Naruto: My mother, Haruno Sakura, is so smart that she is almost a demon

Recently, Nara Shikaku has been feeling a lot of pressure.

The deer raised by the family have been acting crazy these days. Every day one of them commits suicide out of despair.

The cause of death was also surprisingly consistent: death by hitting a tree.

What's even more bizarre is that none of these deer died in the family's forest farm, but ran out of the forest farm and died in the forest of Konoha.

You know, there has always been a barrier in the forest of the Nara family that hinders perception. Although it is unlikely to trap a ninja, it is more than enough to hold a few hundred deer.

However, what made Lu Jiu feel relieved was that the deer that ran out of the tribe and committed suicide were all male deer whose antlers had been sawed off. The most valuable part of them had already been dedicated to the family. It didn't really matter whether the deer meat could be recovered after death.

But the family’s loss was not just the meat of seven or eight deer.

Recently, both the ninjas and the civilians in the family are very sad:

You should know that the Nara clan, who run a medicine business, has been dependent on deer since the Warring States Period. The deer provide the Nara clan with antlers for making secret medicines, and the Nara clan provides the deer with a living environment where they can reproduce peacefully.

The tribesmen also regard deer as their companions, and even many of their names are closely related to deer.

For example, Shikaku’s uncle, Nara Shikaku, was named after his deer antlers;

The heir of the family, Shikamaru, is a deer...

Anyway, the name is related to deer.

It can be said that the relationship between the Nara family and the deer is like:

Inuzuka and the dog;

Sarutobi and Monkey;

Thousand Hands and Slug;

Jiraiya and the Toad.

In the past few days, Nara Shikaku has lost a lot of hair because of this.

Although the Nara family has an ancestral hairline that is as high as its IQ, Shikaku certainly does not want to be the first bald patriarch in the family.

So in order to quickly investigate the matter, Shikaku even asked his good friend Yamanaka Inoichi to explore the memories of the deer herd two days ago.

Whenever he thought of Haiyi's eyes, which seemed to show concern for a mentally retarded person, Shikaku felt his blood pressure soar.

Although this was the first time that Yamanaka Inoichi had investigated the memories of animals in all his years, he was a senior intelligence expert after all, and Shikaku still got a lot of clues from the memories of the deer:

All the deer that were killed by sharks were male deer that had just lost their antlers. They were not in a very good mental state and liked to be alone away from the herd.

When something happens, he will suddenly become violent and run out of the family woodland.

Combined with the testimony of eyewitness Haruno Sakura:

The deer acted as if it didn't see anything and just ran straight into the tree.

Lu Jiu speculated that these deer were either suffering from Yu Yu Syndrome and were short-sighted, or they were under the spell of an illusion.

However, no matter which speculation is used, there are some unexplainable points:

If it is Jade Disease, why do deer keep having accidents one after another? Could it be that Jade Disease is contagious?

If it was an illusion, why would the other party go to so much trouble to sneak into the Nara family's territory just to kill a few deer?

The venison was also eaten by the ninja school students who found the deer carcasses in the forest. What did they want?

"dong dong dong"

A sudden knock on the door interrupted Nara Shikaku's thoughts.

"Please come in"

"Master Patriarch, there was a little accident at the forest farm."

"Isn't Haiyi at the forest farm? If you have anything to say, you can just listen to him."

"It's just that something unexpected happened with Master Hai..."

"What? What happened to Haiyi?"

Upon hearing that his friend was in trouble, Shikaku stood up from his chair with a start and asked loudly.

"No, Mr. Hai is fine, but the incident is indeed related to Mr. Hai... It's hard to explain the matter in a short time, you will know when you go to the scene."

Upon hearing that his friend was fine, Lu Jiu calmed down and regained his calm attitude as the head of the clan. He followed his clan members to the forest farm.

In the forest, the members of the Nara family surrounded him in several circles. When they saw Shikaku coming, they all stepped back and made way for the clan leader.

Shikaku quickly passed through the crowd. In the center of the crowd were Yamanaka Inoichi and a young man from the Nara family. The young man hugged a female deer tightly with both hands and shouted at Yamanaka Inoichi:

"No! You can't explore Huazhizi's memory. It will hurt it!"

When the young man was talking excitedly, he suddenly saw Shikaku's figure and knelt down directly in front of Nara Shikaku:

"Lord Shikaku, all we did was to protect the deer. Now using ninjutsu to probe the memory will hurt the deer instead. Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?"

Nara Shikaku: ???

No, why didn't you say this earlier? I spent the whole day exploring the deer's memory yesterday, but you didn't react at all?

