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

Chapter 244 Unsealing the Jinchūriki

"set off!"

With a wave of his hand, Sasuke Umino led a new batch of mobilized troops to the front lines in the Land of Grass.

In reality, the clones in the group were just shadow clones; the real body had already ridden on the giant white horse and flown towards the Hidden Cloud Village in the Land of Lightning.

With Might Guy and Shun Uchiha present, there shouldn't be any major problems with the safety of the mobilization forces. In case of an emergency, they can also use shadow clones to notify the mobilization forces and return instantly using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

As for logistical matters, they can be handed over to Nara Shikaku as a guard and assistant. Entrusting him with these tasks will also help to temper his laziness and fulfill Nara Shikasuke's instructions.

As expected of Nara Shikamaru's father, his intelligence is truly remarkable. He manages the mobilization force in an orderly manner and even manages to steal moments of leisure.

Who would have thought that a twelve or thirteen-year-old kid could not only complete his work but also have time to steal a moment of leisure?
If it weren't for his exceptionally strong perception, one would have truly believed that this guy was incredibly busy and needed to have his workload reduced due to child abuse. In reality, however, he was lying on the carriage, supposedly reviewing official documents, but in fact, he was fast asleep and had already finished his work long ago.

However, since this guy had the means to get the job done, Umino Sasuke didn't expose him. Let him be lazy if he wants to. As long as he can get the job done, he doesn't care if he plays cards in the car.

Moreover, the main body had already arrived outside the Hidden Cloud Village.

Infiltrating Kumogakure was not much more difficult than infiltrating Iwagakure. With the help of the Face-Changing Technique, he easily entered the village and began to inquire about information about the Fourth Raikage, A, and Tsuchida.

With the ability of spore manipulation, it wouldn't be difficult to gather information.

After some investigation, it was easily learned that since being captured last time, the Fourth Raikage A felt he had lost all face and had started to desperately train in the Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

"Pity."

Sasuke Umino shook his head, only to find that the Flying Thunder God mark on the Fourth Raikage, A, had disappeared. Based on his understanding of Lightning Release chakra modes, the Fourth Raikage, A, must have increased his strength considerably, perhaps even undergoing a complete cell regeneration. Otherwise, given the permanent and stealthy nature of the Flying Thunder God Technique, the mark on the Fourth Raikage, A, could not have been removed so easily.

Of course, it's also possible that the Fourth Raikage, A, unknowingly used natural lightning to erase the mark while training in Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

The Flying Thunder God Mark is permanent, but only relatively speaking. It's like his sticky candy barrier; it's called absolute defense, but it hasn't reached its limit yet.

However, the Flying Thunder God mark on Tsuchida's body was well preserved.

As the assistant to the Third Raikage, Tsuchida was extremely busy, working until late at night before returning to his residence, making him wait for quite some time.

Tsuchida was fast asleep, but he was extremely alert. Unfortunately, the Flying Thunder God Technique was too fast. Before Tsuchida could react, he was bound by Samehada, and his heart was pierced directly by the Thunder God Sword.

With Earth Platform's defensive capabilities, it could withstand even a Kage-level expert to some extent. However, when it was ambushed at close range, it couldn't even withstand a single move.

Especially the Thunder God Sword. Even though Tu Tai reacted quickly and covered his body with a layer of rubber melt, he still couldn't effectively resist the sword. He was immediately pierced through the shoulder blade and knocked unconscious by the electric shock.

"The art of mind reading!"

Taking advantage of Tu Tai's unconsciousness, he quickly pressed his hand on Tu Tai's head and began reading intelligence information.

The mind-reading exercise yielded many results; however, the Earth Platform's brain was equipped with multiple leak-proof seals, making it impossible to glean some crucial information.

"The art of spiritual transformation!"

In order to access this classified information, he could only resort to brute force to break through the maze of Tu Tai's mind, and even his soul, and then rely on luck to read it.

Even though they're just fragments of memory, they're better than nothing. "What a pity."

After reading through the information, Sasuke Umino felt somewhat regretful, as he had not obtained the complete fusion method of Rubber-Gum Lava Release. Most of the other classified information was incomplete. However, even these incomplete pieces of information were of immeasurable value.

The information on Jinchuriki and the intelligence gathered by Cloud Ninja spies alone made the trip worthwhile.

"The Art of Erasing Faces!"

After reading his mind, he dissolved the earthen platform's skin and merged it into his own body, quickly transforming it into the shape of the earthen platform. When he was alive, the dissolving of the skin made it even more lifelike.

Afterwards, he used Shadow Clone Jutsu in conjunction with Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport to the location where he placed the captured Tsuchikage's corpse into a sealing scroll. Then, he used Spore Technique to leave directly from there. As the Raikage's assistant, Tsuchikage was quite frugal, possessing little of value, and was also a lone figure. This mansion was provided to him by the Hidden Cloud Village.

After leaving the Tutai Mansion, based on his memory, he arrived at the Night Moon Clan's territory and sneaked into the secret treasure vault.

With the Breaking Sword, the seals on these secret treasure troves were practically useless. In fact, these seals even marked the exact locations for Sheng Boyun's escape, allowing him to find them with ease.

"This collection is far more meager than that of the Shangshuiliu clan."

Surprisingly, as the only powerful ninja clan in Kumogakure, their collection is so small, less than one-tenth of that of the Mizuryu clan. Apart from the secret medicine for training in Lightning Release Chakra Mode and the amber herbs sent by the heavens, only a few pieces of lightning-attribute chakra metal are worth anything.

"It seems that the Night Moon Clan cares a lot about Cloud Village. They didn't even keep any surplus food and used it all for the construction of Cloud Village."

Compared to the Sarutobi clan of Konoha who lined their own pockets, the Yotsuki clan was the other extreme. They were extremely dedicated to Kumogakure. Not only did they not use their positions to seek personal gain, but the Yotsuki clan also subsidized the village.

No wonder Raikage A, with his simple political mind, was able to govern the village so well. Besides his strength, his character was also a very important reason. Only a leader who cares about the village and is strong can gain the assistance and loyalty of a powerful figure like Tsuchida.

"Well, it's good enough that we've gained something."

Although I was a little disappointed, I got so many good things, so the trip was worthwhile.

Having teleported all the treasures from the secret vault to the secret chamber in the Land of Waves, just as dawn broke, Umino Sasuke returned to Tsuchida's mansion, disguised himself as Tsuchida, and, with his guards, headed out of the village.

Not long after, Umino Sasuke arrived at a valley.

This valley is the hiding place of Brubi, the current Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.

Unfortunately, unlike Konoha, Kumogakure did not acquire the sealing techniques of the Uzumaki clan, and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Brubi, frequently rebelled, so they had to be stationed outside the village.

If it weren't for the Third Raikage A's strength, which allowed him to withstand the fully-formed Eight-Tails, Kumogakure would probably have been reduced to ruins long ago.

"Lord Tsuchitai, you've arrived."

The Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Brubi, was in excellent condition today and did not act recklessly. Upon seeing Umino Sasuke disguised as Tsuchida, he immediately ran over.

"Five Elements Seal - Released!"

Umino Sasuke's five fingers emitted blue chakra, but he took the opportunity to press them onto Brubi's belly.

(End of this chapter)