Undoubtedly, the Slug is a Chakra creature, and among them, the rarest Sage Chakra creature.
Based on this template, a series of rare insect races can be established to enrich Miki's toolkit.
Its primary function is to assist in Medical Ninjutsu.
It possesses a very special, yet not particularly noticeable ability.
It's not its characteristic Medical Ninjutsu, but rather its inconspicuous Chakra wireless transmission.
First, it's important to clarify that Chakra requires contact for transmission.
In other words, a conductor is needed.
The conductor can be Chakra itself.
A typical example is a Chakra thread; theoretically, with enough Chakra, it can be extended indefinitely.
For instance, the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion that sliced the Moon.
The common Chakra conductor is, naturally, life itself.
Almost all Ninjutsu rely on this characteristic.
Ninjutsu released cannot appear kilometers away.
Even if it appears kilometers away, it still has a trajectory of movement.
Without obstacles blocking its path, a Great Fireball Technique can indeed fly that far.
However, the Slug's infinite transmission involves one Slug transmitting Chakra out of thin air to another Slug.
This can span vast distances.
Whether it's an application of space-time, a quantum entanglement phenomenon, or simply a discreet aerial Chakra conduction route, this effect alone is sufficient for Miki.
Remote Chakra transmission, what does that bring to mind?
A wireless energy transmission grid is its basic manifestation; most importantly, it can serve as a node to expand Miki's insect swarm command and combat range.
Miki has already thought of a name for her child: Swarm Lord.
She's just waiting for the Slug to yield.
"Don't come any closer!!!" Seeing Miki twist open the bottle cap, the intelligent and docile Slug shrieked.
"Are you hungry? I'll feed you."
Its inherent physical invulnerability makes it difficult for the Slug to even die.
If it could, the Slug Sage would try to bash its head against the glass.
"Don't you dare come closer!!!"
"I'm not a devil, be good, be a little good."
Saying this, Miki threw a pile of nutritious meat worms inside.
Chiri watched intently from the side.
A Slug eating, she seemed to have never witnessed it before.
After a moment of hesitation, the Slug tearfully ate a few large worms.
She needed Chakra to perform Ninjutsu to go home or establish contact with her main body.
Otherwise, her main body would think she was roasted, not kidnapped.
Therefore, she needed life energy to convert into Chakra.
But, the next moment, a large pile of black Insects covering the bottom of the bottle surged, forcefully pushing her down and greedily sucking Chakra from her body.
She couldn't even secrete mucus now; she no longer had the strength.
She began to cry softly.
She, the dignified Slug Sage, when had she ever suffered such humiliation?
Truly, not a single drop left!
She was truly a devil.
Chiri turned her head away, unable to bear it.
"So scary, Miki."
"Hm?" Miki said, "It's just to prevent her from escaping. Without the conditions for a sealing technique, we can only use this crude physical sealing method."
"Is that what sealing is called?" Chiri muttered. Isn't it imprisonment?
"Miki, will we really not be discovered?" Having done something bad, Chiri was a little uneasy.
"Don't worry, if we were going to be discovered, Tsunade would have rushed over already. Look at her stupid face, has she noticed anything?"
Miki said indifferently.
"Besides, if we're discovered, we can just give her back."
That seemed to be the case...
Chiri breathed a sigh of relief, feeling reassured.
Seeing the kind Chiri pity her, the dignified Slug Sage clutched at her like a drowning person at a straw.
"Save me! Save me! Kind Uchiha little girl!"
Miki watched the Slug with a subtle gaze.
Gradually, the Slug's voice weakened.
"Sorry, I can't." After refusing, Chiri thought for a moment and said earnestly, "With food and drink, this is quite good."
"Waaah!" The Slug Sage cried a storm of tears.
"Playing pitiful won't work. You're a famous beast of the Ninja World, don't disgrace everyone." Miki said, placing the Slug on the table.
"Then make that guy get away from me!" the Slug shrieked!
Huh? Chiri was puzzled.
"She's been drooling all over me!!"
Miki and Chiri turned to look at Insect Sister.
Saliva dripped like a waterfall from under her mask.
Miki trusted Insect Sister's judgment.
So, this guy is delicious?
Her gaze towards the Slug Sage became subtle.
Under Miki's gaze, the Slug trembled.
After a long pause, Miki sighed, "Too bad, it's a talking species."
If it couldn't talk, she could eat it.
"Wipe your drool, you can't eat this one." Miki told Insect Sister.
Insect Sister obediently wiped her drool.
Chiri, however, asked curiously, "Can't we eat it? Isn't everything edible?"
She was a bit curious about the taste; ever since she ate insects, she felt there was nothing that couldn't be eaten.
There was nothing left to fear.
"It should be very difficult to eat. Not difficult in taste, but physically difficult. With your appetite, you can't digest the Slug Sage."
Upon hearing this, the Slug Sage greatly exhaled in relief. That's right, I can't be digested, mere stomach acid.
Blame that guy's intimidating posture; it was too scary for a Slug.
The Slug glanced at Insect Sister, vaguely feeling that she could probably eat her.
Miki looked at the Slug, sensing what she was probably thinking.
"Can Insect Sister eat it?" Chiri asked curiously.
"That's right, she can eat it."
"Eh, why?" Chiri asked.
"She can eat anything. After eating, her stomach will hurt and she'll roll on the ground for a while, then she'll be fine." Miki said.
"Isn't that basically saying she can't eat it?"
"Chiri, the physiques between people are different, don't mind her." Miki said.
Insect Sister is a symbiont of two lives, but in reality, it's a symbiont of three lives.
Among them, Insect Sister's body itself contains a Insects nest.
After Miki added Insects to her, she is now in her complete form.
This results in her having three digestive systems and three stomachs.
One stomach is a storage stomach, also known as a public stomach.
Its function is self-evident.
One stomach is a sorting stomach, whose function is to pick out useless things, such as dirt and other substances not absorbed by the body.
And the last stomach is the true digestive stomach.
By nature, Insect Sister is a special mutant of Insects, and she naturally possesses the basic ability to absorb Chakra.
But her Chakra absorption is a bit more violent.
It's a reaction that occurs within the digestive stomach; when encountering tough bones, it directly extracts life energy.
Its digestive ability is extremely powerful.
"Come over here..." Miki said to Chiri.
The two came to a nearby spot.
Chiri looked at what was in Miki's line of sight.
A group of meat worms, a large cluster squeezed into individual basins.
They were constantly wiggling and eating.
"What is this?"
"You've eaten them before."
"Eh?"
"The larvae of silkworm moths, served cold."
"Oh, they're babies." Chiri asked, "Can they be eaten?"
Ah, people do grow up~
Chiri, she's changed.
"They can be eaten." Miki affirmed, "Today, the Shinobi game we're playing is called 'Drawing Silk and Peeling Cocoons'."
Miki brought out a basin of snow-white silkworm cocoons.
"Eh, what kind of Shinobi game is this?"
In her memory, the Shinobi games boys played were more like hide-and-seek.
They were quite good for physical training too.
"Ninjutsu tool manufacturing is certainly a Shinobi game."
Miki said.
She handed Chiri a large basin.
For such delicate work, the insects couldn't help Miki; it required Miki to constantly supervise, so it was better to just roll up her sleeves and get to work herself.
So, Chiri looked blankly at the basin in her hands.
"What should I do?"
"Simple, pull out the silk."
This...
The clever Chiri said, "Are you sure you're not making me do free labor?"
"Don't say it out loud, let's save some face between friends." Miki said.
"Ah, Miki, you're a devil!"
"Thank you for the compliment."
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