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

Chapter 348 Konoha Mizukage
"Damn it! Cloud Village! You bunch of thieves!"

The Hidden Mist ninja watched the departing warship and the scroll disappear into the ship's hold, letting out a furious roar and curses.

"Kirigakure! You bunch of crazy water rats!" The Cloud Village ninja on the flagship retorted without backing down, "There's no treasure in the vault at all! We've been tricked by Konoha's iron wall! Cloud Village will remember this grudge!"

The Third Mizukage stood on the shore, his face ashen.

He raised his hand to stop his subordinates' pointless shouting and their impulse to go into the sea to pursue them. The Mist Shadow Fleet had been completely annihilated and there was no way to continue the pursuit.

"Enough!" The Third Mizukage stared intently at the departing Kumogakure fleet, then glanced at the devastated Uzushio Village and his equally exhausted and heavily wounded subordinates beside him. His voice was icy cold. "Don't pursue a desperate enemy. Kumogakure is no longer a threat. The real enemy is still lurking in the shadows."

Then, he turned to the ruins of Vortex Village, his eyes flashing with cold light, "White Blood Demon, it's your turn!"

He was quite confident that he could deal with Umino Sasuke. He believed that plundering the entire Land of Whirlpools would be enough to make up for some of the losses. As for Kumogakure, he would settle the score with them later.

Although the Hidden Mist ninjas were unwilling, they knew they could not pursue the Hidden Cloud Fleet at sea, so they could only stop in frustration and begin to gather the wounded, clean up the battlefield, and mainly search for any remaining valuables and intelligence.

Just as the Cloud Village fleet thought they had finally escaped and began to sail away from the waters of the Land of Whirlpools, in the flagship's cabin, the heavily injured A leaned against the couch, looking at the huge sealing scroll that was carefully placed. His eyes held both the relief of surviving the disaster and a deep-seated hatred, a hatred directed at Kirigakure and also at Umino Sasuke.

Ai weakly ordered, "Full speed back! As long as we get back to the village—"

However, his words were not finished yet.

Woo——! ! !
A piercing alarm suddenly blared throughout the fleet.

"Enemy attack! Underwater! Unidentified high-speed object detected approaching!"

"A huge quantity! And extremely fast!"

boom! boom! boom--!
Almost the instant the alarm sounded, a violent explosion came from the flank of the fleet.

The four Cloud Hidden warships on the outer perimeter suddenly shuddered, their hulls torn open with huge gashes, seawater rushed in, and the ships tilted and sank at a visible speed.

Caught off guard, the Cloud Village ninja on the ship screamed as they fell into the icy sea!
"It's a chakra torpedo! The attack is coming from underwater!"

The experienced Cloud Village commander reacted instantly, his face turning pale. "Fully scan underwater! All Lightning Release ninjas, unleash maximum ranged Lightning Release attacks!"

Lightning Release: Ocean Current!

"Lightning Release: Lightning Net Descends from Heaven!"

"Thunder Escape·Earth Walk!"

On the surviving Cloud Village warship, a large number of Lightning Release ninjas disregarded the consumption of chakra and frantically poured violent lightning into the seawater.

Blinding lightning bolts spread, leaped, and intertwined beneath the sea surface, attempting to electrocute the hidden "steel warships" into scrap metal.

However, the envisioned "underwater warship" did not malfunction.

"Report! The enemy underwater warship has activated a powerful chakra shield, greatly weakening our lightning release and making it unable to penetrate the core compartment!"

"They're still maneuvering, and the chakra torpedoes are firing again!"

"Damn it! What kind of chakra shield is this?!" The Cloud Village commander was both shocked and furious.

Puff! Puff! Puff—!
More than a dozen deadly chakra torpedoes pierced the water from different angles and shot toward the Cloud Village fleet.

"Intercept! Use Lightning Release to intercept the chakra torpedo!" the commander roared.

Boom! BOOM—!
Some torpedoes were detonated prematurely or deflected by interference, but two warships were still accurately hit, breaking in two amidst violent explosions and sinking rapidly.

