After all, Sarutobi Asuma's hands can no longer be as flexible as before.
Even though Tsunade was able to reattach his fingers, she couldn't have the same side effects as before. In other words, Sarutobi Asuma's hands could no longer form seals, and his strength was greatly reduced.
Maybe after a while Tsunade will reassign Sarutobi Asuma to another position, maybe in the torture and interrogation department, or in the education department. In short, it is no longer suitable for him to be in the combat unit now. This is not responsible for his life safety.
Konoha would not ignore the responsibility. After all, even if he is injured, his rich experience as a Jonin is still a valuable asset.
Shikamaru did not stay at Asuma Sarutobi's home for long. Uzumaki Naruto and other genin were still waiting for him at home. The main reason he came here was to let Sarutobi Asma see him become a chuunin for the first time.
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After all, in the entire Konoha Village, apart from his parents Nara Shikaku and Nara Yoshino, Sarutobi Asuma is the person Shikamaru respects the most. No matter how many Jonin Shikamaru comes into contact with, he will only be in front of Sarutobi Asma.
Show off and express one's pride and excitement.
Whether it was risking his own life to save himself, or teaching himself to have no reservations, Shikamaru would always remember Sarutobi Asuma's kindness.
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When Shikamaru walked into the house wearing his uniform, the originally noisy living room suddenly became quiet. At this moment, he was the well-deserved protagonist of this room!
The costumes of ninjas are mostly simple and solemn, not fancy, but when worn, they can bring out their heroic spirit.
Shikamaru, who has a well-proportioned and slender figure, is wearing clothes specially selected by his mother Nara Yoshino as early as possible. A high-necked black sweater with no redundant patterns except the Nara clan logo on the left arm. The trousers on his lower body are also of the same type.
Pure black, and now wearing dark green leather armor, it is impossible to imagine that he is now a twelve-year-old boy.
"Sorry, I'm late. I just went to Asuma-sensei's house." Shikamaru chuckled lightly and said to the genin in the living room.
His smile was as polite and humble as ever, but people who knew him well would never look down upon him because of this.
Maybe becoming a chuunin at the age of twelve is not a big deal in Konoha Village, where talents are abundant, but the age of chuunin is less than one year?
Shikamaru was promoted to chuunin almost not long after he became a genin. This situation, even in Konoha Village, was enough for the villagers to chat after dinner.
"Let's open the gifts first, and then go have a barbecue!" Naruto Uzumaki stepped forward to carefully observe Shikamaru's leather armor, and then said happily, as if it was not Shikamaru who became a chuunin, but himself.
Ninjas believe in pragmatism. Even if they give gifts to each other, they rarely even use the packaging box, so they are not shy about it.
After hearing what Uzumaki Naruto said, Shikamaru smiled and nodded, agreed to his proposal, and took several genin to the restaurant.
Nara Shikaku and Nara Yoshino looked at each other, but did not follow them together. They wanted Shikamaru and several other teenagers to gather together. When these people grow up in the future, they will actually be a network of relationships. They will be in the same period and in the same class.
Relationships connect them together and support each other to grow.
Nara Yoshino and Nara Shikaku didn't want to disturb the group of teenagers. As the owner of the family and the protagonist of the party, Shikamaru Bento refused to let them lead the way. They led everyone into the restaurant and saw at a glance what was placed on the dining table.
gift.
The antique wooden box caught Shikamaru's attention immediately. He stepped forward to pick it up, shook it at the genin who walked into the restaurant, and said with a smile: "Who gave this to you? It looks very expensive.
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"That was a gift from Konohamaru. He just had something to do and left first." Haruno Sakura said.
Shikamaru nodded when he heard this and said nothing more. It was indeed inconvenient for Konohamaru to stay here. After all, the original plan was to get together several contemporaries and genin, so his status was a bit embarrassing.
Whoosh!
Thinking about something in his mind, Shikamaru had already opened the wooden box, took out the scroll inside, and opened it with his arms.
The gods of heaven and earth move with things.
Eight large characters are arranged on the white paper, with a hint of solemnity between the turns of the strokes.
Shikamaru himself has no research on calligraphy, and his appreciation of calligraphy can only be limited to "good-looking" and "ugly". What interests him is the horoscope itself.
From observation and calculation, the story of the scientist who was hit by an apple and came up with the theory of gravity in the previous life is not necessarily true or false, but the saying that all the laws in the world can be inferred from the changes in all things can be regarded as known by everyone in the previous life.
It is obviously strange to talk about science with ninjas, but looking at it with a diffuse thinking, these eight words actually describe the ninja's experience.
There are traces of all the laws in the world. When a ninja can discover and deduce more information just from the slightest hint of danger, he can be called a god on the battlefield.
Shikamaru looked at the lower corner of the scroll, and sure enough, the bright red ink pad was neatly printed on one corner of the scroll, with the four characters Sarutobi Hiruzen tightly packed together.
Shikamaru carefully placed the scroll in the wooden box, planning to hang it in the room after the work was completed.
Putting down the wooden box, Shikamaru then took out a smaller one from among the gifts, with a greeting card on it.
