Naruto: I, Shikotsumyaku, Byakugan Princess

Chapter 203 Pseudo-Edo Tensei

Forest on the eastern border of the Land of Fire.

Scattered across the bare, yellow dirt road were ninja tools and curved swords riddled with holes. Two clumps of fine, blood-red threads, like willow catkins, drifted into the forest on the breeze.

It hadn't drifted very far before it got stuck on the trees on both sides of the road.

A gentle breeze stirs the leaves and branches, causing the red veins to dance wildly, making the red and green willows appear exceptionally enchanting.

The members of Class 7 had no time to appreciate the scenery. They formed an irregular small circle and watched with concern as Gray, who was in the center, treated Tazuna.

The severely injured Tazuna lay on his back on the ground, his left hand gripping his straw hat to cover his face and shield him from the increasingly scorching sun.

His right shoulder, which had collapsed, was now covered with a layer of soil. The solid loess 'plaster' shape fit his shoulder perfectly and was the same color as the loess road beneath him, clearly indicating that Hui Li had used earth magic to find the materials on the spot.

A vibrant, emerald light shone on Gray Glass's hand, and Tazuna's body trembled instantly. His left hand gripped his straw hat tightly. Although no one could see his expression, the bulging veins on his neck and his suppressed screams suggested that he was in considerable pain.

They had never seen Hui Li use medical ninjutsu before, nor did they know the extent of her medical skills, so they could only try anything as a last resort.

Emerald light flowed down Tazuna's shoulder like water as Gray Glass manipulated the power of the Palm Technique to quickly repair Tazuna's shoulder blade. Under the Byakugan's powerful control, the shattered bone rapidly healed.

Since successfully reversing the Eight Gates technique, she has not studied medical ninjutsu for a long time. Even the most proficient technique will become slightly rusty if it is not used for a long time.

Fortunately, treating bone injuries was no big deal for her. After all, she was the inheritor of the Corpse Bone Pulse, and when it came to orthopedics, she was an absolute authority, even Tsunade could not compare to her.

The light of the medical ninjutsu slowly dimmed, but Tazuna's body no longer seemed to be in as much pain as before. Seeing this, the tension in everyone's hearts gradually eased, and the discussion about the Gray Glass medical ninjutsu actually grew louder.

"When did you think Hai Li learned medical ninjutsu?" Naruto nudged Sasuke with his elbow, looking extremely confused.

He had never seen anyone practice medical ninjutsu, nor had he ever been to Konoha Hospital. He could develop other things on his own, but surely she hadn't researched medical ninjutsu herself!

"She has the Shadow Clone Technique to aid her cultivation, making one day's work equivalent to a hundred days'. It wouldn't be surprising if she mastered it at any time."

Sasuke looked enviously at the abundant chakra in Hai Li's hand; it was a high-level ninjutsu that he couldn't use even if he drained all his chakra.

The Uchiha clan doesn't actually have a lot of chakra, but he usually comes into contact with freaks like Kairi and Naruto, so he naturally feels that his chakra is pitifully small.

He once tried to use shadow clones to speed up his training, creating four shadow clones in one go. Not only was his chakra almost completely drained, but the exhaustion from the return of the shadow clones after training almost killed him.

He spent a week resting in bed during one training session. In the end, he calculated that not only had his plan to cultivate using shadow clones fallen through, but his cultivation speed had also slowed down.

The only advantage is that the intense fatigue from the shadow clones can stimulate the brain to produce negative emotions, causing the Sharingan to evolve rapidly. Even without life-or-death battles in recent years, his Sharingan has rapidly advanced to the two-tomoe level with the help of the shadow clones, and it is possible that it will evolve to the three-tomoe level at any time.

Hearing Naruto and Sasuke's conversation, Kakashi gently shook his head.

Just because the students are new graduates and lack experience doesn't mean he is.

Such a powerful medical ninjutsu is clearly an A-rank Palm Healing Technique.

The fact that the opponent could use the Palm Healing Technique so skillfully proves that their medical ninjutsu has probably reached a very high level.

As for how high it is, he is not a medical ninja and cannot judge, but as far as he knows, even in Konoha, the birthplace of medical ninjutsu, ninjas who can use the Palm Healing Technique are extremely rare. Coupled with the already scarce number of medical ninjas, it is no exaggeration to say that it is one in ten thousand.

It's one thing that Hui Li's combat ability is so strong, but his talent for medical ninjutsu is also so outstanding. Kakashi doesn't know what else this guy can't do. He's simply an all-around ninja like no other.

"how do you feel!"

The emerald light dimmed and receded on its own. Gray Glass dared not touch the other's body again, letting Tazuna experiment with the newly set arm himself.

