8 Chap.8 Contract and bloodline

He couldn't help but reread the information on the System panel.

[Chimera Ant Summon Contract Acquired!]

[Description: A scroll that allows you to make a summoning pact with the clan of Chimera Ants, also known as Gourmet Ants. They have a voracious appetite and are capable of eating dozens of times their own weight in a single day. The Queen of the colony possesses a reproductive ability called Phagogenesis, which means reproduction through food. By eating other creatures, she can pass on some traits of the creature she devoured to the next generation of chimera ants. As long as the Queen is safe and there is food, her clan will never disappear.]

[Condition of Hiring: Every time the summoner decides to summon and command the clan members, she must satisfy her hunger after finishing the task. Different levels of strength will require different amounts of food.]

[Side note: If you get between them and their food, you will become part of the menu.]

"This contract isn't scary at all," Tony commented sarcastically. "Feeding the summons is not an unusual condition, I remember that Orochimaru had to give human sacrifices to her purple snake every time he called her." What was her name… Mandy? Me having to just give food isn't a problem thanks to my devil fruit. What has me unsure is if the contract is for the chimera ants from my previous world that were about four inches tall or it refers to the HunterxHunter monsters whose Queen was six feet tall. I don't see the series tag in the name unlike the recipes, but the description basically screams that.

But be that as it may, the truth is that the contract was tremendously useful to him and he was thinking of many ways to use them.

Tony had developed a peculiar food-focused ninja combat style over his years at the academy and that meant wherever he went, he would leave food scraps behind. He could summon the lowest level of ants so that his task was simply to eat the remains on the battlefield, sure that would excite them.

For example, he possessed a variant of the hidden mist technique called the hidden flour technique. Not only did it block the field of vision, but the flour got into the eyes, snagged on the enemy's clothes turning them into a white ghost that left traces everywhere and with a few sparks in the right place, it could even unleash an explosion of dust.

Ever since Danzo revealed the cake so to speak, I started feigning interest in weird ninja techniques like the Kazekage's gold manipulation or the Akimichi clan's technical feature of converting calories into chakra. Throw in a few months of using genjutsu in public so people would see stones and sticks as food, my particular interest in cooking, my appreciation for adopting the Akimichi clan, and voila, gourmet ninja techniques. It was a real headache having to act like this for months, but now I have a viable excuse to use my devil fruit power to some extent while he disguised it as a ninja technique. And take steps to trick even a sensor ninja into spying on my chakra flow.

The best part of all this? Since the techniques are something secret and of great value, not even the Hokage or Danzo with the googly eyes can demand that I hand over the scrolls of my techniques. The village had a system whereby when delivering new techniques obtained or created by different means, rewards were received.

But it was all VOLUNTARY. Also, the technique scrolls don't even exist because I didn't write any, I thought it was stupid to do so since only I can use them because of the devil fruit.

An additional detail. I realized that although I can make all kinds of ingredients and food, I can't make plates and cutlery. So when Choza asked me why he didn't use a storage scroll for such things, it was like lightning flashed through my mind.

The storage scrolls!

Seriously, sometimes I think I know so much about the show that I forget the most basic things. So on the same day, I went to look for Tenten, and after promising him a certain amount of high-quality and assorted cookies, he agreed to make me some small scrolls for my personal use. Yeah, I made sure they could only be opened by my chakra signature, I don't want anyone tampering with any of my stuff. And if they do, I want to know. It was an interesting project for her and an added level of security for me.

Now if the summoning contract gave a TNT level surprise, then the next thing was an atomic bomb level.

[Host traits successfully awakened!]

[Acquired Trait: Gourmet Cells (Toriko)]

[Acquired Trait: Gourmet Cell Demon (Asleep)]

Yes, I wasn't dreaming! What could go better with a devil fruit that makes food? The answer: Something that gets stronger the more you eat!

"System, show me my status!"

[Condition]

Name: Gluttony, nicknamed Tony.

Current world: Naruto.

Ability: Kuku Kuku no mi devil fruit (no weakness).

Weapons: None.

Traits: Gourmet Cells (Toriko) + Gourmet Demon (Asleep)

Summon Contract: Chimera Ants.

Description: A boy recently graduated from the ninja academy with such an enthusiasm for food that his fighting style has been influenced by it. He has gone through a unique awakening and most of his body's bloodline has been activated, but there is still a dormant bit within him, the most important and the true core. He possesses the mysterious ability to transform things into food.

"Wow, it seems weapons like kunai and shurikens aren't prominent enough to appear on the panel. Should I try to get one of the seven swords of mist or something? Samehada would be the best option I can think of, she's a real glutton after all," she questioned.

Tony then turned his attention to the features of his body.

"Gourmet cells, huh," Tony thought. It's like she suddenly has the abilities of a true Akimichi, but an infinitely superior version. Perhaps I should try to extract some cells and give them to the clan? —He thought seriously— I mean, at this point we are practically family and I think they should have a great compatibility with them. But apart from some basic knowledge of my old world, I learned almost nothing in the academy about it to be able to do something like that. He would need the help of an expert like Orochimaru or Tsunade. Although maybe someone lesser like Kabuto or Shizune could also do.

The problem… was the gourmet demon.

"What must be the demon that sleeps in my cells?" Tony wondered even after thinking about it for hours. Seeing all that Rob has been adding, it could be anything. If he could find out, he would be able to see which ninja techniques would be more in tune with him.

Wait, affinity?

"The chakra paper! —Tony suddenly exclaimed— I don't know what the nature of my chakra is! Why am I so clueless when it comes to these things? —but I go from surprise to rationality— Actually, it's not that important yet. I don't have access to information about chakra nature transformation and almost all of my techniques use the power of the devil fruit. I can afford to wait a while.

Wait, what would happen if he used the power of his fruit with the change of nature at the same time?

—Let's save those ideas for later, I have to prepare for the team meeting. I can only cross my fingers!