Zombie Sage in Naruto

Chapter 70 Don't mess around, it can be saved.

For this mission, Kaede Tsukasa actually had a trump card as a backup.

That's right, it's Matt Day.

The Eight Gates Formation is a powerful technique with high burst damage. Regardless of whether it inflicts self-harm or not, it's simply very useful.

However, the only thing that Kaede Tsukasa was concerned about was how many gates the 29-year-old Might Guy could open. It would be best if it were the Death Gate, so he could open the Death Gate to fight the enemy head-on, and then Kaede Tsukasa could sacrifice a batch of zombies to revive them.

The Infinite Eight Gates is the strongest offensive ninjutsu that Kaede Tsukasa can unleash.

The only problem is that Might Guy is in a tough spot. However, considering that Might Guy is not trusted by anyone, only Tsukasa Kaede is willing to take him on high-difficulty missions. He will probably do his best to do such a thing.

As the feedback came back from the zombies, Kaede Tsukasa nodded repeatedly. The suicidal attack by several zombies using the Explosion Release technique had indeed caused great damage to Roshi, blasting out many body fragments—all of which were highly concentrated chakra.

Kaede immediately unfurled the sealing scroll and quickly sealed the Four-Tails chakra that the zombie had brought back.

This is good news, but there is also bad news. The immense pain caused Old Purple to completely lose consciousness, and the Four-Tails officially took over.

"Ouch!! That hurts! You damned bastards, watch me use Lava Release to melt you and the stone into one!"

The four tails, tens of meters tall, crouched in place, going berserk, slapping the ground with their four tails and creating a new round of earthquakes.

Its sheer size exudes an unfathomable aura of power, sending shivers down one's spine.

This is an ultra-high-intensity chakra life form, a kind of immortal being.

The Four-Tails opened its mouth, and a large amount of chakra was highly compressed and condensed into a purplish-black sphere, which grew larger and larger over time.

"Using a Tailed Beast Ball right off the bat?" Kaede Tsukasa had a headache. Was it still possible to use a space-time ninjutsu to transfer Might Dai over? Might Dai should be able to kick this thing away with one kick, right?

It would be even more impossible to use the Void Realm Technique to transfer the Tailed Beast Ball. While the Void Realm Technique has many advantages, it also has a drawback—it can only be used by Kaede Tsukasa and a zombie to swap positions.

Unless Kaedeji is willing to risk his life, rushing forward to touch the Tailed Beast Ball, then using the Sky Realm Technique to teleport the Tailed Beast Ball to a distant zombie, and then abandoning the Tailed Beast Ball to teleport himself back, the difficulty and danger of that would be far too exaggerated.

Even Minato Namikaze, a few years later, couldn't do that.

Two years later, Jiraiya, along with Minato Namikaze and two subordinates, went on a mission. Faced with the Tailed Beast Ball again, Jiraiya was helpless, and in the end, Minato Namikaze could only use the Flying Thunder God Technique to help the three of them escape in a sorry state.

Faced with the Tailed Beast Ball, even a genius like Minato Namikaze would be dumbfounded, and Jiraiya would be helpless and have no choice but to run away. At this time, Minato Namikaze had learned most of the sealing techniques left by the Uzumaki clan from Kushina Uzumaki, but he still could not reach the level of directly transferring the Tailed Beast Ball away.

And most importantly: Minato Namikaze was not a Jinchūriki, but his chakra reserves were a mysterious bottomless pit.

Even if Kaede risked his life to transfer the Tailed Beast Ball, he wouldn't have enough chakra to do so without replenishing his life force beforehand.

The main reason is that there is no need for it. He has already obtained the Four-Tails' chakra. Why would he want to fight the Four-Tails to the death? Before he can get his ideal body, Kaede Tsukasa prefers to prioritize his own safety.

"Most of our companions in the village have already fled. It seems it's time to escape. We must not use Might Guy as our trump card unless absolutely necessary. Sakumo Hatake may have a slight understanding of Might Guy's talent, but he is far less aware of it than I am."

