Zombie Sage in Naruto

Chapter 143 Kneel down and beg me, Onoki, I can easily resurrect your son.
Kaede Tsukasa observes the experiences of Rōshi and the Four-Tails in the Tsukuyomi world from an outsider's perspective.

As mentioned in the information left by Madara, when the illusory world is completed and there are no fatal flaws, it also means that the world has formed its own development logic, and the caster can no longer directly interfere with the operation of the world.

If we can directly interfere with and arbitrarily change the course of the world, it would mean that the world is incomplete and imperfect, which is equivalent to it never being fully constructed in the first place.

"Indeed, when it comes to freely manipulating the illusionary world, the ordinary Tsukuyomi is much easier to use. Time, space, gravity, and matter can all be manipulated at will by the caster."

Kaede Tsukasa stroked his chin, watching the two guys struggle in the illusionary world.

The illusionary world he created is not a peaceful haven, but a desperate world about to be overrun by zombies. The people in the illusionary world are playing a battle royale game, being chased by countless zombies with nowhere to run.

"A truly complete Infinite Tsukuyomi can uncover the deepest desires of everyone's heart; it's practically the ultimate version of the Eye of the Soul, immersing everyone in the dream they crave..."

Kaede Tsukasa fell into deep thought. So, his ideal world deep in his heart was a ninja world overrun by zombies? That doesn't make sense. What's the point of a world without living people?
What? He can resurrect zombies as living people? Then it's alright.

"However, such a world cannot be used as a tool to harvest global chakra. Before unleashing the New Tsukuyomi across the world, this world must be cleaned up first, but I cannot enter it in person."

Kaede Tsukasa stroked his chin.

His spiritual body, which was immersed in the illusionary world, saw that the real Rōshi had already started fighting with the illusionary Rōshi, but was in a suppressed state. The Four-Tails inside the illusionary Rōshi was in its complete form, and fighting the newly resurrected Four-Tails was like beating his son.

There is no counterpart of Kaede Tsukasa in this world, because Kaede Tsukasa is the creator. This illusionary world is reflected based on Kaede Tsukasa's mental will.

Just like in other timelines, Obito, who cast the Limited Tsukuyomi, did not find another version of himself in the illusionary world.

However, it doesn't matter if you don't have your own counterpart; you can just create one manually—not a simple spiritual entity, nor just a piece of consciousness that you put in, but a real way to let yourself with peak strength enter.

"Found you! The most evil Corpse Release ninja, it really was you who did it, plotting to steal the tailed beasts of my Iwagakure!!"

Onoki flew over in a hurry, first glancing at the motionless Old Purple opposite Kaede Tsukasa, and was furious.

Of course he could see that Lao Zi was actually a living person, with breathing and a heartbeat, but at this moment he was standing in the same place as if he were asleep, clearly under an illusion!
Kaede looked up and said, "Why are you so irritable, Tsuchikage? Is this how you treat another Kage? No wonder Old Purple hates you so much."

"You rude young man, you actually know about etiquette? You trespassed into the Land of Earth and attacked my Four-Tails. Is that right?"

Onoki glared at Kaedeji. Although he was wary of Kaedeji, he was not afraid of him at all.

Looking at the ninja world today, on the surface, if we don't count Kaede Tsukasa, Yahiko, and Nagato, Onoki is probably the strongest.

The current Onoki is in his fifties, far from being in his seventies when he fought Madara in the original timeline. He can be said to be in his absolute peak. If he really went all out, he could unleash Kage-level destructive power—at most, in terms of the range of destruction, he would not be as good as Hashirama Senju or Madara Uchiha.

That Dust Release technique, which breaks down all matter into molecules, is simply too domineering. The key is that it can not only fire beams of light, but also create huge cubes that spread in all directions, forming a "domain" that annihilates everything.

When used for attack, only the Preta Path can ignore the power of Dust Release; when used for defense, no ninjutsu can break through the protection of Dust Release.

