Zombie Sage in Naruto

Chapter 216 Seal
In a series of dramatic changes, there will always be winners and losers, but clowns like Obito are rare.

Yes, at least Obito felt so ridiculous that even though he had lost his eyes, he let out a laugh like an owl, intermittent and extremely grating.

"I never expected that I would lose everything. I thought I could get everything, but in the end, I was the one who lost everything first... The things I tried so hard to get became someone else's before I even got a chance to touch them."

Obito reached out, slowly but firmly, and forcibly pulled out the black rods that had grown from his body, one after another. The crisp sound of the black rods hitting the ground was extremely loud under the night sky.

Everyone looked at Obito. The Uchiha clan members all had complicated expressions. Even those who hated Obito were silent at this moment, feeling a sense of grief and indignation—this was the one who had ultimately helped their clan revive its bloodline prestige, yet he had ended up like this.

But these emotions could only be suppressed in their hearts. What else could they do? Would they dare to attack Kaede Tsukasa, the powerful Fourth Hokage? Their clan's fate would truly be sealed, and they would all become zombies driven by Kaede Tsukasa, fighting for him for many years.

Only Tobi didn't care about anything and asked with concern, "Are you alright, Obito? Even if you lost your eyes, you're still alive and have every chance to get new eyes."

"What do you, a man-made object, know?"

Obito gritted his teeth and immediately asked Kaede Tsukasa, "Did you order Tobi to attack me?"

"How could that be? Madara and you have far more control over the White Zetsu than I do. Tobi doesn't even obey the orders of the two of you, so he certainly won't obey mine." Kaede Tsukasa lowered his head to examine the eye in his hand, answering without looking up.

These eyes possess extremely powerful pupil energy. They can be transformed into Eternal Eyes simply by incorporating some Indra's chakra. There is no doubt about this, and Kaede Tsukasa does not mind personally completing these eyes.

“Obito, stop complaining. If it weren’t for Tobi’s sudden intervention, Madara and I probably wouldn’t have been in such a hurry to attack you. You should have had enough time to calmly complete the transformation of your eyes.”

Kaede Tsukasa casually said, "It's a pity that things have turned out this way. We've been cooperating for so many years, and although we haven't accomplished anything, you were still an advisor I appointed. It's a real shame that you've ended up like this. But your eyes must remain in Konoha."

"That's easy for you to say. The last thing I need is your pity." Obito sneered and pulled out the last black rod. Anyone else would have died long ago from these injuries, but with the powerful White Zetsu cells and Tobi's strength, Obito's injuries were rapidly healing.

Without any hesitation, Afei immediately enveloped Obito and merged with the ground, intending to escape quickly.

Madara immediately summoned Susanoo to subdue Tobi and Obito, but then, a blue Susanoo also emerged from Kaede Tsukasa's body and punched Madara's Susanoo.

This attack gave Obito time to escape; he burrowed into the ground and disappeared completely.

"What are you doing? I don't understand at all. Are you planning to turn him into a corpse that you can control someday? It's useless. He will expel the virus from his body after he escapes. If you want to remotely transform him, considering his level of vitality, you will not be able to succeed."

Madara still didn't lose his temper. There are very few people in this world who can truly make him angry, and at least Obito is not worth him losing his temper.

But the doubt was genuine; Madara felt something was very wrong with Kaedeji's actions tonight.

Killing Obito and controlling his corpse would make it easy for Kaede Tsukasa to revive him if necessary. With his abilities, this would be a simple matter. Whether he puts the stolen eyes back into Obito's eye sockets or simply uses them himself, it doesn't matter.

But Kaede did not do that.

“Obito was, after all, an advisor to the village and your successor. He made certain contributions. Besides, it is only after he left that we can see things that we couldn’t see before, right?” Kaede Tsukasa slowly closed his eyes.

The Uchiha clan members, on the other hand, became bystanders, not daring to intervene in the seemingly uninvolved conversation between the two powerful figures.

Even Shisui was certain that Kaede Tsukasa wanted to use Obito to achieve a greater goal, which is why he deliberately let Obito go. This was more advantageous than killing Obito and obtaining his body directly!
Kaede gave a gag order to everyone present, then turned to look at Madara and Nagato.

