Zombie Sage in Naruto

Chapter 258 The Reincarnated One Has the Special Skills of the Reincarnated One

The heavy pressure that had been weighing on everyone's hearts vanished in an instant, as if the calamity that seemed poised to destroy everything had suddenly disappeared, giving everyone a chance to breathe.

Only the most elite beings, possessing excellent perception, could vaguely sense that the pressure that had been constantly increasing was now far away, at least no longer directly existing within the ninja world.

"They actually used this method... to throw all these guys onto the moon."

Madara looked up. His perception was far superior to Nagato's without Sage Mode. Although it couldn't be as exaggerated as reaching the moon, combined with his powerful intuition, he could vaguely guess what was going on.

"The moon? With the power of those monsters, it won't be long before they destroy the moon, will it?" Nagato said in a deep voice.

"The premise is that those monstrous things that have split too many times still understand the complex concept of destroying the moon... I have no hope for their brains."

Madara looked down at his left hand, paused for a moment, then summoned a White Zetsu, casually cut off its right arm, and replaced it with his own.

"A part of my soul is still sealed by Kaede Tsukasa, which is a problem, although it doesn't affect my strength."

Madara can form hand seals at will with one hand and can also use Susanoo to make up for his shortcomings. Although he now has a pair of Rinnegan and cannot use the shadow of Limbo: Border Jail to assist him, he can still create helpers by splitting them.

However, before becoming the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki, it would be best to retrieve the lost soul. Madara felt that to deal with powerful opponents like Jigen and the Ten-Tails, he must not reveal any weaknesses.

After all, he had never actually witnessed the birth of the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and was completely unaware of the difficulties and precautions involved. Who knew what the final impact would be if a seemingly insignificant part of the soul was missing?

Nagato remained silent. He focused on recovering from his injuries, managed to stand up, and used his Rinnegan to open a portal, heading directly to Konoha Village.

Madara frowned slightly, staring into Nagato's eyes in deep thought. Nagato clearly sensed Madara's thoughts and looked directly at him, instantly making the atmosphere between the two extremely tense.

"It seems you don't think I'll make it back alive," Nagato said warily.

Madara's expression was icy: "No one knows whether Kaede Tsukasa will focus his attention on the Otsutsuki on the moon or on you. If he tries to take your Rinnegan, you will definitely lose it."

“Then I won’t give it to you either,” Nagato said coldly.

After a few seconds of confrontation, Madara turned around first, seemingly giving up his plan to take back his eyes: "Forget it, they were just my eyes back then. They don't matter much in this day and age. Besides, Kaede Tsukasa has a whole bunch of Rinnegan that I can use."

In fact, compared to his own original eyes, Madara felt more sorry for the Rinnegan of the many people from the Divine Tree—the Rinnegan also has different strengths, at least in terms of eye techniques.

If Madara could acquire all the Divine Tree People and seize all the Rinnegan to fuse their powers, he could then raise the power of the Rinnegan he had just stolen to its peak.

This is a Rinnegan that was directly separated from the Ten-Tails, the source of the Rinnegan!
Nagato watched Madara's departing figure with caution, his gaze icy. With Madara's resurrection and the acquisition of new eyes, his relationship with Madara would definitely need to be re-examined. The false intimacy of the past was certainly impossible.

The days when Madara imparted all the information and usage tips of the Rinnegan to Nagato are gone forever.

Nagato stepped into the portal and headed straight for Konoha.

……

Konoha Village.

Black Zetsu had already arrived here, and with his current incomplete body, it was difficult for him to keep moving quickly while carrying Konan.

Suddenly, he stopped and looked at Bai Jue, who had emerged from a large tree.

"Hehe, you've slowed down a lot, I caught up with you so quickly."

"Shut up. I don't need you to remind me what happened."

"The battle in Iwagakure is basically over. All the Divine Tree People have been moved away by Kaedeji, but I haven't found out exactly where they went yet. Madara and Nagato have also won the final victory. Madara has even been resurrected and has taken the Rinnegan from the Divine Tree People. You don't have much time left to act."

White Zetsu grinned: "But speaking of which, I never expected that I could gouge out the eyes of the Divine Tree Man directly... Even if it's a little weaker than a complete Rinnegan, it's still a proper Rinnegan."

