"The key... it's, it's in my left pocket..."
Gato trembled like a plucked quail as he spilled the details of all his assets.
Suspended in midair on a spike, he broke out in a cold sweat from the pain, no longer daring to utter a single threat.
But the gang of thugs he had brought along clearly still hadn't grasped the situation.
The earlier "forest of bodies" had been terrifying, but it had only killed the few dozen men at the front.
Nearly two hundred knife-wielding thugs remained behind them.
A hefty reward always drew brave men, especially under Gato's usual tyranny. Instinctively, they believed that sheer numbers would let them win.
"Let Boss Gato go!"
"Everyone, charge! He's just one guy! What's he going to do, kill us all?"
A few leading thugs summoned their courage and roared, brandishing their katanas as they led another charge.
"What a bunch of clueless ants."
Sen's gaze turned utterly cold.
He had thought a small demonstration would scare off this rabble.
He hadn't expected so many of them to be in such a hurry to die.
In that case, I'll use you to test a new move.
Rather than lowering Gato, Sen raised his free left hand.
He recalled the Lightning Cutter Kakashi had used at the training ground.
Its incredible piercing power and shape transformation had certainly looked impressive.
His Wood Release primarily relied on vitality and wide-area strangulation.
But the superbrain granted by the Divine Tree Origin told him one thing.
As long as the chakra density was high enough, even a piece of wood could possess piercing power more terrifying than steel!
Buzzz!
An incredibly dense mass of green chakra instantly gathered in Sen's left palm!
He compressed that chakra furiously, then compressed it again!
As its density continued