Zombie Sage in Naruto

Chapter 142 Hamura: I can't hold back anymore!

For Pharmacist Nonou, being a ninja is no easy job; it always leaves her feeling extremely exhausted.

She was already tired of being a spy, but she had no choice; she had to carry out the village's orders.

Yakushi Nonou mingled in a town on the border of the Land of Earth, hidden in the shadows. She slightly pulled down her hood and looked up at the constantly moving ninjas.

"This is the third reconnaissance team today. It seems that they have located the resurrection area of ​​the Four-Tails, which is roughly in the southern part of the Land of Earth, close to where the Four-Tails died."

Yakushi Nonou's brain worked at lightning speed. Countless details were analyzed and transformed into countless possibilities. She had to extract valuable results from these possibilities and finally organize them into intelligence based on the current situation, and then send them back to Konoha Village.

I heard that Konoha has a new Hokage. That once incredibly thin guy has actually become the Fourth Hokage. That's amazing. The only regret is that he came to power through a coup. He must have violently purged all those who opposed him, Yakushi Nonou thought.

However, that was no longer relevant to her. Her past relationship with Kaede Tsukasa had become insignificant with the passage of time and changes in her status. Yakushi Nonou did not expect Kaede Tsukasa to go to great lengths for her sake.

"Found it, so it was here... Earth Release: Earth Stalagmite!"

A sharp stone pillar suddenly rose up and pierced towards Yakushi Nono.

Yakushi Nonou barely managed to dodge, avoiding a fatal wound that pierced her chest, but a gash was still torn open on her back.

"The walking priestess, that must be you. In recent years, you have been active in Sunagakure, Kumogakure and our Iwagakure, sending back a lot of valuable information to Konoha. This time, we will not let you go no matter what."

The burly Huang Tu stood up. Given his status, the fact that he could personally take action to eliminate the spies showed how important the information about the Four-Tailed Fox was.

Several figures had already sprung out from behind him, completely surrounding the alley.

It's true that Yakushi Nonou is a top-tier spy, but Iwagakure is also a first-rate ninja village with skilled intelligence ninjas. Over the years, they have meticulously investigated and, through this major operation, have observed the behavior of some key suspects, naturally leading them to identify Yakushi Nonou.

"We've been discovered after all..."

Yakushi Nonou remained expressionless and silent. She had anticipated this situation and her next move was to escape—a scenario she had experienced several years ago.

When was that? Oh, that was five or six years ago. She obtained valuable intelligence about the military deployment of Sunagakure, met up with Terai, Kaedeji, and others who were there to meet her, and finally escaped from the Sand Village, including the Sandstorm Araki.

"A long time has passed," Yakushi Nonou thought to herself, without saying a word, she suddenly took out several smoke bombs and smashed them hard at the spot where she was standing.

A large amount of smoke billowed out, and when the two Iwagakure ninja rushed into the smoke, they found a dark figure moving rapidly.

"Don't try to escape!"

The Iwagakure ninja pierced the figure with a kunai, only to find that it was just a wooden stake—Yakushi Nonou escaped using a pre-prepared substitution jutsu.

This little trick certainly didn't slow down the Iwagakure ninjas' pursuit. A dozen seconds later, Huang Tu's burly body suddenly slammed down, stomping Yakushi Nonou to the ground, and immediately broke her arm.

"Ok?"

Huang Tu frowned, as if he had thought of something. He touched the back of Yakushi Nono's neck and found the stitches.

"It really is the Death Soul Technique! What a terrible spell!"

Not only Huang Tu, but the other Iwagakure ninjas also showed some unnaturalness on their faces.

Because this technique, which was not exactly honorable to begin with, was popularized by that man, and it is said that the Corpse Escape Technique was developed based on the technique of the dead soul.

Although many who have studied the art of the dead scoff at this claim, it does not diminish the immense fame of the art of the dead.

As a result, just mentioning this technique makes people subconsciously anxious and uneasy, looking around suspiciously and checking their own condition to avoid turning into a zombie for no reason.

Using the Soul Reaper Technique to buy time, Yakushi Nonou managed to escape a short distance, giving herself a little breathing room.

"Death Soul Technique... I never thought I would be able to save my life with this technique."

Yakushi Nonou vaguely remembered that when Kaedeji Tsukasa had just made a name for himself, he said he learned the art of death souls from her? Actually, it wasn't her who taught him. At that time, Kaedeji Tsukasa had already cleverly hidden his secret corpse escape technique, buying himself time to grow.

Several figures chased after her, and it was only a matter of time before Yakushi Nonou was caught up.

Yakushi Nono's breathing became heavier, her physical strength rapidly depleted. She turned around with difficulty and realized that she probably couldn't escape this time. She immediately took out several explosive tags, preparing to set a trap, hoping to take as many enemies as possible with her before she died.

