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

Chapter 303 They really did have something going on (10,000 words per day)

The taboos and doubts surrounding Sha Tielan's use of the forbidden technique of human puppets were completely forgotten in this life-or-death situation, leaving only the worship of power and the desire for salvation.

The Mitokado clan ninjas, on the other hand, felt as if they had been doused with cold water; their newly ignited hope was instantly extinguished.

"Damn it! It's the Sand Village's forbidden technique, the Human Puppet!"

"How can we fight this?"

"Lord Sasuke, the situation is bad, should we retreat first..."

Mito Kadota's face was extremely pale. He looked at Umino Sasuke with anxious eyes, and even considered retreating.

Sha Tielan was a top-notch puppeteer in his lifetime, and now he has been "resurrected" in this forbidden form. Who knows how strong he is?

"Hmph! You think you can get revenge by turning yourself into this grotesque mess?" Facing the murderous gaze of Sandstorm, Umino Sasuke remained unfazed, his face calm, and he even mocked, "A piece of trash is a piece of trash. No matter how many times you reform him, it won't change the fact that he's a piece of trash."

"Damn it! I'll tear you to pieces!" Having experienced life and death, Sha Tielan's temperament had not improved but had become more extreme. He was completely enraged by simple verbal provocation.

"Thousand-hand martial arts!"

With a roar, Sha Tielan unleashed his Kage-level chakra power without reservation, and an extremely cold and violent aura of destruction emanated from the chakra regeneration core in his chest.

Instantly, the talisman on his left arm was activated, summoning thousands of puppet arms. These puppet arms also contained hidden mechanisms such as poison mist and concealed weapons.

"That's it?" Umino Sasuke scoffed, advancing instead of retreating.

He unleashed the Lightning Release Chakra Mode to its fullest potential, transforming himself into a blue-white bolt of lightning that tore through the black storm.

As the Thor's Sword was wielded, violent lightning sword energy raged and slashed, dismembering the attacking puppet's arm into parts. The Samehada Greatsword swept across with monstrous strength, smashing everything in its path.

The poisonous projectiles that struck Sasuke were easily blocked by his Lightning Release armor.

"Thunder instant body!"

Sasuke Umino was quite cautious, transforming into lightning at lightning speed, yet easily dodging the Sand Iron Storm's subsequent pursuit. Apart from a wide range of hidden weapon attacks that could only tickle the Lightning Release armor, they couldn't even touch the hem of his clothes.

Sand Iron Storm's prized mechanical puppet appeared clumsy and sluggish in the face of Umino Sasuke's absolute speed and anticipation.

"How is this possible?!" Sand Iron Storm was shocked and furious. He manipulated the puppets to try to surround him, but Umino Sasuke always managed to dodge by the slightest margin and deliver a fatal blow.

The mechanical joints groaned under the strain, and his robotic puppet body retreated repeatedly, appearing overwhelmed and in a sorry state under the relentless counterattack of Umino Sasuke.

"Red Secret Technique·Hundred Machine Exercises!"

Sand Ironstorm forced Umino Sasuke away and took the opportunity to retrieve a sealing scroll, summoning over a hundred puppets dressed in red robes. Each puppet used a different weapon, and their movements were controlled by the chakra threads emitted from the chakra regeneration core on his chest.

Because of the existence of the chakra regeneration core, even with hundreds of puppets, he can control them without using his fingers. He can reflect his will in the puppets' movements, making them as easy to control as an extension of his own arm.

A puppeteer's skill is often measured by the number of puppets they can control. The human body has only ten fingers, and the Chikamatsu Ten Puppet Masters had already reached their limit. However, puppeteers can overturn tradition and use puppetry to its pinnacle, controlling hundreds of puppets at once. It is not difficult for one person to fight against an entire country. Sasori of the Red Sand later destroyed a country with this technique, which shows how powerful he was.

"The 'ninja melee' tactic works well, but in high-level matches, you still need to rely on the quality of your puppets. Sand Iron Storm, what do you think of my mecha puppet?"

Umino Sasuke immediately commanded the mecha puppets equipped with Hashirama cell regeneration cores to surround them, while the other six puppets and Mitomon ninjas continued to kill the remaining Sand Ninja.

"Om~"

A large amount of chakra fluctuations emanated from the mecha puppet, followed by the appearance of a light green chakra shield. Combined with the physical defense of the mirror armor, its defensive power was even stronger than Sasuke Umino's Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

Clang clang!
Relying on its maxed-out defense, the mecha puppet charged recklessly through the dense swarm of puppets, its decapitation sword flashing incessantly.

