Zombie Sage in Naruto

Chapter 65 Kato Dan is dying.

"Lord Danzo, Kaede Tsukasa and her party have already set off for the Land of Hot Springs."

"Hmph, that damned Hiruzen, he probably discovered the connection between me and Orochimaru, and deliberately sent Kaedeji to the secondary battlefield." Danzo sneered, his teeth itching with hatred.

There was nothing that could be done; the Hokage possessed absolute power, and Danzo, even openly, could not alter the Hokage's orders.

"Make sure Kaede Tsukasa lives. As for how the battle in the Land of Hot Springs will unfold, don't worry about it." Danzo signed a document, sealed it, and handed it to a Root ninja.

The ninja took the document, immediately set off, and gathered his squad to head to the northern front.

Danzo sat down quietly. His body, which was beginning to show signs of aging, was not as strong and energetic as before. The amount of chakra in his body was also decreasing year by year. These things were like ropes, making it difficult for him to breathe.

Filled with resentment, he desperately wanted to make a change.

"After the war ends, I must persuade Hiruzen to begin experiments transplanting Hashirama cells, and it would be best to encourage a large number of Senju clan members to join!"

Only with a sufficient number of samples could Danzo obtain reliable data and ultimately transplant the Hashira cells into himself.

At that time, with the Sharingan, the power of the Senju and Uchiha would be combined into one person, and with Kaede Tsukasa replenishing his life force to maintain his state, Danzo couldn't even imagine how powerful he would become.

Human experimentation—what a wonderful term.

“Iwagakure wouldn’t make such a strategic move for no reason. There must be a conspiracy. Kaedeji, don’t die on the battlefield, or I’ll have to find another way to obtain your technique.”

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The guards at Konoha's gates witnessed Kaedeji leading his team once again, but this time, no one talked about Kaedeji.

As various renowned Konoha ninjas led their teams, many ninjas who had retreated from the Sunagakure battlefield began heading to the Iwagakure battlefield after several months of rest.

Seriously wounded ninjas and their corpses were constantly being sent back to Konoha Village, and the guards had long since become desensitized to them.

"The atmosphere feels much heavier than in the previous months. The madness of Iwagakure has made everyone feel heavy-hearted."

Kaede Tsukasa keenly sensed the changes in people's hearts, from the jubilation after defeating Sunagakure, to the shock and anger that followed, and now... numbness?
But this is actually not so bad. When the Third Shinobi World War broke out a few years later, the ninjas of Konoha would truly see what a terrible battle was. The five great ninja villages and a bunch of smaller ninja villages were all involved, and the fighting turned into a complete mess.

The group moved swiftly through the Konoha forest. Kaede looked up at Might Guy, who was leading the charge, but didn't say much. Of all the people present, besides Kaede, Might Guy had the most amazing physical abilities.

"We need to investigate the situation at the front; we can't just rush into the Land of Hot Springs without any clear understanding."

Kaedeji quietly formed hand seals, which caught the attention of Iroha and Shiki. These two already possessed perceptive abilities such as the Byakugan and insect control, making them highly perceptive.

After waiting a few seconds, Kaedeji released his hand again, and nothing happened.

Iroha and Shiki exchanged a quiet glance, somewhat puzzled.

"Lord Kaedeji, have you made any special discovery? Could it be that enemies from Kumogakure have infiltrated in this direction?" Iroha activated his Byakugan as he spoke, his vision rapidly stretching into the distance. He then paused, startled, because he saw zombies appearing intermittently within a radius of several dozen kilometers around them, moving alongside them.

But often after moving a certain distance, they would stop immediately, and then new zombies would appear and do the same thing—as if each corpse had its own "territory".

Is this also one of Lord Kaedeji's techniques? When did so many zombies appear? Or did Lord Kaedeji release zombies into the Konoha forest before the mission even began?
Iroha was genuinely surprised. Without a word, Kaedeji had already done a lot of things. If they were to encounter enemies, these zombies would be the first to discover and fight them, effectively creating a very considerable mobile safe zone for their team!
The key point is that Kaedeji was able to precisely control such a large number of people and organize them to this extent over such a long distance, which is terrifying.

"It all seems to be within the captain's calculations."

Zhiwei was the calmest; some insects crawled out of his face, clearly indicating that he had also noticed the frequent activity of zombies around the group.

Without turning his head, Kaede Tsukasa said, "Don't be nervous. It has nothing to do with Kumogakure. I just sent some servants to explore the situation in the Land of Hot Springs, so that we won't be completely unaware of the situation after we enter the Land of Hot Springs. We need to try to grasp the battle situation before we make contact with Lord Kato Dan."

From here, can we explore the battle situation in the Land of Hot Springs? That's at least two hundred kilometers away!
Several people were shocked.

The others weren't surprised that Kaede could use zombies to gather intelligence.

The zombies scattered around were already surprising enough, but Kaede Tsukasa's technique was not applied to the zombies around him, but rather he was investigating the situation in the Land of Hot Springs, hundreds of kilometers away, from this distance.

Controlling zombies to infiltrate the Land of Hot Springs from hundreds of kilometers away? That's way too far-fetched!

"Although I don't know what you've discovered, it seems I don't need to worry about anything. I just need to carry out orders. This feels great." A smile spread across Akimichi Fujiki's face.

Kaede didn't explain to his subordinates in detail—controlling zombies for infiltration operations from hundreds of kilometers away? It wasn't that it was impossible, but it was unnecessary. It consumed too much chakra, and Kaede didn't want to have to replenish his life force multiple times before the battle even started.

He clearly has better tools; there's no reason for him to send zombies from afar to do this kind of thing.

One hundred kilometers away from the team, under a giant tree, beyond the detection range of the white eyes and insects.

A zombie formed a hand seal and then slapped the ground.

Before long, a pitcher plant grew out.

"Seriously, it's just a corpse. It won't even show its true form. Black Zetsu, couldn't you at least talk to it and ask it to create a shadow clone to talk to us? Besides, every time I see a corpse, I'm reminded of the scene when Sandstorm Araki devoured my clones."

As soon as he came out, White Zetsu started complaining to the zombies.

Black Zetsu coldly said, "Haven't you eaten quite a few ninja corpses yourself? There's nothing to complain about. Get back to work. Besides, as far as I know, Lord Kaedeji doesn't seem to know the Shadow Clone Technique, nor does he need to learn it."

"Hey, are you kidding me? He can't do it? But all those zombies he controls can't either? It doesn't take a long time for a caster to learn ninjutsu from corpses!"

White Zetsu muttered to himself, then reported on the battle situation in the Land of Hot Springs.

"If nothing unexpected happens, Kato Dan is going to die. The Four-Tails Jinchuriki detonated the underground volcano in the Land of Hot Springs using Lava Release!"

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