The next day, Shikamaru, Choji and Ino all arrived at the gate of Konoha on time with their backpacks on their backs. At this time, Asma had not arrived yet. There was no one else at the gate except the guard, so the three of them were leisurely.
They chatted and inspected each other's cutting tools.
But Asuma was not Kakashi after all. More than ten minutes later, Asma's figure appeared from the other end of the road, slowly crossed to the gate, and came to the three of them.
Asuma raised his right hand and shouted "Yo!" suddenly, which startled Ino Yamanaka next to him, but found that he was greeting Izumo Kamizuki who was on duty. After handing the pass to him,
He didn't leave immediately. Instead, he lit a cigarette and started chatting with the other party. Speaking of which, Asuma had no ninja temperament at all, and was different from Kakashi's decadent and carefree style. If Shikamaru hadn't been familiar with it,
In the original work, there may be doubts about his qualifications, but now that I think about it, it doesn't matter. After all, ninjas are not machines. Although ninjas in this world are also high-risk professions, their status is countless times better than that in the world where Shikamaru was in his previous life.
, although the rules and disciplines are still cold, the pressure of competition has been reduced a lot, and the ninjas also have their own lives and leisure, and maybe Asuma is secretly observing the patience of the three at this time.
Asuma left the three of them aside, and waited until he finished smoking a cigarette at the gate before preparing to lead the trio out of Konoha's gate. During this period, although the impatient Ino was dissatisfied, he was hindered by Izumo Kamizuki.
He and Kotoko were nearby, and he didn't know Asuma well, but he didn't have an attack. As for Choji, Shikamaru followed him calmly.
Due to a different power system, this world does not have industries that are extremely harmful to the environment. Large trees that are decades or hundreds of years old are very common. Except for one avenue, Konoha Village is surrounded by vast forests.
It is said that there are many large trees among them that were created by the First Hokage's Wood Release.
The breeze blows slowly, and the branches and leaves in the forest sway and rustle. The sunlight shines through the fine leaves on the grass, casting patches of light...
This beautiful scenery made the three boys and girls, including Shikamaru, feel happy from the bottom of their hearts, and the resentment they had been waiting for for a while was also vented.
Asuma led the three of them to walk leisurely along the avenue, which looked like an outing. Occasionally observing the three children who had never been out of the village, they were already some distance away from Konoha, so they stopped, followed by the three children.
Seeing this, everyone also stopped, knowing that Asma's real test was about to come.
Asuma touched his chin and seemed to be thinking about something. Then he thought of something and said calmly to the three of them: "If you want to be recognized by me as a genin, you must pass three tests."
Shikamaru and the other two frowned when they heard this.
"Three tests?" Shikamaru sighed inwardly. It was obvious that Asuma would not use the same test as Kakashi.
"But..., sensei, are we already genin?" Ino hesitated and asked with some doubts.
"Oh, I am qualified to strip you of your genin status." Asuma said nonchalantly, but judging from his expression and tone, it was obvious that he would be stripped of his genin status if he failed to pass his test.
When Ino and Chouji heard this, they hesitated to speak. However, Chouji turned to look at Shikamaru and found that he just frowned, but had no other expression. He then thought of what Shikamaru said to the two of them on the rooftop yesterday.
, so he pulled Ino, and towards the confused Ino, he pursed his lips in the direction of Shikamaru, gave a brief gesture, and then did not speak again.
"Then there's no problem?" Choji's actions naturally fell into Asma's eyes. Looking at the silent three people, Asma's evaluation of Shikamaru further improved, but naturally he would not show it at this time.
Asuma moved and jumped onto the branch of a big tree by the road. He folded his hands on his chest and looked down at the three people. At this time, he showed some of the decisiveness that a jounin should have when dealing with his subordinates.
Momentum: "Ninjas need extremely high mobility when performing most tasks. Whether it is pursuit or rapid march, they all need to have good foot strength. So, the first test is to keep up before reaching the destination.
If I fall behind, it will be considered a failure!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Asuma let out an unknown chuckle, turned around and plunged deeper into the forest. Shikamaru and the others did not dare to hesitate and hurriedly followed.
It can be seen that Asuma did not use all his strength, otherwise this test would have no meaning at all. The gap between the three of them and the Jonin was as big as a gulf. If Asma attacked with all his strength, the three of them would definitely be within a few minutes.
You can't even see his back.
Even so, Choji and Ino found it a bit too much to run without stopping for nearly an hour. Asuma's speed made the two of them have to catch up at the fastest speed to avoid falling behind. Although Shikamaru was not like
Ino was as sad as Choji, but not very good either.
Finally, a clearing surrounded by dense forest appeared in the distance that Ino, who was at the front of the trio, could see. Asuma, who also saw the clearing, suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the clearing.
Shikamaru, who did not see the open space at the end of the team, realized that Asuma was missing. His heart tightened, and he jumped to Choji, who was sweating and panting: "Choji! Grab my backpack!"
