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

Chapter 351: Escape and be lucky
"Heh." Faced with such a terrifying water-style technique, Umino Sasuke merely smiled contemptuously.

Instead of retreating, he stepped forward, gripped the hilt of the Samehada sword with both hands, and swung the sword down fiercely at the roaring giant water shark.

"Foolish! How could Samehada possibly stop my Great Shark Bullet!" Suigetsu Hobutsuki thought with wild joy.

As Samehada's former owner, he knew all too well the limits of this ninja sword. The terrifying chakra and impact contained in the Great Shark Bullet definitely exceeded Samehada's limit of instant absorption.

However, the next second, the ecstasy on his face froze.

Om-!
The moment Samehada made contact with the giant water shark, the white bandages wrapped around the blade suddenly burst open, revealing barbs covered in dark blue scales underneath. These barbs writhed and opened violently, unleashing a terrifying suction force like a black hole.

hiss-

The enormous shark, powerful enough to destroy mountain rocks, seemed like a punctured balloon, emitting a piercing sound of air leaking out.

The massive flow of water and the violent chakra it contained were devoured by Samehada like rivers flowing into the sea. In just one breath, the incredibly powerful Great Shark Bullet vanished without a trace.

The Samehada blade bulged slightly, emitting a satisfied hum, and the bandage at the hilt automatically tightened, making the blade appear even more dark blue and sharp.

"Impossible?!" Suigetsu Hozuki's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as he screamed, "How did Samehada become so strong?! It couldn't have done this before!"

He couldn't comprehend how the speed and volume of this devouring were far beyond his understanding and imagination of Samehada.

In the instant he lost his composure and was utterly terrified.

"Water Instantaneous Body!"

Sasuke Umino's figure merged into the remaining water on the ground and disappeared instantly.

The next moment, they appeared to the side and rear of Suigetsu Hozuki.

"Water Release: Water Wall!" Suigetsu Hozuki instinctively formed hand seals, attempting to raise a rotating water wall in front of him for defense and to push away the enemy.

"Too late!" Sasuke Umino's voice was like the whisper of death.

The Samehada sword in his hand, carrying the residual power to devour everything, slashed down without any fancy moves.

boom--

The newly formed water barrier was instantly shattered and disintegrated by Samehada's brute force and strange suction.

puff!

Samehada's barbed blade slashed deeply into Suigetsu Hobutsuki's thick shoulder, causing blood to spurt out instantly.

"Ah—!" The Watermelon Pufferfish Demon let out a bloodcurdling scream like a pig being slaughtered. The huge impact made his knees buckle, and he fell heavily to his knees with a thud.

What terrified and despaired him even more was that the chakra within his body was like a floodgate opening, uncontrollably surging towards Samehada on his shoulder, and his power was rapidly dissipating.

"Spare me! Demigod, spare me!" The immense pain and the weakness from having his chakra drained completely destroyed Suigetsu Hobuki's last shred of will to resist.

Tears streamed down his face. Ignoring the excruciating pain in his shoulder and the flowing blood, he collapsed to the ground like a lump of mud, frantically kowtowing and begging for mercy to Umino Sasuke.

"I surrender! I surrender! I have value, I am of great use to you, I know many secrets of the Hidden Mist Village, I can be your inside man, please don't kill me!!"

Sasuke Umino's eyes were cold. He tightened his grip on the Samehada hilt, the blade rubbing against the carotid artery of Suigetsu Hozuki. The cold touch made the latter stiffen, and the stench of incontinence spread out.

Umino Sasuke activated his Spirit Transformation Technique, sensing the intense emotional fluctuations of Suigetsu Hozuki. Fear, despair, and the instinct for survival dominated, while his greed and resentment toward Samehada were compressed into an almost negligible corner in the face of death.

This guy is really willing to do anything to survive.

His cowardly and unscrupulous nature was fully exposed. Just as Kisame described, he was a "merchant" ninja who would sell everything for profit.

Considering the complex factional struggles within Kirigakure and the potential intelligence needs in the future, a living, high-ranking, cowardly Suigetsu Fuguki is indeed more valuable than a corpse.

