Shadow of the Wood

Chapter 44Name

Seeing Shikamaru stabbing quickly with "Yingxiu" upside down, Teju was startled, bent his legs, grabbed the three-star fan and jumped backward, trying to avoid Shikamaru's attack.

Seeing this, Shikamaru did not continue to pursue, but took advantage of the situation to withdraw his arms, and used the hook blades on both sides of "Kagehide" to swipe back at Temari's wrist holding Samsung Fan. The decisive reaction at this moment showed Shikamaru's not low fighting quality , Temari has just jumped back, the center of gravity is unstable, and the big fan is heavy, it is no faster than Shikamaru holding "Kagexiu", it is too late to dodge, if you don't let go, Temari will definitely be injured, the part Shikamaru swipes towards is the wrist Venous blood vessels, after being cut, will cause massive bleeding, if not treated in time, it will be life-threatening!

Thoughts flowed quickly in his mind, facing Shikamaru's offensive, Temari had no choice but to let go of his hands, put down the three-star fan, turned around slightly, put his left hand into the ninja bag, and his right hand palmed into a knife, slashing at Shikamaru neck.

"Snapped!"

After the three-star fan fell to the ground, Shikamaru quickly stepped on it, slid backwards, and kicked the three-star fan far away. At the same time, "Yingxiu", who maintained the momentum of the forward stab, drew a beautiful line along the forearm The arc was right in front of Temari's sword.

"He is Shikamaru-senpai? It's really... so amazing!" Seeing this scene, Udon, who was guarded by Sakura behind him, couldn't help but his eyes lit up. After sniffling, he muttered to himself, before Kankuro and Temari, who are still invincible, are now barely resisting after Shikamaru appeared, and Temari has even been forced to throw down the three-star fan, all of which changed in an instant come over.

"Konoha Maru, come here quickly!" Moe Huang, who was blocked by Sakura like Udon, waved to Konoha Maru not far away, and shouted loudly.

Konohamaru was startled when he heard the words, and hesitantly looked at Shikamaru who was fighting with Kankuro and Temari. The three of them happened to be in the middle of the road, separating Konohamaru from Naruto and Sakura.

"Konohamaru, don't come here yet, it's too dangerous." Unlike Moe Huang, Sakura, who is a ninja and has a flexible mind, can see the situation more clearly. Being affected and injured, he quickly stopped Meng Huang and advised Konoha Maru.

"Damn it! Konoha Maru is also very dangerous there." Naruto saw Konoha Maru and heard Sakura's advice, and stood opposite him in panic. He couldn't help gritting his teeth. Kankuro, who was the child's shot, is a good guy, and now he is at a disadvantage, he might resort to some despicable means, relying on Konohamaru to threaten them: "And how can Shikamaru be alone in the limelight!?"

"Shadow clone technique, I can do it too!" Naruto let out a low voice, took a horse stance, and made seals with both hands. He was about to use the technique of multiple shadow clones. He was completely overwhelmed by the number of people who had already been forced in by Shikamaru with physical skills. Downwind Kankuro and Temari.

"Enough." Just when Naruto was about to gather Chakra, a cold voice came from the upper right, without any emotional color in his tone, calm and indifferent: "Kankuro, Temari, stop! Don't Lost the face of the village!"

When Kankuro and Temari heard this familiar and indifferent voice, their hearts tightened, and they hurriedly wanted to get out of the battle circle with Shikamaru.

When Shikamaru heard this, he felt the slightly scrutinizing and hostile eyes from behind following the words, and he had to give up after being shocked, and did not continue to chase Kankuro and Temari.

"boom!"

As Shikamaru stopped and slowly inserted "Kagehide" into the leather sheath behind his waist, the shadow clone in front of Kankuro also disappeared into a puff of smoke with a soft sound. Look to both sides of the road.

The trees growing behind the wooden fence are very tall, and their thick branches have extended above the road. Now, a boy with a huge gourd on his back, short fiery red hair and eye-catching dark circles is standing upside down on the branches with his hands folded On the bottom, on the left forehead, there is a bright red "Love" tattooed, which is Gaara, a Jinzhuli of Shayin Village.

"Gaara, why are you here?" Kankuro said with an ugly face, although the weather was not too hot, he was still sweating profusely, looking up at Gaara.

"Have you forgotten the purpose of our coming here!" Gaara rolled his eyes, looked at the environment, and said to Kankuro: "It seems that I came too late, you have already embarrassed the village!"

At this time, Temari's three-star fan fell to the side, and Kankuro's face was also bruised, but Shikamaru, who had fought with the two of them before, acted as if nothing had happened, obviously two-on-one and fell into a disadvantage.

"They provoked Gaara first, Gaara!" Kankuro smiled, completely different from the previous arrogance, pointed at Shikamaru and others, and defended Gaara: "It's none of our business." thing……."

