Witty Naruto Life

Chapter 197 Shikamaru's Fate (4K)

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere around them became tense.

Mitomon En and Utane Koharu both frowned at the same time.

It seems that things are more serious than they thought.

Even the recorder began to hesitate in recording the movements and looked at everyone.

"So, who were the dead? How did you deal with them later?" Mitomon Yan asked continuously.

Bai Yi calmly handed Yan a list: "These are the names of the dead. They are currently secretly buried at the border of Konoha."

The two consultants looked at each other, and immediately a hint of anger appeared on their faces.

What a secret burial! After all the internal strife, this is how you handle the situation?!
Xiaochun really wanted to ask, "If they were going to kill him directly, then what's the point of being so cautious before?", but considering that the recorder was still nearby and their conversation would be officially recorded, she did not lose her temper on the spot, but her breathing became a little faster.

It was Yan who spoke first: "Tsunade, I remember you mentioned the internal strife within the Anbu before. Why did things get to this point when you knew about it?"

This is accountability.

Unexpectedly, Naruto spoke first: "You two, this is the result of mediation. If we don't mediate, things will only get worse."

"Naruto, I remember you are not in Anbu and you are not involved in this matter. Why do you want to answer this question on behalf of Tsunade?" Yan pressed on step by step.

Naruto smiled and said, "I just feel that the two of you have been putting pressure on the Hokage, which is inappropriate, and I want to express my opinion."

"Besides, Yusuke also told me about the situation in the Anbu. Sakura and I both know people in the Anbu, so we should have some say, right?"

At this time, Koharu interrupted again: "Speaking of Sakura, it seems that you haven't explained why you appeared at Yusuke Aburame's house last night."

Naruto was about to explain when Sakura spoke first, "I'm Naruto's girlfriend. It makes sense for me to act with him, right?"

There was silence all around, Naruto blinked and then nodded.

Yes, that's right, what do you want?!
Naruto coughed and said, "Let's not talk about this for now. The Anbu went through a merger a few years ago. There are some differences in concepts among the members. The seeds of infighting were planted a few years ago."

Xiaochun raised an eyebrow: "How many years ago exactly?"

"About three years ago, in August if I remember correctly, after the Chunin Exams."

That year, Team 7, which was still a teenager, managed to kill Danzo by chance, so the Root and Anbu merged, and the concept of Danzo's faction was also proposed at that time.

This is a historical legacy problem caused by Mingying and others changing the plot.

Naruto: "In other words, if the Anbu high-ranking officials had not taken the lightning action last night and allowed them to continue fighting among themselves, it would have likely caused further injuries to civilians, and the situation would have been even worse."

"So under your wise leadership, some high-ranking members of the Anbu listened to your advice and carried out an internal purge of the Anbu?" Koharu suddenly pointed out, seeming to be unhappy with Naruto's explanation.

"Sorry, let me explain this matter." Bai Yi immediately interrupted.

"It's true that there are people within the Anbu who worship Uzumaki Naruto, but that doesn't mean they will directly follow Naruto's orders."

Mitomon En frowned, "So the Anbu has been influenced by Naruto, right? An organization that serves the Will of Fire actually has a cult of personality? Does Konoha belong to the entire village or just to Uzumaki Naruto?"

Of course it's me, Uzumaki Naruto... Naruto complained in his heart and said in a deep voice: "You two don't have to be so mean."

"People living in society are bound to be influenced by those around them. You can't turn all the Anbu members into isolated islands, right?"

Yan snorted coldly: "If they can be influenced by you, I would rather they are all isolated islands."

"That's your subjective opinion, but objectively they will come into contact with all kinds of people, including the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki."

In the early years, the Anbu needed to monitor the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, but now, this task has been given to Bai Yi, and he is indeed keeping an eye on Naruto's movements.

Every month, Bai Yi has to submit a report on Naruto, reporting on Naruto's mental state during this period to prevent him from posing a threat to the village.

Naruto added, "Besides, I have never put a knife to the neck of an Anbu member to force them to obey me."

"At most, I express my views and opinions on certain occasions. They may or may not adopt my views. It is their freedom."

Mitomon En and Utane Koharu looked at each other again and stopped asking about Naruto.

This guy has a sharp tongue and is very good at talking. They have no way to deal with Naruto now.

Since there is no direct evidence to prove that Naruto is influencing Konoha's politics, there is no need to continue to hold on to it.

