Zombie Sage in Naruto

Chapter 44 Five Months

Throughout Konoha Village, conflicts are everywhere, but the two most irreconcilable organizations are undoubtedly Root and the Konoha Police Force.

These powerful departments all possess their own armed forces, and have many elite ninjas who are extremely capable fighters.

They have power, money, and strength, and can also be relatively independent and act expediently. So in theory, unless the Hokage directly intervenes, no one else will be given face when it comes to matters decided by the department.

Stray dogs passing by on the street have to eat two big shovels to escape safely.

However, there is one exception: when these two departments are directly opposed to each other.

"Can I interpret this as Danzo Shimura's intention? First the medical department, then the intelligence interrogation department, Root's reach is so far... You've promoted Ryoma Aburame to the position of vice-captain of the medical unit, so next, are you going to take the leadership position of the intelligence interrogation department from the Ino-Shika-Cho trio?"

Uchiha Hachimoku gritted his teeth. Surrounded by a group of ninjas, he found himself in a difficult position. His temper flared up, so he made up his mind and decided to fight directly.

Whether or not we take Kaedeji Tsukasa with us is not important at all. It's common for experimental ninjutsu to create a commotion—although this commotion is too big and obviously abnormal.

But now that the Root has shown up, it's possible that Shimura Danzo is behind this, which means the security forces won't be able to handle the situation easily.

Uchiha Yatsuho felt uneasy. The main force of the Uchiha clan was all stationed on the battlefield against Iwagakure, leaving very few forces to defend the village. Facing a Root force that was almost at full strength...

But he had no choice but to go ahead and publicly show a tough stance. If he retreated without saying a word, he would have no way to explain himself when the clansmen returned. He might even be accused of being weak by radical clansmen with abnormal minds, a disgrace to the Uchiha clan.

"Uchiha Hachiho, you'd better think carefully before you speak. Every word you say represents the attitude of the Uchiha clan." The Root ninja's voice was as cold as ever.

Uchiha Hachimoku looked at the many ninjas watching around him. The amused and silent expressions on their faces displeased him. He then looked at Kaede Tsukasa.

"Squad Leader, it is true that a secret technique experiment is being conducted at the corpse disposal department. Lady Tsunade is aware of this as well. However, since it involves my personal secret technique, I cannot report it to you in more detail..." Kaede Tsukasa said helplessly.

"Hmph, so you're Kaedejima, the one on the Sunagakure front who can control corpses..." Uchiha Yatsuho frowned, but he didn't directly insult him. He was proud of his Uchiha clan background, but he wasn't stupid enough to attack a fellow villager who had no grudge against him in front of so many people.

During this period, although the conflict between the Uchiha clan and Danzo Shimura was sharp, they still managed to separate Root, which was led by Danzo Shimura, from the village, and thus did not have any conflict with the village.

Therefore, they won't go too far in many things.

"I don't know what Tsunade and Danzo Shimura are plotting, but since you've gotten involved with them, you'd better keep your distance and not be used by the Root people."

Uchiha Hachiro reminded Kaede Tsukasa, "Your secret technique must be excellent, but it also puts you in a dangerous position."

After a period of stalemate, Uchiha Yatsuho reluctantly retreated, ending the evening's dispute.

The others examined the small morgue, a peripheral department they hadn't paid much attention to in the past, but from this moment on, they remembered it.

Also noted down was Kaedeji Tsukasa, the head of the corpse disposal department, a man skilled at manipulating corpses and able to make them perform the ninjutsu they used before they were born.

Occasionally, someone would ask a question, and Kaedeji would always answer politely.

"It's true, some people's eyes have changed, probably because they're worried about their ancestral graves."

Finally, Kaedeji Tsukasa watched the people gradually depart and shrugged.

He wouldn't be so desperate as to dig up the ancestral graves of his own family members; at most, he'd dig up the graves of his enemies. What these people were really worried about was that Danzo had taken control of Kaedeji, or even seized Kaedeji's secret techniques, and then did something like this.

The reputation of the Dark Ninja is so terrible that anyone would be worried about it.

If Kaede hadn't taken the initiative to bring up Tsunade and reveal that he belonged to the medical unit and was Tsunade's subordinate, Uchiha Hachimo might not have backed down so easily if he hadn't been able to get that opportunity.

After everyone left, Kaede Tsukasa sat quietly until dawn, waiting for a new batch of corpses to be transported over.

This batch contains a total of fifty-three bodies.

The escorts remained silent, and Kaedeji Tsukasa did not ask any questions. He directed them through the damaged outer wall of the morgue to transport the bodies to the laboratory further inside.

"It's about to begin. My technique is too sensitive, so I need to further compress the training time I originally estimated... At the very least, I need to make some progress before Danzo gives me instructions through various means."

Kaede no longer held back his chakra, transforming all the zombies in one go. Of course, this inevitably led to a decrease in the transformation speed of each corpse, but with the increase in quantity, Kaede's training speed was still steadily improving overall.

A day later, another forty corpses were transported over, but there were still no bloodline corpses.

The corpse of every bloodline ninja is extremely valuable; killing even one is a rare feat, let alone being able to retrieve the corpse.

The most famous bloodline limits of Iwagakure are none other than the Explosion Release of the Explosion Squad and the Lava Release of Roshi.

Occasionally, steel-style ninjas will appear, but their numbers are too few, and it's even less likely that they will fall into Kaedeji's hands, so there's no need to consider them.

"In the end, I still only have this one Explosion Release zombie... But never mind, I can use a zombie stuffed with explosive tags to replace the effect of Explosion Release."

After so many years of war, Orochimaru and Danzo must have more than one Explosion Release corpse in their hands. These are all valuable research materials, and it would be extremely rare to be able to give him even one.

Time flies, and five months have passed in a row.

During this time, the insignificant commotion caused by Kaedeji had long since subsided. As Kaedeji faded from people's view, many people who used Kaedeji's affairs as gossip fodder gradually forgot about this once very famous ninja.

The latest war-related news kept coming from the front lines.

The Second World War, which the villagers of Konoha had hoped would end quickly, has not only failed to stop, but is becoming increasingly brutal as casualties on the front lines escalate.

The intensity of Iwagakure's attacks is constantly increasing, and they are mobilizing more and more troops. It seems they intend to fight Konoha to the last man.

This was unexpected by the vast majority of people.

Normally speaking, in the entire ninja world, only Iwagakure and Konoha are still fighting one-on-one battles. The other villages have stopped fighting group wars, and World War II should have ended by now.

The ferocity displayed by Iwagakure gives one the feeling that the real war has only just begun, which is truly bizarre.

At the same time, Kaede Tsukasa finally walked out of the morgue under his jurisdiction.

(End of this chapter)