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

I didn't stop and rushed to meet up with my teammates.

Although it was frustrating to lose to Uchiha Sasuke, it was not that difficult to accept - after all, he was Uchiha Sasuke!

However, my teammates would often apologize to me guiltily: "I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, it's all because I'm so useless!"

There was even one time when someone burst into tears.

Some people would accuse Naruto: "This guy can't help at all, he just rushes around and makes trouble!"

Halfway through the semester, Naruto and I no longer had teammates.

Fortunately, there will be a sports meet in the middle of the semester and classes will be suspended for three days, so I can have a little rest.

Shikamaru is in charge of the registration for this sports meet. Although he always complains about troubles, Teacher Iruka has obviously discovered that he has the ability to do his job well while complaining about troubles.

While he was sorting out the registration forms, I sat next to him and worried about not being able to find teammates.

"It's normal to have too much pressure." He shrugged. "After all, if you win, everyone will think you are great. If you lose, no one will think it is your fault, but your teammates'. Who wants to be a burden that holds the team back?"

"Then Naruto...will it be very stressful too?"

"Well... he doesn't seem like the type of person who would be overwhelmed by pressure, so it should be fine."

"Not being overwhelmed by pressure and feeling pressure are two different things. When I was working part-time at a bookstore recently, I saw a new comic book," I said worriedly, "The heroine's ex-boyfriend dumped her because he felt she was 'too heavy'. Will Naruto feel heavy when he's around me? If he's always under too much pressure, he won't feel comfortable around me. Will he distance himself from me?"

Shikamaru said: "…Read less of those unrealistic girls' comics."

Hearing Shikamaru's disapproval of my study materials, I protested, "I think it still has some reference value, right? I learned a lot."

He snorted, "Be careful not to be led astray. Reality and fantasy creation are different."

"But after reading shojo comics, Shino and I realized that there are so many things we can do in a relationship!"

"..."

"In July and August, I followed the instructions in the manga and went to the fireworks display with Shino. It was really great!"

Shikamaru pursed his lips: "...So you two did go there alone first, right?"

"Yes, and I thought such a fun thing should be shared with everyone, so I invited everyone the second time."

"Ah."

"What's wrong, Shikamaru? Didn't you have a good time that day?"

He said calmly: "Nothing."

I sighed. "But the comic says it's best to wear a yukata, but I don't have one... I wonder what it would be like to wear a yukata to a fireworks festival? Would it be any different from wearing normal clothes?"

Shikamaru knocked my head and said, "As a ninja, stop thinking about these nonsense. Do you still want to defeat Sasuke?"

"Shino said that if we still can't find anyone after the sports meet, he would ask Hinata to join our team to help me. That way, our chances of winning against Uchiha Sasuke would definitely increase greatly. But I feel that... this would definitely cause him a lot of trouble."

"It's normal to want to be in a group with your lover if you have one."

"Really?" I looked at Shikamaru and tilted my head: "If Shikamaru has a lover, will he be in a group with his lover and separate from Ino and Choji?"

Shikamaru's hand filling out the registration form suddenly paused.

"If it were Ino and Choji... they would understand."

"Wow..." I looked at him in admiration: "Shikamaru is so nice. It must be very happy to be Shikamaru's lover, right?"

Shikamaru: "...It's just a very common thing that should be done. Lovers are lovers because they are the most unique and important existence."

"As expected of Shikamaru!" I said admiringly, "Obviously, you don't have a lover, but it sounds very reasonable! It seems that Shino and I still have a lot to practice!"

"..."

"By the way, actually, I have an idea about defeating the Uchiha, how about asking Shikamaru about it."

"what idea?"

"Everyone is unwilling to team up with us because there is a huge gap in strength between us. Once we lose, it will be easy to get stressed. So, wouldn't it be better if we just make our opponents weaker?"

Shikamaru was stunned: "Are you talking about restrictive ninjutsu such as confinement technique and sealing technique?"

"Yeah!" I nodded and said with a smile, "As expected of Shikamaru, you guessed it right away."

"But those ninjutsu are very difficult to learn," he frowned slightly, "and they are not taught in schools. They are either passed down from family or from a school."

"Yeah..." I sighed, "I've been looking for it in the library for a long time these days, but it turns out that there's no way I can learn it by myself. So I want to wait for Kakashi-sensei to return to the village and ask him."

"Are you going to become his disciple?"

"I don't know what the difference is. Anyway, he will definitely be my teacher in the future. I will also ask him if he has any way to defeat Sasuke now. By then, with both approaches, I will definitely be able to play Uchiha Sasuke in the palm of my hand!"

"It feels a bit strange to use it like this... Never mind." Shikamaru said, "Kakashi... As for the Hatake family, I remember that their swordsmanship was very famous in the past."

"Sword skills?"

"Well, I asked my father, and he said that Hatake Kakashi's father, Hatake Sakumo, was a very famous ninja back in his days."

I sat up straight in an instant. "If I learn the swordsmanship of the Hatake family, can I defeat Sasuke?"

"You guys, your eyes suddenly lit up, do you really want to defeat Sasuke?" Shikamaru said: "But this kind of family secrets... will not be taught to others easily. Just like our Nara family, it is impossible to teach outsiders the shadow binding technique easily."

Hearing this, I felt guilty for a moment.

Shikamaru immediately sensed something was wrong: "What?"

Anyway, I couldn't hide it in the end, so I looked around and leaned close to Shikamaru's ear and whispered to him: "I'm going to tell you a secret, and you're the first one to know it."

"What secret?"

"Shino accompanied me to the library to look up books before. After he knew that I was looking for a way to weaken the enemy..."

I pulled out a round metal ball from my pocket. It looked like a bell.

Seeing Shikamaru looking over, I reached out and circled my fingers around the bell. A group of black bugs flew out silently from the gap and landed on my fingertips, as if I was wearing a layer of black gauze finger gloves.

Shikamaru was surprised and asked, "Is this a bug from the Aburame family?"

"Yeah!" I smiled and let the bug fly back. "He gave me this. He said the bugs of the Aburame family can absorb chakra. Although he doesn't know how to seal or imprison the enemy, if he uses bugs to absorb the enemy's chakra, it can be considered a way to weaken the enemy."

Shikamaru looked very shocked, "He taught you the secret techniques of the Aburame family?"

"No, no." I shook my head quickly, "These bugs are Shino's bugs. He just ordered them to obey my chakra and taught me some simple instructions to control the bugs."

"That guy...really..."

"what happened?"

"…Nothing. It's just that my ninjutsu can't be divided like this."

He mumbled the second half of the sentence very vaguely, and his voice was so low as if he was gritting his teeth, so I couldn't hear it clearly.

I carefully put the bell back and said, "This is my secret weapon now. Next time I draw Uchiha Sasuke, I will use the bugs to absorb his chakra, and then learn Kakashi's swordsmanship. I will definitely be able to defeat him!"