Starting with rogue ninjas, building the insect kingdom.

Chapter 26 Black Scorpion Gang

The ninja disguised as a butler continued, "If they are too weak to even handle these samurai, then let me launch a sneak attack and take them out; if they are strong, then try to scare them away; if they are evenly matched, then find a way to lure them to the city lord's mansion and devise a plan to wipe them all out."

"I just didn't expect that these wandering samurai would choose to run away as soon as they heard that they were ninjas from a ninja village."

"What is your actual headcount?"

"Six people, but two were lost in the Land of Grass, so now only four remain. My lord, I really wasn't lying."

"Strength?" Aburame Shisei continued to press.

"Black Scorpion is a Special Jonin, skilled in Earth Release and poison techniques. Red Butterfly is a Chunin, skilled in Genjutsu and short sword techniques. There's also Genin Kokoro, Red Butterfly's son, who knows some basic ninjutsu. I... I'm also a Chunin, but I only know Transformation Jutsu and one Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall."

The butler smiled wryly and said, "Among wandering ninjas, I'm considered a Chunin, but compared to regular ninjas, apart from my Transformation Technique, which is somewhat decent, everything else is just for show."

Aburame Shisei nodded. This matched the chakra intensity he sensed; the amount of chakra reached the Chunin level, but the concentration and control were very rough.

The only thing they can boast about is their transformation technique, which is most likely the result of decades of using the technique.

"That little insect, is it the black scorpion's son?"

The butler gave a strange look: "Red Butterfly has been with too many men, and even she doesn't know who Little Bug's father is. Boss Black Scorpion isn't sure either, so although he keeps her, he never acknowledges her and only uses her as a tool."

Aburame Shisei nodded again. Yes, just as he had imagined. A typical nomadic ninja ecosystem—fragile, cruel, and full of betrayal and exploitation.

"Do you want to live?"

The butler looked up abruptly, hope igniting in his eyes: "I want to! My lord, I'll do anything you ask if you spare my life."

"Bring the real butler's body here."

A few minutes later, the butler appeared with the real Matsumoto. Aburame Shisei replaced his face with a mask and attached it to the butler's face.

"From now on, you will be Matsumoto's butler."

"Sir, I had a name before."

"unimportant."

Aburame Shisei took out an insect egg and placed it in front of him: "Eat it, and continue living as Matsumoto's butler, managing the manor for me. Choose."

Matsumoto's face turned pale after hearing this. "You've given me only one way out. How am I supposed to choose?"

In the end, he willingly opened his mouth and let Shisei Aburame put the insect eggs in.

The moment the insect eggs entered his stomach, he felt a warm current spreading through his body. He felt his body growing stronger, and the toxins hidden within him were being expelled.

"Master..." He knelt down, his face full of flattery.

You Nu Zhicheng didn't say anything, but took him to the mine in the back mountain.

Afterwards, he instructed Nan Shi, "From now on, Butler Matsumoto will be your subordinate and will obey your orders. I will establish new rules for him to manage the farm and its daily food supplies."

Butler Matsumoto kept his head down. He hadn't expected to be ridden on the head of a samurai. Just as he was about to look up and say something, he was met with a pair of murderous eyes.

In an instant, he realized that this was someone he couldn't beat!

"Yes, sir. Rest assured, sir, I will manage the farm perfectly."

As for whether Black Scorpion can win? What a joke, he'd be eating shit if he could.

After Aburame Shisei left, he left behind another clone.

However, this time she used a special insect clone. Although its combat power was very average, it could continuously replenish its energy through the Corrosive Insects and maintain its existence. There was no need to worry about it suddenly disappearing when its chakra was exhausted.

However, there are some things we still need to guard against, such as being attacked.

Inside the city, two guards led Takigakure and his group to the house the steward had bought outside. After settling them into a side house, they returned to the city lord's mansion.

Aburame Shisei's shadow clone sat in the corner of the room. Naoto was discussing the infiltration plan with the captain, Ono Yuuki was wiping kunai, and Haruka was checking equipment.

Suddenly, he stood up and said, "I'm going to the restroom."

Without looking up, Sato Yoshisuke said, "Hurry back. We need to discuss the plan when you get back."

"Yes."

The shadow clone emerged from the guest room and went to a secluded spot in the backyard. The original body stepped out of the shadows, and the moment it made contact with the shadow clone, the shadow clone turned into white smoke and dissipated, its memories and chakra returning to the original body.

Meanwhile, inside the city lord's mansion.

Black Scorpion leaned against the soft couch at the head of the table, shirtless. He was about thirty years old, and his appearance alone was several times more striking than that of an average person.

At this moment, he held a still-attractive woman in his arms, who was the city lord's current wife, while his other hand held a wine glass, savoring the fine wine.

The original city lord knelt on the ground, not daring to even raise his head, because his hiring of ninjas to deal with Black Scorpion's group had been exposed.

They stopped pretending and completely tore off their masks.

To save his own life, he sacrificed his wife and the son born to his first wife.

But it doesn't matter. You can marry another woman if you lose her, and you can have another son if you lose him, as long as he is alive.

"Lord Kuro-Scorpion, those ninjas from Takigakure have been moved to a side residence in the steward's mansion."

Red Butterfly leaned against the soft cushion, with the restless boy nestled in her arms.

She said, "Boss, shouldn't we take action now?"

"No rush." ​​Black Scorpion tossed a packet of poison powder at the city lord's feet. "Put this powder in the ninjas' food. Don't worry, once it's done, you're out of the picture."

"Rest assured, Lord Black Scorpion, I will definitely complete the mission." The city lord kowtowed again, his obese body trembling.

Black Scorpion, sitting in the main seat, sneered and brazenly tore open his wife's clothes.

The city lord watched all this, picked up the powder from the ground, and slowly retreated out of the room.

During this time, he dared not do anything reckless, because the poison from the black scorpion still remained in his body.

The sounds from inside the room rose and fell. Soon after, two cold corpses were thrown out. Black Scorpion was already dressed with Red Butterfly's help.

He glanced at the sky outside the window, a sense of unease creeping into his heart. He frowned and asked, "It's been so long, why hasn't that guy come back yet?"

Just then, Xiaochong walked in from outside the door, peeking at what appeared to be his father and mother's bodies.

"Boss, I think that guy must have run away halfway. When he comes back, you have to teach him a lesson."

"Maybe."

Hearing this explanation, the strange feeling in his heart dissipated.

"Don't worry, as long as he's not dead, he'll come back sooner or later."

Black Scorpion didn't care whether his subordinates were loyal or not, as long as he still held the antidote to control the toxins in their bodies.