Kotoamatsukami, Rendered Useless!
Rikuto's body continued to swell, transforming in the blink of an eye into a giant wooden figure over ten meters tall. "Besides, I'm not interested in the position of Hokage!"
"What!?"
Witnessing this,
Danzo's pupils contracted sharply, and he cried out in disbelief.
He remembered that there was no such technique in the Wood Release scrolls kept by Konoha.
But the next moment-
"Whoosh..."
Amid the tremendous wind pressure,
the wooden giant charged up to Shimura Danzō and looked down at his shocked face.
It had already raised an enormous, violent fist.
The fist was charged with terrifying Chakra.
It bore down so hard that the air seemed to collapse,
then smashed toward him.
"Unrivaled Superhuman Strength!"
"Boom, boom..."
The thunderous impact was deafening.
Clouds of dust billowed into the sky.
For hundreds of meters around the wooden giant,
the earth cracked and caved in.
"Whoosh-"
"Crack... crack..."
The ferocious blast of air turned into a tremendous storm.
Countless trees were bent every which way and snapped in half.
The terrifying gale carried rocks, grass and trees as it swept madly in every direction.
It was impossible to keep one's eyes open.
"That's..."
In the forest hundreds of meters away,
Tsunade, who had just caught up and was about to watch the battle from a distance,
was nearly sent flying by the sudden gale.
She concentrated Chakra in her feet and clung firmly to the towering tree beneath her.
Only then did she manage to steady herself.
She stared into the gradually clearing dust.
At the enormous figure standing there, her eyes widened sharply.
Chapter 59: Kotoamatsukami, Rendered Useless!
"Whoosh..."
The fierce wind blew,
sweeping away the vast clouds of dust.
Within a radius of hundreds of meters, the once-lush towering trees had vanished, leaving behind a shocking expanse of ruins.
Rocks of all sizes lay scattered everywhere.
The entire stretch of ground had sunk.
Even groundwater was constantly welling up.
And only one enormous figure stood there.
It was a wooden giant covered in leaves.
"That's... Rikuto?"
Looking at the tall figure
standing amid the ruins ahead,
Tsunade was stunned.
The Rikuto before her was utterly different from his usual self.
Looking at the staggering scene, she cried out in disbelief, "Could it be... he used a Superhuman Strength Fist while he was gigantic?"
Even Tsunade, watching from so far away, was deeply shaken,
to say nothing of Danzo, who had been unable to dodge in time and had taken the punch head-on.
Using Izanagi to turn his death into a dream, he had reappeared behind Rikuto. His face was full of astonishment as he exclaimed, "What kind of power is this..."
"That last blow was already as powerful as an S-rank Ninjutsu!"
As he spoke,
his hands had already flashed through a series of Hand Seals.
Aiming at the wooden giant Rikuto had transformed into, he abruptly expelled a breath. "But a body that big makes the perfect target instead... Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves!"
"Whoosh, whoosh..."
Razor-sharp blades of wind sliced out one after another,
shooting toward the giant wooden figure like lightning.
However-
Rikuto, who had transformed his entire body into a giant treant using the Woods-Woods Fruit's power,
stamped down hard. "Boom..."
The ground cracked, and he sprang into the air like lightning.
He displayed terrifying speed and reflexes, actually dodging Danzo's surprise attack.
The fierce blades of wind all missed him
and continued hurtling into the distance without slowing.
"Whoosh..."
The fierce wind howled incessantly.
Watching the giant wooden figure leap over a hundred meters into the air and descend straight toward him like a mountain,
Danzo's pupils contracted, and he retreated like lightning.
"Boom!!!"
A thunderous crash shook the heavens.
Dust filled the air, and rocks flew.
An astonishing gale raged outward.
It was difficult to keep one's eyes open.
The gigantic wooden figure stood there.
Rikuto looked at Danzo and gave a playful chuckle. "You're pretty quick on your feet!"
"Summoning Technique!"
Having narrowly dodged that outrageously powerful blow,
Danzo bit his finger and rapidly formed Hand Seals.
Then he slammed his hand against the ground.
In an instant,
summoning formulas spread outward.
"Poof..." Smoke billowed.
A massive beast that looked remarkably like a mammoth appeared.
This was Danzo's summoned beast—the Dream-Eating Beast: Baku.
"Roar..." It let out an imposing bellow.
It opened its enormous mouth
and unleashed a powerful suction force.
"Whoosh-"
Rocks, grass and trees flew toward it in droves.
The tremendous wind pressure made even the gigantic Rikuto unsteady on his feet.
But the next moment, he charged straight forward.
"The legendary Dream-Eating Beast: Baku?"
At the same time,
he aimed his great hand at Danzo, who had somehow crept behind him, and clenched it.
"Crack... crack..."
A mass of saplings burst from the ground,
growing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
They twisted madly toward Danzo, half of whose body was still underground.
"Whoosh, whoosh..." Danzo, who had circled behind Rikuto to attack in coordination with the Dream-Eating Beast's ability, turned pale. He could only scramble out of the ground and dodge repeatedly.
But the next moment,
the enormous wooden giant
appeared beside the Dream-Eating Beast in an instant.
Its fist smashed viciously toward the beast's savage head.
"That's... the Body Flicker Technique?"
Danzo's pupils contracted sharply.
With a body that absurdly large, he could still use such a swift Body Flicker Technique.
It was simply inconceivable.
"Bang!!"
"Roar..."
In an instant,
blood splattered everywhere.
The Dream-Eating Beast's head was battered and bloody, and it howled in agony.
Struck mercilessly by the terrifying Superhuman Strength Fist, it flew sideways like a cannonball.
It turned into smoke in midair
and vanished.
"Danzo, if that's all you can do, then stay here forever!"
The gigantic wooden figure began to shrink.