"The one in front of us is only one of them."
Chisen fell silent for two seconds.
During those two seconds, the vessel at the very center of the cavern suddenly moved-not a large movement, but a sudden increase in the pulse of the gland at the center of its chest, like a heart jolting into a hard beat after being stimulated.
Then its eyes moved-the black sclera rotated almost halfway around the white pupils, as though it were sensing its surroundings through something other than sight.
"It's awake." Guy's hands involuntarily clenched into fists. The ribs beneath his right chest armor gave a dull ache as his muscles contracted. He did not frown, folding that ache into the rhythm of his breathing. "There's no time to detour into the side passage and clear out the culture tanks first.
We have to suppress it in the main cavern, then send someone into the side passage to destroy the culture tanks.
We'll do both at once-deploy the Resonance Array in the center of the cavern. Tenten and Neji will maintain it, I'll keep it occupied from the front, and Chisen will look for an opening to get in and stab the gland.
As for the side passage-Neji, you're the fastest. Once the array establishes its first wave of suppression, break away immediately and destroy the culture tanks."
"What are the culture tanks made of?" Chisen asked Neji.
Neji activated his Byakugan again and scanned the culture tanks in the side passage.
"Glass with steel frames.
The glass is about a centimeter thick. The frames are ordinary steel, with some rust.
A kunai can smash them.
But the liquid inside-the chakra culture fluid-might react with the God Tree's chakra in this cavern if it all spills out. I can't predict what will