"Shut up," Umino Sasuke said coldly. His voice wasn't loud, but it instantly choked Suigetsu Hozuki's cries, leaving only terrified sobs.

With a flick of his wrist, Umino Sasuke pulled Samehada's blade from Suigetsu Hobuki's shoulder, leaving a trail of blood as it devoured his last bit of chakra.

"Water Candy and Binding Rope Seal"

He quickly formed hand seals, and several sturdy water candy sealing chains wrapped around the Watermelon Pufferfish Demon, completely imprisoning it.

"Your life is temporarily in my hands. Remember your words, or else—"

Umino Sasuke didn't finish his sentence, but the chilling killing intent made Suigetsu Hobuki feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Demon kowtowed repeatedly, as if pounding garlic: "Yes! Yes! Thank you for sparing my life, Demigod! I will do my utmost and have no other intentions!"

Looking at the once-mighty leader of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, now reduced to a groveling, begging dog, a barely perceptible hint of disdain flashed in Umino Sasuke's eyes. He ignored Suigetsu Hozuki and turned his gaze to the chaotic battlefield.

Might Guy had dealt with the scattered resistance nearby and was in the process of deactivating the Eight Gates. His body was steaming with green heat. Although he was tired, his eyes were still sharp. He gave Umino Sasuke a thumbs up.

Under the command of the Hundred Machines Maneuver, the puppet troops, like highly efficient killing machines, are pursuing and annihilating the scattered remnants of the Mist Shadow Army.

Nine towering mecha golems, like mobile artillery platforms, used decapitation swords and even chakra cannons to clear out small groups of enemies who were putting up a stubborn resistance.

At this tense moment when the situation seemed to be settled.

Sasuke Umino's spiritual perception acted like an invisible radar, instantly detecting an unusual energy fluctuation at the edge of the battlefield.

He was a Kirigakure ninja with a dark ninja hat, distinctive red glasses, eerie blue tattoos on his face, and a string of striking red Buddhist beads around his neck. He was not tall and was inconspicuous among the fleeing remnants of the army, yet he always managed to avoid danger on the battlefield from extremely tricky angles.

Even more bizarrely, when the ninjutsu struck him, he neither dodged nor evaded. He simply raised his right hand seemingly casually, and an invisible vortex appeared in his palm. The moment the ninjutsu touched him, it vanished without a trace, like a mud ox sinking into the sea.

"Netherworld Release: Chunji?!" A name flashed through Umino Sasuke's mind instantly.

In the original work, the Kirigakure Jonin who was killed by Hiruko and possessed the unique bloodline limit of "Devouring Ninjutsu" would have been very difficult to discover if it weren't for his extremely keen spiritual sense regarding energy flow and the fact that Kirigakure's main force had been almost completely wiped out.

“Interesting.” A cold, probing glint flashed in Umino Sasuke’s eyes.

"Mirror Instantaneous Movement!"

Sasuke Umino's figure instantly merged into a giant ice mirror beside him.

Swish!
As if teleporting, his figure appeared without warning not far from Zhong Ji in the Netherworld escapade.

"Spiral pills!"

A highly compressed, azure chakra sphere instantly took shape, tearing through the air with a sharp shriek, and struck Nakaji's vital area in the waist and abdomen without any fancy moves.

This attack was fast, ruthless, and cunning, almost completely sealing off any room for evasion.

"What?!" Nakaji's pupils behind his red lenses suddenly contracted to pinpoints. An unprecedented sense of deadly danger made his hair stand on end, and he could no longer hide his strength.

Between the electric light and flint.

"Ming Escape Suction Hole!"

Zhongji's right hand shot out like lightning, his palm aimed at the incoming Rasengan. The blue mark under his palm skin lit up instantly, and a small, pitch-black hole that seemed to devour light suddenly opened.

Om-!
The wildly spinning Rasengan, upon touching the dark hole, was as if it had been plunged into an abyss.

The destructive energy and rotational force, enough to shatter giant rocks, were absorbed into the tiny hole without any hindrance. The whole process was much easier than the Third Mizukage using Ice Release to block this instantaneous ninjutsu.