"As for the two of you, Nagato is alright, but the real problem is you, Madara. You acted without my permission in my village, and this behavior did not solve some of my problems... You have overstepped your bounds, and I don't mind sealing your soul."

"Hmph, becoming the village leader is troublesome. You have more concerns now. However, you haven't sealed my strength. Even if you can reach the level you mentioned, which is beyond the Kage level, you can't possibly surpass me and Hashirama by much. You might even be inferior to us back then."

Madara looked at Kaede Tsukasa with a cold expression.

Kaede Tsukasa's Susanoo entered its half-body heavy armor form and clashed with Madara's demigod Susanoo. The sudden burst of immense power caused the earth to break down, and cracks quickly spread across it.

This almost unorthodox form of physical combat caused such destruction that everyone quickly moved away, and people were immediately dispatched to organize the tribesmen to leave the tribe's territory.

Furthermore, numerous masked ANBU ninjas assisted in clearing out as much area as possible for the two to fight.

“Chief Fugaku, your clan’s territory will likely suffer heavy damage after this battle. We can consider applying for repair funds from the village then. Right now, we need to ensure that as many people as possible survive,” said one of the ANBU.

Fugaku glanced at the Anbu member's hairstyle and was already certain that the man was Kakashi Hatake. He immediately said in a deep voice, "The issue of funding is not a big deal. Casualties are just a number to the Hokage. I'm more worried about what will happen after tonight."

"No matter what happens, we only need to follow the Hokage's orders. Madara, Nagato, and those guys hiding behind the scenes will all fall before the power of the village."

Kakashi's voice was icy. As the captain of the Anbu, he had been observing for a long time and had witnessed Obito's tragic end.

It's important to understand that his relationship with Obito was relatively good. For many years, he had been striving to catch up with Obito's level. Not to mention, Obito had served as his advisor and Jonin leader during the Third Shinobi World War. Now, however, he ended up like this in front of everyone. Kakashi must have felt immense pain.

But he had no time for sadness; without power, he could do nothing. Fugaku also looked at the two fighting. He didn't doubt that Kaede Tsukasa would ultimately win, but he was more worried about the future of the Uchiha clan in the village.

We need to consider not only the village's attitude towards the Uchiha clan—after all, Madara has returned and attacked Obito, a high-ranking member of Konoha, which is extremely malicious, and he did it under the guise of the Uchiha clan!

It is even more necessary to suppress the radical factions within the clan. After all, the fact that the Sharingan can evolve into the Rinnegan is too shocking, completely elevating the Uchiha clan's bloodline to an unbelievable level, and completely separating it from the Senju, Hyuga and other bloodline powerhouses.

Fugaku couldn't even imagine how arrogant these clansmen would be, completely disregarding everyone else!
Boom!

In a very short time, the two Susanoo had already exchanged more than a dozen blows. Every moment, the two blue half-giants attacked each other at an extremely high frequency, with deafening explosions occurring continuously.

Kaede Tsukasa knew very well that he might have a way to make Madara suffer, but he couldn't actually kill Madara. Putting aside everything else, Madara's two eyes were enough for him to use Izanagi twice to rewrite reality, and with the power of the Rinnegan, the effect of using Izanagi was bound to be extraordinary.

However, Madara's reckless behavior did indeed cause Kaede Tsukasa some trouble. This was still Konoha 50 years ago. In a few more years, when Itachi, Naruto, Sasuke, and others have grown up, the Sage of Six Paths will probably also be eager to make his move and consider when to show himself and distribute the power of the Six Paths.

With the arrival of other Otsutsuki clans in the ninja world in the future, Kaedeji will have even more to consider and face even greater pressure. He will not tolerate Madara causing trouble in his territory.

At the very least, you need his permission before you take action—this is extremely difficult for Madara. Even Hashirama couldn't restrain him back then, let alone Kaede Tsukasa now.
"Everyone progresses, but you're standing still. No, in some ways, you're actually regressing in your old age. You may have forgotten that, Ban."

