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

Finally, it was Shikamaru who called Iruka-sensei over.

The teacher lost his temper and took us all to the office.

Several students who had been making trouble were severely reprimanded. Although Naruto and I were the ones being laughed at, we also had to accept the punishment because we were fighting each other.

When we returned to the classroom following the bell, Shikamaru saved two seats for us and asked us to sit down.

I sat next to him and Naruto sat next to me.

He looked up and asked me, "What did Iruka-sensei punish you for?"

"I will punish you by copying one hundred Ninja Tips."

"How many times?"

"Once. Go to the office after school and copy it as punishment."

"I separated you from that group of people. They should be copying in the classroom as punishment."

"maybe."

Naruto was indignant: "I don't want to be punished to copy! It's obviously those guys' fault!"

He frowned at me and said, "Let's sneak away after school!"

"Don't get her into trouble." Shikamaru said, "You can run, but if Asaka runs, Iruka-sensei might contact the welfare home, and that would be terrible."

"Thanks for the reminder!" I quickly thanked Shikamaru, "I appreciate it."

"Why do you always use honorifics with me?"

"I'm so sorry. I'll be more careful next time."

He looked at me helplessly: "You didn't even notice it!"

Yamanaka Ino sat in the row in front of us, with other girls. She was very lively and outgoing, and very popular among the girls.

I had only heard of her name before, but after meeting her, I found out that she loved flowers very much.

Thinking about the fact that she lived underground and had no chance to see flowers again, I felt that she was like the goddess of spring who was taken underground by the god of the underworld.

After class, the young goddess of spring turned to me and said, "Chaolu, you are so strong! You dare to beat up so many boys!"

"? No, no, I'm not even one ten-thousandth as good as you."

"Pfft, why are you speaking honorifics to me?"

She looked very beautiful when she smiled, but I heard that later on she had to wear a helmet on her head day and night that could communicate with everyone and convey Shikamaru's instructions at any time. Few people saw her complete face under the helmet.

I heard that she likes Uchiha Sasuke now, and I feel deeply worried.

But Orochimaru said not to interfere with anyone's fate and just to stay by Uzumaki Naruto's side, so I just watched.

She invited me: "Let's go play together!"

Next to her, the girl who was waiting for her to finish talking to me, and was a little shy, was Haruno Sakura.

She was recently teased by a boy who made fun of her wide forehead. It was Ino who stood up for her and protected her, and the two became friends.

I said, "No, I want to stay with Naruto."

"Hey - you really like this guy." She glanced at Naruto and had to give up with regret: "Okay then."

She didn't have any particular aversion to Naruto, it was just that when a group of girls were playing together, it was naturally not appropriate to add a boy.

Naruto had been lying on the table, pretending to sleep, and when she left, he turned around and said without looking at me: "Chaolu wants to play with others... I, I don't mind!"

"I don't want to go." I took out a book called "History of the Ninja World" from my bag. "I have to finish reading this book."

Naruto was visibly relieved upon seeing this.

I said, "Even I can see that Naruto didn't really speak his mind just now. This violates our agreement to 'speak frankly'. Should there be a punishment?"

"Eh! Then, what's the punishment?"

I thought about it and said, "I don't know either... maybe I should write it down first and do it later when I think of it!"

"Okay." Naruto couldn't help but say, "But sometimes, I just can't help but worry that I'll be hated if I tell the truth!"

"I won't hate Naruto."

"really?"

"Yes! I will always be with Naruto!"

"It starts again—" Shikamaru, who was sitting next to me, overheard our conversation and interrupted, "Same lines from a TV drama—!"

I thought of something: "Shikamaru!"

"what?"

"If it were you, you would definitely be able to guess what the punishment would be, right?"

"Why do I have to think about this?"

"That's right," I reflected, "Shikamaru-sama should be thinking about more important things."

"…Don't call me Shikamaru-sama!"

"I'm sorry, Shikamaru."

He sighed deeply, "Well, why not punish Naruto by not talking to you all day today."

Naruto: "!!! This is too serious!"

Shikamaru shrugged, "That depends on how important your agreement is."

Naruto frowned and thought for a moment: "That is a very important agreement between friends! Okay! Today, I won't talk to Chaolu all day!"

After he finished speaking, he looked at me with a determined look, then laid down on the table and decided to spend the rest of the long day sleeping.

I looked at him, then at Shikamaru.

Because I was worried about disturbing Naruto's sleep, I decided to write a note to Shikamaru.

"Did my conversation with Naruto disturb Lord Shikamaru? Excuse me, was there anything inappropriate in my language?"

Although Shikamaru-sama told me not to call him "sama", the teacher said that writing is more formal than speech, so I couldn't help but use honorifics again.

After receiving my note, Shikamaru frowned at first, then picked up the pen to write a reply to me.

He handed me the note, and the word "Sir" in "Shikamaru-sama" was crossed out.

"You two, you're so careless!"

"As if no one is around...what's the problem? I don't care about anyone else except Naruto."

His frown deepened.

"Then why did you look for me?"

After saying this to me, he laid down on the table with his back to me, looking as if he was rejecting me.

So I knew I had said the wrong thing.

"I'm sorry, I meant others. Of course I care about Shikamaru's feelings, Shikamaru is different!"

Shikamaru opened the note, but still had his back to me. After a while, he sat up again and replied to me.

He wrote and stopped, stopped and wrote again, thought for a long time, and then erased everything he had written before.

The last note read: "I don't believe it, liar."

It’s over.

Denied by the resistance brain.

I felt like I had been hit hard.

I didn't dare to disturb Shikamaru again. I pursed my lips, put the note away, and waited until the class started to listen carefully.

After the get out of class, Naruto got up and went to the bathroom. Shikamaru asked me, "So, where is the evidence?"

"Eh?"

"You said you cared about my evidence."

"Ah..." I stared at him blankly. For a moment, I couldn't think of any evidence. "I..."

"Right, right? You only have eyes for that guy Naruto."

"I...I know the foods Shikamaru hates!"

Shikamaru was stunned for a moment: "Huh?"

"Shikamaru hates boiled eggs."

Before, when I was in the incubator, although I was not officially born yet, I already had a vague consciousness and heard Shikamaru and Orochimaru talking.

Shikamaru's voice was a little hoarse and he sounded tired: "...How is it...?"

Orochimaru said, "It's almost done. Hopes are high this time... You're eating boiled eggs again? Isn't that the most annoying thing?"

"This is very convenient. I have to go to another base later... Sasuke has been..."

Moreover, Shikamaru also mentioned this when he was talking to Ino a few days ago.

His stomach was growling with hunger that day, and Ino asked him if he had not had breakfast. He said that his mother had made boiled eggs for breakfast and he had secretly thrown them away.

Shikamaru finally showed a smile on his face: "So what do I like to eat?"

I shook my head nervously: "I don't know..."

"Well, as punishment, from now on, if I bring you something I don't like, you have to eat it all."