Chapter 991

The nonchalant Tsunade was so startled that she stood up immediately.

"How do Itachi know Wood Release?"

Shizune widened her eyes, so shocked that she forgot about Tonton.

"Didn't I tell Itachi both before? I've been trying to synthesize Wood Release."

Kitazawa said with a smile, "Just a while ago, I succeeded by luck, and then I learned Wood Release ninjutsu."

Tsunade fell into silence, a dazed look appearing on her face.

Although Kitazawa had mentioned this matter a long time ago, she hadn't taken it seriously at all.

Now that he had suddenly run over to tell her he had synthesized Wood Release, she had the illusion that she was under a genjutsu.

"Is it really possible to synthesize Wood Release?"

Shizune came back to her senses, saying both surprised and excitedly, "This is something no one else has ever accomplished!"

Ever since Hashirama Senju died, the Hidden Leaf Village had tried many times to recreate Wood Release.

Wood Release experiments barely produced one Yamato.

But as for synthesizing Wood Release, even Tobirama Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and others had not succeeded.

And most importantly, Kitazawa's strength was sufficiently powerful.

In Yamato's hands, Wood Release was just an ordinary Kekkei Genkai; he himself was at most an elite jonin.

But it was different in Kitazawa's hands; he had the strength to become Hokage.

When a Hokage possessed Wood Release, that was the true reappearance of Wood Release in the Hidden Leaf.

"Itachi've done well."

Tsunade took a deep breath, calming her mood.

The impact the Wood Release ninja Yamato brought her was not at all comparable to Kitazawa.

After all, Yamato was artificial.

Kitazawa had synthesized Wood Release himself, which was equivalent to becoming the first owner of Wood Release all over again.

Starting from him, his descendants would have the possibility of inheriting Wood Release.

This was one of the characteristics of a Kekkei Genkai.

Moreover, Kitazawa was her student.

This was simply Hashirama Senju manifesting, allowing Wood Release to reappear in the hands of a ninja of the Senju lineage.

"How many Wood Release ninjutsu have Itachi learned now?"

Tsunade thought for a moment and asked.

"Three."

Kitazawa replied.

"Itachi've learned three, so why are Itachi only telling me now?"

Tsunade rolled her eyes at him and asked.

"Wasn't I thinking of giving Itachi a surprise?"

Kitazawa made up an excuse, saying, "Besides, only after learning three Wood Release ninjutsu could I prove that I had truly mastered Wood Release."

"Do not tell anyone about this yet."

Tsunade pondered for a moment and said, "Wait until Itachi have learned most of the Wood Release techniques before making it public."

Wood Release had great significance for the Hidden Leaf Village, but it was not a good thing for other ninja villages.

They would absolutely not allow the Hidden Leaf Village to produce another Hashirama Senju; they might even send people to assassinate Kitazawa.

Although Kitazawa's strength was very high, being harassed every day was not a good thing.

"Mm."

Kitazawa nodded.

He thought the same.

And since he had only learned three Wood Release ninjutsu now, he really couldn't show them off.

Not to mention Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, he at least had to learn Wood Release: Deep Forest Bloom.

The most famous Wood Release ninjutsu of Hashirama Senju was Wood Release: Deep Forest Bloom.

The reason was simple.

Wood Release techniques like Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands were things no one else was qualified to see, except for Madara Uchiha.

Of course, that didn't mean Wood Release: Deep Forest Bloom wasn't powerful.

The Forest of Death in the Hidden Leaf Village was a wonder created by Wood Release: Deep Forest Bloom.

Its effect was to create a forest in an instant, with all offense and defense within the forest controlled by the user.

Yamato had not learned Wood Release: Deep Forest Bloom.

In the original work, what he knew was Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, which was similar to Wood Release: Deep Forest Bloom but on a much smaller scale.

Because he had too little chakra.

Kitazawa felt that with his own chakra, he should be able to perform Wood Release: Deep Forest Bloom.

But techniques like Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands were likely impossible.

In front of Hashirama Senju, his twelve-unit chakra reserve was truly too little.

"Shizune, handle these matters for now."

Tsunade stood up and said, "Kitazawa, come with me."

