"Wood Style: Wooden Golem Jutsu…"
A massive silver arm pushed through the thick vines, its huge palm effortlessly seizing the Tailed Beast Bomb.
The overwhelming power of the Bomb was suppressed.
Boom!
A colossal wooden arhat surged from the earth, its form towering and unshakable. A wooden dragon coiled around its body, reinforcing its presence.
Yuichi stood calmly atop the Wooden Golem's head.
As it rose higher, the figure became clear—a towering silver-white Wooden Golem, magnificent and awe-inspiring.
"You actually caught a Tailed Beast Bomb… with Wood Style?"
The gathered shinobi froze in shock at the sight. Their eyes widened, pupils trembling as the Golem's immense shadow swallowed them whole.
The giant swung its arm, hurling the suppressed Tailed Beast Bomb far beyond Konoha's walls.
Whoosh!
The air screamed, torn apart by the force, until the Bomb vanished in a dazzling flash on the horizon.
From the sky, Kakashi fell, landing heavily, his eyes fixed on Yuichi standing tall on the Golem's head.
His gaze lingered on Yuichi's profile, his expression dazed.
Wood Style…
The Wooden Golem…
A boy barely twelve had just blocked a Tailed Beast Bomb.
Incredible.
So this was the Wood Style that once turned Konoha upside down… and it was Yuichi who wielded it?
Kakashi's pale face tightened as he whispered, "…What on earth is happening?"
"As you can see," Nara Shikaku said with a long breath of relief, "this boy has awakened the Wood Style bloodline."
When it truly mattered, it was Yuichi who stepped forward—first against Orochimaru, and now against a Tailed Beast.
But Shikaku's sharp mind could already tell—summoning such a massive Wooden Golem demanded an unimaginable amount of chakra.
Kakashi's disbelief grew. "Awakening the Wood Style bloodline… is this really true? The same power as the First Hokage…"
"Awakening Wood Style is one thing," Shikaku replied gravely. "But the real question is… how long can he last?"
The shinobi snapped out of their daze.
Yes, Wood Style could suppress a Tailed Beast… but Yuichi's chakra was already heavily spent from the previous battles. Could a twelve-year-old truly withstand the One-Tail?
"Wood Style: Wooden Golem Jutsu… Senju Hashirama? Are you still alive!?"
The One-Tail, Shukaku, roared in disbelief, fear flashing across its monstrous features. Memories it wished to forget surged back—the humiliations at the hands of Hashirama's Wood Style.
Wood Style not only suppressed a Tailed Beast's chakra but devoured it. Against such power, no beast could resist.
Yet Shukaku's fear shifted into rage as it fixed its gaze on Yuichi.
"You… you're not Hashirama! Who the hell are you? How can some filthy insect use the Wooden Golem Jutsu!?"
Yuichi gave no answer. Instead, the Golem beneath him thundered forward.
Boom. Boom. Boom!
The earth quaked violently beneath its heavy steps.
"Even while controlling a body this massive… his chakra still hasn't run out?" Shikaku muttered, a nervous twitch tugging at his mouth.
Shukaku panicked. It spat howling wind bullets at the approaching giant, each one exploding with devastating force.
Crack!
The Golem met the storm with a single punch, shattering the winds apart. Yuichi's creation was stronger, sturdier—though it consumed far more chakra.
The blast's shockwave rippled outward, forcing the shinobi to cling to the vines with chakra just to avoid being blown away.
"What power… such terrifying Wind Style—broken with one punch…"
The Golem charged again. Shukaku flinched, turned, and tried to flee.
But Yuichi's hand snapped downward.
Silver vines erupted from the ground, coiling around Shukaku's limbs.
"Wood Style: Silent Binding Technique!"
But this was no ordinary binding—the chakra Yuichi poured into it made even a Tailed Beast struggle in vain.
"Damn it! This Wood Style… even harder to break than Hashirama's!"
The beast thrashed, but could not escape.
From the Golem's arm, the wooden dragon lunged, sinking its fangs into Shukaku's neck and wrapping tightly around its body.
"No! Let go of me!"
The dragon drank greedily, draining Shukaku's chakra. The great beast's strength waned rapidly.
"No… no… stop! Don't—!"
The Wooden Golem closed the distance.
Boom!!!
Its fist came crashing down onto Shukaku's skull. The beast's sand body exploded apart, scattering into the desert winds.
From the collapsing sand, Gaara's unconscious body was hurled into the air.
"Swish! Swish!"
Yuichi extended his hand, vines shooting forth like serpents, coiling around Gaara in mid-air and dragging him back.
With a tug, Gaara flew straight into Yuichi's grasp. He caught the boy by the collar, holding him like a ragdoll.
The Wooden Golem and dragon slowly dissolved into nothingness.
Yuichi glanced at the unconscious Jinchūriki in his grip.
A Sand shinobi's Jinchūriki… now this will be interesting.