radicalducati Chapter 276 The Sand Village's Sky Collapsed, Wood Release Arrives
Chapter 276 The Sand Village's Sky Collapsed, Wood Release Arrives
"What? You want Sunagakure to pay two billion ryo in war reparations! Impossible, absolutely impossible!!" Upon hearing Tsunade's outrageous demand, Makiten stood up abruptly, his anger burning.
The Sand Village is notoriously frugal, always on the verge of financial ruin. Otherwise, they wouldn't have risked collaborating with Orochimaru to invade Konoha.
Now they want to pay two billion taels of silver all at once? That's several years' worth of their village's revenue! With these conditions, people will die if he goes back.
"Lady Tsunade, our Kazekage will not agree to this matter. If Konoha is not sincere in its negotiations, then prepare for war!" After a pause, Maki looked at the composed Tsunade, using a strategy of advancing while retreating.
"Oh? Is that so??" Tsunade remained unmoved, instead staring at Maki with a playful gaze as if she were looking at a clown.
Kakashi promised to take 5% of the compensation as her commission in the negotiations, so she would be doing a disservice if she didn't take advantage of the opportunity to squeeze out as much as possible.
Seeing that Tsunade remained calm and unfazed, Maki broke out in a cold sweat, finally gritting his teeth and hardening his gaze. "Even if Gaara is in your hands, if you push us too far, Sunagakure isn't without a fighting chance. As long as our Fourth Kazekage starts a war and ignites conflict, the other ninja villages certainly won't stand idly by. Then Konoha will definitely..."
Before Maki could finish speaking, Tsunade abruptly interrupted him with a startling statement: "I don't know what will happen to Konoha then, but Sunagakure will definitely cease to exist!"
Instantly, Maki, feeling guilty, changed his expression drastically, staring at Tsunade in disbelief, his heart pounding with anxiety...
"you you……"
"Tell me, what would those villages do if they knew that Sunagakure had no Jinchuriki or the Fourth Kazekage? Even if they turned a blind eye, how would you Sunagakure deal with my and Jiraiya's attacks?"
Upon hearing this, Maki felt as if the sky had fallen! Konoha had discovered the true situation of their Sand Village!!
The thought of Sunagakure facing an attack from two of the Legendary Sannin or another village in its current state sent chills down Maki's spine...
No, that absolutely cannot happen!
"So now you're the only one qualified to accept our terms, not to haggle with us. Kid, once you're at the gambling table, you have to be prepared to accept the consequences! If you want to win your opponent's chips, you have to take the risk of losing."
"This is the same as your Sunagakure cooperating with Orochimaru to invade Konoha! If you succeed this time, do you think you can let Konoha go?" Tsunade crossed her arms, cold and ruthless, her words sounding like slaps to Maki's face.
"Two days. You only have two days to prepare. In two days, news will spread from Konoha that the Fourth Kazekage was killed by Orochimaru, the One-Tailed Jinchuriki was captured, and the Sand Village suffered heavy losses during its invasion."
Ignoring the blank-faced, deathly pale-faced Baki, Tsunade issued an ultimatum and turned to leave.
"Is this the spirit of the Sannin? This is the attitude of a victor..." Following behind Tsunade, Shikaku silently murmured to himself as he looked at the stunned Maki and the other members of the Sunagakure delegation, his heart burning with excitement.
Thinking back to how hesitant she was when negotiating with Elder Koharu and the others before, Tsunade felt incredibly satisfied this time!
In an instant, all the pent-up frustration that had been building up in Shikaku's chest vanished...
Night, a time-traveling room.
"It really did turn to wood. The original Hashirama cells are indeed domineering, their backlash speed is more than ten times faster than that of the Hashirama artificial body." Looking at the lifelike wooden rabbit, Ishikawa sighed and felt a wave of fear.
Given this rate of backlash, who knows what the outcome would have been if he had injected Hashirama cells directly last night.