"Where are we going?"

Kitazawa followed Tsunade out of the Hokage Building and couldn't help but ask.

"To the Senju clan compound."

Tsunade looked at the Hokage Rock in the distance, her tone complex as she said, "Some particularly important Wood Release ninjutsu are kept there."

Since returning to the village, she had been living in the house arranged for her by Hiruzen Sarutobi and had not returned to the Senju clan compound.

Because seeing those familiar houses and objects would remind her of Nawaki and the others.

Coupled with the fact that Kurenai Yuhi and Kitazawa were here, over time, she had not returned to the Senju clan compound.

Tsunade had not expected that her long-overdue return to the Senju clan compound would be because of Wood Release.

This was a reason she had never dreamed of.

Not long after, the two arrived at the Senju clan compound.

Tsunade walked silently to a house.

She took out a key, opened the door, and walked inside.

Tsunade looked around, a flash of memory in her eyes.

Kitazawa followed behind her without saying anything.

He could understand Tsunade's emotions; at this time, saying nothing was the best thing to do.

"Go to the basement."

Tsunade withdrew her gaze and led Kitazawa to the basement.

As soon as he entered the basement, Kitazawa noticed the sealing jutsu formulas on the surrounding walls.

He scanned them; every kind of sealing jutsu was there—it was as if all the sealing jutsu of the Uzumaki clan had been carved onto them.

In other words, the entire basement possessed a strength comparable to the cell that held Kurama.

Clearly, this was the handiwork of Mito Uzumaki.

"All the Wood Release ninjutsu are here."

Tsunade stopped and looked at the bookshelf in front of her, saying, "Itachi can learn them from now on."

"I'll learn Wood Release: Deep Forest Bloom first."

Kitazawa searched with his eyes and picked up a ninjutsu scroll from the bookshelf.

"Can Itachi learn it?"

Tsunade was stunned for a moment and said, "I asked Yamato, and he didn't learn Wood Release: Deep Forest Bloom."

"I should be able to; I'll know once I try."

Kitazawa didn't make any overconfident claims.

After all, the Wood Release the system gave him was actually the Yamato version of Wood Release.

"Mm."

Tsunade said somewhat distractedly, "Wood Release: Deep Forest Bloom was the Wood Release ninjutsu that made Grandfather famous in the ninja world; I hope Itachi can learn it."

"I'll do my best."

Kitazawa nodded and said.

[Current Mission: Learn Wood Release: Deep Forest Bloom.]

[Mission Reward: Two-unit chakra limit increase.]

[Accept?]

Kitazawa was taken aback.

Is it this generous?

Previous missions gave at most a half-unit chakra limit increase; this was the first time he had seen a two-unit chakra limit increase.

But on second thought, getting only two units of chakra for learning Wood Release: Deep Forest Bloom was just okay; it couldn't be considered very generous.

After all, learning Wood Release: Deep Forest Bloom was not an easy task.

Kitazawa would have preferred the system to reward him directly with Wood Release: Deep Forest Bloom.

However, since things were already like this, there was no other way; he had to learn it.

Even if it was the Yamato version of Wood Release, if the chakra was sufficient, one could still perform powerful Wood Release ninjutsu.

In the original work, when Yamato was possessed by White Zetsu Tobi, he used Wood Release: Wood Human Technique.

In other words, theoretically, the only difference between the Yamato version of Wood Release and the Hashirama Senju version of Wood Release was chakra.

"Then Itachi learn it first."

Tsunade came back to her senses and said, "If Itachi want to come over to get other Wood Release ninjutsu, come find me."

This basement was covered in sealing jutsu, and only she knew how to open it.

"Mm."

Kitazawa put away Wood Release: Deep Forest Bloom.

"It's noon; let's eat here today."

Tsunade turned and walked outside.

"Then I'll go buy some groceries."

Kitazawa followed her back to the living room.

"That's fine."

Tsunade looked left and right and said, "I'll clean the living room."

No one had lived here for a long time, so furniture like the coffee table and dining table had quite a bit of dust.

"As for the market, go out and turn left."

Tsunade suddenly thought of something and reminded him.

"I understand, see Itachi in a bit."