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Chapter 46: Chapter 46: Crazy Mikoto and the Legendary Bug Species

Leaving Yūgao's room,

Shishou headed to Mikoto's room.

After witnessing the formidable strength of Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Mikoto, who had always wanted to prevent a conflict between Sasuke and Itachi, was deeply shocked.

She was in dire need of comfort.

"Shhh~"

Shishou gently slid open the wooden lattice door and entered Mikoto's room.

Mikoto, dressed in a beautiful kimono, was sitting in the small courtyard's pavilion, staring blankly at the moon.

Shishou approached her and gently embraced her shoulders.

"Don't worry, I'm here."

Mikoto didn't speak. Instead, she tightly hugged Shishou, pressing herself against him and initiating a kiss.

Everything was conveyed without words...

Perhaps to relieve stress,

or perhaps to please Shishou,

that night, Mikoto was extremely passionate.

The next day,

the morning sun woke Shishou from his slumber.

He lifted his head.

His gaze fell upon the disheveled room and Mikoto's elegant, beautiful face.

The two were tightly pressed together, covered by a large, warm kimono.

Looking at Mikoto lying in his arms, Shishou couldn't resist stealing a kiss on her cheek.

Last night was truly wonderful!

Not wanting to disturb Mikoto,

Shishou opened his system to check on the state of his chakra bugs.

[Phosphorus Poison Bug: Epic-grade nano-toxic bug that reproduces by devouring biological cells. It cannot survive in the air for more than thirty minutes.]

After six evolutions, the information about the phosphorus poison bug was short.

But its attributes had gained a significant boost.

Firstly, it no longer needed to parasitize living organisms.

Secondly, its survival time in the air had increased to thirty minutes.

These two enhancements combined brought a revolutionary change to the phosphorus poison bug.

Shishou took out a newly bred healing bug and commanded the phosphorus poison bug to devour it.

After consuming the healing bug,

the phosphorus poison bug, under Shishou's control, transformed into the appearance of the healing bug.

"Hmm, it retains the crawling and flying abilities of the healing bug."

"But it doesn't inherit the healing ability."

"It seems the phosphorus poison bug can only mimic physical forms, not special abilities."

"Which makes sense; if it could mimic abilities too, this bug would be way too overpowered."

Shishou quickly grasped the changes in the phosphorus poison bug.

Next, he checked the bug breeding space, and his expression fell.

"No way, there's only this much left..."

Seeing that only a tenth of the phosphorus poison bugs remained in the breeding space compared to before the evolution, Shishou looked displeased.

Each evolution of the phosphorus poison bug doubled the energy needed for reproduction.

Seeing that ninety percent were lost after one evolution,

Shishou realized the next evolution could take a long time.

Shishou felt like crying.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, for successfully evolving an epic-grade bug species six times.]

[Bug Breeding Space +3]

[You have received a beginner's random bug species package, which contains a random mother bug of a random grade.]

[Cultivating an epic-grade or higher bug species to evolve once can further unlock the breeding space and grant reward packages.]

After the system's notifications, a palm-sized golden package appeared in front of Shishou.

He took it and examined it carefully.

It really was just an ordinary box.

Mikoto, lying in Shishou's arms, stirred and opened her eyes.

"Good morning."

Seeing Mikoto wake up, Shishou greeted her.

Mikoto, her head a bit fuzzy, stared at Shishou for a moment.

Usually, she would reluctantly have intimate relations with Shishou but never let him stay overnight.

Seeing Shishou now, she was momentarily confused.

The next second, Mikoto's face turned beet red, and she quickly covered it with her hands.

She clearly remembered her wild behavior from the previous night.

Seeing Mikoto's shy expression, Shishou couldn't resist and kissed her again.

Mikoto no longer resisted as she used to and began to respond to him.

After a few minutes,

seeing Shishou's increasingly bold actions, Mikoto, to avoid another round of indescribable activities,

pointed at the small gift box in his hand and asked,

"What is this?"

"A gift for me?"

She then reached out and untied the ribbon on the box.

"Uh..."

Shishou lifted his head from Mikoto's neck and was about to explain.

But seeing her opening the ribbon, he decided not to stop her and let her open the box.

As Mikoto pulled off the ribbon, the box automatically opened, releasing a semi-transparent, ethereal blue bug that looked like a cross between a butterfly and a moth.

"So beautiful..."

Mikoto murmured as she stared at the bug.

[Ding!]

[Congratulations, host, for obtaining a legendary bug species: Nine Nether Luminous Bug.]

