Chapter 4: What a Pity

"498!"

"499!"

"1000!"

"Phew~~~"

After completing the last set of push-ups, Shishou collapsed onto the ground.

Training is indeed a very painful thing. Besides someone like Rock Lee who is single-minded, no one can endure it.

After more than a month of "enlightenment,"

the "kind-hearted animals" in Konoha's forest were basically hard to find.

Unable to continue receiving feedback, Shishou had to resume the morning exercises he had abandoned.

After more than a month of feedback, his physical fitness had greatly improved.

In terms of chakra alone, he was already on par with an adult "Genin" like Iruka.

Shishou's height had also increased significantly due to the feedback over the past month, making him half a head taller than Naruto and Sasuke.

Wiping off the sweat, Shishou walked to his home's insect breeding room, ready to select a queen insect of the Aburame clan for cultivation.

[Parasitic Destructive Insect: Common type...]

[Parasitic Destructive Insect: Common type...]

[Healing Insect: Common type...]

[Mutated Healing Insect: Rare type, can expel toxins from the body and heal injuries more effectively than common healing insects.]

"It's a rare one."

"Healing insect."

"It's you."

After carefully selecting in the breeding room, Shishou finally locked onto one and successfully placed it in the breeding space.

Next, Shishou used the system to select a mutated parasitic destructive insect, placing it in a gourd for chakra cultivation, to prove he was indeed a member of the Aburame clan.

"From now on, there won't be just Gaara as the gourd child in the ninja world."

"There will be two."

[Mutated Healing Insect, rare type, currently available for evolution.]

[Do you want to evolve and upgrade?]

"Yes."

[Please choose the evolution direction.]

[Evolution 1: Enhanced healing.]

[Evolution 2: Enhanced detoxification.]

"Evolve 1."

[Selection successful, mutated healing insect evolution successful, healing ability enhanced.]

[Placed in breeding space for continued cultivation. Once matured, further evolution is possible.]

Watching the healing insect turn into a cocoon in the breeding space, Shishou nodded with satisfaction.

Then, he looked at the wasp-like insect, noticing its size had grown to the size of a thumb, indicating it would soon mature and evolve again.

The number of phosphorescent destructive insects in another breeding space had also grown immensely, with the count unit changing from "millions" to "billions."

However, the number of phosphorescent destructive insects still hadn't met the system's evolution requirements, clearly needing more breeding.

After feeding some chakra to the parasitic destructive insects in the gourd, Shishou picked up his fishing backpack and headed outside.

It was the weekend, and the ninja school was on break. He had a day to search for "kind-hearted" animals.

Arriving at a large river in Konoha's forest,

Shishou started setting traps and nets in the water, then carried a fish spear to hunt "kind-hearted" fish.

Since the "kind-hearted" animals on land were gone, Shishou had to turn his attention to the fish in the water.

Fortunately, the forest around Konoha was rarely visited, and there were many big fish in the river.

After a morning of effort, Shishou caught a dozen large fish, each weighing over ten pounds, successfully breeding enough phosphorescent destructive insects for another evolution.

However, Shishou didn't evolve them immediately.

Instead, he continued to catch large fish, using the chakra feedback from the phosphorescent destructive insects to charge the breeding space.

When the breeding space no longer needed it, he took out the gourd containing the parasitic destructive insects and used the feedback chakra for cultivation.

He stopped only after cultivating another queen insect from the parasitic destructive insects, preparing to evolve the phosphorescent destructive insects.

[Phosphorescent Destructive Insect, epic type, has evolved once, currently available for evolution.]

[...]

[Please choose the evolution direction.]

[Evolution 1: Enhanced toxicity.]

[...]

[Evolution 6: Enhanced vitality.]

Only six evolution options this time?

It seems special enhancements are not always available.

After pondering for a moment, Shishou made his choice.

"Evolve 6."

[Selection successful, phosphorescent destructive insect evolution successful, vitality enhanced. Insects can survive for twenty minutes after death. Once exposed to air, survival time will not exceed five minutes.]

[Placed in breeding space for continued cultivation. Once reaching a certain number, further evolution is possible.]

Seeing the phosphorescent destructive insects enter dormancy again, Shishou smiled slightly.

Being able to survive in the air for five minutes,

meant his phosphorescent destructive insects were no longer restricted by distance and could engage in close combat.

He could attach the phosphorescent destructive insects to shuriken.

Tsk, tsk, tsk, just thinking about it made Shishou feel a bit terrifying.

Grabbing the remaining big fish, Shishou started heading back.

"Maybe it's time to practice shuriken techniques..."

Shishou thought to himself.

...

"Sasuke, what do you want to eat today?"

"Takoyaki."

"Hehe, Sasuke really likes takoyaki."

"Yeah."

"Then hurry up, your brother will be home for dinner today."

"Really? Hurry, let's buy it quickly..."

Tsk, tsk, tsk, how happy they are.

But the happier you are now, the more miserable you'll be later.

Carrying the big fish, Shishou watched Uchiha Mikoto and Uchiha Sasuke walk away, shaking his head in pity.

If he had the ability, Shishou wouldn't mind saving those innocent Uchiha.

"What a pity."

Taking his eyes off Mikoto's graceful back, Shishou walked to a fish store and sold the big fish in his hand.