However, this does not mean that Ishikawa is unable to inject Hashirama cells.
In the experiment just now, he had already seen the detailed process of the rabbit being transformed into a wooden sculpture through his red eyes.
That rabbit was just an ordinary animal, while he was an overpowered ninja with the power of a tailed beast and a cursed seal.
"However, we must be careful and try every step of the way to ensure that nothing goes wrong!" With a determined murmur, Ishikawa immediately cut off one-third of the Hashirama cells, crushed them into powder, and put them into the syringe.
"Let's begin!" Looking at the full ten milliliters of Hashirama cells, Ishikawa gritted his teeth and injected a tiny bit into his arm.
Almost simultaneously with the injection, Ishikawa felt as if his body cells were instantly ignited, like oil and water meeting fire...
The next instant, seemingly sensing the unusual movement of Ishikawa's chakra, the Sage's Seal resonated throughout his body.
With the addition of natural energy, Ishikawa felt a significant reduction in pressure and gritted his teeth to inject all the Hashirama cells into his body.
In the instant his body was burning with heat and his blood was boiling, Ishikawa unleashed the power of the Tailed Beast without hesitation, and decisively reached out to grab the doorknob and gripped it tightly.
With a crackling sound, a familiar electric current surged through Ishikawa's body, and almost all the energy rushed into every cell of his body to suppress Hashirama's backlash.
Ishikawa's pale skin, which started on his arm, spread rapidly all over his body before quickly fading and disappearing.
The gray skin caused by the cursed seal was also altered at the cellular level, and the skin instantly returned to its normal color and faded...
Ten minutes later, during Ishikawa's agonizing wait, the rejection reaction of Hashirama's cells was completely eliminated, and his body, which had already been modified by White Zetsu and Hashirama's artificial cells, underwent a qualitative change after this.
At least that's what Ishikawa thinks; the most obvious thing is that his chakra is now bluish-green...
"Ahem... I don't like green at all. I just hope it doesn't end up being Hashirama green!" Ishikawa coughed, his expression turning serious as he thought of something.
The next second, Ishikawa gathered water-style chakra in his left hand and earth-style chakra in his right, forming hand seals. As the different types of chakra in his hands merged, a qualitative change occurred, and Ishikawa took a deep breath and shouted in a low voice.
"Wood Release: Clone Technique..."
In an instant, Ishikawa felt his chakra stirring within him, yet he had nowhere to release it.
Seemingly in a final struggle, the chakra formed by the hand seals burst forth from behind Ishikawa, transforming into a hard piece of wood that fell to the ground.
Ishikawa? ?
Good news! Wood Release is here!
Bad news, how are we supposed to play without Wood Release ninjutsu??
"Forget it, with Wood Release, why worry about not having Wood Release ninjutsu in the future? Anyway, Wood Release is just an ordinary ninjutsu without Hashirama's Yang Release. The important thing is the other enhancements." Looking at the wood, Ishikawa curled his lip and directly cut his arm to test his body.
After another ten minutes or so, through Ishikawa's repeated tests, he finally figured out the effects of the stalk cells on him.
First is Wood Release. Although it hasn't been tested, judging from the fact that the wood has no leaves, it's most likely a basic version of Wood Release like Yamato's.
Secondly, there's the Cursed Seal Beauty Filter. Right now, apart from having a Cursed Seal Face and longer hair, his Cursed Seal state is no different from his normal state!
Finally, there's the doubled self-healing ability and chakra recovery speed, as well as the improved quality of chakra.
To this, Ishikawa was not disappointed but rather quite satisfied!
He's no longer a mere Chunin or Genin; thinking he can break through to Kage level with just these few Hashirama cells is a pipe dream!
As you can see, even Yamato, who mastered Wood Release, only reached the level of an elite Jonin by the end.
"Then, it's time to go find Nohara Rin and give her a surprise..." Looking at the inner wall door, Ishikawa put away the remaining Hashirama cells with anticipation in his eyes.