[center][h2][color=royalblue]Soryu Shinano[/color][/h2]
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The blue-haired shinobi didn't even have a moment to react or say something witty after he picked up the strange plant. His brain received so much information all at once, surely something the human body couldn't handle for very long. And luckily for him it didn't last very long, only a few seconds in total. As he snapped back to reality he fell to his knees, dropped his kunai knife, and brought his now-free hand up to his head. [i][color=royalblue]Did I just see what the tree was seeing?[/color][/i] he wondered, looking down at the bulb in his hand. Noticeably it had deteriorated all of a sudden, but it didn't completely decompose so he could still complete the objective of returning it to the scientist. But at the same time he needed a brief moment to process all the information he just received from the damn thing.

[i][color=royalblue]This problem is a lot bigger than we initially thought. This thing's roots go beyond the surface biome. Must've been for kilometers. The wolves, the plants, that mud monster... all connected. The genjutsu we are under comes from these plants that are hidden about. Removing them all in any form of timely manner is impossible. Think...[/color][/i] As Soryu stood back up from his knees he stored the plant in an empty pouch of his pants and retrieved the kunai he dropped. His eyes wandered over to the tree, precisely to where he saw the way in just a moment prior. Noticeably it wasn't the way Yuhi went in, so that meant his teammate's guess was wrong and he wasn't actually heading to the source of the problem (short of some good fortune). His eyes drifted back to the fight between the rest of the team and the monster. He watched as it shrugged off damage and seemed to regenerate from Nagi's attacks. [i][color=royalblue]That thing isn't going to go down. Not from normal attacks. But it does have a vital area...[/color][/i] With his bearings gathered, his thoughts clear, and his senses fully restored, Soryu had come to his conclusion on what to do. [i][color=royalblue]Yuhi may be lost and in danger in the tree, Nagi and Izuku are fighting a monster that won't die...[/color][/i]

[i][color=royalblue]I have to kill this tree.[/color][/i]

Soryu drew one of his explosive-tipped arrows from his quiver and two of the strange explosive tags that Yuhi had given him, wrapping them around the shaft of the arrow just underneath the tip. The arrow would explode on impact and that explosion should detonate the new tags as well for an even bigger boom, or so Soryu figured. He began running towards the God-Tree as he removed his bow from his back again and notched the arrow. [i][color=royalblue]Dead center, dead center, dead center, dead center...[/color][/i] he reminded himself over and over as he leapt into the air and drew the string back. [i][color=royalblue]Dead center...[/color][/i] Soryu took his aim at the monster. At this current range he was at surely he wouldn't miss, or if so it would be by a very small margin due to wind pressure or any of his teammates techniques interfering with the shot somehow. But Soryu hadn't forgotten the biggest thing that would hinder his accuracy and he took a page out of Nagi's playbook to solve it. [b][color=royalblue]"Kai."[/color][/b] For a very brief moment, perhaps not even a full second, everything became clear to him. Where his teammates actually stood, where the monster actually stood, the distance to target, the trajectories of his teammates attacks. And in that brief flash of clarity he adjusted his aim to where it truly needed to be. And then he released the string.

Unless the monster changed course from its current motion, either by anticipating the arrow or otherwise, then Soryu's aim would be true and the arrow would strike where he saw the creature's chakra source in his visions. Whether the resulting explosions would do lasting damage or just be regenerated, Soryu had no way to know. He figured that it would at least stun the creature significantly, but he's already assumed wrong so far on this mission and his hopes weren't very high. But he knew this was the best he could provide to Nagi and Izuku right now. They didn't know but if he joined them in fighting it directly then all three of them would sooner die of exhaustion than destroy it. And he knew that Yuhi couldn't be in the right part of the tree because he saw its heart and Yuhi wasn't there, nor did he enter through the same path Soryu saw. He wished that he could call out to Nagi and Izuku and let them know his plan in detail. But the Tree would hear him. He had to let them figure his plan out by guesswork. Unlikely they'd just assume he knew as much as he did because they'd have no way to tell of what he learned, but perhaps they at least wouldn't hate him for his efforts.

[i][color=royalblue]Let's just hope this literal plant isn't smart enough to be luring me into a trap,[/color][/i] he thought to himself as he landed next to the opening in the God-Tree. Without any further hesitation he rushed inside, wasting no time to examine the massive plant or properly scan his surroundings. After all, he already knows the way. Unless it had hidden any further defenses from its own consciousness, Soryu [i]knew[/i] that there was nothing else between him and the source of it all: the powerful chakra he had seen.