Zombie Sage in Naruto

Chapter 89 The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was that I was fighting the Eight-Tails.

This was the first time Kaedeji Tsukasa had used Madara in actual combat.

And they immediately went all out, pushing Madara out to deal with the Eight-Tails.

“You wouldn’t die so easily. You must have used Izanagi on yourself. However, even I’m not sure if you can be resurrected successfully.”

Kaede looked at Madara's hunched body, wondering what kind of dance Madara could perform in a place like Cloud Thunder Canyon.

There is also a possibility that Madara will never be able to revive, and Izanagi will never be able to break free from the shackles of the Shinigami. However, this is not important to Kaede Tsukasa. Whether Madara can be revived or not, it will not affect Kaede Tsukasa's use of Madara's corpse to the death.

Even if it's worn out, it doesn't matter. It's an incredibly old corpse anyway. We can just use the Reincarnation Technique to mend it up and use it again next time.

Even without using Madara, Kaede Tsukasa himself had the opportunity to use the Reaper Death Seal Technique to cut a piece of chakra from the Eight-Tails, but he might as well use it.

"Hahaha, an incredibly old corpse? Human, you're quite amusing, you've successfully made this great man laugh!" The Eight-Tails burst into laughter, but remained highly vigilant.

The human in front of me is extremely cunning. He can command corpses to fight and has mastered strange space-time ninjutsu, allowing him to leave whenever he wants.

Now, however, they've moved Orochimaru away and specifically summoned this strange corpse, which is strange in every way.

"Go to hell!!"

This time, the Eight-Tails didn't use the Tailed Beast Ball, but instead swung out an octopus tentacle and slammed it down hard.

In that instant, the hunchbacked old man calmly raised his head, opened his only remaining eye, and the three tomoe quickly spun around.

As if bound by a binding spell, the eight-tailed creature's massive tail froze in mid-air, its body stiff and motionless.

"Sharingan genjutsu? It's from the Uchiha clan, but what's with this kind of eye power?" Eight-Tails was taken aback.

Uchiha, of course I've heard of the Eight-Tails, they are the direct descendants of the Sage of Six Paths.

How could a mere three-tomoe Sharingan be controlled by genjutsu, and with only one eye!
Eight-Tails also had a strange feeling, as if the old man had not fully utilized the genjutsu power of this Sharingan.

"This ominous eye power is definitely not an ordinary Sharingan, but it's not the Mangekyou Sharingan either. What's going on? What is the identity of this old human man, and how did he fall into the hands of that human?"

With a low growl, the Eight-Tails struggled desperately, its body moving with difficulty, each movement smoother than the last, clearly indicating that it wouldn't be long before it broke free of the illusion.

Kaede Tsukasa saw everything.

"It's really useful. No wonder there's a saying that when you face a Sharingan one-on-one, the best way to deal with it is to run away immediately."

Kaede Tsukasa also activated his three-tomoe Sharingan, using these eyes to observe the entire process. His greatly enhanced insight played a crucial role in the battle.

Madara's inability to perfectly control the Eight-Tails with a single glance was not unexpected by Kaede Tsukasa. It wasn't because Madara was using a regular three-tomoe Sharingan. When Madara fought Mito Uzumaki, he could have directly controlled the Nine-Tails if Mito hadn't stopped him. So, normally, it's impossible that he couldn't control the Eight-Tails.

The problem is that Madara is not normal now; he has no soul. This means that, on a spiritual level, he is not able to maximize the genjutsu power of the Sharingan.

"Whoa, I'm about to break free from your illusion and smash you to death!" the Eight-Tailed Fox roared, as its other tails slowly extended over.

Finally, it broke free from the Sharingan genjutsu and slammed down, wanting to see the corpse smashed into a pulp before turning back to kill Kaede Tsukasa and end the battle.

Eight-Tails needs to think carefully about how to face the Third Raikage. After all, a single Tailed Beast Ball wiped out a Cloud Village army of two hundred people. This is really hard to explain. Does he really want to completely break ties with the Cloud Village and destroy all the tacit understanding built up in the past?
Just as multiple tails slammed down, blocking all of Madara's escape routes, a half-skull suddenly appeared on Madara's aging body. In an instant, the half-skull grew flesh and blood and was covered with a layer of heavy armor.

