"Calm your mind, open your heart, and remember—do not entertain even the slightest thought of resistance!"
After explaining the key points, Nawaki rapidly formed hand seals and began applying the Cursed Seal.
The technique was soon complete. Dense chakra gathered at Nawaki's fingertips, radiating an emerald-green glow as he pointed them at Yamato, who had already closed his eyes and focused his mind.
Watching Nawaki's movements from the side, Sarutobi opened his mouth as if to speak, but quickly closed it again. Although using Cursed Seals to control ninja did not align with Sarutobi's moral principles, this was a rule of the Senju Clan, and Konoha had long since tacitly accepted it. Yamato had also volunteered to join, so even as the Hokage and their teacher, Sarutobi had no grounds to stop them.
As chakra flowed into him without end, a black pattern gradually appeared on Yamato's forehead—a vertical half of the Senju clan crest!
Once the basic structure of the "Will of the Forest" had taken shape, it immediately linked with Yamato's brain. Under the effects of the technique, the chakra burrowed into his brain like tendrils and extended through his meridians toward the "Tongue Eradication" within!
"Tongue Eradication" showed no reaction whatsoever to the invading chakra. Before long, all of Yamato's brain nerves had been occupied and covered by the "Will of the Forest." Though the Cursed Seal of "Tongue Eradication" still existed at the base of his tongue, it was now nothing more than an empty shell.
A few minutes later, the engraving of the Cursed Seal was finally complete. Nawaki withdrew his fingers and nodded at Yamato. "All right. You can open your eyes now!"
Yamato slowly opened his eyes at those words, then reached up to touch his forehead. "Is it finished? I feel like