Hearing Uchiha Yato say that, everyone's curiosity was thoroughly stirred. They were all eager to find out the reason behind it.
After all, on a real battlefield, if one could not understand or counter an enemy's abilities, they would be led around by the nose and eventually driven into a desperate situation—or even lose their life.
Therefore, it was perfectly normal for Uchiha Yato to encounter such a situation, and no one found it entirely incomprehensible.
However, what left everyone somewhat helpless was Uchiha Yato's infuriatingly smug expression. Their emotions, which had only just settled, were thrown into turmoil again because of him.
At that moment, Tobirama Senju, who stood nearby, suddenly turned his gaze toward Rasa, who had already collapsed unconscious on the ground, and carefully examined his condition.
Then, combined with the intelligence relayed back by his Shadow Clone, Tobirama Senju gradually formed a rough guess.
"Hmm... I think this is an ability related to contact, or perhaps one with a certain delayed effect," Tobirama Senju said thoughtfully.
Hearing his teacher say that, Hiruzen Sarutobi also noticed some clues and then gave the answer he believed was closest to the truth.
"It should be the effect of Uchiha Yato's flower sea."
"Uchiha Yato showed us this kind of flower sea before, within the space he created himself. It was just made up of a single type of flower back then."
"Through contact with the flower sea and the pollen..."
With his disciple having pointed it out so clearly, Tobirama Senju understood what Hiruzen Sarutobi meant.
Still, Tobirama Senju maintained that icy expression as he looked at Uchiha Yato, his thoughts unknown.
At the same time, Hashirama Senju finally understood why Uchiha Yato had been dragging out the battle for so long.
"So it was to fill this entire