Even more terrifying is that the chakra cannons on the shoulders and arms are turned up to maximum power, and a single shot can shatter at least several puppets.

If it weren't for the fact that Sand Ironclad sacrificed some of his puppets to protect his main body, he would probably have been blasted to pieces by now under the bombardment of chakra cannons from all sides.

"What a powerful mecha puppet! The attack of this chakra cannon is no less than that of a small Tailed Beast Ball!"

"And this chakra shield, even an S-rank forbidden technique might not be able to break through it!"

"What did that Sand Ironstorm just say? 'Sand Concealment Technique,' what a joke!"

"Who was it that said they were going to kill Lord Sasuke? They got slapped in the face right away. Doesn't their face hurt?"

"Haha, the Sand Village's trash, but they're quite good at bragging!"

Seeing this, the Mitomon clan ninjas were greatly encouraged and couldn't help but loudly mock him. Their previous worries vanished, and many even discovered Sand Iron Storm's extreme personality and weakness, so they used extremely sarcastic and insulting language.

The remnants of the Sand Village army were dumbfounded, as if their throats had been grabbed. Their cheers came to an abrupt halt. Their trump card, the forbidden power of the Sand Village, which they had placed so much hope in, had actually been suppressed?!

What kind of monster is this white blood demon? It can actually surpass the ultimate forbidden puppet technique of Sunagakure in puppetry!
"Damn it! You're asking for death!" Sand Ironclad listened to the taunts of the Mitomon ninjas and watched as his meticulously crafted puppet was destroyed one after another. The remaining half of his human face was twisted and deformed by extreme anger and humiliation, and his mechanical prosthetic eye was flashing a dangerous red light.

"You forced me to this!" Sand Iron Storm roared like a ninja beast, his desperate madness driving him to tear open a sealing scroll. "Now, I'll show you the true power I gained by sacrificing everything! Come forth, my ultimate human puppet!"

Bang!
A burst of white smoke, carrying a strong smell of blood and a chilling chakra, exploded.

The moment the smoke cleared, the entire battlefield turned its attention to it.

A figure hovered silently in front of Sand Iron Storm. It wore the gray-white elder's robe that Ebizo often wore when he was alive, but the body under the robe had an eerie stiffness and disharmony. Its skin was pale with death spots, its face was expressionless, and its eyes were empty and lifeless. Only in the position of its heart on its chest was a chakra regeneration core that emitted a faint purple light and was constantly pulsating, emitting an extremely cold chakra fluctuation.

"Younger brother? A human puppet!" Chiyo's gaze froze completely the moment she saw the figure.

Her breathing seemed to stop, her mind went blank, and all the sounds of the world seemed to disappear. If it weren't for the life-or-death pressure brought by Hatake Sagumo, she probably would have fainted from grief by now.

"Lan'er, how could you turn your uncle into a human puppet!"

Chiyo saw her younger brother's familiar silhouette, only to have it so desecrated by her own son. A soul-wrenching grief almost overwhelmed her reason.

Chiyo's soul trembled violently, her body shook violently, and the control of the Chikamatsu Ten Ninja weakened accordingly.

Hatake Sagumo's eyes were sharp as an eagle's, and his White Fang short sword transformed into a silver streak, making his attacks even more deadly. Chiyo suffered several more wounds, but fortunately, they all avoided vital organs, otherwise she would probably have already perished.

The moment Sha Tielan summoned the human puppet Ebizo, the atmosphere on the entire battlefield suddenly became eerie and heavy.

The surviving Sand Village ninjas stared at the figure, their ecstasy frozen in place, as if they were in a state of utter desecration. It was their revered Elder Ebizo, now turned into a lifeless killing machine.

"Is this Elder Ebizo?!"

"Lord Shatielan, he actually turned his own uncle into a human puppet?!"

"This is taboo! For power, they wouldn't even spare the remains of their own loved ones?!"

"While we certainly need strength right now, this is going too far..."

"Shut up! Do you want to die?!" Whispers spread rapidly among the remnants of the Sand Ninja, filled with shock, fear, and an indescribable ethical rejection.

Even in the face of life and death, turning one's blood relatives into human puppets is far beyond what they can accept. Although deep down they may feel a little fortunate that the appearance of this powerful weapon has brought them a glimmer of hope, this sense of relief is overwhelmed by stronger fear and moral condemnation.

