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

Chapter 336 Breaking the Seal of the Kusanagi Sword

"Samehada!" Sasuke Umino shouted, and a string of talismans on his arm lit up. He had actually performed a summoning jutsu without forming any hand seals.

The Samehada sword appeared out of thin air, slashing towards Ido with an excited hiss.

However, Samehada's ability to absorb chakra seemed to have little effect on Ido, who was composed entirely of negative spiritual energy, only dimming his figure slightly.

"Hehehe! I told you, it's useless!" Idu laughed wildly, the malice in the space intensified, and the attacks became more and more violent.

While using his superior agility and sonic perception to dodge various illusionary attacks, Umino Sasuke calmly observed the situation.

"Looks like we have no choice but to use this." Sasuke Umino's eyes sharpened as he sheathed the Thunder God Sword and Samehada.

No matter how powerful Ido is, he can't possibly be stronger than Kaguya. Even Kaguya is afraid of being sealed, let alone a mere Ido.

As Sasuke Umino formed the summoning hand seals, the space rippled slightly, and an ancient longsword with mysterious sealing runes wrapped around its blade appeared in his hand—the Kusanagi Sword, which had been unsealed.

The moment the unsealed Kusanagi sword appeared, the entire distorted space's dark blue flames froze, and Ido felt a tremor originating from the depths of his soul.

"This is—" Idu's laughter stopped abruptly, his voice filled with unprecedented terror.

"Break!" Sasuke Umino shouted, frantically pouring chakra into the Kusanagi sword, and the sealing runes on the sword suddenly lit up with golden light.

He moved with lightning speed, appearing in front of Ido in an instant and striking down with his sword!
"No—" Idu let out a bloodcurdling scream.

Meanwhile, Umino Sasuke pressed the unsealed Kusanagi sword against Ido's shoulder, like an iron rod pressing down on ice and snow, causing wisps of white smoke to rise.

"The Kusanagi Sword! You actually have the Kusanagi Sword!"

Ido roared in agony, finally separating himself from Kurama Nanatsu's consciousness.

puff!

With a swift stroke, Sasuke Umino's sword flashed, the dark golden light slicing through Ido's arm, made of black flames, as easily as a hot knife through butter. The severed arm hissed and melted away rapidly.

"Damn it! This is just a broken seal sword, not the Totsuka Sword. You can't kill me. As long as July's resentment remains, I will eventually return. Her body will be mine sooner or later!"

Idu broke free from Kurama July, its figure becoming even more ethereal. It retreated frantically, merging into the darkness of the spiritual space.

Given Idu's pure spiritual nature, which is formless and invisible, once it merges into the darkness of space, it is indeed extremely difficult to find.

"Is that so?" Umino Sasuke sneered, but he had his own methods.

No matter how powerful Ido is, he cannot escape the scope of Yin-Yang Escape.

Sasuke Umino fully activated the chakra core in his chest!

hum~
An extremely powerful and pure force erupted, containing the Yin-Yang Release power of the Nine-Tailed Fox, which rose like a golden sun in the darkness, radiating a scorching light; the Ice Release bloodline energy was icy cold, freezing everything and turning the entire space into snow white; the green life force was like a vigorous spring rain, nourishing everything and spreading throughout the entire space!

Under the illumination of these three energies, which combine the Nine-Tails' origin, the Ice Release bloodline limit, and the essence of life, the dark corners of the entire Ido Space were lit up.

The black liquid flowing in the mental space seemed to have met its nemesis, emitting a hissing wail, while Idu, who tried to hide, was like filth exposed to a spotlight, and his figure could no longer hide.

The Ice Release Bloodline Limit, though seemingly powerful, had the least effect on Ido. However, the Yin-Yang Fire and Life Energy possessed extremely strong burning power. Under the illumination of these two energies, Ido's entire body twisted and shrank continuously, becoming more illusory and transparent!
"Found you!" A cold glint flashed in Umino Sasuke's eyes, and the unsealed Kusanagi sword once again transformed into a golden streak.

laugh!laugh!laugh!
Several sword strikes landed precisely on Idu's illusory core. Each strike caused Idu to let out a heart-wrenching scream, and its body shrank rapidly, transforming from a gigantic demonic shadow into a nearly transparent, broken ghost the size of a child.