Choji hesitated for a moment, but still followed the instructions and grabbed Shikamaru's backpack with his right hand. Shikamaru hurriedly led him to speed up and chased forward.
Shikamaru breathed a sigh of relief when he rushed to Ino. As far as he could see, Sarutobi Asuma was smoking leisurely in the middle of the open space in the distance.
After Ino and Choji rushed to the clearing, they both sat down on the ground regardless of appearance. Shikamaru didn't sit down directly, but he also moved his body a little.
Asma looked at the watch on his wrist, smiled slightly at the three people who were staring at him, and said, "Let's rest for ten minutes."
Shikamaru breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and found a place to sit down. Choji rested for a while, opened his backpack, and took out a box of chocolate bars. He had just opened it. Asma beside him was thoughtful and looked at him lightly.
He persuaded and said: "If I were you, I wouldn't eat at this time."
Hearing this, Choci hesitated for a while, then regretfully put the chocolate bar back, took out a small bag of military food pills from his ninja bag, frowned and ate two pills before handing the bag to Ino who was sitting next to him.
After Ino ate it, he handed it to Shikamaru.
To be honest, although Bingliang Pills are very effective, most Bingliang Pills are also mixed with some stimulant-like drugs. Although Chouji made his own at home and would not store these things, it is closer to compressed food.
It was mixed with medicine to relieve fatigue, but the taste was also difficult to swallow. Shikamaru couldn't help frowning after eating it. After returning the bag to Choji, he tried to slow down his breathing and relax his body. He didn't know for a while
Whatever test you are going to take, it is important to recover your physical strength.
Although ten minutes was a short period of time, it was enough for the three people who had taken the Bingliang Pills to recover some of their physical strength.
"Pah! Pah! Pah!" Asma clapped her hands. After seeing that she had successfully attracted the attention of the three people, she took out a box of cigarettes from her pocket, knocked the box gently, picked up a cigarette that bounced up, and shook it.
He shook his head, faced the puzzled three people, and said with a rare serious expression: "During war, a piece of valuable intelligence often determines the outcome of the battlefield, and whether the intelligence can be successfully transmitted back to the headquarters is the ninja's responsibility.
Important mission..."
Hearing this, Shikamaru became convinced and had already guessed the content of the test. As expected, Asuma's next words confirmed his guess.
"The second test! Within an hour, the three of you, under my pursuit, must deliver this complete cigarette to the Chuunin God Tsuki Izumo at the gate of Konoha! After starting, I will stay where I am.
Ten minutes, giving you time to plan and prepare."
Asuma handed the cigarette to Shikamaru. Seeing the three of them staring at the cigarette, they showed a malicious smile and said, "Well! The second test starts now!"
The three of them looked at each other, but they did not dare to stay where they were, and hurriedly walked towards the dense forest from where they came.
"What should we do? Shikamaru?" Ino asked Shikamaru who was not far ahead: "Maybe the three of us should be together, that way we might be able to protect..."
"Impossible!" Shikamaru interrupted unceremoniously: "The three of us together will not be the opponent of the Jonin. On the contrary, Asma will find the cigarette faster. We must be separated."
Buy time!" "But..., what to do with the cigarettes? Who should put them there?" Chouji asked solemnly.
"Of course it should be placed with Shikamaru, he is the fastest among the three of us." Ino turned to Choji and said.
Shikamaru ignored the conversation between the two. After carefully checking whether there were any fatal loopholes in the plan he had just thought about, he breathed a sigh of relief. After a moment of silence, he said to Dingji: "Dingji, give me your box of chocolate bars."
Let me see!"
Although Choji was a little surprised that Shikamaru asked him for snacks at this time, the tacit understanding formed over the years allowed him to hand the box of chocolates to Shikamaru without hesitation.
"Shikamaru, what are you doing with the chocolate bar?" Ino asked doubtfully, then he seemed to think of something, and opened his mouth slightly, as if he suddenly understood, "Could it be..."
"One of us is holding a cigarette, and the other two are holding fake cigarettes transformed by the art of transformation. As long as we can delay it for enough time, we can win this time!" Shikamaru said decisively, and then took out one.
He looked at the appearance of the chocolate bar, smelled it again, and explained with some regret to the two people looking at him: "It's a little longer and thicker than this cigarette. The most important thing is that we must guard against Asmari's use of tolerance.
Dog, it’s easy to get the taste of a chocolate bar.”
The ninjutsu system that has been passed down in this world for many years has become more and more complete and has been brewing. Although some ninjutsu such as the transformation technique learned in the ninja school are very low-level, each one is an indispensable foundation for ninjas and has also been studied.
The value and further deepening of the foundation, the effects used by ninjas of different levels are also different. Just like the transformation technique and the transformation technique, if the difference between the two things is greater, the amount of chakra and manipulation skills required for the change also need to be corresponding.