Upon hearing this, Tazuna removed the straw hat from his face, revealing that his beard was soaked with sweat, but his features were no longer as ferocious as before, clearly indicating that the pain had lessened.

He tentatively moved his arm slowly, feeling a slight pain in the joints, but it was nothing compared to the pain of the broken bone.

"It really doesn't hurt anymore, thank you so much, Miss Hui Li, you are truly a miracle doctor!"

Tazuna was overjoyed and quickly expressed his gratitude. He had already made up his mind to exchange this arm for peace in the Land of Waves, but he never expected that everything would take such a dramatic turn.

"No need to thank me, after all, it was my mistake that hurt you."

Hui Li waved her hands repeatedly, knowing that the other party would not have been injured if she hadn't forgotten to control her power.

"No, no, without your help, I would probably have been killed by those two ninjas. I wouldn't have even survived, let alone lost my arm."

After witnessing the terrifying power of Gray Glass, Tazuna's attitude changed drastically.

The powerful ninjutsu that could instantly slice a ninja into shreds was beyond his imagination. He now pinned all his hopes on Team 7. Even if it meant losing his life, let alone just having his arm broken, it would be worth it as long as he could save his family.

"Hey~ Hui Li, you killed them too fast! I was planning to subdue them and interrogate them to get some information!"

Kakashi, standing to the side, observed the bloodstains on the tree branch, feeling both alarmed and deeply saddened.

Tazuna was just an ordinary person. He didn't even know how many people were on the other side. He only knew that the leader of the other side was a Jonin.

However, the gap between Jonin is greater than that between a human and a dog. Intelligence is paramount in ninja battles, and blindly rushing in without any prior knowledge is not in Kakashi's nature. But since the person has already been chopped into pieces, there's no way to interrogate them further; they can only wait until they enter the Land of Waves to make further plans.

"It's not too late to ask now."

Gray, who was applying bandages and yellow plaster to fix Dazna's injuries, casually tied the bandages into two bows.

As a woman nearing sixty, Dazna's vitality was no longer strong. She only treated the key bones and tendons of the other person, and the rest of the body still needed to be healed slowly on its own.

"You can bring those two dead people back to life?"

Pointing at the human figures on the tree, Kakashi looked incredulous. No matter how skilled Ash's medical ninjutsu was, it couldn't have achieved this level, or rather, it wasn't a problem with medical ninjutsu at all.

Hui Li didn't reply, but instead solemnly clasped her hands together, pointing them at the empty space where the two had just died.

"Secret Technique: Impure World Reincarnation!"

Rumble!
As Hui Li finished speaking, the ground suddenly began to shake violently, with rocks and mud flying everywhere, and a huge crack suddenly appeared in the rugged loess road.

Tazna, who was lying on the ground, was startled by the scene before him. Dragging his much heavier right shoulder, he jumped up and stood up with agile movements, showing no signs of the slowness of an old man.

boom!
The ground was still shaking, and a crack opened up, revealing a neatly shaped clod of earth that slowly rose up; its shape was that of a coffin.

"Waaah~" Then an even more horrifying scene unfolded. A wailing sound came from inside the earthen coffin, along with pounding noises, as if a zombie was about to break out of the coffin at any moment and tear Hui Li and the others to pieces, draining their life essence.

"No, no, they couldn't have really been resurrected!"

Naruto hugged his arms, feeling goosebumps all over his body. It was absolutely terrifying, and the sweltering weather seemed to have turned cold.

"Idiot! How could that be!"

Despite saying that, Sasuke and Kakashi's actions betrayed them as they activated their Sharingan and looked at the coffin simultaneously.

As I said before, it wouldn't be surprising if Hui Li came up with any kind of ninjutsu.

If this group of people is like this, let alone ordinary people like Tazuna, who can collect water vapor from the sky and cut a living person into willow catkins in a second, and just now he even crushed and repaired his own bones. He is now more cautious about Hairi's methods than Kakashi and the others.

"open!"

Without keeping everyone waiting for long, Hui Li gave a light shout, his expression solemn, and the coffin door opened with a bang, crashing to the ground and kicking up clouds of dust.

Kakashi and Sasuke's eyes widened immediately.

Although the smoke and dust obscured their view, they could still see the black-clad ninja standing in the coffin, his azure chakra bright and vibrant.

They really came back to life!
Impure World Reincarnation—there really is a forbidden technique in the world that can bring the dead back to life!

The most terrifying thing is that it seems that no price needs to be paid; with a clap of both hands, a person cut into pieces can be brought back to life!
This is undoubtedly challenging their understanding of the world.

Seeing that everyone was shocked by her ninjutsu, Hui Li stirred up a gust of wind to disperse the dust, and the figure in the earthen building was immediately revealed to everyone.

