(I sent it after I was ready to code it, so it’s a little late.)
Shikamaru was confused by Morino Ihiki's order, and he even suspected for a time whether there was any conspiracy involved.
However, Shikamaru could not find a way to reject the other party's order, so he had to secretly be vigilant, pack his bags, and go through the procedures to leave the village.
Although this was the first time to go through the procedures for leaving the village alone, he had studied with Sarutobi Asuma, so he was familiar with it. After showing the order signed by Morino Ihiki, the head of the department, there was nothing wrong with it.
This is a difficult place.
Shikamaru left in a bit of a hurry, because according to the report, the traitorous ninja would be transferred at some point, and he must be captured as soon as possible. Although Shikamaru would not be irritable because of this, he would rather not bring all the equipment.
We set off, but there was no extra rest time. After making some preparations, we left the village directly.
This was a personal mission, and only one Chuunin, Shikamaru, was involved. Fortunately, the target was only a Chunin from a small ninja village. With the enemy overtly and secretly, Shikamaru had an absolute advantage, so he was not worried.
There was too much danger. Instead, it was the series of strange orders after entering the torture department that made Shikamaru a little wary.
In addition to the orders, Morino Ihiki also conveyed a mission briefing, including information such as the target's characteristics, habits, appearance, and even information such as the location of the destination, which were all recorded in detail. There would be intelligence personnel contacting Shikamaru locally.
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As the strongest military organization in the Fire Country, it would be too irresponsible for Konoha Village to just hide in a corner and just wait for the war to come.
We can't even grasp a lot of local information, and spreading it out would make other ninja villages laugh out loud.
In addition to the information from the local lords, there are also a large number of sects in some towns in the Kingdom of Fire as vassals, and the priests have their own intelligence personnel in important locations.
It cannot be said that any disturbance in the land of fire cannot be hidden from the Leaf Village, but the Leaf Village can know about events with a greater impact in the shortest possible time.
However, because most of these intelligence officers are just ordinary people, their work efficiency is not high. Even Konoha Village itself has no expectations for them and has never expected them to provide valuable intelligence. They usually just collect some local information such as prices and prices.
The general situation of the outsiders is only reported to Konoha Village, and Konoha Village's professional staff will analyze the information.
The target of Shikamaru's mission this time was not discovered by a local sect, but by a Konoha ninja who was on a mission and discovered the abnormality of this rebellious ninja. However, he was on a mission at the time and only recorded the person's appearance.
After returning to the village, he reported it to Konoha Village and found out that the other party was a traitorous ninja from another country.
For the Leaf Village, any enemy ninja is an excellent source of intelligence, especially the traitorous ninjas. They themselves are wanted by the enemy. Even if they are caught, even if they are discovered, there will be no need for so many wars of words in diplomacy.
Just saying that it is "for friendly purposes to help the other party capture a wanted criminal" is enough to deal with it.
The recommended travel time in the briefing was three days, which was quite comfortable, but Shikamaru was not prepared to act based on the briefing.
Firstly, it was the vague uneasiness and vigilance in his heart, and secondly, he already had a clue about the operation.
He planned to find a hotel to stay in first, then rush on the road at night. He would travel quickly within two days to reach the town where the target was located, and sneak attack the target while he was sleeping.
After all, this is the territory of the Country of Fire. If you hurt an innocent person, you will probably be punished. During the day, the target is moving around, and there are more civilians for no reason. You are helpless in fighting the opponent. It is better to fight in the hotel room where he is staying and fight quickly.
quick decision.
Even though both of them were chuunin, Shikamaru was the one who stood out from the chuunin exams that elite genin elites from many countries participated in. He was not comparable to ordinary chuunin, so he was not worried about the opponent's strength.
Shikamaru was thinking about something in his mind, but he could already see the outline of a small town in the distance, and he couldn't help but quicken his pace.
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Although Shikamaru was not wearing the uniform of the Interrogation and Torture Department, he was wearing the Konoha ninja's standard leather armor outside his clothes, indicating his identity as a ninja. Therefore, there were no accidents on the way to the hotel, neither
When you encounter a legendary bad boy who bullies men and women, no fool comes to challenge you, and you always walk into the hotel under the eyes of others with curiosity or awe.
Calm and calm.
It seems that for the chuunin, this is just an extremely ordinary task.
It's a pity that Shikamaru's inner vigilance has not weakened at all. Whether it is his appointment or the unexpected task, there are too many unreasonable things. Even if Shikamaru is not a persecutory paranoia, he is not stupid and bold.
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After he went through the formalities at the front desk to receive the key, he went to his room to rest without mentioning anything.
