In Konoha, Ashura Chakra is dropped at the beginning Chapter 097

Swooping out of the Hokage Building, Yagyu immediately activated his Kagura Mind’s Eye, his perception enveloping the entire Hidden Leaf Village. He quickly found several places where large amounts of chakra were gathered, and each chakra signature was incredibly powerful.

Through more subtle perception, Yagyu soon found the chakra signatures of Kurenai Yuhi, Karin, and Shizune among the many.

Zzzzzzz…

With the sound of electricity intertwining, Yagyu transformed into a blue-white electric light and quickly left the city.

In a short while, Yagyu arrived at a treeless quarry, marked by excavation everywhere.

Deep within the quarry stood a building.

Outside that building, a large group of ninjas wearing green vests had surrounded it.

This was the Hidden Leaf Village’s quarry prison, used to incarcerate some criminals, allowing them to atone for their sins or reduce their sentences through labor.

As for the other criminals, depending on their identity and the severity of their crimes, they would be sent to the Hozuki Castle, a prison established by the Grass Ninja Village at the request of various countries.

“Yagyu-kun, you’re here.”

As soon as Yagyu arrived at the outer perimeter of the quarry prison, his chakra was detected by Karin, who had been continuously using her Kagura Mind’s Eye.

As soon as he appeared with a Body Flicker, Karin immediately greeted him.

Yagyu nodded and asked Shizune, “How’s the situation?”

“Not very good.”

Shizune shook her head and said, “Although our response was quick, many prisoners have already escaped, and the remaining prisoners have broken free from their restraints and are holding the guards inside hostage. Miss Kurenai and the members of the Yamanaka clan are trying to negotiate with them or find an opportunity to control them.”

“Who’s the main culprit?”

“It’s a Chunin named Mizuki. He used Fūjin and Raijin, who once killed their comrades over food, to attack the guards inside.”

“Are they still in a stalemate?”

“Yes.”

Yagyu glanced at the Jonin around him, looked at the prison in front, and asked, “Does it matter if this prison is destroyed?”

Upon hearing this, many Jonin turned their gaze toward him, filled with surprise and doubt.

Destroy the prison?

How powerful would that jutsu have to be, or how much chakra would it consume, how many ninjutsu would be needed?

Does he have that kind of power?

And isn’t he afraid of harming the hostages inside?

Among the many Jonin present, most were powerful individuals who had mastered at least two chakra nature transformations. They could easily eliminate all the prisoners inside the prison by forming a small team of a few people.

However, the reason these Jonin hadn’t acted and were in a stalemate with the prisoners inside was precisely because the prisoners had taken hostages.

Shizune knew Yagyu’s strength and quickly said, “Building a prison requires too much manpower and resources. If possible, it’s better not to destroy it.”

Upon hearing this, the nearby Jonin were even more surprised.

This young man actually has the power to destroy a prison?

Even some Jonin who recognized Yagyu and had confirmed that he was a descendant of the Senju clan were very surprised.

If they remembered correctly, Yagyu was still a Genin not long ago, wasn’t he?

Even if he awakened the Senju clan’s bloodline, it shouldn’t be possible for him to grow so quickly!

“I understand. Have everyone gather here.”

Yagyu nodded, then squatted down and touched the ground with two fingers, as if sensing something.

Beep beep—

Shizune blew several finger whistles.

The Jonin who heard the sound quickly gathered.

Meanwhile, the prisoners inside the prison, hearing the whistles, became nervous and tightened their grip on the guards they were holding hostage, as if that would give them a sense of security.

Before long, the Jonin who had surrounded the prison all arrived in front of Shizune.

Among them were Kurenai Yuhi and Inoichi Yamanaka.

Before they could speak, and before Shizune could give any orders, Yagyu stood up and walked out. He looked at the prison in front and said calmly, “I’ve already grasped the positions of the prisoners inside and those who escaped. Later, apologize to everyone on my behalf, but for now, let them sleep for a while.”

Clap!

Yagyu suddenly clapped his hands together, and a blue chakra aura immediately erupted from his body.

The powerful, materialized chakra caused the Jonin who didn’t yet know Yagyu’s identity to shrink their pupils and show shocked expressions.

As for those who knew Yagyu’s identity and knew that he had frequently entered and exited the Hokage Building during this period, they were even more certain that Yagyu had definitely awakened the Senju clan’s bloodline.

Such a large amount of chakra could only be possessed by the Senju clan or a Jinchuriki.

Unlike the Jonin who looked surprised, Kurenai Yuhi, Shizune, and Karin, who had witnessed the Deep Forest Emergence, all smiled. They were eagerly anticipating Yagyu’s next move and the reactions of these Jonin.

