techniques. With this knowledge, I might be able to further improve the Breath of Wind technique.

In terms of potential, among the many secret techniques, the Breath of the Wind has the greatest potential. After practicing for so long, he has not encountered any bottlenecks. It seems to be improving slowly and endlessly, which makes him increasingly doubt that what he is practicing is the orthodox Sage Art. Jiraiya and the others practice what is more like the Sage Art fighting method, while his is the Sage Art training method.

"If it really is a Sage Technique, then we need to develop a Wind Release Chakra Mode based on the Lightning Release Chakra Mode as soon as possible to accelerate the training progress of the Wind Breathing Technique. Even if it is not a Sage Technique, having the Wind Release Chakra Mode will greatly increase the speed and allow us to use the Flying Thunder God Technique sooner."

Lightning Release Chakra Mode is extremely fast, and Wind Release Chakra Mode is no less so. Compared to the newly developed Lightning Release Chakra Mode, he is obviously more proficient in Wind Release, and he can also get the burst amplification from Wind Breathing. Even if his speed is not as fast as Minato Namikaze, he should be able to crush most of the top ninjas in the ninja world.

The only information in the Third Hokage's mind that was somewhat valuable, besides the inheritance of magical secret techniques, was the chakra sharing technique, which was somewhat useful and could supplement the Slug Chakra Sharing Method a little.

Although the Umino clan ninjas cannot increase their chakra quantity much through Umibozu's chakra sharing, they can greatly improve the quality of their chakra. With Umibozu's strength, its water jutsu is already infinitely close to the bloodline limit.

If we can use this chakra sharing technique to assimilate the chakra within the Umino clan ninjas into the quality of Umibozu's chakra, it's not impossible to develop a water-transformation technique similar to that of the Hozuki clan.

"This is the biggest takeaway from this trip."

Sasuke Umino finally took out the meteorite and began to study it.

He first scraped off some powder and examined it under a microscope, only to find that there was no trace of animal or plant remains, but it didn't seem to be a simple meteorite either.

After numerous unsuccessful attempts at research, he finally infused some of the Nine-Tails' chakra into the powder, which immediately reacted violently and showed signs of activation.

"This really is the remains of the Ten-Tails!"

After conducting further experiments, he was finally able to confirm that the meteorite did indeed originate from the Ten-Tails. If it hadn't been activated with the tailed beast's chakra, it would likely have completely decayed into a meteorite in another hundred years.

Even if you infuse it with the chakra of a tailed beast, it may not be able to activate the life force within it.

"Now all that's missing is the chakra of the nine tailed beasts."

Sasuke Umino's eyes burned with intensity. After calming himself down, he continued studying the Ten-Tails' remains, and finding nothing else, he finally left the underground Laboratory Zero.

"Kakuzu, why did you teach them how to refine chakra?"

"Boss, didn't you buy these three ninja prodigies from the black market? Our company is short-handed, and there's no ninja village in the Land of Waves. These kids are so talented, do you expect them to just freeload if you don't train them to become ninjas?"

"Who said I bought them? Do I look like someone who would kidnap children?"

Clearly, Kakuzu, having spent years in the underground black market, knew the origins of these three children perfectly well, which led to the misunderstanding.

"Boss, you're not thinking of helping them find their parents and sending them back, are you?"

"That's the plan."

"Then don't waste your energy. They all come from the underground black market and their memories have been altered. It's impossible for them to find their parents. Besides, their parents have most likely already been killed."

After Kakuzu's explanation, Sasuke Umino realized the bloodshed and darkness of the underground black market. For a high-quality ninja prodigy like him, the underground black market would definitely help the employer clean up all the mess.

"Boss, the company is really short-handed. All the money is being made by those ninja villages. Why don't we establish our own ninja village?"

"Kakuzu, if the Land of Waves were to establish a ninja village, Konoha and Kirigakure would definitely try to sabotage it."

"We can find a secluded island and train them secretly. What's it to them if we train guards?"

"That's not a bad idea."

Sasuke Umino stroked his chin, pondering for a moment.

The Angkor fortress needed guards, especially the prisoners inside. Moreover, although the island chain was a bit far from the Land of Waves, it was a no-man's-land, which could serve as a training base for ninjas and a sea supply station for the Land of Waves' caravans. It was a win-win situation.

Upon seeing that Umino Sasuke had agreed to establish a ninja village and secretly train ninjas, Kakuzu immediately waved his hand and beckoned the three little guys over.

“These three little guys are all quite talented. They are perfect as the first batch of ninja trainees. You should give them names so that you can establish a master-servant relationship.”

Nourished by money, Kakuzu is becoming more and more like his financial steward, arranging everything perfectly.

"Red-haired?" Sasuke Umino looked at the three little ones in front of him and noticed that the little girl on the left had already refined chakra in such a short time, showing quite good ninja talent.

Of course, what caught his attention was not her ninja talent, but her red hair. Although it wasn't as red as chili peppers as the Uzumaki clan's, it was still very eye-catching.

If nothing unexpected happens, this little girl should become a ninja in the Star Village. With such high talent, she shouldn't be an unknown figure in the future.

"From now on, you'll be called Xia Rixing."

Sasuke Umino stroked the little girl's head and gave her a name. As for the other two, since their future identities were uncertain, he named them Night Hawk and Death Burial.

(End of this chapter)