Zombie Sage in Naruto

Chapter 185 I Dig Myself

"I didn't expect your eye technique to be a prophetic spell. Could this be considered a time-based eye technique?"

Another eye technique he had never seen before; Obito was utterly shocked.

The Eye of the Mind is capable of awakening a space-type eye technique, which is already extremely rare. Even Madara doesn't have a space-type eye technique!

As for the Time-Traveling Eye Technique? Anyway, Obito had never heard of it, and Madara didn't have it either.

Fugaku had a tense expression—he always looked bitter and resentful, as if endless worries were weighing on his heart, especially after he gained these eyes and saw all sorts of things, which made him even more depressed.

"...The power of these eyes truly allowed me to see things that ordinary people cannot."

"Hmph, so that's how it is. You've seen my true identity. When did you acquire these eyes? You didn't just get them recently, did you? Judging from your facial expression, maintaining these eyes seems to be very painful for you."

Obito was already considering the possibility of killing Fugaku and gouging out his eyes.

However, he still doesn't understand how someone like Fugaku could get the Kaleidoscope.

He couldn't get the kaleidoscope when he was at his most emotionally charged as a teenager, but now that he's a clan leader and has two children, he's finally gotten it? What kind of bizarre process is this!

Obito had a vague feeling that something was off about this world, but it wasn't anything serious.

Fugaku's eye twitched occasionally, the stinging pain in his eye socket tormenting his nerves.

“Obito from another world, I saw the fall of this world, everything was annihilated in the howling of the horde of corpses. Now that I have obtained these eyes at this time, I must do something.”

"Oh? You want to stand up and resist Kaede Tsukasa's rule? Very courageous. In my world, many people have tried to do the same, but no one has succeeded so far," Obito sneered.

"It's not about resistance, but as the head of the Uchiha clan, I have to protect the clan."

Fugaku's eyes were bloodshot, making it seem as if he might go blind at any moment—the price he paid for activating his eye technique at any cost.

He saw a future without Kaede Tsukasa, the scene of the Uchiha clan being slaughtered by Itachi and Obito, and he also saw Sasuke's heroic act of opening the One-Tomoe.

Although a coup is not a good word, with the outbreak of the Nine-Tailed Fox's Rebellion, it seems to have become inevitable.

Fugaku originally had no choice, but now he wants to try. The arrival of Kaedeji has completely distorted the fate of this stagnant family.

But if the entire clan turns into zombies, it doesn't seem like a good outcome either.

Obito looked at the other person warily: "What do you want to do?"

"I will show you the original destiny of the Uchiha clan. This will allow you to know the historical trajectory of another world, fill in your blind spots in knowledge, and will definitely help your actions in that world."

After Fugaku finished speaking, he endured the excruciating pain and then unleashed a dojutsu on Obito.

Obito witnessed numerous scenes, including the massacre of the Uchiha clan, which genuinely moved him.

"If it weren't for Kaedeji, I probably would have slaughtered my people in my world too. The only difference between the two worlds' historical paths lies in Kaedeji."

Obito snorted coldly: "But thanks to you, I have seen the ridiculousness and absurdity of this clan. This Eye of the Mind will become the source of even greater chaos sooner or later... We can no longer provide Kaede Tsukasa with high-quality corpses."

“I can’t control what you do to your people in that world, but I need your help,” Fugaku said.

"How can I help? Kaede Tsukasa won't listen to me."

"No, I don't need him to listen to you. I just need you to do one thing for me, and only your eye technique can do it."

Fugaku said in a low voice, "I almost ruined my eyes to find a possible way out... Hiruko's Oni-Garra Technique might be able to change the fate of my clan."

Who is Beiliuhu?

"You don't know? This is a veteran Jonin of Konoha, a close friend of the Sannin, but he defected a few years ago and has been missing ever since."

"...The best friend of the Sannin? How could someone who can gain the unanimous approval of three such different personalities be just an ordinary Jonin?"

Obito frowned. Hiruko? Never heard of him!
It's another incongruous place; this world always seems to have things popping up unexpectedly from the most remote corners.

"Hmph, forget it. The price you asked me to pay is too high. Even if you are the head of the Uchiha clan, you can't afford it easily... You must know what I want."