For fragile ninjas with high attack but low defense, unless they have a super-powerful eye technique like Susanoo that combines offense and defense, Onoki is definitely an overpowered monster.

In the battle between the Five Kage and Edo Tensei Madara, Onoki was the absolute main force. Without the old man's crazy use of his ultimate moves, the other four Kage would have collapsed long ago.

Onoki sneered, "Your reputation is terrifying now, everyone is talking about you, but don't think you're invincible just because you killed someone like Hiruzen Sarutobi. Even Madara Uchiha was defeated by Hashirama Senju back then, let alone you, who is far from Madara Uchiha's level. Being arrogant will make you die a very ugly death!"

“You’re not the daimyo of the Land of Earth. My entry into the Land of Earth has nothing to do with you, the leader of Iwagakure. Also, that’s not your Four-Tails. It might have been before, but now that Four-Tails has come to my side, it’s mine.”

Kaede Tsukasa withdrew his gaze and focused intently on the old man opposite him, mainly monitoring all changes in the illusion world through his spiritual body.

"You're lying! You used Old Purple to summon the newly resurrected Four-Tails! Hand over Old Purple and the Four-Tails to me, and I'll let you leave safely; otherwise—"

"Then let's start a war."

"what?"

"I said, let's start the war."

Without looking up, Kaede Tsukasa said, word by word, "I hereby declare the Third Shinobi World War to begin."

Onoki was stunned, a moment of bewilderment on his face. He simply couldn't understand how the young man in front of him could speak of the Ninja World War as casually as eating and drinking.

"As the Kage, you must be responsible for every word you say. Careless decisions can lead to the deaths of countless people. Fourth Hokage, you—"

"So what if they die? I can bring them back to life anyway," Kaedeji interrupted once again.

Onoki's face turned red from the choking, and his red nose looked like it was about to burst with blood. He had nowhere to vent his anger, and his extreme frustration made him fly around irritably.

Yes, for a guy who manipulates corpses and reverses life and death, the horrific separation of life and death is often a joke.

hum!
Onoki let his actions speak for themselves. Unable to win an argument with Kaedeji, who had a bunch of forbidden techniques at his disposal, he immediately spread his arms and conjured a small cube, aiming it at Kaedeji.

"Whether it's the Third Shinobi World War or resurrection, give me back the Four-Tails! It belongs to Iwagakure!" Onoki roared.

"Getting angry, huh? Tsk, you got provoked by just a few words. You really are a pathetic guy." Kaedeji Tsukasa said casually, staring at Ryuu.

Onoki was a guy with a terrible reputation, and his bad temper was actually his least significant flaw. In some ways, he could be seen as an enhanced version of Shimura Danzo.

No, in reality, he is more powerful and more daring than Danzo. He shouts about the "Will of Stone," which is as ambiguous as the "Will of Fire," but in fact, he does exactly the same things as Danzo.

In the original timeline, he had given a lot of money to the rapidly growing Akatsuki organization and hired them to fight many wars.

boom!
A dust jutsu was formed and was about to hit Kaedeji, but Kaedeji simply made a hand seal and used the Void Realm Technique to switch places with Roshi, bringing Onoki's actions to an abrupt halt.

"Using Old Purple and the Four-Tails as shields, what an evil fellow... But what kind of genjutsu is this, controlling both of them at the same time, and they haven't been able to break free for so long?"

Onoki was furious and had to give up the idea of ​​taking action, filled with doubts.

Including attacking Kaede Tsukasa, the real purpose was to buy time for Rōshi and the Four-Tails. No matter what kind of genjutsu it was, with the strength of Rōshi and the Four-Tails at the Kage level, breaking the genjutsu shouldn't be difficult.

Don't forget, both of these guys have a blood feud with Kaede Tsukasa. Even if they don't get along normally, they've come to this point and have a chance to escape if they fight hard. They'll definitely cooperate.

