Naruto: If I ask you to kill Sasuke, you will become a succubus?

Shikamaru immediately said, "I don't want it."

"Why not?"

Shikamaru pursed his lips, a hint of annoyance showing on his face at his mother's questioning.

"What about Chaolu?" Shikamaru's mother asked me, "Does Chaolu want a brother?"

I looked at Shikamaru's expression and shook my head: "I don't want it."

"Hey...but doesn't Asaka think Shikamaru is nice? As Shikamaru's sister, he will definitely take good care of you, right?"

But my mission target is Naruto, so even if I have to go to someone else's house, it should be Naruto's house.

I smiled and said, "But even if I'm not Shikamaru's sister, he's still very kind to me."

"That's different. A sister is a family member." Shikamaru's mother sighed, "I've always wanted a daughter."

Shikamaru said unhappily, "Then you and dad should continue to try to have more children."

Shikamaru's mother reached out and slapped him on the back of the head.

"Okay, take your time eating. I'll make the bed for you. You can have a good rest after eating."

After she stood up and left, I approached Shikamaru and asked him, "Why are you unhappy?"

"nothing."

"Because Shikamaru's mom wants me to be Shikamaru's sister? Shikamaru doesn't like having a sister?"

"Didn't you say you didn't want a brother?"

"Because I have a brother in the orphanage." I said, "There's no need for my brother to have so many."

"You...don't want a new family?"

"New family?"

"Well, leave the orphanage. Didn't you always say you wanted a home of your own?"

"So Shikamaru means that he wants to adopt me?"

I was in an orphanage and was no stranger to the concept of "adoption".

Shikamaru's expression was a bit sour: "How can I adopt you? However, my mother seems to like you very much."

"Because I look a lot like her descendants?"

"Maybe...and she's always wanted a daughter."

My appearance was originally designed for Kakashi, but I didn't expect it would have an impact on other people as well.

"Don't worry, Shikamaru, I won't agree to that."

Shikamaru looked at me and hesitated for a moment: "In fact, if you can really come to our house, you will definitely live a much better life than now... Our family... Although it is not as good as the Hyuga and Uchiha, it is still okay in Konoha..."

"I am living a good life now."

"Oh, is that so?" Shikamaru sighed, "That's good."

"I don't understand, what is troubling Shikamaru?"

"nothing."

I could tell that Shikamaru was worried, but no matter how I asked, he wouldn't tell me.

This makes me a little depressed. If everyone is like Naruto, how great would it be to speak their mind? Otherwise, I can't read minds, so how can I accurately guess what everyone is thinking?

After we finished our meal and put the dishes in the sink, we returned to Shikamaru's room. Two futons were already laid out next to each other on the tatami.

We lay down together, watching him close his eyes. I still felt unwilling and wanted to figure out what he was thinking: "Shikamaru."

He closed his eyes: "Hmm?"

"If I do something that makes you unhappy, you must tell me... I definitely don't mean to make you unhappy, but sometimes I really don't know what's wrong."

"It's not your problem..."

"That is?"

"I was thinking about something very selfish."

"Selfish? What's that?"

"I want to be best friends with you."

"Eh!?" I jumped out of the quilt and looked at him in surprise: "Why?"

Shikamaru opened his eyes and looked at me, a little surprised: "I thought you would be embarrassed."

"why?"

"Because your best friend is Naruto, right?" Shikamaru saw me sitting up, so he sat up too: "Besides Naruto, you also have your love partner Shino, and I... am probably just an outlier friend?"

"certainly not!"

My anxious yet firm rebuttal made Shikamaru stunned for a moment.

"Then..." He propped up his cheek and looked at me, and asked tentatively: "Are you willing to live with me?"

"I would like to! But I can't."

"why not?"

I told the truth: "If I am adopted by Shikamaru's family, I will not be able to move freely."

"Yeah, I think so too." Shikamaru said, "I thought it would be great if you could live with me at first. But when my mom said she wanted you to be my sister, I suddenly thought of something..."

"Issues?"

"Well... my dad is the clan leader, so some people call me young master or something like that..." Speaking of this, Shikamaru scratched his cheek a little embarrassedly, "I don't want Chaolu to be so respectful to me."

"What's wrong with me being respectful to Shikamaru?"

Shikamaru said flatly, "No. I want Chaolu to be free, laugh when she wants to laugh, say whatever she wants to say, and do whatever she wants to do."

"Okay." I looked at him expectantly, hoping to hear him praise me and affirm me. "Then why does Shikamaru want to be best friends with me?"

I really want to know what I did right to earn Shikamaru's appreciation and love.

Shikamaru and Shikamaru-sama are the same person, so does that mean that Shikamaru-sama will also recognize my efforts these days? Does that mean that I am walking in the right direction and have not deviated from the path indicated by him and Orochimaru?

"Why..." Shikamaru stared at me and said, "I don't know why, but when I reacted, I noticed you."

I couldn't understand this answer. I just felt that he wasn't serious. "What the hell is this? It's so vague! Is Shikamaru just trying to fool me?"

"That's it. There's nothing I can do."

"Impossible! So what did Shikamaru feel when he first saw me?"

"Hmm... she looks pretty cute?"

"and then?"

"Nothing."

"Is it just 'cute'?"

"What else? We haven't spoken yet, so judging by their appearance, this is probably the most you can think of!"

"What about after you spoke? What did Shikamaru think when you first spoke?"

"I think there's something wrong with your brain."

"……what?"

"At that time, your conversation with Naruto was very exaggerated and strange," he said helplessly, "It was just like a TV drama. And, you kept speaking honorifics to me for no apparent reason."

I looked at him unwillingly: "In that case, Shikamaru should have stayed away from me!"

"I didn't want to get close at first."

"...!"

I clearly wanted to know what I did right to get Shikamaru's approval, but all I got out of my question was his denial of me.

I immediately lost my excitement and lay back down listlessly: "Okay, that's it."

"Hey!" Shikamaru came over and shook my shoulder: "No... I didn't understand you at first, so I thought that way, but later it was different!"

"So," I said, no longer holding out hope, "when was it?"

"Then I found out that you were really with Naruto the whole time."

"What's the reason?"

"Naruto's character is unbearable for most people. He rushes around recklessly every day without considering the consequences. He doesn't speak well and has a stubborn temper. As for you, although you have good grades, you don't look very smart. When I realized it, I was already thinking: Is it really okay for these two guys to get together? What if something goes wrong?"

I grabbed the quilt with both hands, looked at Shikamaru and blinked, telling him with my eyes: Go on, I want to hear more!

It's really novel to hear my own image from other people's mouths.

Shikamaru was amused by me. He lowered his eyes and looked at me and said, "Then I realized that you took Naruto a little too seriously."

"Is it bad to take Naruto too seriously?"

"You care about Naruto more than yourself. Everything about you seems to revolve around Naruto. I don't think that's good."

I was confused and asked, “What should I do then?”

"If what you want to do conflicts with what Naruto wants to do, do what you want to do."

What I want to do…?

What I want to do is to save Naruto and change the tyranny of Uchiha.

Is Shikamaru telling me to stick to my original intention and never waver? Even if I have to do something that Naruto doesn't understand or agree with in order to achieve this goal, I don't have to worry about it?

I nodded seriously: "I understand."