Zombie Sage in Naruto

Chapter 217 Indra's Chakra? I seem to be a little...
Using sealing techniques to deal with Madara's Limbo: Border Jail is not wishful thinking, but rather an extremely efficient method.

There is a limit to the number of shadows that Madara can create; even if he becomes the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, he can only create a maximum of four shadows.

In the original timeline, Naruto used the Magnet Release sealing technique of the One-Tailed Beast and two shadow clones to forcibly bind one of the shadows, resulting in Madara having one less shadow to use.

Madara didn't make his shadows disappear on the spot like he would when releasing Shadow Clone Jutsu, nor could he avoid the sealing technique to retrieve them. The only thing he could do was find an opportunity to break the seal and release his shadows. This already speaks volumes.

Each time a shadow is sealed, Madara's side truly loses one shadow, which cannot be regenerated out of thin air.

"Kaedeji, you always manage to surprise me with your intelligence analysis skills, it's a pity you didn't become my successor." Madara's lips curled into a smile.

As Kaede Tsukasa exerted his power, the Grim Reaper officially began to pull the shadow. Others could not see the Grim Reaper, but those with the Rinnegan could. Madara and Nagato could only watch as the shadow was swallowed up by the giant phantom of the Grim Reaper.

Kaedeji said casually, "Don't use such meaningless words to talk about anything. You don't have a time-related eye technique, so you can't travel to the past. Besides, as someone who isn't even a member of the Uchiha clan, there's no way I could become your successor... I don't need to prove my talent in this way."

"Huh, that's true."

Madara was also feeling troubled. Kaede Tsukasa had no weaknesses and was extremely strong in individual combat. If he were to send out a large group of zombies to attack, Madara would also be in trouble.

So, continuing the fight is pointless, although Madara doesn't think he'll really end up being completely defeated or even sealed away by Kaede Tsukasa.

"Being Hokage is a hassle. In order to give my subordinates an explanation, I have to do boring things. Back then, Hashirama cut ties with me because of this... Okay."

As soon as Madara finished speaking, he immediately created the Complete Susanoo, a colossal creature standing two hundred meters tall, which suddenly appeared within the Uchiha clan's territory. Even before it took any actual action, it almost flattened the clan's land.

A single blue foot stomped on the ground, causing the earth to cave in, and the sudden roar and earthquake made people involuntarily gape.

"This is also a Susanoo?!"

"According to the intelligence from the Land of Rice Fields, there seemed to be sporadic mentions of the Giant Beast Battle. But at that time, apart from that mysterious Ten-Tails that suddenly appeared, there were clearly no other Tailed Beasts in the Land of Rice Fields. Now it seems, could it be..."

"Compared to this monster, the Susanoo used by the Hokage and Obito is like a child's play..."

"This is Lord Madara's—no, perhaps it's because he obtained the Rinnegan that he possesses extraordinary ocular power, enabling him to maintain a Susanoo of this scale."

Not only is it enormous in size, but it is also extremely beautiful and impactful in appearance. A giant wearing heavy armor of a tengu and wielding a huge katana, even just standing there, creates a sense of oppression that makes it hard to breathe.

But if this giant were to make a move, even a casual horizontal slash would be enough to wipe out half of Konoha Village, as the shockwave would obliterate everything in its path.

Kaede Tsukasa looked up at the huge thing in front of him. To be honest, every time he saw the complete Susanoo, he would exclaim in admiration. This thing was a real symbol of power and proof of Kage-level combat strength.

In fact, looking at all the powerful individuals, it seems that they all have mastered the skill of piloting a Gundam to some extent—only a very few people, such as Isshiki and Obito, do not pilot Gundams. One of them has super physical skills and can destroy a complete Susanoo in one blow, while the other has Truth-Seeking Balls and can break through absolute defenses as easily as playing around, without needing to use Gundams to fight each other.

Others, such as Momoshiki, Toneri, Naruto and Sasuke, all possess the ability to build Gundams with their bare hands.

The entire Hidden Leaf Village was thrown into turmoil. Anyone who wasn't blind could see the complete Susanoo. Coupled with the previous commotion, everyone knew that a powerful enemy had invaded.

Some even immediately concluded that this unprecedented Susanoo must be the Hokage's eye technique, since the Hokage's Susanoo is blue.

