Shadow of the Wood

Chapter 210 Nine Opportunities

Shikamaru took a sip of scented tea, and the warm liquid slipped into his mouth with a faint aroma, which made him breathe a little bit of relief.

He was in a good mood.

Tayuya's matter has come to an end, he got what he wanted, and he will not be responsible for the next thing.

Since Tayuya decided to provide Konoha Village with the first information, it has been decided that her fate will be transferred from one organization to another. The difference is that Konoha Village is far more human than Orochimaru.

Shikamaru's guarantee at the time was not groundless, it was signaled by the Fifth Hokage Tsunade.

Tayuya provided Konoha Village with information about Orochimaru, and Konoha Village provided her with a protected identity, sealed spells, and arranged suspended animation, which was Tsunade's conditions.

Tsunade, who doubted Danzo because of the 鶗鴃 incident, even didn't want more people to know the process of Tayuya's identity arrangement, can be regarded as keeping his word and taking responsibility for Tayuya's life.

It is precisely because of this that Shikamaru can get what he wants-the key to Tayuya's secret technique "Finale Ninth Section: Chaos of the Demon Realm".

No matter how Tsunade reduces the number of ninjas who learn that Tayuya is protecting his identity, Shikamaru who was the first to ask Tayuya and successfully instigate rebellion cannot be ruled out. The thing about the makeover spread out, not to mention that he was still a student of Tsunade.

Shikamaru doesn't think it's difficult to threaten a female ninja in shackles, and Tayu, who has changed her identity to live again, is unlikely to use ninja skills again-unless she wants to restore her previous life and face Dashemaru's pursuit, Otherwise, they will end up living in obscurity and simply living like ordinary people.

Secret art is not so important to Tayu, and Shikamaru also promised her that if there is a chance in the future, he will provide her with protection.

There is no need to lie and betray, and there is no need to impose physical punishment to abolish Tayuya. What Konoha did was to help Tayuya provide a secret channel and arrange an ordinary person's identity.

If you are a powerful organization, but you can't even fulfill the basic promises, it's okay to fail, it's just that you don't have confidence in your own strength.

Tayuya neither had access to the information of Konoha Village, nor betrayed Orochimaru and died in Otoshi Village, and was not arranged to live in Konoha Village. Even if she repented after being assigned an identity, it would not hurt Konoha Village. In the final analysis In doing so, she will not harm the interests of Muye Village, and she will face the pursuit of Orochimaru. She is just asking for trouble, and Muye Village has fulfilled its responsibility.

Now that the matter has developed to this day, Shikamaru doesn't need to worry about it anymore, because he has more important things to do today.

The afternoon sun shone warmly on his body, Shikamaru put down the teacup in his hand and came to the bed.

A kimono was neatly laid out on the bed, black and white, simple and solemn, next to it was a neatly stacked gray belt with faint patterns on it.

Shikamaru took off his coat and exposed his muscular upper body. His not-so-exaggerated but strong muscles stretched as he put on the clothes, as if there were strange pythons hidden under the skin.

After changing into clothes, he tied up his long hair that had been loose because he was resting at home, and took a picture in the floor-to-ceiling mirror in the room to tidy it up.

Today is indeed an important day for the Nara clan, or the Nara Shikamaru family. After Tsunade returned to the village to succeed Hokage, Nara Heisuke, the head of the Nara clan, has expressed his health many times. Three days ago, he finally announced He will step down as the head of the family and recommend Nara Shikahisa to take over the management of family affairs.

At this time, it is the day when the Nara clan officially holds the succession ceremony of the head of the family. No matter what department or position they are in the Nara clan in Konoha Village, they must come to the Nara head outside the village, which is located on the edge of the forest. Participating in the ceremony in the ancestral house where he lives is something that even Hokage can't refuse, so he can only let it go.

This is the status of the ninja clan, the concession made by the ninja village to the families who are bound by secret arts and blood!

The head of the clan is not handed down from father to son, but the virtuous ones live there. Therefore, even if Shikamaru is the eldest son of Nara Shikahisa, Shikamaru has no special care. Now Shikamaru is the only one left in the family, and it seems very quiet.

Seeing that it was getting late, Shikamaru left the house and headed for the ancestral home of the Nara family.

The Nara family has raised deer for generations and is better at cultivating medicinal materials. Obviously, these things cannot be done in the city. Large-scale medicinal material cultivation sites should be in the wild environment, supplemented by manpower. The Nara family even has a separate area. It belongs to its own forest, where various medicinal materials are planted and deer are raised. The heads and elders of the past generations usually live in the ancestral house on the edge of the dense forest, and take the responsibility of guarding the property of the group, because it is only on the edge of the forest. Muye Village is not too far away, so it is not inconvenient to go back and forth.

It's just an ancestral home, but it's actually more like a stronghold.

In other words, many ninjas in Muye Village have more or less their own strongholds. After all, ninjas such as Nara and Akimichi have their own skills and needs. In the country, there is no shortage of places to store and make medicinal materials. The stronghold is also semi-closed and rarely opened to people outside the ethnic group. There are long-term technology and wisdom crystallization of the Nara clan stored there. Entering is the result of endless death.

