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

Chapter 305 Reincarnation (10,000 words per day)
Chiyo was now in grave danger. Hatake Sagumo's sword flashed like lightning, and each strike forced her to control the Chikamatsu Ten to parry with all her might, which greatly depleted her energy.

And those damned shadow puppet masters are like maggots clinging to bones, fearless of death, constantly launching all sorts of insidious sneak attacks and suicidal assaults.

"Puppet Technique: Poison Mist Trap!" A shadow clone detonated a poison gas bomb that had been placed underground beforehand.

"Like a thousand raindrops!" Two other shadow clones fired a dense barrage of poison needles from tricky angles.

"Puppet Explosion!" Even more shadow clones, like Sha Tielan, controlled puppets to self-destruct.

Chiyo, as expected of a seasoned Kage-level puppeteer with countless battles under her belt, possessed an astonishingly rich combat experience. She controlled the Chikamatsu Ten Puppet Masters like a highly sophisticated puppet machine, their offense and defense transitions flawlessly.

"Ingenious Shield!" The shield puppet precisely blocked the self-destructing impact.

"Scroll - Wind Prison Formation!" The Wind Release Scroll Puppet dispersed the poisonous mist.

"Puppet Dance!" The mechanical puppet's twin blades slashed down most of the poison needles.

She even seized an opening when one of her shadow clones rushed in too close, and the two Chikamatsu puppets instantly surrounded her.

"die!"

One of the Vajra Warrior puppets, Chikamatsu, unleashed a powerful punch, slamming it down on the shadow clone.

Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, the shadow clone's eyes flashed with a glint of light. He stopped trying to control the puppet to defend himself and let the huge fist smash into his chest. At the same time, his left hand reached out with lightning speed and pressed lightly on the metal shield of the Vajra puppet, which seemed to be in vain.

puff!

The shadow clone was instantly blasted apart by the immense force, turning into a wisp of white smoke.

Just before it dissipated, a barely visible rune mark was silently imprinted on the surface of the Vajra Puppet Arm Shield. The black tadpole-like rune flashed and disappeared into the arm shield.

Under the combined attack of Hatake Sagumo and the Shadow Clone Puppet Master, Chiyo dared not be distracted and was completely unaware of this anomaly.

"Lan'er!" Chiyo felt a warmth in her heart when she saw her son rushing over to help, but her face showed more anxiety. "Lan'er, be careful!"

The Hundred Machine Manipulation Puppet Squad of Sand Iron Storm finally joined the battle, temporarily relieving Chiyo's pressure.

The mother and son stood back to back, controlling their respective puppets. Chiyo's Chikamatsu Ten Puppet Masters were responsible for precise defense and powerful counterattacks, while Sandstorm's Hundred Puppet Masters were responsible for close combat and area suppression. At critical moments, they could also self-destruct to relieve Chiyo's defensive pressure.

Ebizo finally broke free from Ruri Mechanical Princess's entanglement and controlled the remaining nearly one hundred puppets to return to defense. The three Kage-level puppeteers joined together, forming a swastika formation, greatly increasing their defensive power. Combined with the threat of numerous puppets self-destructing, they managed to stabilize their position under the fierce attacks of Hatake Sagumo and Umino Sasuke, and began to calmly retreat towards the heart of the Land of Wind.

They weren't looking to kill the enemy, only to defend and retreat; for a moment, they really felt like they had nowhere to start.

Unfortunately, those self-destructing puppets weren't very effective against Umino Sasuke, but they posed a huge threat to ninjas like Hatake Sagumo, who had high attack and speed but relatively weak defense. A slight mistake could result in serious injury or even mutual destruction.

Fortunately, the mecha puppet helped relieve a lot of the defensive pressure on him; otherwise, if he had been grazed by the toxic shrapnel from the explosion, his combat power would have been greatly reduced, and he might even have been in mortal danger.

No wonder puppeteers measure their strength by the number of puppets they control. It turns out it's not just a matter of combat power; they also have a trump card: self-destructing puppets that can inflict heavy damage on the enemy but also on themselves.

"Damn it!" Hatake Sagumo watched as the three reunited, their defenses impenetrable, their intention to retreat clear, and he was filled with anxiety.

He attempted several bursts of speed, but was blocked by the dense array of self-destructing puppets and Chiyo's precise defense, and was even nearly hit by the blast wave.

