"Spice worms?"

Jiraiya is a little familiar with this name, but when he suddenly mentions it, he can't remember what it is.

So Shino the oil girl began to explain.

"Yes, it is an insect that we use in our worms, it only lays eggs once in a few years, and the larvae pupate and hatch again as adults within a short period of time after hatching."

"If you let the scents be distinguished by the insects during this period, even the most subtle odors in the air can smell the source of the smell."

"If the micro-incense worm is used to find people, its tracking ability can easily surpass that of ninja dogs."

was said by the oil girl Shino, and the well-informed Jilai also remembered it.

"It turned out to be a micro-incense worm..."

"I remember the last time the micro-incense worm was used in the last war, right? I remember that at that time, the micro-incense insects seemed to be extinct due to overuse. ”

Oil Girl Shino shook her head and said: "Actually, our Oil Girl clan is afraid of the extinction of the micro-incense insects, so we put the remaining micro-incense insects somewhere to reproduce on their own. ”

"And this year is the year of egg laying, and now this time is also the best season for the hatching of micro-spice insects."

"I see."

Jiraiya nodded thoughtfully, and then asked, "Then what is the probability of finding the micro-incense worm?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the oil girl Shino hesitated a little.

"That place is very large, and although it has been breeding for some years, the number of micro-incense insects should still be small."

"So there's only a 10% chance of that."

"It's only a 10% chance, but we're willing to give it a try!"

At this time, Hinata took over and said with a firm look in her eyes.

Jiraiya shook his head helplessly again, "That can't be helped..."

"Oil Girl Shino, Inuzuka Ya, Hinata Hinata, and Naruto Uzumaki, it's up to the four of you to set out to find the micro-incense worm, and the Oil Girl Shino is the captain of this mission, and everyone must listen to him."

"Especially you, Naruto."

Jiraiya's arrangement is very reasonable, and the oil girl Shino is the only one who has been promoted in the middle ninja exam, and she is also an insect envoy who understands the micro incense worm.

Although Sakura also wanted to go with her, the village's shinobi resources were also very tight, so Jiraiya didn't agree, and still maintained a normal four-person formation of a team.

...

The next day, at the entrance of the main gate of Konoha Village.

Naruto, Inuzuka Ya, and Shino Oilgirl were standing in front of the village gate early, and Hinata was late.

"Hinata, it's so slow!"

"I'm sorry..."

"Very well, then let's go!"

Naruto shouted, and Shino, the oil girl next to him, suddenly interrupted Naruto.

"Wait a minute, I'll make sure, did you bring anything Sasuke-scented with you? Because if you want to let the scent of the incense worm..."

"Of course!"

Naruto turned the backpack behind him to the front and pulled out a pale blue cloth from it.

"This is Sasuke's used sheet, I took it out of Sasuke's house overnight, it definitely smells of Sasuke!"

With that, Naruto put his nose to the sheet, sniffed it, and nodded in satisfaction.

"You're disgusting."

"Naruto, you..."

The eyes of the three friends looked at Naruto with a malicious speculation, which made Naruto also notice that something was wrong.

"Ahh Don't get me wrong, I'm just not sure what Sasuke usually has a lot of contact with, so I had to bring his sheets with me. ”

"Hey! What kind of eyes are you looking at? ”

"That's it, let's go."

"Hey! What do you mean by forgetting it? Well, there's nothing at all! ”

"Don't explain, Naruto, explanation is disguise, disguise is truth."

"Ahh I'm! ”

In such a joyful atmosphere, a group of four people embarked on a journey to find micro-incense insects.

...

After two days of trekking, and all kinds of happy episodes, the four of them finally arrived at the Forest of Slightly Fragrant Insects.

It's said to be a forest, but there's something special about this forest.

The entire forest of micro-incense insects is located in a large basin, which can only be reached by climbing up the cliff and then jumping from the cliff into the basin.

Unless it is a ninja, ordinary people can't reach it, and it is precisely because of this that the oil girl clan chose this place as the release place of the micro-incense insects, just so that ordinary people cannot come here to disturb the reproduction of the micro-incense insects.

It was such a place that was almost disturbed by human civilization and was close to the primeval forest, but it was discovered by others as soon as Naruto and the others came in.

Under the leadership of Shino, Naruto and the others entered the forest, and on the towering tree behind everyone, three people were standing on the canopy of the tree and secretly observing the four young faces.

"These are Konoha ninjas, and judging from the outfit of the leader, it should be the imps of the oil girl clan."

"They're here this season, that's what they're targeting, right?"

"Spice worms..."

"Looks like they've just entered the forest, and they shouldn't have known there's something in the forest."

"If we use them to explore that place, we can save a lot of trouble, after all, our bees are also consumed a lot these days."

"Then it's decided, let's follow them and see what's in there."

"If we can grasp the secrets there, our Shangshui Clan can also rise!"

Behind him, the three clansmen of the Shangshui Clan were speaking with ambition and the old riddler, and the oil girl Shino and his party were still unaware of this.

...

"Something is wrong! No matter how you look at the bugs, they're pretty much the same! ”

In the forest, Naruto whined loudly.

This forest of micro-incense insects is said to be named after micro-incense insects, but it is better to say that it is a paradise for insects, because in this inaccessible forest, there are not many other animals, but insects are much more amazing.

All kinds of insects climb the skin of the trees, but it is a little puzzled that so many insects have not broken the ecological balance here, as if there is some mysterious force supporting this place to become a paradise for insects.

"It's a bug paradise."

"Will we be stung by some poisonous insects?"

Inuzuka and Hinata sighed as they looked at their surroundings, while Shino, the oil girl next to her, who had been silent, also spoke.

"There are a lot of bugs here, but there are basically no harmful poisonous insects."

"But compared to what I remembered, there seemed to be a lot fewer bugs here."

Oil Girl Shino frowned, although Inuzuka and Hinata both said that there were a lot of bugs here, but the Oil Girl Shino, who had been brought over by Oil Girl Shino, knew that the number of bugs here was at least 30% less than a few years ago.

Shino, an oil girl who is extremely sensitive to the number of insects, noticed this anomaly as soon as she entered the forest.

Bugs, why are they decreasing?