Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

"What is this?"

Kakashi looked at the white gloves covering his hands like liquid, speculating, "Some kind of mycelium? The material is almost the same as that expensive fabric."

"It is indeed another type of mycelium that I've cultivated," Haruno Sakura didn't hide, "But this fungus is very peculiar, it can only grow inside my body and has adapted to my chakra, similar to the parasitic insects of the Yamanaka Clan. I can control it to form any shape on the surface of my body."

Naruto, obviously thinking about something else, weakly asked, "So, Sakura, you're not wearing clothes now, are you?"

Bang!

Naruto was knocked to the ground, a large bump forming on his head, tears in his eyes, a look of grievance on his face.

Sakura, with a fist still smoking slightly, said indifferently, "Don't change the subject... My fungal spores can only be deployed with the help of this red shadow outfit."

"Sakura, do you have spores that can detect how many people are inside the stronghold?" Kakashi asked, hitting the crucial point.

"Of course." Sakura raised her hand, and a cluster of white spores appeared under the influence of chakra, "Naruto, get up and perform a Wind Release."

Naruto instantly revived fully, understandingly performing the Wind Release Ninjutsu he had learned over Sakura's head-high spores: "Wind Release: Great Wind Technique!"

With Naruto's inhalation, his belly and cheeks puffed up, then a gust of wind blew out from his mouth, carrying the spores in Sakura's hand away.

The spores danced in the air, but in the twilight, the white color was unclear. The guards in the lookout simply felt a strong wind blowing up white dust from the ground.

The spores evenly scattered all over the tribe, entering the bandits' airways with each breath.

"Sakura, is this sufficient?" Kakashi asked.

"Wait for thirty minutes," Sakura replied calmly, "My spores can enter their nostrils and mouths with their breath...."

"What if someone is wearing a mask like you, Kakashi?" Sasuke suddenly asked.

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"Does wearing a mask stop Kakashi Sensei from breathing?" Haruno Sakura confidently smiled, "My spores are even smaller than dust particles in the air; masks can't stop them."

Thirty minutes later, Sakura put her hands together, closed her eyes, and spiritually connected to the fungal spores that had germinated inside the bandits, constructing a three-dimensional map of the entire stronghold in her mind. She then held hands with Kakashi, Naruto, and Sasuke, using chakra, a form of energy capable of transmitting visual information, to share the constructed scenery with them.

She not only ascertained the number of enemies but also perfectly drafted a terrain map.

"Such a convenient ability!" Kakashi exclaimed in astonishment. If it were wartime, with just this ability, Haruno Sakura would be a critical asset that Konoha would need to protect.

Because she could thoroughly ascertain the enemy's situation, more effective than Byakugan!

Moreover, this method of using chakra to transmit images showed that Sakura's control and understanding of chakra had reached an incredibly terrifying level.

No wonder she could learn and even perfect any Ninjutsu she saw in an instant.

Impressive!

"Now is not the time to be amazed, Kakashi Sensei. I can also control those spores to take root and sprout inside the enemy's bodies, drawing out their chakra," Sakura asked, "Shall we do this?"

"Is this the kind of mushroom you mentioned that would explode?" Kakashi suddenly remembered; he had once talked about such mushrooms when he visited Sakura's mushroom house to buy mushrooms. He hadn't expected that they really existed.

"No," Sakura shook her head, "This mycelium can only forcibly extract the host's spiritual and physical energy into chakra for storage, leaving them in a drained state. The mushrooms that form won't explode, but they can be used to store chakra for future use."

This was one of the many fungi she had researched and could demonstrate.

"I see."

Kakashi was curious about how these mushrooms could be used as a backup source of chakra; surely they weren't meant to be consumed?

Just the thought of these mushrooms growing from a body killed any appetite.

"Sakura, let the spores drain their chakra, that will make us safer," Kakashi finally decided.

"No problem."

Sakura nodded, clapped her hands, and chakra vibrations spread out, stimulating the mycelium that had already germinated inside the bandits—

"Suddenly, I feel a bit hungry."

On the lookout post, Great Han touched his stomach and yawned, puzzled, "Could it be that I exerted myself too much on that woman's belly yesterday?"

Another bandit on the lookout post also yawned, his stomach rumbling. He tried to grab some dry food from beside him, but his legs trembled and he fell to the ground with a thump.

Crack!

Swish!

All around the stronghold, such sounds erupted intermittently, everyone feeling utterly weak as if they hadn't eaten for three days and nights, their spirits significantly sapped.

"What's happening? My chakra is being continuously drained!" a bandit who could control chakra slumped over a table, looking at his equally weakened comrades.

"Could someone have poisoned us?"

"Impossible! We all control chakra; how could we be poisoned?"

"No good, it must be the Konoha ninjas...."