Shadow of the Wood

Chapter [-]

(Something happened, it's a bit late today, sorry.)

Rixiang Ningji looked at Shikamaru in shock, as if it was the first time he knew each other, this young man who had always looked humble and polite, in his eyes for the first time had an undisguised astonishing aura.

Hard-edged.

Shikamaru's tone was calm and his expression was indifferent, but when he blurted out his words, he couldn't hide his determination to do what he said.

"You're crazy..." Ri Xiangning swallowed, and said to Shikamaru with a pale face.

"No, it's because I'm so sober that I said these words." Shikamaru glanced coldly at Rixiang Ningji, who was panicked at this time and was far less calm than before: "People like you and Rock Lee, Only by breaking the current system can we have a better environment, and for Muye Village, only by destroying the family-style kidnapping can we develop faster."

"I admire your father's spirit, but if you don't have the courage to follow in his footsteps, there is nothing to talk about between us." Shikamaru turned around and saw that Rixiang Neji didn't say a word, and didn't say much , turned around and left on his own, leaving only Rixiang Ningci with an uncertain face thinking in place.

He is not worried that Ri Xiangningci will tell others about this conversation and make his "terrible" ambitions public.

As the famous genius of the Nara clan, Shikamaru, who is considered to be qualified to inherit the family head, intends to subvert the ninja tradition, unless he is crazy or an idiot.

Of course, people would not think that Shikamaru is a traverser with memories of another world, and would only think that these words were fabricated by Rixiang Ningji, who was once defeated by Shikamaru.

But the possibility of all this is very small, as Shikamaru said, Ri Xiangri's poor spirit, and Ri Xiang Neji's status as a separate family, all make this young man a natural assistant for him to display his ambitions, even more so than Choji Akimichi and Ino Yamanaka are easier to win over.

Of course, if he is deceived by lard and is determined to be a loyal dog of the Rixiang family, and to fight against Shikamaru, Shikamaru will not be stingy with raising the butcher knife. He is not a collector, but Ri Xiangning He had already proven his talent in the original work, so he was bothered to win him over, but if he dared to stop Shikamaru, he would naturally be destroyed without any burden.

This world is the most favorable environment for a strongman regime. In fact, people in this world are lucky. Those bosses with great power have their own ambitions and ideals, even if they are as evil as Orochimaru and as cold as Uchiha Madara, If he is a gangster who commits all kinds of crimes, looting and looting, just for enjoyment, the damage and disasters he will cause will be countless times greater than today.

So precisely because of this, a few core members of the "Xiao" organization can turn the whole world upside down, and the strength of a small village is enough to influence the status of a country.

In the final analysis, outsiders and foreign objects are only auxiliary. As long as one's strength is strong enough, one can crush all enemies like a bulldozer. Shikamaru clearly understands this.

He is not a frizzy and impulsive young man. Since he dares to express his ideas, it means that he has already had a plan. His capacity is much larger than the imagination of Sarutobi Asma and Nara Shikohisa.

Only those with great perseverance and great wisdom can have such grand aspirations.

Shikamaru sneered, and touched the curse seal on his neck, even though he couldn't see it with his eyes, he could still clearly see that the circle of fine runes tightly covered the three-wheeled jade.

Orochimaru gave him a good gift.

But the most important thing next is to wait for the assignment of duties, and another round of learning. The ninjutsu collection of the Hokage Building also has a lot of useful knowledge!

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Shikamaru's position was issued soon.

An intelligence agent from the Interrogation and Torture Department?

Holding a letter of appointment in his hand, Shikamaru frowned tightly. According to his guess, the place where he is most likely to go should be Anbe! ?

But although there is still a little doubt in his heart, Shikamaru will not disobey Konoha Village's appointment because of this - he does not have this qualification, even if he is Tsunade's disciple.

In the afternoon when Shikamaru received the letter of appointment, he went to the torture department to report, and received uniforms and documents, and met acquaintances, Morino Ibiki and Hibiki Dragonfly.

The latter seemed very happy after learning that Shikamaru was a recent member of the Torture Club. On the contrary, Ibiki Morino, who had recommended to Tsunade and suggested that Shikamaru join the Torture Club, changed his expression after seeing Shikamaru. Somewhat ugly.

Shikamaru didn't know that Morino Ibiki had asked Tsunade to join the Interrogation and Torture Department. He only thought that Morino Ibiki had a serious personality when he was working, so he didn't care about it.

Compared with other ninja departments, the atmosphere in the interrogation and torture department is more like Shikamaru's previous army. The most notable feature is the clothing.

The clothing of the torture department is dark gray as a whole, not as comfortable as the common ninja combat clothing, which is easy to move. It has a casual feeling like casual clothes. The clothing of the torture department is more biased towards Shikamaru's previous life. More modest attire.

Neat, heavy, and strict are the characteristics of this costume, especially when all the members of the entire department are wearing this neat costume that looks like steel, the shock can be seen.

On the battlefield, this kind of clothing is simply a target for the enemy, but the effect of blessing the collective power on the body is also extraordinary.

When Shikamaru put on this gray outfit and looked at the staff wearing the same uniform coming and going, he couldn't help but bring himself into this orderly and neat group for a moment.

However, his mind was hard to be shaken by foreign objects after all, and after a momentary trance, he came back to his senses and looked at Flying Bamboo Dragonfly and Morino Ibiki.

