In Konoha, Naruto lies down

For ninjas, the benefit of this system is that the village, as their community of interests, guarantees their interests, dignity and social status.

The emergence of ninja villages also caused the power of the nobles to decline. They were unable to maintain feudal rule and could only change their form and move behind the scenes by owning assets.

They could bribe powerful ninjas and bribe high-ranking officials, but they could never return to the old ways of ruling. History couldn't be reversed, and the ninjas weren't fools.

As for the threats and inducements, they're naturally simple. Besides the promise of wealth and glory, there are only a few tricks. Very good, you've been obedient. Your reward is an appearance at the Silver Party!

You! No party allowed!

"That's really troublesome." Naruto threw Temari's gloves aside. "If you ask me, just catch them all in one fell swoop. Those nobles are so active anyway."

"Just find an excuse to make some money and take the nobles' money. Maybe find some excuse to make them play big games before closing the net."

"Gaara seems to have made up his mind, but he just doesn't want to tell us, ha..." Temari's whole body tensed up, her eyes turned slightly, and her expression was a little unnatural.

"In that case, let's go ask Gaara." Naruto pushed Temari away, picked up her gloves, wiped his hands, and left without looking back.

Temari: “????”

When the wind blew, she froze in place, her thoughts in a tangle of confusion. It was as if a string was stretched in her head, snapping without warning and drifting away in the wind.

Just left like that? Gone?

It's a bit abstract, right? Now...ah! Temari suddenly collapsed, her lips trembling but she didn't know what to say.

Naruto did go to find Gaara, completely disregarding Temari's feelings, but he knew that Temari couldn't do anything. What you can't get is the best, and you can just give her some candied dates later.

Konoha.

After Kakashi came to his senses, he turned to look at Shikamaru beside him, and asked directly where the document was submitted from without beating around the bush.

"I'm not sure. It's a joint proposal from several senior executives." Shikamaru glanced at the document and immediately understood. "Although the submission was anonymous, we can now narrow down the target audience."

"No need." Kakashi was not so impulsive. Even if he found those people, it would be useless. Submitting the documents was completely in compliance with the regulations.

The document had already been submitted, and no matter what Kakashi's attitude was, it would definitely end up at the top management meeting. They would find a neutral person to bring it up, and then discuss it.

Kakashi was also very clear that the treatment of Nohara Rin was clearly aimed at him. His actions in the position of Hokage had already caused dissatisfaction among some people.

His backers are all dead, and he doesn't have much popularity. They might be afraid of the third and fifth generations, but they are definitely not afraid of him, the sixth generation.

The document was temporarily suppressed by Kakashi, but the truth cannot be hidden, and the routine high-level meeting will begin in three days.

into the night.

Shikamaru lay in bed, unable to sleep at all. His wife slept in the next room. Ever since Shikamaru was transferred to the Hokage's office, the couple had been sleeping in separate rooms.

The pressure of office work is too great, and Shikamaru has very little time to rest. Sometimes he even works from home to meet deadlines. In order to ensure that Shikamaru has enough sleep, the two have been living in separate rooms for some time.

After tossing and turning until midnight, Shikamaru finally got up and knocked on his wife's door. After a while, the two of them lay in bed and talked for a while.

"You look troubled?"

"Ah, it's about work, I can't tell you." Shikamaru lay on the bed, his hands behind his head, staring blankly at the ceiling with lifeless eyes.

"If you run into trouble and can't solve it yourself, just find someone else to help you." Shikamaru's wife smiled lazily, with a gentle temperament, and the bedside lamp softly reflected the outline of her cheek.

"Looking for someone?" Shikamaru turned his head and looked at his wife.

"Yes, no matter how troublesome the task is, it will be twice as easy as finding the right person." She said with a smile, trying her best to comfort her husband as a wife.

The next day.

Shikamaru went to Naruto's house early in the morning, but found that the guy didn't seem to be at home. Just as he was about to leave, he was startled by a fiery red rat running out in the corridor.

In the morning, work is still carried out as usual.

At lunch, he asked Choji to have lunch together and asked him about Naruto's whereabouts. Choji was confused at first, then screamed.

"Damn it Naruto! He lied to me and told me to treat me to a barbecue tonight, but he's not in the village!"

Isn't that the point? Shikamaru felt a little embarrassed. Suddenly, he realized that this person's whereabouts seemed a little mysterious. He even checked the village's travel records, but naturally found nothing.

"By the way, Shikamaru, do you have any urgent business looking for Naruto?" Choji suddenly asked.

"Ah...that's not the case." Shikamaru scratched his head, his eyes wandering off into the distance. "It's just a little work matter. I have some troubles and I want to ask Naruto for help."