Swish!
The massive katana slashed repeatedly, severing all of the eight tails. Under Kaede Tsukasa's powerful control, he focused his efforts on one tail, pressing it down firmly with one hand while wielding the katana with the other, slashing it down fiercely from above.

Pfft!

A small section of the octopus's leg fell off.

It wasn't that Kaede Tsukasa didn't want to cut off a larger piece; he actually wanted to cut it off from the Eight-Tails' neck and take everything with him, but unfortunately, the situation didn't allow it.

"...The pressure is still too great."

Kaedeji maintained the hand seal posture, breathing rapidly.

Letting zombies fight on instinct is fine for dealing with them, but it's impossible to deal satisfactory damage in high-level matches.

This requires Kaedeji to intervene, but the more he intervenes, the more Kaedeji himself is consumed. In order to seize the corpses of the seventeen Cloud Villagers and accelerate the extermination, he consumed a lot of chakra to use the Corpse Transformation Technique to transform the corpses.

Now he also needs to control Madara to activate Susanoo, specifically targeting and cutting off a section of octopus leg.

Even with just a few seconds of control, Kaede Tsukasa felt some pressure, and his life force was rapidly draining away.

"Although I had already consumed some chakra, controlling a powerhouse like Madara was still more difficult than I had imagined. This is a powerhouse beyond the Hokage level."

Kaede Tsukasa pondered. Despite his age spots, he only used a regular three-tomoe Sharingan, but the Susanoo he could activate was ultimately a degenerate form of the complete Tengu.

He felt that even if a regular Mangekyou Sharingan user were to activate the same half-armored Susanoo, it shouldn't require such a huge amount of energy.

Moreover, it wasn't just Kaede Tsukasa who was severely depleted; Madara's body was also becoming increasingly strained.

The three-tomoe Sharingan had swelled up slightly at some point, as if it might explode at any moment due to excessive internal pressure.

Fortunately, Ban was dead; if he were alive, he would probably be bleeding uncontrollably.

Kaede Tsukasa also sensed that Madara's corpse was in dire straits. From bones to muscles, and even the few remaining nerves, everything was gradually collapsing as the Susanoo was activated for longer periods.

Ultimately, it's just age spots. The Rinnegan it nurtured drained Madara's spiritual and life force. Unless Kaede Tsukasa is willing to specially gather a large number of zombies before the battle to extract their life force to replenish Madara, perhaps Madara's power can be better exerted.

But Kaede Tsukasa wouldn't do that unless he completely ruined Madara's life before he would be willing to make such a sacrifice.

"Never mind, I didn't have high expectations for Madara anyway. Being able to use genjutsu and Susanoo to deal with a top-tier Kage-level fighter like the Eight-Tails is already quite useful."

Kaedeji's heart skipped a beat, and the Sandstorm Araki standing at the edge of the lake immediately created a brief sandstorm, which rolled that small section of the octopus tentacle toward Kaedeji.

Swish!
Kaede immediately unrolled a scroll and sealed the Eight-Tails' chakra inside. In the seven blank spaces, an extra "eight" appeared.

In this way, he would have the chakra of three tailed beasts.

"So you attacked this place just to steal my chakra? How ridiculous! I might have given you this little bit of chakra if you had begged me properly, but you've angered me!"

The Eight-Tails waved its fists as if drumming, but its eyes were fixed on the tiny Madara.

That's right, it vaguely guessed what that was just now. The famous Susanoo, which has been used by many people over a thousand years, from Indra to Madara Uchiha. Of course, it had heard of it. Even if it had never seen it with its own eyes, it could guess the general idea.

But that should be a dojutsu that only the Mangekyou Sharingan can use. Why can it be used with just a three-tomoe Sharingan?

"You're even more suspicious now. A corpse, using the Sharingan with three tomoe, yet able to use such a technique... Could it be that you, old man... But that doesn't make sense either. That guy shouldn't have been this old when he died. That supposedly arrogant guy wouldn't have allowed his corpse to be used like that, would he?"