"This is the kind of power that only someone at the level of a mother can possess. The Rinnegan is something that even ninjas can't get their hands on, no matter how hard they try, and they can't even see it with their own eyes. But for my mother and the like, it's just an ordinary thing that they can mass-produce at will."

Black Zetsu wouldn't get angry at a cheap biological weapon like White Zetsu: "Since Jigen possesses this ability, he was very likely to have severely injured Jigen's mother back then, so he will only become stronger! I must revive my mother no matter what."

Once Kaguya reappears, Jigen, Kaede Tsukasa, Madara, and the like will all be nothing but laughable illusions, and will no longer be able to influence the course of this world.

"Haven't you planted the spores in Naruto and Sasuke yet?" Black Zetsu asked.

White Zetsu shook his head: "It's simply impossible. The crimson moon created by Kaedeji is essentially a massive sensory barrier, making all his actions easily detectable. You had that concern too, which is why you deliberately chose to infiltrate Konoha when Kaedeji was unable to act. However, even if Kaedeji couldn't act personally, he could still command numerous zombies and ninjas."

"Try again, call over more White Zetsu, release more spores," Black Zetsu said coldly. "Since we can't hide it, let's make things even more complicated. This generation's Indra and Ashura must die!"

Black Zetsu was incredibly anxious, especially after the artificial moon in the sky constantly shone with blood-red light. He clearly realized that his time and opportunities were running out.

In the future, Kaedeji could create two more artificial moons in the sky above the ninja world to constantly illuminate it, or simply take it one step further and use the moon created by the Sage of Six Paths as a medium for casting the spell, so that the entire ninja world would be shrouded in the Formless Tsukuyomi...

"Alright, alright, I have no choice but to obey your orders... But even if I kill Naruto and Sasuke, it won't make a difference, their chakra will just keep reincarnating."

"That's enough. They re-possessed the baby, but the birth rates of the Senju and Uchiha clans in Konoha Village are already a mess. Especially the Uchiha clan, who were all sterilized by Obito. In order to maintain their so-called dignity and face, they are reluctant to find a famous medical ninja to cure their unspeakable problem, further delaying the birth of newborns."

Moreover, even if a baby is born, it will take several years to grow up from scratch.

At that time, Tobi and Obito will definitely be reborn as the God Tree People. Not long after, when a large number of White Zetsu began to infiltrate Konoha Village, the entire village responded immediately.

Large numbers of ninjas began to move, and various orders were continuously issued from the Hokage Building to the entire village, organizing the migration of civilians without chakra.

"We've been exposed? How could it be so fast!"

"Not only that, we have deployed different forces in different locations, and they have always been hidden underground and in the trees. Judging from the troop movements of Konoha Village, it is clear that we are going head-to-head with them!"

"Could there be a traitor among us? Could a White Zetsu be controlled by illusion magic and leak our information?"

The White Zetsu were bewildered, staring blankly at the Konoha ninjas charging towards them with burning passion. They knew the blood-red moon in the sky might be powerful, but they hadn't expected it to reach this level of sensory perception.

Soon, the battle broke out, and as soon as the two sides made contact, the battle became one-sided, with the White Zetsu unable to put up any effective resistance.

They were shocked to discover that the average quality of these Konoha ninjas was frighteningly high!

Each of them possesses, to varying degrees, precious ninjutsu, including secret techniques passed down through generations by various clans from other ninja villages! Not only are their techniques terrifying, but their combat experience and combat skills are also astounding. Every ninja seems to have experienced countless life-and-death situations, their indifferent faces filled with the composure of having faced life and death, as if every movement is almost a muscle instinct honed through countless trials.

Even without the Kage-level powerhouses leading the way, the White Zetsu were routed. If viewed from the sky, the numerous black dots belonging to the White Zetsu were being swallowed up by other black dots at an alarming rate.

Even though the White Zetsu are fearless and show no fear or hesitation, it is of no use. They are as insignificant as a breeze in front of this group of sophisticated killing machines.

In the distance, Black Zetsu took in this scene, which had never happened since the beginning of ninja history, and his anxiety intensified.

He didn't care about the White Zetsu's crushing defeat, since he hadn't expected them to kill many Konoha ninjas anyway, but their overwhelming defeat was still unexpected.

