However, Meruem's idea was good, but the Uchiha clan wasn't as easy to control as others - they were a proud and arrogant clan. Most importantly, Meruem didn't know the Chimera Ant clan's human body modification. Previously, it had all been done by Chimera Ant doctors and Pouf and Pitou.
But this didn't mean Meruem had no methods. Don't forget one of Meruem's Nen abilities - Voodoo.
One function of the Golden Silkworm Gu was to enhance the opponent's Nen, maximizing their Nen ability development, but in reality, although it could reach the limit, it was actually a form of potential overdraft. Human potential was infinite. This saying was also very suitable for Chimera Ants. Enhancing one's Nen to an incredible level in an extremely short time came at the cost of never being able to improve again for the rest of one's life. This was also why Meruem hadn't used Golden Silkworm Gu on all Chimera Ants - because it was quite uneconomical.
Of course, besides this potential overdraft function, Golden Silkworm Gu had two other abilities. One was that once the opponent consumed the Golden Silkworm Gu, their life and death would be controlled by Meruem. The Golden Silkworm Gu's true form was a Nen beast, and the opponent had to eat it for it to take effect. As for the third point, it could turn the opponent into a puppet-like existence - in other words, somewhat similar to an external incarnation that Meruem could remotely control. But this had a prerequisite: the opponent's consciousness must be obliterated directly when they first consumed the Golden Silkworm Gu. However, obliterating their consciousness could also develop their potential to the limit - in other words, the first point's potential overdraft.
So currently, this Voodoo Nen ability was quite suitable for Meruem's present situation. The only shortcoming was that Golden Silkworm Gu couldn't be used without limit. Previously, Meruem could manifest at most nine Golden Silkworm Gu at once. Nine was already Meruem's limit - no matter how much stronger he became, there would only be nine at most. Unless one Golden Silkworm Gu disappeared, he couldn't exceed this limit of nine.
The current Meruem could manifest at most one Golden Silkworm Gu, but one was enough to handle the current situation. As for the Golden Silkworm Gu previously given to Leol, Zazan, and Gudo, since Gudo was personally killed by Meruem for ignoring orders, and Leol and Zazan were in the system space, this didn't prevent Meruem from manifesting new Golden Silkworm Gu.
As for the reason? Meruem himself didn't know.
Since he didn't know the exact time of the Uchiha massacre, Meruem decided to act quickly.
Taking advantage of Ruiko sleeping at night, Meruem quietly left this house belonging to the outer area of the Uchiha clan.
Meruem didn't care about the candidate selection - as long as they were from the Uchiha clan. As for whether they could awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan or whether Golden Silkworm Gu's potential development would be useful for ninjas in the Naruto world, this really wasn't clear.
But wouldn't all of this only be known after trying first?
As for why he needed control? It could only be said that after experiencing Yoma's incident in the Hunter world, Meruem never wanted to be exposed in public again. Especially now when his strength hadn't recovered. Of course, once his strength fully recovered, whether he'd run to fight Madara one-on-one or solo the Kaguya dungeon would all depend on his mood.
Uchiha Suzuki - not only was Suzuki a common name, but in the Uchiha clan he also belonged to the common background character type. Twenty years old this year, he had awakened his Sharingan during a mission at nineteen, but unlike Sasuke, Itachi, or even Obito, when he awakened his eyes, he only opened one tomoe in his left eye.
His aptitude was among the most ordinary in the Uchiha clan. Geniuses who could awaken their eyes at six or seven years old, or awaken with double tomoe or one to two tomoe in both eyes upon awakening, were still a minority after all. Even in the Uchiha clan's history, such cases were extremely rare.
Those who awakened their eyes in their teens or twenties, with at most double tomoe in their lifetime, were already considered decent in the Uchiha clan. As for three tomoe in one's twenties, they could only be described as geniuses - elite figures no matter where they went. Such people, even in the current Uchiha clan, numbered only a few.
In the entire Uchiha clan, there were fewer than ten people who had awakened three tomoe Sharingan, and each one had strength sufficient to contend with elite jonin. What level were elite jonin? Simply put, they were reserves for Kage-level fighters - all had the potential to advance to Kage-level experts. This strength was no joke. Kekkei genkai were like cheats for ninjas, especially the Sharingan kekkei genkai of Indra, the Sage of Six Paths' son, which was among the best.
Elite jonin without kekkei genkai or secret techniques weren't nonexistent in the ninja world, but their numbers were even rarer than Kage-level fighters. One could imagine that the Naruto world, like the Hunter world, was a world where you competed with talent, ancestors, and background. But this situation was the same in any world. As for grassroots rising like Goku from Dragon Ball, who was born with a combat power of only 2 but later had abilities comparable to Gods of Destruction - such super, super freaks were extremely rare.
Modern society required having a rich dad, and this was equally applicable in the Naruto world. However, one could have a godfather, while the other could only rely on one's real father.
