The Thousand Faces of Konoha's Weird Man

89 The intersection of fate

"I said, is there really no problem for us to play chess so leisurely?"

The world of Naruto is quite boring. It wasn't until Boruto's generation that there was a game console to play, which is why Naruto makes trouble every day. You give him a Baby Overlord and see if he can take a step out of the house.

For most ninjas, training is their only pleasure, which of course does not include Shikamaru.

Probably not Saki either

Although Saki also trains quite hard, modern people who know how to balance work and rest will not put all their energy on it. Especially when Inuyashiki is looking at the store, Sakichi can't show off with a knife in the store. Not to mention hurting small animals, even hurting flowers and plants is not good.

Therefore, this cargo carries a lot of very interesting things, such as poker and Go.

Adults may not be too interested, but after this thing was introduced to the ninja school, the students' enthusiasm for "learning" was quite high.

As a mentalist, Shikamaru is more interested in Go, which is different from Shogi.

Sakichi, now the "founder" of Go, is talking to Konoha's new generation of talented players.

"Don't worry, isn't the old man helping Ino solve the problem? Even though he looks old-fashioned, this guy is a practical warrior who went to the battlefield with the third generation group. Back then, the Aburame clan had not yet come into its own, and there was no such thing as sending bad bugs. Without systematic training, Mr. Inuyashiki is the leading insect control master in the village."

Would Danzo let an ordinary old man take care of an important stronghold? Even if he thought about it, he would know that this old man is a ninja and has something to do with pets.

Through many inquiries, Zoji has found out the truth about this old guy. There is no information that needs to be concealed. Retired ninjas are re-employed. What a harmonious and positive world.

This guy's ability is mainly focused on raising insects. He belongs to the category of sentient ninja. This is a profession with the lowest death rate in the war. Being able to live to this age is not just about luck.

Zoji is better at dealing with cats and dogs. As for which insects can pollinate and which insects can loosen soil, his knowledge is still at the kindergarten level.

It's like "a little bee".

Gently pressing a white piece, Shikamaru stopped talking.

Go is a brand new game mode for him. Relying on Zhuo Qun's brain power, only Zoji in the whole village can play with him, so he is not willing to let go of such an opportunity. I don't know if it was related to subjective will, but through this chessboard, Shikamaru could always feel a chilling air.

It's not as straightforward as Shogi or Ryoma, but it depicts the fighting on the battlefield more appropriately.

“What a hassle”

"Women are like that. For them, the important thing about shopping is the process rather than the result. It may take a long time to ask, and Ino himself doesn't know what to buy, but it doesn't prevent them from getting happiness from it."

Looking at Saki strangely, Shikamaru expressed his doubts: "Why do you, a guy like you, understand women so well?"

Before Saki could answer, Shikamaru shook his head: "Forget it, it's not important, but you always give me a strange feeling. Although you look innocent and look like a child, you think like a child." An old man of seventy or eighty years old"

With the continuous moves of Go, Shikamaru's white piece has a tendency to be faintly surrounded. Many of Sakichi's seemingly idle moves before actually played a magical role at this time.

"Although I understand what you are saying very well, the way you express it makes me feel uncomfortable." Pressing the last black stone, one of Shikamaru's big dragons was killed by Sakichi, "Isn't it the same for you?"

"I" Shikamaru curled his lips, "I'm just afraid of trouble."

"But trouble will always find us." There was no room for moves on the chessboard, and the two began to prepare the ground with a tacit understanding. The so-called ground preparation is to move the chess pieces of the same color to adjacent positions to make it easier to count.

"Then let's wait until trouble comes."

"Your words really sound like what an old man would say. Speaking of which, the old man in Konoha is much more active than us."

"You win" Shikamaru finally lost to Sakichi Hanmei.

"You won." A genius is a genius, no matter what he does, he is a genius. Intelligence can allow you to find shortcuts in almost everything, but there are also certain problems, that is, what should you do when there is no way to take shortcuts for something, such as becoming stronger.

Sakichi didn't transfer the complete rules of Go. You know, Kuroko needs to give up the purpose.

So Shikamaru won this game. In just a short time, the game he had moved over had been completely devoured by the genius in front of him. If it were him, he might not be able to figure out the shogi routines now.

How could someone as smart as Shikamaru not understand the advantages of black chess? From the corner of his eye, he glanced at Ino who was already paying. He knew it was time to leave: "Even Sasuke doesn't have such a sense of mystery as you. You seem to have a lot of Secret but no one shares it”

Tsk, what a sensitive kid

"What secrets can I have?" Zoji said haha.

"I hope it's my imagination, but you are definitely not as simple as you seem."

"We are actually the same kind of people, and we are all trying to adapt to the innocence that should be expected at this age."

Dividing line

"Shikamaru, were you playing chess just now?"

"Hmm" Regarding Ino's problem, Shikamaru dealt with it symbolically.

"By the way, Zoji is a really nice guy."

"Yeah, he's very comfortable to get along with," Choji also agreed.

"Idiot, that's because" Shikamaru thought for a while but didn't say it.

That's because you are too stupid to feel what kind of creature is underneath that mask. After not seeing each other for a few days, the feeling Sakichi gave to Shikamaru became deeper. It seemed that something had happened and he had accumulated some emotions, but could not vent them.

During the game, Shikamaru felt his opponent's confusion, otherwise he would not have won so easily.

"Well, he is indeed a good guy." I just hope that he can continue to be so "good" and never stand on the opposite side of Konoha. It will be very troublesome for such a smart person to be an opponent.

Dividing line

Looking at Ino Shikacho going away, Inuyashiki's narrow eyes gradually revealed his light: "That's your friend."

"It's just acquaintance." Zoji had already started to pack up the shop and get ready to close.

"That's good." After groping in his sleeves for a while, Inuyashiki took out a scroll and said, "There is a new mission."

"But, I just did it"

"Don't worry, this mission is in the village and is of a support nature. Recently, Gen has been harassed a bit seriously by a strange creature. You are familiar with animals. Master Yamanaka hopes you can take a trip."

"All right"

ps: Thanks for the monthly pass. For those of you who have monthly passes, I can ask for them. Although I don’t know what the use is, it seems that it would be good if there are more. Also thanks to Sun Yang and Yinghao for helping to catch insects.