The legendary Bloodline Limit, Wood Style, was finally going to reappear after several decades.

Yagyu’s name would also completely resonate throughout the Hidden Leaf Village and even the entire ninja world.

Sure enough…

After Yagyu closed his eyes and accumulated power for a moment, he suddenly opened his red eyes and uttered a ninjutsu prefix that caused everyone’s expressions to change in surprise: “Wood Style…”

These two understated words were like a cold wind blowing through, causing the Jonin, who were already startled by Yagyu’s powerful chakra, to suddenly tremble. Goosebumps involuntarily rose on their bodies beneath their green vests and clothes.

Before they could voice their disbelief, they heard Yagyu roar, “Advent of a World of Flowering Trees!”

Rumble…

Just like the grassland outside Tanzaku Gai, a violent tremor shook the entire ground.

The sudden earthquake caught many Jonin off guard, and their bodies nearly lost balance, almost causing them to fall to the ground.

Meanwhile, the prisoners inside the prison had already fallen in heaps.

The earthquake was intense and widespread, affecting even the outskirts of the village.

Crack, crack, crack…

The strong earthquake quickly tore open cracks in the ground.

Miraculously, these cracks did not extend towards the massive prison but intentionally bypassed it, circling the prison from both sides.

Immediately afterward, branches as thick as a dozen people’s embrace surged out from the cracks in the earth, rising like giant snakes from Ryūchi Cave. They rapidly grew a vast amount of leaves and branches, quickly forming towering trees dozens of meters high.

A colossal shadow, like the arrival of night, instantly plunged the already dimly lit prison into darkness.

Before the panicked prisoners could observe what was happening outside, huge red flowers suddenly bloomed on the towering trees. Their petals unfurled, releasing a large amount of pollen.

The amount of pollen was astonishing, quickly forming a hazy pink mist that seeped into the prison through the rooftop, doors, windows, and any other ventilation points.

Due to the extremely dim light, no one noticed the pollen entering.

The prisoners, who had just recovered from the earthquake, their bodies tensed and expressions alert, merely inhaled a tiny bit of pollen before their eyes rolled back, and they collapsed weakly to the ground.

Falling with them were the abducted guards.

Thump, thump, thump…

In just a few blinks of an eye, all the prisoners and guards inside the prison had fallen unconscious.

The same happened to the prisoners who had escaped the prison earlier and were being pursued or fought by Jonin.

After the earthquake, which nearly affected the village, subsided, several areas in the outskirts showed large areas of ground cracks. Countless tree branches surged out, quickly forming a grove or a small forest, trapping all the escaping prisoners and the Jonin pursuing them.

Under the horrified gaze of these prisoners and Jonin, these groves and forests also grew large red flowers, releasing a large amount of pollen, causing all the prisoners and Jonin to fall unconscious.

When all the prisoners in the outskirts had fainted, the trees even extended thin branches and vines, binding them all into bundles, draining their chakra.

A few minutes later, Yagyu finally lowered his hands. He glanced at the prison, which had transformed from a quarry prison into a forest prison, and turned to Shizune, who, despite having seen the Deep Forest Emergence before, was still as stunned and speechless as the other Jonin by this immense power. He smiled and said, “The prisoners inside the prison, and those who escaped, have all fallen unconscious. You can go and apprehend them and rescue the hostages.”

“The mission is complete. I’ll go back and report to the Hokage-sama.”

With that, Yagyu vanished with a whoosh.

After he left, the Jonin, who had been frozen in place, finally began to regain their senses one by one.

“Gulp…”

Someone swallowed, the sound breaking the silence.

Trembling voices filled with shock then began to emerge.

“Wood… Wood Style, why does he possess the First Hokage’s Bloodline Limit?”

“Who exactly is that young man?”

“I know him. He’s the Genin who gained a lot of fame recently, suspected to be a descendant of the Senju clan, and also mastered Shisui’s Body Flicker, the illusory Body Flicker Technique. I heard he just graduated this year and was the top student of his class.”

“So it’s him! I never thought the rumors were true; he’s not only a descendant of the Senju clan but also a descendant of Hashirama-sama.”

“This is… this is great! The legendary Wood Style has reappeared, and the Fifth Hokage is Tsunade-sama. The Hidden Leaf Village will definitely return to the glorious era of Senju clan rule!”

“The range of such a jutsu is truly terrifying. No wonder the First Hokage was called the God of Shinobi; this is a power from a completely different dimension!”

