Sen had just scraped the muck off his soles against the trunk a few times when the ten-thousand-meter Divine Tree towering into the clouds suddenly began to shake violently. Countless thick roots underground gave off sickening cracks, and torrents of green sap gushed from fissures in the bark. Sen curled his lip, brushed the dirt off his hands, and laughed into the Tree Heart. "Well, well, old hag. That menopausal temper of yours really never changes. Locked inside a tree and still throwing a fit. Impressive."
Kaguya's piercing, agonized growl immediately rang out from the Tree Heart, muffled by the thick wood and hideous to hear. Her rampaging Ten-Tails energy slammed around the cramped space like a rabid dog. "Sen Senju! You lowly, insolent mortal thief! I am the immortal, indestructible Progenitor of Chakra! You dare imprison me with these filthy, rotten roots? I will use the Ten-Tails' origin to tear your wretched nursery apart and make you pay with interest!"
"Mother! Don't stop! Burst this damned Tree Heart wide open!" Black Zetsu shuddered with panic inside Kaguya's broad sleeve, his shrieks sounding like nails scraping an iron pot. "This freak is draining the last of our Demonic Statue's power! This wood is poisonous! It's sucking our tailed beast power through the tree like mad! Don't let him steal it all! Detonate all the divine tree origin and take him down with us!"
Sen leaned against the largest branch, watching the spectacle with open disdain, and flicked the bark lightly. Vast torrents of gold-green sage art origin energy poured from his fingertips into the ground as though they cost him nothing. "Take me down with you? Old hag, your big move takes way too long to wind up. You don't even hit as hard as my wooden man's slap. This