"Got you!" A look of ferocity and ecstasy flashed across Zhongji's face.

The instant the Rasengan was completely absorbed, his right hand, which had just used the "Suction Hole" technique, suddenly lunged forward and gripped Umino Sasuke's right wrist, which was holding the Rasengan, like an iron clamp.

"Netherworld Release: Devour!"

A terrifying suction force erupted from Zhongji's palm, frantically seizing the chakra from Umino Sasuke's arm and even his entire body. The red prayer beads around his neck also suddenly lit up with a strange red light, as if amplifying this devouring power.

"Demigod? Your chakra is mine now!" Zhongji roared, raising his left hand at the same time, his palm condensing the violent chakra he had just absorbed from the Rasengan.

He actually wanted to use the same methods against him!

"Netherworld Release: Counterattack!"

A blue Rasengan instantly formed in Nakaji's left palm and slammed down on Umino Sasuke, whose wrist was being grabbed and who seemed unable to dodge.

However, Sasuke Umino's eyes remained cold, showing no sign of panic.

Samehada: Chakra Absorption!

With his left hand, he swung the Samehada sword horizontally, its broad blade precisely blocking the incoming Rasengan.

Om-!
The same devouring power erupted, and the Rasengan crashed into Samehada's barbed scales. It didn't even cause a ripple before being instantly devoured by the greedy Samehada, the blade emitting a satisfied hum.

"What?!" The ecstasy on Zhongji's face instantly froze, turning into disbelief and horror.

His signature Devouring Counterattack was actually countered by the opponent in an even more domineering way?!

At the same time, Umino Sasuke allowed his right hand to be grabbed, letting Nakagi frantically drain his chakra like a flood. He even secretly activated the chakra core in his upper hand, and the pure, vast, and bone-chilling ice release chakra poured into the Dark Release's suction port like a glacial torrent.

"Ugh—!" Caught off guard, Zhongji felt an extremely cold energy, enough to freeze one's soul, rushing wildly into his body through his right arm.

This power was too pure and domineering, far exceeding the limits that his body could withstand and transform. His meridians felt as if they were pierced by countless ice needles, and his internal organs seemed to freeze instantly.

He couldn't help but let out a painful groan, and the fingers gripping Umino Sasuke's wrist trembled slightly from the intense pain.

"Suck! Suck it for me!" A look of madness and determination flashed in Zhongji's eyes.

This was his only chance to turn the tide. He forcefully suppressed the raging cold within his body, and his devouring speed increased instead of decreasing. Even if it meant his body was frozen stiff and his meridians were burst, he was determined to drain the white blood demon dry.

He bet that the opponent's total chakra couldn't be infinite!

Umino Sasuke clearly felt the "loss" of chakra being frantically drained, while also meticulously sensing the trajectory and limits of the Dark Release technique.

A moment later, the last trace of interest in his eyes vanished.

"Shifting Stars? It's all show and no substance, with a low conversion rate and poor resistance to special chakra..."

A cold assessment echoed in Umino Sasuke's mind: "He's just a useless piece of junk! Tasteless to eat, but a pity to throw away!"

The potential of this Dark Release technique is far inferior to Samehada, and even less efficient than the absorption and conversion of one's own chakra core. It is more like a simple, crude energy transfer container that is prone to bursting.

As expected, Nakaji finally unleashed the Ice Release chakra he had accumulated to its limit, which was almost enough to freeze him into an ice sculpture, through his other hand.

"Netherworld Escape: Ice Burial!"

Countless tiny, sharp ice crystal storms, carrying absolute zero chill, surged toward Umino Sasuke at close range—his desperate counterattack.

However, Samehada moved again.

With a twist of the blade, the terrifying ice storm was swallowed up by Samehada once again, as if it had encountered a black hole, without even a trace of cold air touching the hem of Umino Sasuke's clothes.

“The game is over.” Sasuke Umino’s voice was like shattering ice.

His right hand, which was being held tightly by Zhongji, was suddenly twisted back.

"Strange power!"

Click——!
A sickeningly loud sound of bones cracking suddenly rang out.