Rōshi will briefly become a "perfect jinchūriki," working in tandem with the Four-Tails to break free from genjutsu in an instant. Even if the legendary Mangekyou Sharingan casts genjutsu on them, they will be able to break free!

But this is not the case.

"Kaede Tsukasa controlled both Rōshi and the Four-Tails at the same time? Those two idiots!"

Ohnoki was filled with doubts. He braced himself, making sure he wouldn't fall into this unknown illusion, and felt that Kaedeji was becoming even more troublesome.

Just then, Kaede snapped his fingers: "Alright, I've roughly figured out the details of this technique. Old Purple and the Four-Tails have provided me with a lot of help."

"They're actually conducting an experiment? What a crazy guy! What kind of illusion is this?"

“You’ll find out in a few years, if you live to see that,” Kaedeji said.

"Hmph, I'm destined to live to be a hundred!"

"Only a hundred years old? You're really pathetic." Kaedeji said calmly. "Then, I'll take the Four-Tails with me. My genjutsu requires a huge amount of chakra to maintain, and this guy is just right."

"Earth Escape·Earth Escape River!"

Suddenly, the ground began to writhe, rippling like a river. In the blink of an eye, a wave rose between Kaede Tsukasa and Rōshi.

that

"It's finally here, loess! Well done!"

Onoki smirked and pressed his hands downwards. The yellow earth immediately controlled the amplitude of the waves, causing the ground beneath Onoki to rise in sync and actively make contact with his hands.

Earth Release: Weighted Rock Technique!
The ground beneath Lao Zi and Feng Jian Si's feet instantly solidified, binding their bodies tightly.

Ōnoki and Hirotsuchi worked together perfectly to successfully complete this series of techniques.

Onoki sneered, "So now you can't escape using space-time ninjutsu, right? I've studied your information. Your Sky Realm Technique is essentially similar to the Reverse Summoning Technique, but it requires you to summon the corpse simultaneously. Only you in this world can do that."

Normal people cannot perform time-space transfer through mutual spiritual communication because their thoughts cannot be synchronized, there will inevitably be subtle differences in the intervals between casting the spell, and the amount of chakra used will also be different.

However, Kaede Tsukasa was able to overcome the above problems and achieve time-space transfer.

Onoki's solution was to use the earth to seal both of them, using a physical seal to prevent them from switching positions.

"Father, they can't form hand seals anymore, so we can prevent them from escaping using space-time ninjutsu." Huang Tu's face also showed a joyful expression.

Having blocked the most troublesome space-time ninjutsu, they saw an opportunity.

"However, we cannot be careless; the battle has only just begun! Dust Release: Particle Style!"

Onoki immediately fired a beam of light at Kaedeji.

Moreover, this attack path is enough to penetrate both Kaedeji and Roshi simultaneously, indicating that Onoki has clearly made up his mind.

"I see. You're quite capable. It seems like you're only after the Four-Tails, but you're actually willing to kill the Four-Tails to get rid of me." Kaede Tsukasa remained noncommittal, looking up at the beam of light that wasn't rapidly enlarging in his field of vision.

If he tries to dodge, Rōshi and the Four-Tails behind him will be killed by Dust Release, preventing him from obtaining the Four-Tails.

Furthermore, since Rōshi was broken down into molecules, there was no corpse left, meaning that Tsukasa Kaede could no longer use Rōshi to obtain the Four-Tails.

If we wait another year or two, when the Four-Tails is resurrected again, the chances of Iwagakure succeeding will be much greater—at least greater than this time.

If Kaede Tsukasa doesn't want to lose the Four-Tails, his only option is to take the Dust Release technique head-on, which is almost invincible.

So, how should we respond? Izanagi is definitely not an option, and a half-finished Susanoo might not be able to withstand Dust Release. So, let's just use that for now.

Psychic art!

