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

Sasuke said: "Naruto is not a problem. As long as we can find Shino's hiding place, Hyuga Hinata is nothing to be afraid of."

My heart skipped a beat, remembering that I once told Shikamaru that Shino gave me his chakra bug.

I looked at Shikamaru, and sure enough, he looked at me too.

Sasuke noticed our eyes meeting, "What?"

Shikamaru finally spoke to me, "You can find Shino, Asaka."

"..."

Sasuke also looked at me: "Do you have a solution?"

I said, “That…can’t be used.”

Sasuke asked, "What can't be used?"

Shikamaru stared at me. “What if he uses that to find us?”

“…He won’t.”

"Did you guys agree on this before?"

"No."

But in previous battles, when we were opponents, Shino never used the bugs on my body to track me, and I never thought of summoning the bugs, letting them go find their real owners, and then follow behind to find Shino's trail.

Even in other battles, I never released Shino's bugs, because that was my weapon against Uchiha Sasuke - but I had drawn Uchiha Sasuke every day before, and this time the groups were shuffled but I didn't meet him once, and in the end I was in the same group with him in the final exam.

I couldn't help but glance at Sasuke, and I just felt like I had no idea how to comment on this matter.

Shikamaru smiled, but I didn't think he was happy.

There was no smile in his eyes, only the corners of his lips were raised, which made me feel a little scared.

"Dating partners... they really are like real lovers."

He turned his face away, snorted, and ignored me again.

I also felt a little angry, although I didn't understand why, but I didn't want to talk anymore.

Sasuke looked at me, then at Shikamaru, "Let's find a base first."

We climbed towards the highest snow-capped mountain nearby. At any time, occupying the commanding heights would be more advantageous.

Our teacher taught us that it is best to camp halfway up the mountain, to find a place with deeper snow, and to dig snow caves or snow trenches for shelter.

When we stood on the mountain, we soon saw a lot of figures nearby, also in groups of three, jumping and climbing towards their respective snow-capped mountains nearby.

Against the backdrop of heavy snow, their faces were too far away to be seen clearly, and they looked like tiny flying insects or ants.

I recalled the time when Shino and I observed insects during recess, and felt very connected.

I subconsciously wanted to smile and share my feelings with Shikamaru, but when I saw his expressionless face, I could only quickly suppress my smile and look away, pretending nothing had happened.

Shikamaru suddenly asked, "Can you confirm the identities of the members of those teams?"

Sasuke shook his head, "Too far. But Naruto shouldn't be there."

Shikamaru nodded, "Naruto's blonde hair is very noticeable, but Hinata's Byakugan can see a wider range than what we can see with our naked eyes. Maybe we haven't discovered them yet, but she has already discovered us."

"Even if she found us, their group should have avoided us." Sasuke said, "We won't be the first target."

His tone was full of confidence: "Because we are strong."

"Be careful," Shikamaru said calmly, "Being overconfident can easily lead to failure. When it comes to winning or losing, sometimes we can't just look at the paper strength of both sides, we also have to consider many other things..."

Sasuke didn't refute, but he didn't seem to listen: "Then let's choose this as our base, right?"

His grammar was interrogative, but his tone was informing.

I looked at Sasuke, then at Shikamaru.

In their previous teams, both of them were obviously the core players and were used to taking themselves as the center and getting the whole team to cooperate in activities.

Why am I not?

But now the core members of the three teams are gathered together. Although I can take a step back on my own, Shikamaru and Sasuke seem to subconsciously think that their teammates should do what they say.

As the number one target of future rebellion, and the brains of the future resistance army, of course I stand on Shikamaru's side!

So I decided to remain silent and just follow Shikamaru's instructions.

Shikamaru did not object to Sasuke's suggestion, so we dug a snow cave that could accommodate three people. We huddled in the cave and chewed on the dry food we brought with us to replenish our energy. No one even went out to explore the surroundings and confirm the information.

We conserved our energy in an extreme way, and when we had nothing to do, we would just wrap ourselves in our cloaks and take a nap.

