Shadow of the Wood

Chapter [-] Can Kill

Shikamaru didn't have time to observe and understand Anbu's life. His first mission to join this department has been announced.

The task was directly conveyed by Tsunade to Tenzo, and then passed on by Tenzo to three subordinates including Shikamaru.

At this time, Shikamaru was holding a briefing about this mission in his hand, with a general description on it.

Strictly speaking, this matter still started because of him. In the last part of the Chunin exam, the two Kusanagi village ninjas he met before fighting Gaara were ordered by Kazaki Nakakwon to say It seems that this person is a bit reckless, Shikamaru was sure at that time that Konoha Village would not let him go in the future, and now it is true.

With today's world structure and the survival form of ninja villages, the balance system that the first Hokage intended to maintain at the beginning is obviously wishful thinking. It has developed to the present and has experienced many wars that have affected the ninja world. Today, the five major ninja villages rely on oppression of the small ninja village. In order to maintain their own form of prosperity, but even so, the five great ninja villages are constantly rubbing sparks.

Regardless of the current form of Konoha Village, it is just that it is one of the five great ninja villages. When encountering such a thing, it must use a tough attitude to punish the grass ninja village.

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The convenience of the dark troop captains is that they have certificates that allow them to enter and leave Muye Village at any time, and they do not need to apply for them during missions. As the dark troop captains themselves, they can lead four people to pass each time they enter and leave Muye Village.

The four members of Anbu's third unit, where Shikamaru is located, set off at night on the same day. They marched ahead of Akai's team and would arrive at the capital of the country of grass in advance to prepare. As long as Akai and others convey Tsunade's words, they will attract Grass Ninja Village and Grass Country's attention, they will do it, and eradicate Kusunin who protects and houses Zhongquan by the way.

As for the action plan, in fact, it is just to read the mission briefing. Even Hokage can't control the battle situation thousands of miles away. The best commander of this operation is Tenzang. How to play it depends on his ability.

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The four dark shadows continued to shuttle through the forest, even while traveling at high speed, they still maintained a loose but stable formation.

The leader was a ninja wearing a khaki windbreaker, a hood and a feline mask. He seemed to be the leader of the team. At this moment, he stopped suddenly and didn't speak. He just raised his clenched right hand and followed In his movements, three people who were a few steps behind him, wearing black windbreakers and hoods, and each wearing animal masks on their faces, stopped almost at the same time, showing a well-trained manner.

No one asked any questions, the three ninjas in black windbreakers just looked at their captain quietly, and at the same time distractedly guarded their surroundings.

Animal masks, a well-trained style, and the plain but distinctive windbreaker, the identities of these four people are almost obvious. They are the members of Anbu from Konoha Village, the four members of the third team. Nakonoha Ninja!

"Someone..." Tianzang listened carefully for a moment. There were many branches that had fallen to the ground in the dense forest for a long time. An abnormality was detected.

Tianzang sensed that someone was approaching, and Ben raised his right hand with a clenched fist and suddenly separated. Seeing this, Shikamaru, who had been paying attention to his movements, raised his leg without hesitation and kicked on the trunk of the big tree beside him. Carat tightly bound his body like a sucker, causing him to jump above the portrait, and then jumped vertically again and again, hiding behind the thick broad leaves at the top of a big tree.

At the same time as Shikamaru moved, the other three people including Tianzang also dispersed and hid themselves.

After a while, a middle-aged man who looked like a woodcutter passed by the area where Shikamaru and the others were, not knowing that he had stepped into the ambush circle of some kind of creature more terrifying than wild beasts, and finally staggered away from here .

When the woodcutter left, they waited for a while, and finally showed up.

"This should be the territory of the Kingdom of Grass." Tianzang looked at the direction the woodcutter came from, muttered to himself, and then looked at the sky. Although the dense forest covered the sky, there was still A little sunlight fell inside, and it was already daytime. Unless the transformation technique was used, as long as the four strangely dressed Anbu were exposed to the sight of outsiders, they would naturally attract attention.

"Go back to the depths of the dense forest to rest for a while, and wait until night before proceeding." Tianzang ordered, and then he took the lead and turned back and walked to the depths of the dense forest.

