Red sand dust

"worry about me?"

Nara Shikamaru forced a smile,

"Sorry for causing trouble for Asuma-sensei, I'm fine..."

"You are so smart. You are a guy who arouses great expectations."

The bearded man, who had already overdrawn a lot of his savings, simply ordered a few more barbecues and a small bottle of sake, and slowly poured himself into it.

"Children who are too rational may look mature, but in fact they are not the same as adults.

The smarter the children, the more they can find shortcuts. When they find that they can keep themselves from falling behind even without hard work, it is difficult to realize the importance of hard work, and it is even harder to possess the tenacity required for success. …”

"Work hard and be tenacious!"

Nara Shikamaru sighed, feeling that these words were a bit far from his own. Although with his intelligence, he was able to improve the shadow binding technique inherited from his family into a shadow imitation technique that was more suitable for him, and he was also meticulous in his ninjutsu training. But this is just doing what you should do step by step.

Not to mention Rock Lee's hard training, even Uzumaki Naruto is a low-level person, and his efforts far exceed his own.

With Nara Shikamaru's intelligence, doesn't he know that this state is not good?

However, the nature of being afraid of trouble cannot be changed in a short time.

“Even if you have a good mind, you can’t do everything.

The smarter you are, the clearer you are about where your limits are. The efforts of the dull are often regarded as overestimating their own abilities, and the success of the wise is taken for granted..."

Nara Shikamaru said leisurely, as if summing up for himself,

"Everyone will always think that I am excellent at everything I do, no matter what the circumstances..."

If no one talks about the occasional weakness and uneasiness, and if you worry that your performance is not satisfactory, you will spend too much time and energy thinking about and analyzing the predicament you are in, and you will be unable to extricate yourself.

Even if you talk about this with others, you will not be understood. Most of them will be regarded as overthinking and unfounded worries.

What is the benefit of confiding in someone who is recognized as not as smart as you? Is it a show of superiority?

Nara Shikamaru understood the truth, but was it useful?

Rationality and sensibility are not the same thing. Instead of getting into that troublesome situation, it would be better to hide your edge, live passively, and live a calm life every day.

"It's so troublesome. I don't understand you at all, Shikamaru!"

Akimichi Choji said vaguely while chewing grilled meat, and Yamanaka Ino simply gave up discussing this kind of thing with Nara Shikamaru, since they couldn't compete with him anyway.

"You..."

Sarutobi Asuma patiently listened to Nara Shikamaru's complaints and considered them carefully.

"He is a smart and thoughtful guy, a little naive and kind! But..."

This world is not only Konoha Village, nor is it always so stable. Even within the village, there are some disturbing undercurrents.

"I don't know whether you overestimated yourself or underestimated yourself. Originally, I wanted to persuade you, but it seems that you already know the problem..."

The simple-minded Akimichi Choji of Konoha Genin Team 10 is a model of great wisdom and foolishness. He knows his own strengths and weaknesses, and assigns the task of thinking about the problem to the most suitable Nara Shikamaru, and he trusts the leader of this team very much. Understand your own position.

Ino Yamanaka is also a female ninja with great potential. She has no obvious shortcomings except that her love brain for Uchiha Sasuke sometimes makes her lost.

Nara Shikamaru, the new generation successor of Konohagakure's famous "Ino Shikamaru" and the well-deserved core, has always been worthy of his smart mind. He can be reliable, serious and brave at critical moments. There is only one thing...

"Responsibility and responsibility, I have never considered this issue before. I am already a ninja, no longer a child..."

The so-called leadership qualities are not just about having intelligence and intelligence.

"Recognize your own shortcomings and be willing to admit your mistakes. This is growth!"

Sarutobi Asuma nodded happily.

The former Nara Shikamaru, to be honest, did not find his own way of ninja. In fact, he just didn't adapt to the change from a ninja school student to a ninja.

"In comparison, those Sand Ninjas may not be that powerful, but their minds are more mature than ours. Even Uzumaki Naruto is stronger than us..."

Nara Shikamaru was a little regretful. By the time he realized that he needed to change, it was already too late. The preliminaries for the third Chunin Examination did not give him enough time to adjust.

"In short, I recommend you to take the Chunin Exam. It would be best if you can gain something. In fact, if Shikamaru can advance to the third trial, he has great hope of becoming a Chunin..."

"Then... what about Suna Ninja Daimaru? He seems to be very strong and has a good mind..."

"That puppet master..."

Sarutobi Asuma pondered for a while, lit a cigarette, and took a comfortable puff.

"If you look at performance alone, a chuunin status is worthy, but it's a bit strange..."

"Sure enough, Teacher Asuma also found out!"

Nara Shikamaru smiled meaningfully,

"Although those little tricks are not against the rules, they are not consistent with the Ninja Code.

The first goal of a ninja is to complete the mission. As a leader, the chuunin captain should be more aware that the ninja is nominally a tool to complete the mission. In principle, preventing the enemy from obtaining intelligence is not included in the objective, unless preventing the enemy from obtaining intelligence is itself part of the mission..."

Whether it is the written test in the first test or the wild survival competition in the Death Forest in the second test, interfering with the enemy's clearance is only a means and not an end. No matter how amazing the performance is, it will not add too many points to the promotion judgment of the Chunin Exam.

Therefore, Suna Ninja Daimaru's performance in the Joint Chuunin Exam was a bit unreasonable.

"From the information, the Suna ninja is a fourth-year genin. It's impossible that he doesn't even know this bit of common sense, but he still did it without hesitation. That means..."

Sarutobi Asuma blew out a smoke ring,

"His purpose of participating in the Joint Chunin Examination was not to be promoted to Chunin. In other words, it was not just for promotion. It would make sense that he had another purpose! He took action twice. He must have felt that there was something better than being promoted to Chunin. More important things..."

"I can't figure it out!"

Nara Shikamaru held his chin and frowned,

"There is too little information."

"Of course, it's also possible that we're overthinking it, and maybe he just wants to be in the limelight!"

Although Konoha Village and Sunagakure Village have had an alliance for more than ten years, the exchanges between the two shinobi villages are not frequent, and the relationship is very ordinary, just a reconciliation of interests.

The so-called allies are just competitors whose relationship has not yet broken down.