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

Shikamaru added: "Not just with Naruto, no matter who you are with, if your ideas are different from the other person's, don't always give up your own ideas to cater to others."

"what?"

"For example, if you are very sleepy and don't want to talk to me, just tell me directly, don't endure the discomfort and cater to me."

"That's it..."

"Also, if you want to have a good sleep in the afternoon and don't want to be woken up to watch a movie, you can tell me."

"No, I want to go to the movies!"

"Okay," Shikamaru smiled slightly, "That's it, just say what you feel directly."

I smiled at him.

"I like it when Shikamaru says that." I said bluntly, "I like it when Shikamaru praises me."

Shikamaru snorted softly, "I knew it..."

what do you know? "

"Nothing, you're the guy who always says 'like' or 'like'." He muttered, turned around and got into the quilt: "Even if you say that, I won't praise you too much! Go to sleep!"

As soon as the conversation stopped, I quickly lost consciousness in the soft and warm bed.

When Shikamaru woke me up, he looked quite sober: "Wake up, Chaolu, if you want to go back to the welfare home for dinner in the evening, we have to leave now."

"Um...what time is it?"

"Half past one. By the time we get to the cinema, it will be around two o'clock."

I nodded and sat up from the quilt. Shikamaru found a comb and asked me to comb my hair. When I came out after washing my face, he had already folded up the made bed.

"Let's go."

"Yeah." I waved to the deer in the backyard and said, "I'm leaving now. See you next time!"

The deer were leisurely eating the grass on the ground, only one or two of them looked up and looked at me quietly.

"If you like, come back next time."

But I shook my head: "No, although the fawn is cute, I can't indulge in pleasure."

Shikamaru: "...How can you indulge in pleasure? This is called combining work and rest! Otherwise, reading every day will make your brain stupid."

He added: "Now it's not very smart anymore."

I quickly chased after him, put on my shoes at the entrance and walked out the door, unconvinced, "How am I not smart?!"

"A smart person wouldn't ask that question!"

We laughed and chatted all the way to the cinema. Compared with the one in the Uchiha base, this cinema was not only much bigger, but also many times more lively.

In the past, when I passed by, I could only glance inside curiously from the outside, but this time I finally walked in.

Shikamaru asked me, "These are the latest movies that were released. Which one would you like to watch, Chaolu?"

My eyes swept across those brand new and bright posters one by one. For some reason, in this hall filled with the aroma of popcorn, the image of the cinema in the Uchiha base could not help appearing in my mind.

Those dull, torn, and even dirty posters, and the air was filled with the cold and lonely smell of dust and mildew.

Not pretty at all, not sweet at all.

My eyes fell on a poster that showed the front face of a beautiful woman. She was basking in the sun, holding an open book in her hand, covering the lower half of her face.

In the sunlight, her pupils were as clear and bright as glass beads.

She seemed to be smiling, but also like she was holding back tears. She had a mysterious appeal.

I couldn't help but point at the photo: "That——"

"'Traveling Through Time to See You'?"

Travel through time!

I nodded immediately: "That's it."

Shikamaru carefully looked at the slogan on the poster and hesitated: "It's a romance movie..."

"Shikamaru doesn't want to watch a romance movie?"

"I'm fine with either. I'm mainly worried that you'll get bored after reading it. Besides, can you really understand it?"

My eyes widened: "Why can't I understand?"

"Because does Chaolu really understand what it means to like someone? If you don't understand, you won't be able to understand the logic of the story."

I was unconvinced and said, "Then will Shikamaru understand?"

Shikamaru glanced at me and said, "Of course."

"!?" I was silent: "Could it be that a genius can learn even this kind of thing without a teacher..."

"What does this have to do with genius?" Shikamaru tapped my forehead again and glared at me: "Things like this will only come naturally after you fall in love with someone. You just don't understand at all."

Falling in love with someone?

Shikamaru?

If Shikamaru were to like someone, it would probably be Ino, his childhood sweetheart!

Thinking of this, I didn’t ask any more questions: “But I want to watch a time travel movie… and the heroine is so beautiful!”

"The heroine...Fuji Fuyukiie, she seems to be a talented new star who has become popular recently. I've heard my mom talk about her, and I heard she's a very good actress."

"Then let's watch this!" I was excited. "Maybe after watching it, I'll understand what it means to like someone."

Shikamaru went to buy the ticket with a strange expression on his face.

"what happened?"

"If you become wise but fall in love with strange people, it would be better if you didn't become wise..."

"weirdo?"

"It's nothing, don't worry about it."

He bought two tickets and went to buy a bucket of popcorn and two bottles of Coke. This time, I finally saw someone checking tickets at the ticket gate.

I watched him curiously as he repeatedly punched holes on movie tickets with a bored and numb look on his face, and I found it very interesting.

After we found our seats in the screening room and sat down, I turned to look at the small box on the back wall, remembering that Shikamaru had told me that the movie would be shown from there later.

I looked at the big screen in front of me again, knowing that the picture would appear on the screen soon.

But at this exciting moment, my mind suddenly recalled the incident in the morning when Shikamaru and I were discovered by Sasuke in the Uchiha base.

After Shikamaru and I ran away...how was he?

He wouldn't be searching the base all the time, would he?

After his mother died, did he go to the cinema and watch movies?

"Shikamaru..."

"Ok?"

"Did we bully Uchiha Sasuke this morning?"

Shikamaru turned to look at me in surprise: "Why do you say that?"

"Because he doesn't like others entering the Uchiha's residence at will, but we still broke in."

"Bullying... shouldn't be considered as such, right?"

"I don't know why, but the thought that someone might feel sad and painful because of my behavior makes me feel very..." I frowned, "very uncomfortable..."

Obviously that person is Uchiha Sasuke.

But even if that person is Uchiha Sasuke...

I also can't think that just because 17-year-old Uchiha Sasuke did something wrong, then I am justified in making the 7-year-old Uchiha Sasuke feel pain and anger.

Shikamaru whispered, "Asaro..."

"Ok?"

He frowned slightly and looked at me with a worried look on his face: "How are you going to be a ninja in the future if you are like this?"

I was taken aback.

"Being a ninja is a profession that is destined to bring pain and death. Even if you want to be a medical ninja, a medical ninja is still a ninja. When you heal your companions, they will take more lives, or be sent back to the battlefield to face more pain. We always cause pain to others, either to our enemies or to our companions."

At this time, the lights in the screening room were off, but the screen had not yet lit up.

Shikamaru's voice came from the darkness: "Don't be so soft-hearted, Asaka."

How about that...being soft-hearted?

Is it bad to not want to see people sad, in pain, or grief?