31 Wood Release!

"It's familiar but different," Tsunade muttered as she held the wooden block with her hands trembling and Shizune felt something was wrong with her reaction.

"Kid, tell me! Who made this?" Tsunade asked in a tone that made Kazutora feel pressure and left no room for any resistance to answer.

"I did," Kazutora said while raising his hand, and forming another wooden box in his hand. Tsunade looked at the scene and it finally struck her about what this kid was afraid of, and why he had come to her.

"Haha Haha! Hahahahaha!" Tsunade started to laugh while holding the box in her hand with some tears in her eyes.

Looking at her, even though Tsunade was laughing, Kazutora could feel sadness, pain, anger, and nostalgia in her laugh.

The people around started to look at Tsunade, and seeing this, Kazutora used Projection Technique, and small Genjutsu to hide everything from them.

"Wood Release! It's really Wood Release. After Grandpa, even with everyone giving their lives in the experiment, no one awakened Wood Release."

"But now, someone did awake, but he came to me become me to become his backer because he is afraid of this. What an irony! Haha!"

Tsunade laughed with a mocking look on her face and then she put a hand on Kazutora's head.

"Kid! You did a good thing! If you had told them about this matter, I am sure that I wouldn't even know about this, and you would become a member of ANBU or that disgusting ROOT, depending on who found you."

Tsunade said with a weird smile on her face, and she ruffled Kazutora's hair. But, her eyes were cold with clear killing intent in them, and even though it wasn't directed at Kazutora and Shizune, both of them shuddered under the pressure from her.

"Tell me your name, kid! It's just as you said, with what you have shown to me, I have changed my mind. Even if I didn't want to return back, I would go with you because I don't want the other remaining Senju to be buried."

Kazutora tried to smile at her words, but he couldn't. He looked at Tsunade who had a smile on her face and a complex look in her eyes.

"My name is Kazutora," Kazutora said, and he used the Transformation technique and went back to his original appearance.

Tsunade and Shizune saw the boy changing to a real kid who seemed to be eight years old, and they looked at the white hair and blue eyes that seemed most prominent.

"Nice to meet you, Tsunade-Hime, and sister Shizune." 

Tsunade looked at the little kid in front of him and she rubbed her eyes.

"Is this your real look? Was that a transformation technique? No! I can sense this as a transformation technique, but the one from before didn't seem like one."

Tsunade muttered with a confused look on her face, and even though his transformation technique was good, Tsunade, who was Medical Nin, could feel the difference in texture, temperature, and skin.

"Uh! That was a little trick I did by merging Shadow Clone, and Transformation technique. Anyway, now that you have agreed to come back, I will disperse myself. When you return to Konoha, you can go casino on Street 3, and there you will receive information about me."

"Then, you can check the reports in Hospital, and use them to confirm me as a Senju descendant. This way, the others won't be suspicious, and I will be able to hide Wood Release without worries."

Kazutora said, but Tsunade stopped him from dispersing himself.

"Wait a few minutes, I have some, no, many questions that I want to ask. Instead of getting information there, it would be better to tell me in person, and explain what you said by merging two techniques."

Tsunade said while holding Kazutora tightly, and if she could, she would have sealed his chakra to prevent him from leaving. A pity that he is a Shadow clone, and sealing chakra is the same as dispersing him.

Kazutora looked at Tsunade who was excited and held him tightly. He inwardly sighed and said, "I don't have much chakra left after travelling for two days, fighting in the den, and now using the Wood Release technique."

"Don't forget by age and the amount of chakra Shadow clone technique takes. Besides, two days' worth of memories will be a lot and I can't add more."

"So, just let me leave and you can return back to Konoha. Or sign a summoning contract with me so that I can reverse summon you. You can read the rest of the matter in that folder as I have already prepared a letter and you will know the rest."

Kazutora said, and before Tsunade could say more, he dispersed himself with a burst of smoke. Looking at her empty hand, Tsunade frowned, and she picked up the folder to get the letter.

Opening the folder, Tsunade looked at a stack of IOUs, and her mouth twitched. Ignoring it, she looked for a letter, and she started to read it. A strange look appeared on her face as Tsunade read the letter and her eyes fell on the scroll that Kazutora had given to her.

"Hello, Tsunade-him!"

"Since you are reading this letter, it means that you have agreed to return back to Konoha. I don't know what my clone said until he disperses himself, but since it's me, I can more or less guess it."

"If you are going to come back on legs, then it doesn't matter, and if it's as my clone said, then you can put a few drops of blood in the scroll and send chakra in the seal at the left side."

"It will reverse summon the chakra and I will get the scroll back. Then, I will use your blood to reverse summon you at my house, and then you can use the contract seal to break the contract."

"You don't need to read the remaining if you are using the Reverse Summoning Method, but if it is another one, then you can continue. I have explained how the Slot Machine works, and what the cards are for...."

Reading the letter, Tsunade had a weird look on her face, and from start to end, Tsunade was trying to notice something, but she didn't.

'It seems he isn't aware of my Hemophonia! Hahaha, what was I even thinking? Though I did sense some change in expression when I asked for blood, and it must be for something else.'

Tsunade thought in her mind, and then she looked at the rectangular box and cards on it.

She started to think about this matter and then she looked at Shizune, who was looking at the things curiously.

"Shizune, do you want to return to Konoha?"

"Ah? Eh? Tsunade-sama, I will follow you." Shizune said with a slight smile on her face, and she was inwardly excited at going back to Konoha and living a good life.

From now that, she didn't have to live outside, skip food, and run away from loan sharks and other rogue ninjas coming after her.

Tsunade looked at the excitement in Shizune's eyes, and she inwardly sighed at disregarding her feelings.

"Let's eat food first and then we will talk more," Tsunade said as she looked at the food on the table, and then she remembered that she had to pay for this. Her expression changed and then looking at another scroll left by Kazutora, she picked it up and read words on it.

'The money I got from the den, use it to pay for food.'

A laughter escaped her lips, and she ate the food with Shizune, and a bright smile on her face.

On the other hand, Kazutora received the memories of his clones, and he sat down on the ground to go through memories. Kurenai, who had returned from the mission, looked at him with her eyes narrowed, and then she looked at other clones acting as if nothing happened.

A few moments later, Kazutora opened his eyes and a smile appeared on his face.

"Hehe, Sister! You can prepare for guests. Tsunade-Hime will be arriving here sometime later."

Kurenai's expression changed, and she asked, "Was the plan successful?"

"Yeah, it was. It's just I had to do something extra but, in the end, the plan went well, and she decided to return to Konoha."

"Hmm! It must be related to what you were doing in the last five months, huh! Well, you said you have a surprise for me, what is it?" Kurenai asked with some excitement in her voice, and she was excited at Kazutora's surprise and Tsunade returning to Konoha as a backer.

"It's this," Kazutora said as he clapped his hands. From the ground, a table grew and looking at it, a shocked expression appeared on Kurenai's face.

"Kazu! You! Is-Is that Wood Release?" Kurenai asked as she walked to touch the table, and she was wondering if Kazutora was using the Projection Technique to mess with her.

"Yes, it is. This is the reason why Tsunade-Hime decided to return, or I would be her disciple, and she would remain outside." Kazutora said while sighing but he had a smile on his face.

With this, most of his worries disappeared, and from now on, the number of people he needed to fear could be counted on two hands, or maybe one.

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