On the sea, there were struggling drowning people and burning wreckage everywhere.

"Damn it!" Ai struggled to the edge of the deck, his eyes bloodshot as he looked at the fleet that had been nearly half destroyed in an instant.

Just then, the sea surface changed drastically once again.

Boom——! ! !
A massive submarine, the "Sea Whale," appeared as a steel whale, breaking through the water's surface, its enormous hull creating towering waves.

At the same time, the mountain-like Umibozu on the sea surface let out a deafening roar, and its huge seawater arm condensed into a massive water cannon comparable to Shukaku's Sky Bullet, which slammed into a Cloud Village warship that was trying to turn and escape.

"Umino Ninja Army! Take off! Annihilate the remaining enemy!" Kakuzu's cold voice resounded across the sea through the loudspeaker.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz—!
Inside the open hatch of the "Sea Whale," hundreds of pale blue chakra flames lit up once more. The Umino Clan soldiers and Mitomon ninjas, equipped with the "Falcon Wing Type III" flight armor, took off like arrows and formed an attack formation in the air.

The chakra missile launcher was locked on, the arm-mounted rapid-fire chakra crossbow was charged, the ninja tool pack was fully loaded, and the attack was launched.

Submarines, Umibozu, and the Umino ninja army formed a three-pronged deadly web across land, sea, and air, besieging the Kumogakure fleet.

"No—!!!" Ai roared in despair and resentment as he watched the warships being sunk one after another.

If it weren't for the large number of powerful Lightning Release ninjas on board the flagship, who withstood the submarine's attack, and the fact that Lightning Release had a certain suppressive effect on Umibozu, even the largest flagship would probably have been sunk.

There was no other way; the submarines of the Land of Waves were too expensive to build, and every single one had to be salvaged. Although these submarines all had chakra shields, their energy consumption was still enormous. The key point was that while Lightning Release did not do much damage to the submarine's hull, it was extremely destructive to the delicate electronic components inside. This is why the Cloud Village fleet was not as easily annihilated as the Mist Village fleet.

However, the chakra of the Cloud Village Lightning Release ninjas is also limited, and it is only a matter of time before they annihilate this fleet.

The Third Mizukage stood on the rocks of the west coast, the cold sea breeze carrying the smell of blood and the distant roar of naval battle.

His slightly red eyes were fixed on the boiling sea ahead, his pupils contracting violently in shock.

In this sea area, the Cloud Hidden Fleet, which had a numerical advantage, was completely suppressed, as if it had fallen into a purgatory trap.

The Sea Monk, a hundred meters tall and made of pure seawater, stirred up towering waves with every swing of its arm. The water cannon it condensed was as powerful as a small Tailed Beast Ball, slamming heavily onto the Cloud Village warship.

Each hit was accompanied by a deafening explosion and the sound of the ship being torn apart.

The Cloud Village fleet's prized Lightning Release counterattack appeared utterly pale and powerless before Umibozu's immense chakra and seawater body, only managing to stir up large plumes of water vapor.

In the sky, hundreds of Konoha ninjas clad in strange flying armor nimbly weaved through the smoke and fire.

Chakra missiles fired from their arm armor trailed deadly flames, precisely killing the Cloud Village ninjas on the deck who were trying to fight back. The dense barrage of crossbow bolts and hidden weapons further suppressed the Cloud Village, preventing them from raising their heads.

These air forces, like a sword hanging overhead, left the Cloud Hidden Fleet unable to defend itself effectively.

What's most unsettling are those few "underwater warships" that appear and disappear on the seabed!
They are like lurking, deep-sea behemoths, each appearance accompanied by a deadly barrage of torpedoes, or even chakra cannons.

The lightning net released by the Cloud Village with all its might struck their dark hulls, but was firmly blocked by a chakra shield that shimmered with a pale blue light.

All that could be seen was the light screen pulsating violently, spewing countless sparks, yet it was impossible to penetrate even a fraction of it!
Each attack by these "underwater warships" resulted in another explosion that tore the ship apart.