"Shut up!" Gaara still had an expression of indifference like a sculpture, her dead eyes were on Kankuro's body, her tone was calm and non-threatening, but what she said still made Kankuro and Temari body Yishu: "Otherwise I will kill you."

"I, I understand... I'm sorry, Gaara." Seeing this, Kankuro and Temari quickly raised their hands, waved them again and again, and apologized: "I was wrong."

"The boss is here?" Naruto saw the appearance of Kankuro and Temari, and he naturally understood that Gaara, who looked about his age, had a higher status than the two: "His tone and eyes are really annoying."

Gaara's eyes turned and looked at Shikamaru, which coincided with Shikamaru's gaze at him. One was dead silent and indifferent, but his slightly frowned brows showed impatience and anxiety in his heart, while the other's eyes were calm and unwavering. At this moment, he narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he was thinking about something.

"Ninja of Konoha, I'm really sorry." The strength Shikamaru showed before made Gaara's inner murderous turmoil, but he was still rational at this time. After the momentary contact between the two eyes, Gaara He took the lead to look away, divert his attention, and put it on Shikamaru's right hand that was still holding the handle of "Kingxiu"-Shikamaru obviously did not relax his vigilance.

"Let's go, Kankuro, Temari." Gaara turned his eyes back to his companion and ordered coldly, "We're not here to play."

"Yes, I see." Kankuro nodded repeatedly, winked at Temari, and turned to leave.

"Wait a minute!" Sakura, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, and called Kankuro and the others. Although she was afraid of Kankuro and Temari's strength before and did not dare to ask, but this time she is the strongest among the newcomers of the same class. With the presence of Shikamaru, Sakura couldn't help but become more courageous: "Look at your foreheads, are you ninjas from Hidden Sand Village? Although there is an alliance with Muye Village, the treaty clearly prohibits ninjas between the two countries from stepping on the ground." entering the territory of the opponent at will."

"Tell me your purpose!" Sakura slowly took out a handful of kunai from her ninja bag, held it upside down, looked at the three ninjas in Hidden Sand Village seriously, and said seriously: "Otherwise we will not will let you go."

"You don't even know about things that are closely related to you!?" Seeing this, Temari couldn't help frowning and asked, and looked at Shikamaru who was also dressed as a ninja. She is qualified to sign up for the Chunin Exam, but she also didn't say anything at this time, she even wondered if these Konoha ninjas were making things difficult for them: "We are the lower ninjas of Sand Hidden Village, and we are here to take the Chunin Selection Exam! "

"This is a passport!" Temari took out a small book from the ninja bag, with the marks of Konoha Village and Sand Hidden Village printed on it, ignored Sakura, and shook Shikamaru instead, pouted , said angrily: "See clearly, we are not spies!"

"Chunin selection exam?" Naruto squinted his eyes, looked confused, looked at Temari, then turned his head to look at Shikamaru and Sakura, and muttered to himself.

"The Chunin selection exam is the exam that is conducted by the excellent ninja who volunteered to become a Chunin in Konoha Village, Sand Hidden Village in the Allied Country, and ninja villages in some surrounding small countries." The one who explained aloud was not It was Temari, but Shikamaru, who was explaining softly to Naruto at this time: "The next step after graduating from ninja school and becoming a genin is to advance from a genin to a zhongnin—unless you want to be a genin for the rest of your life. ——Naruto, Sakura, haven't you asked Kakashi-sensei?"

"It's not long since we've just become chunin. Whoever improves in strength like you will start thinking about becoming a chunin immediately." Hearing Shikamaru's counter-question, Sakura couldn't help cursing in her heart, but she didn't say it out loud.

"Why do you want to hold it with other countries? There are no good people!" Hearing Shikamaru's explanation, Naruto suddenly spat lightly. He clenched his fist, but because of Gaara's presence, he didn't move.

"People are the most difficult to recognize themselves, and Ninja Village is actually the same." Shikamaru looked at the three of Gaara, sighed, and said to Naruto: "Although Genin is the lowest-level ninja in Ninja Village, but But it is the foundation of ninja village. All zhongnin and jnin are promoted step by step from the low ninja. The zhongnin selection examination is to see the strength and potential of the village through the quality of the ninja in each village, so as to prevent some self-righteous Ninja Village, hastily provoked a war, and it can also rely on this game to rank three or six or nine—after all, a large part of Ninja Village’s source of funds is obtained from tasks entrusted by others.”

"I didn't expect the Chunin exams to come!" Shikamaru frowned at Gaara and the other three, and said, "If that's the case, then you guys go."

Kankuro glared at Naruto and Shikamaru, jumped over the fence, and came to Gaara's side. After picking up the Samsung fan, Temari gave Shikamaru a hard look, and snorted , chasing Kankuro over the fence.

"I'm very interested in you." Gaara turned to leave, but before that, he turned to Shikamaru and asked, "What's your name?"

"Nara Shikamaru."

"I'm Gaara from Sand Hidden Village."