Civil-engineering bro…
Jin looked around at the nearby three-bedroom, one-living-room wooden house and nodded in approval.
Others refined chakra in an instant.
Yamato built houses in an instant.
And not just any house—three bedrooms, one living room, with an independent, oversized balcony!
Say that out loud—who wouldn't praise it?
Most importantly: pure wood. All natural.
No additives. No formaldehyde.
After admiring it for a while, Jin offered some sincere advice:
"Yamato… Kinoe, I think you should add a bathroom inside the master bedroom."
"And the coffee table's too small—make a big one."
"Put a hammock or a lounge chair on the balcony. In summer, bask in the sun and take a nap. Super comfy."
As he spoke, new prompts slowly surfaced before his eyes.
[Conversing with Kinoe for ten minutes, attempting to copy traits.]
[Copy failed.]
No surprise there—the success rate was still trash.
Looks like beating people up really was more reliable.
Jin shook his head. His previously nonstop chatter abruptly stopped.
That, instead, made Yamato raise an eyebrow, puzzled.
"Why'd you stop talking?"
After more than ten minutes of nonstop rambling, he'd almost gotten used to it.
Unfortunately, Jin no longer felt like talking.
He lay on the ground, eyes lifeless, as if all strength and tricks had drained away.
Yamato frowned slightly.
But sensing that his own chakra had mostly recovered, he didn't hesitate.
"Let's go. I'm taking you to see Lord Danzō."
As he spoke, his arm transformed into massive wood, wrapping around the prison.
It sealed together tightly, forming a nearly five-meter-tall wooden egg, airtight in every direction.
But just as Yamato turned around, ready to carry the "egg" away—
It suddenly moved.
"Hm? Still resisting?"
Yamato's expression remained calm as he spoke lightly:
"This is a kekkei genkai inherited from the First Hokage himself."
"Don't say it's you—even Kakashi-senpai would have no choice but to wait if he were trapped by this—"
Crack!
In an instant, the thick wooden egg exploded again.
Like fireworks, it shattered completely.
Wood chips flew everywhere, raining down until the sky itself seemed dyed brown.
Yamato was stunned.
"A-again… it blew up again?!"
He couldn't believe his eyes. Twenty years of worldview and common sense were collapsing.
"This is a secret art passed down from the First Hokage! How could it be shattered so easily?!"
"Could it be… that I've been training the wrong way all this time?"
For ordinary people, breaking it would be impossible.
But—
At the center of the flying debris, Jin looked down at his palm.
A jagged piece of brown wood lay there, wrapped in violent, crimson chakra.
He sighed softly.
"Nine-Tails chakra plus Wood Release…"
"The burst from stacking the two together really is kind of ridiculous."
Then he raised his right hand and slapped forward toward the stunned Yamato three meters away.
Splat!
A gigantic three-meter chakra hand, condensed from blood-red energy, slammed forward.
The surrounding temperature spiked instantly!
The still-floating wood chips ignited on the spot.
Whoosh—whoosh!
Flames erupted everywhere.
"What… what kind of jutsu is this?!"
Yamato hurriedly formed seals.
"Wood Release: Wood Locking Wall!"
Whoosh!
In an instant, rows of wooden pillars rose from the ground, curving together into an arched barrier around him.
Now it really looked like an eggshell.
But before he could relax, the massive hand slammed down directly.
Boom!
The Wood Locking Wall—capable of blocking A-rank ninjutsu—didn't last even a second.
It shattered completely, scattering in all directions.
Yamato was forced to leap away in panic.
But the chakra hand moved as if it had tracking installed, following relentlessly.
With no choice, he formed seals again.
"Wood Release: Verdant Barrier!"
Crack-crack-crack!
Wooden vines exploded from the ground, intertwining into shield-like barriers in front of the giant hand.
Crack!
The vines snapped apart.
But fortunately, the blood-red chakra hand dissipated as its energy ran out.
"I… I blocked it…"
Yamato wiped sweat from his forehead, his entire body rigid.
Only then did he realize his back was soaked through with cold sweat.
He never imagined that a mere Uchiha boy could put such pressure on him.
"This… is way harder than an S-rank mission…"
He forced a strained smile beneath his mask—an expression rarely seen on his face.
If other Root members saw this, they'd say only one word:
Heretic.
Root members weren't supposed to have expressions.
"No wonder Lord Danzō wants to bring you back for questioning…"
"It's not your identity."
"It's your strength!"
An Uchiha still attending the Ninja Academy—yet capable of frightening a Root operative on par with an elite jōnin!
Unthinkable!
But—
This was his retirement battle.
Yamato took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the fear churning inside him.
His eyes became resolute.
"I will… retire on the spot today!"
Bang!
Before the words even finished leaving his mouth, a massive force smashed into his abdomen.
His body was sent flying straight into the ground.
Boom!
The earth caved in, forming a crater five meters wide.
Crack.
The faint sound of ribs breaking echoed.
At the edge of the pit, Jin withdrew his left foot and sighed.
"Yeah. You really are retiring right here."
Yamato was one of the few people in the ninja world who possessed Wood Release cells.
Jin couldn't remember exactly when this guy left Root and entered ANBU.
But whether Root or ANBU, both stood in irreconcilable opposition to the Uchiha.
Jin might have been lying flat and slacking off for years—but that didn't mean he'd let the Konoha F4 keep targeting the Uchiha unchecked.
So if Yamato didn't retire—
Then he'd have to be buried.
[Defeated Root · Kinoe. Attempting to copy traits.]
[Copy successful. Congratulations, host has obtained the superior trait:
Wood Release · Wood Locking Wall (Blue):
A defensive ninjutsu that summons rows of wooden pillars from the ground to form an arched barrier, protecting the user.]
"A defensive technique, huh?"
Jin shook his head and said directly:
"Stack it into Wood Release Cells · Fragment (Blue)."
With Light's Golden Body, defensive ninjutsu meant little to him.
As for protecting companions?
That would only become a weakness.
[Trait fusion in progress.]
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