Zombie Sage in Naruto

Chapter 11 Welcome to the real Konoha

Kaede Tsukasa calmly began to assist Morino Isuke, placing one hand on Tobitake Copter's forehead, and pale blue chakra began to appear in his palm.

“It’s you…” the bamboo dragonfly mumbled sleepily.

"Do you know him?" Morino Isuke asked casually as he carefully put on his gloves.

"Yes, I know him. I partnered with him once two months ago."

“Then you should know even better what to do. He may have overheard some of the conversation just now. When it’s time to make a decision, you absolutely cannot hesitate. This is a quality that a qualified ninja should have.” Morino Isuke meticulously put on his protective suit.

The bamboo dragonfly wanted to struggle, but found that it could do nothing. It immediately showed a look of despair, which was not only the pain of facing death, but also the feeling of its worldview being completely destroyed.

Is this Konoha Village? Is this what Konoha ninjas are supposed to do? Is this the result of his Flying Bamboo Dragonfly, risking his life on the battlefield?
Yes, everything is real.

"Flying Bamboo Dragonfly, welcome to the shade under the lush trees, in a place where the sun cannot reach, this is the true Konoha Village."

Moreover, this refers to Konoha during a period when its style of doing things was relatively "gentle".

After all, it was the later stages of World War II, and the war was difficult, so it was understandable that some extreme individual incidents occurred.

After World War II ended and before the outbreak of World War III, during the peaceful period, Konoha Village carried out many crazy operations with the tacit approval or even personal approval of the Third Hokage. Those were truly mind-blowing.

It wasn't until the Naruto and Sasuke era that the atmosphere in Konoha Village improved significantly. The sunlight, which had been shining since the First Hokage, once again reached every corner, reflecting the Will of Fire, which had somehow become distorted beyond recognition, into everyone's heart.

Kaede Tsukasa said, "Your fate is sealed. This is an order from above, and I have no right to resist. If I don't do it, someone else will. If I do it, it might lessen your suffering."

The dust of the times settles on people like a mountain, and in the world of Naruto, this is being presented in an even more brutal way.

Simply by using the living material of the bamboo dragonfly to learn about the toxins from Sunagakure and provide some reference for Tsunade, it is already a B-rank mission, existing as a piece of the puzzle for Tsunade's mission.

That means that Tsunade's act of concocting an antidote for this poison was at least an A-rank mission, or even an S-rank mission.

An S-rank mission is normally an extremely difficult mission that involves facing multiple Jonin or even confronting a Kage-level powerhouse.

"Sunagakure, huh? I've heard it's a village that's very skilled in using poison, especially their puppeteers," Kaedeji suddenly said.

Morino Isuke said, "You don't want to fight the ninjas of Sunagakure. The Land of Wind is the weakest of the five great nations in terms of overall national strength, and Sunagakure is also the village with the most strained finances. However, they are very good at using various difficult-to-treat poisons to make up for their lack of manpower. And every new poison means that a large number of ninjas will die because they cannot get the antidote in time."

Deciphering the toxin and preparing the antidote takes time, and even more so, it requires some Konoha ninjas to risk their lives to test the waters—how can we confirm that Sunagakure has used a new and deadly poison without taking some lives to confirm that someone has been poisoned by it?

How can we help those developing an antidote reduce research and development time without sacrificing the lives of Konoha ninja to determine the basic characteristics of the toxin?
Is it really possible to rely solely on medical ninjas of Tsunade's caliber, constantly on the front lines, meticulously observing every type of poison used by Sunagakure? That's simply impossible; there's only one Tsunade in the entire Hidden Leaf Village. For example, right now, sacrificing the life of a mediocre ninja like the Flying Bamboo Dragonfly to save Tsunade a little time would be absolutely worthwhile in the eyes of the Hidden Leaf Village's leadership, because Tsunade could prepare antidotes and distribute them to the frontline ninjas more quickly, thus saving more lives.

Perhaps, even a seemingly ordinary action by a high-ranking ninja contains the result of the desperate efforts of a low-ranking ninja like Kaedeji.

The results of countless subordinate departments are accumulated and layered until they finally have the value to make a great figure like Tsunade take a look and think for a few more seconds, and finally become an insignificant sentence in a decision that is made for a wider audience.

"Then I'll start."

Kaedeji channeled his chakra down his forehead and into the dying brain of the bamboo dragonfly. Looking at this comrade who had once fought alongside him, his eyes gradually lost their luster and he slowly closed them.

Not long after, the corpse's eyelids twitched slightly, and it let out a mournful cry like a dying swan.

A colleague was startled: "Hmm, is this also one of the effects of a highly toxic substance? It actually has the effect of stimulating the human nerves. I originally thought it would paralyze the nerves."

Morino Isuke's expression shifted slightly as he glanced at Kaede Tsukasa: "Don't use your Soul Reaper Technique to modify the corpse at this time. Even if you have the ability to improve and further develop this technique, this corpse is of utmost importance."

Kaedeji's expression remained calm: "It's possible that some nerves haven't been completely eroded by the toxin yet, and are reacting to the stimulation. As I just said, I will try to alleviate his pain, which is one of the few things I can do... Mercy is a luxury in our department."

He diligently carried out his work, consuming his scarce chakra, threading a needle as if he were truly preparing for the Soul Reaper Technique—a technique to fool Morino Isuke and the Root ninjas. Then, he used a scalpel to thoroughly cut open his chest, and the others began to work as well. One person was specifically responsible for recording and compiling a neat, easy-to-read, and easy-to-understand report.

The operating light cast a cold glow on the bluish-purple face of the flying bamboo dragonfly. Kaede Tsukasa's rubber glove slid across the purplish-black hole in the corpse's neck, and viscous poisonous blood dripped from the scalpel groove into a glass dish, making a corrosive sizzling sound.

"This poison is a perfect combination of different chemical drugs... It must have been developed by a ninja of the level of the Third Kazekage, Chiyo, and Ebizo."

Morino Isuke picked up a piece of ulcerated liver with tweezers, the tissue fluid corroding the metal tweezers into barely perceptible dents: "This poison will preferentially destroy glands. The salivary glands swell, but the tear glands are as dry as snakeskin that has been dried in the sun for three days."

Kaedeji's blade pierced the chest cavity, and clumps of cotton-like black substance gushed from the lungs. This was not ordinary tissue necrosis—the venom was transforming the organs into some kind of fibrotic cocoon. He dipped his venomous blood into a glass slide, and under the microscope, the cells resembled pupae tightly bound by spider silk, and the chakra meridians displayed eerie colors.

"It is mainly a neurotoxin, mixed with extremely fine mineral sand crystals."

Kaede cut off a piece of blackened heart tissue, while the ninja beside him quickly recorded the process.

Everyone present was an expert, and they quickly completed all the recordings; the whole process was exceptionally efficient.

Before long, the analysis report was passed on by the Root ninja to the relevant department, and it would soon be in Tsunade's hands.

(End of this chapter)