Another Run, Ready To Collect Dung

Chapter 14: Another Run, Ready To Collect Dung

Shizuka witnessed a peculiar scene unfolding before her eyes.

She saw a swarm of bugs land on the quilt on the bed and start gnawing on it relentlessly. Within a few moments, the quilt was completely destroyed, revealing a startled young man underneath.

"Go away! Don't come near me!" Chiba shouted at the top of his lungs, his voice almost hoarse.

However, instead of dispersing, the bugs crawled onto him one by one, causing Chiba to jump up from the bed in fright. He started spinning, jumping, and keeping his eyes tightly shut, and to his surprise, it worked.

The sensation of the bugs crawling on him vanished, prompting Chiba to cautiously open his eyes. He checked himself and realized that the bugs had indeed disappeared. He let out a sigh of relief and then noticed a girl with an astonished expression standing at the door.

Aburame Shizuka stood frozen in place, her mouth agape in an 'O' shape. She couldn't comprehend what she was witnessing. Had all the insects she cultivated entered this person's body? 

What perplexed Shizuka, even more, was that the person seemed to be unaffected, resembling a normal individual without the secret techniques of the Aburame clan.

"This is unscientific!" she thought, utterly bewildered.

Chiba, equally amazed, jumped in front of the girl with an excited expression on his face.

"Aren't you afraid of the smell on me?" he asked.

"Huh?" Shizuka snapped out of her daze, sniffed her nose, and shook her head. The sense of smell was lost to the Aburame clan since they began cultivating insects. It was a closely guarded secret, and the insects were their sole reliance.

But now, Shizuka's insects had vanished, and they all seemed to have taken up residence in Chiba's body. Chiba was overjoyed to have finally encountered someone who didn't mind his odor. He had thought he would be lonely forever, but now there was a ray of hope.

"First, give me back my insects," Shizuka said with a hint of grievance, her face filled with resentment.

"Your insects? But didn't they fly away?" Chiba questioned, puzzled by the situation. How could there be insects on him, and what did he have to return?

"From your body!" Shizuka clarified.

"What?" 

Chiba took a couple of steps back, utterly incredulous. He scrutinized the girl from head to toe, relieved to find her facial features, figure, demeanor, and appearance all appealing. Especially her ponytails, which excited him even more.

Feeling relieved, Chiba decided to make an exception and accept the girl today. However, he thought it would be best to clean himself thoroughly first. Blushing slightly, he said, "Um... I'll take a shower first."

With that, Chiba hurriedly ran outside the house.

Shizuka was left feeling perplexed and unable to comprehend the situation. "Could he be taking a bath to rid himself of the bugs in his body?" she wondered aloud.

Just as the doubt arose in her mind, Shizuka felt something sticky in her mouth. 

It wasn't just her mouth; her nose seemed to be coated with a sticky substance as well. Instinctively, she wiped it with her hand and was startled to find the substance on her hand matching that of Chiba's odor.

Her eyes widened as she wiped the underside of her nose again. It was exactly the same!

"Ah!" Shizuka screamed in horror and bolted out of the room, her mind racing.

In the yard, Chiba had just fetched a bucket of water from the well. However, before he could begin bathing, he saw the girl running away.

"Why?" Chiba stood there, stunned, and dropped the bucket to the ground with a loud thud.

He felt a surge of disappointment. "Why?" he muttered, his expression filled with loneliness.

After gazing at the gate of the courtyard for a while, Chiba snapped back to reality, sighed, and appeared desolate.

"Forget it, I am the great Shi (shit) Emperor of the Ninja World. Women will only distract me. Il should focus on becoming stronger," he said, trying to lift his spirits.

To become stronger, he needed to collect feces. "My main obstacle now is how to conceal my own smell," he pondered, pacing slowly in the yard.

As long as he could mask his odor, he could venture out at night to collect shit within a 100-meter radius.

"At night, I can blend in more easily. I just need to roam the streets and collect feces," he contemplated.