“I know this jutsu. It’s the Advent of a World of Flowering Trees. Those red flowers release a kind of pollen that causes instant unconsciousness upon inhalation. Its power is even greater than genjutsu.”

“Quickly, go check on the prisoners and hostages…”

“…”

The Jonin’s reactions went from shock to disbelief, and finally, all of them became excited and ecstatic.

Unlike Genin and Chunin, Jonin is a very special rank, and it’s the only rank that is further categorized.

There are Special Jonin who possess unique talents in certain areas, all-around Jonin who have mastered at least two nature transformations, and Elite Jonin who serve as ace combatants and are fully qualified to become Kage if there are no other candidates.

Jonin, in the Five Great Shinobi Villages, are the pillars of strength, the strongest shield of a military base.

The number of Jonin is not large, but it’s not small either.

Even the heads of various major clans are Jonin.

Therefore, certain matters within this circle are actually transparent.

Though they didn’t say it aloud, many were actually very disappointed with the Third Hokage.

The incidents involving the Hyuga clan and the Uchiha clan, two great noble clans, that occurred during these twelve years, showed everyone the Third Hokage’s weakness and incompetence, but no one dared to speak about it.

Ninjas who experienced two Great Ninja Wars, or survived the Third Great Ninja War, also personally witnessed the Hidden Leaf Village slowly decline from being the strongest village, capable of fighting three or four at once, to needing to bow its head to the Hidden Cloud Village.

It was precisely because of this that after the Third Hokage’s death, they unanimously became supporters of Tsunade.

The Hidden Leaf Village needed a young and outstanding ruler, and no one was more suitable for this position than the First Hokage’s granddaughter.

The Hidden Leaf Village was founded sixty years ago. During the First Hokage’s reign, it was invincible in the ninja world. During the Second Hokage’s reign, it could fight four at once and remain undefeated.

And both the First Hokage and the Second Hokage bore the surname Senju.

The Senju were the true lineage of the Hidden Leaf Village, and also the strongest noble clan of the Hidden Leaf Village—this was once common knowledge throughout the entire ninja world.

Now, with the First Hokage’s granddaughter succeeding as the Fifth Hokage, and the legendary Bloodline Limit that brought peace to the chaotic world reappearing… this was simply a signal for the Hidden Leaf Village’s resurgence and the Senju clan’s return to greatness!

With Tsunade and Yagyu’s existence, they would no longer have to bow their heads to other ninja villages.

Once Yagyu grew stronger, the Hidden Leaf Village would once again return to its position as the strongest in the ninja world. No one would dare to show any disrespect to Hidden Leaf ninjas, or even dare to instigate war.

Thinking of this, the Jonin trembled with excitement.

Once the news spread, the entire Hidden Leaf Village and the Land of Fire would become supporters of Tsunade and Yagyu. Yagyu’s future as the Sixth Hokage was inevitable.

This was the value of having the two halos of the Senju clan and the Wood Style!

Inoichi Yamanaka was one of the excited Jonin. He couldn’t help but murmur, “Ino’s taste is actually so good…”

——————

The news spread incredibly fast, to an unbelievable extent.

In just a few days, the news of the Wood Style’s reappearance spread from the ninja community to the civilian community, then to various towns and the Land of Fire, and finally throughout the ninja world.

Through the intelligence relayed by spies from various small ninja villages and major ninja villages stationed in the Land of Fire, and even within the Hidden Leaf Village, Yagyu’s name thoroughly resounded throughout the ninja world.

His intelligence and relationships were also delivered to the Five Kage and the leaders of certain organizations.

Even in the Land of Water’s Hidden Mist Village, which was not on the ninja continent, they had his intelligence and photographs.

[Yagyu, twelve years old, Hidden Leaf Chunin, Ninja ID: 012601, Bloodline Limit: Wood Style.

Bounty: 100, 000, 000 Ryo, dead or alive.]

A bounty quietly appeared on the black market’s wanted list.

The bounty amount was astonishing, reaching nine digits.

Some elite Jonin of esteemed status had bounties of less than fifty million Ryo. Even the top three ace combatants of the major ninja villages had at most around fifty million Ryo.

But Yagyu, a Chunin, was directly given a bounty of one hundred million Ryo by an unknown force.

More than a bounty on Yagyu himself, it was a bounty on the Wood Style!

Clearly, some forces were afraid.

Afraid that the Hidden Leaf Village would produce a second God of Shinobi!

Their fear also caused countless merchants, wealthy individuals, and nobles to cast favorable glances towards the Hidden Leaf Village.

With a descendant of the God of Shinobi and the God of Shinobi’s Bloodline Limit, this village must be incredibly powerful.