It would be great if we could dry up the loess.

"what?"

Yakushi Nonou's expression suddenly changed as she discovered a white thing growing on her body!

"These few explosive tags are pretty useless, but you're really poor. You're in dire straits and can only come up with so few explosive tags."

"who are you?"

"I am White Zetsu. Lord Kaedeji specifically ordered me to parasitize your body so that you wouldn't die easily and could save your life at the crucial moment."

The White Zetsu clone attached itself to Yakushi Nonou, providing her with chakra.

"Even if you want to die together with the enemy, that's fine, but dying like this is too much of a waste. The Konoha ninjas are all very wealthy now. They can get ten free explosive tags from the village every week. If they feel that's not enough, they can buy more explosive tags for a third of the price they used to have. I suggest you try your best to survive this time, save up enough explosive tags, and then take the enemy down with you next time."

The white Zetsu clone comforted him, "However, no one usually fights this way. Once your body is blown to pieces, there's no chance of resurrection. They'd rather die by jumping off a cliff or into a river."

Yakushi Nono's expression remained unchanged, without any smile. She wasn't interested in such lame jokes, and she couldn't even fully trust Shiro Zetsu.

It's so sudden and terrifying that something inexplicably pops out of your body, appearing out of nowhere.

However, thanks to the White Zetsu, she had more chakra and her strength was recovering, giving her more confidence to escape.

"We're heading southeast; the village is also taking action." The White Zetsu clone said casually, "Although I don't understand why it's Lord Kaedeji personally leading the operation, he must have his reasons for doing so."

"You possess the ability of remote perception?"

"No, but I have the ability to transmit information quickly and remotely."

This can be done simply by using the root systems of plants in the earth.

Many White Zetsu are still scattered throughout the ninja world searching for intelligence and following Kaedeji's orders.

Yakushi Nono remained silent and increased her movement speed once again. Another half hour passed. This high-intensity movement puzzled Huang Tu and the others who were pursuing her.

A figure that appeared to be taking a walk caught the eye of Yakushi Nonou.

"It's been a long time, Dean. After this, you can retire and do what you want. Even if you don't want to be a ninja anymore, that's fine. I will give you a generous retirement pension. Of course, the funding for the orphanage will also increase."

When Kaede saw Yakushi Nonou, a rare smile appeared on his face.

In the 45th year of Konoha, there are not many people he can still feel a little nostalgic for, and Yakushi Nonou is one of them, although the two do not have a very deep relationship.

"I still remember how you went so far as to resort to human experimentation to repair my lost finger."

"In the end, it didn't work out, and I didn't expect you to still remember it."

The incredibly polite and cautious attitude displayed by Yakushi Nonou caused Kaedeji Tsukasa to lose interest. With the increase in strength, the change in status, and the changes in the techniques he mastered, many things from the past could no longer be returned to.

Well, we can't go back to the real world, but that might not be the case in the illusion world.

Kaede Tsukasa said listlessly, "Forget it, there's nothing more for you to do. You can go back and resign from your post to do what you want."

"and you?"

"I'm going to do something fun."

"I can't confirm the exact movements of Iwagakure at the moment, but they're likely deploying elite teams in multiple directions. Therefore, I estimate the Four-Tails' resurrection location is—"

“That’s enough, Dean. You’re no longer a spy, there’s no need to tell me this kind of thing,” Kaedeji interrupted. “As for the Four-Tails, I have a way to find it faster than Iwagakure.”

Yakushi Nonou was surprised and glanced at Kaede Tsukasa with a puzzled look, but she didn't ask any more questions. No matter how gentle and thoughtful a person is, they will feel extremely tired after years of engaging in espionage missions. She can finally get some rest.

At least in this respect, the village under the Fourth Hokage's rule made her feel at ease; there was no Danzo who liked to use lies and deception to coerce her into working herself to death.

Ignoring the departing Yakushi Nono, Kaede Tsukasa summoned a coffin.

The person who walked out of the coffin was... Old Zi!

"Come on, let me see if this method works... It doesn't matter if it fails."

What came to Kaede Tsukasa's mind was the scene of Kurama being resurrected inside Himawari.

There is no specific answer as to where or when the tailed beasts will revive, which ironically gives Kaede Tsukasa some room to maneuver.

Snapped!
"Forbidden Technique: Self-Reincarnation Technique!"

Kaede summoned a pile of corpses and cast a spell on Old Purple, causing a large amount of life force to continuously flow into Old Purple's body.

……

On the other side, the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, personally led his team to the foot of a mountain.

"Han, are you sure this is the place? I can't sense any powerful chakra at all!"

"If you don't believe me, why did you bring me along? I'm leaving now."

"You bastard, is this how you treat the Tsuchikage?"

