The sudden voice made Rasa's hair stand on end.
Who?
When did they get so close?
He tried to whip his head around, simultaneously commanding his gold dust to crush whoever had spoken.
But it was too late.
A long wooden blade plunged into Rasa's back.
Rasa's body stiffened, and his control over the gold dust faltered.
There's a chakra-sealing Sealing Jutsu on this blade?
That momentary lapse was a fatal opening.
Wood Release: Wooden Coffin!
The Wooden Sword embedded in Rasa's body erupted with an even greater surge of life force.
The blade sprouted, growing and spreading wildly in an instant!
Countless tough wooden branches split off from the blade, wrapping around Rasa's body at astonishing speed like living tentacles.
They did more than simply bind him. Like master craftsmen, they interwove, interlocked, and reinforced one another, constructing a solid, seamless coffin covered in wood grain around Rasa in the blink of an eye.
Before Rasa could even realize who had attacked him, he was completely enclosed and trapped inside the prison.
The Wooden Coffin cut him off from the outside world. Beyond physically restraining him, the power of Wood Release continuously suppressed and absorbed his chakra, making even struggling extremely difficult.
Without his control, the gold dust cascaded from the air.
The instant the Wooden Coffin took shape, sealing runes spread across it like a school of tadpoles released into water.
The glowing sealing runes branded themselves deep into the Wooden Coffin, combining with Wood Release's suppressive power to imprison Rasa within it.
After sealing Rasa, Naruto wasted no time moving to intercept Orochimaru.
Orochimaru was the real prize in this Konoha Crush Plan.
Once I capture Orochimaru, I'll have a chance to play a cracked version of the shinobi world.
*I wonder if that guy calling himself