Discussion: How the Nine-Tails led Naruto astray

The two of them were so busy that they had to face each other.

Choci ate the last potato chip with a smile and patted his stomach: "You see, I knew Shikamaru would do this."

Ino was unhappy and clenched his fists: "Bastard Shikamaru!"

A drop of cold sweat flowed down Sakura's forehead. Although she was shocked that Shikamaru could turn defeat into victory, she was even more shocked that this guy actually admitted defeat. As expected of Shikamaru, he easily did something that ordinary people could not do.

However, Sakura lowered her head slightly: "The next battle is Sasuke, but..."

Sasuke has not come yet.

Ino was stunned and hurriedly smiled: "It's okay, it's okay, Sasuke will definitely come, you don't have to worry."

But Sakura just smiled and shook her head without answering.

At the same time, Hong opened her mouth in shock again, pointing at Shikamaru below in disbelief: "He... admitted defeat?"

Asuma covered his face: "Yeah."

"He admitted defeat when he was going to win?" Hong couldn't believe it, "Although the purpose of this competition is just to see whether the contestants can advance to the jonin, so the victory or defeat is not very important, but winning will also add a lot of points, right?"

Asuma nodded with a smile: "Shikamaru is probably afraid of trouble."

Hong was speechless. Admitting defeat because of fear of trouble, this... this is too disrespectful of the Chunin Exam.

But there is no way, Shiranui Genma's judgment has come down, and Shikamaru has already walked to the preparation seat with Temari's murderous eyes. Even if there is any objection, it is meaningless to say it now.

However, Shikamaru's judgment of tactics and situation did surprise everyone, including Sarutobi Hiruzen above.

The Kazekage turned to look at Sarutobi Hiruzen: "This kid's tactics, execution and adaptability are worthy of being a member of the Nara clan."

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded gently: "I've seen his previous transcripts. Every subject is just above the passing line. He has never failed a course, but he has never been among the top few."

In Naruto's class of ninja school, the last one was Uzumaki Naruto, and his scores in all subjects were always in the single digits, occasionally breaking the lower limit to zero. The second to last was Akimichi Choji, who always had food in his answers, but his scores could occasionally break double digits, and then the third was Nara Shikamaru.

A child who always lingered on the passing line, he would always fill the entire test paper when taking an exam, and then sleep on the table, and he didn't care about the results, but the strange thing was that no matter what he took, his scores were on the passing line, and every time he got one or two points more, which made Iruka very puzzled.

Iruka once thought Shikamaru was a genius, but later he found out that he was not, and it could only be attributed to luck.

Iruka couldn't see it, but Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't fail to see it, so he was willing to train this generation of Ino-Shika-Chou, and even let his son be their teacher.

Of course, this is not the point. The point is that because of some brain-dead operations many years ago, the Uchiha clan, the Hyuga clan, the Aburame clan, the Inuzuka clan, the Ino-Shika-Chou clan, and other clans have all moved away from the political core of Konoha, and instead a group of guys who are about to die of old age are in power.

At the beginning, Sarutobi Hiruzen did taste the sweetness, but as these big clans moved further and further away from the political center, they even began to exclude the center of Konoha's political power, and Sarutobi Hiruzen, as the Hokage, was clamped by the Hokage's advisor and could not do anything, resulting in the entire new generation of Konoha having almost no subordinates belonging to him as the Hokage.

It's funny, as a Hokage, the highest authority in a village, he only has the old soldiers under him. He finally can rely on the Konoha Ninja School to raise some confidants, but what's the result?

Hehe, the one who entered the school from the Hyuga clan was Hinata, who said she was the daughter of the clan leader, but in fact she was a person with poor talent and almost abandoned by the Hyuga clan. Hyuga Neji was simply a branch family, and what about the rest?

A bunch of soy sauce.

The core members of the Ino-Shika-Chou clan were all trained in their own clan, and these three were finally won by Sarutobi Hiruzen.

The Aburame clan turned to the Root after moving away from the political center, the Uchiha clan was exterminated by a coup, and the Inuzuka clan simply ignored you, throwing Kiba into the ninja school and then not caring about it. The attitude is there, if you are not happy, I will take Kiba away.

The Ino-Shika-Chou clan has its own industry at home, and doesn't care about your threats at all. On the contrary, your Konoha has to rely on imports for herbs and even military ration pills without the Nara clan.

There are also some other large and small families, such as the Hatake, Kurama, etc., who are now either hiding directly or joining the Root.

There is not even one clan that supports him.

Oh, there is also the Sarutobi clan.

The current situation in Konoha is that a group of old men who don't want to give up power are trying their best to suppress other clans, and these clans think that since you are not happy with me, then I will leave, and we can train our own offspring.

As a result, Konoha does not have a new generation of ninjas to show off, because the new generation of ninjas are now in the hands of the major clans.

Sarutobi Hiruzen is also very tired. He thought that this result might happen, but thought, what if? After all, these clans are all from Konoha, right? So he turned a blind eye to the weakness and let the so-called root make Konoha what it is now.

If the Nine-Tails was not still in his control, he really didn't want to continue to be Hokage.

It can only be said that he deserved it.

Now Shikamaru admitted defeat, which seemed very embarrassing, but the Hokage was more embarrassed, and he couldn't even scold Shikamaru, because Shikamaru didn't need to listen to his command at all. Shikamaru's direct superior was Asuma, but the original three clans were the ones who could really mobilize this generation of Ino-Shika-Chou.

Why is Konoha so weak now? Because of this, Sarutobi Hiruzen has ruined his reputation, and other big clans don't believe his nonsense at all. So once the war starts, unless all the people sent by Sarutobi Hiruzen are dead, these big clans will send out real fighting power.

Otherwise, once the masters of our clan die, won't you Sarutobi Hiruzen take the opportunity to kill us? Do you believe it yourself? The examples of the Uchiha clan and the Hyuga clan are still there, and these big clans are not stupid.

Of course, I am not saying this to criticize Sarutobi Hiruzen. After all, only the big families can see these things clearly. The younger generation like Naruto don't know these things. Shikamaru probably knows them, but he doesn't care. Anyway, no matter who is in power, it has nothing to do with him.

He leaned against the fence of the reserve seat, the scars on his face were still bleeding, and Temari looked at him angrily, while Naruto kept criticizing him, looking like he was disappointed in his iron and steel, which made him very annoyed.

In the end, Kurama couldn't stand it anymore, and he directly mocked Naruto: "You laugh at others for losing the game, but they won their lives. Unlike you, you can let the duck fly even when it's in your mouth."

If there is no "matchmaker" in the physical sense, I will admit defeat if you can find a wife in this life.