Doing business there, or entrusting missions there, would surely be very safe and reliable.

And this was merely one of the benefits Yagyu’s fame brought to the Hidden Leaf Village.

Neighboring countries and ninja villages around the Hidden Leaf Village immediately sent congratulations to the Daimyo of the Land of Fire and the Hidden Leaf Village. The departure of hostile ninjas who frequently harassed the borders—this was the true influence of the Wood Style.

Few people knew that the Mangekyo Sharingan was the bane of Tailed Beasts.

But it was common knowledge, written in textbooks, that the Wood Style was the bane of Tailed Beasts and Jinchuriki.

Because the Tailed Beasts of the various major ninja villages were all distributed to them by the First Hokage.

If the opponent possessed the bane of Tailed Beasts and Jinchuriki, as well as large-scale area-of-effect ninjutsu, and they still dared to provoke them, perhaps one day their own ninja village and prosperous cities would instantly transform into a forest.

Thinking of such a scene, and the manpower and resources required for reconstruction, even the Hidden Cloud Village, which was currently the strongest in overall strength, suddenly became low-key.

This was the deterrent power of the Wood Style, even more effective than Tailed Beasts!

After all, everyone had Tailed Beasts, so who was afraid of whom?

But when it came to abilities that countered Tailed Beasts, they either didn’t have them, or they couldn’t compare to the Wood Style.

When the enemy possessed a strategic weapon stronger than their own, anyone who still dared to stick their neck out at that point would simply be a fool.

The influence of the Wood Style continued to spread…

“Advent of a World of Flowering Trees, this is the true Wood Style!”

In the Root Anbu headquarters beneath the Hidden Leaf Village, Danzo Shimura looked at the photograph in his hand, staring at the towering trees with huge red flowers, the prisoners hanging from them, and the unconscious Jonin. His eyes were filled with envy.

He also possessed Wood Style, but its power was not only incomparable to the Advent of a World of Flowering Trees in the photograph, but it wasn’t even worthy of holding Yamato’s shoes.

And Yamato’s Wood Style, similarly, wasn’t even worthy of holding Yagyu’s shoes.

Thinking that among this generation’s new recruits, besides the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and Sasuke Uchiha, there was actually a true gem hidden, and he hadn’t discovered or valued him, Danzo Shimura was filled with regret.

If he had known that Yagyu was a descendant of the Senju clan and possessed the Wood Style Bloodline Limit, then even if Hiruzen Sarutobi had forbidden him from acting against this generation’s newborns, Danzo Shimura would have used every method to create various accidental events, causing Yagyu to mysteriously ‘disappear’ and ‘die’.

Being an orphan and at the age for schooling, he was practically in the perfect stage for brainwashing.

As long as Yagyu became his loyal subordinate, then his becoming Hokage would be inevitable.

At that time, he might even achieve the great accomplishment that the First Hokage couldn’t—unifying the ninja world!

Thinking of the opportunity he missed to unify the ninja world, Danzo Shimura’s regret deepened.

And what disgusted him was that Yagyu now had the support of the people. Once Tsunade retired, the Sixth Hokage would inevitably be him.

Once Yagyu became the Sixth Hokage, he would truly have no chance of becoming Hokage in his lifetime.

——————

“Good, good, good…”

Over at the Hyuga clan, Hiashi Hyuga also looked at the photograph in his hand, his usual serious expression replaced by a blossoming smile, repeatedly praising.

He had thought that Yagyu, with Tsunade’s backing, was already a golden goose capable of changing Hinata and Hanabi’s destinies.

But he never expected that this was actually a super golden goose.

A descendant of the Senju clan, the legendary Wood Style, Yagyu, with this identity and such strength, would not only be the future Sixth Hokage but also the future head of the Senju clan.

As long as Hinata married Yagyu, their Hyuga clan would become even nobler than the Uzumaki clan, who were distant blood relatives of the Senju clan.

After all, the Uzumaki clan wasn’t in the Hidden Leaf Village before, while their Hyuga clan was the only remaining noble clan in the Hidden Leaf Village.

If Hinata and Yagyu’s child also awakened the Wood Style and the Byakugan, then the Hyuga clan’s potential would be completely broken.

Thinking of this, Hiashi Hyuga eagerly got up to find the clan elders and tell them his idea.

Now that Yagyu had revealed his Wood Style, even if the clan elders knew his thoughts, they would absolutely not be angry; they would only be equally overjoyed.

“Onii-chan, he’s so cool!”

Just as Hiashi Hyuga went to confront the clan elders, in a certain room of the mansion, Hanabi was also lying on her bed, her