"A bunch of useless fools—you can't even handle one brat! Wind Style: Vacuum Great Sphere!"
"Secret Technique: Insect Jade!"
"Chaos Cloak Sword Technique!"
Just as the wooden man's fist was about to crush the Root members, three voices roared through the night.
From the darkness stepped Shimura Danzo, his body swathed in bandages, flanked by two guards.
Each unleashed their signature techniques.
Danzo puffed out his chest and sucked in a deep breath, then exhaled a gust that stank faintly of garlic.
It looked crude, but the power was undeniable—his wind attack spun into a massive whirlwind, slicing apart the towering trees created by Itsuki's Wood Release.
One guard, clearly from the Aburame clan, raised a hand. A black cloud of insects surged forth, devouring the wooden growths with frightening speed.
The other, a master swordsman, brandished his long blade. His sword aura flared, cutting through Wood Release constructs as if they were soft tofu.
Within seconds, the three had carved out a wide clearing, rescuing the battered Root operatives.
The wooden man's fist finally crashed down—but it struck only empty ground.
"Tch. That old bastard finally shows his face," Itsuki muttered from atop the colossus.
He wasn't surprised his attack failed; in fact, he'd expected Danzo himself to appear.
"We failed you, Lord Danzo! It's our incompetence!" the Root members cried, kneeling instantly.
Danzo's expression darkened. He waved them off. "Withdraw."
They had been nothing more than test pieces to measure Itsuki's power.
Danzo had thought they would push the boy to his limits. Instead, they'd been swatted aside with humiliating ease.
Still, he reasoned, that colossal Wood Human must be Itsuki's trump card. No one, especially a boy so new to the field, could sustain more than this.
Once the Root operatives had vanished, Danzo tilted his chin upward at the giant.
"I am Konoha—"
"Old bitch!" Itsuki cut him off, controlling the wooden man to swing a massive palm strike.
Danzo's bandaged face turned pitch black with fury. Did he just call me…?
"Fool. Tricks like this don't work on me!" Danzo sneered, sidestepping the descending strike.
He vaulted up the wooden arm, his two guards following agilely behind.
The wooden man's huge size made it devastating in wide battles—but against small, fast-moving targets, its attacks became sluggish and clumsy.
"Since you refuse a peaceful solution, I'll show you my strength!" Danzo barked as he sprinted upward, voice cold and pompous. "If your abilities disappoint me, I'll erase you here and now!"
Itsuki spat. "Peaceful solution? Who the hell ambushes someone with a barrier and calls it 'peaceful'? Shameless old dog!"
He commanded the wooden man to thrash violently, shaking its arms.
Danzo cursed under his breath, nearly losing his balance. His guards staggered too, almost falling.
They pushed chakra into their soles to cling to the wooden colossus, leaping higher up its frame.
"You here to show off? Is this all you've got?" Itsuki mocked. "You're fleas crawling on my Gundam!"
The wooden man's twin hands clapped together like thunder, forcing Danzo and his guards to scramble back.
Fury burned in the guards' eyes.
"Lord Danzo! We'll clear the way—just go!"
The Aburame operative dissolved into a roiling swarm that latched onto the wooden man's palm.
"Secret Technique: Insect Feeding Frenzy!"
The insects gnawed furiously, hollowing the wooden palm until it weakened. The wooden man's strikes grew slower, lighter.
Danzo seized the opening and darted upward, scaling rapidly.
The swordsman guard followed, blade flashing.
"Sword Technique: Swift Light Slash! Keep slashing! Slash! Slash! Slash!"
His strikes hammered the wooden giant's elbow joint, blow after blow, until the arm cracked and faltered.
Confident in his men, Danzo didn't even glance back. He bounded up the wooden man's shoulder—now within striking range of Itsuki.
He smirked, contempt dripping from his face. Too young. Too reckless. Once I seize his Wood Release, the world itself will be mine.
"Submit to me, boy, and I'll give yo—"
"Too late." Itsuki's hands clapped. His grin turned feral.
Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique!
From the forest-born trees below, a massive dragon of living wood surged upward, its thorned body coiling with deadly grace.
Itsuki had begun preparing this the moment Danzo started climbing.
The wooden dragon lashed out, catching the two airborne guards mid-leap. They coughed blood as they were smashed aside like ragdolls.
The dragon's head rose over the wooden man's shoulder, looming inches from Danzo.
Danzo froze mid-sentence. Cold sweat trickled down his temple. The dragon's eyes locked on him—its maw opening wide.
At this distance, a strike meant certain death.
His composure cracked. He staggered back.
The dragon lunged.
"Dammit! He can use Wood Release to this level?!" Danzo's face twisted in shock.
He spun and sprinted down the wooden man's arm, chakra flaring wildly.
He slid beneath the armpit, vaulted down its side, and—desperately—launched himself feet-first down the wooden man's waistline.
Momentum carried him into the giant's… backside, barely evading the dragon's snapping jaws.
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