Obito couldn't reverse Kaede Tsukasa's rapid takeover of the world; the only thing he could do was to gain a limited amount of power within a very limited timeframe.

Only the Uchiha clan could be of use to him.

Obito felt that Fugaku's eyes alone were enough to make him personally find that Hiruko and steal his secret technique.

Obito knew even more clearly that their negotiations would not escape Tsukasa Kaede's notice.

"I need the Uchiha clan to help me complete the Limited Tsukuyomi Technique, and then go to another place to help me seize something."

A hint of madness flashed in Obito's eyes. Yes, if he had a member of the Uchiha clan as a consumable... perhaps he wouldn't need to ask Kaede Tsukasa for that eye!
He, Obito, was not Kaede Tsukasa's subordinate; he was also trying to complete the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan!
"It seems a consensus has been reached." Fugaku breathed a sigh of relief, his face beaming with excitement.

In the face of unprecedented upheaval, even one that seemed to be the end of the world, he would have to desperately try to save himself, and these prophetic kaleidoscopes were his source of confidence.

I must at least fulfill my long-cherished wish before I go completely blind.

"Looks like a consensus has been reached..."

Kaede Tsukasa glanced briefly at the Uchiha clan's territory.

He knew that Fugaku in the anime timeline possessed the Mangekyou Sharingan, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

Obito's meeting with Fugaku prompted Kaede Tsukasa to take a second look at him, indicating that both of them had their own new plans.

But that's not important; the fact that Konoha Village has fallen under his control is clearly more important.

Countless Konoha villagers have fallen into Kaedeji's hands and will dedicate everything to him.

This was just the beginning; the entire ninja world was affected. Under these circumstances, Hiruko suffered a terrible misfortune, inexplicably found by a large group of White Zetsu, and inexplicably attacked by Obito and Fugaku.

In the end, he was even controlled by a single look from Fugaku, and he spat out the Oni-Garaku technique that he had studied all his life.

"So that's how it is. This is the Ghost Sprout Technique. No wonder you're so obsessed with it, and you even managed to perfectly absorb the bloodlines of other people?"

Even Obito was somewhat surprised. This Hiruko actually had such talent? Theoretically, this thing could even grant the user Wood Release and Sharingan bloodline limit!
"If I didn't have the Mangekyou Sharingan and Wood Release, I'd probably be tempted too... You went to great lengths to obtain this secret technique, you wouldn't be planning to do *that*, would you? You couldn't beat Kaede Tsukasa, so you chose to join in another way?"

Obito shook his head repeatedly. Was this some kind of plan—to forcibly swallow a zombie into his body, thus achieving a perfect combination with the virus?

I must say, it is indeed a very interesting plan. The Demon Sprout Technique allows the Uchiha clan members to perfectly obtain a portion of the virus's genes while maintaining their physical bodies and self-awareness.

A hint of helplessness appeared on Fugaku's tense face: "The human gene sequence contains many gene segments belonging to various viruses. By appropriately fusing a little virus, our people will at least not be seen as prey."

"What's the point? Kaede Tsukasa won't decide whether to destroy you guys based on this kind of behavior."

“Yes, but I’m not guarding against Kaedeji, but rather the zombies that will roam the world after Kaedeji leaves. Can he precisely control every single zombie’s every move? Even if he can, he probably wouldn’t want to waste too much energy on this world that he abandoned from the very beginning,” Fugaku said in a deep voice.

Obito was startled: "You saw this through your eye technique too?"

"I didn't see it directly, but I deduced it directly. Even you, a member of the Uchiha clan, don't intend to have long-term and appropriate contact with the Uchiha in my world. Do you expect me to care about this world?" Fugaku said helplessly.

If he had any other choice, why would he play this game? But there's nothing he can do; the world has changed drastically, and there's no going back.

When Kaede Tsukasa came to this world, it wasn't simply to bring zombies over to bite people.

The real issue is that Kaede Tsukasa has spread a virus throughout this world. Before long, the air and rivers will be filled with the virus, and the survivors will never be able to escape Kaede Tsukasa's shadow as long as they are still alive.

But if they could become one of the zombies first, things would be much simpler. At least after Kaede Tsukasa leaves this world, they wouldn't be besieged by roaming hordes of zombies.

