Uchiha Sasuke did not show any surprise when he saw the other party coming to visit.

He just leaned over to look at the dark night and rain outside the door, then stepped aside to let Nara Shikamaru come into the house.

The night rain in autumn reveals a refreshing coolness.

Nara Shikamaru folded his umbrella and placed it under the eaves, then stepped into the Hokage's residence with water vapor all over his body.

"Where's Naruto?"

After entering the house, Shikamaru found a chair and sat down, chatting casually.

"he's gone."

Uchiha Sasuke went to pour water and answered while entertaining the guests.

"gone?!"

Hearing this, Nara Shikamaru was shocked and asked quickly:

"Where did you go?"

“Not in Konoha.

"Anyway, it's safe."

Uchiha Sasuke handed the cup of water to Shikamaru, pulled up a chair and sat down, then answered.

At this point in time, how could Uzumaki Naruto, as the Jinchūriki, let him go?

Nara Shikamaru frowned, thought for a while, and finally spoke slowly:

"Alright."

On this side, Uchiha Sasuke stopped talking and just listened quietly to the sound of rain outside the house.

("What is he doing here?")

In his mind, Jiraiya asked doubtfully.

(“I asked him to come.”)

Uchiha Sasuke answered silently.

"So, you have something to say to me?"

After a while, Nara Shikamaru broke the silence again.

Just now, it was dusk.

When the two were parting, Shikamaru obviously understood Uchiha Sasuke's final look.

On this side, Uchiha Sasuke still didn't say anything, but just reached out and took out the [Psychic Puppet].

(“Eh? Eh hey hey!

("What do you want to do?!")

Seeing Uchiha Sasuke's actions, Jiraiya, who had been in a sad atmosphere, suddenly became a little anxious.

On the opposite side, Nara Shikamaru also showed a puzzled expression.

"This is."

"Don't ask anything, just keep it for me.

"When this is over, if I am still alive, I will come to you and get it myself."

Uchiha Sasuke said expressionlessly.

what?

What does it mean to be alive?

Hearing what Uchiha Sasuke said, Shikamaru couldn't help but have a lot of questions flash through his mind.

He thought for a moment and couldn't help but ask tentatively:

"Is this something very important?"

"Very important."

Uchiha Sasuke answered solemnly.

Yes, was it given to you by a girl?

Nara Shikamaru looked down at the lifelike puppet doll and couldn't help but think in his heart.

However, Uchiha Sasuke had already said it, so Shikamaru didn't ask in the end.

On the other side, Jiraiya, who witnessed the whole process, became anxious.

This, this, this.

This clearly means that I have been “entrusted to someone else”! !

Jiraiya shouted loudly in Sasuke's mind:

("What are you doing?

(“Didn’t we agree on this?!

("Bring it back to me, you hear me?!

("Uchiha, Sasuke!!")

("Please, calm down.")

Uchiha Sasuke felt a headache from the noise, but he still forced himself to control his temper and try to calm them down.

(“This is for your own good.”)

("What the hell, you're doing good for me! I don't need you to do good for me!

("Bring it back, now, right now!

(“Do you still see me as your master?”)

"Anyway, please."

Uchiha Sasuke took a deep breath and decided to ignore Jiraiya.

He forced himself to ignore the harsh noise in his mind and said seriously to Nara Shikamaru in front of him:

"If I unfortunately die, immediately take this doll to the Minamiganogawa River, the base of the Uchiha clan.

"When the time comes, someone will guide you on what to do next."

Hearing Uchiha Sasuke say this, Nara Shikamaru couldn't help but show a worried look.

He hesitated for a long time, and finally asked:

"Really, has it come to this?"

After seeing Shikamaru's worry, Uchiha Sasuke smiled and comforted him:

"Don't worry, this is exactly what we want."

(“I shouldn’t have listened to that monkey.”)

On this side, Jiraiya was extremely anxious.

Although, it has been sealed into the puppet at present.

But Jiraiya was well aware of the risks involved in this matter.

In the beginning, the biggest prerequisite for convincing Jiraiya to agree to let Uchiha Sasuke go alone to fight against Shimura Danzo was the guarantee.

I can observe all of Sasuke's battles up close until the whole thing is over.

But now, things have just begun, and Sasuke is going to break the agreement and abandon me completely.

("By the way, didn't you say that this puppet doll has another function, which is, um, can it provide you with one of my ninjutsu?

("If you let Shikamaru take it away from me, won't you be missing a very powerful helper?")

It seemed that Uchiha Sasuke had made up his mind not to bother with him.

Jiraiya was in a passive situation and had to change his strategy and the way of communication.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Uchiha Sasuke finally responded to him.

I only heard Sasuke say in my mind:

("Don't mention it. I learned the fire seal by myself.")

This kind of random thing is really annoying.

Last time, he drew Suigetsu Hozuki's strongest defensive ninjutsu, "Water Style: Tate-no-Hat".

But this time, Jiraiya had so many powerful ninjutsu, but he only drew such a broken thing.

("What happened to the Fire Seal?")

Here, Jiraiya's tone became very unconfident.

He just mumbled twice and said angrily:

(“As a genius, isn’t it normal for me to learn a little more ninjutsu?

(“Can I be blamed for this?”)

On this side, Nara Shikamaru had already put the puppet doll in his arms.

In his mind, Jiraiya couldn't help but yell loudly again.

Nara Shikamaru wanted to speak several times, but in the end he said nothing and walked silently towards the gate.

It was only a few steps away, and Zilai was filled with despair.

"that."

When he reached the entrance of the hall, Nara Shikamaru finally stopped again.

He seemed to have made up his mind, turned around and said to Sasuke:

"I don't believe those ridiculous rumors."

"unimportant."

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