I didn't say anything, and Shikamaru and Sasuke rarely spoke either. Sometimes I felt as if the atmosphere between the three of us was colder than the snow-capped mountains outside.

in case……

It suddenly occurred to me that if Shikamaru and I had become lovers and ended up breaking up, would this be the case?

Whether friends or lovers, if they separate, they will probably be forced to become strangers like this.

But in the midst of the unfamiliarity, my heart was brewing with complex emotions of regret, bitterness, nostalgia, sourness, embarrassment, embarrassment, embarrassment, and shame...

That natural familiarity and the alienation and indifference that had to be forcibly restrained...

The kind of palpitations that come from trying to avoid sight, to look away, for fear of seeing a familiar figure in your peripheral vision...

Ino said that liking someone will make you feel uncomfortable.

I didn't understand why at the time, but now I seem to understand the meaning of what she said.

If I can't get close to him, can't have the best relationship with him, and am not his special person, my heart will feel like it's on fire.

When I see him, I want to get close to him. If I can't, I will feel pain.

But even though it hurts, I still want to be close to him.

However, there is one thing Ino said that is wrong - her love for Sasuke is that of a lover, but I don't have that kind of love for Shikamaru, but it seems that as long as you like someone, this kind of situation will occur.

I woke up from my doze and saw that the sky outside the cave was getting darker. Finally, I couldn't stand the dead silence in the cave anymore and crawled out.

The sky outside the cave was like a deep blue velvet curtain, and the stars sparkled like broken diamonds.

I opened my eyes wide in surprise, shocked by the beautiful scenery.

I was filled with joy and wanted to share it, but when I thought that there was no one around me who could share my joy, I stayed there disappointedly, staring at the starry sky in silence, feeling an indescribable loneliness.

Under the boundless sky, the snowfield stretches as far as the eye can see. I stand on the mountainside, as insignificant as a drop in the ocean. The howling wind blows up the snow dust. I think that in the eyes of others, I am probably just like how others saw me just now, insignificant like a flying insect or an ant.

I thought again of Uchiha Sasuke - the eyes of the future Uchiha Sasuke.

I looked up at the sky and imagined the brightest and largest star as his eyes - the kind of eyes that looked down from high above and viewed everything as dust.

The sky is like his face, the snow wind is like his breath, and the snow-capped mountains under my feet are like his tall body.

He looked at me indifferently, as if mocking me silently: You, who are as weak as an ant, want to turn the world upside down, shake the mountains, rivers, lakes and seas, and knock me down from the highest place?

I scurried back into the cave, rushed to Shikamaru's side, and grabbed his arm, "Shikamaru! Shikamaru!"

Shikamaru:"?"

He looked at me in surprise: "What? Are there other teams approaching and trying to launch a sneak attack?"

At this moment, he seemed to have returned to the past, to the Shikamaru who was always by my side.

I pulled him to go outside: "The sky outside is beautiful!"

"?" He seemed even more confused: "What?"

"come!"

I pulled him out of the cave, held his arm tightly, and pointed to the Milky Way: "Look at the stars!"

I stared closely at his profile, watching him look up at the Milky Way, his expression seemed to soften a little.

I asked, “Does it look good?”

"……Um."

"Does it look like the fireworks we saw when we went to the fireworks display together?"

"..."

"I don't want Shikamaru to be right next to me, but I can't share it with you. I don't want Shikamaru to be right next to me, but I feel so lonely."

Shikamaru looked at me.

I felt aggrieved: "That star, the biggest and brightest one, just mocked me!"

Shikamaru:"……"

He sighed: "The stars don't mock people."

And I looked at him with burning eyes.

"...You want to?"

"May I?"

Shikamaru hesitated for a moment, then opened his arms to me. As soon as his hands raised a little, I rushed over and hugged him tightly.

"I like you so much!"

Sasuke also came out and was standing at the entrance of the cave, looking at us with a strange expression.

Shikamaru turned around and said helplessly: "When she gets excited, she wants to hug others tightly to vent her feelings."

"But!" I looked up at Sasuke from Shikamaru's shoulder, like a cat with its tail raised: "I won't hug you!"

Sasuke sneered: "Who cares?"