Zombie Sage in Naruto

Chapter 33 The Puzzle of Reincarnation
Kaedeji had anticipated that Sasori of the Red Sand would try to contact him.

Even Chiyo coveted his secret techniques and specially arranged for Sandstorm Araki to abduct him, not to mention Sasori of the Red Sand, who greatly admired human puppets.

"I will only contact you if you survive. If you are captured by the sandstorm and taken back to the village, there is no need for me to contact you, because what you have now will eventually fall into my hands."

The puppet's mouth opened and closed, emitting intermittent sounds.

Kaede looked around and saw only a few Konoha ninjas cleaning up the battlefield. He immediately said, "What exactly do you want to say? I don't have time to waste on you."

“Let’s make a deal. You give me your technique, and in return, I will teach you the village’s puppetry secrets,” Sasori of the Red Sand said. “Flesh and blood will eventually decay. You will eventually realize this and walk the same path as me. We are not enemies.”

"So confident?"

"I can't be wrong. In essence, you and I are no different. We've both embarked on the path of controlling corpses. The only difference is the way we modify them."

Sasori of the Red Sand said, "You can make corpses use the ninjutsu they used in life, and my Human Puppet Technique can also modify corpses so that they can use the ninjutsu they used in life."

Any puppeteer who knows about human puppets cannot ignore the existence of Kaedeji Tsukasa. Obtaining Kaedeji Tsukasa's technique is equivalent to completely completing the most crucial part of human puppetry.

Sasori of the Red Sand said, "I have learned about your information. You haven't been using the Death Soul Technique for long, so you haven't realized the biggest weakness of this technique—the corpse itself will continue to rot. But my human puppet is different. As long as the parts are constantly replaced, the human puppet can live forever."

"What if I ask you for the complete secrets of human puppetry?"

“Okay, then hand over all the spells you have to me. I’m very interested in your spacetime spells that you can cast through corpses. If I use them on my puppets, the puppeteer’s weakness will be filled.”

What are puppeteers most afraid of? Nothing more than being ambushed by an enemy like Konoha's White Fang, who excels at killing with a single blow.

Even for a puppeteer who controls human puppets, the flesh and blood of the puppet body is a weakness. Unless one transforms their entire body into a puppet, there will still be a core of flesh and blood to generate chakra.

However, if one can master the techniques of space and time, even if it is only a few meters of teleportation, it is a key ninjutsu that can change the fate of a puppeteer.

Battles can change in an instant, and for experts, a mere moment's respite can often completely turn the tide of battle.

"What a troublesome child. Yakushi Nonou never told me you would be this difficult. Are you really only 6 years old?"

"I'm seven years old now. If I were in the Warring States period, I would have already been on the battlefield and killed many people by now," Sasori of the Red Sand said coldly.

Kaede nodded secretly. That was true. Even in the era of the ninja villages, Kakashi Hatake, Itachi Uchiha, and others had all seen blood on the battlefield at this age.

There's no way around it; this is ultimately a world with extraordinary powers. As long as young children can create and use chakra, killing ordinary people is as easy as cutting melons and vegetables. Their combat power is far beyond what ordinary people can compare to.

"So, we've reached a consensus? That's good. You and I are kindred spirits, and we have no grudges. On the road to eternity, I am no longer alone." Sasori's voice rarely showed such emotional fluctuation.

Even his grandmother probably couldn't understand his thinking; instead, he wanted to join forces with people from a rival village to embark on this path.

As for the idea that betraying the puppet technique was equivalent to betraying the village, Sasori of the Red Sand didn't care at all. The people of Sunagakure were ultimately a group of things that would disappear.

Kaede Tsukasa did not approach the puppet. Instead, he walked a few meters to the side, squatted down, and looked as if he were collecting spoils left behind by the enemy. He said, "We can put the human puppet aside for now. I am very interested in another kind of technique. If you can help me get it, we can make a deal immediately."

"Hmph, how cunning. So you were planning to contact me all along." "I agree with one thing you said: it's better for two people to travel together in the unknown than for one person to wander around like a headless fly," Kaedeji said slowly.

"...Speak, what do you want?"

"Chiyo's forbidden technique, the technique of reincarnation."

"I've never heard of this. How did you find out about this information that even I don't know?"

Sasori of the Red Sand was somewhat surprised.

Reincarnation? What the hell? Does old woman Chiyo know this technique?

"Right now, Chiyo probably hasn't fully developed it yet, but it doesn't matter if only a part of it is developed. There's no point in me hiding it from you. With your intelligence, you'll surely understand that this is what I really want, so I don't need to use multiple transactions to disguise this purpose."

Kaede Tsukasa coveted this technique.

As long as I can obtain the Reincarnation Technique, even if the technique is not yet fully developed and has many flaws, it doesn't matter, as long as I can successfully cast it!

At this stage, even if Konoha Village gave him the Book of Sealing and let him choose any ninjutsu he wanted from it, it still wouldn't compare to Chiyo's Reanimation Jutsu!
For Kaede Tsukasa now, the Reanimation Jutsu is even more important than the Impure World Reincarnation!

"Self-Reincarnation Technique... What is this technique used for? Judging from the name, it seems to be a resurrection technique. Is it a ninjutsu that comes with a human puppet?" Sasori of the Red Sand naturally thought of this.

Chiyo's most powerful techniques were nothing more than human puppets and the Chikamatsu Ten Ninja.

The human puppet is not yet perfect and is not suitable for open use on the battlefield at this time. Once this technique is revealed, it will become infamous among the enemy, just like Kaedeji's Death Soul Technique.

No one can tolerate the enemy mastering such techniques. Ethical and public opinion risks are only one aspect; the greater concern is that if their own people die, they will become the enemy's fighting force.

With the Sand Village's defeat becoming increasingly apparent, producing human puppets at this point would be a brainless act. Once the Leaf Village wins the war, how could they possibly tolerate the Sand Village continuing to master this technique?
The previously unheard-of technique of "Reincarnation of Self" must also be paired with a human puppet.

Kaede Tsukasa nodded: "You could say that. This technique was developed for creating human puppets."

"That pharmacist, Nonou, seems really powerful. She actually managed to obtain such a high-level secret from the village. I will find an opportunity to kill her in the future. I hope you won't stop me. I don't want to kill you."

"That's a matter for the future," Kaedeji said noncommittally.

"I will give you an answer soon. This is our code book. I will contact you as soon as possible."

The chakra stored in the puppet was about to run out, so a switch on its chest was activated, and a scroll rolled out.

The puppet itself turned into a wisp of white smoke with a bang and disappeared from the spot.

Kaedeji thought to himself, "Summoning jutsu, huh? Sasori of the Red Sand..."

(End of this chapter)