Watanabe Mousse warmly patted Shangguan Mo's shoulder and introduced the two young Yugakure ninja in their early twenties beside him. "Shangguan Mo, these are the members of the squad I used to lead. You are all talented young people. In the future, the village will have to rely on you." He pointed to a simple-looking, black-haired young man on the left and said, "This is a Chunin of Yugakure, named Tanokaze. He is skilled in Earth Style, and his taijutsu is not bad."
Then he looked at a young man on his right who had the same brown hair color as him, a hint of pride appearing on his naturally serious face. "This is Watanabe Toneri, my son. He is also a Chunin."
"Watanabe Toneri?" Shangguan Mo was taken aback and looked at him curiously. He found that this young man did indeed look very similar to Watanabe Mousse, with the same brown hair and naturally serious face. He nodded slightly at the two of them, a smile on his face. "My name is Shangguan Mo, a fourth-year student at the Ninja Academy."
Hearing his self-introduction, Tanokaze and Toneri's lips twitched. They looked at each other, not knowing what to say. The honest-looking Tanokaze forced a smile and looked at Shangguan Mo, who was as tall as him, his tone a little incredulous. "Uh... are you really still in the academy? You're not lying to me, are you? You don't look much younger than me!"
The smile on Shangguan Mo's face froze slightly. He looked at his sincere eyes; it seemed he wasn't teasing him. But looking at his face, which looked even older due to his honest features, he couldn't help but curse inwardly, "What do you mean, not much younger than you? Do I look that old?"
"Hehe, Tanokaze, Shangguan Mo is indeed still in the academy. He's only fourteen this year. He does look a little old for his age, and his personality is very mature. With his summoning beasts, his strength is even greater than the two of you combined," Watanabe Mousse said with a chuckle.
"Hmm?" Hearing his father say this, Watanabe Toneri couldn't stand it anymore. He stepped forward and looked at Shangguan Mo curiously. "Shangguan Mo, you do look quite impressive to have earned my father's recognition. How about we have a spar sometime?"
"There will be a chance," Shangguan Mo just smiled faintly.
Watanabe Mousse suddenly raised an eyebrow, remembering that he had called him over for a reason. "Shangguan Mo, send your summoning beast into the city to scout out the specific location of the Cult of Jashin. It will prevent us from being too passive later."
"Yes, sir!"
"More than five hundred Jashinist followers? And possibly five Jonin?" Watanabe's brow was tightly furrowed. He looked at Shangguan Mo with a grave expression.
Shangguan Mo nodded slightly. "My summon can share its vision with me. From my observation, those guys are hiding in an underground space in the city. There are at least five hundred of them. Among them, five people seem to have a very high status, and are suspected to be Jonin."
"Five Jonin... if that's true, it will be a bit tricky. We can only wait for the village leader to bring the remaining elite ninja before we act. Among those Jashinists, there should still be many ordinary people without chakra, so that's not a big concern," Watanabe murmured to himself.
Hearing his muttering, Shangguan Mo's eyes narrowed, and he asked, "How long until the village leader arrives?"
Watanabe turned to Tanokaze, who was the last one to have been in contact with the village. "The village leader set out yesterday. At his speed, from the village to the northernmost Freljord City, it will probably take another day," he said directly.
"Mhm, I understand," Shangguan Mo nodded at him.
With the great battle approaching, he finally made up his mind. He was going to synthesize another D-rank summoning beast!
[Fire Chakra] + [Gray Wolf] = ???
[Compatibility] 30%
"This is too low. If the synthesis fails, it will be a huge loss!" Shaking his head, he signaled for the Windhawk to deal with the white-quality wolf, which he hadn't had high hopes for anyway.
[Fire Chakra] + [Lizard] = ???
[Compatibility] 40%
"Sigh! This is also too low. The success rate probably won't be over fifty percent. And this lizard is also only white quality? This is giving me a headache..." He was getting frustrated. He looked at the last candidate creature, his hopes for the synthesis now dashed.
He looked down at a creature the Earth Beetle had found for him, about the same size as the beetle itself... "Hmm? Is this... an ant?" His interest was piqued. He placed his right foot next to the somewhat bloated ant and looked at the system notification.
[Fire Ant Queen]
Rank: D
He stared at the rank for a few seconds to make sure he wasn't seeing things. "It's really D-rank!" he said, his face full of disbelief. "Is it because of its special status as a queen? If the compatibility is over 50%, I'm going to gamble on it this time!" he gritted his teeth.
[Fire Chakra] + [Fire Ant Queen] = ???
[Compatibility] 70%
[Material: Fire Chakra, Quality (Green)]
[Creature: Fire Ant Queen, Rank (D)]
[Synthesis Success Rate] 90%
[Chakra Required] 200
[Synthesize?]
"Hiss!" He sucked in a breath. A 90% success rate! The Earth Beetle had really done him a great service this time! With no hesitation, he clicked [Confirm Synthesis].
The scorching chakra in his left palm slowly disappeared. The fire ant queen at his feet began to be engulfed in crimson flames. Black phantoms exploded within the flames, as if the impurities in its body were being burned away and its body was being reformed.
Twenty seconds later, the flames died down. He eagerly looked at the synthesis system panel.
[Summoning Beast · Blazing Ant Queen]
Rank: D
Species: Formicidae Solenopsis Insect
Attributes: Fire, Poison
Ability: Rapid Reproduction (Passive): The Blazing Ant Queen can continuously and rapidly reproduce Blazing Worker Ants.
(The average size of a worker ant is about 5 mm. They are extremely aggressive and their bodies are covered in a deadly fire poison. The fire poison in a single worker ant is enough to kill an adult in a few seconds, but they are very fragile and easily return to the void.)
(The Blazing Ant Queen feeds on high-protein organic matter. The more food, the faster the reproduction.)
System Evaluation: I have returned for those who could not!
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