"So that's how it is. My Kirigakure Fleet's defeat was not unjust!"

The Third Mizukage's voice trembled slightly; he finally understood why the Kirigakure fleet had been defeated so thoroughly and so quickly.

This is not a battle between a single type of military unit, but a perfect annihilation by land, sea and air combined!

Umibozu is a top-tier summoning sea beast, comparable to a Kage-level being in the sea; the ninjas in the air provide deadly long-range attacks and suppression; and those several never-before-seen "underwater warships" are each equivalent to a top-tier summoning sea beast with a hard shell, terrifying attack power, and energy shield.

Faced with this three-dimensional, time-defying striking power, traditional ninja ship tactics are utterly ineffective.

"Lord Mizukage!" Suigetsu Hozuki's face was deathly pale, his voice trembling, "These 'underwater warships' are truly terrifying! Our fleet might not be able to..."

He dared not continue speaking, as the traumatic memories of Sasuke Umino resurfaced in his mind.

The remaining members of the Misty Shadows on the shore were in an uproar, with panic spreading like a plague.

"My God! No wonder our fleet was gone so quickly!"

"There's no way we can fight this! Our ship will be torn to shreds by those underwater monsters before it even gets close!"

"Can the reinforcement fleet we sent from the Land of Water defeat them?"

"What if they cut off our escape route? What if we're trapped on this island and die..."

"Shut up!" the Third Mizukage shouted, but his heart was already in turmoil.

The question from the Hidden Mist ninja pierced his vitals like a sharp knife. If even the Hidden Cloud's elite fleet, which had a large number of Lightning Release ninjas, was being swiftly annihilated, could the reinforcement fleet that had rushed from the Land of Water, whose strength might not even be as great as the "Blood Mist" fleet, really break through this three-in-one death blockade of land, sea and air?
Once the reinforcement fleet is also annihilated, their remaining Kirigakure forces, which have penetrated deep into the Land of Whirlpools, will become truly trapped like turtles in a jar!
At the same time, he felt incredibly angry. How could Kirigakure, which boasted the strongest fleet in the ninja world, be afraid of this fledgling Umino fleet?!

"We must immediately notify the domestic fleet and warn them to be careful of this fleet with its three-dimensional tactical capabilities!" The Third Mizukage made a decisive decision and ordered the intelligence ninja to send the highest-level emergency intelligence.

However, just as the thought arose, before the order could be uttered...

hum~
An invisible, unsettling sense of oppression suddenly arose from the sky above.

The Third Mizukage and Suigetsu Hozuki both suddenly looked up at almost the same time.

A hundred meters above the ground, space distorted slightly, and a blurry figure emerged—it was Umino Sasuke, who had deactivated his camouflage concealment technique.

He quickly formed hand seals: "Spirit Summoning Technique!"

boom!boom!boom……

Ten huge plumes of white smoke instantly exploded in the sky, obscuring a large area of ​​the sky.

The next moment, the white smoke was torn apart by the violent airflow.

Nine mecha golems, each over ten meters tall, and a giant, stitched-together golem composed of numerous golems, crashed down like ten celestial meteors, accompanied by a piercing shriek that tore through the air and an overwhelming force capable of destroying everything, towards the remnants of the Mist Village forces gathered on the coast below.

"Mech - Rooftop Collapse Technique!"

Rumble, rumble—!
A terrifying impact that defies description.

It was as if ten small meteorites had struck the ground at the same time. The deafening roar made the entire coastline tremble, and the shockwave alone was no less than that of a single A-rank wind escaping technique, spreading wildly in all directions.

The Mist Concealment position, which bore the brunt of the attack, was instantly reduced to dust.

The earth was blasted into ten enormous craters, and the cracked ground mixed with shattered rocks was thrown high into the air. The shockwave swept through everything in its path.

Whether it was the remaining reefs, the makeshift fortifications, or the unfortunate Hidden Mist ninjas located at the center of the impact, they were all torn apart in an instant, turning into a bloody mist.

