Land of Rivers.
Somewhere in the forests west of Kikyo Mountain, a Konoha Ninja hideout was concealed beneath layers of camouflaged woodland.
"Rasa was taken out just like that? Honestly, I don't feel much of anything. It seems... things weren't even that difficult?" Tenzo said. After accomplishing something major, Tenzo felt neither excitement, exhilaration, nor lingering fear. Instead, he was confused.
The hideout was already well concealed, and warning traps had been set in the outer areas. Besides, news from the Sand Village could not reach the front lines so quickly. As a result, the three of them were relatively relaxed at the moment... They couldn't stay tense forever. No matter what, they needed to ease their emotions.
"Relax. There's nothing unbelievable about it. You're a Wood Style Ninja, after all, and you possess the power of the 'God of Shinobi.' You need to look farther ahead... In the face of Wood Style, the Fourth Kazekage was nothing more than an ordinary ninja," Yuhara said with a smile.
He wasn't entirely joking. The reason their battle had gone so smoothly was that the initial Tree Sea Birth had divided the battlefield and created an environment favorable to fighting with fewer people.
At the words "Wood Style Ninja," Kakashi's gaze toward Tenzo also grew curious. With Wood Style ninjutsu reappearing in the world, no Konoha Ninja could remain indifferent to it.
In fact, after the battle with the Sand Village began, Yuhara had already been extremely confident that he could assassinate the Kazekage. He had discovered that his own Art of the Holding Magnet completely countered the Fourth Kazekage's Magnet Release. In front of him, the Fourth Kazekage's powerful offensive and defensive abilities simply ceased to exist. The Kazekage was no more than an ordinary elite jonin. Since his enemy was