The Eight-Tails narrowed its eyes, then opened them. No matter who this guy was, it was better to kill him quickly. It would smash him into mincemeat in one go. It didn't matter if he had Susanoo or Sharingan, it would just smash them all!
"Watch me smash you to pieces!!"

With a howl, the eight-tailed beast's mountain-like form pressed down entirely, deliberately avoiding eye contact and crushing the enemy with sheer size.

"There's no point in continuing this fight. If we get cornered here by the Cloud Village, we'll be in trouble."

Kaede Tsukasa had already obtained the Eight-Tails' chakra and had no desire to continue fighting. To be honest, he didn't have the ability to defeat an existence of the Eight-Tails' level right now, and he couldn't even defeat any of the tailed beasts.

Just as Kaede Tsukasa was forming hand seals, preparing to use a summoning jutsu to bring Madara's corpse back, he suddenly let out a soft "Eh" and released his grip.

"I never expected it to happen at this time..."

Boom!

The Eight-Tails slammed down on Madara with a deafening roar, causing the lake water to surge violently as if it had exploded. With such weight and speed, the impact on the lake surface was no different from the impact on the ground.

Wow!
Eight-Tails stood up, looking down at the flesh minced by the lake water: "They didn't even escape, I crushed them completely. No matter what kind of human they are, don't even think about showing off in front of me! Kid, it's your turn next!"

"Whose turn is it, you beast?"

A voice suddenly came from the surging lake.

"what?"

Eight-tailed Fox turned its head in surprise and saw the old human man that it had just crushed standing unharmed on the other side.

It immediately looked down at the lake, only to find that all the meat flakes had disappeared, and everything just now seemed like an illusion.

"Is it another illusion? When was it cast on me? Something feels off... Also, how did your corpse suddenly come to life and even start talking!"

The eight-tailed creature flicked its tail, looking at the other party, instinctively feeling uneasy. It actually hoped that this was Kaedeji controlling the corpse to speak, which would make sense.

If that's not the case... then things are really serious. A person who is clearly dead comes back to life and has a clear sense of self?

Out of the corner of his eye, Yawei clearly saw that the old man's three-tomoe Sharingan had turned completely grayish-white, lost its luster, and his vision was unfocused. He was clearly...blind.
"An unknown eye technique, requiring the sacrifice of one's eyes... Does the Uchiha clan possess this kind of resurrection eye technique?"

The Eight-Tails silently guessed, then put on a carefree attitude, opened its mouth to condense a Tailed Beast Ball, and couldn't wait to blast it towards the opponent.

"No matter what happened to you, you can't escape this time, can you? Die!"

"The moment I open my eyes, I have to fight the Eight-Tails. That guy really doesn't hold back when he uses me."

Although Madara lost his sight, he still had his most basic senses. With a slight tilt of his head, he was able to guess what the Eight-Tails was doing.

"It's just a Tailed Beast Ball. If you think you can't deal with it just because you don't have eyes, you're seriously underestimating me."

Madara snorted coldly, his eyes tightly closed, and the phantom of Susanoo reappeared on his body. However, this time, he did not simply and crudely use his katana to knock away the Tailed Beast Ball, as he had done with Kurama before.

He used Susanoo to press down on the Tailed Beast Ball, using the reaction force to forcibly change his direction of movement, and leaped to Kaede Tsukasa's side.

A terrifying explosion echoed through the distant mountains, and a blinding flash of light briefly obscured the sun in the sky.

"You're not dead? I was just about to save you." Kaede Tsukasa didn't even blink, standing easily on the rock, looking at Madara who had landed beside him, and casually uttering hypocritical words.

Even zombies wouldn't believe someone would actually save a life, let alone Ban.

"This beast couldn't even kill me. Compared to this, I didn't expect you to use my methods so crudely." Ban snorted coldly, somewhat dissatisfied.

Having just rewritten reality with Izanagi, Madara opened his eyes to see the Eight-Tails pressing down on him, and even he fell silent for a moment.

