Shadow of the Wood

Chapter 3 Ninja

Although Kyuubi is powerful, if he wants to destroy Konoha, who is known as the head of the Five Great Ninja Villages and has two generations of Hokage alive, he is actually powerless.However, the sacrifice of the Fourth Hokage still greatly saved the lives of Konoha Ninja and the safety of the villagers.

There is no doubt that the fourth generation is a hero. Even if the appearance of Kyuubi is because of his wife's birth, it cannot make people resent that young man with great prestige and charisma, and his sacrifice makes everyone no longer resent him. reasons and excuses.

Yellow flash, after all, is the pride of Konoha Village.

After some rest and a temporary inventory of the battle results and losses, the fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato's funeral was held under the Hokage Rock on the morning of the fourth day.

In this troubled world, countless people die every day, so the funeral is not as complicated as the earth where Shikamaru was in his previous life.Even though it was a village headman who died, it was only a certain degree of improvement in the venue and specifications.Early in the morning, the people attending the funeral were heading towards the site under Hokage Rock. The crowd of ninjas and villagers in black clothes continued to grow. Everyone didn't speak, but walked dully. Occasionally, they saw acquaintances. He just nodded his head as a greeting. An atmosphere of silence and sadness enveloped the whole village. This was not only because of the departure of Sidai, a leader with extremely high charisma, but also because of the fact that the village was weak after the Nine-Tails incident.

Not long ago, Konoha Village, which had Sannin, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Namikaze Minato, was no different in the ninja world. Zhan is getting old, and the fourth Hokage of the new force has passed away. Konoha Village has never been as weak as it is today. This situation makes every Konoha villager who knows this feel uneasy.

In the village, except for the ninjas with special missions or on duty, everyone came to the funeral silently. Nara Shikahisa brought his wife and Shikamaru into the black torrent. The family of three wore black dresses and looked sad. In other words, except Except for Shikamaru's, the other two's dresses are not freshly made. Living in this war-torn world and being a ninja, this kind of clothes is always unavoidable.

Following the flow of people to the venue where the funeral was held, although it hadn't rained yet, the weather at noon turned gloomy and ominous.

Shikamaru, who was held in Nara Yoshino's arms, silently looked at the photo of Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato.

The person in the photo is young and handsome. Although there is a gentle smile on the corner of his mouth, he can still see his persistence and dedication to his beliefs from his eyes.

"While Sannin is still in Konoha, the man who can stand out from the talented young generation and defeat Sannin to become the fourth Hokage has such a huge reputation and charisma..., so young Just a man who has a deep understanding of space-time ninjutsu, if he grows to the peak state, I don't know how powerful he will be." Shikamaru thought silently, and then glanced at the blond boy who was sleeping in the arms of the third Hokage not far away "However, although your death has restored your reputation, the birth of Naruto has always been the cause of Kyuubi's loss of control! Although rational people know that Naruto is just an innocent child, ignorant people cannot Turning hatred and anger on you who sacrificed for Konoha, you can only transfer your emotions to Naruto, is your death worth it?"

In any case, Naruto's birth was the cause of the loosening of Jinchuriki's seal, and Namikaze Minato, who guarded Jinchuriki, allowed Kyuubi to escape.

Not knowing about Madara's existence, the villagers only think of Fourth Hokage's dereliction of duty. If Fourth Hokage is still alive, although his reputation may be greatly damaged because of this incident, and he may even leave Hokage's seat, but with his strength, he can still Protecting Naruto, although he has read the original book and knows that the Fourth Hokage died for the village, but it also led to Naruto's gloomy childhood. The Fourth Hokage obviously underestimated the ugliness of human nature.

In fact, Naruto’s childhood is very similar to Shikamaru’s previous life. In his previous life, Shikamaru was born in a poor mountainous area. The specific reasons for the villagers’ hostility to him are still unclear. However, God bestowed on him extraordinary Mind, this is one of the capitals he was able to leave that barren land.

Although there is a little sympathy for Naruto, Shikamaru will not deliberately help him. How can a man who is determined to seize the number one throne in the ninja world stop because of passersby on the road?

But at this time, the fourth generation has died after all, and Naruto has not yet grown up. The one who really attracted Shikamaru's attention was the old man wearing the cloak and bamboo hat representing the headman of Konoha Village.

He has a slightly dark face with a few age spots on his face and a goatee on his chin. At this time, his body is slightly bent and his face is tired. From the outside, he looks more like an ordinary old farmer, but the deer Maru looked carefully, and found that his eyes did not have the slightest turbidity that old people should have, but revealed firmness and wisdom.

This is the man called "Nino" and "God of Ninja" by the ninja world, Shikamaru thought so, compared with the depression in the eyes of many Konoha villagers, this old man with ordinary appearance but firm eyes, At this moment, there is really a different kind of style!

