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

Chapter 440 Opening the Eye Between the Brows?
Time passes slowly.

A strange throbbing and burning sensation began to emanate from between my eyebrows, as if something was being conceived and growing inside.

After an unknown amount of time, the once scarlet and eerie Mangekyou Sharingan in the nutrient bottle had lost all its luster, becoming dull and shriveled, and finally turning into an ordinary eyeball devoid of life and completely devoid of moisture.

And on his brow, a thin, long red fire mark had quietly appeared at some point.

The skin at the fire mark bulged slightly, forming an oval-shaped protrusion, as if an immature sphere was buried beneath the skin.

Gently touching this fire mark, one can clearly feel the immense Yin energy contained within slowly flowing, carrying a chilling vitality, like an eye that might open at any moment.

'Could my pineal gland really turn into a third eye? Could it be like Kaguya Otsutsuki, opening the Rinnegan with nine tomoe between her eyebrows?' A strange thought arose in Umino Sasuke's mind.

However, perhaps the total amount of Yin Release Eye Power absorbed was not enough, or perhaps for other reasons, although the changes in the space between the eyebrows continued, it always seemed to be a little short of truly "opening the eye". The power was just concentrated there and did not tear through the flesh to show itself.

Even so, his illusionary abilities also saw a huge leap forward.

In the past, although his skill in illusion was remarkable, surpassing Konoha's number one illusion master, Kurenai Yuhi, it relied more on overwhelming his mental and spiritual power. Now, however, he felt that his understanding of illusion had entered a completely new level, with his mental power carrying a trace of the "distorted reality" characteristic unique to the Kaleidoscope Eye.

If the power between his brows were to fully mature and stabilize, his illusionary abilities would likely reach an unbelievable level.

Just as he was about to continue his in-depth study of the new power between his eyebrows, his shadow clone at the front line sent him an urgent message.

Sasuke Umino immediately composed himself, and in a flash, he used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return to the front line.

"Lord Sasuke!" Senju Nawaki greeted him, handing over the latest military intelligence.

Danzo, who temporarily served as Senju Nawaki's deputy and assisted him in taking over Root, followed suit. Danzo was quite cooperative and even devoted himself wholeheartedly. With his assistance, Senju Nawaki's reorganization and restructuring of Root progressed rapidly, and the framework of the "Imperial Guard" was initially formed.

With the combined efforts of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the Eastern Depot under the command of Moonlight Night, and the regular secret service led by Hatake Sagumo, intelligence gathering efficiency was extremely high.

By combining information from various sources, strategic intelligence was quickly gathered: Onoki was actually planning a large-scale surprise attack, with his target being the Konoha camp.

Umino Sasuke sneered upon hearing this: "We were still thinking about how to break through their defenses, but he delivered himself right to our doorstep, which saves us a lot of trouble."

Danzo's single eye gleamed as he analyzed, "Their surprise attack will happen in the next two days, either tonight or tomorrow night!"

Senju Nawaki looked at Danzo with some doubt, wondering why he was so certain.

Danzo said in a deep voice, "Onoki's intention to fight a decisive battle is even more urgent than ours. Our ninja army and subsequent mobilization forces will arrive in three to five days at most. Onoki will never sit idly by and watch our forces gather. A quick battle is his only option."

Having shed his obsession with the Hokage position, Danzo's mind seemed to become clearer and calmer, and he instantly struck at the heart of the matter.

“That makes sense.” Sasuke Umino nodded, understanding even more clearly. Through the Wood Release spores that had already been spread among the Iwagakure army, all of the Iwagakure army’s movements were almost transparent to him.

Without further hesitation, he quickly issued a series of combat orders, forming a giant net.

Waiting for the prey to fall into the net on its own.

The fighter jets arrived quickly. The night was beautiful, and the cool moonlight shone on the silent battlefield.

Just as Danzo had predicted, the Iwagakure army arrived as scheduled.

Led by Onoki and Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, the elite Iwagakure troops, acting as the spearhead, silently infiltrated Konoha's defenses, attempting to wreak havoc on the heart of Konoha's territory.

Danzo stood atop the command post, his single eye gleaming coldly: "They've come after all!"

Iwagakure has big ambitions this time, dividing its forces into three routes. In addition to the main attack force led by Onoki, there are large armies on the left and right flanks to infiltrate and encircle the village, and another route is attempting to flank the village from the rear and completely cut off its retreat.

"What an idiot, Onoki! He has quite the appetite! Not only does he want to win, but he wants to swallow us all whole? This is utterly disrespectful to Konoha!"

Danzo seemed to feel a sense of being slighted and humiliated, his eyes burning with rage and his killing intent intensifying.

