Chapter 25: Aburame Mafune's Nine-Insect Allied Army
"Hmph, don't think you can just do whatever you want because you beat Hyuga Yizu and Akimichi Haochi!"
A dark-green hooded windbreaker, and beneath pitch-black sunglasses, a small face whose features couldn't be seen clearly.
Aburame Mafune sneered as he stepped out from a corner, smugly flicking his cloak. "You should know—I'm on a completely different level from those half-baked amateurs…"
"Enough already. What's a bug freak acting so smug for?"
No need to think about it—just one look at that outfit and you could tell he was from the Aburame clan.
Li Jie xuan curled his lip in disdain. The more silent and taciturn someone from the Aburame clan was, the stronger they tended to be. Someone who didn't even understand that principle was nothing more than cannon fodder!
"Hmph, you'll regret this…"
Aburame Mafune abruptly retreated two steps, snapping his cloak open as he shouted, "Secret Technique—Parasitic Destruction Insect: Hornet!"
"Bzzzz—"
Accompanied by the dense buzzing of insect wings, Li Jie xuan immediately raised his guard.
He hadn't expected that such an arrogant guy had actually mastered chakra—and had even learned the Aburame clan's Parasitic Destruction Insect secret technique. Li Jie xuan had a very deep impression of that technique. When Aburame Shino spread his cloak, it was an army of densely packed insects. Forget fighting—just looking at it was enough to make your scalp crawl.
"They're out!"
Thumb-sized hornets frantically vibrated their wings, viciously brandishing the stingers at the ends of their abdomens. Those emerald-green stingers looked lethally poisonous at a glance!
As expected of the Aburame clan's Parasitic Destruction Insect technique—if one of these hornets stung an ordinary person, even if it didn't kill them, it would leave them crippled. If there were a hundred of these things, Li Jie xuan would have no choice but to flee in panic…
But Li Jie xuan waited and waited, and only eight hornets slowly drifted out from the cloak.
"Eight?"
Li Jie xuan's eyebrows shot up. Had the Aburame clan fallen so far that they couldn't even afford to raise insects anymore?
Seeing the growing disdain in Li Jie xuan's gaze, Aburame Mafune hurriedly protested, "What kind of joke is that? How could I only have eight hornets?!"
As he spoke, Aburame Mafune stuck his head into his cloak and pleaded like he was coaxing a child out of bed. "Little Nine, come out. When we get back, I'll give you extra food…"
"So in the end, it's only nine?"
Li Jie xuan couldn't help but bare his teeth. Was this guy sure he wasn't here to be comic relief…?
"Stop babbling—nine is more than enough to deal with you!"
After the ninth hornet lazily flew out, Aburame Mafune's confidence rose noticeably, fully displaying the arrogance of someone relying on his bugs.
"Go! Teach him a brutal lesson for me!"
After releasing the insects, Aburame Mafune smugly waved his hand. "Bite him into a pig's head!"
"Bzzzz—"
The nine large hornets closed in on Li Jie xuan from multiple directions, the green venom coating their stingers looking extremely dangerous.
"So that's how it is…"
Li Jie xuan nodded lightly. Compared to Aburame Shino's quantity-based insect tactics, Aburame Mafune had chosen an elite strategy. These hornets weren't just fast and small—the presence of their venomous stingers made their attack power extremely formidable.
An ordinary person, even if they could easily deal with a single hornet, would be severely injured by the other eight.
But for Li Jie xuan…
"What a perfect tool for practice!"
Li Jie xuan gently closed his eyes, lightly flicked his wrist, and a matte-black space-time kunai shot out instantly.
"Buzz!"
The razor-sharp space-time kunai streaked like a bolt of black lightning, smashing straight into the hornet in front of Li Jie xuan. After taking that blow, even an elite hornet worthy of being called the Lu Bu of insects could only fall weakly to the ground—clearly not surviving.
"Little Four!"
Aburame Mafune roared as he flailed his arm, directing the remaining eight hornets. "You damn bastard—I'll make you pay for this!"
Perhaps sensing the death of their companion, the remaining eight hornets suddenly became even faster…
"Hahaha! Out of kunai now, aren't you?! You're dead for sure!"
Aburame Mafune laughed excitedly. As long as he won this battle, it would prove that his theory was feasible! The Aburame clan didn't necessarily have to raise insects as cannon fodder! Insects, too, could be powerful!
However…
The space-time kunai abruptly traversed space-time and returned to Li Jie xuan's hand once again!
After that, Li Jie xuan didn't even lower his arm. He simply threw the kunai, then threw it again—over and over. That hateful hand seemed to possess an inexhaustible supply of kunai!
"How is this possible…"
Aburame Mafune stared blankly with wide eyes. The buzzing hornets fell to the ground one after another, like autumn leaves drifting down…
"Little Five… Little Eight… Little Nine…"
Tears unconsciously streamed down Aburame Mafune's face. When the final hornet hit the ground, he couldn't help but cry out loudly:
"Boss!!!"
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