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

When Asaka and Orochimaru were in Susanoo, hovering above Konoha, giving Konoha enough time to react before slowly descending, the person they saw was Shikamaru.

He led a group of alert Konoha ninjas, stood at the head of the team, and looked up at them.

——This is the Shikamaru who is most similar to Shikamaru-sama.

Chaolu couldn't help but stare at him carefully.

Susanoo disappeared, indicating that they had no hostility and were not preparing to attack, and when Shikamaru saw her, he said, "It's you."

Chaolu was stunned.

"I've seen Susanoo of this color before." Shikamaru said helplessly, "But didn't you go back to your own world? Why are you here again? And your appearance... why did it become like this?"

Based on this, Shikamaru, although he didn't see Naruto, Chaolu was certain that they had not come to the wrong world.

She cheered up, "Well... a lot of things happened. I'm looking for Naruto, is he here?"

"He's not in now."

"what?"

Although Naruto would always be in Konoha, it was not impossible for him to be out on a mission if there was one.

Thinking of this, Chaolu asked, "Is he out on a mission?"

"No." Shikamaru said, "He's out collecting materials."

Seeing Chaolu's confused face, Shikamaru waved his hand, which meant "confirmed to be safe, no threat", so the Konoha ninjas behind him slowly retreated and disappeared on the spot.

"The copyright of Jiraiya-sama's "Intimate Paradise" series has expired at the publisher. His editor found Konoha and said that Jiraiya-sama had made a will before, and if he died, all his copyrights would be inherited by Naruto. When renewing the contract with the editor, the editor asked Naruto, "I wonder if Naruto-sama is interested in inheriting Jiraiya-sama's mantle and creating something?"

Hearing Jiraiya's name, Orochimaru's originally nonchalant expression became a little heavier.

He said coldly: "What can Uzumaki Naruto write? A new 18+ series?"

Shikamaru glanced at Chaolu and said, "He really wrote a book. Of course, it's not 18+. The editor helped him publish it, and the sales were unexpectedly good."

Chaolu said without hesitation: "I want to see it! But can you please help me contact him first? Is there a way for Konoha to get in touch with Naruto?"

Shikamaru scratched his head and sighed. Although he didn't say anything, his expression looked like "What a hassle": "He is with Sasuke. If you notify him, they will both come back together. Do you only want to see Naruto? Where's Sasuke?"

Chaolu was surprised and asked, "They are together?"

"Yeah, because we have to go out and run around anyway." Shikamaru said, "After your visit, things may have changed more than you thought."

Chaolu felt Orochimaru looking at her, she turned to look at him, but he looked away again.

"how?"

"nothing."

"You really care about Sasuke."

Orochimaru looked at her again: "Don't you care?"

Chaolu ignored him and said to Shikamaru: "Then please contact them. Thank you."

"So where are you going to wait for them to come back?" Shikamaru said, "Come on, I have to settle you down."

On the way to the hotel where diplomats were staying, Chaolu's conspicuous white hair and white eyes attracted many people's attention.

And Shikamaru had been observing her calmly.

Chaolu could feel those gazes very clearly.

"You can just look at me." She said to Shikamaru seriously, "I don't mind."

Shikamaru laughed and said, "Your personality hasn't changed much."

He raised his eyes and really looked straight at her: "So, you said before that it became like this because a lot of things happened. What are they?"

"I realized that fighting alone would most likely lead to failure, so after returning, I gathered a lot of companions. Then we became the new Akatsuki and gathered all the tailed beasts."

Shikamaru's eyes widened slightly: "Ha..."

"But don't worry, although I couldn't do anything about the deaths of the Jinchuriki of the tailed beasts gathered by the Akatsuki organization before, the later Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and Nine-Tails Jinchuriki are still alive. Because the Eight-Tails left one tail, and the Nine-Tails we resurrected the Fourth Hokage and only sealed his half of the Nine-Tails' chakra."

"You are resurrected..." He glanced at Orochimaru beside him and closed his mouth.

"Then we summoned the Ten Tails, and I absorbed all... no, most of the tailed beasts' chakra, thus opening the Samsara Eye. It also undid Kaguya's seal. Then Neji and I, along with Naruto and Sasuke, went to the moon and defeated Kaguya. I absorbed Kaguya's chakra and cast a dojutsu on the entire world that twisted fate and changed the past."

Shikamaru took a deep breath, "So your current appearance is that of someone who has awakened the Otsutsuki bloodline, right?"