Onoki waited anxiously, and when he saw that Kaedeji had not run away, the smile on his lips widened to its maximum, and his face clearly showed his joy.

That's Dust Escape!
Even if Kaede Tsukasa can actually use Susanoo, so what? Unless it's a fully formed form like Uchiha Madara's that's hundreds of meters tall, it definitely won't be able to withstand the Dust Release's disintegration!
"Die here, you arrogant brat. He probably never truly understood the terror of Dust Release."

With that thought in mind, Onoki still looked up at the yellow earth.

Huang Tu understood immediately, placing one hand on the ground, ready to perform the spell at any moment.

But the next second, something unexpected happened to Onoki and Yotsuchi.

The dust blast, launched in a straight line, suddenly deviated, as if... light reflected off a mirror!
Moreover, the reflected dust was constantly changing direction, clearly indicating that the person holding the "mirror" was carefully adjusting its angle so that the light could shine on the object he was thinking of.

Onoki quickly realized what was happening, his eyes widened in fury, and he instinctively opened his mouth, wanting to let out an instinctive hiss.

But it was too late.

The reflected dust streaked through the air in a dazzling arc, and in an instant, it shone upon the poised and ready... Huang Tu!
All sounds seemed to vanish into thin air. The person, broken down into molecules, no longer needed to make a sound. Before the disappearing nervous system within his body could transmit signals to the brain, Huang Tu had already lost his own chance of survival.

It seemed like a long time had passed before a mournful roar finally rang out.

"loess!!!"

Onoki hurriedly landed and saw that the upper body had disappeared, and there was not even any blood flowing out of the gap.

His head and neck fell limply to the ground, and his lower body collapsed with a thud.

Huang Tu's eyes widened in disbelief, but he eventually revealed a bitter expression.

“Father, it’s not your fault. Please don’t blame yourself for this.”

At this point, Huang Tu felt intense pain, but it was too late. It could only be said that Dust Release was too powerful, its ability to annihilate matter was unparalleled in the ninja world.

It is likely that only a Six Paths level being, and a powerful being who can wield something like the Truth-Seeking Ball, could possess the annihilation power that surpasses Dust Release.

"It's because Kaedeji is too troublesome. It's also my fault for only thinking about raising the ground. Even if Kaedeji briefly blocked the Dust Release, I could have taken the opportunity to take Rōshi away." Kōtsuchi was very helpless, and the light in his eyes disappeared.

Until his consciousness faded, Huang Tu felt only helplessness.

He was not afraid of death. As the son of the Third Tsuchikage, he would be a strong contender for the Fourth Tsuchikage if nothing unexpected happened. He was prepared to die for his village.

Despite having prepared a series of excellent tactics on the spot, he still died in this way when facing Kaede Tsukasa... He wasn't angry, but Huang Tu was truly helpless.

Who could have predicted this outcome?

"Dust Release, what a terrifying technique. The Second Tsuchikage who developed this technique was a genius. It's true that only by experiencing it up close can one understand the power of the Bloodline Limit."

Kaedeji's calm voice came as he slowly moved aside the huge fan that was blocking his way.

A wisp of white smoke rose from the fan, indicating that even resisting the dust escape technique was proving difficult for this fan.

"That thing—"

"You should be very familiar with it. The Uchiha fan has the ability to deflect all ninjutsu."

Kaede Tsukasa said, "I'm not actually sure if this thing can deflect Dust Release, so I brought it out specifically to test it. Even if it can't block it, it's okay, I have several other ways to deal with your technique."

In the original timeline, the Uchiha fan could deflect Naruto's Tailed Beast Ball Rasengan, but the Tailed Beast Ball and Dust Release are not the same thing and cannot be judged simply by their destructive power.

Fortunately, it was successful; otherwise, Kaedeji would have had to resort to other less graceful methods to escape or even evade the Dust Escape technique.

Onoki gritted his teeth, gently lowered his son's head, and his expression turned utterly cold.