They are the ones who introduced Shikamaru and directed the Torture Department.

"You are suitable to wear this outfit." Flying Bamboo Dragonfly looked at Shikamaru who came out of the rest room, and said with a smile.

The slender Shikamaru is indeed suitable for wearing this kind of neat and indirect clothing, and his physique is enough to support the clothes, which can well reflect the heavy and strict style of the clothes.

"Thank you for the compliment." Shikamaru pursed his lips and said with a smile.

"Don't be restrained," Flying Bamboo Dragonfly saw Shikamaru's expression, and thought he was restrained and nervous, waved his hand and said, "I was very optimistic about you during the Chunin exam, and it turns out that you are really the only one this time. People are promoted to Chunin..."

"Okay, Dragonfly!" A group of silent Morino Ibiki interrupted Feizhu Dragonfly, and said to him: "Take Shikamaru to look around, and explain the general situation of the torture department by the way. .”

"Understood, Captain." Flying Bamboo Dragonfly said after peeking at Yibixi.

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Next, Feizhu Dragonfly took Shikamaru to wander around the torture department and explained the general situation.

There are many job titles in the Torture Department, but if I really want to talk about it, there are actually only two.

The interrogators who are mainly responsible for torturing and interrogating prisoners, as well as their assistants.

The interrogator is responsible for finalizing the interrogation plan. These people are all ninjas at the level of the captain, and many of them are even special Jnin. They may not be good at combat, but they are all masters of manipulating people. Once the prisoner falls into their hands, he will gradually open up the opponent's defense step by step, and find out all the secrets of the opponent.

The Torture Department and the Intelligence Department seem to overlap in capabilities, and it seems that the Intelligence Department that can search for memories through the mind is more efficient.

actually not.

There are countless memories stored in people's minds. Even Kaiichi Yamanaka, the head of the intelligence department who is proficient in esoteric techniques, dare not say that every time he extracts the memories in the prisoner's mind, there is no omission. Destroying, or even destroying memory, is considered a one-time act, mostly used to deal with dead units.

The interrogators in the torture department actually have to do a more difficult job. They let the prisoners voluntarily confide in their hearts and keep spit out more secrets. The deeds of Morinoi Hiki who emerged in the torture department at the beginning were to successfully instigate a Murakami Shinobi , as a double agent of Konoha Village, attracting the attention of many ninjas in the department.

But when it comes to assistants, there are many jobs and duties.

The recorder who is responsible for recording by his side when the interrogator questions the prisoner is the best position, because they can often learn a lot of knowledge from the interrogator.

The second is the analysis staff, responsible for assisting the interrogator in formulating the interrogation plan.

The third is the escort, who escorts and takes care of the prisoners, which is similar to a departmental security position.

The last time was Shikamaru's intelligence officer. He said that he was an intelligence officer. In fact, his job was to sort out the many intelligences and news in the archives of the Torture Department and put them in the filing cabinets of the corresponding items.

After Flying Bamboo and Dragonfly finished explaining, Shikamaru couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

The division of labor in the torture department is not complicated, but it is enough to surprise Shikamaru, or to say that Konoha village attaches great importance to intelligence work.

There are many staff members in the priesthood of the Torture Department. It is not appropriate to say that they are ninjas, because their actual combat ability is similar to that of ordinary people, and they can only do some clerical work. .

Shikamaru's "intelligence agent" position is actually mostly filled by this kind of person.

"What's going on here?" Shikamaru became even more puzzled after he learned about the details of the torture department.

Letting a young ninja with potential and combat ability take up a clerical job is really not in line with Konoha Village's approach, especially when Konoha is waiting to be done and there is a shortage of combat ninjas.

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Regardless of Shikamaru's doubts, Hibiki Morino's face looked a little better after returning to his office, but when his eyes fell on a document on the desk, he returned to his original appearance.

It was the letter of appointment and order signed by Tsunade of the Five Hokages, with a document attached.

Looking at the big bright red seal belonging to Hokage stamped on the upper corner of the order and documents, even though Morinoi Hibiki was extremely reluctant, he could only follow through.

"It's too much." Morino Ibiki muttered, looked at the content and time written on the document, thought for a while, then took out a formal document from the drawer, and wrote it quickly.

This is to be handed over to Tsunade. He has written similar content many times. It is nothing more than feeling that Konoha is in troubled times at this time. If it is not enough, it is suggested that some ninjas in the torture department who have no work to do for the time being take on more duties, such as catching prisoners and the like.

Morino Ibiki has written a lot of this kind of request for instructions, and he has also sent many Chunin from the Torture Department to arrest prisoners, so he knows the specific format and content by heart, and he finished writing it in a short time. On the appointer, the name of "Nara Shikamaru" is written.

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Shikamaru didn't know that on the first day he came to the Torture Department, the first job he received was neither to interrogate prisoners nor to learn to summarize intelligence, but to go to a small town in the Land of Fire based on the contents of the intelligence records to secretly Capture a foreign traitor.

When Shikamaru was sitting on the stool in the archives room, calmly learning the work of an intelligence agent with the middle-aged man next to him, who was an ordinary person and was even more flattered by Shikamaru's identity, someone had already taken Morino Ibi Xi's clerk came to him.