Naturally, Shikamaru and the others would not object, not only because of discipline, they traveled non-stop for two days and three nights, and during this period they took remote roads to avoid the crowds. Even ninjas and very good Anbu members would inevitably be tired.

The Country of Grass has a small land area, and one night is enough for the four of them to rush to the capital of the country. Shikamaru knows that what they need to do next is to wait for the arrival of the Akai team and at the same time investigate In some cases, they might even send someone to plant nails around He Zhai Zhongquan in advance.

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Rixiang Ningci followed Akai's pace slightly silently. This superior yelled a lot along the way, except for Li Luoke who was exactly the same as the other party, and he couldn't bear it every day.

The amount of mission information obtained by Xia Nin is obviously not as good as that of Anbu. Rixiang Ningci, Tiantian and Li Luoke only know that this mission is to go to the country of grass to extract the famous elders. If you break the rules you made with your own hands, you are just a prisoner.

Only Akai knows well that their role is mainly to cooperate with Anbu to complete the operation.

However, the reason why Rixiang Ningji seemed unusually quiet along the way was not because of the mission, but because of what Shikamaru had said to him back then.

Shikamaru may not be able to use his mouth to escape what others say to commit suicide like Naruto Uzumaki, but his words did not intentionally deceive Rixiang Ningji, especially about Rixiang Richa and the Rixiang clan There is no half lie in the clan system.

And that's enough.

Shikamaru's words have changed Rixiang Ningci's previous views on things, and it is no longer the same as the original work. He paid attention to the words "family" and "brothers" in Rixiang Richa's will, and thus became a loyal part of the Rixiang clan. dog, but from the perspective of the beneficiary class and the oppressor class of the system mentioned by Shikamaru.

As a result, this way of thinking eventually made him more and more inclined to agree with Shikamaru.

The branch family has never been short of talented ninjas. In fact, because the branch family was oppressed and treated unfairly, they were unable to learn many soft boxing secret skills, and they had to protect the clan, making themselves more dangerous on the battlefield. In order to survive and To save their lives, they worked harder than the Zong family to tap their own potential.

Maybe few people can match the talent of Rixiang Ningci, but compared with the Zong family, they are definitely more than one level stronger.

And Rixiang Ningci, who discovered this, felt disgust and hatred from the bottom of his heart for the high-sounding excuse of the clan's "sacrifice of the branch family to protect the development of the blood of the Rixiang family".

If it is really for the development of the family, the choice of the clan should not be based on blood, but talent. No matter how good the offspring are, they can only exist as victims, and they will never stand up again.

As Shikamaru said, in order to protect their own rights and interests, the vested interests are doing everything they can. Just ignoring and deceiving are actually relatively "moderate" means.

Rixiang Ningci thought of this, and thought of his father's strong unwillingness, but he had to die to protest this decadent system, a trace of murderousness appeared in his cold eyes.

Only when there are only Li Luoke, Akai, and Tiantian around, Rixiang Ningci can show this kind of cruelty a little bit. After all, he is not a fool and a fool. He was once known for his talent and talent. Naturally understand The power of the mark on his forehead, now that he knows the true face of the clan, he dare not show his hatred for the clan and the system of the Sunxiang clan as before.

He aims to follow his father's path and destroy the decadent system of the Sun Xiang clan.

However, Ri Xiangningci also understands that this is not easy, not to mention the "caged bird" curse seal. For a long time, ninjas have monopolized the secret art and blood succession limit of Ninja Village, and they have extremely powerful power. It is not an easy task to eradicate them in one fell swoop, which will also cause great harm to a village, which will greatly reduce the combat power of Ninja Village.

But thinking of the young man standing quietly and watching Hokage Rock indifferently, Rixiang Ningci felt inexplicably more confidence and expectation.

When he heard Shikamaru's words for the first time, he only felt that this boy who was always known for his rationality and calmness had finally revealed his insane nature, but when he calmly recalled it now, he only remembered the indifference and confidence of that person at that time.

And since Xiang Ningji knew about Shikamaru in the past, he also knew that the other party didn't like to talk big like Uzumaki Naruto, since he dared to say such a sensational ideal to himself, he probably already had a plan in his heart.

