The moment he opened the treasure vault, he immediately learned what this item was for.
"Choose an advanced power to fuse with Wood Release and give it a whole new ability... Seems pretty useful."
At least it was more useful than Tobirama's reward. No matter how you looked at it, a weapon was an external possession, while Hashirama's reward would fuse with his body and become completely his own.
Hashirama was delighted and quickly began browsing the options.
There were countless advanced powers in the vault, all sorts of strange and fantastical abilities.
For a moment, the sheer variety dazzled Hashirama. He had no idea what to choose.
[Thunderbolt Origin] (After fusion, Wood Release gains the ability to wield lightning.)
"Hmm... It's just okay. I can already use Lightning Release, so this isn't much use to me."
Hashirama shook his head and kept browsing.
[Myriad-Year Profound Ice] (After fusion, Wood Release gains the power of ice.)
Seeing this, Hashirama couldn't help shaking his head again. "Torifu has Ice Release, so this ability would overlap with his. I don't need it."
There were many more bizarre options further down. Hashirama skimmed through them, immediately discarding anything he thought he couldn't use.
He kept the ones he liked well enough for the final selection.
It took him more than twenty minutes to browse the entire vault.
There were simply too many abilities he could add to Wood Release. Even after one round of filtering, he still had more than twenty options left.
In the end, Hashirama had to narrow them down again. This time, he kept only three.
That final round took him an entire hour. He was clearly struggling to choose.
The three remaining options were all incredibly powerful.
``` [Annihilation Void Power] (After fusion, Wood Release