But looking at the tiredness on Sarutobi's face, he must have discussed with the fire country daimyo. Konoha Village will definitely maintain a restrained and appeasement policy in the next ten years. This seems weak, but it reveals helplessness , These ten years are the time for the new generation of Konoha Village to start growing up. In any case, during this period of time, Konoha must ensure that these children can grow up safely until they become independent ninjas and inherit the will of fire.

The three generations of Hokage knew this, and would rather sacrifice their persistence and decades of prestige in the ninja world, and use a cowardly attitude in exchange for opportunities for Konoha's development. Therefore, the Twelve Xiaoqiang in the original book can grow smoothly, and finally in the future Stand alone.

As for Shimura Danzo..., Shikamaru shook his head. This is why he was always suppressed by Sarutobi Hiruzen and his juniors. He couldn't see the general trend, but he liked to make small moves. The ninjas in this world are not as lowly as Shikamaru's previous life. How could this kind of behavior be recognized by the majority of people and become the leader of Ninja Village?

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"What is Chakra?"

"It is strength, it is will, it is the foundation of ninja, and it is the foundation of ninjutsu."

"How to form chakra?"

"Use hard training to sharpen the body, and use hard practice to hone the will."

"Well, we still need to rely on fighting to cultivate experience and fighting spirit."

"Yes!" Shikamaru replied respectfully.

Unconsciously, I have lived in this ninja world for seven years, and since Shikamaru officially started learning ninja knowledge at the age of four, the above similar questions and answers have been staged almost every day.

However, Shikamaru has not improved his strength by leaps and bounds in the past seven years. He is not busy improving his strength, but enriching his theory.

A young body limits one's own growth, and overly urgent behavior will only lead to overdoing it. Practicing Chakra also requires a certain physical foundation. Therefore, children under seven years old have a limit to chakra. Naruto is often beaten by Kyuubi. Chakra's injuries are an example. Nine-Tails' Chakra is too large compared to his own Chakra, and his body has not fully grown up, which is simply unacceptable.

However, Chakra is connected with mental energy and physical energy. Shikamaru has the soul of a strong-willed adult. Although his body is limited and cannot accommodate too much Chakra, he can carry out some targeted physical training. It is still guaranteed that his Chakra is ahead of most of his peers. After all, he is one of the important characters in the original work. Although it is impossible to compare with those few illegitimate children who are like fate, his aptitude is not bad.

It is foreseeable that Shikamaru, who has sufficient theoretical knowledge and laid a good foundation, will gradually accelerate his progress as his body gradually grows. After systematic study and training at the ninja school, there should be a small leap forward.

In the original book, even if there are differences in the level of the twelve Xiaoqiangs in school, it is not a huge gap that is completely irreparable. However, after graduation, the gap between the Xiaoqiangs who began to grow up gradually began to widen. This is because Physical factors limit progress.

As for being regarded as a "genius" by a certain hero with discerning eyes, it is even more impossible.

In this world, the title of "genius" is very stingy. Even if you can read a thousand characters at the age of three, you can compose poetry at the age of four, and you can buy Chinese cabbage at the age of five. "Comments like this, in the eyes of people in this world, a genius must have the strength to always surpass his peers, and then be affirmed by countless honors and victories, and then cultivate a reputation that can be spread by the enemy.

Uchiha Itachi, Kakashi and even Orochimaru are all, without constant display of strength, without honor and victory, without a reputation that enemies fear, they will never be truly recognized and recognized as "genius".Is it enough for your parents to tell you that you are a genius?Who would do such a shameful thing?I boast to others that my child is a genius. The key is that this genius has no shining points. In this world, people who cannot survive and become stronger can only become a dead person.

Don't underestimate the title of "genius". Take Orochimaru and Jiraiya as an example. From the original work, it can be found that before the incident of Orochimaru in Konoha Dongchuang, people were more in awe of Orochimaru than Jiraiya. Sasuke and Naruto The situation of people is also similar, Sasuke's strength is reasonable, Naruto's becoming stronger is unbelievable...

Maintaining a detached attitude from the very beginning, people around may feel envious or jealous at the beginning, but after continuous improvement and strengthening, people who are used to it will only accept and start to look up.

When a crane tail is suddenly discovered to have great strength, most people will look at it with jealousy and suspicion, and always think that he was lucky to succeed.Just like the old aristocrats and nouveau riche give people the impression.And if Shikamaru wants to become Hokage, he must obtain this title.

However, now is a time of peace, unlike wars where you can gain honor and fame after many battles, and show strength beyond your peers. If you want to get this title, you can only focus on the ninja school at present, and always maintain the best Graduated with grades?Although it is not as good as the honor on the battlefield, it is only like this.

As for Sasuke, why do you care about him so much?Now he is just a child, what is there to care about and scruples about?It's fine if you have the power you need to look up to temporarily, if you don't have it, then you have to be shy, what fun is there in rebirth?