Most of the Sand Ninja chose silence and distance, their eyes filled with fear as they looked at Sand Iron Storm.

"Lan'er—"

Chiyo let out a heart-wrenching scream, her voice filled with endless grief and rage.

She was already heartbroken to see her son transform her into a monster that was neither human nor ghost, and now she saw her brother's remains being desecrated by her own son and turned into a human puppet. She almost died of anger on the spot.

If it weren't for the relentless, shrewd blade of Hatake Sagumo, which forced her to concentrate all her energy to deal with it, she would probably have already broken down mentally, rushed over to question him, or even whipped her son.

Even so, her movements became even more stiff and sluggish due to the immense mental shock, and several more knife wounds appeared on her body.

"What do you know?!"

Sha Tielan's metallic, hoarse voice erupted into a hysterical roar, and his remaining human eyeball was bloodshot with extreme anger and grievance.

He swept his gaze across the whispering Sand Ninja and roared, "My uncle has been killed by Konoha's White Fang. I only survived by sheer luck. I wanted to save him too, but there wasn't enough time. By the time I woke up, my uncle wouldn't have had time to complete the full 'rebirth' ritual!"

Then, he suddenly pointed at Hatake Sagumo, who was fighting Chiyo, and then at Umino Sasuke, his mechanical prosthetic eye flashing with a crazy crimson light: "What is this sacrifice compared to revenge, to avenge these two demons?!"

If my uncle knew this from beyond the grave, he would surely understand me. He too would want to tear his enemies apart with his own hands. This is merely a shell that carries his will to seek revenge!

"Uncle! Come with me, kill them, avenge the dead Sand Ninja! Avenge yourself!"

He seemed to have convinced himself to declare to the world that everything he was doing was reasonable and justified, and that even his uncle supported him in doing so.

With his frenzied roar, Ebizo, who was hovering in front of him, suddenly had his eyes light up with a dazzling purple light, and the pulsating chakra regeneration core in his chest erupted with chakra fluctuations far exceeding the coldness of the Sand Iron Storm.

"Wind Release: Pressure Damage!" Ebizo's hands formed hand seals at an inhuman speed, his movements so precise they were almost unbelievable.

The raging hurricane instantly condensed and compressed in front of him, transforming into an ultra-high-pressure wind ball several meters in diameter, which, with a shrill whistling sound that tore everything apart, blasted towards Umino Sasuke and the four mecha puppets that surrounded him.

Its power far surpassed the Wind Release technique used by Ebizo in his lifetime, and the air was compressed into visible vacuum ripples.

At the same time, the gray-white elder's robe suddenly ripped apart, revealing Ebizo's true form. His entire body gleamed with a cold metallic light, even more thoroughly modified than Sand Iron Storm. Except for his head, which still retained Ebizo's face from his lifetime, his entire body had been transformed into a sophisticated combat machine. His joints were made of high-speed rotating serrations, his arms extended sharp alloy blades, and several venomous scorpion stingers extended from his back, the ends of which gleamed with a deadly poisonous light.

Its speed, strength, and defense all surpassed that of the original Sand Iron Storm, making its strength a true Kage-level, or even higher, approaching that of Chiyo.

"Red Secret Technique·Hundred Machine Exercises!"

Ebizo, this puppet, has retained his puppetry skills from his previous life, and even surpassed them. The number of puppets he controls is even greater than that of Sa Tetsuran, currently reaching nearly two hundred.

Two hundred exquisitely crafted puppets of various shapes and sizes swarmed in like locusts, each carrying a sharp killing intent.

Under the precise control of the Chakra Regeneration Core, they instantly surrounded Umino Sasuke and the four mecha puppets as a single entity. Ebizo's Hundred Puppet Manipulation was even smoother and more oppressive than Sand Iron Storm's, as if Ebizo's puppetry skills in his lifetime had been sublimated under the modification of forbidden techniques.

"Hmph! It's the Hundred Puppet Maneuvers again!" Sasuke Umino's eyes remained cold and indifferent in the face of this sudden and violent attack.

With Lightning Release Chakra Mode fully activated, his figure transformed into an elusive bolt of lightning, narrowly avoiding the terrifying high-pressure vortex. The vortex grazed the energy shield of the mecha puppet, creating violent green ripples. The Thunder God Sword and Samehada Greatsword transformed into a blue and white interwoven sword aura net, clashing fiercely with Ebizo's mechanical blades.

