Chapter 124

"Heh, don't you think your wisdom can handle many situations? Since you are so smart, just come and help me."

Shikaku mocked. His son Shikamaru is indeed very smart. It is precisely because of this intelligence that Shikamaru has always been able to be lazy when he can and never work hard.

"I am just a child. How can I deal with the plans of a big man like Shanks?

Besides, don't you have Lord Shikaku?"

Shikamaru really wants to start directly and deal with Shanks? Are you really crazy? Besides, it's not like you can't see the plans of people like Shanks.

That guy never uses any conspiracy or tricks. He directly uses an open conspiracy. What if you see it? It's still the same.

"War will not show mercy to you just because you are a child, Shikamaru."

"And...if I am gone, Konoha needs someone to support it. Even if it cannot stop Shanks, it can see Shanks' plan in advance.

It can also win a glimmer of hope for Konoha in the torrent of this era."

Shikaku said very seriously. Shanks directly joined the game. This situation is no longer as simple as it was at the beginning.

"This is the difference between you and Shanks, father."

Shikamaru's eyes flashed with a gleam of light. After entering the Hokage Building and getting more information, he understood more about what the so-called "Four Emperors" are.

Strength, wisdom, courage...all are indispensable. The top man in the ninja world for thousands of years, a man who can't be described in history books, myths and legends.

"Shanks has jumped out of the limitations of a village and a country, and father, let alone now, even if you really have more wisdom than Shanks."

"As long as you are still bound to this position..."

Shikamaru looked at his father and turned his gaze to the outside of the Hokage Building.

Chapter 137: Konoha's Arrangement

"So, I will never be able to surpass him in this life?"

Shikaku took over his son's words and said this.

Shikamaru did not speak again. His silence was also a kind of answer. The silence at this moment was more powerful than any words and could hurt Shikamaru's heart more.

That's right, he, Nara Shikaku, did not have the strength and wisdom to fight against Shanks. This was not because he was not smart enough. He had always used his wisdom to cover up his cowardice.

As the head of the family, he did not have the courage of Shanks and could not abandon the family.

"I was actually looked down upon by my own son. Really, it's not the era of old guys like us anymore."

Shikaku smiled bitterly. This smile was relieved, but he didn't expect that this day would come so soon.

"That's not what I meant, father."

"I hope you mean this, Shikamaru."

Shikaku interrupted his son's words. He had been relieved a long time ago because he knew that his future had been bound.

But the young generation of Konoha is still here, and has not been bound. This is the future of Konoha, the new bud of Konoha.

"If it was before, I would hope that my dignity as a father would always exist.

But now... I hope that you, Nara Shikamaru, can stand up and crush my dignity as a father and head of the family."

"If even I dare not resist, then even if you leave the village, you will never be able to become one of the top people in the ninja world in this life.

If this is really the case, it is better to stay in the village and take over my current position."

When Shikaku said this, he was extremely serious.

Shanks can pave the way for so many people in the ninja world, can't these old guys in Konoha even pave the way for their own descendants?

How is it possible.

But even if it is his own descendants, he has to see if the other party has the qualifications and is worthy of his sacrifice.

Hearing his father's words, Shikamaru instantly became energetic, as if he had heard some shocking secret.

"Father... what do you mean?"

"From the beginning, we have been prepared to tie you to Konoha and let you fight against the torrent of this era?

Even a fool would not do this."

Shikaku laughed. If these little guys were really tied to Konoha, it would be difficult for them to make progress.

If in a few years, the pirates have grown stronger, and the group of strong people in the outside world have also grown stronger, what should they say?

Tell your juniors that you have been training in Konoha for three to five years, and now, go to deal with the strong people in this world?

Don't be funny, when Shanks appeared, the ninja school system that had been established for decades had already collapsed.

Konoha's civilian soldier training camp has become the "ninja school" of the new era.

"Can we go out?"

Shikamaru confirmed again. He had never received any news about this.

"Let's take a look at this information. It's almost time. Shanks is too fast. This way, all of us will be tied up.

The political balance between big countries needs time, and various things between big countries and small countries also need time to deal with."

Shikaku threw the request of the Fire Country Daimyo to Shikamaru, and Shikamaru reacted after taking a look.

"Expand the armaments, bring all the soldiers to the old site of Loulan for centralized training, and increase the financial subsidies to the ninja village again."

"The request is reasonable, there is no problem at all, and we can't refuse it. We even need the help of the daimyo and nobles to gather the civilians."

"But..."

Shikamaru also saw the thoughts of the daimyo and nobles.

You see, this is all to deal with the current situation, it's reasonable.

Yes, it's reasonable.

To be honest, neither side can refute this matter, and the ninja village itself needs to send people over.

But in the future, will the soldiers be loyal to the daimyo and nobles, or to the ninja village?

The answer is, it has nothing to do with the ninja village.

Ninjas and civilians are the two classes that cannot really touch each other. The level gap between the two sides is too high, resulting in the situation of class recognition.

That is, each lives their own life.