The five fingers of Nakagi's right hand, which was gripping Umino Sasuke's wrist, along with his entire palm, were instantly twisted, deformed, and pulverized under the terrifying strength that surpassed Tsunade's. It was as if he were being crushed by a 10,000-ton hydraulic press.

Blood, flesh, and shattered bones flew everywhere!

"Aaaaaah—!" A heart-wrenching scream erupted from Nakaji's mouth.

The excruciating pain made him instantly want to loosen his grip, but it was too late.

It was just a flash of cold light.

puff!

The Samehada sword, carrying heavy wind pressure, slammed into Nakayoshi's chest. It wasn't a slash, but a heavy blow like a battering ram.

The impact caused Zhongji to spit out blood, and his body was curled up like a shrimp as he flew backward.

What made him even more desperate was that the barbs on Samehada unleashed a terrifying suction force the moment they made contact. The remaining chakra in his body was frantically drained away like a flood. He instinctively activated the bloodline limit of Dark Release, trying to resist this suction force and slow down the loss of chakra. However, in the face of Samehada's superior devouring instinct, this resistance was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

In just a few breaths, Zhongji felt completely drained, unable to even stand up. He collapsed to the ground like a limp rag, his chest rising and falling slightly, his eyes unfocused, filled with fear and disbelief.

Umino Sasuke coldly glanced at the defenseless Nakaji. He did not use the Water Candy Binding Rope Seal to seal and bind him. The chains made of water chakra were like an energy replenishment package delivered to Nakaji, who possessed the Dark Release, and could be absorbed and countered at any time.

At this moment, a mecha puppet that was carrying out a cleaning task nearby received an order. Its heavy steel footsteps shattered the ice surface, and its huge mechanical hand, like an iron clamp, mercilessly gripped the limp Zhongji in its palm.

The cold, hard metallic touch extinguished Zhongji's last shred of will to struggle.

"A bloodline limit ninja, good research material."

Umino Sasuke no longer glanced at Nakayoshi, turning his gaze to other corners of the battlefield.

In the following period, he only made a few moves.

Each instantaneous appearance was accompanied by a precise Ice Release binding or a perfectly timed heavy blow, targeting those who remained conspicuous or had bloodline limits amidst the rout, such as the Mizuki clan members who had awakened Ice Release, or the Kaguya Shikotsumyaku ninjas who were fearless and whose bodies were covered in ferocious bone spurs.

These Kirigakure elites with special bloodlines were like lambs to the slaughter in the face of absolute power, easily subdued and then bound and taken away by the puppet army using specially made chakra-insulating chains.

After Kaguya, the last Jonin who attempted to detonate the explosive tag and perish together with the mecha puppet, was knocked unconscious by Might Guy's "Leaf Whirlwind" kick that broke her spine.

The entire ground resistance force of Misty Hidden Village on the west coast of Whirlpool Village has been completely disintegrated.

Like a cold tide, the puppet army began the final cleanup of the battlefield. The nearly one hundred puppets of various kinds that split off from the giant Frankenstein puppet, under the precise control of the Hundred Machines Manipulation, acted like efficient scavengers, looting valuable spoils and finishing off the enemies who were not yet dead.

Nine towering mechs stood in key positions, their crimson electronic eyes scanning the surroundings, providing a powerful deterrent.

Meanwhile, on the sea not far away, the final fierce battle was also nearing its end.

Kakuzu's hoarse voice, tinged with pain, roared through the flying armor communicator in the Umino Fleet channel: "...The deck of the seventh marked transport ship has been cleared! Attention! Attention! Don't use chakra cannons to bombard it, the antique vases from the Land of Whirlpools on there are very valuable... There is still resistance in the hold of the ninth ship, my Wind Release: Earth Grudge Fear clone is coming soon! Damn it, these Cloud Village barbarians, they damaged a golden nanmu cabinet, how much money will that cost!"

On the sea, the Cloud Hidden's last flagship, the "Thundercloud," resembled a battered steel behemoth, struggling to survive amidst the raging waves.

Its massive hull was covered with charred torpedo shell marks and cracks torn open by the immense force of the Sea Monk. The surrounding waters were littered with the wreckage of numerous Cloud Village warships and transport ships, and the flames and smoke had not yet been completely extinguished.