When the vanguard of elite troops had fully entered the ambush zone, Onoki finally sensed something was wrong; the surroundings were unusually quiet.

He suddenly raised his hand, signaling the troops to halt their advance.

Just then, Danzo's furious shout echoed through the night sky: "Attack!"

"Wind Escape·Vacuum Continuous Waves!"

Danzo immediately launched an attack, unleashing a series of incredibly sharp vacuum waves that transformed into killing scythes, slashing down on the elite Iwagakure troops below.

At the same time, the Konoha ninjas who had been lying in ambush all around no longer hid. Kunai, shuriken, explosive tags, and various ninjutsu poured down like a torrential rain, instantly overwhelming the vanguard of Iwagakure.

"Pfft!"

"Boom——!"

Screams and explosions rose and fell. In this sudden attack alone, the elite of Iwagakure suffered heavy casualties, with more than half of their troops reduced to zero.

"There's an ambush!"

"Plan cancelled! Retreat!"

Ohnoki was both shocked and furious. He used his Rock Fist technique to deflect the vacuum wave while shouting urgently.

His heart bled as he watched his subordinates die one by one before his eyes. These were all elite Jonin!
"Trying to leave now? Too late!" Danzo sneered.

At the same time, deafening battle cries and towering flames erupted from the left and right flanks in the distance. Clearly, the two armies from Iwagakure responsible for flanking and outflanking had also fallen into the trap set by Konoha.

Onoki's face turned deathly pale instantly. He finally realized that his supposedly secretive raid plan had already been discovered by Konoha. No wonder the raid went so smoothly!

"How ruthless Konoha is!"

Onoki wanted to rescue his subordinates, minimize losses, and break through the encirclement with them, but unfortunately, Uchiha Shun appeared in a flash, his Mangekyou Sharingan slowly rotating, ready to strike.

Danzo locked onto him firmly, and his Wind Release chakra condensed once more.

On the other side, Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, was also kicked around by Might Guy, whose Seventh Gate, the Gate of Shock, had been opened, leaving him somewhat disoriented.

Meanwhile, Hatake Sagumo transformed into a white lightning bolt, leading an elite force of Konoha, charging left and right through the chaotic Iwagakure formation, unstoppable in their advance. All the resistance organized by Iwagakure crumbled at the first touch.

In the heart of the battlefield, Onoki was frantic with worry, but he had no good solutions and could barely protect himself.

Fortunately, Onoki used the Light-Heavy Rock Technique to levitate in the air, gaining a geographical advantage. In addition, having learned from the previous battle, he was prepared for Uchiha Shun's elusive space-time abilities and was no longer easily approached.

Dust Release's offensive and defensive capabilities were extremely strong, which prevented Uchiha Shun from succeeding easily.

Shun Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan abilities were indeed incredibly powerful. His left eye's spatial teleportation granted him the ability to teleport, allowing him to attack from unpredictable angles. His right eye's "time slow" ability was even more bizarre, and if someone got close, it would be quite fatal for Onoki. Fortunately, Onoki was skilled in Earth Release defense. His solid rock armor covering his entire body, along with his almost instantaneous Earth Release defense, left Shun, who lacked a decisive finishing move, with few effective countermeasures.

Onoki's aerial advantage significantly reduced Uchiha Shun's spatial jump ability, preventing him from launching continuous close-range pressure.

On the contrary, Danzo's Wind Release ninjutsu played a huge role at this moment.

"Wind Escape·Vacuum Jade!"

"Wind Release Shuriken!"

Highly compressed vacuum shells and shuriken imbued with wind-style chakra were fired at Onoki in the air.

Danzo's Wind Release attacks were not only fast but also extremely penetrating, forcing Onoki to be distracted by defense or constantly change positions, greatly interfering with his movements and the release of his ninjutsu.

Onoki was also a veteran of countless battles. Facing the combined attack of two Kage-level masters, although he was slightly disheveled, he still managed to defend himself flawlessly, always managing to narrowly avoid fatal attacks or resolve crises with minimal cost.

For a moment, the two sides were locked in a stalemate.

Hidden underground, Umino Sasuke had a clear view of the battlefield situation. Seeing how difficult Onoki was to deal with, he finally decided to secretly intervene and break the stalemate.

Suddenly, an invisible and intangible gravitational force erupted.

"Ninja Technique: All-Seeing Tenyin!"

Onoki, who was hovering in the air dodging the wind blade attacks, suddenly felt his body sink.

A suction force similar to the Weighted Rock Technique came from below, instantly rendering his Light-Weighted Rock Technique, which he relied on to maintain flight, ineffective.

