Zombie Sage in Naruto

Chapter 4 My companions and I are incredibly close.
Summoning is a very interesting summoning technique, and it comes in ranks from C to S.

The highest-ranking S-class summoning technique is typically the Impure World Reincarnation.

The lowest level, C-rank, is summoning ninja tools using scrolls, or by inscribing summoning formulas on wristbands or waist guards. This allows you to summon various ninja tools at crucial moments. For example, when Sasuke fought Danzo, he summoned a bunch of shuriken from his wristband.

Kaede Tsukasa's current summoning technique is undoubtedly C-rank, only able to summon some ninja tools. His scarce chakra is insufficient to use higher-rank summoning techniques, and even if he wanted to learn higher-rank summoning techniques, such as summoning animals, he has not signed the corresponding contract.

However, the ninja tools he summons now are somewhat special.

Boom boom boom!
The suddenly rising coffin served as a shield, firmly protecting Kaedeji and blocking the Thousand Needles.

"A coffin?" Ji Fu looked puzzled. He had never heard of such a spiritual object before, but it wouldn't affect the final outcome. A mere Konoha genin was no match for him, a chunin.

crunch--

The coffin, which had been completely silent, seemed to awaken its contents after being pricked three times with a thousand needles, and they began to move.

The rotten pine planks were slowly lifted, crashing to the ground with a loud bang, revealing the body sealed inside.

This is a corpse that can be described as a horrifying work of art—the head is tilted and fixed to the neck, two pale eyeballs are open in the ulcerated eye sockets, and dark red blood has long since congealed and is spread all over the body.

The most horrifying part was its chest cavity, where a piece of flesh had vanished, exposing rotten, dried, and incomplete internal organs, indicating that the body had suffered a fierce battle before its death and died a very tragic death.

"Judging from the attire... he seems to be a ninja from Iwagakure." Jifu was extremely shocked, trying to understand the strange thing in front of him—the corpse of an Iwagakure ninja, sealed in a Konoha ninja's coffin?
No, it wasn't a corpse, because he watched helplessly as this rotting, wretched thing moved!
Damn it, a guy who looked like he'd been dead for ages was staring at him with his pale, grimacing eyes, and then he moved! He stepped out of the coffin and walked right towards him!

"What the hell is this??? Judging from his physical condition, he should be dead, so why can he still move? What kind of magic is this?!" Ji Fu's mind was in an uproar, and his first reaction was that he had been under a spell.

"This is a spell that can kill you. To be honest, this is the first time I've used this spell on an enemy... well, a healthy one, of course."

Kaedeji formed a hand seal and, relying on the resonance of chakra, controlled the zombie in front of him to launch an attack on the enemy.

This was also the first time he had used zombie techniques in actual combat; he had secretly experimented with them before.

Since he was the person in charge of transporting ninja corpses, he had too many materials to use. Moreover, the zombies' physical condition was no different from that of the dead. After the experiment, they could be disposed of as corpses without any flaws.

Truly capable research ninjas wouldn't waste time among a bunch of worthless genin corpses. Furthermore, Kaede Tsukasa's technique was very secretive, and he intentionally avoided the Hyuga clan, only performing the technique in the forest area halfway through the journey, so he was even less likely to be discovered.

Kaede Tsukasa was not actually satisfied with this zombie.

This zombie was originally a low-level ninja, mediocre in strength, and died quietly, the kind of person no one would waste time paying attention to, making him a perfect target for his technique. So much so that he deliberately acted casually when the guy was still on his last breath and needed to be disposed of by the corpse-moving team, using chakra to implant the zombie virus into his body.

Kaede Tsukasa had done similar things many times and had a few zombies that were somewhat usable—but they were only somewhat usable.

Ji Fu examined the rotting corpse, his heart pounding. Just to be on the safe side, he decided to use a ranged ninjutsu to finish it off.

"Water Escape·Water Breaks the Current!"

The violent current washed away some of the rotting flesh from the zombies and knocked them down.

"Is this the technique you use to save your life?" Ji Fu breathed a sigh of relief, grinned maliciously, and quickly formed hand seals as he charged towards Feng Jian Si.

No matter what the other party intends to do, just kill them.

Kaede Tsukasa took a few steps back. If he didn't have a backup plan, he would be crushed in a speed contest and wouldn't survive more than three seconds.

"Corpse Escape - Rot Explosion, Hah!" A sizzling sound suddenly came from the fallen zombie, followed by a loud explosion!

The massive explosion engulfed the Hidden Mist ninja, raising clouds of dust.

This was a zombie he had spent some time tweaking... He carefully attached the explosive tags to its bones and used techniques to control its body to conduct chakra.

Kaedeji slowly lowered his arms, which had been covering his face, but still didn't relax them. He quickly backed away and leaned against his two companions.

Over the years, he developed a cautious personality, and his poor health did not allow him to be reckless. If he had taken a chance even once, the result could have been death.

After the dust settled, the ninja was not quite dead yet. The water stains on the ground meant that he had used Water Release techniques to offset part of the explosion.

However, he was also seriously injured, with most of his body suffering terrible trauma, and his face was completely disfigured.

Various bits of flesh and blood from the zombies stained Jifu's body.

"As expected of an outstanding ninja who experienced World War II, you deserve to have my name remembered, while you still retain your self-awareness." Kaedeji Tsukasa said solemnly, shielding his two companions in front of him.

"Ugh, you damned bastard..."

Jifu spoke incoherently, looking at his body, especially the wounds, which were stuck to pieces of rotting flesh, filled with shock and anger.

He actually fell for someone like that?! And the outcome was so terrible!

"What, still want to fight? Then I'll have to summon a new tool." Kaede Tsukasa squinted.

He had only prepared four self-destructing zombies, and now he had three left, hidden in different locations in the forest of the Land of Fire, specifically for emergency use.

There was no way around it; he went on missions too infrequently, and the money he earned from healing the wounded wasn't much. Even during wartime, the village would distribute explosive tags, and there would be discounts if he bought extra. For Kaede Tsukasa, the financial burden was too heavy.

Attaching 15 explosive tags to each zombie was already nearly bankrupting him.

Kaede Tsukasa also envisioned further developing the Corruption Explosion technique, ultimately achieving an effect similar to multiplying detonating tags, allowing for unlimited bombardment within a certain timeframe.

Imagine the scene: two or more zombies, scattered across the battlefield, moving at supersonic speeds, suddenly starting to self-destruct, blasting everything in their path into a white wasteland.

What should this technique be called? Infinite Corruption Explosion... No, perhaps it could be called Infinite Blessing?

Unfortunately, this is destined to remain just a dream; there is still a long way to go before it can be realized.

"...He escaped, good, although I still don't know his name."

Kaedeji slowly released his left hand, which was still in a hand seal, and breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the other person's back.

It appears that he only had a slight advantage in this battle, forcing the enemy to retreat, but in reality, he had already won.

"A Chunin, and seriously injured at that. It will take some time to incorporate him into my Corpse Release... My chakra is still too little, which not only makes me hesitant to unleash my full power, but also seriously slows down my progress in further developing Corpse Release."

Kaede looked at his two unconscious companions on the ground.

"And we didn't even need to use those two guys, so we can temporarily avoid turning them into zombies. Therefore... let's resolve this!"

(End of this chapter)