The moment he opened the Treasure Vault, Hashirama understood what this thing was for.
"Choose an advanced power to merge with Wood Release, granting Wood Release entirely new abilities... This seems pretty useful."
At the very least, it was more useful than Tobirama Senju's reward. A weapon was an external object no matter what, whereas Hashirama's would merge into his body and belong entirely to him.
Hashirama was delighted and promptly began making his selection.
There were countless advanced powers in the Treasure Vault, all sorts of fantastical things.
For a moment, Hashirama was dazzled and had no idea what to choose.
Lightning Origin (After fusion, Wood Release gains lightning abilities.)
"Hmm... pretty ordinary. I can use Lightning Release too, so this isn't much use."
Hashirama shook his head and continued searching.
Eternal Mystic Ice (After fusion, Wood Release gains the power of ice.)
Seeing this, Hashirama shook his head again. "Torikaze has Ice Release, so this overlaps with his ability. No need for it."
There were many more strange and unusual things afterward. Hashirama skimmed through them, discarding anything that seemed useless.
He kept only those he considered reasonably good for a final selection.
It took him over twenty minutes to browse through the entire Treasure Vault.
There were simply too many abilities that could be added to Wood Release. Even after one round of filtering, more than twenty remained.
In the end, Hashirama had no choice but to filter them again, leaving behind only three.
Yet that alone took him an hour, showing just how conflicted he was.
The final three were all exceptionally powerful.
Annihilation Power (After fusion, Wood Release gains the power of annihilation, greatly increasing its destructive force.)
Source Fire Power (After fusion, Wood Release becomes burning trees, no longer possessing any weaknesses and capable