Zombie Sage in Naruto

Chapter 173 Turning Falsehood into Reality: A Method for Jumping Timelines

Obito didn't actually want to come; he just wanted to stay far away from Kaede Tsukasa.

"You're here, Shikaku. Quickly bring a chair over for Advisor Afei. We can't let him stand."

Kaedeji gestured, and Shikaku immediately did as he was told.

"With your intelligence, you already know that Advisor Tobi's true identity is actually Obito, right?"

“Not only do I know, but it has already spread quietly throughout the village. As you know, the Uchiha clan doesn’t seem to be very good at keeping secrets. Your Excellency used a space-time eye technique in front of so many people, so it can’t be hidden.”

When Shikaku spoke, his expression did not change, and he maintained the most basic humility.

Obito stared at Shikaku with his Sharingan, then quickly looked away, completely disregarding Shikaku. What use was high intelligence if he was always the strongest in the ninja world? Whoever had more power got to call the shots.

Just like how much he disliked Kaedeji, he had no choice but to come over because of Kaedeji's words.

"What about Nagato and the others? And that mastermind behind Yahiko's control? I thought they would join Konoha and become new advisors alongside me," Obito said sarcastically.

"Hey~ Obito, won't criticizing him like this piss off? What if he tries to kill us? I hope you can take me with you when you escape," Tobi said immediately in a strange voice.

Shikaku's heart skipped a beat, but his expression remained unchanged—this white armor actually had self-awareness? What on earth was this thing, and besides, it was white…

"If I may ask, you are the real Tobi, right? You possess the Wood Release bloodline limit. Did you obtain Wood Release by using the cells of the First Hokage?" Shikaku asked in a deep voice.

Kaede Tsukasa laughed and said, "No need to be so subtle, you can ask more directly. I can answer you that. Yes, Tobi has a close relationship with the first generation of cells, but if you really want to analyze it, he wasn't actually cultivated using the first generation of cells."

Not Hashirama cells, yet possessing Wood Release? How could such a bizarre thing happen? Is there another naturally born Wood Release ninja in this world? Shikaku knew he lacked the most crucial information, causing his logical chain to break and making it impossible to analyze the whole picture, so he remained silent.

After arranging the numerous documents on Kaedeji's desk, he left the office.

Obito's eyes became bloodshot: "Aren't we going to kill him? That guy knows too much, which annoys me. I can transfer his head away in an instant."

"Don't do such a thing. Shikaku is my most capable assistant. How hard is it to find someone who is smart and knows when to advance and retreat? I don't need to emphasize that, do I? You yourself are unwilling to bow down to me, but he is."

Kaede poured Obito a cup of tea, watching the rising steam, and slowly said, "Your killing intent was too obvious. You asked about the Eternal Eye as soon as you arrived, and Tobi also took the initiative to speak... If you had the Byakugan, you should have been able to see that Shikaku is coming downstairs right now, soaked in sweat, ready to be attacked by you."

"I told you so, I could feel your impatience, let alone his," Tobi muttered, but Obito had no intention of listening.

Kaede Tsukasa calmly picked up his teacup, took a sip, gently put it down, and then said, "If I'm not mistaken, Obito, your eyesight has deteriorated quite a bit, hasn't it?"

"Hmph, nonsense! Frequent use of the Mangekyou Sharingan does cause vision problems, and theoretically, I will go blind sooner or later. But I only recently obtained these eyes and still have White Zetsu cells, so it's impossible for them to have problems so quickly."

"Is that so? It's just you and me here. Tobi isn't considered human, so there's no need to hide it... The Great Sun Spirit eye technique puts a heavy burden on the eyes. I didn't see your battle with Yahiko with my own eyes, but you must have used your eye technique many times to push Yahiko to that point. Obito, you're almost blind."

The Great Sun Spirit is basically the strongest of all Mangekyou Sharingan techniques. Perhaps only Kamui can put up a fight against the Great Sun Spirit, but only to a certain extent.

Because anything Kamui can do, Daiichirei can do too. Not to mention spacetime transfer, even intangibility, Daiichirei can create a black hole in front of the caster to devour all incoming attacks.