Although he was mentally prepared before his death, he knew that Kaede Tsukasa would not let go of the opportunity to turn him into a zombie, and neither Tobi nor White Zetsu could stop Kaede Tsukasa.

From death to resurrection, only a few days had passed, yet Kaede Tsukasa couldn't wait to pull off a big stunt, taking his corpse directly to the Land of Lightning to take down the Eight-Tails.

"I'm a very frugal person, dedicated to making the most of everything. Since you're already dead, it's reasonable to make the most of your resources before you're resurrected, isn't it?" Kaede Tsukasa said calmly, showing no surprise at Madara's resurrection throughout, narrating the whole thing in a flat, declarative tone.

"Hmph, whatever, I've already mentally prepared myself... for my eyes."

Ban stretched out a hand.

Pfft!

Kaede Tsukasa raised his hand, gouged out one of his own eyes, and placed it in Madara's hand.

Madara pressed his eye socket, and as a stream of blood flowed down, when he opened his eyes again, his eyeballs rolled around and adjusted their position, revealing the three-tomoe Sharingan.

"Use it sparingly. I went through a lot of trouble to get a pair of three-tomoe Sharingan. Giving you one right away is a bit of a pain."

Kaede licked the blood that had flowed from his empty eye socket into his mouth, and as he spoke, his injuries were already healed.

Madara coldly said, "If the plan goes smoothly, you will have many Sharingan eyes. These ordinary eyes are not worth your much effort."

"You make it sound so simple. The Uchiha clan is very protective of their bloodline limit. Even for me, it's difficult to find many opportunities to succeed. Do you expect me to lead a huge horde of zombies to launch a massive attack on Konoha and wipe out the entire Uchiha clan?"

Kaede Tsukasa shook his head: "Besides, I haven't found your ideal successor yet, so you wouldn't ask me to do such a thing, would you?"

"You seem to value the power of the Uchiha very much. Did you sense something from me? But give up. The three-tomoe Sharingan is already the limit for outstanding clan members. Reaching the level of the Mangekyou Sharingan is impossible for you," Madara said.

"Just the Mangekyou Sharingan? In the days since you died, I've found out a lot of things. For example, Nagato's Rinnegan should be your eyes, right? I also know about the Gedo Mazo's shell of the Ten-Tails."

Kaede Tsukasa tilted his head and looked at the silent Madara: "You wanted to hide the most crucial information from me, but you didn't expect to have a battle to the death with a strong person like Mito Uzumaki, which made me see through your scheme. Madara, you really went too far."

"You also kept a lot of information from me."

The two fell silent and looked together at the eight-tailed fox in the center of the lake.

Eight-tailed Fox was still dazed and couldn't quite process what was happening.

Everything we're experiencing now is even more thrilling than what we've experienced in the past few decades. Just Kaedeji alone has made the Eight-Tails wary in many ways. He can control corpses to fight while his main body hides far away to cast spells. Even if the corpses attack his main body, it's useless because Kaedeji has mastered space-time ninjutsu, making him virtually invincible.

This is already extremely difficult to deal with.

Madara, on the other hand, caused the Eight-Tails even more concern. He died and then came back to life, and he used Susanoo without eyes... If we calculate the time, if that person had not died in the battle at the Valley of the End, he would probably be around seventy years old now? That's probably what he looks like now, all aged.
"See? That buffalo isn't attacking. It's thinking. It must have already realized something's wrong with you."

Kaede Tsukasa sneered, "If you use Izanagi in front of it, as long as it's not stupid, it will definitely suspect your identity and wonder if you used this move to fool the First Hokage back then."

"The beast's intelligence is low, nothing to worry about. But you, how do you know so much about Izanagi?" Madara looked at Kaede Tsukasa beside him, and once again raised his opinion of Kaede Tsukasa.

“That’s not difficult. I’ve read through the Book of Seals and browsed through many of the forbidden techniques. Although the Third Hokage mostly only showed me the names of the techniques and didn’t let me see their effects, only giving a rough explanation for a few techniques like the Mutual Explosion Tags, I personally saw that Shimura Danzo use Izanagi in the Land of Rain, so it’s not hard to guess many things.”