Moreover, a small number of people have already guessed that Kaede Tsukasa used the Musou Tsukuyomi technique to store extra chakra from each of the heads. With such a large amount of stored chakra to supply the battle, it seems entirely reasonable to raise Susanoo to this scale in one go.
No one thinks the Hokage will lose, no matter who the enemy is!
Madara looked down at Kaede Tsukasa: "You've seen it too. Although you have the resurrection technique, resurrecting too many people at once is a heavy burden for you. Let's end this battle here. This way, you can preserve your dignity as Hokage. Those guys watching from afar won't know about our conversation."

Madara has his own pride. He can accept being driven by others, but only if he has the strength to overturn the table at any time and can do what he wants at crucial moments according to his own will. This is what happened in the original timeline. He was willing to follow Orochimaru's arrangements, not only fighting against the Allied Shinobi Forces, but also showing off the power of the Rinnegan.

Because of absolute confidence, even arrogance, they would listen more attentively than ordinary people to the words of the weak during their leisure time, as if teasing an insect.

Kaede Tsukasa shook his head: "You think you've got this in the bag? Come to think of it, you've never really shown any real power to defeat you, which is why so many things have become so complicated... Alright, the time's ripe, I can give it a try, but we'll have to find another place first."

Madara snorted coldly and did not object. He had no intention of using Konoha Village to coerce Kaede Tsukasa, because he knew that Kaede Tsukasa only regarded the village as a consumable and tool to achieve his goal. At most, he would feel heartache if he lost it, but he would not be truly heartbroken.

The two left the village one after the other and went straight into the Konoha Forest.

Kaede Tsukasa first slapped the ground, and a huge spell spread out.

Psychic art!

A tailed beast, significantly smaller than Susanoo, appeared, its four tails swaying back and forth as it stared at Madara with suspicion.

"It's the Four-Tails. This thing alone can't deal with me. You're not going to release the Nine-Tails next, are you? Even if all the tailed beasts attack together, they won't be a match for me," Madara said coldly.

The Four-Tails was completely bewildered. It had suddenly appeared and was now facing off against the Perfect Susanoo. Although it had allied itself with Kaede Tsukasa and even helped him persuade the other tailed beasts to cooperate with him, who would have thought that its first mission would be to face off against Uchiha Madara?
"To be honest, I can't beat that guy," Four-Tails said.

Kaede Tsukasa stood atop the Four-Tails and said calmly, "I didn't expect you to kill him. Your existence is just to buy me a little time. I'm going to take this opportunity to prove my worth. After this, I'll probably take another step forward and push this body's strength to its limit."

"It's really strange. You always treat other people's bodies as disposable items. I've never seen you put so much effort into a particular body." The four-tailed beast's words were full of sarcasm. It had only submitted to the genjutsu and had not become Kaede Tsukasa's slave under the influence of the genjutsu.

Moreover, the Four-Tails' temper wasn't the best among the tailed beasts. "You misunderstand, Four-Tails. Even the body I'm using is essentially a consumable item used excessively. It inevitably has its limits and limits. Once I've pushed this body to its limits, it won't be any different from any other corpse."

The indifference in Kaedeji's tone, as if he didn't care about himself at all, silenced Yotsuba.

Kaede Tsukasa was indeed not lying. The body he was using now was painstakingly pieced together by him back then. He used Hashirama cells as experimental subjects to serve as the vessel for his impure body, along with a Hashirama clone and the Eye of Indra obtained from the Box of Elysium, which allowed Kaede Tsukasa to succeed in one fell swoop.

Since then, Kaede Tsukasa has broken free from the frail body of an Earthling with only 30 trillion cells, truly possessing a top-tier body in this world, and having the resources to carry out a series of subsequent actions—at least he is not easy to die. Combined with the Reincarnation Technique, he has completely broken free from the shackles of life force.

But that doesn't mean he really sees this body as his final resting place. How could that be? He's the kind of guy who manipulates the zombie virus; all bodies are just there to be consumed.

"With the Mukoro Tsukuyomi, the so-called body and the so-called original body are no longer necessary for me. You don't understand now, but you will in the future. Many years later, you will understand how right you were to join me, for yourself and the other tailed beasts."