Those ninjas from a distance were blown away like leaves in a storm, their bones broken, internal organs ruptured, and their screams drowned out by the destructive roar.

Just this one strike!
The hundreds of remaining members of the Mist Village who had gathered on the coast were almost half killed or wounded in an instant.

The air was filled with a strong smell of burning, blood, and the pungent odor of burning metal.

"White Blood Demon—!!!" The Third Mizukage's eyes were bloodshot with rage, and his violent chakra erupted uncontrollably, instantly freezing and shattering the rocks beneath his feet!
He never imagined that the opponent's attack would come so suddenly and so fatally. This was not a normal battle between ninjas at all; it was simply a premeditated trap!

The Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Demon was also terrified, his obese body trembling violently as he screamed, "The White Blood Demon! And that Watermelon Peel! They're here!"

His horrified gaze was fixed on the edge of the battlefield, on a man emanating green steam and with his hair standing on end—it was Matt Day!

"Youth! Burn brightly! The Sixth Gate of Scenery Opens!"

Might Guy roared, and his violent chakra erupted like a volcano.

"Towards the peacock!"

He punched the air with both fists at a speed that was impossible for the naked eye to perceive, and the intense friction between his fists and the air generated countless blazing, meteor-like bursts of fiery fist pressure.

These crimson fiery fists were as dazzling as a peacock spreading its tail, yet they carried destructive high temperatures and impact, instantly covering the area where Suigetsu Hozuki and Hibiki Juzo were located.

Even the night was stained crimson.

"Damn it!" Suigetsu Hozuki was terrified. Having lost Samehada, his defense was greatly reduced, and he dared not take this terrifying martial arts technique head-on.

His obese body burst forth with an agility disproportionate to his size, and he suddenly hid behind Pipa Shizang!

"Watermelon rind! You son of a bitch!" Juzo Biwa was filled with shock and anger, cursing loudly, but with death looming in front of him, he didn't hesitate to form hand seals: "Water Release: Water Wall!"

At the same time, he roared fiercely, "Guards! Stop him! At all costs!"

Several quick-reacting Jonin from Kirigakure and a dozen Chunin instinctively rushed toward the crimson meteor shower, attempting to buy time for the two adults with their bodies or ninjutsu.

boom! boom! boom--

The water barrier was evaporated and pierced the moment it made contact. The Jonin from Kirigakure who rushed to the front didn't even have time to scream before they were crushed into burning sieves by the dense fire fists. The Chunin behind them were even more easily torn apart and set ablaze, like paper!
The air was filled with the stench of burning flesh.

Pipa Juzo narrowly avoided the core area, but his arm was burned by several grazing fiery fists, causing him to grimace in pain.

Meanwhile, Suigetsu Hobutsuki, using his subordinates and Hiwa Juzo as cover, scrambled and crawled away to a more distant place, looking utterly disheveled.

Might Guy was like a tiger among sheep, unstoppable. Against the Kirigakure Jonin who tried to organize a counterattack, he used the terrifying "Morning Peacock"; against the slightly weaker Special Jonin, he used the faster and smaller "Morning Chicken"; as for ordinary Chunin and Genin, they didn't even have a chance to react to his terrifying speed after opening the Six Gates, and they died instantly upon contact!
He alone managed to hold back the most elite forces of the Kirigakure remnants, preventing them from hindering the puppet army's massacre of Kirigakure.

The nine mecha puppets that crashed into the Mist Village's position emitted a low mechanical hum. Their scarlet electronic eyes scanned the battlefield, and their arms either shot out a thousand short spears like raindrops, wielded decapitation swords, or condensed high-energy chakra cannon beams. Although their strength was not as great as Might Guy's, their destructive power was terrifying.

Click! Click! Click...

Even more chilling sounds of disintegration continued to ring out. The body of the giant, stitched-together puppet was splitting and deforming, releasing nearly a hundred puppets of various kinds!
These puppets varied in size and shape, including samurai-type puppets wielding swords, spider-type puppets spitting poisonous needles, and giant puppets wielding chain hammers... They were quite formidable in combat, and they swarmed towards the chaotic remnants of the Mist Village.