"Oh, then you can go find Ino, maybe she knows." Shikamaru squinted his eyes, holding the chopsticks in his chubby hands and said seriously.

"Naruto?" Ino stood in the corridor of the Intelligence Department, squinting into the distance. "We were together two days ago, but... he seemed to say he had to go out for something."

"How long will it take you to come back?" Shikamaru asked.

"It won't take long. It seems like... three days. Yes, that's three days!" Ino said with certainty, then turned to look at Shikamaru, "Is there something urgent?"

Shikamaru hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded.

"Yeah, it's important. It's work-related, but it's more important than my work."

Are you kidding me? Kakashi's face has been so gloomy these past two days that it looks like water could drip out of it. Shikamaru watched terrified from the side. How could it not be important? It's extremely urgent, okay?

He is still as smart as ever. Even though Shikamaru is always taciturn in the Hokage's office, it doesn't mean that he has stopped using his brain.

From the moment Nohara Rin suddenly appeared until now, he had been in charge of all the identity files. Shikamaru knew all too well how much Nohara Rin meant to Kakashi, and he had already read the file.

I submitted it silently without saying anything, just to see Kakashi's reaction. After all, in the workplace, as a subordinate, you can't make decisions on your own.

Now he didn't even need to guess to know what Kakashi was going to do. His face had been gloomy for two days. If he didn't find someone to persuade him, he would probably slam the table with those adults at tomorrow's high-level meeting.

Kakashi's gentle personality is one thing, but that doesn't mean he has no temper. Shikamaru was keenly aware of this and also noticed that Kakashi seemed to have some conflicts with Nohara Rin recently.

As a man, he knew only too well what kind of chemical reaction would form when all these troublesome things piled up together. If things went wrong, the Hokage would have to be replaced.

Kakashi naturally didn't care about the position of Hokage. He was captured by Tsunade to take the blame and voluntarily became the sixth hokage.

So far, the job that Shikamaru had seen Kakashi take the most care of was taking Nohara Rin from physical examination to intelligence search to formal recording of information on the scroll and reissuing the Konoha forehead protector.

Now the higher-ups were suggesting disposing of Nohara Rin, simply because of her unknown origins. Shikamaru was completely overwhelmed, as he and the Sixth Hokage would rise and fall together.

It's not that he cares much about the position of secretary in the Hokage's office, but out of a sense of responsibility, he wants to do well in everything that is related to him.

"Well...if that's the case, if it really doesn't work, you can go ask Hinata again." Ino hesitated for a long time, and suddenly these words popped out of her mouth.

"Hinata?" Shikamaru was stunned, obviously not expecting her to say that.

"Yeah! That guy might not be telling me the truth!" Ino raised her little fist and said through gritted teeth, "He might have said something different to Hinata. You might be able to figure it out if you ask him."

"Ah this..." Shikamaru was a little confused and didn't know what to say for a moment. This was indeed very Naruto.

Chapter 488 No one understands high-level meetings better than Naruto

After hesitating for two seconds, Shikamaru gave up thinking.

Forget it, forget it, important things.

Kakashi was obviously not in a good state and had not spoken much in the past two days. Shikamaru was afraid that his immediate boss would directly fight with that group of people at tomorrow's high-level meeting.

He was just a subordinate who just wanted to get the job done, but it was too difficult.

Even so, Shikamaru still agreed with his wife's words. The more difficult the matter, the more important it is to find the right person. In his eyes, it was a trouble, but Naruto might not think so.

In other words, this would be a problem if it happened to him, but it might not be a problem if it happened to Naruto.

Hinata.

Hinata looked at Shikamaru who came to visit and was slightly surprised.

"Naruto?"

"Yes."

"Isn't he in the village? He met me three days ago, so..." Hinata looked confused. "He said he had something to do and would take a break for two days. He would come to have dinner with me in a couple of days."

Shikamaru's face twitched when he heard that.

"Is...something happened?" Hinata looked at him with concern.

"I just need Naruto's help with some work matters." Shikamaru stood up and bowed, "In that case, I'll be leaving first."

"Yeah." Hinata also stood up and bowed slightly in return.

After exiting the Hyuga gate, Shikamaru looked up at the sky. Lunch break was almost over. It was too late to look for anyone now, as he still had work to do in the afternoon.

There was only one night left, and if Naruto didn't show up, they could only ask Sakura to do it. After all, they were both Kakashi's students, so Sakura should be able to do it too.

into the night.

Shikamaru left work feeling a little uneasy. He glanced back and saw Kakashi still sitting in his seat. The light from the windowsill was blocked by the curtains, making the office dim.

