Starting with rogue ninjas, building the insect kingdom.

Chapter 605 True Transformation from Mortal to Immortal

The two returned to the first floor, where the Five Elements Academy's main classroom was packed to capacity.

Today's lecturer is Orochimaru. Because he rarely appears, the students are very enthusiastic.

To be honest, he didn't like giving public lectures because the students in the college were all very slow learners. Things that could be explained in a few words took him a whole class period to explain here.

However, he had no choice but to come this time, not for any other reason than that he had heard of unusual activity in the sky.

Moreover, he brought with him the results of his research over the years, determined to resolve the external troubles before Shisei Aburame came out, even though he trusted Shisei Aburame a lot.

Orochimaru stood on the podium, with a huge transparent petri dish behind him containing a mutated two-headed worm.

Two heads grow from the same torso, presenting an eerie symmetry. Each head has a pair of compound eyes, which are swaying from side to side, watching the crowd below the stage.

"Today we'll be discussing the relationship between insects and contracts."

Below the stage, Bee sat in the first row, holding a notebook in her hand, while scout bugs silently hovered above her head.

Shino Aburame sat next to her, using the cultivated white-eyed worms to examine the internal structure of the petri dish.

He admitted that this was the first time his stepmother had dragged him up to attend a class, and he was a little nervous.

Kimimaro sat in the back row, with Xiaofu next to him. When he heard that Orochimaru had arrived, he naturally came over to see him, even though he couldn't understand anything.

Hidan sat further back, holding his younger brother in his arms, who was already asleep.

The younger brother, on the other hand, was full of energy. He was pointing at the two-headed worm on the podium and shouting, "Worm, worm."

Kakuzu sat in the last row, staring at the Earth Grudge Fear larva at his collar. The larva seemed uninterested in the topic of Orochimaru, and kept nibbling at Kakuzu's collar.

Orochimaru continued his sermon on stage, "As everyone knows, the Otsutsuki clan's seal is a special mark. It is not only a means of resurrection, but also a system of power and authority."

Zhicheng and his immortal insects discovered long ago that chakra contains this will, which may have become a kind of contract due to its high degree of condensation.

All of the above are his guesses. Although his guesses are quite accurate, they all lack supporting evidence and are actually a bit of blind worship.

"This insect was created from the scent-smelling insects I first cultivated using the Smart Program. Initially, it was only used to find chakra and identify chakra information. But after my improvements, it can now smell the scent of seals."

After saying that, Orochimaru released the insects. He had thought there was no contract here, since it was just an experiment.

Unexpectedly, the two-headed insects eventually came to Kimimaro and landed on the curse mark on his neck.

"Oh, so this is the contract!" Kakuzu exclaimed from the side, whether out of genuine surprise or sarcasm was unclear.

Orochimaru's smile vanished. "I'm sorry, this insect might be defective; there was a slight mishap."

He put the insect away and released another one, but the result was the same.

Unexpected events occurred one after another, and Orochimaru no longer thought it was a mistake. Instead, he realized that he had unintentionally created a contract, which seemed to be different from that of the Otsutsuki clan.

"I actually have Orochimaru's bond on me!" Kaguya Kimimaro exclaimed excitedly, touching the markings on her shoulder.

Behind him, Hidan, awakened by their noise, asked, "What's the point?"

"Because this way we can find the seal of Otsutsuki Isshiki and prevent him from being resurrected and escaping again."

"Oh, I see. That's quite useful."

Orochimaru said regretfully, "But it seems useless now. First, I have to eliminate my contracts one by one to avoid interference."

After Orochimaru finished speaking, he walked to the window and looked at the gray sky outside the cocoon dome. In some people's eyes, the sky was indeed gray, and a giant insect blocked the sun.

However, in most people's eyes, the sky is cloudless, even for some powerful officials.

"I meant to help, but it seems I've only made things worse."

Silence fell in the lounge. "It's alright, we trust in the Lord."

Finally, Kakuzu spoke up: "No matter what, our lord has never let us down. Hasn't he?"

Orochimaru laughed and said, "Indeed, it seems I'm not suited to studying insects."

Kakuzu stood up and walked out of the large classroom. "I'm going back to Takigakure. I think he'll appear there."

Orochimaru chimed in, "I'll go back with you. There aren't any experiments to do lately anyway."

The others nodded and dispersed.

Not everyone went along, because they had their own things to do.

It's not too late to go there after Aburame Shisei has fully emerged from seclusion, since everyone here knows space-time ninjutsu anyway.

Of course, Deidara is an exception.

He didn't come this time either, but instead stayed in the laboratory. He has completely fallen in love with scientific research, especially with missile development, and there is no turning back.

Even if he wasn't smart enough and stumbled on this, he still loved it.

Inside the cocoon of the alien space-time insect, countless silver-white threads intertwined and wove together to form a giant cocoon, creating a cocoon within a cocoon.

The outermost cocoon is a world hidden between reality and illusion, while the cocoon inside the world is the resistance of his insects completely devouring Otsutsuki Isshiki and stripping away all the chakra from his body.

This time, he wants to completely eliminate the influence of chakra on himself in order to create an energy system that is independent of the Otsutsuki clan.

He discovered that even if one cultivates the Five Elements Immortal Technique, as long as one's starting point still contains a portion of Immortal Technique Chakra, one will be at a disadvantage in terms of mechanics when fighting against it.

So in these five years, not only he, but also the twelve immortal insects in his hands, underwent a transformation along with him, including the seven-tailed fox whose body had grown to a gigantic size.

So he wasn't the only one here; there were thirteen other insects as well.

The white cocoon split open, revealing seven tails, their thick skin completely shed.

Her lower body features a pair of slender, fair, and powerful reverse-jointed legs. Moving upwards, she has a wasp waist and pert buttocks covered in downy fur and scales. Her six arms are as white as jade, and she has three pairs of wings on her back. A long trailing tail appears and disappears in the air.

Looking further up, there's a large face resembling a dragonfly, with eyes and a mouth, and jagged, multi-layered teeth that jut outwards.

Its two long tentacles resemble a praying mantis, but the sound it makes is a cute, childlike voice.

"Have I transformed into a human?"

"No, you only look humanoid." The invisible scorpion emerged from its shell, its appearance unchanged, only becoming more translucent.

At this moment, the sleeping youth in the swarm of insects tore open his shell, and a new human body emerged from it.

He looked up into the air and said, "Thank you for helping me transform. I've won this round."