Shadow of the Wood

Chapter [-] Team

After all, Asma Sarutobi's hands could no longer be as flexible as before.

Even if it is Tsunade, although he can connect his fingers again, he cannot have the same sequelae as before. In other words, Asuma Sarutobi's hands can no longer be sealed, and his strength has been greatly reduced.

Maybe after a while Tsunade will re-arrange the position for Sarutobi Asma, maybe in the torture and interrogation department, or in the education department. In short, it is no longer suitable for him to be in the combat unit now, which is not responsible for his life. Responsibility, Konoha will not ignore it, after all, even if he is injured, his rich experience as a Jonin is still a valuable asset.

Shikamaru didn't stay at Sarutobi Asma's house for a long time, Uzumaki Naruto and other ninjas were still waiting for him at home. He came here mainly to let Sarutobi Asma see himself as a Chunin at the first time .

After all, in the entire Konoha Village, apart from his parents Nara Shikahisa and Nara Yoshino, Sarutobi Asma is the person Shikamaru respects most. Show off and express your pride and excitement.

Whether it is to save himself without regard for his life, or to teach himself to be unreserved, Shikamaru will always remember the kindness of Sarutobi Asma.

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When Shikamaru walked into the house in his uniform, the noisy living room instantly quieted down. At this moment, he is the well-deserved protagonist in this room!

The ninja's costumes are mostly simple and solemn, not fancy, but they can bring out their heroic spirit when they are worn on the body.

The well-proportioned and slender Shikamaru is wearing clothes specially selected by his mother Yoshino Nara as early as possible. The high-necked black sweater has no extra patterns except for the Nara clan logo on the left arm. The trousers on the lower body are also the same Pure black, with dark green leather armor at this time, it is hard to imagine that he is only a 12-year-old boy now.

"Sorry, I'm late, I just went to Teacher Asma's house." Shikamaru chuckled, and said to the ninjas in the living room.

His smile is as polite and humble as ever, but those who are familiar with him will never despise him because of this.

Maybe becoming a zhongnin at the age of 12 is not a big deal in Konoha Village, where there are many talents, but the ninja age is less than a year?

Shikamaru was promoted to Chunin almost shortly after becoming a Genin. In this situation, even in Konoha Village, it was enough for the villagers to chat after dinner.

"Let's unwrap the presents first, and then go to the barbecue!" Uzumaki Naruto stepped forward to carefully observe Shikamaru's leather armor, and then said happily, as if it was not Shikamaru who became a Chunin, but himself.

Ninjas advocate pragmatism. Even if they are giving gifts to each other, they rarely even use the packaging boxes, so they are not shy because of this matter.

After hearing Naruto Uzumaki's words, Shikamaru nodded with a smile, agreed to his proposal, and took a few shinobi to the restaurant.

Nara Shikahisa and Nara Yoshino looked at each other, but they didn't follow up together. They wanted Shikamaru and the boys to gather together. When these people grow up in the future, they are actually a network of relationships. Relationships link them together and support each other to grow.

Nara Yoshino and Nara Shikahisa didn't want to disturb the group of teenagers. As the owner of the house and the protagonist of the party, Shikamaru bento was the leader, and led everyone into the restaurant. one's gift.

The antique wooden box immediately attracted Shikamaru's attention. He stepped forward to pick it up, shook it at the ninja who walked into the restaurant, and said with a smile: "Who gave it to you? It looks very expensive." !"

"It was a gift from Konoha Maru. He just left because he had something to do." Haruno Sakura said.

Shikamaru nodded when he heard the words, and said no more. Konohamaru was really inconvenient to stay here. After all, the original plan was to gather several ninjas of the same class and same period, so his identity was a bit embarrassing.

Swish!

Thinking about something in his heart, Shikamaru has already opened the wooden box, took out the scroll in it, and opened his arms.

The gods of heaven and earth move with things.

There are eight big characters on the white drawing paper, and there is a sense of austerity between the strokes.

Shikamaru himself has no research on calligraphy, and his appreciation of characters can only be limited to "good-looking" and "ugly". What interests him is the horoscope itself.

Observation and deduction, the story of the scientist who was hit by an apple in the previous life and came up with the theory of gravity is true or false, but the saying that all the laws of the world can be inferred from the changes of all things can be regarded as known to everyone in the previous life.

It is obviously strange to talk about science with ninjas, but from a diffuse perspective, these eight characters actually express the experience of ninjas.

There are traces of all laws in the world. When a ninja can discover and deduce more information just by the wind and grass, he can be called a god on the battlefield.

Shikamaru looked at the lower corner of the scroll, and as expected, the bright red ink pad was printed on the corner of the scroll squarely, and the four characters Sarutobi Rizai were tightly packed together.

Shikamaru solemnly placed the scroll in the wooden box, and planned to hang it in the room after finishing the work.

Putting down the wooden box, Shikamaru then took out a smaller one from among the gifts, with a greeting card on it.