If we had to pinpoint Kamui's advantage, it would simply be that when it becomes intangible, it makes almost no sound, making it even more mysterious and leaving the enemy unable to figure it out for a while, unlike Daiichirei, which the enemy can understand at a glance.

However, the cost of using the Great Sun Spirit is also the heaviest. If Obito were to use the Great Sun Spirit while simultaneously using Susanoo, or even combine the two eye techniques, the burden would be even more outrageous.

Just like Sasuke using Susanoo to support the indestructible black flames to attack the enemy, it's equivalent to using all three dojutsu at the same time: Susanoo, Amaterasu, and Kagutsuchi.

This is not an intensity that an ordinary Mangekyou Sharingan can withstand, and even with the help of White Zetsu cells to share the burden, it's still not enough.

"You guy..."

Obito gritted his teeth inwardly. The information he treasured was always presented by Kaedeji in such a casual manner, which made him feel deeply anxious every time.

"The Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan can be obtained through eye swapping between blood relatives. You must have heard this from Madara, right? In the current Uchiha clan, there is no pair of siblings, or parents and children, where both have obtained the Mangekyou Sharingan at the same time. Obito, in that case, your future only has one path: blindness."

The forbidden eye, its ultimate fate is to be sealed away because of blindness.

Kaede Tsukasa said, "But there is a way. If you have no blood relatives in this world, then go to another world to look for them."

"?!"

Obito pondered for a moment: "Are you referring to the Musou Tsukuyomi? You want to create a fake person within a genjutsu and then transplant his eyes into me?"

To be honest, it was indeed a method, and Obito was genuinely moved, but he knew things wouldn't be that simple.

"No, that's not how it works. Although it is indeed one approach... What is fake is ultimately fake. To create someone with the Mangekyou Sharingan from beginning to end, you need a strong will, a high degree of genetic compatibility, and finally, you need to find a way to make the fake real. That's very difficult."

Kaede Tsukasa shook his head. The Musou Tsukuyomi is ultimately a virtual world, and it is not the same as the real parallel world like the Limited Tsukuyomi.

If he were currently in an anime timeline, with various random elements like the Land of the Sky, Shennong, Zero-Tail, and the Ghost Ship to corroborate his claims, he wouldn't need to go through all this trouble. Kaede Tsukasa said, "I need your help to create a passage to other timelines. In those other timelines, you would be the best blood relative, possessing the exact same bloodline genes and eyes of the same origin! Even if your experiences and memories differ, leading to different awakened eye techniques, it doesn't matter at all."

Even if they successfully transplanted another Obito's Mangekyou Sharingan, the Obito in front of them would never be able to obtain the Kamui eye technique from that other Obito.

It can only obtain eye power, making the "maximum blood limit" of the eye permanently constant, unlike the ordinary Mangekyou Sharingan, where every time you use an eye technique, you are essentially reducing the maximum blood limit.

"It's a crazy idea, even a bit far-fetched."

Obito was utterly horrified, truly stunned by Kaede Tsukasa's insane plan.

If the current world doesn't have suitable eyes, are we going to gouge out our own eyes from other worlds?! The only question is, do other timelines, parallel worlds, really exist?
And even if such a world truly exists, how would one get there?
“I don’t have any time-related eye techniques,” Obito said.

“I don’t need time-related eye techniques. I need you to help me create something that can manipulate time—you need to transform this thing from illusion into reality.”

Kaede Tsukasa remained calm. This was a plan he had long ago. Normally, the anime timeline and the manga timeline are parallel worlds with no overlap whatsoever.

But there is one thing that can connect two parallel timelines, though whether it will succeed is uncertain for Kaede Tsukasa. That doesn’t stop him from persuading Obito to do it for him.

Just like how he fooled Obito, claiming that by transplanting another Obito's eye, he could obtain the eternal Mangekyou Sharingan—even if he did transplant it, he might not succeed in the end!