Kaedeji slowly spoke, manipulating Susanoo to quickly form hand seals.

"This is the seal of the Reaper Death Seal. You actually developed this method of casting the spell, with Susanoo forming the seal for you. Very good. This is even more difficult than when you used a corpse to cast the spell back then."

Madara's eyes showed admiration. He himself could form hand seals with Susanoo, so he naturally knew how difficult it was. Not to mention, Kaede Tsukasa had to transfer a part of his will to Susanoo, so that Susanoo could bear the cost of summoning the Shinigami.

After the Grim Reaper descended, in Madara's vision, strange writhing runes appeared on Susanoo's body. This was proof of the Grim Reaper's power; once grasped by this power, one's soul would be extracted.

The Corpse Demon Sealing Technique is indeed a powerful weapon to break the Impure World Reincarnation technique. Its ability to annihilate anyone it touches is extremely brutal. Because of the existence of the Grim Reaper, a real spiritual entity, it might be even more efficient than the Hell Path in quickly stripping away souls.

As for the cost of performing the spell, Kaedeji has already minimized it to the greatest extent possible.

This was far beyond what Kaede Tsukasa could achieve. With Susanoo suddenly throwing out a katana covered in writhing runes, it stabbed fiercely at Madara, seemingly trying to forcefully break through Madara's defenses in this way.

Madara could certainly withstand the attack with his Susanoo, or even unleash his complete Susanoo, at which point he could easily flick the katana away with just a finger.

But Madara didn't do that. If he used the Complete Susanoo again, the offerings supporting his body would be overwhelmed, accelerating his return to the Pure Land. So, Madara's solution wasn't to try to knock the katana away, but... Shinra Tensei!
"No matter what you do, it's within my expectations. You've made the worst move."

As Kaede Tsukasa watched an invisible sphere surging and expanding outwards from Madara, forcefully pushing everything around it away, he suddenly activated Kamui Dojutsu just as the katana he had thrown was about to be blown away by Shinra Tensei.

The katana twisted and disappeared from the real world. After the repulsive force of Shinra Tensei spread out, Kaedeji suddenly released the katana and shoved it directly in front of him!

The most unsolvable technique, even more so than absolute defense, is precisely the spacetime technique, which can bypass defenses on the real level!
"So that's how it is, they're going to seal my soul directly..."

Pfft!

Madara's body should have been hit, but in an instant, he vanished into thin air, his katana piercing straight into the ground. This astonished everyone watching the battle, who were completely baffled as to what had happened.

"Madara also knows space-time techniques?!"

"There is no such information in the family records. Perhaps this is the space-time eye technique of the Rinnegan."

"Something's not right. Is it just my imagination? The angle of the weapon makes it look like it really hit something."

A pair of blood-red Sharingan eyes stared intently, completely unable to understand how Madara had done it. This method of instantly teleporting was clearly a space-time eye technique.

Of all those present, only Nagato could see the whole picture. He stared at the shadow pinned down after being pierced by the katana, his face filled with emotion.

"This is the power of Limbo: Border Jail. The shadows it creates can even act as substitutes for the original body, instantly absorbing all attacks..."

And since the shadow is immortal, it can simply return to its original body to recuperate for a period of time before rejoining the battle.

The only regret is that there would be more shadows. Nagato longs for that scene just by thinking about it—several shadows surrounding the main body, each shadow possessing the same power as the main body.

Isn't this just perfectly replicating oneself several times, instantly increasing combat power several times over? What's more, the shadow can also be used as a substitution technique, a method very similar to Kaede Tsukasa's Sky World Technique, and it doesn't require hand seals!
"Hmm, I see. This is your eye technique clone." Kaede Tsukasa carefully examined the shadow's condition.

“The Mangekyou Sharingan shouldn’t be able to see my shadow, so you sensed it through the power of a Shinigami,” Madara said.

“I could feel it the moment I hit you. You did something wrong, Madara. If I had taken this opportunity to permanently seal your shadow, what would you have done in the future? Your power ceiling would have been limited by me,” Kaedeji said.

(End of this chapter)