Chapter 301: Transporter
There are many strange bugs in the ninja world, and the desert locust in the Land of Wind is also a very strange creature.
Most of the year, they are honest and don't gather in such large clusters.
Hide honestly during the day to avoid the pain of the hot sun; At night, they sneak out to forage for food.
These very weak insects can hardly be defeated by anyone, and basically animals with a little predatory ability will catch two from time to time and beat their teeth.
Relying on their varied appetite, not picking their mouths, and having strong reproductive ability, these little things are also mixed up in the water-scarce desert.
But when a severe drought strikes and plants die and food is scarce, the entire habits of these starving desert locusts change dramatically.
From a coward living in isolation, he quickly became a terrifying natural disaster that likes group action and is unscrupulous.
Most of the natural enemies who usually prey on desert locusts don't want to provoke them at this time, not only because the hungry and crazy insect swarm is not easy to deal with, but also because the desert locusts in this state will have some subtle changes in appearance, strengthen their flight ability, become more ferocious, and even their reproductive ability will become stronger.
What makes predators even more avoidable is that the desert locust has evolved the ability to adjust its own secretions in such situations, and the smell emitted makes predators stay away, and even toxins will be produced in the body, which is not only unpalatable, but may also be poisoned to death if you eat too much.
Desert locust plagues can be prevented, but once a natural disaster breaks out, don't think about using any opportunistic tricks, it's useless.
During this period, birds such as chickens, ducks, geese, and finches rarely ate desert locusts unless they were extremely hungry.
As for collecting them and frying them as rations, it is not impossible. Because of the slight toxicity, the old and weak women and children can not eat more, and the young and strong are not afraid of eating problems, they can also taste it.
Manual killing, insecticide spraying, isolation nets are erected, and digging ditches are effective means.
Fortunately, such disasters do not happen every year, otherwise the inhabitants of the Land of the Winds would not be able to survive.
Temari, Kankuro, and I'm the three sisters and siblings of Aira have grown up so big, and it is the first time they have faced the desert locust plague, and they have heard of it when they were young, but they are not yet old enough to need to be related to this, and they do not have a deep understanding of the anxiety of their father Raksha, who is grim.
I'm in a slightly better condition, with the help of a Shouhe, Chakra recovered quickly, but his physical strength couldn't keep up.
Kankuro is also okay, and the consumption of manipulating the puppet to spray pesticides is not too large.
Only Temari, in order to cover some women and children who were slow to move, he used many wind escape ninjutsu, and his chakra and physical strength were close to exhaustion.
Lazily untied the head rope, inserted the three-star fan diagonally deep into the sand, leaned on the handle of the fan, and bowed with a cool night breeze, looking at the starry sky.
"It's good that the wind isn't too strong tonight, otherwise it would be troublesome......"
The desert is still relatively cool at night this season, and the ninjas are camping in the wilderness, but the civilians who have lost their homes are not having a good time, and it is impossible to find too much wood to make a fire around, and there is no burning fire in the camp to keep everyone warm.
"I don't know how many people tonight, like us, can't sleep all night in the desert......"
Temari said with some emotion.
Although the desert locust is not very active at night, it is not absolutely unthreatening.
Therefore, these ninjas who are on the front line must not only seize the time to recover their strength and chakra, but also not relax their vigilance, and in case of accidents, they must warn in time.
The civilians not far away were already asleep, and after the three sisters and brothers discussed the order of night duty, they were about to take turns to take a nap, when they felt that in the desert in front of them, someone suddenly approached quickly, and there were quite a few of them.
"What's going on? Come here at this time ......."
Not long after, through the hazy moonlight, the three sisters and brothers saw the comer.
It was a dozen spider-like monsters taller than a human being, walking silently in the desert.
"This is the Puppet Spider ......"
Kankuro said with some surprise,
"How did you end up here? I didn't expect Daimaru's puppet to have sold so many ......"
"Aren't you one of the small bosses, I don't know if the business is good or not?"
Temari asked a little strangely.
"Except for the beginning of the concern, I didn't care much about it later......"
Anyway, Kankuro didn't expect this to make money, so he only occasionally went over to see how popular it was and how many apprentices he had recruited.
Temari shook his head slightly and sighed:
"You look like this, you didn't know if you were sold by Daimaru, I really don't know where you got the confidence to open a store in partnership with someone......"
"It's just a coincidence......"
Originally, I just wanted to do a little favor by the way, but I didn't know how to become a shareholder in a daze.
After a while, a total of fifteen puppet spiders came to the eyes, and several children manipulating this "beggar's version" of the puppet appeared in front of the three siblings.
"It's dangerous here, what are you doing here?"
In the matter of the puppeteer, it is better for the puppeteer to come forward to deal with it.
"We were commanded to ......"
The eldest is a little chubby, his nose is full of pimples, and he is a little afraid of Kanjiuro who doesn't seem to have a good temper.
"Tomorrow morning, there may be a sandstorm passing by here, and all evacuated civilians must be sent to the refuge base as soon as possible......"
"Storm? Isn't it......"
Kankuro and Temari couldn't help but look at the sky, the wind was very small, the moon stars were sparse, and there didn't seem to be any clouds, why was there a sandstorm all of a sudden?
"It's true, the enchantment class in the village has already issued an early warning......"
The little fat man replied a little anxiously.
It is precisely because of this that this often happens, so the village has developed a set of bad weather warning enchantments that cover almost half of the country of winds, and once there are signs of sandstorms, they can be immediately fed back to the sentient ninjas in the village.
"Well, we didn't doubt what you meant......"
Temari asked patiently,
"It's just that the nearest shelter is still nearly forty kilometers away from here, and at the speed of a ninja, you can almost feel it, what about these old and weak women and children who have difficulty moving?"
"So, we're here to help them get faster......"
Faced with a chuckling hand bow, the little fat man seemed a little shy, turned around and waved his hand, signaling his companions to start moving.
The shells on top of the golems and spiders in a row flip back, revealing a hollow interior.
"You can squeeze three adults or five kids inside, close the inner cabin, and the millstone-shaped dome can seat seven or eight people......"
"Is this using the puppet as a transporter?"
Kankuro pursed his lips with a tangled face,
"Noble puppeteer, I guess I won't be able to save face......"