Shadow of the Wood

Chapter 190 Eight Chunin

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Konoha Maru looked at the slightly small courtyard in front of him, feeling a little dazed.

This is Shikamaru's home, a two-storey small building that is not simple but has nothing to do with luxury. It is the place where the rare talents in Konoha Village grew up.

It has been more than a week since Shikamaru and others returned to the village, and Tsunade succeeded Hokage.

With Tsunade's personal treatment, coupled with the complete and cutting-edge equipment of Konoha Village, and many medical ninjas, Akimichi Choji was finally brought back from the death line, and he is still recuperating in the hospital.

The deeds of Banban Street and his party did not spread. After all, Tsunade’s words and deeds in the whole incident were a bit unbearable. It hindered Hokage’s reputation. Even Naruto Uzumaki was warned by Jiraiya not to talk too much. But there is no need to hide the fact that Shikamaru killed Pharmacist Dou, but Shikamaru already has the name of a genius. He is a spy who defected from Muye Village, but he is still famous and not many people know his strength.

As for Shimura Danzo... Although Shimura Danzo, who suddenly rebelled during the operation, was appointed by Shimura Danzo, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Shikamaru all suspected that he was the instigator of Kai's actions, but they had no choice. With conclusive evidence, it is impossible to embarrass one of the only three elders in Muye Village.

Kai is an orphan, which is the best status to avoid. It is dangerous to adopt homeless children during the war, so now every ninja village has abolished this policy a long time ago.

Although it is impossible to shake Shimura Danzo's status based on this, Tsunade is not ready to give up. He just waited for some recent things to be done, and then used this as an excuse to do something to the former "root" members who are still under the control of Shimura Danzo. Thorough investigation.

It's a pity that Anbu is still not fully grasped by her. The "root" of Shimura Danzo was originally Anbu's training institution. Tsunade can be sure that there are many chess pieces of Shimura Danzo in Anbe. These people hide deeply. She can only Go slow.

Of course, these things are unknown to Konoha Maru, and now he came to Shikamaru's house to give gifts.

Because today is the day when Shikamaru was promoted to Chunin!

The Five Generations of Hokage Tsunade succeeded to the throne. In order to warn all the forces hiding in the dark and coveting Konoha Village, the momentum was huge. However, Tsunade Fuyi, who had a strong personality, succeeded to the throne and started busy work. Some of the backlog of personnel transfers were finally completed. Be included in her work schedule first.

The Chunin exam was canceled because of a terrorist attack in the middle. That is to say, in addition to adding a valuable experience to the candidates, the results of this exam have been invalidated. After all, the last exam is also the most important one. Only about half of the exam has been conducted, and if the results are still valid, it will be unfair to other candidates.

But there is one exception among them—Junin Sarutobi Asuma, especially Jonin Chiba Gen, Shiranui Genma, and Morino Ibiki wrote a letter, and jointly recommended Shikamaru Nara Shikamaru to be promoted to Chunin. In the recent Konoha Village Among them, it can be regarded as a small anecdote.

One Jōnin and three special Jōnin joint recommendations are enough to confirm Shikamaru's qualifications for promotion, and there is no possibility of Tsunade suppressing it for public or private purposes.

Konoha Maru looked down at the wooden box in his hand, the antique sandalwood box has fine patterns on it, but although this wooden box is good, the real gift is a pair of scrolls in it.

It was his grandfather, the elder with the title of "God of Ninja", a pair of ink treasures of Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Hiruza Sarutobi’s hobby is writing calligraphy. In fact, most ninjas have their own hobbies. It’s not surprising. One is that as a ninja, they need to relax. Some hobbies can cultivate their temperament. After all, anxiety and impatience are opposite Not good for ninjas.And this calligraphy, even among the many works of Sarutobi Hiruzen, is considered outstanding. Konoha Maru decided to use this painting as a gift for Shikamaru's promotion to Chunin.

The gods of heaven and earth move with things.

Konohamaru asked about the meaning of the four characters Sarutobi Asma (the mysterious laws of all things in the world can be expressed through the changes of all things) and felt that this gift was just right for Shikamaru.

He tightened the wooden box, took a deep breath, and finally knocked on the door.

Boom!Boom!Boom!

A series of dull voices came from the door made of thick wood. Konoha Maru put down his right hand and waited quietly. After a while, he heard a series of footsteps coming from behind the door.

