After dealing with the black soil, Orochimaru channeled dozens of small snakes, and checked in the Death Forest to see if there were any other ninjas besides these lower ninjas.

After some investigation, Orochimaru determined that only the few members of the dark tribe who were in charge of monitoring Shinobi and Konoha were left in the Death Forest, and Naruto's safety was guaranteed.

Orochimaru's "mission" was over, so he left the Forest of Death with the black soil on his shoulders.

As for Naruto and Sasuke's side, after the two chatted for a while, they began to recover the chakra.

When the state of the two of them was restored, Sakura arrived from not far away with the tenth class.

Shikamaru looked at the destroyed trees around him, as well as a large piece of charred black earth in front of him, and had a rough idea of what was going on.

"Why are you here?" Naruto asked a little strangely.

"Sakura told us that you were targeted by Shimoshinobu and a powerful woman from Iwa Shinobi Village in the Forest of Death, so we rushed over right away.

I heard Sakura say that that woman at least has the strength of the elite shinobi, and you can all win this, and sure enough, Sasuke is really amazing! Ino said excitedly.

Naruto immediately retorted, "Hey, hey! Ino, the battle just now is obviously my big contribution! And that woman wasn't killed by us. ”

Shikamaru frowned: "Not you?" But what about the charred land over there? What's going on? Tell me quickly. ”

While Naruto was organizing the language, Sasuke preemptively said, "I'll do it!" At that time, my combination ninjutsu with Naruto did hit the woman......"

Sasuke told Shikamaru in detail what had happened, and Shikamaru was also shocked when he heard Orochimaru's name: "Orochimaru? Sasuke, are you talking about that Orochimaru? ”

Sasuke nodded, "Hmm! That's him! ”

"It's really troublesome, I didn't expect there to be such a big man in a middle ninja exam, so I didn't take it if I knew it." Shikamaru muttered quietly.

"That, who is Orochimaru?" Sakura asked in a whisper, and Ding Ji on the side also looked curious.

Shikamaru sighed and gave the two of them a brief account of Orochimaru's glorious deeds.

After listening to Shikamaru's narration, Sakura's expression became more and more nervous, and Ding Ji still looked indifferent, but he asked a question that everyone wanted to know: "Shikamaru, why is there such a powerful person in the middle ninja exam?" ”

After a moment of silence, Shikamaru pointed at Naruto and said, "I think, probably because of him!" ”

"Me? Why me? Naruto asked a little strangely.

"Simple, because of who you are. You are Konoha's new Nine-Tails Pillar Force, and you are able to communicate with Tailed Beasts at a young age, using the power of the Nine-Tails. Iwamurako is afraid of the Nine-Tails, so he will send someone to kill you.

And Orochimaru, it is estimated that Uncle Yuan came to protect you. ”

Listening to Shikamaru's words, Sasuke also suddenly realized, and as soon as he said this, everything could be explained.

"Sasuke, you said just now that Orochimaru went after that woman, right?" Shikamaru then asked.

Sasuke nodded, "Hmm! Orochimaru went after the woman, and I'm not sure if he left the Forest of Death. ”

Shikamaru lowered his head and thought for a moment and said, "Orochimaru should have left!" ”

"Shikamaru, how do you know?"

"Because Naruto is already safe, Sasuke said just now that the Shinobi of Iwa Ninja Village were very respectful when they saw that woman, and after that woman appeared, the Shinobi of Iwa Shinobi Village left.

This means that this woman is very powerful in the eyes of these Iwa Shinobi, and she will definitely be able to kill Naruto.

Since she would definitely be able to kill Naruto, then Iwa Shinobi Village shouldn't send a second person, and assassination is not such a thing as the more people, the better. ”

"Shikamaru, you said so much, it means that Iwa Ninja Village only sent one elite upper ninja, and there are so many lower ninjas here, Naruto is not safe!" Sakura asked.

Ino smiled and said, "Sakura-chan, you don't understand, this Orochimaru was called by Uncle Yuan, Uncle Yuan won't care about the fight with the same shinobi, and Orochimaru should be the same." ”

Sakura's face changed dramatically when she heard this: "That means that now we need to face all the lower ninja teams in Iwa Ninja Village?" ”

Shikamaru nodded: "Hmm! The Shinobi team in Iwa Shinobi Village should still be chasing Naruto. ”

"Cut, it's just a group of forbearances, I'm not afraid!" Naruto said disdainfully.

Sasuke glared at Naruto and said, "Stupid! With our strength, if we come one by one, of course we won't be afraid, the question is what to do with these rock ninja rushing up? ”

Ino looked at Sasuke's side face and his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Indeed, if these people go together, you really can't handle it." So be it! Let's do it with you! Shikamaru, do you think it's good? ”

"Huh? Such a troublesome thing..."Before Shikamaru finished speaking, he felt a chill in his heart, and when he looked back, he happened to meet Ino's murderous gaze.

Shikamaru was stunned for a second, and quickly changed his words: "What then... I mean, it's such a troublesome thing, and we're companions, so of course we have to bear it together, but I have two conditions. ”

"On what terms?" Sasuke asked.

"1 Since it has been decided to act together, all the battles and actions in the meantime will be subject to me.

2Because we are helping you, we must take the scrolls that we have obtained first. ”

Sasuke thought about it and agreed, Naruto and Sakura didn't have much of an opinion, and the seventh and tenth classes officially reached an alliance.

After a few moments, Naruto and Sasuke's state had fully recovered, and the six of them were ready to set off after eating something casually.

Before leaving, Shikamaru said to everyone: "Naruto Sasuke will be in front in a while, Ino and Sakura will be in the middle, and Ding Ji and I will break off."

Naruto and Sasuke are much stronger than us, and the two of you are opening the way in front and attracting firepower.

Ino and Sakura are girls, so it's better for the two of them to be in the middle, and Ino is a perception ninja, and Sakura is a medical ninja, so it's right to protect them.

Ding Ci and I are in the end, because the family secret techniques of our pig, deer and butterfly clans need to cooperate with each other, and once there is a problem, Ino can immediately return to the team and form a combat force.

Ino establishes a spiritual connection with us, and at the same time pays attention to the presence of other shinobi in the vicinity, and notifies us as soon as there is any disturbance.

That's it for the time being, everyone has no opinion, right? After the arrangement was made, Shikamaru looked at everyone and asked.

Everyone agreed, and before leaving, Sasuke looked at Shikamaru and said, "The wisdom of the Nara clan is really terrifying, and in this case, wisdom is really the most powerful weapon. ”

Shikamaru smiled: "My father often said that in the face of absolute strength, any resourcefulness is useless. ”