"Oh no!" Onoki exclaimed, his body falling uncontrollably towards the ground.

"boom--!!!"

With a loud bang, a deep crater was smashed into the ground, and smoke and dust filled the air.

However, Onoki's defenses were indeed formidable; he emerged unscathed from such a high fall.

Just as he was about to use the Light and Heavy Rock Technique to fly up again, he was horrified to discover that a large amount of viscous black ink had seeped out of the soil in the deep pit.

These eight-tailed runes quickly coiled around and tried to climb onto Onoki's body.

"Sealing Technique: Supergravity Field!"

The second wave of attacks followed immediately. An invisible supergravity field instantly enveloped the pit, and the eight-tailed runes transformed into black tadpole runes, trying to climb onto Onoki's body.

Onoki had an extremely strong fighting instinct. He used Earth Release to isolate himself while fleeing quickly. He finally escaped the core area of ​​the supergravity field by a narrow margin, but even so, his body was still covered with a lot of Eight-Tails Ink.

As soon as these runes touched his body, they clung to him like maggots, quickly disappearing into his chakra meridians and muscles, forming a continuously effective gravity seal.

Although this additional gravity has a negligible effect on Onoki, it acts like an unstable anchor point, severely interfering with the execution of the Light-Heavy Rock Technique.

That would prevent him from taking off at all!

"Umino Sasuke! Get out here! I know it's you!" Onoki was both shocked and furious, looking around as if facing a formidable enemy.

He dared not expend too much effort to remove the talismans from his body, for fear of revealing a flaw.

"Earth Escape: Digging!"

Onoki slammed his hand on the ground.

"Boom!"

The ground rose up not far away, and a figure emerged from the ground and landed steadily. It was the Wood Release clone No. 9, which was equipped with Hashirama cell prosthetics.

The ninth Wood Release clone looked at Onoki calmly: "Onoki, you are completely surrounded. Defeat is inevitable. Surrender. Don't make any more futile struggles and increase casualties."

Onoki's sharp gaze swept over the legs of the ninth clone, and he let out a mocking sneer: "Umino, you cripple, it must feel bad to have a broken leg, right? With your crippled body, you think you can take me down?"

"Insolence!" Shun Uchiha, who was standing nearby, was furious upon hearing this.

"call out!"

Uchiha Shun's figure vanished from his original spot and instantly appeared behind Onoki, his kunai piercing straight into Onoki's heart.

At the same time, blood gushed from his right eye, and his time-slowing ability activated again.

This time, Onoki faces a completely different situation.

On the ground, without the constraints of aerial combat, Uchiha Shun's Mangekyou Sharingan abilities were fully unleashed.

The ability to teleport unpredictably, combined with the bizarre ability to slow down the flow of time in certain areas, perfectly showcases the power of the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Onoki felt as if his movements were stuck in a quagmire, while the opponent's attacks were as fast as lightning. Often, just as he made a move to block or dodge, the opponent's kunai or ninjutsu was already in front of him.

The fear of being dominated by the kaleidoscope surged into Onoki's heart once again.

What's more, Danzo and "Umino Sasuke" are also watching closely from the sidelines.

Danzo's Wind Release was still fierce, forcing him to focus on defense; while the "crippled" Umino Sasuke, after getting a prosthetic leg, was incredibly fast and his movement was not affected at all. The S-rank Water Release: Water Severing Wave he unleashed had extremely terrifying high-pressure cutting power. Apart from using Dust Release, ordinary Earth Release was simply not effective in defending against it.

While Dust Release is a powerful technique that combines offense and defense, it also consumes a tremendous amount of chakra, making it unsustainable.

Under the combined attack of the three, Onoki was struggling to defend himself, and his chakra was rapidly depleting. He was extremely anxious, knowing that if he did not find a way to escape, he would surely be defeated once his chakra was exhausted.

Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki who was constantly breaking through in the distance, saw that Onoki was in danger and wanted to come over to help, but he was held back by Might Guy.

At this point, Might Guy was no longer the same as when he fought the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. With the help of a large number of attribute-enhancing elixirs, not only were his internal injuries fully healed, but his physical attributes also received a terrifying all-round improvement.

After opening the seventh gate, the Gate of Shock, the power he unleashed far surpassed anything he had ever shown before!

Han wore steam-powered armor, and his strength was equally astonishing; the explosive power of steam was not to be underestimated.

However, he was completely suppressed by Might Guy when he was at full power. If it weren't for his strong vitality as a Jinchūriki and the defensive support of his steam armor, he would have been seriously injured by that blue steam beast!

Even so, he was in grave danger, only able to parry and utterly powerless to retaliate.

(End of this chapter)