The door was slowly opened, and a beautiful woman with light makeup appeared from behind the door. After seeing Konoha Maru standing in front of the door, a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes, but she still welcomed and said: "It turns out that it is Konoha Maru." Hamaru, come in!"

This beautiful woman is Nara Shikamaru's mother, Nara Yoshino. At this time, she greeted Konohamaru into the house, whether she is the only grandson of the third Hokage or a student of Shikamaru in a certain sense, It is impossible for Nara Yoshino not to know Konoha Maru.

"Excuse me!" Konoha Maru thanked him politely, followed Nara Yoshino's pace into the entrance, put on slippers, and entered the living room.

In the living room, there were already many people sitting or standing chatting.

Although this scene was not beyond Konoha Maru's expectations, it also made him slightly nervous and relieved, and unconsciously clenched his fists.

The people in the living room are just the many ninja who are in the same class as Shikamaru and have been friends with - Yamanaka Ino, Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, Inuzuka Kiba, Yume Shino, Hinata Hinata, Rock Lee, Tiantian, Hinata Neji .

In addition to Akimichi Choji who is still in the hospital, Nara Shikamaru who is in the Hokage Building and handing over the files, and Uchiha Sasuke who can't refuse to come because of physical discomfort, the Konoha Twelve Xiaoqiang in the original work are gathered together up.

They all came to celebrate Nara Shikamaru's promotion. Regardless of their age or experience in participating in the Chunin Exam, this group of teenagers, driven by fate, finally came together.

"These people are celebrating Shikamaru-san!" Konohamaru thought in a daze.

In a team, a core will always be actively or passively elected. At this moment, Shikamaru, who has extremely high strength and prestige, and is the first to be promoted to Chunin, is obviously the core of this small group. He had just been promoted, and these people were invited to gather and celebrate. You can see it.

Although the Zhongnin Exam was destroyed, these ninjas of Konoha Village are all candidates who have gone a long way in it. They are already the best group of people in their class. Konoha Maru believes that if he is promoted by himself Chunin, I am afraid that the lower ninjas who are in the same class as me and have the same outstanding strength may not be able to come to celebrate willingly.

"Konoha Maru!" Uzumaki Naruto was looking at Haruno Sakura, who was chatting with Nara Shikakuku, and felt a little bored. His eyes swept around, and he happened to see Konoha Maru entering the room, so he yelled and called. Say hello.

"Brother Naruto!" Konoha Maru scratched the back of his head after seeing Uzumaki Naruto, and greeted a little shyly because there were many outsiders in the field.

"Konohamaru, what do you want to drink?" Nara Yoshino saw that Konohamaru, Naruto and others were no strangers, so he asked each other softly.

"Scented tea!" Konohamaru replied, this is Shikamaru's favorite drink, because he learned from him and imitated himself, Konohamaru has also begun to cultivate this habit of himself now, and he does not forget to look back Thank you: "Thank you, Auntie!"

Haruno Sakura, who had already noticed Konoha Maru, looked thoughtful when she saw the other party's performance.

Konohamaru has changed, and Haruno Sakura, who had been in contact with the other party a long time ago, can clearly perceive this. He has become more mature and polite, with some perseverance and calmness that are rarely seen in his age. The bloat that I had when I was a child has disappeared. I deliberately cut my ear-length hair short, and I no longer wear long and obstructive scarves. Instead, I wear simple and simple clothes. Generally as heartless as Naruto, with a slightly pursed mouth, it looks a little shy.

It's like Shikamaru.

Suddenly, Haruno Sakura finally understood who came from the familiar feeling in Konoha Maru. It seems that the rumor that Konoha Maru has been studying and practicing with Shikamaru recently may be true.

Konohamaru has finally grown up!Haruno Sakura was a little happy, but also a little sad thinking.She understood that it was the death of the third Hokage that caused Konohamaru's current change.

Thinking of the death of the Third Hokage, Haruno Sakura couldn't help but think of Orochimaru, that vicious and tyrannical strongman, even if it only appeared in her mind, it still made her feel chills. She couldn't imagine Shikamaru being How to kill his subordinates in the hands of such a person, even if Shikamaru is also accompanied by members of the "Sannin".

Haruno Sakura didn't know the real battle situation at that time, otherwise she would have been even more surprised.