Kaedeji said calmly, "I asked the new Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and there is a sealing technique in this world called the Transfer Seal. It can seal the formula in a certain place and then delay the activation of the pre-sealed formula. You used this method, didn't you?"

“Indeed, you have surprised me once again, possessing an extraordinary sensitivity to techniques. If you were born into the Uchiha clan, I would immediately pass on my mantle to you, without needing to search for a successor elsewhere.” Madara said in a cold voice, whether it was true or not, only God knows.

The two talked as if no one else was around, which could be considered a unique form of openness. "Oh la la la la! No matter who you are, you can't possibly be a match for me, you'd all die!"

The eight-tailed creature swung its arms wildly, churning the lake like a propeller, propelling its massive body toward the two of them.

Kaedeji asked, "You have enough momentum, but it's useless. So, what do you think? Should we retrieve the Eight-Tails now?"

"No, the two strongest tailed beasts, the Eight-Tails and the Nine-Tails, must be captured last. It would be best to start with the One-Tails and retrieve them in order. The Rinnegan is still with Nagato, and Nagato hasn't grown up yet."

"The core of the Eye of the Moon Project is indeed the Rinnegan and the Tailed Beasts. Apart from these two, everything else is unimportant," Kaede Tsukasa said.

Just as the Eight-Tails reached them and the lake waves crashed over them, Kaede Tsukasa placed his hand on Madara's shoulder, and the two vanished from the spot in an instant.

A zombie appeared, and then a hissing sound came from its body before it exploded, leaving no complete clues at the scene.

The zombies scattered around also turned into smoke and disappeared one after another as Kaedeji used his summoning technique.

Just as Kaede and Madara left, a powerful force descended from the sky almost simultaneously, and the Third Raikage, along with his son, used the Heavenly Delivery Technique to rush to the Cloud Thunder Valley.

"Where are the enemies?!"

Two muscular men swung their arms, their bodies crackling with electricity, and looked around fiercely.

All that could be seen was the zombies turning into smoke and disappearing. Apart from that, there wasn't even a single corpse to be found in the devastated Cloud Thunder Canyon.

The corpses of those Cloud Village ninjas had all vanished.

Only two burly men remained, staring blankly at the eight-tailed fox that had missed its target.

"Explain yourself, Eight-Tails! What exactly happened here? And you bastard, you actually used a Tailed Beast Ball to attack my troops left on the outskirts!" The Third Raikage clenched his fists and roared.

"What?! You bastard human, how dare you insult me?! Die!"

The Eight-Tails was still pondering whether to condescend to explain what had just happened to the Third Raikage, but upon seeing this, its already pent-up anger completely exploded.

If I can't beat Madara and Kaede, I can at least beat you, right?

The massive figure leaped over and slammed a powerful punch into the Third Raikage. The Third Raikage, not to be outdone, had a terrible temper due to the deaths of many of his subordinates, and immediately swung his fists to confront the Eight-Tails head-on.

Young Ye Yue hesitated for a moment, then decided not to join in. Instead, she began to investigate the situation in Yunlei Canyon, examining various signs of battle.

Both the Third Raikage and he were born into the Yotsuki clan of Kumogakure, and after becoming Raikage, they would share a common name—A.

"The Eight-Tails fired several Tailed Beast Balls, but there shouldn't be a single corpse left behind. Who exactly is the enemy? If the target is the Eight-Tails, why did they deliberately take all the corpses away?"

Who would clean up the scene so "cleanly" after attacking a tailed beast? Could it be...? A frowned. This was probably Konoha's revenge.

"Dad, hurry up and finish this. I have some guesses. If I'm not mistaken, the enemy's identity is already quite clear, and they have no intention of hiding it at all," Ye Yue shouted.

The Third Raikage agreed, his blond hair standing on end, as he further activated his Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

If nothing unexpected happens, the Third Raikage will fight the Eight-Tails to a standstill until both are exhausted. But this time is different.

