noveltune Chapter 53 There are always people whose bonds to their family aren't strong.
Chapter 53 There are always people whose bonds to their family aren't strong.
The Earthly Grudge is essentially a biological symbiotic modification technique.
It forcibly combines humans with the Earth Grudge-like creature using magic, modifying and strengthening its own blood vessels, turning them into tentacles. These vascular tentacles can steal young hearts and steal the chakra attributes of others, granting them long lifespans.
Aburame Shisei left the experimental table and quickly found records about this technique on the bookshelf.
However, after some research, he discovered that it would take an extremely long time to successfully modify it, and it was impossible to complete in a short period of time. A large number of experiments were also needed.
Moreover, the modified technique naturally lacks the ability to seize the heart and achieve immortality. This is because such abilities are not inherent to the technique itself, but rather are unique characteristics of the Earth Wraith.
In addition, there is another hurdle that must be overcome: the instincts of living beings.
The Earth-Grumbling Fellowship has extremely low instincts and willpower; it only knows how to draw nutrients from the ground and survive for a long time, just like a fungus.
However, symbiotic organisms are actually insects, with an excessively strong desire to absorb nutrients and reproduce. Even if symbiosis is achieved, it remains a very difficult problem to manage.
Even more dangerous is that after coexisting, it may still drain all the energy of itself and its host, just to reproduce.
Unless human will takes the lead and the insect's instincts are completely suppressed by a strong will to survive.
This is no longer just a physical fusion, but a spiritual fusion, which happens to be outside his area of expertise.
"Those who are most skilled in physical modification and fusion are none other than three people: Sasori, Orochimaru, and Shennong. Kakuzu merely copied what he learned and succeeded by chance; at most, he can be considered half a master."
"As for spiritual integration, there's only Orochimaru in his later years, and the Sage of Six Paths who could reincarnate his son's chakra."
"Sigh! As expected, trying to solve a problem only leads to deeper ones. My initial intention in cultivating these insects was simply to use their high protein and high energy levels to enhance my own cellular energy, break through existing limits, and increase my chakra reserves."
I never expected that as the experiment progressed, it would go so far astray.
However, he also confirmed one point: simply accumulating high-protein, high-energy foods is meaningless. The body's cells are like a bottle with a limited capacity; no matter how much water you add, it will only overflow.
The method to enlarge the bottle was right in front of him, and he had to continue to support further research before considering how to extract insect pheromones.
"Ugh, this is so troublesome. Maybe we should just let them die."
Aburame Zhicheng now realizes that he is spending one or two years researching a technique that he can hardly use, just to protect a few subordinates he casually controlled in the past.
They were insignificant, merely experimental subjects. It was enough to study their bodies and find a way to extract insect pheromones.
Moreover, at the beginning, he only wanted to control them for a year or two and never thought of using them for a long time. The ninja world has no shortage of ninjas, and if they die, he can just train more.
But in the end, they neither betrayed him nor became an obstacle. In the past few months, he was able to live a peaceful life, have no shortage of materials, and study insects without any worries, all thanks to their tireless efforts in traveling outside.
"As expected, in the end, I still have to suffer myself."
Aburame Zhicheng closed his eyes and pondered for a long time, realizing that these explorations of magical theories were knowledge he needed to accumulate in the future, and a way to make up for his own shortcomings.
Just like some seemingly useless subjects, if you want to continue to improve your expertise in the future, you will often need to use the accumulation of knowledge that you previously thought was unimportant.
However, the matter of humans and insects merging must be put on hold for now.
Time waits for no one. By the time this technique is fully developed, those people will probably be dried-up corpses that crumble at the slightest touch.
Aburame Shisei stared at the Chunin on the experimental table, whose entire body hair had been shaved off, and kept thinking of a solution.
Surgical experiment perfectly eliminated?
It seems that my surgical skills and medical techniques are inadequate, and I am simply unable to perfectly remove the parasite from the human body.
We've tried sealing techniques, but at best we can only control it now.
Moreover, he discovered that his sealing technique was only so-so, not at all at the level of a master.
After careful consideration, he suddenly realized that he was indeed lacking in many areas. Apart from playing with insects, he seemed to be only half-baked in other aspects.
Several days later, on the experimental table, as one corpse after another was fed to the swarm of insects, all the theories he had previously proposed were crossed out one by one.
Some are simply doomed, while others are simply not capable enough, such as through surgery or drug eradication.
Although two test subjects survived perfectly, their bodies were ruined. Their meridians were damaged, and parts of their bodies were injured. They could no longer circulate chakra and use ninjutsu.
This was not the outcome he wanted, because what he wanted was not just to save people, but to perfectly preserve his current strength.
Of course, the continuous surgical experiments were not without results; they at least improved his surgical skills significantly. Indeed, hands-on practice is the ladder to progress.
Seven days passed in the blink of an eye.
For the past few days, Aburame Shisei's main body has been in the basement, but during the day, a Shinobi clone is always on top of it, taking his place.
There was no riot in the village, and everything remained harmonious. Only some Jonin who had discovered parts of the truth continued to live in fear and unease.
One night, one of the Jonin secretly ransacked the house, preparing to abandon his family and flee Takigakure.
At the edge of the Takigakure barrier, a ninja carrying a backpack looked around, lowered his voice, and carefully formed hand seals before finally covering the barrier with both hands.
He had assumed that the barrier would melt away, creating a gap that would allow him to pass through safely without triggering the alarm. However, the barrier remained completely unmoved!
The village's protective barrier was unknowingly altered.
"Where are you going?!" A clone of Aburame Shisei suddenly stood up from the edge of the barrier.
"I...I..." He turned his head, his hair standing on end, unable to finish a sentence.
"Abandoning your wife and children is not a good habit. However, considering your sealing technique is quite good, I can give you another chance."
The clone raised its hands and handed an insect egg to him.
"Eat it; this is a privilege reserved for the four elders."
The man held a kunai in his hand, intending to resist, but in the end he knelt on the ground and lowered his head.
"Sir, I won't leave. I was just confused for a moment, can you please let me go?"
"Am I letting you go?" The insect clone stretched out its hand and pointed to the deep pit, where there were several skeletons, their bodies still in the position they had when they fled.