When they walked to the gate, there were more Nara people wearing black and white and simple kimonos like Shikamaru, and some people they knew greeted each other, and Shikamaru responded with a smile from time to time.

In fact, there are not many clansmen he is really familiar with, and he has been cultivating for so many years, not to mention that he himself does not have much expectation for the Nara clan. After the potential is reached, it will naturally attract the attention of the clan. Nara Heisuke's support at the beginning is proof, and he is not in the mood to waste time with people's hypocrisy and obedience.

The succession ceremony adheres to the ninja's usual style, which can be grand but not complicated.

The members of the Nara clan all wore simple black and white kimonos, with the family crest on the back, drawn in yellow, and gray belts around the waist, with patterns looming in them. After entering the inner hall of the ancestral house, they all knelt down neatly at the gate and the main hall. On both sides of the seat, get out of the aisle, with a solemn look.

After all the clansmen were seated one after another, the four elders entered the hall, wearing gray-green kimonos embroidered with checkered patterns, and orange-yellow sleeveless feather knitting jackets. The hem was just past the waist, and black bird-eye patterns were connected together. One piece, and Haorihou also painted the family crest in yellow.

After the four family elders entered the hall, they came to the main seat and knelt on the four futons to wait for the arrival of the new head. Among them, Nara Heisuke, the former head, sat on the far left.

The so-called family elders mean the elders in the family. They all have rich administrative and management experience. Their main duties are to help the head family manage the affairs of the clan, and provide advice when coordinating with other ninjas and villages. In simple terms, they are staff and The role of a housekeeper.

None of these four old men were so-called "family masters" who looked like "town houses" with rickets or withered skin.

In his previous life, Shikamaru sneered at the saying that every ninja has a so-called "master" hidden in the dark.

No whimsical head of the family would think of cultivating a "family master".

Except for a very few ninjas, in this world, all masters have a shelf life, such as the third generation of Naruto Sarutobi Rizai, once they enter their old age, their combat effectiveness will also decline exponentially.

What's more, the gap in personal strength in this world cannot be simply filled by numbers. It is expected that a few ordinary people will be randomly selected and cultivated as "private soldiers". Against this kind of enemy, they are as vulnerable as paper.

To cultivate, we can only select potential and valuable people from an early age. This is a difficult problem-how to confirm the value and potential?

The emergence of the strong does not happen overnight. For ninjas, only geniuses who have experienced the test of the battlefield are valuable, and the rest are not worth mentioning. A battlefield, but also unprepared to be noticed.

They can only observe with hindsight, and when they notice some young people with potential, it also shows that they have achieved certain achievements.

Fortunately, there is a super genius who shows his extraordinary talent in just one battle, far surpassing his peers. He is recognized by the wise eyes, and he has worked hard to hide it. We must not only let him experience continuous growth through battles, but also be careful not to let him die. Otherwise, all your hard work will be in vain... Then I found out that he is useless at all.

The invasion of foreign enemies is naturally relied on by Konoha Village. Do you want to rely on a ninja to resist it yourself?And if Muye Village is going to cleanse a certain ethnic group, one or two "private soldiers" can't stop it.

To waste manpower and material resources and let a talented ninja go to waste, this is no longer for the sake of the ethnic group, but maliciously suppressing a potential junior.

This is a world where the concept of "the strong are respected" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Rather than being hidden in the snow and pushed to the bright side, it is better for a tribe with potential to expand the influence of the tribe by virtue of its personal strength and prestige gained on the battlefield. Choice, only with a unique ninja and strong strength, can people pay attention to it, so that they can be seen more highly, seek greater power in the ninja village, and then use this to strengthen the ninja clan, forming a virtuous circle.

After Shikamaru gained a certain reputation, Nara Heisuke and the family elders didn't say that they wanted to "train" Shikamaru into a family master, but helped him spread the story, build momentum for him, and increase his influence , because this is a matter of mutual benefit between the individual and the family.

After the elder is seated, the head of the family will appear on the stage.

Shikahisa Nara is wearing a bright yellow kimono, with a lavender sleeveless haori coat, with complex patterns tattooed on it, which can be vaguely seen to be a stag, and the family crest on the back is quite large compared to the elders and clansmen.

Nara Shikahisa looked solemn, and walked into the room with his head raised, but he didn't go directly to the seat after stepping into the door, but stood in front of the door, slowly scanning around the clansmen in the room, his body collapsed straight , the eyes are as sharp as a sword, even considering the identity and occasion at this time, there is really a breathtaking aura shrouded in the body!

The clansmen who met Shikahisa Nara's eyes, even a few elders, were shocked, lowered their heads to show respect, secretly surprised that this veteran ninja who used to look a bit carefree and lacking in imposing manner, has such a heart-warming feeling. when folding.

Seeing this tugging at the corners of Nara Shika's mouth for a long time, he showed a satisfied smile unabashedly, walked steadily to the main seat, and sat down slowly.

After 38 years of experience and more than ten years of waiting, this is the opportunity?