Regardless of Tamura, the major ninja villages outside were filled with tension because of Kumogakure's massive movements, especially Konoha.
After all, that was Wood Release.
"Tsunade, what do you think?"
Inside the newly built Hokage building, Hiruzen Sarutobi asked after Tsunade finished reading the intelligence, both of them feeling a wave of anxiety in their hearts.
It would spell trouble if Kumogakure acquired Wood Release.
Everyone looked toward Tsunade, who had been urgently recalled; right now, only she could verify this. As for that lord, none of them dared to face him again.
"It must be the handiwork of that brat. He snatched the crystal necklace condensed from my grandfather's chakra away from Nawaki back then. Perhaps he used that portion of grandfather's chakra to control the sacred tree in Takigakure. It cannot be true Wood Release."
Having read the intelligence, Tsunade pondered for a moment before dismissing the possibility. Even their Senju clan had failed to acquire Wood Release, and Second Uncle had conducted numerous experiments back in the day, all ending in failure without exception.
If even their Senju clan could not succeed, let alone outsiders.
Before Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others could let out a sigh of relief, Tsunade changed her tone and said with a solemn expression, "But that is still considered a product of Wood Release. Right now, the entire Kumogakure is shrouded by the root system of that sacred tree. It is equivalent to a large-scale Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence.
It might not necessarily launch active attacks, but there is a high probability it can absorb chakra.
Furthermore, judging from the intelligence, Kumogakure established a massive barrier based on that tree, which inevitably requires a colossal amount of chakra. They must have utilized the characteristic of Wood Release absorbing chakra, using the chakra