"Well, maybe it's because I absorbed too much chakra and regressed a bit?"

His expression was somewhat serious: "Have you replaced Kaguya-hime and become the new goddess of the U?"

"You can say that? Considering my current strength. However, my goal is different from hers."

"Since you are already so powerful, what else do you need to ask Naruto? There are not many people who can help you, right? Just a simple reunion?"

"You make me feel lonely when you say that." Chaolu frowned and said, "No one can help me. I don't need to ask others for help, but I still need a lot of support."

"Sorry, that's not what I meant." Shikamaru took them to a high-end hot spring hotel and said, "If you don't mind, you can stay here. Are you ready to go in and rest, or do you want to go around Konoha? If you want to go around Konoha, I can accompany you."

Orochimaru said, "It depends on what she means."

Chaolu noted the location of the inn and said to Shikamaru, "Please, I want to... go see Neji."

"Ningji?" Shikamaru was stunned: "But he..."

"I know. I want to go see it."

"……I see."

They went to Ino Flower Shop first, and when they passed by the Hokage Rock, they saw the portrait of the Sixth Hokage, Hatake Kakashi, carved next to the portrait of the Fifth Hokage Tsunade.

Generally, bouquets of flowers for worship are made of white chrysanthemums, but Chaolu selected a few rose buds. From the outside, the petals of these roses are a soft and restrained apricot pink, but in the center of the flower the petals are tightly closed, and the color is a fiery and rich orange-red.

As embellishments, small daisies with slender branches, light blue bellflowers and white lily of the valley sway next to the roses, and the slender green branches and leaves seem to embrace the bright spring in their arms.

Shikamaru asked, "Is this your impression of Neji?"

"Well..." Chaolu said, "I don't know the Neji in this world, so... I chose him based on the Neji I know. Although they have different experiences and there may be many differences, I think the essence should be very similar."

Her fingertips gently touched the rose buds. "Reserved, cold on the outside but warm on the inside, considerate and steady, silently taking care of the people he cares about, gentle in heart but rarely expresses it."

Chaolu gently put her face closer to the bouquet: "...Ningji is like this. I find it hard to accept the thought that he doesn't exist anymore."

Shikamaru said, "He chose his own fate."

Chaolu frowned, "You can only choose how you die, which doesn't count as choosing your fate at all!"

"Eh, Shikamaru?"

At this time, Ino came back.

She looked exhausted, as if she had just returned from a mission.

Seeing the people standing in front of her flower shop, she raised her eyebrows and looked at Chaolu who gave Shikamaru a questioning look: "Who is this...?"

Shikamaru said vaguely, "It's an important guest from outside the village."

"Oh, you are receiving foreign guests?" Ino said cheerfully, "I thought you were on a date."

Shikamaru said helplessly: "Don't talk nonsense there!"

Seeing that Chaolu was staring at her, Ino smiled and said, "Since you are an important guest of the village, I will give you any flowers you like."

Chaolu pointed to the butterfly peonies displayed outside the store. The rich yellow color was very similar to Ino's blonde hair, and the soft luster was like satin.

"This bouquet has been paid for," she whispered. "Can you give me the peony instead?"

"of course can!"

"Thank you."

Chaolu carefully picked one out, and Ino enthusiastically helped her match it.

She confirmed: "This is matched according to your preferences, right?"

Ino said, "Ah, you don't like it?"

Chaolu said seriously, "No, you match it very well and you have good taste. This is good. Can I add another greeting card?"

"Of course!"

Chaolu thought for a moment, bent down, wrote something on the greeting card, and put it in the bouquet.

They left Ino's flower shop, and when they were out of Ino's sight, Chaolu handed the bouquet of peonies to Orochimaru: "Your skills haven't deteriorated to the point where you'll be discovered by Ino, right?"

Orochimaru glanced at her and said, "You are quite good at ordering people around."

"Remember to give her back the money she spent."

But Orochimaru had already taken the bouquet and disappeared in an instant.

Chaolu had just woken up from the sacred tree and had no money on her, nor had she ever considered a situation where she might need to spend money.

At this moment, she just hoped that Orochimaru had money on him.

Otherwise, it would be very rude to use the flowers that Ino gave her for free as a gift to her!

When Ino returned home from the flower shop, she was stunned as soon as she opened the gate -

The bouquet of peonies that had just been sent out was placed at her doorstep.

She squatted down and took out the greeting card, opened it and saw:

"There are thousands of flowers in the world, but none can compare to you."