Umino Sasuke stopped attacking and instead looked at Kurama Kone, whose hope had been rekindled in her eyes as she was hanging there, and then at Kurama Nanatsuki's consciousness, which was curled up in fear and pain in the corner of the Ido Space.

With a thought, the broken-seal Kusanagi sword flew out of his hand, transforming into a golden light that steadily planted itself in front of Kurama Nanatsuki's consciousness.

"July!" Sasuke Umino's voice pierced through the chaos of space, clearly reaching the depths of July's consciousness. "Take it up. This is the monster born from your resentment and fear. Only you can truly end it! Cut off the pain it has brought you with your own hands!"

Kurama Nanatsuki trembled as he looked at the unsealed Kusanagi sword that emanated a warm aura.

Idu's remaining consciousness emitted a seductive scream: "July! Don't listen to him! I protected you! Weren't those people who mocked your weakness and bullied you the ones I drove away? I made you strong! Without me, you are nothing! Your sister will leave you too! Pick up your sword and kill that man! Your sister will belong to you forever!"

“That’s not how it is…” The curled-up July consciousness weakly protested. She looked at her older sister, Kurama Kone, who was hanging there, her face streaked with tears but full of encouragement and concern, and her eyes became firm.

Ido's afterimage sensed the huge change in Kurama Nanatsu and finally realized that he was facing a life-or-death crisis, so he burst into an even more shrill and malicious laugh.

Knowing that manipulation was no longer effective, Ido began to unleash the deepest evil within Kurama Nanatsu: "Foolish little girl, do you really think those people disappeared on their own? Those brats, your parents... how do you think those 'accidental' fires started?! It was me! I set them all on fire! And it was you! It was your resentment and fear! You lit those fires with your own hands! You killed them! Hahaha!!"

Like a bolt from the blue, the space froze instantly.

Kurama July froze abruptly, her pupils dilating to their maximum size in an instant. The terrifying images sealed deep in her memory, deliberately distorted and forgotten by her subconscious, the figures of her childhood playmates and parents struggling and wailing in the flames, and her own eyes filled with despair, resentment, and a hint of twisted pleasure at the time, surged back like a tidal wave!

"No—" Kurama Nanatsu let out a heart-wrenching scream of pain. Her consciousness trembled and twisted violently. A huge sense of guilt and self-loathing overwhelmed her like a black tide. She had killed her childhood playmates and even her own parents with her own hands. This realization was more deadly than any illusion attack!

"July! Don't listen to its nonsense! It's lying to you!"

Kurama Qingyin was struck dumb by Ido's words, but she immediately recovered and screamed with all her might, her voice filled with unwavering determination and pain, "That's not your fault! It's it! It used you! It misled you! Mom and Dad will never blame you, and your sister will never blame you either. July, wake up, pick up your sword, avenge Mom and Dad, and avenge yourself. Your sister will always love you and will always be with you!"

The older sister's powerful and unconditional love and trust, like a sharp sword piercing through layers of darkness, broke through Kurama Nanatsu's defenses, which were shrouded in guilt.

Looking into her sister's pained yet loving eyes, and then at the laughing, lingering image of Idu that was trying to drag her into the abyss once more, an unprecedented power, a mixture of anger, sorrow, and determination, erupted within her!

"It's all because of you!" Kurama Nanatsu let out a low growl like a wounded cub, suddenly stood up, her eyes burning with a strong will, and stretched out her trembling but unusually firm hand to tightly grasp the hilt of the broken-sealed Kusanagi sword.

The instant she grasped the hilt of the sword, an indescribable power, originating from her own bloodline will and her overwhelming hatred for Ido, erupted and resonated strongly with the broken seal of the Kusanagi sword. The entire sword instantly burst forth with a golden light a hundred times brighter than when it was in Umino Sasuke's hands, almost piercing through the entire dark space, as if this sword was born to sever her ill-fated relationship with Ido.

"No—you ungrateful traitor!" Idu felt a deadly threat and let out a desperate scream, turning to flee.

"Monster! For Mom and Dad, for my sister, and for myself, disappear!"