"Teacher Kakashi." Shikamaru asked despite the embarrassment, "Today's work is done, then I will go back first, you..."

"Oh, you're off work?" Kakashi seemed to have just come back to his senses. His eyes softened a little and he forced a smile. "Thank you for your hard work, Shikamaru."

"You go back first, I'll be leaving soon."

"......Okay." Shikamaru lowered his eyes and slowly closed the office door.

The office was dark, and Kakashi closed his eyes again. After a moment, he opened them again, his fingers sliding back and forth on a pen, his eyes flickering.

He had grown up in Konoha and had experienced numerous wars, both large and small, and had seen everything. Although Nohara Rin's resurrection was unbelievable, it was not unacceptable.

Besides, Nohara Lin had already passed all the inspections, so what could possibly be wrong? What problems could those executives find? The answer was definitely yes.

Sighing, he stood up and began to pace around the dim office. He happened to walk to Shikamaru's desk and saw the cigarette on it.

After hesitating for a moment, Kakashi pulled out a cigarette and lit it with a click. Soon, the Hokage's office was filled with smoke. He was not good at speaking and did not want to cause trouble.

Anyway, they can't move Nohara Lin.

On the other side, Shikamaru found Sakura, hoping she could come forward and think of a solution.

"What can I do?" Sakura smiled, "I'm just a small medical ninja, not Tsunade-sama, what can I do?"

"Or should we try to persuade Teacher Kakashi?" Shikamaru lit a cigarette and exhaled the smoke naturally. A gust of night wind blew through the corridor, taking away all traces.

"Why?" Sakura was stunned. "Shouldn't we persuade those higher-ups?"

Shikamaru was also stunned, and the hand holding the cigarette trembled.

"It seems... that's the truth?"

"That's right. This is entirely the fault of the higher-ups. What does this have to do with Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura said. "Besides, I was responsible for Nohara Rin's examination."

"Now they say there's something wrong with Nohara Lin. Doesn't that mean they're more professional than me, the director of medical affairs? I might as well just resign."

"Bang, bang, bang!" Shikamaru's eyelids twitched suddenly. Sakura looked like she wasn't lying. She was telling the truth. Even if Kakashi resigned, she would leave.

If that were the case, the village would be in big trouble. Putting aside the Hokage, the importance of the position of Medical Director is self-evident. Before Tsunade returned to the village, the Medical Department had been languishing.

Now Konoha is finally supported by Sakura. If Sakura just leaves, Konoha will be seriously damaged.

"This...is not a joke, right?" Shikamaru asked.

"No." Sakura answered very seriously, "I said I didn't want to do this anymore. Do you believe me?"

For some reason, a ridiculous idea suddenly popped up in Shikamaru's mind. Why did Sakura's tone sound a bit like Naruto's? Were they all leaving?

He was feeling uneasy and tried his best to suppress the ridiculous thought in his mind. He was no longer in the mood to chat, so he chatted for a few words and then left.

It's too rough. If the entire Team 7 quits, Konoha will almost come to a standstill.

The land of wind.

pat.

Naruto lay in the rocking chair, bored, watching Maki rubbing the lighter over and over again, but failed again and again. The other party seemed a little irritated, and the muscles on his face hunched.

A cigarette took a while to light, and the irritability seemed to spread throughout the hall, infecting everyone present. There were only five people in the room: Maki, Naruto, and the three Sunagakure siblings.

Kankuro looked at Naruto with some displeasure. Even though he only liked to play with puppets, he could probably tell that the relationship between the yellow-haired boy and his sister was unusual.

An elder sister is like a mother, and Kankuro looked at Naruto almost as if he were her stepfather.

Naruto didn't hang him. "What are you looking at, a kid who only knows how to pick up trash? If you look at me again, I'll give you a big beating!" He had been waiting here for an entire afternoon and was getting a little impatient.

The supplies for the evil god's followers were not found, so I accompanied these people to witness the bloodbath of the traitors. From the Sunagakure nobles to the Genin, they had not finished killing them all after an entire afternoon.

"Could you please stop fiddling with that crappy lighter?" Naruto said impatiently, his eyes glancing at the annoyed Maki.

"What did you say?"

"I say--! Can you please stop fiddling with that damn lighter?" Naruto sat up. "If you're worried, go out and take a look. If that doesn't work, just grab your sword and join the action."

"How can this be?" Maki stood up, seemingly talking to Naruto, but also like talking to himself, "The operation has been planned long ago. Wouldn't it be a bad thing for me to go out?"

Naruto was too lazy to talk and continued to lie in the chair. Uzuki Yugao would never have thought that the person she wanted to kill the most was sitting in front of Naruto, and he closed his eyes and continued to rest.