One-Handed Domination of Yamato, Merging Wood Style Entry

Earth and Wood Brother...

Jin glanced at the nearby three-bedroom, one-living-room log cabin and silently nodded.

Others refined things in an instant.

Yamato built houses in an instant.

The key point was that the build quality wasn't bad—three bedrooms, one living room, and even an independent balcony!

Who wouldn't praise that if they heard about it?

Most importantly, it was pure wood, pure natural!

No additives, no formaldehyde!

After watching for a while, he opened his mouth to suggest:

"Yamato... Kinoe, I think you should build a bathroom in the master bedroom too."

"And the coffee table is too small—make a bigger one."

"Put a hammock or a lounge chair on the balcony. In summer, you can sunbathe and take a nap—comfortable as hell."

Amid the suggestions, a new prompt gradually appeared before his eyes.

[Ten-Minute Talk with Kinoe in progress, attempting to copy a trait.]

[Copy failed.]

No surprising success rate.

Beating the crap out of him was still more practical.

Jin shook his head, and his previously nonstop chatter came to an abrupt halt.

This, in turn, made Yamato raise an eyebrow and glance at him, puzzled. "Why'd you stop talking?"

After more than ten minutes of rambling, he'd almost gotten used to it.

Unfortunately, Jin had no mood to talk anymore.

He seemed to have lost all strength and means.

Lying on the ground with vacant eyes.

Across from him, Yamato frowned.

But after sensing that his own strength had mostly recovered, he hesitated no longer: "Let's go. I'll take you to see Lord Danzo."

With that, he reached out, turning his hand into a massive wooden structure that coiled around the cage.

Like a wooden egg nearly five meters across, sealed tight.

But just as he turned to carry the egg away, it suddenly shuddered from within.

"Hm? Still putting up a fight?"

Yamato's expression didn't change as he said flatly, "This is the Kekkei Genkai passed down from the First Hokage!"

"Never mind you—even if Kakashi-senpai got trapped by this move, he'd only be able to wait—"

Crack!

In an instant, the thick wooden egg before him exploded again!

Like fireworks shattering.

Countless wood chips flew out.

Scattering everywhere, turning the sky a brownish hue.

Yamato was dumbfounded.

"Again... again... it exploded again?"

He couldn't believe his eyes. Twenty years of worldview and understanding were crumbling.

"This is a secret technique passed down from the First Hokage! And it got blown apart this easily?"

"Could it be... that I've been training wrong?"

For an ordinary person, breaking it would be hard.

But...

In the center of the wood chips, Jin looked down at his palm.

A protruding piece of brown wood was wrapped in an evil, crimson Chakra.

He sighed in admiration:

"The Power of the Nine-Tails plus Wood Release power—the combined burst is surprisingly formidable."

Then he raised his right hand and slapped it directly toward the stunned Yamato three meters away.

Puchi!

A three-meter-large hand formed from crimson Chakra even raised the temperature around it by several degrees!

The wood chips that had been flying through the air were instantly ignited.

Puchi! Puchi!

Soon, flames spread wantonly!

And—

"What... kind of ninjutsu is this?"

Staring at the massive hand before him, Yamato quickly formed hand seals: "Wood Release: Wood Locking Wall!"

Shua!

In an instant, a row of wooden pillars rose from the ground!

They curved and stacked together to form an arched wall, protecting him.

Now he was truly inside an eggshell.

But before he could catch his breath, the giant hand came slamming down.

Boom!

The Wood Locking Wall, strong enough to block an A-rank ninjutsu, couldn't hold for even a second before being smashed apart.

Pieces scattered everywhere.

Yamato had no choice but to leap away in a hurry.

Yet that giant hand seemed to have a tracker installed, following him like a shadow.

Forced into a corner, he formed hand seals again.

Wood Release: Forest Wall!

Kacha kacha kacha!

Instantly, wooden vines sprouted rapidly from the ground, forming a shield to intercept the giant hand.

Kacha!

The vines snapped.

But fortunately, the blood-red hand also dissipated as its energy ran out.

"I... blocked it."

Yamato wiped the sweat from his brow, his entire body taut as a bowstring!

Only then did he realize his back was soaked with cold sweat.

He had never imagined that a mere young boy from the Uchiha Clan could put this much pressure on him!

"This is way harder than an S-rank mission..."

He forced a bitter smile, a rare expression showing on his face behind the mask.

If any other Root members saw this, they'd definitely call him a heretic!

Root members weren't supposed to have expressions!

"No wonder Lord Danzo wanted to bring you in for questioning—it wasn't because of your identity..."

"But because of your strength!"

A Uchiha boy still in the Ninja Academy could make him—a Root member on par with an elite jonin—feel fear!

Unbelievable!

But this—this was what they called a retirement battle!

Yamato took a deep breath, forcing down his restless, fearful heart.

His eyes gradually turned resolute and determined: "Today, I will retire on the spot!"

Boom!

But the moment the words left his mouth, a tremendous force slammed into his abdomen, smashing him straight into the ground.

Rumble!

The ground was cratered into a five-meter-wide pit!

Crack.

Faintly, the sound of broken ribs could be heard.

At the edge of the pit, Jin withdrew his left foot and shook his head with a sigh: "You really are retiring on the spot."

Yamato was one of the few people in the ninja world who possessed Wood Release Cells.

Jin couldn't quite remember when this guy had left Root and joined the Anbu.

But whether it was Root or the Anbu, both had irreconcilable conflicts with the Uchiha Clan.

Although he had been lying low and slacking off for so long, that didn't mean he would let the Konoha F4 target the Uchiha.

So, if this guy didn't retire, he'd have to relocate his grave.

[Defeated Root: Kinoe. Attempting to copy trait.]

[Copy successful. Congratulations, host. You have obtained the excellent trait Wood Release: Wood Locking Wall (Blue): a defensive ninjutsu that summons a row of wooden pillars from thin air to form an arched wall, protecting the user.]

"A defensive-type ninjutsu?"

Jin shook his head and said directly, "Stack it onto the Wood Release Cells · Remnant (Blue) trait."

For someone like him who possessed the Golden Body of Light, defensive-type ninjutsu weren't very useful.

As for protecting comrades?

That would only become his weakness.

[Traits fusing.]