"Senior Zuo Yun, compress their space!" Umino Sasuke calmly gave a tactical reminder, while simultaneously ordering the mecha puppet, "Chakra cannon at maximum power, target, Sand Iron Storm!"

"Buzz-buzz-buzz-"

Four mecha puppets hovered high in the sky, their chest-mounted energy storage engines emitting red light, while their eyes lit up with green light, and the cannons on their shoulders and arms frantically gathered energy.

next second!
boom! boom! boom--

Eight beams of chakra, each the size of a bucket and radiating an aura of destruction, tore through the air and, like miniature Tailed Beast Balls, struck Sand Ironstorm with extreme precision as he controlled the puppet horde.

The power of this chakra cannon attack far surpassed that of the previous ones. Sand Iron Storm's pupils shrank sharply as he sensed the threat of death.

"Lan'er!" Chiyo screamed in terror. Her maternal instincts overwhelmed everything, and she frantically mobilized her defensive forces.

"Optical Shield Seal! Maximum Power!" The massive energy shield instantly blocked the path in front of the Sand Iron Mist.

"Kongo Puppet, up!" Chiyo was still not at ease, so she also placed the Kongo Chikamatsu Puppet in front of Sand Iron Storm.

Meanwhile, Sha Tielan manipulated the puppet array to form the outer defensive line.

Rumbling--

Eight beams of chakra cannon light slammed into the defensive formation hastily set up by Chiyo and Sandstorm. The blinding light instantly engulfed everything, the energy shield twisted violently, and groaned under the strain. The Vajra Puppet was slammed backward by the huge impact, and was less than two meters away from Sandstorm. Its alloy body was covered with cracks, and several puppets in the puppet defense formation were instantly destroyed.

The defensive perimeter was severely damaged by the concentrated fire, and was on the verge of collapse. Chiyo was particularly concerned about her son, so she shifted the defensive focus towards Sandstorm.

But at that moment, a cold glint flashed in Umino Sasuke's eyes; he had finally gotten his chance.

"Flying Thunder God Technique!"

The figure disappeared in an instant.

next second!
A spatial ripple appeared, and Umino Sasuke appeared without warning in front of the Kongo Chikamatsu puppet that was blocking the side of Sand Iron Storm, with a faint Flying Thunder God mark on its arm shield.

"What?!" Sand Iron Storm's mechanical eye instantly captured this terrifying scene.

An unprecedented chill of death enveloped him. He wanted to control the puppet array to defend, but his full-force defense against the chakra cannon's impact had slowed his movements by half a beat.

“It’s over, Sandstorm!” Sasuke Umino’s voice was icy cold.

Before he finished speaking, a surge of violent lightning chakra condensed, compressed, and extended in his palm, accompanied by the piercing cry of a thousand birds echoing across the battlefield.

"Lightning Style: Chidori Sharp Spear!"

A blue-white lightning spear, condensed to its fullest extent, carrying a destructive will that pierced through everything, pierced through Sand Iron Arashi's disbelieving gaze and Chiyo's heart-wrenching screams, like a spear of judgment, fiercely stabbing towards the chakra regeneration core in Sand Iron Arashi's chest.

puff!

The Thousand Birds Sharp Spear pierced through Sand Iron Storm's hasty defenses and mechanical body without any hindrance, striking the pulsating chakra regeneration core with unparalleled precision.

Click!
Shila-

The dark blue chakra regeneration core was instantly covered with spiderweb-like cracks, from which violent blue-white lightning burst forth, emitting a piercing electric shriek.

Sand Iron Storm's mechanical body suddenly stiffened, and the remaining human flesh and blood in his eyes were filled with disbelief and extreme pain.

"Arashi—!" Chiyo let out a heart-wrenching wail as she desperately manipulated the Chikamatsu puppet, lunging at Umino Sasuke.

"Uncle, take Mother away!" Knowing that defeat was inevitable, Sha Tielan used his last bit of chakra to issue a final command to Ebizo, and at the same time, he launched a full-scale self-destruction of the puppet.

"Puppet Self-Destruct Array!"

boom! boom! boom!
On the battlefield, a large number of puppets controlled by Sha Tielan self-destructed.

Those that were relatively far away were alright, but the puppets within ten meters instantly lit up with a blinding red light, like a powder keg that had been lit, and fearlessly pounced on the nearest enemy, carrying out an indiscriminate final self-destruction.

"Mother, come with me!" Because his chakra regeneration core was destroyed, Sha Tielan's consciousness was plunged into darkness amidst the flames and excruciating pain of the self-destruction.