It was an exercise involving a hundred machines, where one person could fight against an entire nation!

The signature techniques of Ebizo of the Sand Village and Sasori of the Red Sand!

The chakra regeneration core, created by combining the activity of Hashirama's cells and the Nine-Tails' chakra, actually surpasses Sasori's power at his peak in terms of energy properties, flexibility, and killing efficiency!

Each puppet is like a highly sophisticated killing machine, fearless and perfectly coordinated!
Nine steel mechs, each over ten meters tall, stood like mobile fortresses. Every bombardment or decapitation sweep cleared a large area, while nearly a hundred puppets, manipulated by hundreds of machines, were everywhere, weaving through the gaps and precisely cutting and stabbing every Kirigakure ninja who tried to resist or escape.

They ignore pain, tirelessly, and are despair-inducingly efficient.

The remnants of the Hidden Mist Village were completely devastated. They had just experienced a fierce battle with the Hidden Cloud Village, suffering heavy casualties and low morale. Now, they were being crushed by an unimaginable torrent of steel and puppets.

Any attempt to form a formation would be instantly torn apart by the mecha puppet's chakra cannon or Might Guy's berserk "Morning Peacock." The sporadic counterattacks that struck the mecha puppet's thick armor left only shallow white marks.

The battlefield quickly devolved into a one-sided massacre!

The screams of the Hidden Mist ninja, the sound of metal tearing through flesh, the friction of puppets moving, the explosions... all intertwined to form a desperate elegy. The remaining Hidden Mist ninja, like lambs to the slaughter, struggled in vain in the inferno of steel and fire.

"Damn it!" The Third Mizukage, having forced Sasuke Umino back, watched with eyes wide with rage and his heart breaking.

These are all elite Kirigakure ninjas, not those mediocre Iwagakure ninjas. Losing even one of them would be a painful loss.

The Third Mizukage's heart was bleeding. He had to deal with the White Blood Demon as soon as possible. Only by taking down this culprit could he turn the tide of the battle!

"Die!" The Third Mizukage no longer hesitated, his hands quickly forming hand seals, his chakra surging wildly, intending to unleash the Water Dragon Bullet Technique in a flash.

"A mere trick!" Umino Sasuke didn't even watch his hand seals.

Under the influence of spiritual perception and the sound wave technique, the trajectory of the Third Mizukage's chakra flow and every subtle change in his hand seals were as clear as reading the lines on his palm.

Umino Sasuke's hands also moved.

too fast!
Six prints per second, so fast that only afterimages can be caught by the naked eye!
The seal was completed in an instant with just three incredibly simple seal characters: Zi, Mao, and Yin!

"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"

A massive water dragon, far more refined and ferocious than any ordinary water dragon, instantly took shape. He intended to crush this so-called "Konoha Mizukage" with his most proficient Water Release technique!
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"

boom--!
A massive, ferocious dragon, far more condensed and larger than any ordinary water dragon, instantly took shape. Its head was menacing and majestic, and it moved with incredible speed, arriving before the Third Mizukage, who was still forming hand seals, with a deafening roar.

The Third Mizukage had finally finished his hand seals and completed his ninjutsu when the water dragon raised its head and was slammed into by this terrifying water dragon that had come from behind!

Click——!
The newly formed water dragon was instantly shattered like paper in front of Umino Sasuke's faster and more condensed water dragon, turning into a sky full of water splashes!

The water dragon continued its relentless advance, crashing into the terrified Third Mizukage with overwhelming force.

"What?!" The Third Mizukage's pupils shrank dramatically.

Since Tobirama Senju's death, he had never imagined that anyone could surpass him in Water Release. In haste, he could only abandon his subsequent ninjutsu and slam his hands down on the ground: "Water Release: Water Wall!"

Boom!

A thick wall of water instantly rose from the ground, blocking their path.

boom! ! !
Sasuke Umino's water dragon slammed into the water barrier wall with a dull thud.