"Go to hell! Who can stand your awful temper!"

Onoki's forehead veins throbbed violently. If the opponent hadn't been the crucial Five-Tails Jinchuriki, he would have already used Dust Release to blast him away.

Since Rōshi's death, his relationship with Han has become extremely strained. However, to be fair, even when Rōshi was alive, his relationship with the two Jinchūriki wasn't good either; arguing was a common occurrence.
At this moment, a sensory ninja spoke up: "Lord Tsuchikage, there is a faint chakra reaction about 500 meters ahead."

"Weak? Never mind, let's go take a look. No one has ever witnessed the process of a tailed beast's resurrection. Maybe this is a necessary step."

Onoki flew over first, moving at great speed, and quickly locked onto his target from above. He saw... a super tiny four-tailed creature lying on a small hill!

"It really is you, Four-Tails! But why are you so small?" Onoki was overjoyed. It was wonderful to be able to bring back the lost tailed beast.

Four-tailed Fox also looked up, feeling extremely unlucky: "Why did this guy find me first? King Mu is really unreliable. It seems that Han took the information. But oh well, I didn't have any expectations for it anyway."

While its relationship with the Five-Tails isn't exactly one of irreconcilable conflict, it's certainly not close either, to the point that its current aversion to humans is even stronger.

"Don't think I'll just give up, you damned bastard!"

The Four-Tails roared loudly, but its petite body and weak chakra fluctuations had no trace of its former intimidating power, which made Onoki beam with joy.

He could roughly tell that the little four-tailed beast in front of him was a chakra seed, and that it would gradually recover to its peak strength over time.

In just a short while, Onoki had a feeling that the little thing in front of him had grown up a bit.

"Come back to Iwagakure with me. I'll find you a more reliable vessel. Otherwise, you know the consequences. I'm not good at hiding my true intentions." Onoki opened his hand and gathered a beam of light, aiming it at the Four-Tails.

However, he will not use Dust Release to eliminate the Four-Tails; he simply wants to create a Dust Release cage to seal the Four-Tails away first.

The four-tailed creature had a ferocious expression and was about to fight to the death, but the next second, it let out a surprised shout and then disappeared into smoke with a bang.

"...What's going on?!" Onoki was stunned, then flew into a rage. "This is a summoning jutsu? Who can control the Four-Tails' chakra and use it to summon the Four-Tails? Rōshi clearly already..."

Ohnoki suddenly realized something, and his face turned unusually gloomy.

The situation was just as Ohnoki had predicted.

Old Zi looked at his hands with a bewildered expression.

"I've already been... Could it be..."

"That's right, you've been resurrected, you idiot, you moron! You can't rely on tailed beasts, and you can't rely on humans either, not even the dead!!"

The four-tailed creature, now back inside Lao Zi's body, cursed angrily. In the mental space, it simply jumped onto Lao Zi's head and swung its fist, which had little to no offensive power, and punched him hard.

"I was about to regain my freedom, but now because of you idiot, I'm back inside you!"

"It seems you died once too, and have you been resurrected now? You seem to be in an even worse situation than me, so why have you reappeared inside me?"

"That's because Kaede Tsukasa obtained my chakra. He stuffed all of my chakra into your body. I had no choice!!"

The four-tailed beast was furious. It had never been this angry since it separated from the ten-tailed beast.

Who would have thought that this method could be used to restrain the Tailed Beasts? Even it, a Tailed Beast, didn't know this could be done! How did Kaede Tsukasa know?!

However, only Kaede Tsukasa in this world can use this method.

Old Purple looked at Kaede Tsukasa standing opposite him and assumed a fighting stance.

"Although I don't know how long I've been dead or what the ninja world is like now, don't even think about using the Four-Tails through me. Forget about it."

Just as Lao Zi was about to activate the Lava Release technique, his body suddenly stiffened, unable to move: "My body has been..."

"You were once my corpse, and now you've been resurrected by my power. You still want to rebel against me? Old Zi, you're dreaming... Become my experimental subject. I've prepared a new world for you and the beast inside you."

Tsukuyomi!

With a single glance, both Old Purple and the Four-Tails fell into the illusionary world.

In other timelines, when Obito casts Limited Tsukuyomi, he needs to create a medium such as a crystal ball because he doesn't have the Tsukuyomi eye technique. But Kaede Tsukasa is different; he does it himself.

Kaedeji cast a wisp of his consciousness into the illusionary world, observing its evolution.

Just as Kaede Tsukasa began experimenting with his initial development of the new Tsukuyomi.

The Sage of Six Paths and Hamura, who were observing the ninja world, immediately sensed that something was wrong.

"Brother!"

“I felt that too. You don’t need to keep coming all the way from the moon. It’s a burden for you, especially since you only have a little bit of chakra left.”