When Shikamaru entered the hotel room, on the roof of a small building, a middle-aged man opened the monocular telescope in his hand and paid close attention to Shikamaru. It was not until Shikamaru closed the curtains in the room that he said to himself
He put away the telescope coquettishly: "My steps are very fast. I'm here so quickly. What do you mean by closing the curtains? Do you want to go to bed now?"
This middle-aged man couldn't believe that Shikamaru had noticed his spying. He had been lurking in this small town long before Shikamaru came here, and he didn't reveal any clues when Shikamaru was on his way.
The middle-aged man thought for a while, then suddenly made a seal with his hands and shouted lowly. As he moved, a puff of smoke slowly rose up, covering his figure. When the smoke dissipated, he saw that the place where he was had disappeared.
The only trace of him was a weak girl in kimono standing quietly.
The girl who looked to be only twelve or thirteen years old spun around in circles, checked her clothes, showed a confident smile, jumped from the roof of the small building to an alley, sneaked out, and entered the hotel where Shikamaru was staying.
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The hotel where Shikamaru stayed could not be said to be simple, but it was not considered high-end. It was just maintained by one family. The receptionist at the front desk was a young woman. While she was keeping accounts, she found that the front door opened and a person who looked like
Some hesitant girls walked into the hotel, looking uncertain.
"Hello, do you want to stay in the hotel?" the young woman asked the girl with a smile.
"Ah..., that..." The girl seemed a little nervous and stammered, "I'm not here to stay in the hotel..."
As the girl spoke, her cheeks suddenly turned red, and she said with a whisper: "I want to ask the ninja who came in just now..." Halfway through the words, the girl seemed too shy and couldn't say any more, but
He secretly turned his gaze to the young woman, with expectation in his eyes.
"Oh..." The young woman heard the girl's words and seemed to understand something based on her current expression. She sang the syllables meaningfully and looked at the girl with squinted eyes.
There are still a few freckles on her green face. The young woman does not doubt the other party's motives. The status of ninjas in this world is almost like that of Shikamaru's previous life as a knight in the Western Middle Ages. There are countless legends about ninjas and their powerful force.
And mysterious traces always inevitably make ordinary people curious, especially for girls who are just starting to fall in love, the lethality continues to increase.
The young woman thought about the image of Shikamaru who had just left. He indeed had a mature temperament that was different from his peers, and the leather armor on his body also showed off a heroic aura. No wonder a girl came to ask about the situation so quickly.
It's just that the young woman didn't expect that this girl who looked extremely weak would be so bold.
Thoughts were swirling in her mind, but after all, the young woman couldn't bear to reject this cute and weak girl. She said with some regret: "That boy seems to have just finished his journey. Let's not disturb him, saying that he is going to rest."
The girl's eyes flashed after hearing the young woman's words, but she pretended to be disappointed. She thanked the young woman and walked out of the hotel quickly.
The young woman looked at the girl's leaving figure and still felt the feelings of a girl, but she didn't know that the "girl" turned into a middle-aged man as soon as she left the hotel door, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a strong and burly figure, which made people unable to think of the previous one.
That weak and shy girl turned out to be this person pretending to be.
"Have a rest? Are you going to take advantage of the night?" The middle-aged man muttered to himself after changing into his original appearance. It is easy to guess why Shikamaru rested in broad daylight. After all, for excellent ninjas, darkness is
The best protection, and compared to civilians and ordinary people, the night is the home court of ninjas.
Even so, Shikamaru's choice of time to rest actually benefited this middle-aged man who was hard to distinguish between friend and foe!
Seeing that there were no more pedestrians around, the middle-aged man began to form seals, his hands moved skillfully, and chakra circulated in his body. With his movements, the soil under his feet rippled like water, and the man's body also
Slowly sink into it and disappear in a moment.
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From a ninja's accommodation habits in strange places, you can often tell whether that person is a good enough ninja.
Most of the items in the room where Shikamaru was located showed traces of being moved, and some small items and chairs were placed in disorder on the floor. The first thing he did when entering the room was to check whether there were traps and arrange them in a convenient way.
own combat environment.
The sleeping place neither faces the door nor the window, nor is it directly against the wall. After all, for ninjas, walls are of little use. Fortunately, there are no beds in this hotel. The bedroom is covered with tatami mats for travelers to sleep on.
Up here, after removing the kotatsu, there is a very spacious sleeping space.
Shikamaru did not dig out everything in the backpack. After briefly washing himself, he placed the backpack on his left hand and got under the quilt.
After all the preparations were done, the room was quiet for a moment with only the sound of Shikamaru's even breathing echoing, as if he had fallen into a deep sleep.
laugh!
