After laughing for a while, Jiraiya let his smile fade and said:
"This boy is the second thing I wanted to discuss with you today."
His expression gradually grew serious. He considered Lin Mu his own student, so naturally, he took the boy's affairs very seriously.
"He's a war orphan from Konohagakure. During the Chunin Ninja Exams, he suddenly awakened the Wood Release Kekkei Genkai."
Jiraiya laid out his analysis point by point.
"As you know, because of you, I've done some research on the Senju Clan. You should know better than I do that no one has awakened this kekkei genkai since the First Hokage.
"So I suspect this boy is a direct descendant of the Senju Clan whose branch ended up outside the village!
"That's the only possibility that could explain where his Wood Release Kekkei Genkai came from!"
Tsunade still had not recovered from the enormous shock she had received earlier.
After a long while, she reached out and touched the Wood Release chakra gathered in Lin Mu's right palm.
An incredibly rich surge of vitality immediately washed over her, seemingly making even her own chakra flow more freely.
There was no doubt about it. This life energy was pure Wood Release chakra!
She was Senju Hashirama's granddaughter by direct descent, as well as his most beloved grandchild.
Otherwise, she would never have picked up his habit of treating gambling as his very life.
That was why she was intimately familiar with wood-nature chakra.
She even had the strange impression that Grandpa Hashirama's chakra had not been quite as full of life as this boy's.
But she quickly shook her head and pushed that thought aside.
How could I think such a thing? Grandpa Hashirama was the God of Shinobi. How could anyone possibly surpass him?
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