I just returned to Konoha and found that all my clan members were gone.

"husband!"

Ryosuke's wife hugged him tightly from behind and said in a crying voice.

"Stop talking about this. Your son is gone. You should think about your other children too."

Just when Shikamaru was still surprised by Ryosuke's crazy behavior, Ryosuke's wife's words were undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for him.

Asma, not knowing what was going on, still stepped forward, ready to take this crazy drunkard to see how terrible prison was.

"What are you talking about! I'm going to take you right now..."

Shikamaru lowered his head and raised his hand to stop his teacher.

"Shikamaru, what are you doing?"

Looking at Shikamaru's actions, Ino and Choji couldn't believe it, as they were clearly the victims.

"Ryosuke..."

Shikamaru felt unfamiliar with his own voice and didn't know why his throat became so hoarse.

"Take your wife and go."

Bang!

The wine bottle in Ryosuke's hand hit Shikamaru's forehead directly, and the bottle broke instantly. Even a ninja was no different from an ordinary person in this situation. A stream of scarlet blood slowly flowed out from his forehead.

Asuma looked at Shikamaru with a confused face. Shikamaru could definitely dodge that attack just now, and even when Asuma wanted to take action, he was held back by Shikamaru, as if he was willing to endure it.

"Don't act like you're a good person! All this is because of you!"

This was not enough to vent the anger in Ryosuke's heart. He trusted Shikamaru so much, but this was the result.

"I'm really sorry for causing you harm. I will accept whatever punishment you want to give me."

Shikamaru bent down and bowed deeply to the couple. He had already guessed the consultants' solution, which was to directly deal with Ryosuke's Chunin son.

The last time I heard from Ryosuke, his son was at the northern border, and it was very easy for an accident to happen in such a place.

The jonin who mentored Ryosuke's son was also a commoner, and it was only a matter of words from the advisors to ask him to do something.

"I don't know what the hell is going on, but you better stop it!"

Asuma couldn't help feeling distressed when he saw Shikamaru bending over. Even when Shikamaru was facing an opponent whom he couldn't beat, he would still face it calmly. When had he ever been so embarrassed?

Before Ryosuke could say anything else, his wife fell to her knees with a thud. Her desperate cry brought him back to his senses, and he looked back at the child who was crying loudly and at a loss.

Ryosuke's eyes finally regained clarity. He stopped looking at Shikamaru and turned away with his family.

"Shikamaru..."

Ino was a little overwhelmed by everything she had experienced. She and Choji didn't know how to comfort Shikamaru.

Shikamaru raised his head again, the blood on his forehead seemed to have dyed his eyes red, and his pupils with a little bloodshot looked like a wounded beast.

He didn't explain anything, nor did he accept Ino's offer to bandage his wound. He quickly returned to his home with his injured forehead, not caring about the gazes of passers-by or the questions of his colleagues.

Swah—

When he opened the sliding door of the living room, he didn't see his mother. Only Shikaku was sitting in the living room with a cup of freshly brewed tea on the table facing Shikaku.

Shikaku glanced at the wound on Shikamaru's forehead, frowned, and said, "Drink some water first and calm down."

Shikamaru stared at his father, and after a moment he picked up the cup of tea that was still a little hot and drank it all.

With a bang, Shikamaru put the teacup back on the table. Shikamaru's lips were obviously swollen from the burn, but he didn't care at all.

"Do you really need to use such a trick to deal with an ordinary person?"

Shikaku picked up the teapot and refilled Shikamaru's cup, then spoke slowly.

"This was an accident. I just wanted to warn him, but I didn't expect to run into a ninja from Kumogakure. What's more, that kid even used Earth Flow Wall to block Lightning Release. It's obvious that he didn't pay attention in class."

Shikamaru remembered that it was Ryosuke's son who was taught the Doryuki by his mentor, the jonin, and at that time Ryosuke even asked if this technique was powerful.

When he thought of this, Shikamaru felt even more guilty. He crushed the teacup he was holding tightly into pieces. The pain in his palms was no match for the grief in his heart.

"The most important thing for you now is to calm down."

Seeing his son's self-mutilation behavior, Shikaku was very dissatisfied. As a member of the Nara clan, he must keep a clear head and not let anger cloud his reason.

"Ha, isn't it because of what happened to you that you are so indifferent? When Senior Ye Lan left that day, I saw that there were few people in the village who could remain calm!"

When things don't happen to you, everyone can make a few comments from a certain perspective, but when it really happens to you, you will be more panicked than anyone else, especially when it comes to life and death, only then can you see a person's true self.

"Tell me, what benefits did you get from the consultant this time?"

In Shikamaru's opinion, he was foolish to tell Shikaku about this matter this time, thinking that his father would still help him like last time. Unexpectedly, his father told the consultant about this matter. Although he did not say it on his own initiative, this "credit" will definitely go on his head.

Shikaku threw the teacup in front of him to the ground and looked at Shikamaru with great disappointment.

"You have no brains left now!"

"Do you know that the Rain Country has bought a large amount of territory from the Grass Country and accepted a large number of refugees? Now the size of the Rain Country has almost doubled!"

Shikamaru, who has been busy in the factory, didn't pay any attention to this news. How could the Grass Country dare to sell even its national territory?

"What does this have to do with it..."

Shikamaru got stuck halfway through his speech. The expansion of territory not only expanded the area of ​​the Rain Country, but also brought in sufficient population. The Rain Country, currently the richest country, could completely convert these populations into labor and develop more steel products, and even weapons like combat vehicles.

Shikaku was deeply worried by the actions of the Rain Country, he had always been wary of this partner, and the last sentence extinguished Shikamaru's anger.

"There hasn't been a large-scale war in the ninja world for almost twenty years..."

So no matter how greedy the consultants are, Shikaku has to ensure the stability of the factory. He can't let anything go wrong in the factory, at least not now.

Compared with the overall interests of Konoha, Ryosuke's family of civilians seems insignificant.

"So Ryosuke's son died in vain?"

It’s not that Shikamaru can’t get over this, but he feels extremely uncomfortable in his heart. Ryosuke has all kinds of shortcomings, but he has been trying hard to live for his family. Is it wrong for someone to try hard to live?

"His son's death was truly an accident, and a high pension has been given to their family."

Shikaku sighed, that was all he could do.

"From now on, you can no longer interfere in the affairs of the factory."

One cannot linger on sadness, one must keep moving forward, wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes, Shikamaru said firmly.

Shikaku glanced at his son and made a request.

"You have to make sure nothing happens to the factory again."

"I promise!"

"I promise you I won't interfere again."

After getting Shikaku's confirmation, Shikamaru left his house directly. From then on, the father and son could no longer have a heart-to-heart talk.