Naruto: Wood-Wood Fruit

"Swish..."

A menacing figure, brimming with killing intent, dashed out from the top of Hokage Rock.

The intense momentum carried him several meters past the cliff, leaving him with no way to grab hold of the rock face for support. 

His entire body plunged downward in an arc, like a projectile on a relentless descent.

"Kiyoshi-nii?" 

Ino, held close in a princess carry by Kiyoshi, turned pale with fright.

"Don't worry, something like this won't kill us."

Kiyoshi gently set Ino down, shrugging nonchalantly.

Even with his eyes closed, he knew who was behind this attack.

Someone bold enough to target him openly in broad daylight—without fearing the interference of the Anbu—could only be one person.

The Third Hokage himself, an old man with nothing better to do in his office.

"What?"

At this moment, the disorienting sensation of free fall hit the attacker, making his hair stand on end. "Is this a genjutsu?"

"Release!" he cried, quickly weaving hand signs in a flash.

The landscape, which had seemed like level ground where he'd been chasing after Kiyoshi, abruptly changed. 

Suddenly, sheer cliffs whipped past him, sending a cold sweat down the back of the assailant, Tenzo. 

Sent by the Third Hokage to test Kiyoshi, Tenzo realized with shock that he'd somehow leapt off the Hokage Rock without even noticing it.

Moreover, he hadn't detected any movement from Kiyoshi to initiate the genjutsu. He didn't even know when he'd fallen under its spell.

Plummeting down, Tenzo didn't panic but quickly composed himself. His hands moved rapidly, forming seals.

"Boom!"

A massive wooden vine erupted from the rock wall, extending downward to catch Tenzo securely, saving him from what would have been a deadly impact.

"Cough... cough..."

Meanwhile, inside the Hokage's office, the Third Hokage had been observing the entire scene through his crystal ball. 

He'd been chuckling smugly as he smoked his pipe, but the spectacle nearly made him choke on the smoke.

Hiruzen's eyelid twitched as he muttered to himself, "That fool, Tenzo."

It wasn't just the situation that bothered him. 

It was that the huge vine Tenzo had summoned now protruded directly from the nose of Hiruzen's own carved face on the mountain, making it look utterly ridiculous.

Hiruzen felt a pang in his liver, maybe even his heart. His revered, dignified image had just been desecrated. What had Tenzo been doing in the Anbu all these years if he'd end up like this?

He had only asked Tenzo to subtly gauge Kiyoshi's true strength, curious about the depths of his grandson's abilities. 

He hadn't expected this Anbu veteran to create such a spectacle on Hokage Rock.

"But that boy's genjutsu skills really are extraordinary."

Watching the overly youthful figure through the crystal ball, Hiruzen's face grew solemn. 

"He executed the hand signs for the genjutsu with one hand—silently—while carrying that Yamanaka girl."

"To think Tenzo, a seasoned elite Jonin, fell for it in an instant…incredible."

His gaze lingered on Hokage Rock, where his own caricatured image now had a massive wooden vine sticking out of its nose.

"Oh no!" Hiruzen's face changed suddenly as he realized the extent of the disaster.

Feeling a strange sense of foreboding, he shouted urgently, "Kakashi—."

"Whoosh."

A figure appeared instantly—a tall man with silver hair and a mask.

Kneeling on one knee before Hiruzen, he said, "Lord Third."

"Stop Yamato immediately." Hiruzen's voice was tense and agitated. Sweat beaded on his deeply wrinkled face.

"Don't let them fight on Hokage Rock. If they damage it, there'll be serious trouble."

Hiruzen had nearly forgotten.

Kiyoshi also had mastered Tsunade's monstrous chakra enhanced strength.

If he struck Hokage Rock with even a bit of that power and accidentally caused it to collapse.

It would be an unmitigated disaster.

Furious and unable to remain calm any longer, Hiruzen muttered inwardly. That idiot Tenzo. Why couldn't he wait until Kiyoshi was off the mountain to engage him?

"Yes." Kakashi replied, vanishing in an instant.

…

"Swish..."

Within moments, Tenzo stabilized his stance and moved without hesitation. "Lord Third, forgive me."

With chakra gathered at his feet, he clung to the rock wall and began climbing up—stepping right on the Third Hokage's carved face as he did so.

"Boom!"

But before he could make his way up fully, Kiyoshi motioned for Ino to step back with a grin.

In a flash, Kiyoshi teleported to the cliffside above him.

His right leg swung up high, poised like a sharp axe, as Tenzo looked up in shock.

From the Hokage's office, the Third Hokage, who had been watching through the crystal ball, screamed in despair, "No—."

Kiyoshi's right foot came down like a blade, slicing through the air with brutal force.

"Heavenly Foot of Pain!"

"Boom... Boom!"

Wood splinters flew as a thunderous crash erupted, sending rocks and dust billowing into the air.

Debris crumbled from the cliff, tumbling down and scattering towards the buildings below.

The sudden destruction sent shockwaves through Konoha, leaving countless villagers and shinobi in stunned silence. 

They stared, mouths agape, at the billowing dust and rubble streaming from Hokage Rock.

"Is that.?"

"No way."

"The Hokage Rock."

"Look, the Third Hokage's face just!"

"You've got to be kidding me!"

"Is it an attack?"

"Quick, someone go check it out!"

As the dust settled, the spectators, drenched in cold sweat, gawked in disbelief.

"Rumble. Rumble.."

On the cliff, massive boulders continued to tumble as the top of the Third Hokage's face completely collapsed. A deep, jagged fissure ran right down the middle, stark and unsettling.

"Ah?"

Nearby, Ino, who had been knocked to the ground from the shockwave, was wide-eyed with disbelief. Her mouth dropped open into a perfect "O," big enough to fit an egg.

"You..."

Tenzo, who had barely escaped by using a wood clone substitution jutsu, emerged from the rubble, drenched in sweat. 

Looking at the ruined Hokage Rock, his face went pale.

Darkness clouded his vision, and he nearly passed out.

This…. was a disaster.

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