Shadow of the Wood

Chapter 240 Five Disadvantages

"Look carefully, Naruto." Jiraiya put his arms around his chest, leaned his body against the solid wall, and warned earnestly: "You still have a lot to learn."

The renjuriki of each ninja village are often able to obtain extremely good education. Most of them are guided by their predecessors. Ji Lai also came forward to give pointers, which is actually considered an anomaly, which makes it still difficult for him to realize his potential.

"What..." Naruto Uzumaki almost lay half of his body on the guardrail, looking at the candidates standing in a row in the field with jealousy, and his mouth was sour: "If you hadn't taken me out of the village, I would The one who should stand there, with my talent, I can definitely become a Chunin!"

Jiraiya chuckled when he heard the words, shook his head and remained silent, ignoring Naruto Uzumaki's naive words. Not long ago, he received news from Tsunade that the other party explained the current crisis that Konoha Village might face. Unable to sit idly by, he brought Naruto Uzumaki back to Konoha Village just in time for the third Chunin Exam.

Not to mention Jiraiya and Naruto Uzumaki who have returned to Konoha Village, our protagonist, Shikamaru Nara, who has just been promoted to Jonin, is leading two Chunin to entertain—or protect—the Land of Fire The daimyo representative of the Land of Winds.

While Shikamaru introduced some information about this year's candidates to Hideo Mita, a master of the Land of Fire, and Takamasa Komura, a master of the Land of Wind, he briefly explained the rules of the competition.

The competition was a simple confrontation. Although there were three Taki Shinobi who were not familiar with Shikamaru among these candidates, they had watched the surveillance video in the previous exam and knew a little bit about it. These two tasks were not difficult for Shikamaru.

"I heard that you have become a Jonin?" Hideo Mita asked after hearing Shikamaru's introduction, looking for a topic.

"Yes." Shikamaru nodded. There is no need to be modest and conceal these things. Although this incident is not as sensational as the Chunin exam, many people in Konoha Village have noticed it. It's just that Hideo Mita, who has only been here for a few days, can Noticed, it can be regarded as a lot of attention to Shikamaru.

"You're only 13 years old?" Hideo Mita seemed to admire Shikamaru very much. After asking, after receiving an affirmative answer from the other party, he repeatedly said with emotion: "It's amazing, it's amazing..."

"It's nothing, Kakashi-senpai has been a Jonin since he was 12 years old." Shikamaru replied calmly. Although he didn't practice so exaggeratedly since he was born in the womb, as a precocious time traveler, strictly speaking, the training time is not enough. Being countless times stronger than his peers, there is really not much to be proud of.

"There is no comparison between the two." Hideo Mita said seriously, and added: "It was different then and now."

This attitude made Shikamaru look at Hideo Mita in surprise. Indeed, as the other party said, the war period is of course different from the peace period. In the period when Hatake Kakashi was, he could enter the battlefield when he was less than ten years old. , and in Shikamaru's era, even if he had won the No.1 ninja school for several years in a row, he had to obediently wait until he was 12 before graduating.

These are determined by two periods, two needs, and two systems, and have little to do with individual talents, but it is not easy for Mita Hideo, as a famous elder outside the Konoha village system, to understand this.

Shikamaru felt a little pity. The envoys sent by the fire country daimyo to the water country with the Konoha village team have already arrived in Konoha village. After the end of the Chunin exam and several outstanding low ninjas promoted to the Chunin, So they formed a team to go to the country of water. As an important member of the team, Shikamaru also met with the other party. The middle-aged man was impeccable in etiquette, but he seemed a bit rigid, far inferior to Hideo Mita's humor and Understanding of the ninja village system.

Maybe it's because of the atmosphere of the so-called "nobility" in this world that Shikamaru can't add his own influence to it.

"Until now, I still feel that it's a pity that you couldn't take over the post of captain of the daimyo guard." Hideo Mita smiled and said to Shikamaru: "I think with your talent, it doesn't take much time, and you will definitely be able to become a member of the guardian ninja. member."

"The Land of Fire is getting stronger and stronger, and Daimyo's side should be safe. I can do too little for him. On the contrary, in Konoha Village, I can do more for the Land of Fire." Shikamaru had no choice but to be polite. : "An environment that is too comfortable is not what a ninja should pursue."

Compared with ordinary Jōnin, Guardian Ninja has a somewhat detached status because it bears the bond between the village and the daimyo, but it may not be beneficial to the competition for Hokage. Just as Tsunade refuted the attitude of the three elders at the beginning, Konoha The village and the country of fire are an inseparable whole, but they must also maintain mutual du lixing. Muye Village must rely on the country of fire, but it cannot be completely controlled by the daimyo. There is only one person that all villagers need to truly loyal and love The leader, that is Hokage, not Daimyo.

As a daimyo's confidant, the guardian ninja who was labeled as a daimyo of the country of fire may not be able to gain the trust of the villagers and Konoha ninjas when competing for Naruto. Can you do your best.

