Research System, Bugs Mutiny

Chapter 13: Research System, Bugs Mutiny

Chiba is in high spirits today. Not only was his meal plentiful, but there were no swarms of flies in sight.

"It looks like they've disappeared somewhere. This is really great," Chiba exclaimed happily.

He had been worried about facing the flies again during the day, but to his surprise, they didn't appear today. It made him almost jump up with excitement.

Taking a leisurely stroll in the yard, Chiba squinted and laid down on a homemade recliner, finding a comfortable position to lazily bask in the sun.

"System!"

With a thought, a nearly transparent panel emerged.

[Host: Chiba]

[Fruit: Dung Fruit (a fruit condensed from the essence of countless types of dung)]

[Fruit introduction: Can control and manipulate all biological feces and excrement]

[Fruit's initial ability: Reincarnation of Five Grains - Control feces in all organisms]

[Imitation ability: None (Chakra is required to activate)]

[Elementary Dung Fist: Manipulate feces to condense into fists to attack enemies, up to ten dung fists can be condensed at the same time]

[Septic tank (infinite space): Dedicated to storing feces, gathers feces within a 100-meter radius through the mind and stores them through the mouth]

[Dung Points (1 ton of dung = 1 dung point): 0.01]

[Usable Chakra Amount: 0/0]

Chiba carefully scanned the panel. It was the first time he had seen such detailed information. Since encountering the Sand Shinobi yesterday, he hadn't had time to study the system properly. Now, he could finally take his time to study it.

After reading the panel multiple times, Chiba contemplated.

"I already know the fruit's ability, but this imitation ability requires Chakra to activate..."

He recalled being reminded by the system initially that he could imitate the elemental ninjutsu of any ninja, with the condition being Chakra.

"My current active Chakra is 0, so the solution should lie with the dung points."

His eyes fell on the 0.01 dung points, and Chiba thought about the five dung provided by the Sand Shinobi.

"One ton of dung equals 1 dung point, so that means the five of them provided 20 catties(1)? Four catties per person?"

Chiba was taken aback by the amount.

"Is this too much?"

But then he remembered the constipated Sand Shinobi ninja.

"Others may only weigh two or three catties, mainly because of the one who's constipated..."

Shaking his head, Chiba realized his train of thought had gone off track. He was originally studying the system's capabilities, but he ended up thinking about constipation.

"If I want to further develop the system's capabilities, it seems like I should start by collecting feces."

Chiba guessed that the dung points were very useful, and the reason their effect wasn't apparent yet was that he had collected too little.

Suddenly, a black bug flew in front of Chiba.

At first, it was just an inconspicuous black bug, but because it came too close to Chiba's face, he immediately noticed it.

"Damn it!"

Startled by the bug, Chiba instinctively jumped up and ran towards the house as fast as he could.

He had to find cover inside the house and hide under a quilt.

"I hope it's just one and doesn't attract a crowd..."

Meanwhile, not far from Chiba's courtyard, Aburame Shizuka was making her way towards the yard.

"Huh? Where's my guiding insect?"

Puzzled, Aburame Shizuka furrowed her brows.

She had released a guiding insect that detects smells to help her find Chiba's yard. After all, she had read about Chiba's odor problem before coming here.

But she was perplexed because the guiding insect flew into the front yard, severing its connection with her. Such an anomaly had never happened before.

"It seems like the front yard is Chiba's home."

Picking up her pace, Aburame Shizuka wanted to see what was going on.

However, as she got closer to the yard, Aburame Shizuka was surprised to find that the insects inside her body became restless.

"Stay calm!"

She commanded the insects inside her body, but it seemed to have no effect.

At that moment, the insects in her body began defying her orders and flew out.

"What's happening..."

Watching the insects burst out in confusion, Aburame Shizuka felt like crying. She had put so much effort into cultivating these insects, but now they were all disobedient.

The black insects continued to emerge from her body, flying into the air, and then diving into the yard.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Hurrying to the gate of the yard, Jingmei witnessed her insects flying into the house.

Without hesitation, she followed the insects into the room.

Ratoon's Note:

Catties- is a traditional Chinese unit of mass