The water wall shook violently, splashing water everywhere, and finally barely managed to block this fatal blow, but the huge impact also forced the Third Mizukage to retreat repeatedly, his blood churning.

"Impossible! How could his hand seals be so fast?! And he only used three seals?!" The Third Mizukage was shocked and felt a strong sense of defeat and resentment for the first time in front of Umino Sasuke.

As the Mizukage of the Hidden Mist, he had his own pride and would never allow himself to back down in the art of water jutsu!
He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing his surging blood and qi. Taking advantage of the moment when the water array blocked his vision, he once again formed hand seals at a dazzling speed. Such a complex hand seal clearly indicated that he was about to use his most skilled A-rank Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique.

"Samehada: Chakra Transfer!" Umino Sasuke silently chanted, and Samehada, which was perched on his shoulder, instantly injected a massive amount of chakra into his body.

At the same time, his hands also moved, performing the same intricate hand seals, but faster, simpler, and more efficient.

The Third Mizukage had only just finished half of his hand seals when Sasuke Umino had already completed his ninjutsu: "Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"

Rumble——! ! !
As if the Milky Way had burst its banks, an unimaginable and terrifying volume of water transformed into a colossal waterfall that blotted out the sky, crashing toward the Third Mizukage with immense force.

Its scale and coverage far exceed the scope of ordinary A-level water escape techniques!

"Damn it! How could he be so fast?!" The Third Mizukage was horrified. He quickly retreated while continuing to form hand seals, finally completing the ninjutsu: "Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"

boom--! ! !
Two enormous waterfalls collided violently.

A deafening roar echoed through the sky, and the raging water flowed like two out-of-control tsunamis colliding. The shockwaves, mixed with towering waves, spread wildly in all directions, completely shattering the reefs on the coast and stirring up countless tons of mud and sand.

Those Kirigakure ninjas who were nearby, whether they were injured and lying on the ground or elites fighting with the puppets, were instantly swept away or even swallowed by this indiscriminate and terrifying wave of water.

The screams were drowned out by the deafening roar of the water.

"My God! Is this the Great Waterfall Technique?!"

"The power of those S-rank forbidden water techniques is nothing more than this!"

"This white blood demon's water-style techniques are even more powerful than the Mizukage's?!"

"Could the rumors about the Mizukage of the Ninja World being in Konoha be true?!"

The surviving Kirigakure ninjas were terrified by the earth-shattering water-style attacks, and subconsciously recalled the title that was widely circulated within Kirigakure, a title that carried endless humiliation: "Konoha Mizukage".

Compared to Tobirama Senju's title of "Water God of Konoha," the name "Waterkage of Konoha" was clearly more widely known in Kirigakure.

Tobirama Senju has passed away, but unexpectedly, the White Blood Demon has taken over this title!
At that moment, the Third Mizukage was struck hard by Sasuke Umino's even more powerful waterfall torrent, as if he had been hit in the chest by a giant hammer. He coughed up a mouthful of blood and was swept away by the violent water like a broken sack, crashing hard into a huge reef, which shattered with a crash.

He struggled to his feet from the rubble and puddles, soaking wet and disheveled. A burning pain shot through his left cheek, where a deep, bone-revealing wound was gushing blood. His ears were ringing, and he was almost deaf.

What made him even more ashamed and indignant was that he overheard his subordinates' discussions filled with fear and doubt.

The name "Konoha Mizukage" is an unprecedented disgrace!
He, the dignified Third Mizukage of Kirigakure and the elder of the Mizuki clan, was completely crushed in front of everyone by a young Konoha junior in his most prized Water Release technique, with faster hand seals and greater power!
He even had to bear the same shadow of the damned title of "Konoha Mizukage" as the previous Mizukage!

"Cough cough!" The Third Mizukage coughed up blood froth mixed with icy shards, his eyes burning with mad rage and humiliation.

He stared intently at Umino Sasuke, who was faintly visible amidst the misty water in the distance, and a chilling will emanated from him.

A layer of glistening frost visibly formed on the wound on his left cheek and at the site of his severed ear, instantly stopping the bleeding.

(End of this chapter)