The son is gone, but the granddaughter Kurotsuchi, who was only a few months old, is still alive, as are the disciples Akatsuchi and Deidara.

The sky over Iwagakure won't fall!

"This fan should have disappeared along with Madara Uchiha's death, so why is it in your hands?" Onoki's voice was as cold as an iceberg.

"Is it strange? I am the Hokage, so it's only natural that I would take Madara's things."

Kaedeji's arms were still encased in heavy rocks, but he had more than just two arms.

Onoki looked at the arm reaching out from behind Kaedeji's back: "What's wrong with this guy? He's a monster..."

"Thank you for the compliment. You're more respectable because you specifically praised me even though your son has died."

"Yellow Earth died for the village, he died to resist you, the guy who stole the village's wealth, and I am proud of him." Onoki once again opened his arms, condensing an even larger Dust Release.

This time, it's not the Primal Boundary Debonding Technique, but a technique with a much wider coverage area... the Limit Debonding Technique!
Kaede Tsukasa said, “You killed him, so of course you want to glorify him, which is understandable. How about it, why don’t you beg me? I can resurrect him, replace the missing part of his body, and summon back his soul that entered the Pure Land. It won’t cost me much power, as long as you beg me.”

"Dream on! The inheritors of the Will of Stone will never compromise with the enemy!"

For a fleeting moment, a flicker of emotion stirred within Onoki's heart, which was as hard as stone, but he personally extinguished this unrealistic expectation.

The Tsuchikage of Iwagakure would never trust the Hokage of Konoha!
hum!
A giant cube was pushed out by Onoki.

This thing can't be covered by an Uchiha fan.

At the same time, the Iwagakure ninjas who were on guard in the distance all had solemn expressions, and one could vaguely see panic on their faces.

There's no way around it; if the enemy is that person, no one knows whether they've been hit or not, even from such a distance.

Everyone was on high alert, their muscles tense. They not only had to look after themselves, but also had to constantly look around, wary of their companions suddenly lunging at them.

So much so that, without knowing when it started, these Iwagakure ninjas tacitly began to spread out their positions from one another.

"Does no one feel uncomfortable?"

"No."

"I didn't feel the way the intelligence described, and I was very clear-headed."

"Ha, that guy is probably already flustered facing the Tsuchikage, he wouldn't have the energy to cast a spell on us from this distance!"

"That's right, the methods that guy used to deal with Kumogakure and Sunagakure won't work against us. We have the Tsuchikage!"

The invincible Dust Release technique can instantly disintegrate all enemy techniques, and even the enemy, Kaede Tsukasa, will be no exception!

At this moment, one of the ninjas who had been tracking Yakushi Nonou, after reuniting with the others, confidently said, "Lord Huangtu should have also gone to join the battle. With the strength of the two of you, there's no need to worry about the enemy's corpse transformation technique! No matter how strong Kaedeji is, he can only escape at most."

These Iwagakure ninja encouraged each other, their eyes clearly showing hope.

With the power of the Tsuchikage, surely he can defeat that man in a historic way? Even just driving him out of the Land of Earth would be a victory worth celebrating!

Just then, someone pointed to the distant sky: "There's a black dot flying over there, it must be Lord Tsuchikage!"

"As expected of the Tsuchikage, he must have defeated Kaedejima to be able to fly back so easily. He's truly amazing!"

Some Iwagakure ninja waved their arms excitedly.

But as the black dot drew closer, the cheers quickly subsided, and people looked at each other in silence.

They saw Onoki looking disheveled, and even more so, they saw a clear sense of defeat on the faces of these proud Tsuchikage.

"Lord Tsuchikage, where is Lord Yellow Earth?"

"Go back and prepare."

Onoki's hair was a little messy. He didn't answer the question, but said coldly, "The Third Shinobi World War has broken out, and the Land of Earth will be one of the participating countries—just like in World War II."

(End of this chapter)