Naruto: The Abstract Strategist of the Akatsuki

Chapter 106 Remove the Roots

"Remember this feeling well, and don't let your mind wander."

Bai Mo reminded Temari.

Although this is not something you can only experience once, the first time is always the most memorable for everyone.

If Gaara, Temari, and the others want to increase their strength and become members who fight against the Otsutsuki clan, then they must master the attack of natural energy.

Otherwise, they would just be human power banks to the Otsutsuki, who can absorb chakra ninjutsu at any time.

Temari's ability is pure Wind Release.

If she doesn't want her only highlight in the future to be swatting away Madara Uchiha and letting Madara enter the second stage of ninjutsu, then she has to get serious.

"I wasn't thinking anything..."

Temari was about to retort when she realized that Bai Mo's hand, which had been on her shoulder, had moved up her arm and touched her hand, causing her to freeze instantly.

"What are you doing?!"

"You can't move right now, let me open the fan for you."

Unlike Gaara's manipulation of sand, Temari's wind jutsu is usually used with the help of the Three Star Fan. Now that she can't move, Bai Mo naturally has to grab her hand, open the fan, and wave it.

wow——

Bai Mo grabbed Temari's hand and unleashed a hurricane.

The wind continued to spread, centered on Bai Mo and his group.

The surrounding sand and gravel were constantly being swept into it.

In the Blood Dragon Eye arc, a ninja from the Land of Water with the bloodline limit of Platform Release appears.

Its ability is demonstrated by the fact that, when used at full power, it can block Sasuke's Susanoo's attack for several seconds.

It's a bit of a waste of this name.

When this ninja was a child, he was bullied and driven out of the village because of his use of the "Double-Edge" technique, which was seen as a source of disaster.

It can only be said that he was indeed wronged.

Even the smallest typhoon contains enough energy in one hour to explode like thousands of mushroom bombs.

His "Taiwan Release" is essentially just a more powerful version of "Wind Release," without any other special effects.

The only difference is that his Wind Release technique was acquired through his innate bloodline.

Bloodline inheritance is not necessarily inherited from birth, but what is inherited from birth is definitely bloodline inheritance.

In short, if there has to be a "Taiwanese Release" technique, then the Wind Release technique that Bai Mo is currently using to manipulate Temari can barely be called a Taiwanese Release technique.

This is the true power of nature.

One minute later.

Bai Mo and his group landed on the rock layer below.

—They were in the eye of the typhoon and were indeed not attacked, but the sand beneath their feet began to collapse and sink as the sand around them was swept up.

At this point, only a thin layer of sand remained beneath their feet.

But everyone's attention was on something else.

After the sand was cleared away, a huge root system was revealed to everyone.

The top of the root system is the seal of the dragon vein.

"This is one of the broken roots of the divine tree. Now we know what the dragon vein is all about."

Bai Mo put down the temari he had been holding when they fell and went over to check on her.

I placed my hand on it to gauge its depth.

This root extends very deep into the rock strata.

"What's going on?"

Gaara asked earnestly.

This concerns the very lifeline of the Wind Kingdom, and he cannot afford to be indifferent.

A tree root that had penetrated deep into the ground, coupled with the story Bai Mo had told him about Liu Dao's mother planting trees, gave him a bad feeling.

"That's pretty much what I predicted."

Bai Mo turned around and looked at everyone. "The roots of this divine tree broke here. For thousands of years, it has been absorbing the natural energy of this land, preventing the land from repairing itself. That's why the Land of Wind has always been a desert."

"What?! You mean to say that without this thing, the Land of Wind would have been as fertile as the Land of Fire long ago?"

Temari asked in astonishment.

That makes sense.

Bai Mo nodded.

Earth in the Ninja World is just that special.

A fruit born from the natural energy of a small piece of the Land of Wind was enough to cause a qualitative change in Kaguya Otsutsuki's strength.

If it weren't for this root system remaining here, preventing the Land of Wind from self-repairing, the ninja world might have been transformed into a sustainable tree-planting plantation.

Of course, the Otsutsuki clan would never think that way. They would only think that since the ninja world and Earth are so powerful, the fruits obtained by squeezing them dry in one go must be even more powerful.

"Actually, there's one more thing, which is a bit ironic."

Bai Mo looked up at the sealed land above, and suddenly smiled as if he had thought of something.

"Huh? What?"

Temari was curious.

"Actually, after the Sage of Six Paths' mother ascended to heaven, even if this thing was originally broken in the ground, it would wither and rot in the ground before long after losing its source of power."

I don't know which genius set up a seal on it, which blocked the life flow of this root.

Thus, this root system functioned like a divine tree, continuously absorbing the natural energy of this region over thousands of years and transforming it into chakra.

This caused its root system to be filled with a large amount of chakra, which led people to regard it as something like the "lifeline of the earth" or a dragon vein.

Bai Mo had already guessed part of this outcome.

After all, dragon veins contain "chakra," so they cannot possibly be formed naturally.

"So what do we do now?"

Gaara asked.

"Pull it out by the roots and destroy it."

Bai Mo offered a solution: "If you don't deal with it, even if you master the ability I just demonstrated for you, which can accelerate the recovery of the earth, it will be a drop in the ocean."

It's like filling a swimming pool with water while simultaneously adding more.

Conversely, if it is resolved, it will recover sooner or later without any external interference, even if nothing is done.

"The dragon vein contains so much chakra, destroying it directly would trigger a natural disaster, wouldn't it?"

Gaara frowned.

"That's right, the local legends are not wrong about that. Destroying the dragon vein will indeed cause the earth to collapse, so it's best to absorb as much chakra as possible inside before destroying it."

As soon as Bai Mo finished speaking, he saw Uchiha Hikaru walk silently toward the tree roots.

Just as she raised her hand, preparing to press it against the tree root, Bai Mo appeared in front of her, and her hand immediately pressed against Bai Mo's chest.

"Uchiha Tai-na, you're not alone now. Don't always think about bearing everything by yourself. Discuss it with everyone. How do you know there aren't other solutions?"

Bai Mo grasped the hand that was pressed against his chest and slowly lowered it.

"You're right, I... wait, what did you call me?!"

Guang, feeling ashamed, was about to apologize when he suddenly paused.

"Is there a problem?"

Bai Mo shrugged innocently.

"……no problem!"

Uchiha Hikaru gritted his teeth, snorted, stomped his foot, and ran off to sulk.

She's clearly still a young girl, both physically and mentally, but just because she's from a higher generation, she's called "great-grandma"—that's too much!