[Nine Nether Luminous Bug: A legendary bug species from the Nine Nether Realm. It cannot reproduce but can produce eggs with various effects, extremely precious!!!]

Hearing the system prompt,

Shishou was stunned, not immediately understanding the bug's use.

But the words "extremely precious" and the three exclamation marks that followed were clear.

Anything deemed extremely precious by the system was never ordinary.

Without hesitation, Shishou placed the Nine Nether Luminous Bug into the breeding space.

A legendary bug species, extremely precious!!!

Shishou, looking at the Nine Nether Luminous Bug in the breeding space, felt immense joy.

Then, he turned to Mikoto.

The more he looked, the more he liked her, feeling an urge to kiss her deeply.

"Where did it go?"

"Hey, the box disappeared too."

Seeing the beautiful bug vanish, Mikoto was momentarily stunned, then noticed the box in Shishou's hand gradually turning transparent before disappearing completely, along with the ribbon she held.

She was amazed.

Then she saw Shishou looking at her with intense desire.

"Uh, what's wrong?"

Shishou said nothing, just embraced her face and kissed her deeply.

They continued until noon,

when Mikoto finally escaped Shishou's grasp and appeared in the training room, with Izumi and Yūgao curiously watching her.

Meanwhile, Shishou returned to Konoha.

After feeding the entire snake corpse from the scroll to the phosphorus poison bugs,

he began studying the newly acquired Nine Nether Luminous Bug.

Through repeated research,

Shishou finally determined the method to cultivate the Nine Nether Luminous Bug.

Which was no method at all!

Because the Nine Nether Luminous Bug was not a bug from the ninja world, it wasn't listed in the family's bug records.

Although Shishou's Mangekyo Sharingan could promote its growth, the cost to his energy and stamina was too high.

So, Shishou could only entrust it to the breeding space, like the healing bug and the caterpillar bug.

In the breeding space, bugs would grow independently, albeit slowly.

This way, Shishou could focus on other things he wanted to do.


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Chapter 47: Chapter 47: Wood Release

Time flowed like water.

A month quickly passed, bringing them to Konoha Year 59.

There were still four years left until Naruto and the others graduated from the ninja academy.

Shishou had returned to his school life once again.

During this month, Shishou spent his days training with Mikoto and the others, acting as a sparring partner to enhance their combat skills.

After witnessing the formidable strength of Orochimaru and Uchiha Itachi,

Uchiha Mikoto, Uchiha Izumi, and Uzuki Yūgao all started training twice as hard.

The former two sought revenge, while Uzuki Yūgao aspired to attain great power.

As for Uzumaki Eri and Karin, Shishou sent them to the Land of Demons to study basic sealing techniques with the priestess, laying the groundwork for learning the Uzumaki clan's advanced sealing techniques in the future.

At the same time, Shishou frequently visited Danzo's Wood Release laboratory, hoping to acquire Wood Release abilities through his chakra bugs.

Shishou estimated that a few more visits might finally awaken his Wood Release.

As for Danzo's experiments,

the old dog was still struggling.

The only strange thing was that Danzo had rarely appeared in the Wood Release laboratory lately.

Perhaps seeing the experiments as futile, he decided to give up.

As for Orochimaru,

Shishou had not received any information. He assumed Orochimaru was still evading Akatsuki's pursuit.

In the short term, Orochimaru likely had little time for Hashirama cell transplantation experiments.

Another month passed, bringing them to March of Konoha Year 59, with nine years remaining until the Fourth Shinobi World War.

After school, Shishou returned home alone.

Today was a small test at the academy, so Shishou didn't use his insect clone.

After setting down his backpack, Shishou used the Flying Thunder God Technique to disappear from sight.

The Forest of Death.

Inside Danzo's laboratory.

As if entering his own backyard, Shishou used the Flying Thunder God to arrive at the place where experiment corpses were stored.

"Today's haul is a bit small."

Looking at the fewer corpses than usual, Shishou muttered to himself and began releasing his chakra bugs.

Devour, rejuvenate, and leave.

Shishou then moved to the center of the laboratory, patiently searching.

Shishou had placed dormant chakra bugs on all the personnel responsible for this laboratory. If any of them got close, he would be alerted, so he wasn't worried about being discovered.

Since his Wood Release was almost awakened, Shishou set his sights on Yamato, planning to acquire some Wood Release jutsu and training methods from him.

Of course, if he couldn't find Yamato, he would settle for any Wood Release jutsu documents.

However, after searching around, Shishou found neither Yamato nor any Wood Release jutsu documents.