Because the Eight-Tails is essentially overusing Brubi's body, and Brubi's body has its limits.

"not good."

The Eight-Tails sensed something was wrong and was the first to deactivate its tailed beast form, but it seemed to be too late.

Brubi was a failed Jinchūriki, the first time in the history of Kumogakure that a Jinchūriki had been created, and it was done using the Iron Armor Sealing Technique, which was not a very good sealing technique.

As the Eight-Tails' enormous body rapidly contracted and re-entered Brupi's body, Brupi fell to the ground, where the Third Raikage swiftly scooped her up.

"Hey, Briubi, how are you?"

"I'm sorry, Raikage, it seems my body has reached its limit. Please immediately release the Iron Armor Sealing Technique and release the Eight-Tails from my body."

Brubi, covered in wounds, said, "Once I die, the Eight-Tails will die with me, and it will be difficult for you to catch it again."

Eight-Tails retorted, "Hey, what do you mean by 'catch me again'? When have you ever actually caught me? It's just that I don't want to leave Cloud Thunder Canyon!"

The Third Raikage was even more furious: "Eight-Tails, look what you've done! You deliberately took advantage of the enemy's invasion to kill Brupi, didn't you?"

"Hmph, this is not my fault. It's all because the Jinchūriki you found for me is too weak! He's weak in strength and weak in willpower. He doesn't even know what his purpose is anymore. The iron armor seal you set up is a joke. If he doesn't die now, I will definitely kill him in the future."

The Eight-Tails scoffed disdainfully, "Hurry up and prepare a new toy for me. I hope the next Jinchūriki will be more durable and not die after I mess with him a few times."

It really looked down on someone like Brubi. If it had the chance to just kill him, it would have been much easier. This time, it was a lucky accident. By simply wearing him down, it managed to make Brubi collapse from the strain.

Every time a tailed beast goes berserk, the jinchūriki has to bear a huge physical burden. Don't be fooled by the fact that jinchūriki can quickly recover their energy and injuries, but that's only when the tailed beast isn't going berserk.

When Naruto fought Orochimaru at the Tenchi Bridge, he was only in half-tailed beast form, with only four tails behind him. After deactivating the half-tailed beast form, his skin was covered in sores and he fell into a coma.

This time, Brubi is in full tailed beast form, with the entire size of the Eight-Tails being borne by Brubi. In addition, the Eight-Tails and Brubi are at odds, so it is even less likely to care about Brubi's physical condition and will only unleash its power without restraint.

“Damn it… Don’t worry, I will definitely kill the culprit to avenge you,” Ye Yue said resolutely.

The Third Raikage raised his head: "Immediately prepare to release the jutsu and seal the Eight-Tails back into the Amber Purification Bottle. At the same time, begin selecting a suitable container. This time, we must choose the most suitable one!"

……

"This time, Brubi is probably doomed. It's a pity we can't retrieve his body."

When Kaede Tsukasa reappeared, he felt a little regretful, and that was the first thing he said.

Orochimaru had been waiting for a long time. Poisonous snakes slithered all over his body. Looking at the reappearing Kaede Tsukasa, he said hoarsely, "It's over. It seems something interesting happened on your side. You even lost an eye... What exactly happened? You couldn't let me see it with my own eyes?"

"Didn't you already find out through your summoning beasts? You just summoned these snakes back?"

“That’s different. I can’t know exactly what the zombies are sensing like Kaede-kun can control them. These snakes can only tell me general information. For example, I know that the corpse Kaede-kun summoned at the end seems to be a very remarkable guy. But who exactly is it?”

Orochimaru was somewhat excited. The more he interacted with Kaede Tsukasa, the more secrets he discovered hidden within him. This was a good sign, meaning he was constantly cracking the code of Kaede Tsukasa's intelligence.

Orochimaru thought, "One day I will gather enough information."

Orochimaru leaned against the rock: "I just thought about it calmly and remembered something interesting. You sent Mito-sama's body back to the village, but the body of the powerful enemy who forced Mito-sama to use the Reaper Death Seal Technique is nowhere to be found..."