This was the method Fugaku came up with; it wasn't about breaking the deadlock, but simply about surviving.

Obito nodded noncommittally. He needed members of the Uchiha clan alive to be the subjects of the jutsu and go into the Limited Tsukuyomi.

Obito said coldly, "I've kept my promise, and I won't try to steal this Demon Sprout Technique. It's all yours. Now it's time for you to repay me with your lives."

"Limited Tsukuyomi, is it? I will go to this parallel world as you instructed. I am prepared to sacrifice my eyes." The three tomoe in Fugaku's eyes slowly rotated.

The caster of Limited Tsukuyomi cannot interfere with the operation of the world; they can only invest a portion of their spirit into Limited Tsukuyomi to construct a spiritual entity without any actual power.

But it's different for the recipient; the Limited Tsukuyomi allows the recipient's true form to enter a parallel world!

In the anime timeline, Naruto was caught in the trap, which also dragged Sakura into it. This directly caused Sakura from the limited Tsukuyomi to run into the real world and live happily as Sakura for a while.

No matter how absurd this change might seem in the manga's timeline, Obito didn't care at all; he was simply happy.

The world is good when it has problems; the more problems and the greater the flaws in the rules, the better! Otherwise, where would he have room to operate?
"Then let's get started."

Obito snapped Hiruko's neck with one hand, killing him, and then glared with his left eye, creating a small black hole.

He reached out and pulled a crystal ball out of the small black hole.

"This is……"

Fugaku was taken aback. Of course he recognized it; the Third Hokage had this crystal ball on his desk.

Now it seems... this crystal ball is actually a ninja tool? And it can be used to perform matching ninjutsu?
Obito said, "Time is tight. I don't have time to create a ninja tool from scratch, so I'll just make use of this thing and use it as a medium to activate the Limited Tsukuyomi."

Although it was his first time using Limited Tsukuyomi, given his research on Infinite Tsukuyomi and the fact that the casting medium for this technique was exceptionally simple, there was no problem in giving it a try.

Fugaku took a deep breath, and as Obito cast his spell, his figure vanished.

As Fugaku appeared in the Limited Tsukuyomi, Obito's illusory figure followed.

"This is the Limited Tsukuyomi, it's like the third world." Obito looked around at his surroundings, then looked down at Konoha Village below.

The world here is fortunate; there's no need to worry about it being conquered and ruled by Kaedeji.

"What do you need me to do?"

“It’s simple. Find me in this world, gouge out his Mangekyou Sharingan, and then bring the eye to me,” Obito said.

"What? How am I supposed to take a physical object from this world out of here? This isn't a piece of clothing; it's a pair of eyes that contain immense power!"

“Izanagi, you sacrificed an eye to alter reality with the Mangekyou Sharingan, using this method to take the Mangekyou Sharingan obtained from the limited Tsukuyomi,” Obito said coldly. “You certainly wouldn’t care about losing an eye, would you?”

Now Fugaku understood how Obito crossed worlds; he probably sacrificed one of his Mangekyou Sharingan to succeed.

"Understood, I will act immediately."

The two frantically searched the village for the whereabouts of the limited-edition Obito, but despite their efforts, they found absolutely no clues.

"There aren't any? Does that mean the caster's counterpart won't be born within a limited Tsukuyomi?!"

Obito's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot; he had never expected this outcome.

After confirming that no one was named Obito, Obito's expression shifted between anger and uncertainty before he finally made up his mind.

"There is a way. I will temporarily parasitize a native with my spiritual body, then project my Sharingan onto the native, and then have Fugaku gouge out the native's left eye!"

Obito was clearly going all out. His left eye was the absolute core of the Great Sun Spirit, the most precious thing, but in order to obtain the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, he couldn't care less about anything else.

"Since there are so many disharmonious aspects to this world, let's hope for one more instance of disharmony..."

Obito shouted, "Fugaku, I'll make the first move. My target is Minato Namikaze! This guy in the Limited Tsukuyomi has absolutely no thought of sacrificing much for his comrades. As soon as I make my move, you immediately gouge out Minato Namikaze's left eye!"

(End of this chapter)