"Looks like Yamato isn't in this lab."

Thinking this, Shishou disappeared again.

Outside the main gate of the Root headquarters.

In a secluded corner.

Shishou's figure appeared instantly.

He had already mapped out all of Root's bases and the headquarters location in Konoha but had refrained from investigating to avoid alerting Danzo.

Because Danzo had Shisui's Kotoamatsukami.

Shishou avoided interacting with him.

After all, Kotoamatsukami was considered the strongest genjutsu.

Even if Danzo couldn't fully utilize its power,

it was still extremely terrifying.

Shishou disguised his chakra bugs as ordinary moths and began maneuvering them towards the gate.

"Hmm?"

"The smell of blood."

As soon as the moths approached the gate, Shishou sensed something wrong.

"Is that Orochimaru?"

"What is he doing here?"

"Wait, he seems to be carrying Yamato..."

Just as Shishou noticed something was off, a figure quickly ran out from the gate, and it was none other than Orochimaru.

Orochimaru was holding an unconscious Yamato.

Damn, a plant.

You're taking the real Yamato; how am I supposed to awaken my Wood Release with just clones...

Shishou didn't hesitate and prepared to follow Orochimaru.

However, as he was about to move, a dozen more figures rushed out of the gate, forcing him to remain hidden.

"Get him!"

Danzo, looking grim, led the charge using the Body Flicker Technique to pursue Orochimaru.

Damn, another plant.

Orochimaru's ability to cause trouble is astounding.

Just recently, Shishou had informed him that Danzo had hidden his experimental subjects, and now he was here to reclaim them.

After Danzo and his men left, Shishou trailed them from a distance, hoping to see if there were any scraps to pick up.

If Orochimaru summoned more creatures, it would be even better.

His chakra bugs would have more food.

In the forest outside Konoha,

Orochimaru was surrounded by Danzo's Root members.

"Danzo-sama, what do you mean by this?"

Holding Yamato, Orochimaru feigned ignorance, smiling at Danzo.

"Orochimaru, you can take Yamato."

"But you must agree to one condition."

Danzo squinted at Orochimaru, a thought forming in his mind.

"Oh?"

"What is it, Danzo-sama?"

"The cloning technology..."

"Alright, I agree."

...

Meanwhile,

Shishou, observing from a distance, muttered to himself:

"Those two didn't fight."

Since there was a Hyuga among Danzo's men, Shishou couldn't get too close and had to use his Sharingan to observe from afar.

He had no idea what Orochimaru and Danzo were discussing.

He could only tell they had reached some sort of agreement.

Judging by Danzo cutting off Yamato's arm,

Shishou guessed it likely had something to do with Wood Release and cloning.

Otherwise, Danzo wouldn't have let Orochimaru take Yamato after cutting off his arm.

With all of Root's members away, Shishou used the Flying Thunder God to return to Root's headquarters.

Before Danzo returned, he successfully looted several jutsu scrolls, including some Wood Release jutsu and other secret techniques.

With Orochimaru causing such a commotion, it was normal for Root to lose some jutsu documents.

Even if Danzo suspected something, he would blame Orochimaru.

As for Orochimaru, Shishou didn't pursue him as "Bearded Man Shishou" to question him.

That would expose his presence in Konoha.

And lead Orochimaru to investigate his identity.

A month later,

Shishou deduced Danzo and Orochimaru's transaction.

Danzo traded Yamato for Orochimaru's cloning technology.

Danzo's cloning experiments improved, and the corpses became increasingly viable.

Shishou finally awakened Wood Release during one of his scavenging operations.

The Forest of Death.

Shishou extended his right hand, concentrating chakra, and numerous branches sprouted from his palm, extending outward.

Then, Shishou formed hand seals.

Wood Release: Wood Clone Technique!

Branches and leaves extended from Shishou, forming another Shishou beside him.

When Shishou dispelled the Wood Clone, it turned into a tree.

Gazing at the tree formed from the Wood Clone, Shishou smiled.

With Wood Release, he could finally find a way to approach Tsunade.

He had coveted Tsunade for a long time.

No, he had coveted the jutsu in Tsunade's possession for a long time...

Correcting himself, Shishou disappeared from sight.


CREATORS' THOUGHTS
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Please remember to add this chapter to your library and follow for more updates. I'll add an extra chapter for every 25 Power Stones or new Patreon members. Additionally, this is the most challenging novel I translate, so your support is crucial for maintaining high-quality and frequent updates. If you'd like me to prioritize this novel over my other works, please support me on Patreon at patreon.com/Betek.

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