Zombie Sage in Naruto

Chapter 22. I, Kaedeji Tsukasa, will protect this precious intelligence!

Kaede Tsukasa crouched on the ground, his eyes scanning the changing environment. This was the first time he had used this technique in actual combat. He needed to cast the technique together with the zombies, linking with them using chakra and the virus, and following his senses towards the zombies. He had succeeded.

"Although I can theoretically reduce the difficulty and cost of the technique to an extremely low level, even if it is reduced to a very low level, it is still a kind of space-time teleportation technique. With the amount of chakra I have left, it is best not to use it more than twice."

Kaede quickly assessed the situation, sighing inwardly; it was still a problem of insufficient chakra.

Fortunately, the main consumption process of the Corpse Escape Technique is in accelerating the transformation of zombies. If we really want to save chakra, we can let the zombies fight on their own instincts, and he can hide in the distance and watch the show. Although doing so will not bring out the full potential of the zombie ninja, it is still a good way to save chakra.

However, the Corpse Substitution Technique is not effective; instantaneous teleportation cannot be faked, and the energy expenditure is real.

"The greater the distance, the greater the energy expenditure. The straight-line distance between changing positions should ideally not exceed fifty meters. Any longer, and it will affect my health."

Kaede Tsukasa couldn't possibly use all his chakra on this technique; he also needed to use other Corpse Release ninjutsu, further limiting the effectiveness of the Corpse Substitution Technique.

But it's also really useful for saving your life in critical moments.

"Flying Thunder God?!"

"Is this the Flying Thunder God Technique?"

The ninjas on both sides looked over at the same time, staring in disbelief at Kaede Tsukasa, who had been maintaining a seemingly elegant half-crouching position but was now getting up. They fell into a moment of silence.

Sandstorm Araki was horrified, but quickly regained his composure: "No, it's impossible. The difficulty of learning space-time ninjutsu is extremely high. It's impossible for two young people in Konoha to have mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique in the same era."

"Is that so? You'd better think it over carefully before drawing a conclusion. What if what you don't want to see is actually true?" Kaede Tsukasa stood up, holding a shuriken in his hand, ready to make a move.

The other Sand Village ninjas were momentarily slowed down by this scene, and the Konoha seized the opportunity to kill a genin and a chunin.

Araki, completely unconcerned about his subordinate's death, coldly said, "Every ninja village has been studying Minato Namikaze and his Flying Thunder God Technique, trying to completely crush this Konoha genius, but they have never found a good way. Minato Namikaze's ninjutsu talent and combat ability are visibly powerful. And you? I don't believe you can master both the Death Soul Technique and the Flying Thunder God Technique at the same time!"

His reasoning was very simple—if you, Kaede Tsukasa, had this kind of talent, how could you only show your talent at the age of 16?

Minato Namikaze became famous at the age of 13, and his Flying Thunder God Technique overwhelmed Iwagakure. The Iwagakure ninja tried every means to kill him but couldn't find a good way.

What kind of person is Kaede Tsukasa?
In the ninja world, a world filled with madness and war, talented people are discovered early on, let alone those born in a major ninja village like Konoha, who enjoy a relatively complete training system and talent selection mechanism!
If it weren't for the fact that Kaedeji's Soul Reaper Technique was so unique and perfectly aligned with the puppetry approach of Sunagakure, Sunagakure wouldn't have paid much attention to Kaedeji.

The puppet route is the only way Sunagakure can close the gap with Konoha. After all, Sunagakure doesn't have any bloodline limits that are famous throughout the ninja world. Occasionally, they have Magnet Release or Scorch Release ninjas, but these are bloodline limits pieced together by fusing chakra properties after birth, and they cannot achieve stable bloodline inheritance.

"Ah, since you've already drawn your conclusion, there's nothing more to say." Kaedeji suddenly flung out the shuriken in his hand. To be honest, this throwing technique was barely at the normal level of a genin. After all, his muscle mass, explosive power, and nerve control were all substandard. Relying on the throwing of ninja tools, he could at most play a little bit of a harassing role.

Sandstorm Araki sneered, further confirming his judgment.

"So what if it really is the Flying Thunder God Technique? I've heard that Minato Namikaze can precisely pierce an enemy's head with a kunai the instant he changes position, and his enemies can't even defend against it in advance! As for you, your terrible physical skills and reflexes are simply not enough to do that."

The Flying Thunder God Technique, combined with perfect reaction speed, adequate physical skills, and terrifying intuition and instinct, is necessary to truly maximize combat power. Even Minato Namikaze at the moment is not capable of doing this; he has only shown matching potential and is far from reaching his peak.

And what about Kaedeji? He did change his position, but he didn't have the ability to launch a surprise attack the moment he changed positions.

"However, if you can exchange positions by forming hand seals and casting spells at the same time as that corpse... the Flying Thunder God Technique requires throwing specially made kunai as spatial coordinates, so what about this kid? No, his technique is more like a mutual summoning and substitution technique..."

Elite Jonin possess top-tier intelligence analysis skills in the ninja world. Sandstorm Araki's brain raced, and the more he thought about it, the more outrageous it seemed. How could there be such an outrageous technique? Moreover, this kid isn't very old. He's perfected the Soul Reaper Technique, and he can even further develop complementary ninjutsu to it?
Is it a space-time related ninjutsu? Does the Soul Reaper Technique have such incredible potential? I've never heard of it before!
Impossible, absolutely impossible. This defies common sense; there must be something missing.

"Perhaps it's an incomplete Flying Thunder God Technique? Or it could be some unknown, simplified version of a space-time ninjutsu, but that's unlikely. My initial assessment is that his movement distance is very short... I have too little information; I need to probe to find out more."

boom!
A fierce gust of wind erupted from Sandstorm Araki's hand, sweeping up countless grains of sand and scattering a large number of shurikens as it hurtled towards Kaedeji.

Sandstorm Araki had a strong premonition that if he didn't seize this opportunity to take down Kaedeji, it would be even more difficult in the future!
The price of focusing on attacking Kaede Tsukasa was that Terai, an elite Jonin, seized the opportunity.

"Don't think you're the only one who knows Wind Release. It was your mistake not to stop me from getting close in time." Terai suddenly swung his kunai.

Wind Release: Wind Slash!

Numerous wind-attribute transformations were unleashed through kunai, transforming into wind blades that tore through the sandstorm and blocked the movement path of the Sandstorm Wildwood.

In an instant, the battlefield situation changed drastically. The Konoha ninja, who were outnumbered, seemed to have the upper hand and had already inflicted casualties on the enemy.

But everyone knows that this is only temporary. Fighting on enemy territory without a numerical advantage will inevitably lead to defeat if the fighting continues.

Kaede Tsukasa summoned a zombie and commanded it to withstand the sandstorm in front of him. He then kicked the zombie hard, used the recoil to turn sharply, and fell into the sand, carving a trench, where he reunited with the seriously injured Yakushi Nono.

"Dean, are you alright? But I have no more chakra to heal you. You'll have to rely on yourself." Kaedeji was panting heavily as he looked at the priestess whose face showed shock. "Please give me the information, and I will risk my life to bring it back to Konoha."

(End of this chapter)