But the God of Shinobi had long since died, and Yamato was the only person in the shinobi world who could use Wood Release.
And over the past few years, Yamato seemed to have vanished without a trace.
Could Yamato have done it?
Yet their shinobi had found no sign of anyone being there. The forest seemed to have grown out of thin air.
Sunagakure suddenly found itself at a loss.
The people of Sunagakure had no idea what had happened, but certain people in the Hidden Leaf Village did!
Everyone in the Konoha High Command who knew the properties of the First Hokage's cells guessed that the forest might have grown from those cells.
But this wasn't just a tree or two. It was an entire forest!
An entire forest!
How many of the First Hokage's cells would that take?
Only a handful of people in the entire Hidden Leaf Village could obtain that many of the First Hokage's cells.
And there seemed to be only one person in the entire Hidden Leaf Village capable of using that many.
"Hinata! Hinata!"
After learning that a forest had appeared out of thin air on the Land of Wind Border, she recalled that Hinata had once requested a large batch of the First Hokage's cells from her.
She knew then that the forest was Hinata's handiwork.
"Why would you use the First Hokage's cells for something like that?"
Tsunade kicked open the office door and demanded an answer from Hinata.
"Like what?"
"What else? That little stunt you pulled on the Land of Wind Border!"
Tsunade felt her blood pressure rising. She could barely contain her anger.
Was her grandfather's body meant to be used for planting trees?
She could put up with it being used for research that benefited the