The nobles naturally understand this matter, so strengthening the legion formed by civilians is actually strengthening their own strength, so that they have the qualifications to negotiate with the ninja village.

In the past, everyone was aristocratic, and they just lived their aristocratic life with peace of mind, anyway, there were ninjas to protect them.

As nobles, their existence is to maintain the stability and orthodoxy of the country.

What do you mean by "since ancient times"? Ninja?

Bullshit, before the appearance of ninjas, only the authentic old nobles like them can be called "since ancient times".

Do you understand the ruthlessness of the old nobles?

Don't understand?

Okay, the ancestor of my Fire Country Daimyo "Suzaku" once led people to attack the ancestral country.

And the wife of the emperor of the ancestral country is "Otsutsuki Kaguya".

That's right, it was the Otsutsuki Kaguya who ate the Chakra Fruit. Before eating the Chakra Fruit, she had the strength to crush Otsutsuki Isshiki.

Then she was crushed by the ancestor of my Fire Country Daimyo, and was chased directly to the sacred tree.

Although the ancestor's ashes were gone when he died, it also shows that the strength of these nobles is not weak.

So if there were no ninjas, who let them eat and wait for death and enjoy themselves for thousands of years, would they become the waste they are now? What about Senju Hashirama, what about Uchiha Madara? Our ancestors almost crushed Kaguya Otsutsuki, so why are we afraid of you two ninjas?

Well, I am afraid now.

In short, the daimyo and nobles of the five major countries are not really good-for-nothings. The bloodline theory is more suitable for these guys.

So after seeing the devil fruit, these people's ambitions emerged. Are ninjas also worthy of pointing fingers at us?

So now there is an opportunity to use the few powers in their hands to strengthen themselves, and the daimyo of the Fire Country is not ambiguous at all.

"The nobles and daimyo just want to take back some of their power. Compared with the pirates, their ambitions are not too big.

But using civilian soldiers may not be a good thing. Our ninjas are separated from civilians. The growth of civilian soldiers will increase their strength in a short time."

"But when this power reaches a certain level, it will also backfire on them."

Shikaku had already made arrangements. The separation between ninjas and civilians has both disadvantages and advantages, but for now, they cannot stop the demands of the daimyo and nobles.

"So next, we need to go to the Kingdom of Wind with these civilians for training?"

Shikamaru already knew the next arrangement. It was said that they were going to the Kingdom of Wind for training, but once they went, they would never come back.

At that time, they would throw all of them into the sea and come back after a few years. In fact, after a few years, the focus of the ninja world might even be shifted to the sea.

"As the captain of the soldier squad, the village will assign you a senior ninja as the captain."

Shikaku only told Shikamaru these things.

That night, Shikamaru, Ino and Choji gathered together. It seemed that the three families had made arrangements.

Shikamaru took out a devil fruit directly from his backpack, and Choji and Ino beside him also took out the corresponding devil fruit.

"This is the shadow fruit that my father gave me, formed by the family secret technique."

"Mine is the soul fruit, which is said to be able to let the soul leave the body and control other people's bodies, which is similar to the family secret technique."

Ino also spoke up. This is the family secret technique of the Yamanaka family.

"Mine... mine is the multiplication fruit, which also uses the family secret technique."

Choji also spoke.

"It seems that everyone is similar, but we should not be the only ones."

After Shikamaru finished speaking, the three of them looked at each other again, but still did not eat it.

It is said that this thing tastes as bad as shit. Even if they have to suffer, they don't want to suffer alone. They have to find more people to suffer.

Two hours later, in the barbecue restaurant of the Akimichi family, a group of children looked at the devil fruit in front of them with bitter faces.

Ya, Hinata, Shino, the three people from the Inuzuka family, the Hyuga family and the Aburame family also came.

Of course, Neji, Tenten and Xiao Li were not absent. Neji no longer had hatred for Hinata, and the Hyuga family had gone through the last "Konoha Collapse" plan.

The relationship between the main family and the main family has also undergone some subtle changes, and Neji's hatred has also shifted to Hinata's father.

He finally understood that the old man was a waste, and as for Hinata? This matter has nothing to do with Hinata.

"Aren't you going to eat it?"

Xiao Li looked at everyone very straightforwardly. He was the only one at the table who didn't have a devil fruit.

It can be seen how outrageous the strength of Konoha is. The devil fruit can't be a problem for Konoha at all. All in? Only the pirates need to all in, not the ninjas of Konoha.

"Who will go first?"

Shikamaru looked at Kiba. It is said that the people of the Inuzuka clan are the same as dogs. Kiba should eat this thing first.

The eyes of others also shifted to Kiba.

"Hey? Do you guys have such great malice towards our Inuzuka family? We are not dogs."

"Woof woof woof!!"

Beside Kiba, Akamaru shouted at a few people twice to vent his dissatisfaction.

"Let me do it."

It was Neji who didn't talk much who spoke.

Everyone turned their eyes to Neji, only to see Neji pick up the devil fruit and eat it in a big mouthful.

His face was normal, without a trace of change.

"It doesn't look like anything."

Kiba picked it up second, and the rest of the people also bit it.

The next moment...