"Not only that, these Konoha ninjas were fully aware of the White Zetsu's movements and knew exactly where they were supposed to be and what missions they were supposed to perform, even though they didn't engage in frequent verbal communication... So, while they were carrying out their actions in reality, they had already been communicating extensively within the genjutsu? This kind of thing called the Musou Tsukuyomi..."

Black Zetsu felt incredibly heavy-hearted.

Just as Black Zetsu had predicted, the Tsukuyomi was already bustling with activity. New tasks were constantly appearing on the task list, while old tasks were completed and disappeared.

Everyone received their tasks immediately, knowing exactly where they were going and what they were doing. The whole process was incredibly efficient, with each individual operating like a precise cog in a massive machine, minimizing unnecessary internal friction.

Furthermore, these people are constantly training within the illusion, even accumulating points to enter the limited Tsukuyomi to fight against ninjas from another world, dying and being resurrected time and time again, having long since turned fighting into their instinct.

It is naturally incomparable to the somewhat outdated combat weapon that is White Zetsu.

In terms of utility, the ninjas who have been baptized by the Musou Tsukuyomi and whose appetites have been whetted by Kaedeji Tsukasa's various secret techniques, bloodline limits, opportunities for resurrection and life extension, and valuable information are far superior to the White Zetsu, and they also have greater subjective initiative!
This is because Kaedeji only opened up the exchange qualification for bloodline limits within the illusion. People can only enjoy it in the illusion and cannot bring the bloodline limit into the real world.

But who knows what the future holds? It would require Kaede Tsukasa to perfectly master reality and illusion, and to be able to use Six Paths Izanagi at will, just like the Sage of Six Paths created nine tailed beasts with complete self-awareness out of thin air based on the Ten-Tails' chakra, thus bringing the false bloodline limit into reality.

"We can only give it a try."

Black Zetsu did not back down. He controlled Konan and summoned a massive number of explosive tags to detonate everywhere, creating even greater chaos. At the same time, he quietly entered Konoha Village and rushed straight for Naruto and Sasuke!
The entire Hidden Leaf Village was well aware of the extraordinary talent of these two. The Senju and Uchiha clans used Naruto and Sasuke as their own representatives and promoted them extensively. Unbeknownst to them, the rivalry between Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha from back then was rekindled.

"Damn it, what nonsense are those adults spouting? They won't let kids go to the battlefield, saying it's dangerous... Our strength is even greater than that of ordinary genin, and we've started real combat in the Musou Tsukuyomi. The experience is incredibly realistic, and we have no shortage of basic combat skills!"

Naruto was very annoyed and sat in the tree, tossing the stone in his hand around intermittently.

Under the tree, Sasuke leaned against the trunk with his hands in his pockets, looking up at Naruto sitting on a branch. He also looked gloomy. Although the two of them hadn't said it outright, after fighting for so long, they were actually planning to cooperate and find a few White Zetsu to kill.

"You finally got it right for once. You keep saying you want to graduate from the Ninja Academy... Do you think I don't know what level those graduates are at? Even if there are a few good ones, it's only because they're a few years older than us."

Sasuke hummed along, only able to keep track of the battle's progress through information uploaded by others and changes in the mission log via the Mukoro Tsukuyomi.

Suddenly, Naruto jumped down from the tree; the action was very sudden.

Sasuke remained calm, pulling his hands out of his pockets and slightly raising them.

Suddenly, the surroundings became incredibly quiet, with only the faint sounds of explosions and shouts of battle echoing from afar.

"What did you find?" Sasuke was on guard for a while but found nothing. But based on his understanding of Naruto, even if Naruto was up to something, he wouldn't do it in such a despicable way.

“…Something feels wrong. We’re being watched, and it’s definitely not the secret service or our family guards. It doesn’t feel right.”

Naruto was also somewhat suspicious, his muscles tensed up subconsciously, and his Wood Release cells were rapidly activating.

His feeling was right; Black Zetsu's figure slowly emerged from the ground, like a shadow.

"Is this Ashura's keen sense of smell? You have a higher talent for perception than the previous two... The Hashirama cells in your body are also a troublesome thing."

Naruto and Sasuke showed no fear; instead, they both revealed expressions of excitement, much to Black Zetsu's bewilderment.

"Hey, did you receive it?"

"Of course, the mission system issued a special mission... Kaguya's Child? Is that the codename for this black-clad guy?"

(End of this chapter)