At this moment, a sudden change occurred, and the floor under Shikamaru seemed to come alive. The wooden bars as thick as an arm were like long snakes with their own lives. They quickly raised their heads with the intention of binding Shikamaru who was lying on the tatami.
On the ground.
Whoosh!
Just as these living-like wooden bars approached Shikamaru, the boy who seemed to have fallen asleep suddenly turned around. At the same time, a black shadow that seemed to swallow up all the light emerged from his palm and turned into an indestructible weapon.
With his black blade, he had already chopped these wooden sticks into several sections with a series of swings.
Black magic. Thousand illusions! That black shadow is the "yin" attribute chakra emitted by the "shadow show" in Shikamaru's hand.
"What is this!? Is it an illusion?" After Shikamaru finally saw the wooden stick that attacked him, his pupils couldn't help but shrink. In his memory, it seemed that only a few people who had appeared in the original work could use Wooden Release Ninja.
technique, and it seems unlikely that these people will attack him now.
However, he quickly rejected the suspicion that this was an illusion.
"It's the real Wood Release." Shikamaru looked around. This hotel was mostly made of wooden structures. If the opponent could use Wood Release, it was indeed not a qualified battlefield, not to mention there were other reasons.
Although he was still thinking about who attacked him, what was certain was that no matter who it was, he was not qualified to ask Shikamaru to give up resistance!
Seeing another wooden plank growing out from around the house and crashing into him, Shikamaru waved the "Kagehide" in his hand repeatedly to cut off the wooden plank, then threw several shurikens at the window. The moment the window shattered,
Shikamaru also jumped out of it, protecting his head.
Woo!
Almost at the moment Shikamaru jumped out of the window, Shikamaru, who was protecting his head with both hands, heard a strong gust of wind and subconsciously pressed his hands down to block the knee of an oncoming attacker.
Snap!
However, although Shikamaru successfully blocked the opponent's attack, he was pushed back into the room again by the force of the attack as he was helpless in mid-air.
Whoosh!
When Shikamaru returned to the room, the attacker also jumped in from the window. Because he had prevented the glass shards from piercing his eyes and was caught off guard before being attacked, Shikamaru did not see the opponent's appearance clearly. Until now, he had not seen the attacker clearly.
A chance to look at the enemy carefully.
Short dry hair, a square face, a serious face, thick eyebrows and big eyes... This person's appearance is simply a template for a good person and righteousness. Without words, most people's first impression should be good, but among them
Definitely not including Shikamaru.
He didn't dare call himself a righteous hero, but the person who attacked him while he was sleeping was definitely not a good person.
"Nara Shikamaru?" The middle-aged man glanced at the alert Shikamaru and asked as if to confirm his identity.
"..." Shikamaru pursed his lips tightly and did not answer.
"You can't escape." After watching Shikamaru's performance, the middle-aged man said with a slight smile. At the same time, he formed seals with his hands and stepped on the floor. Following his movements, the wooden door of the room seemed to come alive.
The same wooden bars squirmed, covering and sealing the door. It seemed that the other party wanted to seal the room to prevent Shikamaru from escaping.
Shikamaru just watched the other party's movements quietly. The sunlight poured into the room from the broken window, casting a long shadow under the feet of the middle-aged man standing in front of the window.
"What am I running from?" he said softly.
The middle-aged man suddenly made a strange movement, as if there was an invisible weight on his body, and finally couldn't bear it and pushed it away.
Snap!
Following the middle-aged man's movements, the kotatsu table in the room was suddenly opened and fell to the floor with a soft sound.
In the middle-aged man's shocked eyes, another identical Shikamaru emerged from under the kotami table, looking at him coldly, making seals with his hands, his feet trembling slightly with the middle-aged man's shadow that he wanted to catch, and then a human hand-like figure
A black shadow emerged from the middle-aged man's feet like a strange snake, and continued to climb along his body towards his neck.
It turns out that at some point, this middle-aged man had been possessed by Shikamaru's "Shadow Imitation Technique"!
Bang!
"Shikamaru", who had been carrying "Kagehide", came to the side of his companion, slowly inserted the sharp blade in his hand into the leather sheath on the back of the opponent's waist, then formed a seal with one hand, and disappeared in the sound of explosions and smoke.
Seeing this, the middle-aged man's pupils shrank, and he realized that Shikamaru had already plotted against him. The person who had been attracting his attention turned out to be just a shadow clone.
"You only have one chance to answer my question." Shikamaru looked at the middle-aged man expressionlessly and said slowly. No more words were needed. His attitude had already shown that no matter whether the other person was lucky or would rather die than surrender, he would
You will only ask him once. If you dissatisfy him, you will be dead.
"Who are you?"
(orz, the harmonious word for "bear*jing" is really peat-like and depressing.)