Your Proud Nano Poison Insects Are Worthless

"This guy is..."

Gen'ichi watched the person in front of him without changing his expression.

Although the Aburame Clan generally prefers dark, gloomy appearances and likes to find ways to hide themselves in the shadows, wearing a tight-fitting suit, however, is quite rare.

"I've never met you before, senior. Might I ask..."

"I am Aburame Shikuro."

The other person spoke, looking Gen'ichi over with a blank face.

So this is him, the descendant of the Shiranui Family, the super genius who defeated Kakashi... It's no wonder Lord Danzo took notice.

Shikuro felt some regret. He should have made his move earlier, preferably before Gen'ichi defeated Kakashi and became famous, to bring Gen'ichi into Root.

I miscalculated, but it's not too late to fix it.

"Ah, Senior Shikuro, I'm here to see Teacher Shibi. We had an appointment."

"When did you make this appointment?"

"About a week ago. He said he'd come over if he had time, and I just remembered today, so I came."

"...I see."

Shikuro nodded and led Gen'ichi into the Aburame Clan's compound.

As a medium-sized clan, while not as prominent as the Uchiha or Hyuga, the Aburame definitely had their own strength.

Looking around, strange insects could often be seen crawling.

"These insects are all raised by the clan members. Some of them really like basking in the sun," Shikuro said flatly.

Wow, other people walk cats and dogs, but the Aburame are impressive, they walk insects.

The two walked for a while, moving away from the residential area and into a sparsely populated forest greenbelt.

"By the way, haven't we reached Teacher Shibi's house yet? I remember he doesn't live in this direction," Gen'ichi said with a smile.

Shikuro stopped walking.

"So, Senior Shikuro brought me to a place like this. Is there something you need? I'm quite easy to talk to, we can discuss anything..."

Shikuro turned around and said calmly, "Your talent is extraordinary. It shouldn't be wasted any longer. You should go to a place more suitable for you."

"So, that place is..."

"Root, another secret unit of Konoha. Its leader is Lord Danzo Shimura, one of the candidates for the Third Hokage in the past."

"Root... I've never heard of it. I've vaguely heard the name Lord Danzo, he seems like a very great man, but I refuse."

Gen'ichi slowly raised his head. "Bringing me here out of nowhere, then saying some strange things... Senior Shikuro, is this the Aburame Clan's way of hosting guests? It's quite rude."

Shikuro said indifferently, "You cannot understand Root's greatness now. Only when you join will you naturally understand. You, who love the Will of Fire the most, now have a place where you can provide greater value to the village. Don't you have any interest at all?"

"No interest. As for secret organizations, I can perfectly well find a way to apply to join the Anbu. I respect Lord Danzo, but I have no interest in joining Root. Until I can confirm the internal situation of Root, I won't join, but if I don't join, I can't assess Root's situation. It's a headache."

Gen'ichi tilted his head. "Also, Senior Shikuro, don't just casually put strange insects on me. You... should be careful not to get killed by me, you know."

Damn it!

Shikuro no longer concealed his intentions and quickly clasped his hands together.

"Gen'ichi Shiranui, I underestimated you. You can actually detect my Nano Poison Insects..."

Shikuro manipulated a massive swarm of tens of millions of insects, which swarmed towards Gen'ichi with a buzzing sound. Furthermore, these Nano Poison Insects were completely invisible to the naked eye.

"I originally thought your Kekkei Genkai could only interfere at the cellular level. I can't believe you can even sense my insects. But realizing it now is too late."

Shikuro looked at Gen'ichi, who was being climbed on and enveloped by countless Nano Poison Insects, his expression cold. "Since you refuse, I can only use some other methods."

The diameter of cells generally ranges from a few micrometers to several hundred micrometers, but the Nano Poison Insects he had carefully cultivated were nanoscale insects—1 micrometer equals 1000 nanometers. These Nano Poison Insects were practically a cheat weapon.

At this moment, countless insects were densely clinging to Gen'ichi's body and beginning to attempt to burrow into his body, infesting all his internal organs.

The smile on Gen'ichi's face slowly faded. "Since that's the case, I suppose it won't be a problem if I secretly kill Senior Shikuro."

"Arrogant brat."

How naive. He thinks that just because he defeated Kakashi and has Chunin-level strength, he can stand against nanoscale poison insects...

What?!

The next moment, Shikuro froze.

An astonishing fluctuation erupted, carrying intensely rising heat and indescribable destructive power, surging forth from within Gen'ichi.

Wave after wave of power spread out, and the numerous Nano Poison Insects in its path died one after another at an exaggerated speed!

Shikuro's proudest and strongest weapon was wiped out instantly!!

"Your power can actually achieve this directly?! Interfering with life at the nanoscale level?!"

Shikuro took a step forward, about to use his secret insect manipulation technique to utterly defeat Gen'ichi in a short time.

But Gen'ichi merely watched him calmly.

"Shikuro-senpai, your life's proud creation is utterly worthless in my eyes."

Swish!

At this moment, Gen'ichi directly unleashed an unprecedented cloud of nuclear radiation. It was also invisible to the naked eye and he directly controlled it, sending it surging towards Aburame Shikuro.

Root members are troublesome indeed. This time, Gen'ichi acted with the intent to kill.

It's a shame, but the possibility of Torune Aburame being born, the guy who would later be Yamanaka Fu's partner and Shino's close friend, who also controlled Nano Poison Insects, no longer exists. This is because Torune's father, Shikuro, is about to be dealt with by Gen'ichi.

Whoosh!

A terrifying deluge.

The swarms of frantically multiplying Nano Poison Insects died one after another in this unprecedentedly terrifying radiation, before they could even truly harm Gen'ichi.

This was simply a dimensionality reduction attack. Attacking insects with nuclear radiation – no matter how resilient they were, they had to die!

Mutation? Not a chance.

When the basic structure of all proteins was continuously destroyed by a total amount of radiation beyond imagination, life itself lost the possibility of survival.

Countless microscopic particles surged wildly, like a rolling flood, crushing countless Nano Poison Insects amidst Shikuro's sudden screams, and then naturally swarmed into Shikuro's body.

At this moment, Shikuro's body became an astonishing radiation containment device. A large number of radiation particles surged into his body, slaughtering all the cells within him at an alarming rate.

"You're finished, Shikuro-senpai…"

Gen'ichi watched Shikuro, who had collapsed to the ground screaming, with large cysts and pus growing on his body.

Root, no past or future? Very well, then you will have no future.

All the bodily tissues inside Shikuro were comprehensively assaulted. Things like reproduction became even more impossible because the healthy cells and underlying DNA chains related to that aspect had long since suffered irreversible, permanent damage.