Tsunade: Is This Wood Release? How Is That Possible?! (Goes Premium Tomorrow, Please Support the First Subscription!!)

Drip! Drip! The hallway was deathly silent, with only breathing audible. Tsunade and Jiraiya-sensei stood in a stairwell surrounded by walls. Other than walls and stairs, there were only more walls and stairs. The howling wind and crackling flames had been left far behind. The silence separated them from the clamor outside as though they were in two different worlds. Along the way, they saw only the corpses of numerous Kirigakure Ninja. Beyond that, they could vaguely make out traces of something being dragged. "So it's true.