The increase. Although the difference between chocolate bars and cigarettes is not very big and does not require much chakra. Shikamaru's chakra manipulation skills have also improved to the level of chunin in years of practice, but they are not irreplaceable, so why waste chakra?
carat.
Shikamaru grabbed a few branches from the nearby tree and formed seals with his hands.
"Bang!" There was a sound, a faint smoke rose, and several identical cigarettes appeared in Shikamaru's hand.
"Here." Shikamaru, who was at the front, lagged a little behind and joined the two of them. He handed two cigarettes to Choji and Ino respectively. Seeing Choji's eyes occasionally glancing at the box of chocolate bars in his hand, Shikamaru couldn't help but
Return it to him without a wry smile.
"Is that cigarette of yours real?" Ino looked at the cigarette in his hand curiously. The chakra Shikamaru retained and stored in it was enough to maintain its changes for nearly half an hour. Ino would not be bored using his own chakra.
Confusing the remaining energy on it to destroy the effect of the 'jutsu', he asked Shikamaru directly.
"No! Choji's cigarettes are real." Seeing Ino's confusion, he explained, "From the first test, Asuma is enough to get some of our information. I am the fastest. If there is no harassment, I will use
If we go all out, we might be able to get back to Konoha in thirty minutes, so Asuma will definitely be the first to catch up with me and make sure I don't have the cigarette in my hand."
"So Asuma-sensei will catch up with me next?" Ino asked. Choji was the slowest. If there was no harassment, it would take nearly fifty minutes to get back to Konoha.
Shikamaru nodded solemnly and said to Choji: "Chouji, the ninjutsu we both know now is mainly about containment, and Asuma will definitely come after you in the end, so the cigarette can only be released
Only with you can we ensure that we can complete the test. Whether the three of us can pass this test depends on you!"
Seeing Choji's hesitant look, Shikamaru obviously didn't have the slightest confidence in his own strength, so he encouraged him: "Both of us believe that you can complete this task, Choji! Let the other party see the price of underestimating you!"
He turned to look at Ino again, and Ino responded with a heavy voice.
Although Choci still looked solemn, the encouragement and affirmation from his friends still gave him some confidence.
"Ino, if Asuma-sensei catches up and discovers that the cigarette in your hand is fake, there is no need to go to Choji and hope to delay it. It is useless. You just need to continue rushing towards Konoha." Shikamaru ordered.
With.
"But, if Asuma-sensei catches up with me, won't he restrict my movements? How can I rush back to Konoha?" Ino asked strangely.
"Restraint? What can you do without restraint? Can you catch up with him? Can you stop him?" Shikamaru asked: "Besides, although this is not far from Konoha, it is still outside Konoha Village.
If something happens, Konohagakure is beyond its reach. How is it different from killing a few genin who have restricted mobility in this primitive forest? The most likely way is to use illusions and other actions to restrict us for a few minutes to get rid of us.
"
There are many wild beasts in this forest. Although they are not dangerous to ninjas, it is not necessarily the case for an immobile ninja. Maybe Asuma can use ninjutsu such as shadow clone technique to guard his side, but they
The three of them, first of all, couldn't keep up with Asma's speed, and secondly, they didn't have the strength to fight Asma face to face. Asma could throw them away in just a few minutes without even being able to see their shadows, so why bother using shadow clones?
?
"After the two of us were freed from the restraints, we continued to rush towards Konoha. As long as there is a slight possibility that we can arouse Asuma's suspicion and make him give up chasing Choji and chase us again, then we can delay Choji for more time.
Got it!" Shikamaru said, and then said to Ino: "Give me your ninja tool bag."
"What are you doing?" Ino asked in confusion after handing the ninja tool bag to Shikamaru.
"I want to stay and delay. How can I not make more traps! My ninja tools may not be enough. Choji's ninja tool bag is full of food." Shikamaru saw the worried looks in Ino and Choji's eyes and smiled.
Said: "Didn't I say it? In fact, our strength is not in the eyes of the Jonin at all, so I will not be in danger."
Shikamaru picked through Ino's ninja tool bag. He took a few Senbon in his hand and looked at it. He shook his head and put it back. He took some kunai, fire charms and smoke bombs, and returned the ninja tool bag.
Got Ino.
"Also, you two, put the cigarette away. Asuma said 'complete cigarette', so be sure to put it away. If it is damaged, the mission will still be considered a failure." Shikamaru
The instructions to protect soft and fragile cigarettes left them with few places to choose from even if they wanted to hide them.
Seeing that Ino and Choji didn't know where to put the cigarette after thinking for a long time, Shikamaru saw this and could only say helplessly: "Put it in the forehead protector and wrap it up."
"Ino and Choji are now separated." After Ino and Choji put away the cigarettes as instructed, Shikamaru took a deep breath and finally gave the order: "I will stay here to set up traps to delay time! You two remember to follow my instructions