Only Madara and Sasuke have ever obtained the Eternal Eye, and both of them are reincarnations of Indra, possessing Indra's chakra. Does the Eternal Eye include the presence of Indra's chakra as a necessary factor?
Kaedeji was inclined to include it, but there was really no way to confirm it. Sending Obito to test it out was a good idea, just to make use of what was available. It was something that could be done conveniently anyway.

Obito was filled with doubt and a sense of foreboding: "What do you need me to create?"

“Dragon Vein, I need you to create this thing. It is an object that carries a huge amount of chakra and has the ability to travel through time and space.”

"Are you crazy, or are you under a spell?"

Obito sneered, "You just made up something and then expect me to do it? Do I look like a fool? That I'd be so easily deceived?"

Kaede Tsukasa remained silent, staring intently at Obito.

Obito's sneer gradually faded, and after a long while, he suddenly asked, "How do you make it?"

"Izanagi."

"Turning the fake into the real, so it really is this. You plan to use my Mangekyou Sharingan to create a dragon vein?" Obito's expression suddenly turned extremely ugly.

“That’s right. Ordinary three-tomoe Sharingan is useless. At most, Izanagi of that strength can only rewrite its own state, but it can’t create the dragon vein I want—actually, it’s not accurate to say it creates it, but rather to draw that thing over.”

Only when the Mangekyou Sharingan uses Izanagi can it alter reality on a large scale, not only changing the state of oneself but also that of one's companions!
Although that happened in the anime timeline, in the current timeline, the outcome of using Izanagi with the Mangekyou Sharingan shouldn't be too different.

The last person to use the Mangekyou Sharingan to perform Izanagi was Madara Uchiha, but Madara used it to revive himself, and he had no companions who needed him to save.

As for the matter of drawing the dragon vein, Feng Jiansi has been pondering it for a while, and he is certain that the probability of success is not low!
The concept of dragon veins only appears in the anime timeline and not in the manga timeline in a true sense, but it is recorded in the official guidebook, which explicitly mentions and introduces dragon veins.

Therefore, Kaede Tsukasa needed to let Obito try to draw the dragon vein over, even if it was just a small section. Then everything else would be much easier.

Obito's eyes were bloodshot: "You also possess the Mangekyou Sharingan, and it's not truly your eye! If you're so confident, why don't you use Izanagi yourself?"

“My Musou Tsukuyomi is not yet complete, and I cannot lose any of my eyes. You are different; it doesn’t matter if you temporarily lose one eye,” Kaedeji said.

If it weren't Kaede Tsukasa speaking, Obito would have loved to unleash a massive sun beam on him first. Listen to this, is he even speaking human language?

Because one's own eyes are still useful, the only option is to use other people's eyes—what kind of absurd and outrageous argument is this?!
"If you're worried, you can gouge out your eyes and give them to me. I'll transplant your eyes to cast Izanagi."

"Shut up! Is that the point?!" Obito's forehead veins throbbed. "I absolutely cannot agree to such an absurd thing!"

"It's up to you if you don't agree. But I must remind you, this is your last chance. Without me, you will never be able to obtain the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, even if you die."

Kaede Tsukasa said calmly, "As far as I know, the eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, combined with the Wood Release bloodline limit, can obtain great power. Madara's Rinnegan probably came about in this way."

Obito fell silent. He knew that Kaede Tsukasa was referring to the power of all things in the universe, a power that could only be born from the combination of the Senju and Uchiha powers.

This time, Obito was truly tempted. The benefits were simply too great. It seemed that he was only one step away from obtaining his own Rinnegan!
Most importantly, Madara lost an eye when he used Izanagi, but after obtaining the Rinnegan, the reality of his blindness seemed to be rewritten. When the two Rinnegan were attached to Nagato, there was nothing wrong with them.

After much thought, Obito felt that there was nothing wrong with this process, if that dragon vein really existed and could really jump through timelines.

"How did you know about dragon veins? What is your source of information?" Obito said coldly. "You've hidden too much from me, and I'm finding it increasingly difficult to trust you."

"It seems we've reached a consensus. It's understandable that you have doubts, and it's time to share some information with you. Let me think... let's start with that guy, the ancient one who came from the moon riding on golden beams of light, Ōtsutsuki Hamura!"

(End of this chapter)