"Congratulations to our genius for becoming a chuunin!" Shikamaru read the greeting card in an inaudible voice. It was signed Yamanaka Ino, which really sounded like her.
Inside the box was a pair of simple earrings. Shikamaru thought they looked familiar, so he pulled open the needle of one of the earrings to reveal a slender steel needle.
Shikamaru couldn't help but laugh. This pair of earrings was exactly the same as the earrings Asuma Sarutobi gave to Ino Yamanaka after the mission to Wave Country. They were exactly the same.
He turned back to look at Ino, and saw that the other person's cheeks were slightly red, but when he saw him looking at her, he still stuck out his tongue unyieldingly and made a face.
Choji Akimichi gave him an exquisite marionette, and Kiba Inuzuka gave him a wooden kunai. This was a prop used by the lower grades of the ninja school for training. I don’t know why he got it.
Aburame Shino gave a key chain in the shape of a scarab beetle, but Hinata Hinata's gift was much more expensive than the two of them. It was a medical first-aid kit with relatively complete tools.
Uzumaki Naruto, who was always unreliable, actually gave Shikamaru a copy of Intimate Paradise with a smile. I don't know where he got it. Fortunately, Haruno Sakura, who was in his group, was a careful girl and also gave him a copy.
This book is just about the knowledge of appliance maintenance.
Tenten gave three high-quality scrolls that could be used as sealed books, but Hinata Neji gave a map of human body acupuncture points, which showed the distribution of vital organs and chakra points in the human body in detail.
Rock Lee gave him a green jumpsuit of the same style as the one he was wearing...
After all the genin's gifts were opened, there was actually a small gift box on the table. Shikamaru felt a little strange as he picked up the gift box wrapped in light red paper and frowned slightly.
Uchiha Sasuke didn't arrive, and the friendship between the two was very ordinary, so he didn't send any gifts. In addition, he had already seen all the gifts from the heavy genin he had made friends with, but who does this belong to?
Chiba Gen, Sarutobi Asuma and others are considered elders. Logically speaking, there is no need to give gifts for Shikamaru to be promoted to chunin. It is impossible for Nara Shikaku and Nara Yoshino to give gifts to several genin and others.
together.
Shikamaru thought to himself as he slowly opened the gift box. When the items inside jumped into his eyes, his pupils couldn't help but shrink.
That is a strange-looking pendant.
Slender black rope, light blue crystal-like spar..., isn't this the Hokage pendant that the first Hokage passed on to Tsunade, and was supposed to be given to Uzumaki Naruto in the original novel!?
"Sent it from Tsunade?" Shikamaru thought with some confusion. There was no greeting card on the gift box, and there was no signature. If he wasn't familiar with Tsunade and knew who the pendant belonged to, he probably wouldn't have thought of the identity of the owner of the gift box.
Although Shikamaru was confused, it was already getting late, so all the boys went to the barbecue party.
Although several of them were ninjas, they were still just teenagers of twelve or thirteen years old. The dinner table was very lively and there was endless laughter. Even Shikamaru, who had the soul of an adult, seemed extremely happy.
Shikamaru smiled and looked at the noisy Uzumaki Naruto, Inuzuka Kiba and others.
Outside of Konoha Village, there may be many young men of the same age as everyone else, but possess extremely powerful blood inheritance limits and secret techniques, such as Shiro or Kimimaro, but Shikamaru has never imagined that he could convince the other party with a few words, and then
The idea of bringing them to Konoha Village to become his team.
Putting aside whether he can successfully poach Zabuza and Orochimaru (who are also ambitious careerists), just bringing him back to Konoha Village is an even more insurmountable problem.
As mentioned before, as an independent military and political organization, defense is the top priority. If it is an orphan, there is still a possibility, but as a young ninja who has entered the growth stage, it is impossible for Konoha Village to risk its own intelligence.
and the danger of the force being leaked admits them.
Even if he was a Jonin, he was not qualified to do this, and Shikamaru himself certainly had no hope.
In other words, the weaklings of Konoha Village present at this time are the ones Shikamaru should fight for. Maybe they have few talented people like Shiro and Kimimaro, but in fact, their potential is not
Low, and more importantly, they all have their own strengths.
Kimimaro and Shiro may be qualified thugs, but they may not be suitable to be a leader, let alone control a department.
Take Ino Yamanaka, who is weak in combat power. Her father is now in charge of the intelligence department. The Yamanaka clan's secret skills are also good at collecting intelligence. In terms of use, they are comparable to thugs like Kimimaro and Shiro.
Several times more powerful.
The key to Yakushi Kabuto being able to be relied on by Orochimaru as his right hand is his medical ninjutsu and wisdom. From the perspective of the leader of a village, an auxiliary ninja is no less important than a combat ninja, and more importantly
What's more, the combat power of these people themselves is not weak.
"Now that I understand this point, and I have become a chuunin, and I have a considerable advantage by leveraging the power of the system, who should I use as the breakthrough point now?" Shikamaru thought thoughtfully.
, his eyes fell on Hinata Neji, who always smiled little.
(The weather is getting colder, and Taipu’s shoulders are beginning to hurt again, o(︶︿︶)oalas)