However, his puppet Ebizo faithfully carried out his last command!
Ebizo had already been controlling a Vajra puppet, which suddenly locked Chiyo, who was about to pounce on her son's corpse, and stuffed her into the puppet's belly.

"Anti-psychic art!"

A summoning spell that had long been engraved on the puppet was activated by Ebizo and instantly lit up.

"Don't even think about escaping again!" Sasuke Umino weaved through the sea of ​​fire from the self-destruction, pushing his Lightning Release Armor to its limit. Even if he was injured, he would never let the tiger return to the mountain.

Just as Sand Iron Storm's chakra regeneration core was shattered and his summoning talismans lit up, "Spiritual Perception - Soul Lock!"

Umino Sasuke's mental energy surged forth like a tide, instantly capturing the hidden location of Sand Iron Storm's soul core.

"Sword Control Technique: Thunder God's Sword!"

Sasuke Umino thrust out his sword finger with his right hand, and the Thunder God Sword transformed into a streak of light, piercing with unparalleled precision into the right shoulder blade of Sand Iron Storm not far away.

Shila-

A violent burst of lightning power erupted from Sha Tielan's right shoulder blade, completely annihilating his soul core and consciousness.

Sand Iron Storm, a genius puppeteer of Sunagakure, has finally met his utter death!
At the very instant that Thor's sword pierced through Sand Iron Storm's right shoulder blade.

Bang!Bang!Bang!
Three plumes of white smoke exploded on the spot.

The corpse of Sa Tetsuran, the Kongo puppet containing Chiyo, and Ebizo vanished instantly under the light of the Reverse Summoning Technique.

Clearly, before completely losing consciousness, Sa Tetsuran gave the order, and Ebizo finally completed the summoning ritual.

Unfortunately, despite his meticulous planning, Sha Telan did not anticipate that Umino Sasuke possessed the ability to sense souls and knew the location of his soul core. He also could not have imagined that Umino Sasuke could trade for the obscure sword technique from Orochimaru, which led to the hidden reverse summoning technique being used but failing to save him, only managing to save his mother.

The deafening roar of the self-destruction receded as quickly as the tide.

Having lost their master's control, the hundreds of puppets remaining in mid-air, like broken puppets, suddenly froze, then fell from the sky like dumplings being dropped into a pot, piling up into small hills on the Gobi Desert, raising clouds of dust, and announcing the complete annihilation of this most elite puppet force of Sunagakure.

at the same time.

Far from the hustle and bustle of the battlefield, in a secret puppet factory deep underground in the desert of the Wind Kingdom.

Bang!Bang!Bang!
Three plumes of white smoke, accompanied by violent spatial fluctuations, exploded in the dimly lit workshop, instantly filling the air with a strong smell of blood, preservatives, and machine oil.

As the white smoke dissipated, three figures emerged: Ebizo, Suna Tetsuran, and the Kongo puppet containing Chiyo.

Ebizo collapsed to the ground stiffly, like a puppet without its strings, the purple chakra regeneration core on his chest dimming.

Sha Tielan's corpse slammed heavily onto the cold ground. His chest was pierced by the Thousand Bird Spear, and there was a small hole in his right shoulder blade, emitting a burnt and bloody smell. The soul core hidden inside had been completely annihilated.

On the other side, the intact Kongo Chikamatsu puppet, covered in cracks, was simply lying on its side.

There was a click.

A dull gear-like sound came from the abdomen of the Kongo Chikamatsu puppet, the hatch sprang open, and Chiyo staggered out.

She was covered in dust and dirt, with multiple wounds still bleeding, and her once neatly combed silver hair was now a mess.

As soon as she stepped out, she was gripped by the deathly silence and the overwhelming aura of death before her.

"Lan'er? Little brother?" Chiyo's voice trembled with fear, sounding particularly jarring in the empty, deathly silent workshop.

No one responded.

Only from deep within the factory could one faintly hear the desperate groans of those bound to experimental tables, awaiting transformation into human puppets.

She practically lunged at the massive mechanical corpse of Sha Tielan.

"Lan'er! My Lan'er!" Chiyo collapsed onto Sand Iron Lan's body, her hands trembling as she stroked her son's cold face, then felt the terrifying penetrating wound on his chest, still flickering with faint arcs of electricity. His chakra regeneration core had long been shattered, and even the core's mechanical structure had been completely destroyed by the violent lightning release, leaving only a huge, charred hole.

