Starting with rogue ninjas, building the insect kingdom.

Chapter 8: Changing Identity and Continuing the Escape

Although he has now escaped Konoha, his whereabouts are unknown, and after some time, when Konoha has the manpower to spare, they may continue to hunt him down.

If it were to take someone else's place and hide in the relatively peaceful Takigakure village, that wouldn't be a bad idea.

First, the area was not involved in the war, and life there was relatively stable; second, there were not many skilled fighters in Takigakure, so even if they were discovered, they would be completely under his control.

Besides these, Takigakure Village also possesses many treasures. For example, the Seven-Tails' Chomei, the Hero's Water, the remnants of the Divine Tree, and records related to the Earth Grudge Fear Secret Technique.

In the future, he could completely transform Takigakure into his permanent lair, and even extract the Seven-Tails' chakra to feed his insects.

Anyway, Seven-Tailed Fox is a big worm, so maybe it's just right.

Having made up his mind, he walked to the cell on the right and squatted down in front of the Takigakure ninja.

The man was still breathing faintly, but his consciousness was already blurred. Aburame Shisei extended two fingers and pressed them against the side of his neck, finding that his pulse was so weak that it was almost imperceptible.

Seemingly sensing someone's approach, the boy's lips moved, uttering a very weak voice: "Help me..."

Unfortunately, the person who came was Aburame Shisei. He was not good at using ninjutsu to heal people. He could only inject parasitic insects into the other person's body to forcibly stimulate the life force in their body.

"Name," Aburame Shisei asked patiently.

"Taki...Takikawa Hide..."

"age."

"Seventeen..."

The boy's consciousness was no longer able to fully answer the questions.

Yu Nu Zhicheng stopped asking questions and released a stinky bug from his sleeve.

The insect crawled to the tip of the boy's nose, releasing a faint pheromone. This time, the pheromone was not artificially created, but rather it could relax the boy, lower the brain's defenses, and make the target more receptive to suggestion.

"Relax," Aburame Shisei's voice softened, "You're safe now. Tell me, who are you?"

The boy's breathing gradually calmed down, and he then recounted all his personal information in detail.

Ten minutes later, the boy peacefully closed his eyes.

Aburame Shisei also obtained enough information: Takikawa Hide, seventeen years old, a genin of Takigakure Village, whose parents died early, has a seventeen-year-old fiancée who works as a gardener in the village; he has a gentle personality, a strong sense of responsibility, and only knows the Three Body Techniques in ninjutsu, and is good at taijutsu and tracking techniques.

This person has simple social relationships and his ninjutsu skills are very basic; otherwise, Shisei Aburame would have needed to learn them on the spot.

Most importantly, his physique is almost identical to that of Shisei Aburame; with a little modification, the two would look nearly exactly the same.

"Excellent, it's practically the perfect identity meticulously prepared for him."

Aburame Shisei retracted the stinky bug and took out a delicate little box from his ninja tool bag.

Inside, there are surgical tools: scalpel, forceps, suture needles, and disinfectant.

He first used healing techniques to repair the injuries on the boy's face, so that the removed skin could remain more active.

Then he started working.

The movements were precise and the technique skillful, as if they had done it countless times before.

In fact, he did practice.

During his years in Konoha, he served as a doctor in the team for a period of time and also secretly studied human anatomy.

Five minutes later, a complete human face was removed. Aburame Shisei soaked it in a special preservative solution, then tidied up his tools, formed hand seals, and performed the face-changing technique.

A human face floated up and stuck to his face. Chakra flowed slowly, the skin began to merge, and his facial features gradually distorted.

Don't overthink it. This ninjutsu has nothing to do with Orochimaru. He figured it out himself little by little.

At this point in time, Orochimaru might not even be able to create this ninjutsu.

Aburame Shisei only borrowed a few ideas from Orochimaru; the process of his technique was completely different, incorporating the method of making human skin masks and some makeup techniques.

A minute later, Shisei Aburame took out a mirror, and the reflection in the mirror was no longer himself, but Takikawa Hide.

Except for their eyes, they are almost identical.

Aburame Shisei made several expressions in front of the mirror. Although his facial muscles were a bit stiff when he made big expressions, he was completely unaffected when he made normal, small expressions.

The corrosive insects surged out of his body again and began to clean up the mountain stronghold dungeon.

Ten minutes later, the dungeon was spotless. All the bloodstains, filth, and rotting flesh had disappeared, leaving only white skeletons, which were neatly moved together by the swarm of insects.

Aburame Shicheng manipulated the insects to dig a large pit, burying the entire skeleton.

After doing all this, Aburame Shisei changed into Takikawa Hide's headband, vest, and ninja tool pouch. He then used the sealing scroll to carry away valuable supplies such as medicinal herbs and ores.

Although food is not as efficient as ninja flesh and blood, it is still within the diet of the Corrosive Worms. He picked through it and filled three rolls.

The remaining supplies that could be quickly consumed were given to the Corrosive Insects to digest. The items that couldn't be consumed quickly were set on fire by Aburame Shisei.

The fire quickly engulfed the mountain stronghold, burning away all remaining traces.

Aburame Shisei found three maps on the rogue ninja: a topographical map of the Land of Grass, a border defense map of the Land of Waterfall, and a map showing what appeared to be the distribution of secret strongholds of Iwagakure. Although it was an unexpected find, it was of little use to him.

After the fire raged, he took out a map and, imitating an ordinary genin, left the mountain stronghold, heading towards the Land of Waterfall.

Rain pattered against the tent, and the atmosphere inside the command tent at the Konoha front was even more oppressive than the weather outside.

Orochimaru and Jiraiya both fell silent as they looked at their teacher's handwritten letter.

"An unknown genin suddenly unleashed jonin-level combat power, killing an enemy jonin... and less than a day later, he successfully defected after killing a jonin from Konoha. Interesting."

"Has the old man gone senile? Sending the frontline commander to chase after the rogue ninja?"

Orochimaru laughed, "They probably think that if we take action, we can quickly get rid of them and minimize the impact. Didn't you see the letter saying that Koharu Utatane and Danzo Shimura will temporarily take over their duties for a few days?"

Jiraiya suddenly asked, "What if it can't be resolved in a short time?"

Orochimaru smiled without saying a word.

If they can't solve the problem, they'll naturally be stripped of their power.

Previously, Root suffered heavy losses in the battle against the Cloud Ninja, with Danzo seriously injured and forced to return to the village to recuperate. Later, Mitokado Homura switched to the Cloud Ninja and adopted a turtle-like fighting style, which surprisingly withstood the Cloud Ninja's offensive. Feeling greatly humiliated, he probably wanted to try switching to Iwagakure to regain his honor.

That's quite a scheme.

If Konoha hadn't been besieged on all sides, he would have almost suspected that this was a play orchestrated by Danzo himself.

Orochimaru laughed and said, "Let me go. I happen to be somewhat interested in him."