Chapter 232 - 232 (1/2)

”It is Wood Release! How is this possible?” Seeing the two small saplings growing on the ground, Minato became sure that Lain was using Wood Release. Still, he didn't understand what actually happened.

”Kushina, that's indeed Wood Release. It's exactly like that of Hashirama. I can't mistake such strong vitality!” Kurama said with great certainty.

”Minato, I just asked Kurama, and he said that this is Wood Release indeed.”

Getting a positive answer, Minato actually smiled and said: ”I never expected that I would get to see it, not with so much time between us and the 1st's passing.”

”Kushina, switch with me, I want to confirm something!”

After Kurama took over Kushina's body, his scarlet eyes stared at Lain Yamanaka. After doing so for a while, he turned to Ryo and asked: ”Kid, explain to me, what is this little girl?”

Ryo did not want to reveal too much about Lain. After all, this matter is related to Orochimaru. Therefore, when faced by Kurama's question, he chose to just remain silent.

Facing his silence, Kurama did not rush to show anger. Instead, he smiled and said: ”Boy, it doesn't matter much to me if you keep quiet. I don't want to know what your hiding either. Just… don't come running to me when this girl starts having problems in the future!”

The Kyubi's words made Ryo rather worried. Lain was indeed different from Yamato, so perhaps she was not as safe as he was in the Manga?

Seeing that Ryo was somewhat shaken, the Kyubi said: ”Kid, did this girl receive a sudden drop in Chakra levels at some point in time?”

Ryo was no longer calm, for Lain did experience such a thing during the experiment. He said: ”Kurama! How do you know about this?”

”You answer me first! Is this girl not from the Senju bloodline?”

For Lain safety, Ryo could only admit that much. The Kyubi snorted, not saying anything. He had lived for long enough to guess what had happened to the young girl.

Controlling Kushina's body, Ryo walked ahead of Ryo, putting her hand over Lain's hand and passing on a certain amount of Red Biju Chakra to her body!

As soon as Lain accepted this Chakra, her consciousness blurred and she fell asleep.

Ryo immediately jumped to her side, picked her up, and then teleported with her home. After putting her in bed, he returned to the Forest of Death.

”Kurama, what in the world is going on?” Ryo asked anxiously.

”Kid, haven't you found out yet? The girl almost had no Yang Chakra of her own left in her body!”

”I just noticed! I'm also wondering how she could use this kind of Wood Release, creating living things with such vitality!”

”Her cells! She's pulling vitality out of her own cells!” The Kyubi said with a furious grunt.

All the pieces of the puzzle suddenly fell into place, and Ryo understood everything that was bothering him. Unlike Yamato, Lain's body's integration with Hashirama's cells was perfect. Her Yin Chakra allowed her to pull in Hashirama's distinct Yang Chakra and have great vitality, and then use the original Wood Release.

”I think you get the rest! Using Wood Release without having powerful Yang Chakra of her own is pulling the life away from that little girl; she's dying slowly!”