Kurama Nanatsuki gripped her sword with both hands, and with her last ounce of strength, fueled by endless regret for the past, deep longing for her parents, unyielding hatred for Ido, and love and a desire for redemption for her sister, she slashed fiercely at Ido's broken figure. A massive sword light, purely composed of willpower and the power to break free of seals, instantly pierced through the entire Ido space.

Before Idu could even scream, he vanished without a trace, like snowmelt evaporated by the sun.

Its last trace, along with the entire distorted and terrifying illusion space, receded as quickly as the tide.

The scene of the real world returned, surprisingly on a secluded path leading to the territory of the Kurama tribe.

Pfft!
Kurama Nanatsuki's body went limp, and she fell straight backward, her face ashen, her breath faint, as if the flame of her life would be extinguished at any moment. Her forced burst of will to kill Ido had exhausted her already depleted life force.

"July!" Kurama Kyoune broke free of the invisible restraints and rushed to her younger sister's side, hugging her tightly. Feeling her sister's cold and weak body, she burst into tears. "July! Don't scare your sister! Open your eyes and look at your sister!"

"Sister..." Kurama Nanatsu barely opened her eyes a crack, her voice so weak it was almost inaudible, but she forced a pale smile. "I'm sorry, Nanatsu can't stay with you anymore, sister. You need to be happy with big brother..."

"No! July! Don't go, I can't live without you!" Kurama Kyoune cried out in grief, hugging her younger sister tightly as if she could hold onto her life force.

Just then, Umino Sasuke stepped forward and without hesitation took out a bottle of Life Yang No. 1 essence from his pocket, pulled out the stopper, and poured it all into Kurama Nanatsu's mouth.

At the same time, his hands emitted a dense glow of Water Release and Yang Release chakra, even more powerful than when he treated Uchiha Haruko.

"Water Release: Water Healing Technique!"

This time, it was no longer a pale green water ring, but rather a life-giving water that had materialized, completely enveloping Kurama Nanagi.

Umino Sasuke pushed the power of the gluttonous beast to its limit, guiding the vast and pure life essence of Life Yang No. 1 into Kurama Nanatsu's parched and collapsed meridians and withered internal organs with precision and gentleness, stimulating the activity of every cell in her body.

This was practically a race against death. Kurama Shichigatsu was severely depleted; the five senses' bloodline limit had taken a toll on his body far beyond what ordinary people could achieve. Fortunately, Ido was eliminated, which brought back a large amount of life force. Otherwise, even with more Life Yang No. 1, it would have been futile.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Under Kurama Kone's desperate yet hopeful gaze, and with the full power of Life Yang No. 1 Essence and top-tier medical ninjutsu, Kurama Nanatsu absorbed the power returned by Ido. His ashen face finally began to regain a trace of color at a visible speed, and his breathing, which was so weak it was almost gone, gradually became steady and long.

Her body, withered from overexertion, was like parched earth receiving sweet rain, regaining a faint vitality.

When Umino Sasuke finally withdrew his hands, the water sphere that had enveloped Kurama Nanatsu dissipated.

Although Anma Qiyue was still weak and unconscious, her breathing had become steady, and her face had returned to the paleness of a living person, no longer the deathly ashen. She slept soundly in her sister's arms, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from her shoulders.

"July, she..." Kurama Kone felt her sister's steady breathing and warm body temperature. Overwhelmed with joy, she could barely speak a complete sentence. She could only hug her sister tightly, her eyes filled with tears as she looked at Umino Sasuke, her eyes filled with endless gratitude and lingering fear.

"We're out of danger for now."

Sasuke Umino breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the fine sweat from his forehead. "Her life essence is too depleted, and she needs long-term rest and recuperation. But don't worry, without the influence of her inner demons, her body can recover. In fact, with her talent and potential, her physical fitness may even surpass that of a regular taijutsu ninja!"

While still asleep, Kurama Shichigatsu absorbed Ido's energy and has the potential to become one of the strongest ninjas in the world.

Upon hearing this, Kurama Kine hugged her sister tightly, and her gaze towards Umino Sasuke held not only gratitude but also an indescribable complex emotion.

As Umino Sasuke watched Kurama Kone tightly embrace her younger sister, whom she depended on for survival, and sensed the immense emotional turmoil she felt after surviving such a calamity, he took out three exquisite jade bottles from his ninja tool pouch.