To put it bluntly, even if Kaede Tsukasa were to be killed by Deus Ex and have his soul erased, he wouldn't be considered dead—there's still a dark personality of his existing within the Mukoro Tsukuyomi, and because it invaded the Limited Tsukuyomi, it can still use the Limited Tsukuyomi to enter the anime timeline.

Spanning reality and illusion, and treading between two timelines, it is destined that a part of Kaede Tsukasa cannot be destroyed.

Snapped!
Kaede Tsukasa formed hand seals, his upper garment ripped, revealing a copy of Hashirama on his back.

Madara's expression shifted slightly: "Could it be that you intend to..."

"That's right, I'm going to get the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan right now!"

Kaede Tsukasa manipulated the hands of the Hashirama clone, removed the two Indra's Eyes from its face, and then stuffed Obito's two eyes, which had been slow to fuse, into the clone.

Madara watched coldly. He had never really understood why Obito's process of fusing his eye power was so slow, but judging from Kaede Tsukasa's expression, he realized that there were details he had overlooked.

But what exactly is it? Transplanting a blood relative's Mangekyou Sharingan—isn't it supposed to lead to the Eternal Eye after a period of time? Every second, the eye power is merging and progressing, but Obito is stuck. Is Kaede Tsukasa confident he can solve this problem?
"Including your own eyes, that's three types of eye power, but you and Obito aren't blood relatives."

"They don't need to be blood relatives."

Kaede Tsukasa immediately felt a sharp pain in his back. The three eye powers were fighting each other. However, unlike Obito, Kaede Tsukasa was carrying a bit of Indra's chakra!

The Indra's Eye that he obtained through a wish, although not the original, does indeed possess the power of Indra. After being nurtured within Kaedeji's body for so long, the remaining chakra is somewhat useful for the fusion of eye power.

Kaede Tsukasa did indeed feel the fusion of eye power, but it also meant that the filth and sinful power belonging to Indra's Eyes had simultaneously merged with these eyes, and would eventually become even more terrifying as the eyes improved.

If Kaedeji's mental defenses fail, this force, which seems to be a collection of all human negativity, could corrupt him into a madman who only knows destruction and devastation.

Madara asked, "There's something I've been curious about for a long time: where did Obito get the eyes of his blood relative? He clearly has no family left, let alone get the Mangekyou Sharingan from his blood relative. Is it related to that limited Tsukuyomi?"

"Didn't you already guess?"

"It really is like that, turning falsehood into reality, Izanagi?"

Ban was very surprised.

He knew that Izanagi was a technique created by the Sage of Six Paths to create the nine tailed beasts and endow them with great intelligence. The characteristics of this forbidden technique, Izanagi, are creation from nothing, transformation of reality into falsehood, and transformation of falsehood into reality.

Is it possible to obtain another pair of Mangekyou Sharingan in this way? This operation was beyond Madara's comprehension; he had never imagined that it could be done this way.

"Using your existing pair of eyes, can you materialize the illusory eyes from the illusionary world into the real world?"

A perpetual motion machine?

Madara knew things wouldn't be that simple, but he didn't care about that, because Kaede Tsukasa had already made his move.

"Wooden Release: Wooden Man's Technique!"

A wooden figure emerged from the ground, standing opposite Susanoo.

Seeing this familiar Wood Release technique, Madara's expression twisted, and a hint of excitement emerged.

"Very good. You have raised the power of Hashirama cells to this level, and with the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan... Kaede Tsukasa, I, Madara, acknowledge your power and talent!"

Madara was excited, as if recalling the passionate years of his life-or-death battle with Hashirama. For someone of his level to have such a clear moment of reminiscing about someone through objects was truly rare.

"Don't misunderstand, this is only a part of my power. I just felt that using the power you are so proud of to kill you would make it more unforgettable for you. Although this battle is to establish the dominance between us in the future, I don't necessarily need your help."

If possible, that would be best. Kaede Tsukasa was hoping to push Madara out so that Kaguya could be resurrected. After all, Kaguya's existence was a real hidden danger. Given Kaede Tsukasa's temperament, if given the chance, he would rather actively puncture the boil and endure the short-term pain to eliminate the hidden danger and take control of the situation.

(End of this chapter)