He didn't know what they were walking into, but Senku found himself in a battle with a menacing tree, nothing on him but strange magic powers and a stick.

"What I wouldn't give for a plan right about now." He mused, looking at the tree with trepidation.

Of course, it was all too willing to attack him and everyone else. He used his stick to whack a mongoose, which he's not terrible at, but a vine grabs him by the ankle and he falls to the ground with a grunt, instead putting his hands on those vines, trying to soothe them.