Next, everyone discussed for a long time how to avoid similar situations. It was basically Tsunade, Bai Yi and the two consultants who spoke, while Naruto and Sakura kept silent.

The two of them were mainly answering questions today, and there was no reason for them to get involved in such village affairs.

After discussing a preliminary plan, Bai Yi followed up, and then Mitomon Yan asked the last question:
"How do you, Anbu, plan to publicize these deaths?"

Bai Yi had already discussed this with Naruto before, and he immediately said:

"We will announce to the public that those killed were destabilizing elements in Konoha. As for their families...although almost no one has any, we will notify them separately and ask them to keep it confidential."

Tsunade also said: "The situation is sensitive now. We must not tell others that it is an internal conflict. We can only say that outsiders are affecting the peace of Konoha."

Naruto nodded, this approach is quite similar to that of the ** country.

Before he traveled through time, he had read on the Internet that some ** countries would deliberately make big news by expelling Russian diplomats in order to divert conflicts.

Then, citizens of all countries will focus their attention on criticism and denounce the inhumanity of the ** government.

This approach is similar to what Konoha is doing now.

But what's so coincidental is that there will really be outsiders who will affect the peace of Konoha in the future. For example, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki will be captured soon, Master Jilu will also suffer, and so on.

This time, the two advisers did not express any objection.

They didn't simply want to go against Naruto and the others, but from the perspective of the official and Konoha, they wanted to ensure that Konoha could continue.

At this point, the meeting came to an end.

After walking out of the conference room door, Naruto and Sakura did not stay any longer. They walked out of the door together and flew to Naruto's home.

As soon as he entered the house, Naruto couldn't wait to run to the sofa and lie down on it, with fatigue in his eyes that could not be concealed.

He hadn't slept all night and hadn't eaten breakfast in the morning. In addition, he had been dealing with Sasuke's affairs and Danzo's faction's affairs during this period, so he was really exhausted.

But fortunately, Danzo's faction was severely damaged this time and will no longer pose a threat to Naruto in the short term.

Seeing Naruto like this, Sakura sighed, sat down on the sofa and touched his face.

"What can I do next?"

"Ah?" Naruto looked at Sakura with lifeless eyes: "Sis, let me rest for a while and have a good sleep first."

"I just wanted to help because you looked so tired..." Sakura muttered, telling Naruto to have a good sleep, and she disappeared from Naruto's sight in an instant.

"What are you doing... Hey, why are you so energetic..."

Naruto didn't care anymore. He didn't want to think about anything now. He just wanted to sleep.

He let his heavy eyelids close and fell into a deep sleep instantly.

……

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Naruto woke up to a burst of fragrance.

He opened his eyes, turned over, and heard his stomach growling. The smell of food made his mouth water, and he found Sakura busy in the kitchen.

There were more vegetables and fruits in the house, and oranges were placed on the coffee table. When Naruto saw it, he immediately peeled an orange and gobbled it up.

"So sweet... I'm really starving."

He peeled another one and walked to the kitchen, his nose twitching. Sakura turned around and Naruto could clearly see her upturned eyelashes.

"eat."

Naruto put the peeled orange slices into Sakura's mouth. The latter said "hmm" and started to get busy again.

Looking at Sakura's slender waist, Naruto wanted to hug her from behind.

Imagine this scenario: you walk into the kitchen, gently hug your partner from behind, and then your partner picks up a piece of the prepared dish and puts it in your mouth to taste it. While you taste the dish, you also taste the girl's waist. Don't you feel like you have become a winner in life?
Just as Naruto was about to take action, he heard Sakura say something shocking:
"Shikamaru will be here to roar later too."

"what?!"

Naruto was stunned by this unexpected operation. Why did you suddenly call Shikamaru over? You...you ...

But he quickly calmed down and thought that Sakura was not that kind of person, and quickly thought about the direction of the plot.

"What do you want me to talk to Shikamaru about?"

"What we want to talk about depends on your needs," Sakura said without turning her head. "Do you want to change the plot or keep it, or do you want Shikamaru to be your helper? I don't know any of these yet."

"But you definitely need to talk to Shikamaru."

Naruto was silent for a moment, "We do need to talk."

About Asuma, and the impact Asuma's death might have on Shikamaru.

