Zombie Sage in Naruto

Chapter 27 The Sandstorm and Araki's Sudden Attack

The great war broke out once again, and this time it was the final battle.

A total of 16,000 people from both sides went to the battlefield, forming different units. Under the command of captains at all levels, they used specific ninjutsu to carry out specific missions.

Kaede Tsukasa was relatively lucky as he was not involved in the assault force. Nominally, he was still a medical ninja in the medical unit. After Tsunade returned, the command of the medical unit was automatically transferred to Tsunade, and Aburame Ryoma was not qualified to interfere.

“The recent military operations of Sunagakure have been too conservative. I feel that there is a conspiracy brewing behind this.”

Tsunade was dashing and her voice was crisp and decisive.

Kato Dan revealed a gentle smile: "Leave it to me. I'll find out the truth about what you want to know. My abilities are also well-suited to this kind of environment."

The art of spiritualization!

Kato Dan's soul left his body and quickly flew towards the direction of the Sunagakure forces.

The Sand Village had indeed made preparations in advance; they had invited a powerful ninja who was already very old.

"A beam of light is flying over here?" Chiyo looked at the sky, her expression changing. "Could this be Konoha's Spirit Transformation Technique? It's so arrogant!"

"Spiritualization Technique... Konoha Village has mastered far too many precious ninjutsu. Considering their large ninja force, they are never afraid that geniuses will not be able to learn suitable ninjutsu. They are only afraid that there are too few geniuses. It is truly enviable."

A slow-moving old man slowly raised his head. In front of him, Chiyo and Ebizo had to stand half a step back to his side.

"Lord Bunzaemon, Sunagakure is facing the most dangerous time since its founding. We still need your help," Ebizo said in a low voice.

"The most dangerous time? As far as I know, it was when the Third Kazekage and you were advocating for the invasion of the Land of Fire. Konoha has only been resisting you so far. Can this be called the most dangerous time? Let's talk about this when the people of Konoha have driven into the Land of Wind."

Wenzaemon said slowly, "I'm old, but my mind can still work."

Chiyo and Ebizo remained calm and showed no shame whatsoever. The war of aggression had turned into a war of attrition, and it had been fought on the territory of the Land of Fire from beginning to end.

Not long after, Kato Dan told Tsunade what the old man looked like.

"This old guy is still alive... Bunzaemon, the first puppeteer of Sunagakure, and the Chikamatsu Ten Puppet Masters were also developed by him." Tsunade frowned.

Although he is old and his abilities are declining, he is still a formidable opponent as long as he stands there.

“Sakumo Hatake and I will handle this side. The logistics department has urgently manufactured three thousand doses of antidote based on the formula I provided, which is enough to deal with this war. Dan, don’t forget the task I gave you,” Tsunade said.

She's a genius. By collecting various reports and observing ninjas who survived poisoning, she was able to quickly develop an antidote.

Chiyo couldn't possibly equip all the Sand Village ninjas with her self-developed toxins; she mainly supplied them to the puppet troops and Jonin.

Kato Dan smiled and said, "Understood, I will protect my fellow villagers. I'll get over to help you as soon as I've settled things on my end."

"Then I'll take care of Chiyo even faster, and maybe I'll go support you." Tsunade was very confident in her abilities.

As the various units advanced in an orderly manner, the ninjas on both sides at the forefront had already started fighting—of course, not in one-on-one melees, or even in taijutsu combat, but rather engaging in long-range ninjutsu exchanges.

Each ninjutsu is a common ninjutsu, so that as many people as possible can be organized to perform the technique together and increase its power.

Flames, gales, thunder, and earthen walls surged and churned, drastically altering the terrain. After several rounds of ninjutsu clashes, reinforcements arrived one after another, advancing from different directions. Soon, the two sides clashed at close range, beginning a brutal massacre.

"It's truly brutal. Compared to such a battlefield, someone like me is utterly insignificant. But the good thing is that no one should be specifically watching me anymore." Kaede Tsukasa was also witnessing such a war for the first time and expressed his heartfelt sigh.

He had an impulse to send a few zombies into the crowd to self-destruct, then transform them in large numbers, turning all the lively ninjas on the battlefield and the corpses on the ground into zombies.

Unfortunately, he couldn't do that. If he did, he would die. His meager chakra wasn't enough to support his unbridled and rapid transformation and manipulation of zombies.

Kaede Tsukasa needs to restrain himself until the day he has enough strength.

Finally, when Tsunade's order reached the medical unit, Kaede Tsukasa immediately took action.

"Wherever Lady Tsunade appears, Lady Ryoma Aburame is nowhere to be found."

Kazamatsuri Takuno appeared beside Kaede Tsukasa. In this decisive battle against Sunagakure, Tsunade mobilized medical ninjas from all over the country, determined to end the war as soon as possible.

He recalled the moment Tsunade summoned him, and from what she said, it seemed she had other plans...

Kaede Tsukasa laughed and said, "Isn't this normal? The two people have fundamentally different styles of doing things, so it's perfectly normal not to interfere with the other's actions..."

"I'm curious about something. You performed so well, weren't you summoned by Sakumo Hatake or Tsunade? Your secret technique is clearly so powerful."

“They’re just powerful at our level. They have a lot of things to do and can’t afford to bother with someone as insignificant as me,” Kaede Tsukasa replied.

Kazamatsuri Takuno did not believe it.

Soon, the medical ninjas received orders and began to move out, dividing into various teams to follow different units.

Kaede Tsukasa originally thought he wouldn't be targeted. On the battlefield of the final battle, with more than 10,000 people scattered in various places, why would the enemy specifically organize an elite force to target and kill a Chunin like him in the crowd?

But he soon realized he was wrong.

In the sky, a large number of eagles circled, observing the battlefield situation and delivering intelligence.

Then Sunagakure really did send out a special ninja to deal with him!

A sandstorm suddenly swept across the wasteland; the sandstorm had arrived.

His subordinates helped him break through the Konoha forces' blockade, while he himself headed specifically for the medical team where Kaedeji was located. It was as if he, an elite Jonin, didn't need to care about the outcome of the war; he only needed to deal with Kaedeji.

"You're putting my value above the war? Sandstorm Araki, you really move me. In that case, I have nothing more to say. If it's you, then it's worth expending a lot of chakra to turn you into my servant..."

Kaede Tsukasa clearly sensed his own chakra virus from Sandstorm Araki. Perhaps it was because during the last pursuit operation, his wounds had come into contact with the flesh and blood of zombies, which had created a hidden danger for him.

"Without my subjective control, relying solely on the zombie virus brought to this world to exert its own power, the difficulty of turning an elite Jonin into a zombie is truly astonishing. I don't know if it would take several months or even years to achieve this, and that would also require ensuring that the other party does not take any action to eliminate the virus."

Kaede Tsukasa formed a hand seal with one hand. He might be able to obtain an elite Jonin-level zombie soon, but the process needed to be concealed, otherwise it would be too shocking.

(End of this chapter)