
While Takeshi tells Kimimaro and Jugo about the Kaguya Clan's curse, a fierce battle between Hoshigaki Kisame and Iburi Tenzo takes place on another battlefield.
“Sial... Wood Element is really no joke..” Kisame muttered while shredding one of the many Wood pegs trying to tie him and Samehada, as well as absorbing his Chakra, “Chakra Absorption should be my advantage… but shit... ”.
Throughout the battle, Tenzo kept a good distance from Kisame and only used Wood Element Jutsu from a distance to ensure that his Chakras were not absorbed by that sword, either, but he has made every effort to continue doing the opposite, which is being absorbed. Cakra Kisame and Samehada.
Moreover, the Tenzo Wood Element here also seemed to be much stronger when compared to its ability at Canon, so the effect it had was quite superior, and this was all because of Orochimaru.
Orochimaru wanted the Sharingan, but the Sharingan he wanted had to be an Uchiha Shinobi with very high potential, maybe someone like Shisui, Itachi, or maybe Shinichi, and Tsukihi too if he wasn't 'dead'.
Despite his repeated efforts, Orochimaru always failed, but even after all that, he did not give up on the Sharingan, which is why he decided to use Tenzo for this purpose.
Tenzo had the Kekkei Genkai Wood Element, and Orochimaru knew that in the Late Valley battle between Senju Hashirama, and Uchiha Madara, Senju Hashirama won, meaning the Wood Element defeated the Sharingan.
This was why Orochimaru had trained Tenzo relentlessly in the past few years using all means from scientific to forbidden and damned all in order to improve the Tenzo Wood Element Kekkei Genkai, as well as increasing Tenzo's mastery of Kekkei Genkai.
And the result was quite real, with his Wood Release, Tenzo had been able to fight Kisame, of course Kisame did not use all of his strength, and at the moment, he was just testing the limits of Tenzo, he was not using all of his strength, tenzo's performance was pretty good.
“Huh, this battle will be much more fun if he is stronger, but I guess there is no point in complaining because he is very young and immature, however, it is time I end this battle, kisame muttered and threw Samehada into the sky, which distracted Tenzo for a moment. Kisame did not waste the opportunity and immediately after weaving the signature he shouted, 'Water Pers: Water Shock Waves Explode!'
Instantly, Kisame formed a large amount of chakra in his stomach, then immediately after changing the nature of the chakra, Kisame vomited out all the water.
The volume of water that Kisame spewed out was too much, and the entire battleground, that is, the forest, was instantly covered in water, Kisame used the tidal wave to his advantage, and after catching Samehada in his hand, he continued on his way. the waves descended and rushed towards Tenzo.
That momentary disturbance broke Tenzo's flow, and he was overwhelmed by the huge waves coming towards him, and for having consumed quite a lot of his Chakra before, he did not have a solid amount for such a large Jutsu Kisame, in desperation, he barely printed a hand seal, and shouted, 'Wood Release: Wood Locking Wall!'
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Instantly, the roots of the tree from underground were activated by the Tenzo Chakra and rose from the ground forming a three-layer protective wooden dome over the Tenzo, protecting it from the waves of water.
It was just that the wooden walls were only strong enough to protect Tenzo from the huge waves, but not enough to protect him from Kisame waving Samehada and destroying the entire wooden dome with just one wave.
With now Tenzo out in the open, and Kisame standing right in front of him while pointing his Samehada at him, Kisame asked, “Because you are not a child, you are not a child, so I guess Kahyo-san doesn't mind me killing you, now Iburi. Tenzo, do you have any last request?”
Tenzo still had a firm look in his eyes, and asked, “What is your purpose in coming here? I don't think we did anything that would offend you five.. So why come to Otogakure?”
Kisame was surprised that even now Tenzo wanted to know why?
Tenzo's expression shrank when he mentioned Orochimaru, 'So, they are really chasing after Orochimaru-sama? Now come to think of it, their red cloud robes were very similar to the ones Orochimaru-sama wore until a few years ago, so maybe they were from the organization where Orochimaru-sama was a part at that time. After all, even if I knew that they could not do anything to Orochimaru-sama, I would still not give anything.' With that decision, he shook his head, and said firmly, “No, we don't know anything about him, and I don't think a Shinobi of his calibre would do anything by hanging out with us. We're just the ones who do it. it has no place to belong and has found its way to this land after being cast aside by this world.”.
“That is a heavy word, but you don't fool anyone with those words. As for finding your way here? Yes right, as if. You are all children with such potential, Ice Element, Dead Bone Throb, Crystal Element, Wood Element, That strange Monster Element … then maybe the Smoke Element as well, all found your way here? I wonder if there are others with different Kekkei Genkai as well?
The potential you have is no less than the great Shinobi Village.. It makes me think, if you are not connected to Orochimaru, then are you somehow connected to Amatsukami?” Kisame muttered in a brooding tone.
Tenzo's face was a bit pale as Kisame pointed out the flaws in his words, and he couldn't help but think, 'I didn't think about this, I didn't think about it, I always thought that our strengths were quite general and nothing too special. Shit, I misjudged and made a big mistake, and if these people think that we are connected to Amatsukami, then we will all be in big trouble, I cannot let that happen. I had no other choice, I had to kill this person, and make sure that this misinformation did not spread, and to do that, I had no other choice but to use that Juinjutsu!'
Kisame noticed the change in expression in Tenzo, and thought, 'He seems to be panicking about what I said, although I only made some random guesses, could it be that these kids are somehow connected to Amatsukami?'
"Seal the Forest Curse: Level One: Release!"
Kisame did not have much time to think, as he realized the sudden change in Tenzo, and he had to retreat immediately otherwise he would be swallowed up by the trees that suddenly started to grow.
"Seal the Forest Curse: Level Two: Let go!"
Immediately after Tenzo released the Level Two Curse Seal, the strange black pattern that appeared on his body due to the release of the level one Curse Seal began to change, and his figure had now become inhumane.
The shape and length of her hair changed and became the tendril of a large tree that reached her waist, the color and texture of her skin changed from human to tree bark, even her body structure changed, her height increased, her skin color and texture changed, and overall, the person who appeared in front of Kisame was no longer human but more like a tree man.
Although Kisame was already used to being non-human, and a freak for having his own shark-like features, upon seeing the tree-manlike creature standing in front of him, even Kisame was a little flabbergasted, “A… what are you? Are you a man, a tree, a tree man, or something else entirely??”
The two-meter-tall giant tree man looked at his body, analyzed that his body had indeed turned into something like a tree, then looked at Kisame and replied in a very cute tone, "I'm Groot."
(Translator's Note: Okay it's just me trying to be a little funny here by comparing this transformation to Groot, in fact, he does look like Groot, however, he does look like Groot, not the Good Groot we saw in Guardian of the Galaxy, but the Evil Groot . See the attached picture for better reference.)
“Groot?” Kisame muttered in confusion... "And what's with the cute tone?" a horrible look with a funny tone makes this even more disturbing. But he didn't have much time to think, as Tenzo on the opposite side had raised his wooden arm, and slapped him to the ground, while transferring his chakra, 'The Secret Technique of Wood Release: The Birth of the Sea of Trees!'
Instantly, under Tenzo's command, the trees started growing from the ground and rushed towards Kisame, but this time, it was, the number and size of the tree was so large that Kisame had to make a great effort to survive or he would be strangled.
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