Zombie Sage in Naruto

Chapter 35 Tsunade's Astonishment

Only a very small number of people truly shine in war.

Kaede Tsukasa felt that he did not belong to this extremely small minority, but others did not think so.

After defeating Sunagakure, many Konoha ninja cheered and returned to their camp, escorting the spoils of war and captured prisoners to designated locations.

These things will become bargaining chips for Konoha Village during postwar negotiations.

Many of them were covered in wounds and dirt, but their spirits were incredibly high as they loudly recounted their performance on the battlefield.

The medical unit area was particularly bustling, with many ninjas returning to treat their wounds as soon as possible, making it a densely populated area.

"Hey, hey, hey, did you hear? Sandstorm Araki is dead too! He was an elite Jonin from Sunagakure!"

"I've heard that Lord Kato Dan is incredibly strong, perhaps even at the level of the Hokage!"

"Not only that, I heard Lord Kato Dan mention that it was Kaedama Tsukasa who interfered with the sandstorm Araki, creating an opportunity for him!"

"The one who used the Death Soul Technique?"

Kaede Tsukasa's performance brought unprecedented attention to the art of dead souls. This was because the technique of manipulating corpses to move freely was too special, and on this battlefield full of dead bodies, people knew just by hearing about it how terrifying it was.

In particular, when Kaede Tsukasa developed a new space-time ninjutsu using the Death Soul Technique, it caused a sensation.

There was no way to hide it. The battle to annihilate Sandstorm Araki was already attracting attention, and Kaedeji's Sky Realm Technique was witnessed by many people on the scene, which led to its wider dissemination.

Space-time magic!
Who doesn't like it? Who doesn't want to learn it?
Just hearing the name Minato Namikaze, even without ever seeing him in action, is enough to imagine how dazzling and mesmerizing his instantaneous movement must be.

Just as the Flying Thunder God Technique was spreading, a young ninja who knew space-time ninjutsu appeared on their side.
"This is a complementary ninjutsu developed based on the Soul Reaper Technique? The Soul Reaper Technique has this kind of potential?!"

Almost everyone who learned about Kaedeji's various behaviors out of curiosity showed a look of astonishment.

The medical ninjas, in particular, felt that their brains were not working properly.

If it were merely manipulating corpses in combat, it might still provoke resentment from some of his comrades. But what if he could further unleash space-time ninjutsu? Then people's opinion of Kaede Tsukasa's version of the Dead Soul Technique would completely change.

This is the charm of the art of spacetime.

The medical ninjas were even more obsessed, trying to learn the Dead Soul Technique through various channels, even exchanging their battle merits with villages. But after obtaining it, no matter how they studied it, they confirmed that it was just a technique for temporarily controlling the movements of corpses.

"No matter how much you train, you can only make a corpse move for a few dozen seconds at most, and it can't handle high-intensity combat missions. How did Kaede Tsukasa break through the flaws of this technique? How can he make a corpse move freely for so long and still use the ninjutsu it used in life?"

Not to mention, Kaede Tsukasa can simultaneously control multiple corpses, unleashing considerable combat power, and he can even use these corpses to perform space-time magic!
Driven by intense curiosity and astonishment, Kaedeji Tsukasa's name spread at an astonishing speed.

To be fair, he hasn't yet achieved enough to change the course of the battle, nor has he become a hero of Konoha, but the ripples he has caused have briefly made him the center of attention, overshadowing others.

Kato Dan casually remarked that Kaede Tsukasa was a genius, and whether or not it was intended to start a conversation with Kaede Tsukasa, it began to spread rapidly.

More and more people are re-evaluating Tsukasa Kaede and increasingly feeling that he is also a genius.

If they can produce Minato Namikaze on the battlefield against Iwagakure, it's not surprising that they can produce Tsukasa Kaede on their side, right? "...My talent is far from being comparable to Minato Namikaze's; the rumors my comrades have spread are too exaggerated."

Kaede Tsukasa stood in front of Tsunade to report on her work, and said with great helplessness.

genius?

It might happen soon, but it's not happening now.

"Don't underestimate yourself. Everyone can see your abilities, and there are ways to make up for your main weaknesses."

Tsunade's style of doing things is exceptionally efficient. She summoned Kaede Tsukasa in the midst of her busy schedule, not to hear Kaede Tsukasa give any work reports. Kato Dan had already told her the specifics.

The main purpose was to observe Kaedeji's condition up close, since he was, after all, a ninja from the medical unit directly under my command.

But upon closer inspection, Tsunade was still surprised by Kaede's physical condition.

She placed her finger on Kaedeji's shoulder, her chakra quickly circulating: "With your physical condition, how have you survived until now? No wonder Root overlooked you when they were selecting people."

It was truly shocking. Tsunade felt that the skinny young man in front of her was like a paper doll!
The extremely low number of cells could not be hidden from a top-tier medical ninja like Tsunade.

“There’s nothing I can do about it, I was born this way, which is why I said I’m only alive because of the village’s care,” Kaede Tsukasa said.

Tsunade had never seen a body like this before. It looked no different from a normal person, but upon closer inspection, it was like a paper doll with a terrifyingly empty interior.

Normally, someone with this kind of body would die from a common cold, but Kaede Tsukasa lived to be 16 and became an excellent Chunin.

“No wonder. Your profile says you have a withdrawn personality, but some of your teammates didn’t mention that. I think I understand now… With this kind of body, you really should be a bit withdrawn. If you were to get close to people randomly, you might not be alive now.”

Driven by a research instinct, she longed to examine this body she had never seen before, but she only thought about it in her head.

“I will teach you a technique to stimulate your body with chakra. With your learning ability, mastering this technique will not be difficult. It will improve your problem of insufficient chakra to some extent. However, I cannot help with your fingers, but it seems that you do not care about that,” Tsunade said.

Kaede immediately summoned a zombie: "Lady Tsunade, the technique I want to use can be performed through a zombie, which can effectively make up for my weakness."

“Zombie… As expected, your technique has deviated from the original technique of the dead soul and has gone down a different path.”

"Yes, I gave this secret technique a name: Corpse Escape."

Corpse Escape...

The name itself sounds like a forbidden technique.

However, it didn't matter. She judged that Kaedeji was a cautious and intelligent person who wouldn't go down the taboo path of recklessly using his companion's corpse.

As for using enemy corpses... this is wartime, so it's acceptable.

(End of this chapter)