"Congratulations to our genius for becoming a Chunin!" Shikamaru read the greeting card in an inaudible voice, and the signature was Ino Yamanaka, which really sounded like her tone.

Inside the box was a pair of simple earrings. Shikamaru felt a little familiar, and pulled the needle part of one of the earrings to reveal a slender steel needle.

Shikamaru couldn't help laughing, this pair of earrings was exactly the same as the earrings that Sarutobi Asma gave to Ino Yamanaka after the end of the mission in Nami Country.

He looked back at Ino, but saw that the other person's cheeks were slightly red, but when he saw himself looking at her, he still stuck out his tongue and made a grimace.

Choji Akimichi gave an exquisite marionette, and Kiba Inuzuka gave a wooden kunai, which was a prop used in the practice of the lower grades of the ninja school, and he got it for some reason.

Aurome Shino gave a scarab-shaped key chain, but Hinata Hinata's gift was much more expensive than the two, and it was a medical emergency kit with more complete tools.

Uzumaki Naruto is always unreliable, so he secretly smiled and gave Shikamaru a copy of Intimate Paradise. I don’t know where he got it. Fortunately, Haruno Sakura, who is in his group, is a careful girl, and she also gave a copy. This book is just about the knowledge of appliance maintenance.

Tiantian sent three high-quality scrolls that can be used as a sealed book, but what Hinata Neji sent was a map of human body acupuncture points, which showed the distribution of human body's vital points and chakra points in detail.

Rock Lee sent a green onesie of the same style as the one he was wearing...  

After all the presents of the ninja were removed, there was actually a small gift box on the table. Shikamaru picked up the gift box wrapped in light red colored paper strangely, and frowned slightly.

Sasuke Uchiha didn't arrive, and the friendship between the two is very ordinary, so no gift was sent. Besides, the gift of Shinobu Shinobi who made the gift has already been seen, but whose is this?

Chiba Gen, Sarutobi Asma and others are considered elders. Logically speaking, there is no need to give gifts for Shikamaru's promotion to Chunin. together.

Thinking in his heart, Shikamaru had already slowly opened the gift box, and when the items in it jumped into his eyes, his pupils couldn't help shrinking for a while.

It was a strange pendant.

Slender black rope, light blue like a crystal-shaped spar... Isn't this the Hokage pendant that was passed on to Tsunade from the first generation of Hokage, and should be given to Uzumaki Naruto in the original book! ?

"Given by Tsunade?" Shikamaru thought with some doubts. There was no greeting card on the gift box, let alone a signature. If he was not familiar with Tsunade and knew who this pendant belonged to, he might not have thought of the identity of the owner of the gift box.

Although Shikamaru was puzzled, it was getting late, and all the teenagers went to the barbecue Q dinner together.

Although several of them were ninjas, they were only twelve or thirteen-year-old boys. The dinner table was very lively, with endless laughter. Even Shikamaru, who had an adult soul, seemed extremely happy.

Shikamaru looked at the noisy Uzumaki Naruto, Inuzuka Ya and others with a smile.

Outside of Konoha Village, there may be many young people who are similar in age to everyone but possess extremely powerful blood-succession boundaries and secret techniques, such as Shiro or Kimomaro, but Shikamaru never fantasized about convincing the other party with a few words, and then The idea of ​​bringing them to Konoha Village to become his team.

Not to mention whether we can successfully dig out the wall from the hands of Zabuzhan and Orochimaru (who are also ambitious careerists), just bringing them back to Konoha Village is an even more insurmountable problem.

As mentioned earlier, as an independent military-political organization, defense is the top priority. If it is an orphan, it is still possible, but as a young ninja who has entered the growth stage, it is impossible for Muye Village to risk its own intelligence. And guard against the danger of being leaked to admit them.

Even if he is a Jonin himself, he is not qualified to do this, and Shikamaru himself certainly has no hope.

In other words, the young masters of Konoha Village present at this time are the ones that Shikamaru should win over. Maybe they rarely have geniuses like Shiro and Kimomaro, but in fact, their potential is not that high. Low, more importantly, they all have their own strengths.

Jun Ma Lu and Bai may be qualified thugs, but they may not be suitable to be a leader, let alone control a department.

The dark department, the administrative department, the medical department, the education department, the interrogation department, the intelligence department...

Take Yamanaka Ino, who is weak in combat power, for example, the person in charge of the intelligence department is her father, and the secret arts of the Yamanaka clan are also good at collecting information. Several times stronger.

Yaoshidou can be relied on by Orochimaru as his left and right hand. The key is his medical ninjutsu and wisdom. From the perspective of a village leader, an auxiliary ninja is no less important than a fighting ninja, and even more so. What's more, these people's own combat power is not weak.

"Now that I understand this point, I have become a Chunin myself, and I have a lot of advantages by borrowing the power of the system, so who should I use as a breakthrough point now?" Shikamaru thought thoughtfully , his eyes fell on Ningji Hyuga who had been smiling rarely.

(The weather turned cold, and the servant's shoulders started to hurt again, o(︶︿︶)oah)