Starting with rogue ninjas, building the insect kingdom.

Chapter 85 The Finale: A Cicada Shedding Its Shell

Aburame Shicheng clutched his chest, took out his cheat device, and collected several rhinoceros beetles into it. Several days passed in the blink of an eye...

He finally finished the experiment, but he didn't look well.

He originally planned to use his golden finger to induce the birth of a batch of trees, using primal energy to simulate tree sap and accelerate their growth.

However, the consumption was far greater than he had anticipated. The raw energy consumed per milliliter of sap was calculated in years.

It took him nearly a thousand years to consume the primordial energy he had accumulated over three thousand years to cultivate a rhinoceros beetle the size of a fist.

As a result, after receiving the energy from the tree sap, the rhinoceros beetle fell into a deep sleep and wouldn't respond to any attempts to rouse it.

In the end, only two words came to his mind—ancestors!

Aburame Shisei reluctantly placed it into his special petri dish. As for verifying its abilities, he could only do so when he had the ability to deal with it in the future.

A few days later, Shisei Aburame summoned Kakuzu and Naoto to the underground palace: "I need to leave for a while."

Naoto asked, "Where are you going, sir? The Land of Snow?"

"secret."

He took out two porcelain bottles and handed them to the two of them respectively: "These are Body Cleansing Pills. They are made from White Zetsu and Condensed Dew. They can strengthen the body and slowly wash away impurities from the body that do not belong to oneself and the spiritual residue in the chakra."

Kakuzu took the porcelain bottle, his mind filled with questions: "White Zetsu?"

Aburame Shigeaki said, "You don't need to know these things right now. In short, he's in a vegetative state."

Kakuzu: "..."

He thought he had lived a long life and knew most of the secrets of the ninja world, but now he seemed to understand nothing his boss was saying.

He poured out a pill, and without thinking, swallowed it in one gulp. A moment later, his expression changed.

He could clearly feel a gentle force spreading through his body, softly brushing against his meridians, blood vessels, and heart.

The impurities that have accumulated over the years, the remnants of his will that do not belong to him, are being peeled away little by little.

Even more miraculously, for the first time, he could perceive his own chakra so clearly—pure chakra that belonged to him.

At the same time, his five hearts were surging with fierce resistance.

Those were five wills, belonging to those five ninjas who had died many years ago.

"They're still there?" Kakuzu asked in surprise.

"Of course they are. That's why your strength can't improve. They've always been inside you, intertwined with, resisting, and even merging with your will. Every time you use chakra, you have to involuntarily allocate a portion of your energy to suppress them."

"As time goes on, hundreds of years later, you may have become a different you, or you may have continued to disintegrate and become another group of Earthly Grudges."

"As for cloning a heart, it's not possible with current technology. But it will be possible in the future. Of course, perhaps before that, I will be able to develop other solutions."

Even though Kakuzu wasn't frightened by the annihilation hundreds of years later, he looked at the porcelain vase in his hand and suddenly laughed, "Interesting. This trip back was worthwhile."

Naoto also took the pill, then asked, "Sir, what will we do after you leave?"

"As usual," said Shisei Aburame. "Kakuzu is stationed in the underground palace, guarding the Seven-Tails and the laboratory. You are in charge of the village and the outside missions. I will contact you through the swarm if anything happens."

After he finished speaking, his figure transformed into countless swarms of insects and disappeared into the air.

Actually, the Marrow Cleansing Pill has another effect, which he didn't mention: after taking it, they will be actively ignored by White Zetsu and treated as one of their own.

With the intelligence of a normal White Zetsu, it would not be possible to identify them in a short period of time. Therefore, they disappear from the surveillance network unless you are exposed to the smartest White Zetsu.

After Aburame Shisei dissipated, Naoto and Kakuzu looked at each other in disbelief, realizing that it was just an insect clone.

Daming Mansion.

Aburame Shisei appeared in the council chamber.

Heiji, the daimyo, his butler Matsumoto, and a group of hypnotized and controlled financial officials had been waiting for a long time.

Aburame Shisei waved his hand and tossed a thick scroll onto the table: "This is the renovation plan for the next few years."

Heiji opened the scroll, and his expression gradually turned to surprise, or rather, shock.

Road construction plans, city renovation plans, reservoir and dam plans, dock renovation plans, power plant construction plans... each one is written down clearly, including the budget, construction period, and required manpower.

Heiji made a rough estimate in his mind, and sweat began to bead on his forehead.

"Sir, how much does this cost?"

"It would take a lot, enough to empty out the resources of the Land of Waterfall and take away the wealth of all the nobles and merchants. But that would only be enough to complete one-fifth of the task."

Heiji: "..."

The finance officials looked at each other, their faces filled with despair.

"So we need to bring in investment," said Yu Nu Zhicheng. "Let the six major families put up the money, let them build factories, let them repair roads. They're better at making money than we are."

"As for managing the money, someone will come to help you soon. His name is Kakuzu, you can just call him Mr. Kakuzu. He will manage the money, you will manage the people. Don't mess with him, he kills people."

Heiji and Matsumoto exchanged a glance and nodded silently.

As Yu Nuzhicheng raised his hand, dozens of insects flew out from his sleeve and landed on the scroll.

"This is part of the control permissions for the Civil Engineering Bugs and the Aluminum Iron Bugs. You two sign your names on this, and they can help dig tunnels and build underground passages. Surface workers can be hired, but underground workers are handled by the bugs."

As soon as he finished speaking, the figure vanished again.

This contract scroll took him a long time to craft. As long as someone signs their name on it, they can control a type of insect, but how much they can control depends on their own chakra.

Heiji looked at the thick scroll and gave a wry smile: "What should we do next?"

"Do as the adults say, but we can't use these insects for defense or combat; they can only be used in underground structures."

Matsumoto understands very well that some things cannot be brought to the forefront, at least not now.

-

In the Land of Grass, in a secluded valley, a figure slowly rises from the ground.

He removed the mask he had worn for years, allowing his natural skin to breathe in the air.

At this moment, the sunlight was slightly dazzling, and the forest was filled with a faint natural fragrance.

Behind him, a bright green dragonfly hovered and buzzed above his head.

The young man took a deep breath, feeling the air so different from that deep underground, and finally stepped out of the valley.

Meanwhile, in the distant Takigakure village, everything remained as usual.

The commercial street remains bustling, classes are still being held at the ninja academy, and the villagers are still busy with their lives.

Only a few people knew that the young ninja who had a sunny and kind smile and occasionally appeared at the ninja academy to compile teaching materials had long since disappeared.