Thinking of this, there seemed to be a flame burning in Ri Xiangningci's heart, and a thought called restlessness emerged in his mind, determined to participate in this idea that was about to change the world, just thinking about it made him feel Excited!

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Of course, Shikamaru, who was in the country of grass, didn't know what Rixiang Ningji was thinking at this time, he was busy serving tea and water now.

That's right, it's serving tea and water.

Now he has sneaked into He Zhaizhongquan's palace, and turned into a handsome young man with red lips and white teeth, as a newly recruited servant, spying for information secretly.

There are two chunin from Kusanagi Village in He Zhaizhongquan's family, but since they are not sentient ninjas, Shikamaru doesn't take them seriously in terms of strength.

It is said that the military really serves politics. Shikamaru, who bowed his head with a humble look, took a peek at the dark-skinned old man with some age spots on his face, who was falling asleep at this time, and sighed secretly.

If it was just to kill He Zhaizhongquan, or simply bring him back to Konoha Village, Shikamaru dared to say that he could do it alone, but it's a pity that Tsunade's purpose is to deter, to slap Kusanagi Village in the face, Shikamaru Maru could only watch this disgusting wretched old man live.

Shikamaru glanced at the naked person in the corner of the room who was tied up with a rope like a white sheep. There were shocking scars on his skin as white as suet jade, his face was stained with tears, and his lower body was in a mess. Contact He Zhaizhongquan, who was still taking a nap on the tatami at this time, knew what happened without having to think about it.

Slightly confused eyes slowly opened, facing Kamishikamaru's gaze, with a complex look on his childish face, frightened, expectant, vicious, it was hard for Shikamaru to believe that this was just a A girl who just turned ten.

Shikamaru no longer looked into the other party's eyes, quietly took down a wooden table in He Zhai Zhongquan's room, together with the food and wine on it, and exited the room.

Shikamaru knew that the girl in the room behind him was cursing him viciously, and hoped that he and Takakwon would focus on the handsome young man he had changed and let him go, but it was a pity that Shikamaru didn't mean to fulfill the other party, even though he was Ninjas have illusions, but there are two ninjas in this mansion after all, and it is inconvenient for the other party to find out their flaws.

Shikamaru who exited the room let out a sigh of relief, and looked back.

It is said that Shikamaru, who lived in Konoha Village most of the time when he was growing up in this world, has seen a lot of things during the time he came to the Country of Grass.

Although he has been to the country of Bo, he has also seen the poverty of the people oppressed by Kado, but in fact, because the daimyo and aristocratic class of the country of Bo were also blackmailed by Kado, he himself lived a miserable life, the real oppression Kado was the only one who participated, and Shikamaru hadn't had the chance to witness the hellish scene yet.

If we compare the prosperity of the cities, Muye Village is well-deserved first-rate, followed by other cities in the Land of Fire, and cities in the Land of Grass can barely be included in the third-rate category.

Ninja Village can not only serve as a country's external force protection agency, but in contrast, the power of ninjas is also sufficient to suppress any domestic instability.

As long as characters like Chen Sheng and Wu Guang appear, they will be strangled by ninjas, because the strength of ordinary people is simply not enough to contend with ninjas.

Competing with behemoths like the Five Great Ninja Villages for client resources is obviously hitting a stone with an egg. If the Little Ninja Village wants to maintain its vitality, it can only rely on the funding of the country where it is located.

So the internal oppression was formed.

The ruler and the nobles support Ninja Village, and Ninja Village protects the nobles who can support themselves. For ordinary people, this is an iron curtain relationship that is difficult to break.

When a few people have unscrupulous rights, there is no need to have expectations of their character.In addition, this world does not have the food treasures like the hybrid rice of Shikamaru's previous life, and most ordinary people in this world are actually struggling on the verge of death.

Only this kind of environment can make many people want to become ninjas. There is enough food and clothing in peaceful times, and high-risk and difficult occupations will not be pursued in this way. But now, becoming a ninja has strength, even if it is a rebellious ninja, Either kill or seize, and live freely.

Shikamaru was able to infiltrate this mansion thanks to his changed appearance - because Kazuya Nakakwon likes beautiful boys and girls.

"As expected." Shikamaru sneered and looked away.