"Do not--"

Chiyo's voice was unusually hoarse.

She frantically examined Sand Iron Storm's head and neck, trying to find any trace of life or consciousness. Her chakra threads probed into the complex mechanical interfaces, but the response she received was only a cold, lifeless silence.

She even tried to activate the Yang Release technique she had mastered, attempting to forcibly reactivate this broken body.

However, there was no response.

"Lan'er is always cautious. Even if she used the Reverse Spirit Communication Technique as a backup plan, she must have hidden the soul core!"

Thinking of this, Chiyo quickly checked, but her bloodshot eyes were fixed on Sandstorm's right shoulder blade, where there was a small, charred hole precisely pierced by the Thunder God Sword.

Her powerful senses spread outwards, but her heart felt as if it had plunged into an abyss.

There, the soul imprint and core of consciousness belonging to her son, Sha Tielan, had been completely annihilated by the destructive lightning, leaving not even a trace.

"what--!!!"

A heart-wrenching scream, filled with endless pain and despair, like the mournful cry of a wounded mother beast, suddenly rang out in the deathly silent factory.

The sound pierced through the cold steel walls, causing the bound "materials" deep inside to fall silent in terror.

Chiyo collapsed onto her son's cold, stiff body, tears streaming down her face like a burst dam, mingling with the blood and dust on her face, leaving murky marks in the deep lines around her eyes.

"Lan'er! My Lan'er!!!" She tore at her hair, her nails scraping against the cold metal floor with a piercing sound. Overwhelmed by grief, she could barely breathe.

remorse!

Boundless regret!
It's like countless ants gnawing at my heart!
"It's me, it's all my fault!!" Chiyo suddenly raised her head, her eyes unfocused, filled with frantic self-blame. "I didn't discover that damned spatial mark! It was on the Vajra Puppet's arm shield, that damned Flying Thunder God mark, I personally delivered it to your side, I sent it to protect you!!"

She recalled the terrifying scene on the battlefield. The Kongo Chikamatsu puppet that shielded Sand Iron Storm from the chakra cannon was one of the Chikamatsu Ten She herself controlled. She had subconsciously sent the strongest defensive puppet to protect her son, but she did not expect that the enemy had already planted a deadly Flying Thunder God mark on it.

"If it weren't for that puppet, if I hadn't sent it there, I would be the one who died! It was me!!"

Chiyo pounded the ground, making a dull thud. "Why, why did you have to make Lan'er die in my place?! Lan'er, I would rather it was me who died, I would rather die a thousand times, ten thousand times!!"

Overwhelmed with grief, she turned her gaze to Ebizo, who lay paralyzed on the ground beside her, equally lifeless. Her brother's familiar yet cold and stiff face now seemed more like an accusation of her incompetence.

Her son died, he died in her place!

My brother is dead, and his body has been desecrated into a soulless killing machine!
The one who started all of this, the White Blood Demon, is still alive and well!

Despair, grief, anger, self-blame, and the desire for revenge churned and fermented wildly in Chiyo's heart like the most violent poison.

Her body trembled violently, her eyes sometimes vacant, sometimes flashing with a crazed light.

"No! It can't end like this!" Chiyo murmured, her voice hoarse like sand grinding against each other, "Arashi, little brother, you won't die, I won't allow you to leave me..."

She finally got up from the ground, staggered to Ebizo's side, and stroked the purple chakra regeneration core with trembling hands. Then she rushed back to Sandstorm's corpse, stroking the empty chest and charred shoulder blades.

"Life? Soul? There must be a way, there must be!"

Her gaze shifted between unfocused and bright, eventually settling into obsession: "Puppets can also have life! True life isn't this soulless shell; it's true resurrection!"

A crazy idea took root in her mind, which was twisted by grief and despair, and grew wildly at an alarming rate.

"Yes! Resurrection! I will give life to the puppets and bring you back to life!"

Chiyo's voice suddenly rose, filled with an almost manic certainty, "If I can create a forbidden technique to give life to puppets, what difficulty would it be to revive them?!"
I can definitely do it! I'm sure I can develop this forbidden life technique!

For Lan'er, for my younger brother, to have them stand before me again, to see Little Scorpion grow into adulthood, I'm willing to pay any price!

Chiyo's voice echoed in the empty underground factory, her face displaying a twisted smile that mixed madness and benevolence.

(End of this chapter)