The Sage of Six Paths glanced at his younger brother.

"The giant Reincarnation Eye on the moon has begun to take shape. I am less restricted than before, and it is no problem for me to be active occasionally."

Hamura said this, but both of them knew very well that Hamura had never been the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki, had not obtained the power of the Ten-Tails' Divine Tree to upgrade his own genes, and could not observe and act as freely as the Sage of Six Paths.

Having fused with the power of the Divine Tree and awakened the Rinnegan, the Otsutsuki would normally be stronger.

Pureblood Otsutsuki only have the Byakugan available, and compared to Otsutsuki with the Rinnegan, they are always somewhat inferior in every aspect.

The Sage of Six Paths pondered, "The fate of the ninja world has changed. That person seems to have opened an exit to another ninja world..."

"If it were just an illusion, there shouldn't be such a commotion."

“Illusions are false, but under certain conditions, they become another kind of reality, just like Izanagi,” the Sage of Six Paths replied.

Hamura's expression became extremely solemn. He knew exactly what kind of technique Izanagi was, and it was far more complex than just something people used as a resurrection technique.

Izanagi transforms illusion into reality. Yin Release creates containers, Yang Release infuses life into them, and Izanagi materializes imagined things. From this comes... the nine tailed beasts!
During the process of the Sage of Six Paths splitting the Ten-Tails, he created nine tailed beasts with self-awareness and the ability to exist independently by using Izanagi!
The moment Kaedeji pulled out the New Tsukuyomi, he forcibly inserted a completely new thing into this vast and complex world. More importantly, this thing shouldn't even exist in the current timeline.

Its sudden appearance has caused changes in the fates of many branches of the ninja world, which was naturally noticed by the Sage of Six Paths, who can monitor fate and indirectly perceive the evolution of time.

The toad on Mount Myōboku must be able to sense it too; the scene it saw with its divination technique has probably become a complete mess, the Sage of Six Paths suddenly thought.

Hamura immediately said, "Should we try to stop him? That guy also possesses Izanagi, right? Even if his strength isn't enough, he still has the Box of Elysium and can control the Uchiha clan to obtain the Izanagi eye technique. Maybe one day in the future, he can really turn the illusory world into a real one!"

For life forms below the Six Paths level, the most direct way to maximize the power of Izanagi is to use the Mangekyou Sharingan.

A normal Izanagi can only rewrite its own state, at the cost of consuming the three-tomoe Sharingan.

In the anime timeline, there was a scene where the Mangekyou Sharingan was used to perform Izanagi. The user restored all of his companions who had been ambushed and fallen off a cliff to their original state, and then instantly appeared behind the enemy with his companions to launch a surprise attack!

In other words, the kaleidoscope-level Izanagi, at least in the anime timeline, can rewrite the existence of many people, and is definitely not just limited to affecting itself.

Although Hamura didn't know the situation in other timelines, he could guess to some extent what would happen if he used a high-intensity Izanagi to turn that illusory world into reality and the two realities collided.
This is something that even a sixth-level life form would find difficult to predict. At least the two brothers had never experienced anything like this, so they had no way of knowing the outcome.

Kaedeji's actions were too crazy, beyond their comprehension, to the point that they were now somewhat hesitant.

"I'll take care of it," Hamura said.

The Sage of Six Paths looked at him in surprise: "How did you manage to make a move? Your condition is even worse than mine. You can't even maintain your spiritual body for long periods of time and have to sleep most of the time."

“I have a way. I observed that guy named Yahiko carries the power of the Otsutsuki clan. This gave me an idea. Perhaps it's some kind of method that we haven't mastered yet,” Hamura said.

Neither of them knew anything about Isshiki Otsutsuki, nor did they know about the past between Kaguya and Isshiki, let alone the "Karma" technique used by the Otsutsuki clan for resurrection.

But this does not prevent them from gaining some inspiration by observing what is readily available.

Otsutsuki are Otsutsuki after all. Not to mention that the Sage of Six Paths was a top-tier Otsutsuki who had obtained the Ten-Tails' Divine Tree, and had the glorious achievement of sealing Kaguya. At his peak, he would definitely be considered a strongman among the Otsutsuki clan.

"The source of Yahiko's power is also suspicious. It might be a method left by his mother. The worst-case scenario is that other Otsutsuki have extended their reach into the ninja world without our knowledge." The Sage of Six Paths hesitated.

Those strange runes...

"Brother, let's work together and try to decipher this strange thing in a few years. Then we can take action ourselves. At that time, whether it's stopping that outsider or tracing the source of Yahiko's power, it's better than just observing from afar and doing nothing!" Hamura urged.

As for the possibility that Kaedeji could perfect that virtual world in just a few years... how could that be possible? Absolutely impossible, they have plenty of time.

(End of this chapter)