Chapter 44: The Uzushiogakure Island Prison Is Completed
"Uh… yes!" The shadow guard accepted the order and left.
On the rooftop of the Security Force building, twenty Anbu from the Genjutsu Squad formed hand seals at the same time and cast the Genjutsu of Hell.
In an instant, white feathers began to fall.
The Konoha villagers who had been making a huge racket suddenly went limp one after another and collapsed unconscious, forming a sea of bodies.
Next came the transportation.
Fortunately, the islands of the Land of Whirlpools were not far from Konoha's coast — only a short stretch of sea separated them.
More than eighty thousand unconscious Konoha villagers began to be transported to Uzushiogakure Island in batches by the Anbu.
At the same time, Naruto used Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu and created a hundred clones, all heading to Uzushiogakure Island.
Once on the island, the Shadow Clones activated Sage Mode.
Then they got to work. Along the edge of the island, they used Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall.
Naruto didn't trust anyone else with this task — the quality had to be perfect.
The Earth Flow Walls, fused with Sage chakra, were as hard as rock, five meters thick and fifty meters high!
One massive Earth Flow Wall after another connected, forming an incredibly spectacular wall!
When people are doing bad things, they put in the most effort.
Naruto's Shadow Clones were all full of energy.
Not only did they build the walls, they could also max out their Earth Release proficiency while doing so.
The Uzushiogakure islands weren't very large. In less than two and a half hours, the entire perimeter of the island was enclosed by thick, fifty-meter-high walls.
Combined with its geographical location, it was practically a natural prison.
By then, the first batch of Konoha villagers had begun to be transported here.
They had already woken up from the Genjutsu of Hell. Their hands and feet were bound, and they lay crowded together on the ship's deck.
When they saw the Earth Flow Wall that was so tall it was hard to see the top, their faces turned deathly pale.
Wait, this is really happening?
Only at this moment did they realize that everything was real.
They were really going to be imprisoned for a full twelve years, just like the rumor said!
Not to mention them — even the Anbu transporting them were shocked by the massive Earth Flow Wall that completely surrounded the entire Uzushiogakure Island!
Three days later, more than eighty thousand Konoha villagers had all been sent to Uzushiogakure Island!
The once desolate island instantly became lively.
On the island, there were still traces of the Uzumaki clan's former residences. Many houses were still habitable.
That same sloppy old man from before didn't care at all. He simply lay down on the spot with a smug look on his face.
"Heh, locked up? Perfect. Just what I wanted. I can comfortably wait for meals every day, and there are so many people to keep me company. How pleasant!"
His carefree attitude infected some people around him, and they joined the "lying flat" group.
However, even by late at night, no one had come to feed them.
The villagers, who hadn't eaten for a day and a night, couldn't sit still. They shouted at the Anbu who were maintaining order.
"Hey! It's been a day and a night already! When the hell are you going to give us food? Do you want to starve us to death?!"
The Anbu had no answers either. Their orders were only to guard the place.
The next morning, a fleet of ships arrived at Uzushiogakure Island.
They began transporting batches of goods onto the island.
The villagers, already starving and red-eyed, thought it was food and immediately rushed forward.
But when they saw what was being unloaded, they all looked confused.
What the Anbu were transporting was not food.
It was blacksmithing tools and materials that Naruto had ordered, brought by sea route from the Land of Iron.
Batch after batch.
The villagers, nearly driven mad by hunger, completely exploded.
"What the hell are you doing! Why are you bringing all these iron blocks?! Iron can't be eaten!"
"Send us food right now! I want chicken!"
"I want beef!"
"And rice!"
However, the Anbu ignored them completely. Only after the last batch of iron was unloaded did the Anbu squad leader shout loudly.
"If you want to eat, then shut up and be quiet!"
Driven by extreme hunger, they could only fall silent.
Once they quieted down, the squad leader shouted:
"From now on, you will have to work to earn food."
"You must blacksmith for twelve hours every day. Only those who meet the quota will receive one meal!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the villagers instantly erupted.
"Bullshit! Twelve hours of blacksmithing for just one meal? Do you even want us to live?!"
"Protest! I'd rather starve to death or jump into the sea than blacksmith for twelve hours for one meal!"
"Protest! Protest!"
These extremely harsh conditions triggered protests from everyone!
Especially that sloppy old man who had been talking about lying flat — he was shouting the loudest.
However, their protests were destined to be futile.
Not eat? Jump into the sea? That was exactly what Naruto wanted.
At first, everyone worked together with great solidarity to resist this unfair treatment.
But one day later, they were so hungry that their faces turned pale, and still no one brought them food. No one even cared.
Feeling the burning hunger in their stomachs, they finally panicked.
If this continued, they really would starve to death!
Blacksmithing was hard work, but at least they wouldn't die!
So, some people began picking up hammers.
It was like opening Pandora's box. The Uzushiogakure Island, sealed off by high walls, rang with the clanging symphony of iron.
Naruto stood on top of the high wall, watching the Konoha villagers blacksmithing below.
Some had expressionless faces, others were crying from the hardship.
None of this stirred even the slightest bit of pity in Naruto.
They brought this upon themselves, so they had to be prepared to reap what they sowed.
"Who told me to be stronger? If I were weaker than you, I would have had the Nine-Tails extracted and you would have demanded a new jinchuriki, right?"
With his improved physique, Naruto's vision was sharper than an eagle's.
In his sight, there were also people unwilling to blacksmith.
A group of more than ten people were in a relatively remote corner.
These people seemed to be ninjas with decent skills.
Using the iron tools that had been delivered, they were chiseling small holes in the wall.
If they continued like this, they really might be able to climb to the top of the wall and jump into the sea to escape.
But soon, their abnormal behavior was noticed by the patrolling Anbu, who moved to stop them.
Quietly watching all this, Naruto's eyes flickered.
Although there were Anbu on duty, as time passed, these Anbu would definitely become lax.
And since he was about to leave Konoha, he still needed to add one more layer of insurance to this prison.
Naruto thought about his plan.
Suddenly, in the distant sea, a shark several meters long leaped out of the water and then fell back in.
"Got it!"
Naruto reached into his ninja pouch and pulled out a three-pronged Flying Thunder God kunai.
He coated the kunai with Wind Release chakra and threw it toward the distant shark.
Whoosh!
The kunai whistled sharply through the air and, from eight hundred meters away, struck the shark directly in the back.
The kunai sank into its flesh. The shark, in pain, instinctively began swimming forward at high speed.
But no matter how fast it swam, it couldn't outrun Flying Thunder God.
The next second, Naruto appeared directly on the shark's smooth back.
Chakra adhered to the soles of his feet, allowing him to stand firmly.
Sensing danger, the shark changed direction, trying to dive into the depths to shake off the strange two-legged creature on its back.
But Naruto stomped down with his right foot. Under the immense force, the shark spat out a mouthful of blood and lost the ability to swim.
Fear appeared in its small eyes — a very human-like fear.
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