Sarutobi Asma also advised Shikamaru not to think about being a guardian ninja. Apart from Shikamaru's parents, he is the ninja who is the most fancy and clear about Shikamaru's talent and strength in Konoha Village. He thought Shikamaru long ago. The target should be Hokage, not other smaller positions.

"Indeed." Although it was still a tactful refusal, the implicit compliment in Shikamaru's words also made Hideo Mita's expression much more relaxed, and he focused on the game off the court.

In the arena, Kato Shizune organized the first round of the competition after leading several candidates to receive cheers from the audience, and the contestants also ignited the enthusiasm of the audience.

In the first round of the competition, Rixiang Ningci from the famous family faced a Taki ninja candidate.

Shikamaru is not worried about the result of this competition. Ri Xiangning's title of "genius" is worthy of the name. Not to mention the Taki Ninja candidate, even a jounin with weaker physical skills was defeated by Ri Xiangning from the very beginning. If you get close for the first time, you can't re-open the distance in the shortest time, and you may lose.

Speaking of the on-court game, that Taki Shinobu seemed to have known some information about his opponent before that, and he knew that Ri Xiangningji was good at physical arts, and he had adopted a fighting posture since the beginning, and he didn't want to use Ri Xiangningji at all. Physical combat, constantly harassing opponents with kunai shuriken and other flying props, but unfortunately all this is meaningless to Rixiang Neiji who has white eyes.

The game seemed to be falling into a chasing battle, which made the noise of the arena much louder, but at this time Taki Shinobu suddenly formed a seal, and even quickly used a fire escape technique, which seemed to have been premeditated, waiting for Ri Xiangning to be sent flying When props paralyzed the negligence, he was caught off guard.

The fireball that exudes scorching heat covers an extremely wide area. When Taki Shinobu used it at the right time, it almost completely enveloped Ri Xiangningji's figure. It could only be vaguely seen from the fire that Ri Xiangningji's figure seemed to be trembling. Some ordinary people with fragile mentality had already closed their eyes, but then the exclamation from the crowd made them open their eyes again.

Baguazhang. Back to heaven!

The chakra that is constantly emanating from the body forms a semicircular blue sphere under high-speed rotation, like a protective shield, firmly protecting Rixiang Ningci, and the burning flame is attached to it, but in the blink of an eye It was quickly bounced away by the light blue but spinning Chakra, and handfuls of flames splashed around irregularly, making that Taki Shinobi dodge in a hurry for a while.

It's just that Taki Shinobu didn't notice that after using "Return to the Sky" to disperse the flames, Ri Xiangningji's slightly weird starting gesture.

Wearing a plain kimono, Rixiang Ningci tucked his right hand at his waist, clasped his five fingers together tightly, his palm was facing Taki Shinobu, his legs were in a horse stance, and after holding his breath, he suddenly pushed out his right palm, following him The wide sleeves were rolled up with the wind, and the invisible chakra erupted from his right palm like a high-pressure faucet.

Gossip Empty Palm!

boom!

Bagua Kongzhang swept the long straight line along the way, and the burning flames were extinguished one after another. Caught off guard, Taki Shinobu was on the line, his body froze, as if he had been punched by an invisible enemy, and he rolled backwards He flew away and slammed into the trunk of a small tree.

When he finally stood up, Rixiang Ningci had already stood in front of him.

Dazzling, this should be the most real thought of the audience when they saw Ri Xiangning's physical skills. He was hit by Ri Xiangning's dizzying series of acupoint blows by the close Taki Shinobi, but within a short breath, his whole body The chakra points in the important parts were all sealed by Rixiang Ningci, and he couldn't even stand up.

"I see, Naruto!" Jiraiya had come to Uzumaki Naruto who was lying on the guardrail at some point, patted his shoulder and said, "That boy from the Rixiang clan is not simple."

"What's the matter, that Taki Shinobi is too weak." Uzumaki Naruto said stiffly.

"No, that's not what I meant." Ji Lai also said persuasively: "Think about it carefully, his decisive blow, that move, actually made up for his shortcomings very well."

"You should also do this, otherwise, if you meet a ninja who is obviously not as strong as you in the future, wouldn't it be unfair to catch your shortcomings and defeat you?" Nodding, a smile appeared on his face: "What do you think is your biggest shortcoming?"

"Not smart enough?" Uzumaki Naruto asked hesitantly.

"...That's a little bit, but what I want to talk about is not it." Ji Lai also said with a curled lip.

"Not tall enough?"

"...No." Jiraiya sighed, guessing that Naruto Uzumaki didn't know when it would be, so he said directly: "It's illusion, you are not good at illusion."

"Tsunade entrusted me with a task. I'm afraid I will leave the Fire Country for a while. You have to stay in Konoha for the time being. I will give you homework about illusion." Jiraiya also see Uzumaki As soon as the person heard "Genjutsu", he had a bitter face, and his tone seemed a bit harsh: "If you still want to find Sasuke and become Hokage, Genjutsu cannot be your Achilles' heel! Do you understand!"

Uzumaki Naruto bowed his head and said yes.