It was a rogue ninja wearing an Tsuchikakuyomi headband. His limbs were covered and fixed in the coffin with yellow mud, only his head and face were exposed. He was wearing the same clothes as the ninja who attacked Kairi and Tazuna, but he was thinner and weaker. He was obviously not a resurrected ninja.

"Woo!"

Upon seeing the Seventh Squad outside the coffin, the man suddenly became agitated and began to struggle. Only then did everyone notice that his mouth was covered with yellow mud.

"Who is this person?"

Crouching behind Gray, only daring to show his eyes, Tazuna saw that the coffin contained a living person, not a zombie. He immediately asked in a low voice, and Kakashi and the others looked over in confusion.

"He was an accomplice of those two men. He was hiding at my feet, waiting for an opportunity to ambush me, but I noticed him and caught him using earth magic."

Hui Li looked at the ninja in the coffin and found it somewhat amusing.

Because of her superhuman weight, she had to completely compact the ground before each walk to avoid damaging it too much.

Unaware of the situation, this guy attempted to ambush her from beneath her feet. However, his Earth Release technique failed to penetrate the granite-like earth, and he was instead trapped underground by her Earth Release technique. If she hadn't used a fake Impure World Reincarnation to dig him out, he would have been buried alive by her once his chakra was exhausted.

"Tch, I thought you really brought people back to life!"

Sasuke and Naruto were speechless, and Kakashi stared with dead fish eyes, feeling that he had been deceived. They really thought that Hairi could revive the dead, and even wanted her to revive their deceased relatives. It turned out that it was all a lie.

"Impure World Reincarnation, the name they came up with sounds pretty plausible."

Kakashi's eyes were full of regret as he walked up to the earthen coffin ninja and the three tomoe in his right eye began to spin hypnotically.

"I never said I could resurrect the dead."

Hui Li spread her hands to show that she was completely innocent. The Impure World Reincarnation technique really did exist, but she just didn't know how to use it yet.

She had seen the Second Hokage's development notes at Root, and the Impure World Reincarnation on the sealing scroll was only a half-finished product; the resurrected dead had no fighting power whatsoever.

Because the original purpose of developing the Impure World Reincarnation technique was not for combat, but to revive the dead and obtain information about the enemy, the incredibly powerful Impure World Reincarnation in the original work was actually a product perfected by the two geniuses Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi.

Once she returns to Konoha from the Land of Waves, the Impure World Reincarnation technique will come knocking on her door.

In that short time, Kakashi, who moved swiftly, had already hypnotized the person. Seeing that the other person's eyes turned blood red and the struggling body quieted down, Hui Li removed the mud seal from the other person's mouth.

Kakashi, whose Sharingan rapidly releases its power and whose mana bar is minimal, speaks with unusual conciseness:
"I ask, you answer."

"……Yes."

The man lowered his head, his eyes revealing a faint red light, as if he had turned from a living person into a zombie in an instant. Tazuna, who had just stood up, paused and quickly squatted down, carefully shrinking behind Gray.

Although his only injury was caused by her, now only the sight of this girl's back can give him a little sense of security.

"What's your name? Where are you from?"

"So, the rogue ninja from Iwagakure in the Land of Earth,"

Without a moment's hesitation, the ninja in the coffin quickly revealed his information. Kakashi looked at the headband on the other's head and saw that it was indeed the Iwagakure symbol with a scratch on it.

"Why did you attack us? What is your mission? How many ninjas does Gato have under his command? What information do you have about the leader, the senior ninja?"

Kakashi bombarded him with questions, and Tazuna, who had been hunching over behind Kairi, quickly popped out to remind him, "And what about the Land of Waves!"

Seemingly, his hypnotized brain was a bit sluggish, and it took him a while to slowly answer their questions:

"Kado hired us to kill the Water Release ninja from the Land of Waves. He spoke disrespectfully to the boss and has been locked in a coffin for his funeral... The leader, a Jonin, is... the boss. His name is Kurosuki Raiga, a member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, and he is skilled in Lightning Release ninjutsu."

The Land of Waves has been taken over by the boss, who recruited the Black Shovel Clan. All those who disobey are locked in coffins awaiting their funerals.

After being hypnotized, Sou's mind became noticeably dull, and his speech lacked logic; he simply answered in sequence. However, Kakashi's expression changed slightly.

He recognized Raiga Kurosuki, one of the strongest members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. Ten years ago, Raiga was already an elite Jonin, and now, after so many years, he might have reached the threshold of Kage.

This is something those minor characters who resort to sneak attacks can't compare to.

It wasn't Zabuza and Haku?

Hui Li, who had been listening in the whole time, raised an eyebrow. Her main purpose in coming to the Land of Waves was to find the Ice Release chakra structure diagram, but now the BOSS had changed!

What about her Ice Release?
(End of this chapter)