"Who are you?" Suzuki looked warily at the green-skinned little boy before him. He hadn't underestimated his opponent due to age. You had to know this was the Uchiha clan's heartland - how could someone outside the Uchiha clan appear here, especially a child?
Meruem was too lazy to answer him. He had deliberately let the opponent discover him. However, the opponent's reaction disappointed him somewhat, but he was just looking for a puppet anyway. Nothing else mattered.
He instantly disappeared from Suzuki's sight, and before Suzuki could react, delivered a heavy blow to his head. Then he dragged the unconscious Suzuki and disappeared into the quiet night.
Incidentally, it seemed that the genes of Indra, also a son of the Sage of Six Paths, were somewhat better than Asura's. Because among the Uchiha clan, as long as they could awaken their eyes, absolutely none had subpar looks. They were all handsome men, and more than half were the cold mountain type. This was so-called recessive genetic inheritance, probably.
Meruem dragged Suzuki to an uninhabited forest - probably the Forest of Death. Anyway, Meruem had scouted with En, and apart from some fierce beasts, there wasn't a single living person. The En ability of Nen was almost comparable to sensory ninjas, with an almost zero error rate. Of course, there were drawbacks - only super experts had large En ranges. Generally skilled fighters only had about 300 meters range.
Due to Meruem's arrival, the animals in the Forest of Death experienced quite a disturbance. Because he didn't want to be disturbed by those blind animals, Meruem didn't suppress his aura much. You should know that those magical beasts in the Hunter world were countless times stronger than the animals in the Naruto world that were just somewhat larger than ordinary animals in other worlds. Even they couldn't withstand a bit of Meruem's aura, let alone these.
In any case, there wasn't a single animal within two to three hundred meters around Meruem, including insects.
Very roughly prying open Suzuki's mouth, he controlled the Golden Silkworm Gu to enter Suzuki's mouth bit by bit.
"Hmm, is this what it feels like to have a puppet? Somewhat unaccustomed, feeling dizzy." The method by which Golden Silkworm Gu turned opponents into puppets was very similar to how parasites controlled humans in the manga "Parasyte" from the 1980s. Both involved eating the opponent's brain to control the human body. However, the difference was that Golden Silkworm Gu wasn't so brutal.
Meruem slowly controlled Suzuki to stand up. This feeling was very strange, like suddenly having two perspectives. Previously, Meruem had thought this ability was useless so he'd never used it. This was still his first attempt, but Meruem possessed extremely terrifying talent after all. Apart from some initial discomfort, after just two short hours, he quickly became familiar with it.
"Alright, let me see how much potential you have." Like an insect pupating, Suzuki's body was wrapped layer by layer with fine silk threads. Finally, it formed a real yellow cocoon.
"Hmm, different from Leol and the others. Leol and them only took two short hours, but this one looks like it'll take over twelve hours. Oh well, since he's not a Nen user, being useful for ninjas in this world is already quite good. It's just that the development speed is slower - that's not a big problem. But to what degree it can be developed is a question. If it's only elite jonin level, it probably won't help much with the massacre. That guy Itachi could handle a whole bunch alone, plus those elites from Root - probably need Kage level to work. In the end, how many layers of my strength this puppet can let me display is also key. Moreover, for techniques like genjutsu, I really don't have good methods since I haven't faced them yet."
For Meruem, there were two aspects of the Naruto world that concerned him. One was genjutsu, the other was sealing techniques. Other things like taijutsu and ninjutsu, Meruem really wasn't afraid of. Genjutsu was something Meruem had never faced directly, so he was naturally somewhat worried. Additionally, sealing techniques - Meruem's understanding of sealing techniques was almost zero. Who knew if there were sealing techniques that could seal him away, or if a hundred or eighty people went crazy and used mass "Reaper Death Seal" on him. Whether he could withstand it, Meruem really wasn't confident, since he hadn't studied the soul aspect much.
This was also one of the reasons Meruem wanted to leave the Hunter world quickly - that world seemed to have quite a few soul attack-like things. Various bizarre phenomena were countless. The later Five Great Calamities had already involved some categories similar to "Junji Ito Horror Stories" - unsolvable types. So-called unsolvable types could also be called inexplicable types, like worlds such as "Final Destination."
Meruem let the large cocoon slowly incubate there by itself and headed back. He wasn't bored enough to wait there doing nothing - he'd naturally know when the enhancement was complete. Besides, it was originally a puppet for remote control anyway.
There were plenty of giant insects there anyway. Even if discovered by other ninjas, they'd just think it was some insect's cocoon.
Gently pushing open the window, Meruem slipped in sideways from outside the window.
Meruem hadn't kept En active constantly - after all, he didn't know if anyone in this world could detect Nen. Moreover, he subconsciously considered Ruiko's home safe.
However, unexpectedly, when he entered, he saw Ruiko alone in her pajamas, barefoot, crouched on the ground with her head buried deeply between her legs, sobbing.
Ruiko's house was very small - only two small rooms and a living room. The kitchen was also in the living room, and Meruem had entered through the living room window.
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