"Teach it a proper lesson. Not just anyone can use any road they please—especially not the Eagle of Winter's road." Carter Binda put away the short sword in his hand.
"Was that really necessary? Getting so serious with a tree... You young people, I really don't understand the way you think." Belaque said helplessly.
Carter Binda closed his eyes again and said with a smile to Uchiha Madara and Belaque behind him, "All right, the obstacle has been cleared. We can set off now."
The three of them continued on their way.
Belaque thought of what Uchiha Madara had said earlier—that he could smell blood on that tree.
"Didn't you say you could smell blood coming from that tree?" Belaque asked, looking at Uchiha Madara.
"That's right," Uchiha Madara replied. "There was indeed a faint smell of blood coming from it."
"So that means this forest doesn't just have plants. There must be animals too, right?" Belaque said.
"That's for certain," Carter Binda said to Belaque.
"Though I've spent all year in Winterfort, I still know something as basic as forests having animals in them," Carter Binda said.
"What puzzles me is that we've been walking for so long, yet we haven't seen a single animal," Belaque said.
"We already have. Wasn't that tree just now an animal?" Carter Binda said.
"You just called it a tree. How could it possibly be an animal?" Belaque said.
"I think that tree was some kind of animal in disguise. Look at how it tried to dodge my attack at the very end," Carter Binda said.
"How could a plant possibly feel that kind of panic?" Carter Binda continued.
"I think Carter Binda has a point. Judging from that tree's behavior just now, I also think it was something that could move, not