Zombie Sage in Naruto

Chapter 52 Group-type Self-Reincarnation

White Zetsu's curiosity was greatly satisfied today.

He had only been created by Madara not long ago, and he was usually very cautious, avoiding involvement in various conflicts and never showing himself to the world. This was the first time he had the opportunity to fight.

As mass-produced soldiers of the Divine Tree, fighting is also an instinct for White Zetsu.

"With so many corpses, and you clearly appear to have exhausted your chakra, why did you summon so many at once?"

Even with his limited brain, White Zetsu couldn't understand why something was wrong. Controlling zombies to use taijutsu and ninjutsu, wouldn't that consume chakra? Why would the less chakra he had, the more zombies he would summon?
Immediately afterwards, Bai Jue was stunned to see a large number of zombies forming hand seals at the same time.

Every White Zetsu was astonished, looking at these corpses as if they had rehearsed countless times. Even though they were different in height, weight, and build, their movements were all perfectly synchronized.

"What kind of large-scale ninjutsu is this? Something's not right with this guy. He's manipulating these corpses to perform a super-large-scale ninjutsu. Doesn't that consume his own chakra? Instead, it's consuming the chakra of the corpses themselves?"

Haku's absolute chakra sensitivity was extremely high, and he immediately noticed this horrifying situation.

The corpse was dead, but now it's moving and can use ninjutsu. Is the chakra being used by the corpse itself?!
What kind of bizarre secret technique is this? White Zetsu knows a lot of secret techniques, especially the powerful new ones. He wants to report the information to Madara, but he has never seen such a secret technique before.

Therefore, the chakra consumed by Kaede Tsukasa was mainly used to turn living people into zombies.
"The Art of Self-Reincarnation!"

The first group of zombies transferred their life force to Kaede Tsukasa. As visible rays of light emerged, the zombies' already decaying bodies disintegrated even faster.

The flesh and blood began to dry up, and the body shrank, as if all the nutrients had been forcibly drained, and it gradually turned into a dried-up corpse!
Bang bang bang!
A series of sounds rang out in succession, and the zombies, having exhausted all their life force, died instantly and fell to the ground one after another.

Even its withered body was shattered in many parts, turning into dust.

This was truly and utterly dead, with its brain and nerves completely depleted, having given all its strength to Kaede Tsukasa.

“They will feel honored. They were not qualified to serve me while they were alive, and some of them were even my enemies, but they were able to make outstanding contributions to me after they died. I am really moved.”

Kaedeji spread his arms, and a green light appeared on his body, shining with a captivating brilliance. As zombies fell and turned to ashes, the vitality on Kaedeji's body grew stronger.

The raindrops pattered on his body, only to be instantly evaporated by his surging vitality. It was simply the most beautiful sight in the world, and no living being could resist the charm of such pure life.

White Zetsu was even worse off. He wasn't even a complete life form, but he was known for his vitality. He opened his mouth wide, his face blank.

"What is this? What did you do? Is this also one of your Corpse Escape Techniques???"

Every White Zetsu stared wide-eyed, and some even instinctively raised their feet, wanting to reach out and grab the vigorous life force, but they quickly restrained themselves.

"You mean this? It wasn't exactly a matching ninjutsu before, but now we might be."

There are actually many flaws in this technique: the conversion efficiency is too low, the loss is too great, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it cannot be transported remotely. In Kaede Tsukasa's eyes, these are all areas that need improvement.

Kaede looked down at his hands, with the zombies falling around him as a backdrop, feeling the pure pulse of life, and let out a sigh of extreme comfort: "In the future, once I improve this secret technique, it will naturally become my matching ninjutsu." Unbeknownst to him, the Corpse Escape Secret Technique had been further improved on its original basis, and its potential and value had increased dramatically once again.

Turning the living and the dead into zombies, then using the corpses to fight until their bodies break down, and then making use of them to replenish the chakra of the caster, Kaedeji… In theory, as long as there are enough corpses, Kaedeji is a perpetual motion machine.

But it's only in theory.

The pinnacle of the Reincarnation Technique is Chiyo's resurrection of Gaara. It involves using an aged body to revive a young body, which is half a level higher than exchanging one life for another, making it incredibly cost-effective.

After all, Chiyo's original intention was to use her own life to turn the two puppets, [Father] and [Mother], into living people in one go. Simply exchanging one life for another is definitely not enough.

But now? It's far from reaching its peak; the loss of life force from transferring it is far too great.

Kaede Tsukasa speculated that, given the current level of power, reviving a Jinchūriki like Gaara, who was too young, would be impossible without consuming several thousand zombies—and that was an optimistic estimate. If the estimate were less optimistic, the number of zombies needed as sacrifices would be enormous.

Zombies are already dead, so their vitality is definitely not as good as when they were alive. If they suffer such exaggerated losses, it would be extremely difficult to revive a Jinchūriki. It is impossible to calculate it accurately.

Therefore, Kaede Tsukasa is now only using the weak zombies with little combat power as consumables to quickly replenish his chakra.

Even so, it was enough to shock Bai Jue greatly, as he had never seen such a way of playing before.

They really don't even spare the "corpse" after death, they want to squeeze out every last drop of oil, right?
Compared to this, the White Zetsu felt that Lord Madara was truly the most benevolent master in the world.

As the zombies, who were used as consumables, fell one after another, a large number of their withered bodies turned into dust and were washed away by the heavy rain. The vigorous life force on Kaede Tsukasa's body began to slowly subside.

Yes, the green mist only lasted for a few seconds before disappearing; that was all that dozens of zombies could offer.

Kaedeji's pale face quickly regained its color, his depleted physical strength was replenished, and he was full of energy. With a casual exertion, a continuous stream of chakra burst forth from his body.

"I originally planned to absorb these three of my subordinates. They are three fresh, high-quality bodies. However, I suddenly changed my mind. Since they are my subordinates, no matter what their intentions are, they should fight for me with everything they have... I'll send them to deal with you first. Once they are almost worn out, I'll drain their life force."

Kaede Tsukasa formed a hand seal with one hand. Although he made no sound or movement, all the remaining zombies raised their heads at the same time and started running. They accurately locked onto their opponents and pounced on the White Zetsu!

The numerous White Zetsu were utterly shocked, uttering various curses as they immediately charged forward.

A fierce battle erupted between dozens of people from both sides. Amidst the clashing of figures, White Zetsu's true form quietly disappeared underground, transmitting information.

One of the White Zetsu received information from the original body.

"Lord Ban, something seems amiss. You'll surely find this interesting."

(End of this chapter)