"Oh, it's already been destroyed by the Nine-Tails. Go ask the Nine-Tails when you have time." Kaedeji Tsukasa's expression remained unchanged.

"Even I can't just approach the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki casually, lest I displease the Third Hokage. Currently, only you have this privilege, and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is only interested in you for the time being."

Slip.

Orochimaru stuck out his tongue and licked it.

Kaedeji neither confirmed nor denied it, but that was indeed true.

At this time, Kushina didn't have many friends, and she didn't even have a familiar person—she looked down on Minato Namikaze at all.

In Kushina's mind, Minato Namikaze was just a guy who liked to hide in the shadows and watch her beat up those male classmates; he was gentle and mild-mannered, like a girl.

Minato Namikaze's rise to fame during World War II might have somewhat changed Kushina's opinion, but it wasn't enough to cause a fundamental change.

The real qualitative change came after Kumogakure learned a profound lesson from Burubi's death and began searching the entire ninja world for a better vessel. Some clever person set their sights on Kushina, and not only did they take action, but they actually kidnapped Kushina from Konoha!
It's important to know that in the original timeline, this year, which is Konoha Year 41, when Kushina was kidnapped by Kumogakure, Mito Uzumaki, the strongest sensory ninja in the ninja world, was still alive, yet there was no sign of her. The Third Hokage and others also acted as if they were dead, as if they hadn't paid any attention to this predetermined next Jinchuriki.

At the time, Minato Namikaze was the only person in the entire Hidden Leaf Village who noticed that Kushina had been kidnapped. So he went out alone and followed the red hairs that Kushina had secretly plucked out, successfully caught up with her, and killed three Jonin from the Hidden Cloud Village in one fell swoop, rescuing Kushina under the moonlight.

Yes, it's a classic hero saves the damsel in distress, and the damsel in distress repays him with her body. From then on, Kushina felt a sense of belonging to Konoha Village and became the second person she cared about besides Mito Uzumaki.

In the following year, Konoha Year 42, after Mito Uzumaki passed away, Kushina successfully became the second Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and Minato Namikaze gradually became the Fourth Hokage. No matter how you look at it, it was a very good story: a beautiful love story between the Fourth Hokage, who came from a commoner background, and his Jinchuriki wife. It was truly a win-win situation.

It has too many bugs, and they are very poorly made. The biggest bug is that Mito Uzumaki has no reaction at all.

With Kushina's intelligence, she probably would never have discovered the problem here in her entire life.

"So, while most of the people in Kumogakure are muscular, they can't all have brains made of muscle. I'm bound to be one of the people they suspect, and they'll be on guard against me... So what will you do then?"

Kaede Tsukasa found things getting interesting. This timeline was gradually deviating from its original trajectory, and it would be very different from the timelines of the anime, manga, dragon veins, and the timeline that Otsutsuki Urashiki traveled through using the Otsutsuki treasure 'Plow'.

Kaede Tsukasa himself couldn't say for sure how things would turn out in the future, but he would continue down his own path until the end of time.

"Let's go, Orochimaru. In any case, you've had a hard time on this trip. I got what I wanted and witnessed the power of the Eight-Tails."

Kaede laid his shirt flat, concealing several spirit scrolls at his waist.

"Kaze-kun, although we haven't known each other for long, we've gotten along well as collaborators. There's no need to be so polite; we're just mutually benefiting. I'll need your help again sometime in the future," Orochimaru said with a low chuckle. "Shall we return to Konoha now?"

"No, I'll wander around the Land of Lightning first and dig up some graves here. I've been quite exhausted and need more corpses to replenish my life force."

"I see, this is truly a unique experience."

Swish!
Kaedeji activated the Void Realm Technique, taking Orochimaru with him as he left. He also left several zombies around, ordering them to go to different secluded places and burrow underground to lie dead.

These will all serve as coordinates for his future return to the Land of Lightning.

The land of iron, a mountain cemetery.

Before Kaedeji went to see Orochimaru, he sent him back here first.

"Welcome back, Lord Madara. It seems you've escaped unscathed; you've actually been resurrected," White Zetsu said in a soft, feminine voice.

