Chapter 67: Taotie Technique 2.0
"This Wind Breath has great potential for development."
Sasuke used his sword for support; his face was exhausted, but his eyes gleamed with joy. Although this explosive ability consumed a lot of energy, its power increase was enormous. It could be explored and developed like the Eight Gates Formation.
"We'll talk about development later. Ahem, let me take it easy. I feel like I've pulled my back."
Sasuke stuck his fish knife into the ground and slowly stood up. As soon as he was on his feet, he grabbed a dried fish, dipped it in maltose, and devoured it. He had consumed too much energy and needed to recover as soon as possible.
"It seems my digestion speed has already surpassed an Akimichi's," he thought.
His digestion technique had originated from the Akimichi clan's, but after a series of adjustments, it had become very different. Especially with the coordination of Wind Breathing and the stimulation of Yang Style, the efficiency had greatly improved.
"My Taotie Technique 2.0 is initially developed."
The Akimichi technique involved storing energy in fat for explosive use. His, on the other hand, used energy to permanently strengthen the body's cells, a slower process but with fundamental growth potential.
"Practicing Taotie Technique 2.0 consumes a lot of maltose."
He looked at the empty bowl and realized that at this rate, the 500 kilograms of maltose would disappear in a few days. His wallet, which for a moment felt full, was once again in danger. He felt again that the path for civilian ninjas to become stronger was becoming narrower; power in this world was built with money.
"Forget it, money doesn't matter, I just like to practice."
He stopped worrying and used a water whip again, continuing the development of his syrup whip. At that moment, he saw many bees falling onto the sand, attracted by the spilled maltose. Shirotaka, who had just digested its food, flew towards them and began to peck at them. Sasuke quickly stopped it. Instead, he took out a large bowl of maltose and fed the bees.
These weren't large, only thumb-sized, but in the ninja world, that was already considerable. "Eat, my little guides," he thought. "Show me your treasure."
After eating, the bees, having ingested a lot of maltose, flew away. Sasuke activated his infrasonic radar and followed them. After walking less than three kilometers, he arrived at the foot of a stone mountain.
"They're stone bees. No wonder they're so small."
Through his radar, the bees hidden in the mountain were clearly visible. Stone bees build their nests in caves, so they are usually smaller and less aggressive than wood bees, like those of the Kamizuru clan of Iwagakure. The difficulty of collecting their honey was, therefore, relatively low.
"Wow, there's so much hidden honey!" he exclaimed to himself as he discovered layers of honeycomb in the rock crevices, which must have weighed over a hundred kilograms.
He put chakra in his feet and climbed the smooth, steep stone wall. Soon, he arrived near the hive.
Buzz, buzz, buzz!
Upon seeing Sasuke enter their territory, a large number of stone bees surrounded him. A rain of stingers poured down on him.
"Shock!"
Sasuke dodged at high speed while releasing an infrasonic discharge. Suddenly, the bees fell one by one like a deluge, stunned but not dead. Seeing that they kept coming, Sasuke made a Tiger seal with both hands.
"Ultrasonic Insect Repulsion Technique!"
Suddenly, colorless, invisible sound waves spread out. The stone bees instantly became dizzy and moved away. Some, more stubborn, fell before getting close.
"Finally calmed down."
He took out a kunai and began to dig into the crevices.
Clang, clang, clang!
He attacked forcefully, but only scraped off some splinters. The rock was very hard. Now he understood why honey was so expensive. Besides the bees, one had to get through the hard stone.
"Do we have to use explosive tags?" he wondered, immediately shaking his head. It was too noisy and expensive.
"I got it!" After thinking for a while, his eyes lit up. He had come up with a brilliant idea.
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