Ai was supported by two loyal guards as he stood on the bridge. He was covered in blood, the light of his lightning armor was dimmed to the extreme, and dark red blood kept seeping from the bandages wrapped around his chest.

He stared intently at the coastline, witnessing firsthand the Third Mizukage being defeated and frozen by the White Blood Demon, the terrifying scene of the Kirigakure remnants scattering in defeat, and the horrifying sight of the White Blood Demon easily reaping the remaining Kirigakure masters like a grim reaper.

"The Mizukage has been defeated?! The Mist Nether army is completely finished!" Ai's voice was hoarse, filled with exhaustion and a deep sense of powerlessness.

He looked around and saw that the surviving Cloud Village members on the flagship were all injured and had exhausted their chakra. Although their eyes still burned with the Cloud Village's indomitable will, they could not hide the deep-seated fear and despair.

Those transport ships that served as "human shields" to block the outside and were loaded with the wealth plundered from Wochao Village have now been captured one by one by Kakuzu and his Earth Grudge clones, and have lost their barrier function.

"Lord Ai! What should we do?" A Jonin with a missing arm asked, his voice trembling.

"Fight to the death! For the glory of Kumogakure!" another young Jonin roared, his eyes filled with a death wish, his hand gripping the kunai trembling slightly.

Ai clenched her fists so tightly that her nails almost dug into her flesh.

He desperately wanted to fight to the death, but looking at the elite troops who had followed him through thick and thin, at the silhouettes of the "underwater warships" faintly visible in the seawater below the flagship, at the Umino ninja flight formations circling in the sky, ready to dive and attack at any moment, and at the sea god-like Umibozu... reason told him that continuing to resist would be meaningless except for causing everyone to perish in the belly of the fish.

"We must bring the Book of the Vortex Seal back to the village!" Ai's gaze turned with difficulty to the depths of the bridge, to the huge scroll that was being fiercely guarded by several of the strongest guards.

This is their core objective for this trip: to suppress the Eight-Tails' rampage and maintain the Cloud Village's strategic deterrence. The Cloud Village is willing to pay any price for it.

Just as Ai was torn between his inner turmoil and the flagship was filled with a suffocating atmosphere of tragedy and despair.

Sasuke Umino, who was gliding rapidly across the sea on a huge ice floe, suddenly stopped.

"The Third Raikage?!"

His powerful senses, which covered the entire battlefield, had already detected intense chakra fluctuations.

Northwest, above the clouds.

A huge flock of spirit birds is breaking through the clouds at an astonishing speed, swooping down towards the sea area of ​​the Land of Whirlpools.

At the very front of the flock of birds, on the back of a giant ninja eagle with a wingspan of over twenty meters and covered in metallic blue feathers, stood two figures.

On the left was a man of imposing stature, his bronze skin gleaming with a metallic sheen in the setting sun. Just standing there, he exuded a terrifying sense of oppression, like a prehistoric beast. He had short, needle-like hair and a resolute face, as if carved by a knife and axe. He was none other than the Third Raikage, who was renowned throughout the ninja world for his strongest spear and shield.

The man on the right was short and lean, with dark skin, wearing black sunglasses and carrying a huge scroll wrapped in bandages. He was surrounded by a frenzied, violent, and terrifying chakra fluctuation, like a volcano about to erupt. He was none other than Burubi, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki of Kumogakure.

"That's Lord Raikage?!"

"Reinforcements! Reinforcements have arrived!"

"Lord Raikage has come in person! We're saved!"

The once lifeless "Thundercloud" ship suddenly erupted into a frenzied cheer, as if it had survived a catastrophe.

The gloom of despair was dispelled by ecstasy, and a burning flame was rekindled in the eyes of every Cloud Village ninja.

The ice floes beneath Umino Sasuke's feet shattered silently. He stood firmly on the waves, looking up at the rapidly approaching giant eagle shadow, as if facing a formidable enemy.

Even Samehada in his hand seemed to sense the arrival of a powerful enemy, and began to hum and tremble excitedly.

(End of this chapter)