Zombie Sage in Naruto

Chapter 48 Teacher, a stranger is approaching.
Anyone who knows Tsukasa Kaede knows that he is in poor health.
Especially after the war against Sunagakure ended, the news that Sunagakure sent an elite squad to try to capture Kaede Tsukasa and that Kato Dan praised Kaede Tsukasa as a genius in front of many ninjas had already quietly spread.

Those who had never fought alongside Kaede Tsukasa were very curious and went on to inquire about this genius who had risen to prominence during World War II, wondering what kind of person he was.

After learning that this technique involves manipulating enemy corpses in combat, the explosive skill becomes even more impressive and unforgettable.

If it weren't for Kaedeji Tsukasa's five-month-long seclusion and intensive training, his fame would definitely be much greater than it is now.

But now, what has Komatsu Fujiko discovered while accompanying Kaedeji on a mission?
Kaede Tsukasa's physical abilities are incredibly strong!
But how could this be? Why did it suddenly become like this?

Komatsu Fujii was positioned to the side and slightly behind, observing Kaedeji Tsukasa's condition up close. It was indeed not a pretense; he was truly breathing heavily and appeared relaxed and at ease.

However, these three Root ninjas, who had undergone brutal training for many years, were already exhausted. If they didn't rest and recuperate soon, it would be difficult for them to perform at a satisfactory level.

“Lord Kaedeji, you seem to have changed.” Komatsu Fujitsu said proactively.

"Your health has improved?"

"What I mean is that you no longer deliberately conceal your talents."

"Oh, that's true."

Kaedeji remained noncommittal, and took the lead in stepping into the Land of Rain.

From now on, we need to be more careful about our whereabouts. If the Rain Village ninjas discover us, things will get complicated. We'll have to kill the Rain Village ninjas, or we'll have to wait for them to call in more people.

"Lord Kaedeji, although the Land of Rain is a small country, it is still a behemoth for the four of us. Which direction do you plan to start your search from?" Komatsu Fuji asked.

"Which direction? Searching like this is too inefficient. I plan to finish the mission as soon as possible and then go back to cultivate."

With a swift movement of his arm, Kaede Tsukasa grabbed the spirit scroll at his waist as it spun rapidly. He flung it through the air with the momentum of the movement, and the scroll automatically unfurled, revealing a dense array of characters for "corpse" inside.

"Of course, we need to take all aspects into account... Summoning techniques!"

Bang bang bang!

The character "尸" (corpse) engraved on the scroll rose one after another, accompanied by wisps of white smoke, and a full twenty figures emerged from it, standing silently in front of Kaede Tsukasa.

Everyone was wearing a plastic mask.

"Hmm, it looks pretty good. I've bought a lot of decorative masks in the village these past few days. They're barely enough to fit these servants, but they're not bad. At least I don't have to look directly at their faces anymore," Kaedeji said with a smile.

"twenty……"

Komatsu Fujii kept this number in mind. He knew that Kaede Tsukasa's strength had obviously improved. There had never been a case in the past where he could command twenty corpses at once.

But the next second, he was even more surprised, because Kaede Tsukasa summoned twenty more corpses!

forty?

It's only been five months. For most ninjas, five months wouldn't even be enough time to learn a new and powerful ninjutsu, and their chakra production wouldn't be much higher than before.

But Kaede Tsukasa has already reached a higher level, and his secret techniques are finally beginning to show their potential. His Corpse Escape technique is the first to be revealed in the Land of Rain.

"Scatter!" As soon as Kaede Tsukasa finished speaking, forty zombies moved simultaneously, scattering at high speed in all directions. Each zombie knew exactly which area to explore.

However, Kaedeji never gave any detailed instructions, which greatly affected the three Root ninjas. They racked their brains to think of all the possibilities, but they still couldn't figure out how Kaedeji had done all this.

The value of the Corpse Escape Technique is truly immeasurable; even Lord Danzo probably didn't anticipate this, thought Komatsu.

He also noticed that Kaede Tsukasa was now able to send out zombies to carry out orders over extremely long distances. This meant that Kaede Tsukasa had undergone unimaginable changes, and that his secret technique system had become more complete and unpredictable.

……

At the same time, in a desolate place 9 kilometers away from Kaedeji, a house stood under the curtain of rain.

Jiraiya concluded his day of teaching.

Compared to Konan and Yahiko, he undoubtedly paid more attention to Nagato, always looking for opportunities to give Nagato special training, and Nagato's talent always surprised him.

They are born with mastery of all five elements and can quickly master any elemental ninjutsu. This alone is something that ordinary ninjas would have to work hard for a long time to achieve, and some might not even be able to achieve it even after a lifetime of effort.

The passive buff of the Rinnegan user is already a ceiling that ordinary ninjas can hardly reach in their entire lives. The difference in talent is so cruel, which makes Jiraiya more convinced that Nagato is the prophesied child in the mouth of the Great Toad Sage!

"Teacher, when Yahiko went out to buy ingredients, he heard people say that the war is still going on and Konoha and Iwagakure are locked in a stalemate." Nagato walked with his head down, his raincoat not being able to completely shield him from the torrential rain.

The sheer volume of steam and the splashing water droplets alone are enough to soak the clothes inside the raincoat.

However, no one cared about this. No matter how bad the weather was, their cultivation could not be interrupted, as it was their guarantee of survival.

Nagato had a feeling that Jiraiya would be leaving soon, because one of the legendary Sannin could not remain anonymous and teach them in the Land of Rain forever.

"War, Konoha Village has many problems, but it has the strongest foundation. As long as we don't make any big mistakes, we can patiently wait for others to make mistakes." Jiraiya's expression was complicated. "Although this will cause more people to die on the battlefield as pawns for trial and error, it is an inevitable result in this cruel world."

Jiraiya himself knew how disgraceful it was to withdraw from World War II without saying a word halfway through, but compared to teaching the prophesied child, the war really didn't matter.

He firmly believed that he had not done anything wrong. This was not an act of escapism or retreat. Participating in the war did not prove his responsibility; choosing to teach Nagato required even greater courage.

This means that after losing him, a Kage-level fighter, more comrades will die on the battlefield, but the pain now is so that more people will not have to suffer in the future.

"You can definitely do it, Nagato. If it's you, you will definitely..." Jiraiya looked at Nagato's figure, his heart filled with great expectations.

"teacher."

Nagato suddenly spoke, pointing in a direction: "Something's not right over there. I sensed a few unusual chakras moving this way."

"It shouldn't be a ninja from Amegakure. Hanzo of the Salamander chose to isolate himself and not participate in any form of war, so he was probably a wandering ninja again."

Jiraiya was somewhat helpless and was about to rush over to resolve the situation.

Nagato exclaimed in surprise, "Strange, a few more... people have appeared out of nowhere? They have very strange chakra and are confronting those people."

(End of this chapter)