Not to mention Haruno Sakura's thoughts at this time, after Uzumaki Naruto greeted Konoha Maru, he noticed the wooden box in Konoha Maru's hand. They all brought gifts, but they were not very expensive. , After all, Shikamaru was only promoted to Chunin, and they are also low-level ninjas, they don’t pay much, they are still semi-independent at home, they don’t have much spare money, and ninjas don’t pay much attention to these things.

"What is this, a gift?" Naruto Uzumaki asked with some doubts, the antique slender wooden box really attracted people's attention.

"Yes, this is my grandpa's calligraphy!" Konoha Maru replied with a nod, and said the second half of the sentence, with obvious pride in his tone. As the grandson of a generation of ninja, he really has the right to be proud.

"Mobao?" Uzumaki Naruto muttered, wanting to get the wooden box in Konohamaru's hand: "Let me see what is written..."

"Naruto!" Li Luke, who limped to Naruto's side at some point, saw his movement, and quickly reached out to stop him, warning with a serious face: "This is a gift for the master, let's not mess around." Well done!"

Locke Li just completed Tsunade's operation not long ago. Although he hasn't recovered yet, he will be able to recover after a period of recuperation, even much better than Choji Akimichi. At least he doesn't need to be hospitalized.

"Oh!" Uzumaki Naruto was only impatient for a moment, and after hearing what Li Luoke said, he understood, put back his outstretched hand, and said to Konoha Maru: "The gifts are all placed on the table in the restaurant, and you put them there too. alright!"

Uzumaki Naruto watched Konoha Maru leave the living room, looked at the shinobi and Nara Shikahisa who were standing or standing in the living room chatting with various drinks, couldn't help sighing, and moaned: "When will Shikamaru come back? I'm going to be hungry!"

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At this moment, Nara Shikamaru, who was being chanted by Uzumaki Naruto, was standing with hands down in front of the Fifth Hokage Tsunade.

Tsunade took Shikamaru as his apprentice, which was actually a matter of course. The former was interested, and although the latter was a little confused at first, he would not resist.

After all, he is a member of the legendary "Three Ninjas", one of the group of ninjas at the top of the Ninja Pyramid.

As for the proposal to accept himself as a disciple, it may be because of the curse mark left by Orochimaru on his neck, or it may be because of the Nara clan behind him, but for himself, it is definitely not harmful. His father, Shikahisa Nara, also told him clearly.

"...In view of your excellent performance in the Chunin exam, whether it is the late three generations of Hokage, or the examiner in the exam, you have given a very high evaluation, and more importantly, in the battle of guarding Konoha, You took the initiative to take important responsibilities, successfully completed extremely dangerous tasks, reduced the possible damage to Konoha Village, and received joint recommendations from many Junin." Tsunade crossed his hands, looked at Shikamaru calmly and said: "I hope You can go to the next level in the future..."

Speaking of this, Tsunade, who had been tense all the time, suddenly smiled and said softly: "Congratulations, from today's exam, you are a Chunin!"

Shikamaru also smiled.

That's right, from today onwards, he has been a Chunin. He has traveled through more than ten years, experienced battles of all sizes, wandered between life and death several times, defeated many powerful enemies, and finally achieved today's status.

This is not an easy task.Shikamaru thought in his heart, but the level of Chunin is not too low. He is a team leader level, and he will take up positions in the future. It is easier to win credit and qualifications. You know, from Chunin to Jonin, more What needs to be based on is qualifications and executive ability.

The former refers to the four places where the tasks are performed and the working hours (important tasks to be dealt with). Among them, the completion rate of the work and tasks, as well as specific evaluations, should also be checked.

Execution ability is actually a test of personal strength (strength, wisdom, actual combat experience). After all, Junin has enough access to many secrets. No matter how firm your stand is, you must have enough strength to ensure that you will not be captured by the enemy. Among them, the chief general and decision maker of one party must not only rush to the front, but also prevent hostile forces from carrying out decapitation actions. No matter how you say it, your personal combat power should not be low.

To some extent, as long as they are politically qualified and have sufficient personal strength, they can be promoted from Chunin to Jnin at any time, but it is not as troublesome as promotion from Lower Ninja to Chunin.

Therefore, Shikamaru became a Chunin, which means that he has taken a big step in this world.