Clang! Clang! Boom!
Sparks flew and energy exploded!
Sasuke Umino's speed and skill still give him an advantage. The sharpness of the Thunder God Sword and the paralyzing effect of Lightning Release can effectively cut and disrupt the opponent's mechanical structure.

However, Ebizo's super strong alloy defense and fearless fighting style, coupled with Sand Iron Storm's constant harassment and the siege of hundreds of fearless Red Secret Technique puppets, used sheer numbers to forcefully hold back the offensive of Umino Sasuke and the four mecha puppets.

For a time, the two sides fought to a standstill, with neither able to gain the upper hand.

Wind blades, lightning, puppet fragments, and energy beams clashed wildly in the center of the battlefield.

"Damn it! If the quality isn't good enough, make up for it with quantity. Sometimes, when faced with sheer numbers, even ants can kill an elephant!"

Sasuke Unno frowned slightly. He knew that the Hundred Puppet Technique could be used by one person against an entire country, but he did not expect it to have such great power in high-level games.

Moreover, Ebizo's defensive capabilities are beyond imagination. Close-range attacks are unlikely to be effective in a short time. His Wind Release attacks have a wide range and are very powerful. Combined with the Hundred Puppet Technique and Sand Iron Storm's harassment, his long-range suppression is extremely strong. If you want to break through quickly and get close to Sand Iron Storm, you must restrain Ebizo, who is a human shield.

"It seems I'll have to resort to some drastic measures." A cold glint flashed in Umino Sasuke's eyes. He forced Ebizo back and hid under the chakra shield of the mecha puppet, rapidly forming hand seals.

"Psychic art!"

Bang!
A plume of white smoke exploded around Umino Sasuke.

As the smoke cleared, a graceful figure emerged, dressed in a Sand Village-style close-fitting combat suit.

She has long, flowing black hair, an exquisitely beautiful face, fair skin like jade, and a curvaceous figure; she is none other than the Hidden Flower of Sand, Ruri-tama.

Her eyes were calm and still, devoid of any liveliness, even somewhat stiff. Yet, her body emanated a fiery and powerful chakra aura, completely different from Ebizo's cold and resentful aura. Her chakra was more inclined towards wind and fire attributes, and also carried a considerable amount of Yang Release life force.

“Master.” Liuli Yu turned her head slightly to look at Umino Sasuke, her red lips parted slightly, and she uttered a clear and pleasant but slightly electronic and stiff voice.

She even raised a fair, jade-like hand and gently brushed a strand of hair that had been ruffled by the wind across her forehead. The movement was fluid and natural, carrying an almost eerie elegance. If it weren't for the lack of liveliness in her eyes and the extremely powerful chakra aura emanating from her body, she would be almost indistinguishable from a living person.

The appearance of the glass jade immediately repelled Ebizo, relieving most of the pressure on Umino Sasuke.

"Yu'er?!" Chiyo caught a glimpse of this figure amidst the fierce battle, her mind reeling once more. She cried out in shock, "Yu'er, you're not dead either?! White Blood Demon, what did you do to her?"

Even with her knowledge, she couldn't immediately tell that it was a mechanical puppet. She only thought that Ruri was being controlled by Umino Sasuke with some kind of powerful puppet curse or illusion.

The appearance of Liuliyu and her cry of "Master" were like a drop of water falling into a boiling oil pan, instantly igniting the entire battlefield.

The remnants of the Sand Village ninja, in particular, reacted most violently.

"This is Lady Liuliyu!"

"She actually called the White Blood Demon 'Master'?!"

"Heavens! I've heard that Lady Liuliyu and the White Blood Demon of Konoha have an affair, and that Lady Shatielan has been cuckolded. I didn't believe it before, but now it seems to be true."

"This isn't some private affair! This is complete submission! They're even calling him 'master'!"

"For her lover, she actually abandoned her family and children. This Liuli Yu is truly a fickle person. No wonder she betrayed Lord Sha Tielan."

"Lord Shatie Lan is so pitiful. Not only did his wife betray him, but she also called another man 'master' in front of him. Now his uncle has been killed, and he himself has become this grotesque figure. Hiss..."

The Sand Ninja looked at Sand Iron Storm with extreme sympathy, at Ruri-gyo with contempt and anger, and at Umino Sasuke with fear and hatred for the "devil of love".

That cry of "Master" and the gesture of fixing her hair confirmed all the baseless rumors, and its destructive power was greater than any attack.

(End of this chapter)