Kaede Tsukasa retrieved the precious zombie Sandstorm Araki, and then extracted most of the life force from all the ordinary zombies present. A vigorous vitality visibly surged from his body—this was the most powerful life force he had ever accumulated!
He immediately dispelled the summoning jutsu, collected the withered zombies back into the summoning scroll, and then used the Void Realm Technique to escape, returning to Tsunade and Kato Dan's side.

Unfortunately, the Root ninja team responsible for tracking him was too far away, and it was too late to go there and extract the life force from these living people. Kaede Tsukasa had no choice but to give up.

"Oh? That's strange. Making so many corpses use the same ninjutsu, and then switching people in the end, it's a space-time ninjutsu I've never seen before. But there's no use in escaping. Don't try to fool me with a dead man!!" The Four-Tails didn't care what kind of jutsu it was, and ignored the zombie that had been swapped in front of it. It immediately turned around and aimed at the location of Kaede Tsukasa and Tsunade, and unleashed a Tailed Beast Ball!

boom!
The Tailed Beast Ball bombarded everything in its path, tearing a deep chasm in the earth and splitting the thick, dark clouds in the sky in two for a brief moment.

"This is just the end of it for now. Once I achieve my real goal, I won't let you off so easily."

Kaede glanced at the Tailed Beast Ball that almost blocked their view, then led Tsunade and Kato Dan on a second transfer.

Where they had just been standing, a terrifying semi-circular ball of light suddenly erupted, a mushroom cloud rose into the sky, and visible ripples swept in all directions, as if the world had lost its original color and sound.

The Konoha ninjas in the distance watched this scene in utter horror; it was the first time they had ever witnessed the terrifying power of a Tailed Beast Ball.

The Iwagakure ninjas outside the borders of the Land of Hot Water also stood up and looked into the distance.

"Ha, it must be Lord Zi's technique!"

"At this scale, the guys from Konoha are probably all dead, right? We've won a great victory!"

"Yes, we'll break into the Land of Fire from the Land of Hot Water, destroy Konoha's rear, and end this war."

The Iwagakure ninja were overjoyed, but some of them showed signs of worry. Being forced to the point of fully transforming into a tailed beast and unleashing a tailed beast ball, didn't that just show that Rōshi was in a bad situation?

The risk of fully transforming into a tailed beast is far too great!
Sure enough, before the Iwagakure ninjas could finish celebrating, they saw another Tailed Beast Ball hurtling towards them—the Four-Tails was doing it on purpose.

Compared to Konoha, Iwagakure is the real enemy to the Four-Tails, the one that restricts and torments it. Given the opportunity, it is only right to kill as many Iwagakure ninjas as possible.

"I never expected it to end up like this, with the two countries fighting each other to a standstill in a third country."

Kaede Tsukasa placed Tsunade and Kato Dan on the ground and looked up into the distance.

One could vaguely sense the terrifying impact; this power was truly awe-inspiring, and many Kage-level powerhouses would find it difficult to deal with a Tailed Beast.

As for what kind of mess the Land of Hot Springs will become after the war, no one cares except for the people of the Land of Hot Springs themselves.

Tsunade disregarded everything else and desperately tried to heal Dan Kato, but as time went on, Dan Kato's life force eventually began to wane.

"That's enough, Tsunade. Don't do anything futile. Let's conserve our chakra and lead our comrades back to the Land of Fire."

Kato forced a smile: "It's truly heartbreaking. My dream hasn't come true yet, but my sacrifice was worthwhile. I saved so many comrades..."

"...I see. But you're alright now. Look, the bleeding has stopped." Tsunade forced a face that looked worse than crying.

“Oh, that’s wonderful… I…” Kato Dan’s eyes lost their luster.

Tsunade wanted to burst into tears, tears streaming down her face with the rain, and she was about to let out a mournful cry.

At this moment, Kaede Tsukasa squatted down and said calmly, "Lady Tsunade, is it over? If it is, I am about to cast my spell. Although it is impolite to say this, I really can't bear to interrupt you, judging from your behavior just now... mainly because you are getting in my way."

(End of this chapter)