Konoha: This ninja is suspicious by nature

Chapter 96 Make the most of your strengths
"Why is it just right? Your previous test was to force me to move to the middle of the two cave entrances?"

Even though Temari was a self-proclaimed IQ ninja, she was still shocked by the calculating Shikamaru in front of her. The other party had designed it like this from the beginning and led her into a trap. This kind of intelligence was really terrifying.

"It's finally over."

Shikamaru breathed a sigh of relief, then slowly approached until there was only a few steps between the two, and he slowly raised his right hand.

The audience in the stands finally became interested at this time. None of them expected that this thin ninja could turn defeat into victory and control the situation with his brain.

"Shikamaru! I didn't expect you to win soon!" Ino in the east stand had already thought about how to comfort Shikamaru who lost the game, but the situation before him was unexpected.

"Shikamaru is miserable." Choji's big mouth filled with potato chips could only squeeze out the first few words, and the rest were full of clicking sounds.

"I admit defeat." Shikamaru rolled his eyelids helplessly, with a look of helplessness on his face.

"What!" Ino's jaw almost dropped to the ground, and his shock was speechless. "You've obviously almost won, why do you admit defeat? Shikamaru, are you out of your mind?"

"Yeah, yeah, I'll just say it," Choji said unclearly.

The audience was even more dissatisfied. Shikamaru's actions were always unexpected. People thought you were weak, but you ended up taking the initiative. People thought you were going to win, but you gave up?Are you kidding?

"What do you mean? Deliberately releasing water?"

Temari was even more confused. She admired the other party's intelligence, but she couldn't understand why she would give up at this juncture.

"My shadow imitation technique won't be able to control you after 10 seconds. I will lose even if I run out of chakra by then." Shikamaru said and his shadow shrank back.

"I've already imagined 200 ways to deal with you, but none of them worked. Instead of doing this, it's better to admit defeat early, so as to avoid being beaten into a pig's head by you later." Shikamaru spread his hands helplessly.

Although she took the initiative to admit defeat, Temari did not look down on him. Instead, she felt that he was a person with a lot of personality.

"Second match winner Temari!"

Genma couldn't help but sigh when he saw Shikamaru voluntarily admitting defeat. This kid is really good at it, and he immediately announced the result of the game.

"Hey! Shikamaru, are you crazy!" Naruto from the Hou War Zone questioned with hatred, but in exchange for Shikamaru's disdain.

"Naruto, you have to learn from Shikamaru." Hexin made two more strokes with the pencil in his hand, closed the diary, walked to Naruto and said.

"What do you mean? Surrender like him?" Naruto narrowed his eyes and puffed out his cheeks, put his hands on his chest and looked unconvinced.

"Learn from him, use your strengths and avoid weaknesses, and make the most of your strengths. This is the same as chasing girls. Don't you like Sakura? Show your best side, and she will naturally discover your excellence."

Pay attention to the eloquent talk.

Naruto held on to the railing and twisted, his cheeks blushed instantly, "Why did you say such a thing in front of so many people?"

Then he asked doubtfully: "What I'm best at is eating ramen. Is this considered excellent?"

Carefully shook his head and gave up the treatment, Naruto's elm head is really difficult to open up, but sincerity is the ultimate skill, and Sakura will probably be able to feel it in the future.

"I'm going back." Temari said involuntarily, a little at a loss.

Shikamaru gave a soft "hmm", and the two of them walked back to the battle area from the stairs on the right side of the arena. During the whole process, the two of them were silent and seemed to feel that the atmosphere was a bit strange.

The second duel was just an appetizer, and the third duel was the exciting match that everyone had been waiting for. The two sides were Uchiha Sasuke and Gaara, but the referee Genma had a problem.The much-anticipated Sasuke has not arrived yet. According to the rules, he wants to disqualify Sasuke from the competition, but the crowd is shouting loudly. If Sasuke doesn't want to watch, he must come out immediately.

Genma looked awkwardly at the Hokage's seat above the building to the north, seeking leadership advice.

Orochimaru pretended to be a Kazekage and looked sideways at the third generation, "Everyone wants to see the match between Sasuke and Gaara. Let's wait a little longer. You can't let the audience be sorry for anything, right?"

The third generation nodded slightly. Seeing the third generation's beckoning, Lei Tong immediately leaned forward and listened. After receiving the order, he flew down to the court to explain to Genma.

"If Sasuke can't be there within 10 minutes, we're admitting defeat." Genma announced loudly.

Just as Gaara in Hou Zhan was about to fly out, Hehen held down his shoulders, "Have you tried it? What did Temari say to you?"

"Hmph!" Gaara shook his shoulders, and his body turned into fine sand and disappeared, then appeared in the middle of the field. He knew that Sasuke would definitely come, and they all wanted to prove that they were more valuable people.

"Be careful. Did you teach Gaara what he said?"

Temari on the side suddenly realized after hearing this. No wonder Gaara would suddenly say some caring words to her. Kankuro must have seen it correctly. It really had something to do with paying attention.

"He is actually not as scary as you think. If you want to care about him, you can be more direct."

Heyin knew that Temari still cared more about Gaara than Kankuro, and that she was a girl and it was easier for Gaara to feel close to her.

Of course you don't feel scary because of your high strength, and you won't say that when you see how scary he is when he loses control, Temari complained in her heart.

"What's going to happen next?" Temari couldn't help but ask.

"Protect your brother and don't worry about anything."

After paying attention to a little thought, he said simply.

Temari sighed inwardly, still saying the same thing as the teacher, but she already roughly knew that the positions of both parties were consistent, otherwise Marky would not let her ask for attention.

Originally, she didn't agree with the actions against Konoha. She felt that Konoha's ninjas were actually pretty good and they were all allies. It was a bit unethical to betray them.

But she is also a mature ninja. As a subordinate, she can only obey orders and complete tasks. Fortunately, Sunagakure and Konoha still stand together now, which makes her relieved.

"Hey! Pay attention! Are you familiar with Sunagakure and the others? Did we just fight with them before?"

Naruto quietly took hold of Hexin's arm and pulled him towards him, and asked dissatisfiedly.

"Uh, not familiar." He Xin replied.

Naruto's eyes were staring at Hei Zhen and he said, "Forget it, I'm going to find Sakura. The game is over anyway and there's no need to stay in the battle area."

"Come on Shikamaru, Ino and Choji are in the east stand, let's go there together."

Naruto said as he took Shikamaru's hand.

"Wait a minute Shikamaru." Hexin turned around with his back to the stands, "Bring these two boxes of curry rice to Teacher Kai for me. He and Xiao Li came from the hospital in the morning, so they must not have eaten."

Shikamaru's expressionless face narrowed his eyes slightly, wondering in his heart, wouldn't it be more appropriate to ask Naruto, who has a better relationship, for this kind of thing?
After taking the curry rice thoughtfully, he looked casual but actually held the box tightly and held it in his arms like a treasure. Then he and Naruto walked from the backstage stairs of the battle area towards the east auditorium.

(End of this chapter)