"Thud!"
Soft light shone over Afei, giving his entirely white body a faint yellow sheen. He imitated the hand seals Rikusei had used beneath the God Tree and mobilized the chakra within his body.
"Wood Release: Cutting Defense Technique!"
Sharp, jagged, twisting wooden rods erupted from all over his body in an instant, wrapping Afei up like a porcupine proficient in Wood Release.
Witnessing it all, Tobirama's red eyes flashed with approval, and he gave a slight nod.
Through Madara's use of Wood Release, he had repaired the ravaged earth.
Tobirama knew that this Wood Release, with its powerful vitality, would no longer appear within the Senju family or among experimental subjects.
All of them lacked the most crucial core.
Ashura's chakra—the Yang-nature chakra that possessed immense energy, influenced chakra's transformation into the source of life, and promoted the growth of trees.
It seemed that any Wood Release developed in the future would probably only reach the level Afei had demonstrated.
The crisp crack of wooden rods breaking brought Tobirama back to his senses. His gaze softened beneath the lamplight as it settled on his disciples. "I'll cooperate properly with the White Zetsu. What did you come here wanting to see?"
"Of course!" Mao, dressed in a short ninja vest, had curiosity in her somewhat heroic brows and eyes. "We came up with the idea of utilizing the God Tree together. Mm, I wanted to see how the research was progressing."
Naori, who had one hand braced against her waist as she rested, caught Mao's look pleading for support. Her smooth purple hair swayed downward as she added, "And Black Zetsu."
Black Zetsu sat rather listlessly inside the square glass enclosure, his gaze passing through the transparent cage before him as he surveyed this small world of the laboratory.
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