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Click, click—
The horn mask that had been with Rope Tree for a year suddenly split in two.
The light shone on the brown-haired youth's face. Tsunade froze, Jiraiya froze, and Uchiha Mikoto...
"Huh? That guy... he looks like someone I know..."
Tsunade's eyes were glazed over: "Little brother."
"It's Nawaki..." Jiraiya still couldn't quite believe it, but since Mikoto's Sharingan hadn't detected that the other party had used a transformation jutsu, it was true. "I never thought that Nawaki would join Roran... or rather, join that organization called White Cross."
"Impossible! Nawaki, Nawaki, how could my brother abandon his sister and join that organization?! He... he said... he would protect Grandma and Grandpa's most precious village..."
Seeing Tsunade break down in tears, Jiraiya felt a pang of heartache: "Just take him back, and we'll know the outcome, won't we?"
"Yes." Tsunade seemed to have heard the answer, and her body instantly prepared to take action.
Click, click——
Fifteen gun muzzles.
They were all aimed at Jiraiya, Mikoto, and Tsunade.
“Don’t forget. We’re here!” said the little woodworm.
The problem is, now you've lost.
Secondly, you are the ninjas who promised to let Konoha go. Isn't this your... By the way, what do you call Nawaki? He's that young man down here." Jiraiya was a little embarrassed when he realized he didn't know Nawaki's code name in Loulan or White Cross.
“White Cross, Ninth Seat, Tree Master,” said Little Woodworm.
Then, Xiaomu Chong sneered, "Lord Tree, you rank fifth in Loulan's current strength."
"Right now, it's just that Master Tree isn't taking it seriously."
"Don't get me wrong."
"You're talking nonsense...!!!" Jiraiya sensed a familiar chakra and turned his head to look.
boom!
Shirahoshi's entire body was sent flying by Rope Tree, and at that moment, some of Rope Tree's injuries quietly healed.
"I'm sorry."
"Shirahoshi, you are indeed very strong. Just as I admired you back then, you have not disappointed me."
"But I'm sorry."
"Now I am a member of the White Cross."
The brown-haired youth's face began to show clear wrinkles around his eyes, eventually taking shape:
"Our ideals and future began the moment I left Konoha Village."
"It has already changed."
"I won't lose."
At that moment, Shirahoshi struggled to her feet, then collapsed again in a state of utter exhaustion. "What kind of ninjutsu is this?!"
Nawaki completed Sage Mode, resulting in a comprehensive enhancement of his sensory abilities, physical strength, chakra intensity, and more: "Sage Mode".
"This is a ninjutsu that even Orochimaru-sensei couldn't master."
"elder sister."
Nawaki turned his head, facing the shocked group of Konoha ninjas and various convicts, and fixed his gaze on Tsunade, whose lips were trembling:
"What's wrong, sister?"
"Haven't you been looking for me?"
"I am standing right here now."
"only......"
Rope Tree sighed softly, spread his hands, and shook his head slightly:
"It's just that our paths have become somewhat different."
"Give it back to me...give me back my little brother!!!"
"Tsunade!!!"
boom!
The chakra bullet pierced the ground in front of Jiraiya's feet, and the little woodworm said coldly, "Lord Tree, you have not been given permission to pass."
"Don't forget, you lost."
Jiraiya's face stiffened. Mikoto Uchiha saw the gun barrel and secretly calculated the speed, but there was no time to do so. She could only grit her teeth and watch as Shirahoshi fell to the ground...
Tsunade leaped down from the top and landed on the high slope, raising her fist, which was filled with monstrous strength:
"Give me back my brother and Rope Tree!!!!"
At this moment, Tsunade believed that the surgeon must have tampered with Nawaki's memories, which caused Nawaki to become the way he is now.
"elder sister."
Seeing this, Rope Tree smiled helplessly and raised his hands to clasp them together slightly:
Why can't you understand?
"I am Rope Tree."
"Wood escape..."
