Shingetsu brought her palms together, deftly forming the Snake Hand Seal. At her command, Wood Release chakra flowed into the orchard she had built with her own hands. In an instant, it was as though the warmth of spring had descended, generously bestowing life and vitality upon all things.
The dense trees rustled in unison, their swaying crowns sounding almost like cheers. Branches stirred, leaf buds sprouted, and tiny fruits the size of millet grains quietly appeared on the boughs. In the breeze, they rapidly grew into clusters of plump, round fruit, gleaming in the sunlight.
"This is nothing short of a miracle!"
Gazing at the miraculous scene before her, Mito Uzumaki flushed with excitement, her eyes shining. She tried her utmost to suppress the urge to cry out and maintain the decorum expected of a princess, but in the end, she could not contain the emotions stirring in her heart and exclaimed in wonder.
To her senses, it was as though Shingetsu was injecting life directly into these plants!
Her chakra itself possessed an exceptionally gentle quality. Rather than destroying the bodies of the wildly growing plants, its infusion transformed them in the direction Shingetsu desired.
And once the infusion ended, her keen senses told her that the plants had actually reverted to ordinary creations of nature. From now on, however, they would remain as Shingetsu had shaped them, as though they had always been that way.
Mito was profoundly shaken by this incredible sight. Before now, she had never imagined Wood Release could accomplish anything like this!
She had long heard of Hashirama Senju's power and his Wood Release. She knew he could create a forest in an instant and control a gigantic wooden figure. His countless military achievements and fearsome reputation in the Warring States Period had