When Zhang Miao and Fugaku came out of the house, the sky was completely dark. Because he was worried that he could not find a way back, Mikoto specially asked Itachi to send him off.
Looking at Itachi who had been staring at him since he left the house, Zhang Miao could not help but raise his eyebrows at him.
"If you have something to say, just say it. Are you not convinced by my Shouryuken just now?"
Looking at Zhang Miao's threatening look, Itachi immediately touched his chin that was still faintly aching and shook his head.
"No, I just want to ask you. I have eaten twice as much food as usual these past few days, but why haven't I grown taller?"
"Haha, so that's it. I thought you were not convinced after losing!"
Hearing Itachi's words, Zhang Miao couldn't help but laugh. Then he patted Itachi on the shoulder.
"It's impossible to grow taller in just a few days. And I promise that you will grow taller than your father in the future. Trust me!"
Zhang Miao felt that his attempt at comforting Itachi was very good, but what he did not expect was that after hearing his words, Itachi frowned again.
"But I found that you have grown a lot taller. When I first saw you, you only as tall as my chest, but now you have grown to my shoulder!"
"Uh... is that so?"
Hearing Itachi's words, Zhang Miao was first stunned, then touched the back of his head and laughed.
"Hahahaha, maybe it's because I like to eat fish!"
Zhang Miao felt bitter at this time. He couldn't tell Itachi that he grew so fast because of the help of the system, right?
Fortunately, at this time, Itachi was still innocent and trusted Zhang Miao, so he nodded after hearing his explanation.
"Well, got it. Then I will eat more fish in the future!"
Seeing that Itachi was no longer entangled in this issue, Zhang Miao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then he quickly found another topic to divert Itachi's attention.
For example, asking what he usually did in the Academy, what courses the teachers taught, and whether there were any interesting things happening in the school recently.
The two chatted as they walked. Soon they arrived at the gate of the Uchiha district. After walking out, Zhang Miao turned around and waved to Itachi.
"Well, thanks for seeing me off. I can go back by myself. You can go home too!"
"Okay, then you be careful. I'll go back first!"
After saying that, Itachi directly turned back home, and Zhang Miao also turned back to his residence.
While walking on the road, Zhang Miao asked the system in his mind.
"System, don't you think I grew a little too fast?" Although I can still barely muddle through it now, if this goes on for a long time, I'm afraid there will be some trouble later!"
"[There is no need for the host to worry!]"
The system replied very quickly. As soon as Zhang Miao's question came out, it immediately gave an answer.
"[As the owner of the recruitment system, the host's body will experience three steps of growth. Now that you have passed the initial stage, you will no longer grow up quickly! ]"
Hearing the system's answer, Zhang Miao immediately frowned.
"Three steps of growth? What do you mean? I don't quite understand. System, explain it clearly!"
"[Okay, dear host!]"
As soon as Zhang Miao finished speaking, the system immediately explained to him.
"[The initial stage last for a year. In order to allow the host to be independent as soon as possible, at this stage, the nutrients the host absorbs from food will all be used for the growth of the host's body, so the early stage is also called the growth period.]"
"[Middle-stage last for ten years. At this stage, the host will absorb still nutrients from food.]"
"[Most of the nutrients will be used to strengthen the host's body. Although the growth speed will slow down, the host's body strength will increase greatly. Therefore, the middle stage is called the stabilization period.]"
"[In the late stage, the nutrition that the host absorbs from food will all be used for maintaining the host's peak condition at all times. So the late stage is also called the peak period.]"
"Growth period, stabilization period, peak period?"
Hearing the system's explanation, Zhang Miao immediately pinched his chin and nodded.
"Well, while these three stages are quite divided, but I don't want to grow so fast for the time being. Is there a solution?"
"[Of course there is a solution!]"
As soon as Zhang Miao finished speaking, the system immediately gave him a positive answer.
"[These three stages are the system's default settings. The host can adjust it by himself. The current ratio of nutrition absorption is 30% for the body's growth and 70% for the body strengthening. Does the host need to adjust it? ]"
Hearing the system's question, Zhang Miao immediately nodded.
"Adjust it, adjust the nutrition proportion of the body growth to 10%, and the proportion for the body strengthening to 90%!"
In fact, Zhang Miao planned to adjust the proportion of the body growth to zero, but after thinking about it, not growing at all and growing too fast were equally noticeable, so he gave up this plan.
As Zhang Miao's voice disappear, the system's voice also rang in his mind.
"[Ding! adjustment successful. The distribution is set to 10 : 90. The cooldown time of this adjustment is ten years. No adjustment can be made within ten years! ]"
Hearing the system's words, Zhang Miao's eyes suddenly widened, revealing a face full of disbelief.
"What? There is a cooldown time? It can't be like this!"
According to Zhang Miao's adjustment ratio, every time he ate ten portions of food, nine portions of nutrition would be used to strengthen his body, and only one portion would be used to supply his body to grow.
Now that the system said that he could not adjust it again within ten years, this meant that if Zhang Miao did not eat enough and absorbed enough nutrients, then in these ten years, his growth would be slow to the point of stopping.
Thinking of this, Zhang Miao could not help but shake his head hard.
"No, no. If I can't adjust within ten years, then won't I stop growing? System, I want to go back on my word. I want to readjust!"
"[No!]"
The system bluntly rejected Zhang Miao's request and also gave him a solution.
"[If the host wants to grow up, you can eat more nutritious food. As long as the host can swallow it, the system can help the host digest and absorb it. Therefore, please don't give up. As long as the host eats enough, he can still grow up! ]"
Zhang Miao, "..."
"Damn it, he wanted to raise me like a rice bucket!"
"But after thinking about it, Zhang Miao suddenly felt a little lucky."
"Fortunately, I didn't accidentally change the growth rate to zero. Otherwise, I wouldn't even have the chance to grow. I would look like a dwarf if I don't grow!"
Although there was a little comfort, Zhang Miao also knew that the current situation was still somewhat grim. Because according to his current nutrition needs, the money needed to eat properly was probably not a small number.
Thinking of this, he suddenly let out a long sigh.
"Sigh, it seems that I have to find a way to make money quickly. After I finish the my Tailed Beast series, I will make some other sculptures to sell!"