"No, that can't be..." Above, Jiraiya heard Nawaki's words and even the chakra fluctuations in the arena. He clenched his fists slightly, his fingertips turning white.
The expressions on the faces of the others were equally unpleasant.
“Even Wood Release…” Minato Namikaze swallowed hard.
"Wood Release: Descent of the Sea of Trees!"
Boom, crack—
Various thick wooden vines crawled out from the cracks in the muddy ground. Even though Tsunade was shocked, she still rushed towards this sea of wood that was gradually emerging from the ground!
"No way! You're not my brother! You could never be my brother!"
Suddenly, a wooden vine flew rapidly towards Tsunade. Upon seeing this, Tsunade punched it, and the vine instantly shattered.
Rope Tree clasped his hands together and sighed softly:
"Why can't you understand, sister?"
"In the face of absolute power, all struggles are meaningless."
In mid-air, Tsunade hadn't even had time to catch her breath after smashing the wooden vines when more vines approached, leaving her no choice but to grit her teeth and keep punching them in all directions.
Snap! Boom!
After shattering four wooden vines in a row, Tsunade landed in the forest area, catching her breath slightly.
Then, before Tsunade could gather her strength, more vines shot out from the surrounding trees and grabbed her in an instant.
The unique Wood Release ability caused Tsunade's chakra to be completely absorbed at this moment.
"Let me go, let me go—"
"Rope Tree, give me back the Rope Tree!!!"
Even if Tsunade possesses the Yin Seal and can forcibly reach the threshold of Kage level, relying solely on taijutsu, Tsunade, without the Hundred Healings Technique, is currently only the weakest Kage level.
Nawaki approached Tsunade, took out the Chakra Binding Handcuffs (Type A) that he always carried with him, and put them on Tsunade. Tsunade witnessed Nawaki's indifference and fainted from crying.
"Sister." Rope Tree proactively released most of the area of the forest to reduce energy consumption. At the same time, her Sage Mode perception could detect the fluctuations underground, and she couldn't help but chuckle:
"As expected of you, Shirahoshi, you've truly mastered the essence of Earth Release: Earth Dragon Concealment Technique."
laugh!
The kunai appeared and collided with the ninja sword in Nawaki's hand, who had his back to the kunai.
This time, Bai Xing's face lost its confidence, replaced only by fear:
"why."
"Why did you betray Konoha! You didn't even spare your own sister!"
"Shirahoshi." Tsunade, who had fainted, vaguely heard Shirahoshi's voice and murmured to herself.
“Betrayal?” Nawaki shook his head. “To be honest, whether I, the head of the Senju clan, am in Konoha or not is practically meaningless.”
Upon hearing this, Bai Xing was slightly taken aback, but inwardly she was screaming: Holy crap?! You inherited all the wealth of the Senju clan left by Lady Mito, and now you're not going back, you haven't even gotten your bankbook back, are you saying you don't want it anymore?!
With the saleable assets and the clan's liquid funds combined, there are at least several billion Fire Coins!!!
—The disbanded clan members received a lot of money, and the clan only had two ninjas for a long time, so it amounted to more than a billion.
"After all, now only my sister and I are left in the clan."
"Someone like you, who was an orphan from the very beginning, probably can't understand how I feel."
"???"
"I'm sorry, I've changed."
"I'm no longer that naive boy who only knew how to blindly rush forward."
"What about your sister?" Bai Xing thought to himself, cursing that Sheng Shu had called him an orphan. He'd remember that and would get his revenge later!
Are you really just going to abandon your sister like this?
Nawaki paused for a moment, then looked down at Tsunade: "My sister is safe in Konoha."
"She is an excellent and important medical ninja, a disciple of the Hokage, and the village will protect her."
"and."
"I've said it before, I'm not the same person I used to be, these attacks are useless against me."
In Sage Mode, Mikoto Uchiha was rapidly approaching, her ninja sword slashing downwards at Nawaki's body.
"Stop talking nonsense!"