Naruto cannot let Shikamaru have any psychological trauma, which may bring hidden dangers to him. But on the other hand, Shikamaru's growth is also inseparable from Asuma's death.

In the original work, the character arcs of Shikamaru and Asuma are both reflected through this scene. Kishimoto likes to promote the maturity of the younger generation through the death of the predecessor.

But that doesn't mean that Shikamaru can only grow in this way.

"Tuk-tuk-tuk."

There was a knock on the door, Naruto shouted "I'm coming!" and went out to open the door.

In the corridor, Shikamaru, who kept scratching his head and yawning, looked at Naruto somewhat awkwardly.

"Um, Sakura asked me to come here..."

Naruto felt strange when Shikamaru started talking, and he didn't seem to be in a very good mental state.

"Come in and talk."

Naruto invited Shikamaru to sit on the sofa and threw him an orange.

Then, he didn't know what to say for a moment.

It’s not that Naruto’s ability to talk has deteriorated, it’s mainly because he just woke up from a coma, his brain is still in a sluggish state, and he is still in the stage of organizing his words.

"By the way, did something bad happen in Konoha last night?"

Naruto's heart trembled, and he instantly realized that Shikamaru was woken up by the liquidation operation last night, or rather, he might not have slept at all.

"Ahem..." Naruto calmed down and said calmly: "Something bad happened last night, but it's not a big deal. It has been dealt with."

"Hmm... so you know about this."

Naruto narrowed his eyes. You were just trying to trick me, right? He rolled his eyes and said, "Yes, I know the inside story of this matter. Do you want to hear it?"

Shikamaru's movement of peeling the orange slowly stopped, then he looked up and met Naruto's gaze.

"Sakura called me here today just to let you tell me the inside story of this matter?"

"No," Naruto shook his head, "I came here to ask about something with Asuma-sensei. I want to practice wind escape techniques recently, and I hope to ask him, a master of wind escape techniques, for advice."

In the original work, Naruto did consult Asuma, and then with some of his guidance and the help of Kakashi and Yamato, he developed the Wind Style Rasenshuriken.

Speaking of which, Naruto in this time and space has not had time to practice the celestial version of Wind Style Rasenshuriken. The main reason is that he has spent a considerable amount of energy on practicing the sage mode, and used part of his energy to practice other techniques.

For example, Naruto once tried to practice sealing techniques and illusion techniques in order to transform himself into a hexagonal warrior.

When it comes to illusion techniques, Naruto is a complete mess; and as for sealing techniques, Naruto has only learned the Five Elements Seal so far.

Naruto was also a little confused about the Uzumaki clan's unique sealing technique, the Diamond Seal.

Perhaps it was because Minato Namikaze's bloodline was too powerful that his Uzumaki bloodline was not pure enough?
"You treated me to a meal just to ask Mr. Asuma for advice?" Shikamaru asked with a yawn.

Although Shikamaru was sleepy, he still found loopholes in Naruto's words.

"Why not?" Naruto smiled and added, "But I do have something to ask you."

"what's up?"

"Let's talk about it after dinner. I'm too hungry now. How about you?"

"……Me too."

……

Soon, Sakura prepared the meal, and Naruto and Shikamaru cleaned the table and brought the meal to the table.

After traveling through time, Sakura learned a few tricks from Haruno Mebuki, so there were Japanese dishes on the table, as well as a few Chinese dishes, which were slightly adjusted according to the seasoning.

For example, fish-flavored shredded pork, mapo tofu, boiled pork slices... made Naruto's mouth water.

No one spoke at the dinner table. Everyone picked up their dishes and ate them silently without stopping.

Shikamaru thought to himself: This food smells so good, is Sakura really that good at cooking...

How could Naruto be so lucky?
As he thought about it, he added another bowl of rice to his meal.

Sakura: "It's a shame it's missing some...special seasoning, otherwise it would taste even better."

What she wanted to talk about was the Pixian Doubanjiang, which is unique to the Sichuan and Chongqing regions and is known as the 'soul of Sichuan cuisine'.

"No, no, this tastes very good too..." Naruto's mouth kept moving. He felt that this was the most delicious dish he had eaten recently.

The taste of hometown.

"But where did you learn to make such delicious dishes?" Shikamaru suddenly asked.

Sakura paused, "...I made it by following the recipe."

"Recipe? From Konoha?" Shikamaru asked in confusion.

(End of this chapter)