Zombie Sage in Naruto

Chapter 69 This is the second stage of the Void Realm!
Thunder shook the sky, and the rising heat and moisture eventually turned into heavy rain.

“I’m beyond saving, you shouldn’t do such unnecessary things.”

Kato Dan reopened his eyes, speaking while spitting out blood, the light in his eyes growing weaker and weaker.

His blood drained rapidly with the rain, washing away large amounts of flesh.

Kato Dan actually understands Kaede Tsukasa's actions; it's a kind of persistence that will never give up on saving his comrades, even when in dire straits.

He respected the idea, but did not agree with it. If he were given those last few seconds, he might be able to cause even greater harm to Lao Zi, forcing him to spend many times more time and energy to recover.

Opportunities to injure a Jinchūriki from an enemy nation are rare, and if he could do so, Kato Dan felt his sacrifice would be worthwhile.

Anyway, he was never a match for a Jinchūriki.

"I told you, it's not time to give up yet. The war isn't over. Do you really think it's over already? Dying is easy, but enduring all kinds of pain and struggling to live is very difficult. Lady Tsunade is still waiting for you."

Kaede Tsukasa pointed, and Kato Dan, with his last bit of peripheral vision, saw Tsunade, who was also rushing over desperately, and the terrified look on her face.

"Tsunade... I'm so sorry to have shown you what you're like now. It's a pity I can't become Hokage..."

"Shut up, don't say such discouraging things! I'm the best medical ninja, and since I'm here, I can definitely save you! Let me see, your injuries are serious, but they can still be treated!"

Tsunade knelt on the ground, frantically generating chakra in an attempt to heal Dan's body, which did indeed improve Dan's condition slightly.

But everyone knows that this is futile. Medical ninjutsu can heal injuries and regenerate flesh, but it cannot make organs and bones in the chest cavity grow out of thin air.

When Tsunade's chakra is completely exhausted and she can no longer prolong Kato Dan's life, that will be the time when Kato Dan's soul completely leaves the mortal world.

"Let's conserve some chakra. Why not take this opportunity to help more of our comrades retreat..." Kato Dan looked gently at Tsunade's terrified face.

Unfortunately, his story ends before he becomes Hokage and publicly marries Tsunade... What a pity.

Roar! ...

A frantic roar erupted.

"Oh? That guy's size is expanding, and he can hardly maintain his human form anymore. I don't know much about Jinchuriki, so could this be the legendary complete Tailed Beast Transformation?"

Kaede Tsukasa turned his head and frowned.

Clearly, Old Purple's spirit has been severely damaged, and his self-awareness is sinking at an even faster pace, about to be taken advantage of by the Four-Tails.

Not being a perfect Jinchuriki means that once they enter full Tailed Beast form, it means that the Tailed Beast controls the human. The Tailed Beast will take the opportunity to wreak havoc, retaliate against the human, and cause unimaginable casualties.

However, for Old Purple in his current state, being controlled by the Four-Tails might not be such a bad thing.

"Lady Tsunade, the situation is urgent. You must maintain Lord Kato Dan's vital signs first. I will lead you to retreat," Kaedeji said in a deep voice.

Tsunade was distraught and panicked, her mind completely focused on Dan Kato. She had already lost her brother; she couldn't afford to lose her lover too!

With one hand on Tsunade's shoulder and the other holding onto Kato Dan's hand, Kaede Tsukasa used the Sky Realm Technique to teleport to the back of a rock 600 meters away.

The distance isn't very long; with a bit of luck, you can briefly avoid the Four-Tails' line of sight.

"You're responsible for maintaining Lord Kato Dan's vital signs, and I'll hold off the enemy and try to prevent him from fully transforming into a tailed beast," Kaede Tsukasa said quickly, gently stabilizing the two of them. "Are you crazy? This is suicide! What strength do you have to deal with a Jinchuriki who's about to go berserk? With those corpses you summoned? You don't have enough chakra to control so many corpses at the same time. I can see that many of the corpses are actually behaving chaotically, mostly acting on instinct," Tsunade said angrily, but quickly fell silent.

Because she realized something—even she didn't really have a good way to deal with such an enemy.

What can you use? Superhuman strength? Or medical ninjutsu? At most, that can only hold off the enemy; it can't truly defeat them.

"Is it possible to perform spatial teleportation over a longer distance? Duan needs better treatment. If we can return to the village, I'll gather all the medical ninjas to set up a large-scale jutsu; that should be enough..."

"No, maybe we can do it in the future, but not now," Kaedeji Tsukasa replied.

The ability to instantly teleport from the northernmost part of the Land of Hot Water to Konoha Village requires a massive amount of chakra just to sense the zombies in Konoha Village, not to mention the chakra required to transport two living people.

The current life force within Kaede Tsukasa's body may not be enough, and it is not convenient to replenish life force on a larger scale at the moment.

Moreover, Kaedeji has some more important things to do, the first being the Four-Tails' chakra.

"The Four-Tails Jinchuriki... This is a good opportunity to obtain the Four-Tails' chakra. Even if it's just a little bit, it will be of great use in the future."

As Kaede Tsukasa thought to himself, he swapped positions with a zombie and rushed toward the swollen-looking Old Purple.

Old Purple still had a sliver of consciousness left. In a daze, he saw Kaedeji and immediately became extremely agitated. He roared and one of his hands suddenly enlarged into a giant chakra hand, grabbing Kaedeji fiercely.

Psychic art!

Kaede Tsukasa summoned Sandstorm Araki and a group of Explosion-type zombies, along with a dozen or so ordinary zombies without bloodline limits. This was the strongest zombie force he could summon.

Under Kaedeji's command, the zombies, including Sandstorm Araki and Explosion Release zombies, swarmed forward, using various ninjutsu to attack Rōshi.

In an instant, a series of violent bombardments and explosions occurred, but Kaede Tsukasa did not expect to stop Rōshi's complete tailed beast transformation in such a crude way.

"Next, let's try that technique, although it's far from perfect."

Kaede Tsukasa retreated into the midst of a group of ordinary zombies, slammed his hands together, and at the very moment that Old Purple unleashed a barrage of magma balls to clash with Sandstorm Araki's sandstorm.

A dozen or so zombies, existing only as consumables, moved quickly through the gaps torn open by the sandstorm. Many of them were torn apart by the increasingly ferocious Lao Zi, but in the end, one zombie managed to get close to Lao Zi.

Conventional attacks were no longer able to damage Old Purple, but Kaede Tsukasa never placed his hopes on these consumables.

The ordinary zombie immediately formed hand seals and activated its summoning technique.

As plumes of smoke rose, the Explosion Release zombies appeared all in front of the Four-Tails, unleashing a point-blank explosive attack using their Explosion Release bloodline limit, transforming themselves into super bombs and detonating completely!

An explosion far exceeding the size of the detonating tag suddenly erupted, instantly engulfing Lao Zi's figure.

"This is the second stage of the Void Realm, which allows the transferred zombies to summon other zombies in large numbers. It is a very difficult thing, but it does leave a trace of the mutual riding zombies."

Kaede immediately took action, and many zombies rushed into the aftershocks of the explosion, risking injury to seize the Four-Tails' chakra.

"Ideally, we could snatch it. If not, and the opponent has even completed their full Tailed Beast transformation, then we'll have no choice but to summon Might Guy..."

(End of this chapter)