Moreover, I checked the memories of more than ten deer yesterday and didn’t hurt any of them.

Something is wrong, there is something fishy going on with you.

However, Nara Shikaku did not refute, but said with a pleasant face:

"You have a point. We really shouldn't probe into the memory of a deer casually."

The young man finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard what Shikaku said.

"Thank you tribe...ah, what are you going to do?"

But before he could finish his words, Shikaku took advantage of his unpreparedness and restrained him with a shadow strangulation technique.

"I decided not to explore the deer's memory, but yours instead."

Nara Shikaku said coldly with a blank expression.

"No! You can't do this to me!

I have made great contributions to my family!

I bled for Nara!"

The young man, whose joints were held tightly by the shadow, screamed at the top of his lungs, which made anyone who heard it sad and cry.

However, his miserable condition did not arouse any sympathy from the crowd watching.

Because his behavior just now was so deliberate, it is understandable that he should be scrutinized.

The people of the Nara family generally have high IQs, and his theory full of loopholes did not impress anyone.

"Haiyi, do it!"

"No----"

Ten minutes later, Yamanaka Inoichi finished reading the memory. The young man sat on the ground with his eyes out of focus. The female deer he had just hugged walked to him and licked the tears from his face.

Yamanaka Haiyi looked at the man and the deer in front of him with a complicated expression on his face. He shook his head, walked to the young man, patted his shoulder, and said softly:

"be careful."

However, his concern did not receive any response, and the young man's eyes remained dull.

Yamanaka Haiyi ignored him and walked to Shikaku and whispered something.

After hearing what Yamanaka Inoichi said, Nara Shikaku couldn't help but twitch his mouth.

What kind of anthropomorphic creature is this?

Is it true that after being single for too long, everyone looks good in the eyes?

One cannot, or at least should not...

Nara Shikaku pretended to be calm and began to evacuate the crowd:

"Everyone, go away. This is the end of the matter. We will add more people to look after the deer herd in the future."

The crowd who were watching the whole incident left one after another, and among them there were some smart people who guessed roughly what Yamanaka Inoichi had whispered to Nara Shikaku.

But they all chose to remain silent. After all, this fact was too abstract, and just speaking it out would make them feel physically uncomfortable.

"Haiyi, thank you for your hard work these past two days. Now that the investigation is almost complete, I'll treat you to a drink some other day. But today..."

"Don't worry, I understand. The most important ancestral precept of our mountain clan is to protect the privacy of others;

This is just a personal hobby. I won’t say anything that doesn’t endanger the safety of the village.”

After getting the assurance from Yamanaka Inoichi, Shikaku breathed a sigh of relief. After all, this matter concerned the reputation of the family.

“However, Shikaku, I suggest you contact the Inuzuka clan.

Similar situations also occasionally occur in the females of their clan. I heard that the Inuzuka family has specially organized a [Youth Ninja Mental Health Group] for this purpose, which is specifically responsible for the psychological development of the ninjas in the clan.

They are all ninjas who have been dealing with animals for a long time. I suggest you go and learn from them."

After Yamanaka Inichi finished speaking, he left the Nara clan's territory.

Only Nara Shikaku was left standing there in a daze.

Hearing that the Inuzuka family spent more money than his own family, Nara Shikaku felt a little better.

In the evening, at Shikaku's house in Nara

After dinner, Shikaku was playing shogi with Shikamaru.

And he recounted to Shikamaru what happened in the past few days.

Of course, the little episode related to the Nara deer was omitted.

After listening to his father's words, Shikamaru also came up with the same inference:

Group jade or illusion shark deer.

Nara Shikaku nodded with satisfaction:

"So I decided to take a two-pronged approach: adding more people to look after the deer herd and making some medicine to stabilize the deer herd.

Considering the number of deer, lighting calming incense is the most cost-effective way.”

“So, tomorrow you want me to go to town with the family caravan to buy relevant medicinal herbs?

Because they need to purchase additional medicinal materials that are not on the order, and in order to allow the merchants to sell to the caravan with peace of mind, it would be best for me, as the clan leader's son, to step in?

Really, what a hassle. "

Shikamaru immediately guessed the task that Shikaku was going to give him, and although it was troublesome, he did not refuse.

"Ah, it's a rare day off."

Shikamaru was no longer in the mood to play chess, so he went back to his room to pack his things, muttering to himself.

"You are worthy of being my son!"

Looking at Shikamaru's departing back, Nara Shikaku couldn't help but admire Shikamaru's genius mind that could see the whole picture from a small part.