Ban ignored the guy and sat down to think silently.

Until he inadvertently glanced back at the demon statue of the heretic and stared at the hand that was missing a finger.

"Ah, we've been found out after all. This was done by Lord Kaedeji, not by us on our own. We wouldn't have the guts to do that," White Zetsu said.

"That's right, that's right! You didn't see what happened. You couldn't stop him at all. The key is that he actually did it. He was too ruthless!" Afei shouted and complained.

"It did cross a line, but it won't have much of an impact. The Gedo Mazo isn't something fragile... Does that guy intend to try taking a finger all by himself?"

Madara's heart skipped a beat. He thought of Kaedeji's actions of using his corpse to attack the Eight-Tails. This was very bold and might even expose his existence.

In fact, Kaede Tsukasa possesses at least the chakra of the Eight-Tails and the Nine-Tails, and he had already dealt with the two most troublesome tailed beasts long ago.

Soon after, Kaede Tsukasa also arrived at the mountain cemetery.

"You cut off the Gedo Mazo's finger, was it to study the Ten-Tails?" Madara asked.

“That’s right, I’ve never hidden that.”

Kaede looked up at the Gedo Mazo: "You withheld a lot of crucial information from me regarding the Eye of the Moon Project. Since I don't trust you, I had no choice but to take some special measures to cover my tracks."

"Your little tricks are doomed to fail. You don't know Yin-Yang Release, you don't have the Rinnegan, and you don't really understand the Outer Path Geisha. You're just thinking about collecting the tailed beasts' chakra to try and piece together the Ten-Tails. You're bound to fail."

"Is that so? Perhaps you are right, but I can't just do nothing. Even if I fail in the end, at least I can prove that this approach is wrong, rather than blindly believing what you say," Kaedeji said bluntly.

White Zetsu, Black Zetsu, and Afei watched this scene unfold.

"Oh dear, things are getting tense. I wonder if these two will actually fight?" Bai Jue muttered, his voice unusually loud in the enclosed underground cave.

“It’s not something we can get involved in,” Black Zetsu said.

If it really comes down to choosing one, he'll definitely choose Kaede Tsukasa without hesitation and help Kaede Tsukasa kill Madara.

It's a pity that it took over a thousand years for Madara to emerge and give birth to the Rinnegan, but with Kaede Tsukasa, Madara is no longer important. In the next thousand years, Black Zetsu is confident that he can cultivate many Madaras.

Moreover, the most important Rinnegan is with Nagato, making Madara even less important.

After a long while, Madara spoke again: "I'm starting to acknowledge you a little, Kaede Tsukasa. You have enough talent to be an important figure in my execution of the Eye of the Moon Plan. I will tell you more information."

"Is that so? What an honor to have the approval of Madara Uchiha, the man who pacified the Warring States period... Then tell me your plan quickly, I can't wait."

Kaede Tsukasa sat down, pretending to be all ears, but in reality, he had no interest.

It's obvious to anyone that Madara wouldn't teach him something like Yin-Yang Release, nor would he teach him how to unleash the power of the Rinnegan.

The two, who appear to have returned to normal, are secretly harboring their own thoughts, only they themselves know.

Kaede Tsukasa felt that if Madara suddenly attacked him one day, he wouldn't be surprised at all. He didn't think he was more important than Nagato and Obito.

"After you return this time, remember to find a suitable candidate for me. We can't delay any longer. You also need to perform the Reincarnation Technique for me. I need to properly train my successor," Madara suddenly said.

"I understand, I won't forget that."

As Kaede Tsukasa casually spoke, he summoned an ordinary but very lively zombie. He stored his original pair of eyes on this guy and immediately reached out and took one back.

I can't just return to the village with only one eye; people will definitely ask all sorts of questions, which will be a real hassle.

"I also need to pay attention to the Sharingan. I want to try to cultivate a pair of Mangekyou Sharingan myself," Kaede Tsukasa said.

"Wishful thinking. You lack a truly intuitive understanding of the power of the Uchiha clan," Madara scoffed.

(End of this chapter)