He handed it over: "Qingyin, these are three bottles of Life Yang No. 1 Original Liquid. Qiyue's body is too deficient and needs long-term nourishment. Take one drop every day, supplemented with gentle chakra to guide absorption. I will have Xiaoxin come over every day to help you regulate Qiyue's meridians and make adjustments."

Kurama Qingyin looked at the three jade bottles and was shocked. She knew all too well how precious the Life Yang No. 1 Essence was!
Back then, she was on the front lines and her health was so poor that she could hardly keep up with the high-intensity missions. It was Umino Sasuke who made a special exception and allowed her to exchange one S-rank merit record plus three A-rank mission merits for a bottle at half price!
This was an internal quota that she could only obtain because she was a core subordinate of Umino Sasuke and had Jonin-level authority. The so-called "longevity potions" circulating on the market were just products diluted dozens or hundreds of times with this original liquid. Even so, they were still very valuable and regarded as life-extending treasures by nobles and wealthy merchants.

The value of these three bottles of serum is immeasurable!

"Sasuke-kun, this is far too precious!" Kurama Kone's voice trembled as she held the jade bottle in her hands, feeling its weight weigh more than a thousand pounds. "I, I..."

“Don’t worry about it.” Sasuke Umino interrupted her, his tone gentle but not stern. “We’re all on the same side. Nana is your sister. Her talent is extraordinary. She’s a treasure of Konoha and deserves the best resources. Take her.”

Looking into Umino Sasuke's unwavering gaze, and thinking of her sister's hope for a revival, Kurama Kone was filled with mixed emotions.

This kindness is far too heavy!

So heavy that she felt even selling herself wouldn't be enough to repay even a fraction of the debt. An idea unconsciously sprouted and took root in her heart: from now on, everything about her, including her life, her loyalty, and her heart, belonged only to the man before her!

She no longer cared about titles or status.

As long as she could stay by his side, even if he married Tsunade in the future, Kurama Kyoune would be willing to humble herself and become his mistress, even if it meant being his secret lover forever. She would have no regrets!
Just as Kurama Konon's heart was churning with emotion and her thoughts were racing, Kurama Nanatsuki in her arms let out a soft moan, her long eyelashes fluttered a few times, and she slowly opened her eyes.

"Sister?" July's voice was filled with the confusion of just waking up, but then she felt an unprecedented sense of ease and warmth in her body, no longer that deep-seated coldness and heaviness.

Her eyes widened in surprise: "Sister, I'm not dead? I feel so good!"

"July! You're awake! That's wonderful!" Kurama Kyoune cried tears of joy, hugging her sister tightly. "Sasuke-kun saved you, quickly thank Sasuke-kun!"

Kurama Nanatsu followed her sister's gaze to Umino Sasuke. The previous obsession and resentment were gone from those clear black and white eyes, replaced by a clear gratitude and a hint of curiosity.

She struggled to sit up from her sister's arms, and gave Umino Sasuke a perfect aristocratic bow, saying in a clear voice, "Thank you, brother-in-law, for saving my life! I will definitely repay you after July!"

"Pfft—" Umino Sasuke almost choked on his own saliva, a rare look of embarrassment on his face. "Cough cough, July, don't call me that, just call me Sasuke-nii-san."

Kurama Konon blushed instantly, feeling both embarrassed and flustered. She quickly covered her sister's mouth, saying, "July! Don't talk nonsense! Call him Sasuke-sama or Umino-sensei!"

Kurama July blinked her big eyes, looking innocent and matter-of-fact: "But sister, brother-in-law saved my life, and he's so amazing, and so handsome too. Isn't he the best choice for sister-in-law? July thinks he's great!"

She seemed to have completely forgotten her previous threats and killings against Umino Sasuke, and now only felt closeness and affection.

Looking at the two sisters with such different personalities, Umino Sasuke quickly said to ease the awkwardness of being called "brother-in-law," "Alright, you two sisters have a good chat. I won't disturb you any longer. I still have to visit Chief Kurama. I've already taken up quite a bit of time, so I'll go ahead now."

After saying that, he nodded to Kurama Kyoune and turned to walk quickly toward Kurama's territory.

(End of this chapter)