Chapter 154 Recommendation

After all, Shimura Tunzang is one of the three elders of Konoha Village, although the two of them, Koharu and Mito Menyan, under the advice of Sarutobi before his death, held a meeting at the first time to decide that Jiraiya succeeded to the fifth Hokage, which caught Shimura Tunzo a little off guard, but when Jiraiya refused, and suggested that the two send a team of shinobi to follow him, they gave Shimura Tunzang a chance to take advantage of.

If it was as in the original book, Jiraiya immediately left Konoha Village with Naruto Uzumaki after the proposal, Shimura Danzou naturally didn't have time to react, but when Mito Menyan and Zhuan Koharu signed the team's assignment, they couldn't hide it from Shimura Danzo.

In terms of status, the three elders of Konoha Village are equal, and when the three generations of Hokage died and the five generations of Hokage did not take over, he was also qualified to participate in the administration of Konoha Village, and even arranged the Eagle into this team to become the leader.

Therefore, when Shikamaru was summoned by Mito Menyan to come to the conference room of the Hokage Building, he was not too surprised to learn that the fifth Hokage Senju Tsunade who would follow Jiraiya to find and protect the future was and that there would be a Tsunade among his companions.

Strictly speaking, Jiraiya is not the leader of this operation, but the initiator, and even Mito Menyan has hinted to Shikamaru that this four-person team also has the purpose of monitoring Jiraiya and preventing him from escaping, so according to Konoha's tradition of forming a basic action team with four people as a team in the past, this time it was planned to arrange four shinobi to be formed, led by the leader of them, Nara Shikamaru, but in view of the Shimura Danzo who was killed halfway, and the person he recommended, as the middle ninja, he naturally became the leader of the team.

Naruto Uzumaki has already been decided, so in fact, there is only one person who can be carefully chosen.

"One last person, I'd like to ask your opinion." Mito Menyan, who was sitting behind a tall wooden table, said this to Nara Shikamaru.

This is also the purpose of Mito Menyan to call Shikamaru alone today, although he and Zhuan Xiaochun reluctantly agreed to join the Kamaru and squeezed out Shikamaru to become the captain, but they did not trust the other party and the Shimura Danzo behind it, which Mito Menyan had just revealed to Shikamaru without reservation, after all, compared to the Konoha Village, who rarely showed up, Shikamaru was more capable of mastering other shinobi and becoming the actual leader.

Shikamaru hesitated slightly, his mind flashed, if purely in terms of combat power, his range of choices seemed to be very small, and he should almost be chosen among Hinata Ningji, Li Luo and Uchiha Sasuke.

But the reality is not so simple, especially at present, to be measured by the standard of a team, although the strength of the individual is important, there is another thing that needs to be compared with it, or even more important, that is, "tacit understanding".

Where there are people, there are disputes and disagreements, Shikamaru puts himself in the position of the leader of the team, although Hinata Ninji and Li Luo have a good relationship with him, but there is still a big gap between them and obeying their words, and as for Uchiha Sasuke, it is okay not to mention it.

What's more, the nominal leader of this team, is still a subordinate of Shimura Danzo, a member of the "roots", and it is not yet known what kind of purpose he has, maybe Shikamaru will have a fight with him at that time, in this case, a companion who trusts himself unconditionally and can even fight against Shimura Danzo and Nakashinobi under the necessary conditions is very important for Shikamaru.

And among Konoha's lower ninja, Shikamaru is sure that there is only one person who can achieve this friendship with himself, and that is Akido Dingji, a kind act of Shikamaru in his childhood, but in exchange for the most loyal friendship of Akido Dingji, a boy with a slight inferiority, has also developed an amazing tacit understanding between the two for a long time.

Because Yamanaka Ino is a girl, her mind is complicated, and Shikamaru can't be sure of her thoughts, but Akido Dingji's thoughts are much simpler, and his long-term words and deeds also reveal one point - Shikamaru has always been his best friend.

Therefore, when Shikamaru's mind flashed various analyses, he no longer hesitated to say to Mito Menyan: "I recommend Shinoaki Dao Dingji." ”

Mito Menyan frowned slightly after hearing Shikamaru's recommendation of Akido Dingji, but after all, it was an old man who was known for his wisdom and had been a consultant to Konoha for many years, so he understood Shikamaru's thoughts in a blink of an eye, and nodded secretly in his heart.

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By the time Shikamaru stepped into the conference room again, it was already two hours later, and in addition to him, one middle ninja and three lower shinobi summoned for this mission had already arrived—Hiroshi, Nara Shikamaru, Akido Dingji, and Naruto Uzumaki.

Not only that, but Jilai also arrived, in the corner of the conference room, a little lazily leaning against the wall, and sitting in the middle of the conference room were the three most powerful elder advisors in Konoha Village at this time - Zhuan Koharu, Mito Menyan, and Shimura Danzo!

When everyone arrived, Jiraiya explained the general situation of this mission to the two people who were still confused, Akido Dingji and Naruto Uzumaki, in addition to Aoyu and Shikamaru.

The purpose of this mission is to find the fifth-generation Hokage Senju Tsunade, and cooperate with Jiraiya to prevent possible Orochimaru, or even kill the other party.

“…… This mission is very important to Konoha Village, so there is no room for failure. After Jiraiya popularized the general situation of this mission, Koharu said sternly to the four young ninjas standing in the middle of the conference room: "During the mission, you must follow Jiraiya closely, obey the command, and bring the fifth Hokage back to Konoha safe and sound!" ”

"Understood!" The four young ninjas replied in unison, even Naruto Uzumaki, who had escaped, would not dare to be the slightest presumptuous on such an occasion.

"If there are no problems, I will give you an hour to prepare." Jiraiya looked at the clock hanging on the wall of the conference room, and said to the four of them, "I will wait for you at the gate of Konoha Village, and assemble there on time at nine o'clock, and then set off." ”

As he spoke, he had already walked in front of the four teenagers, his tall body and expressionless face, revealing an oppressive force, different from the momentum cultivated by the three elders in the conference room at this time because of his high position, the oppressive force brought by Jiraiya was purely because of his personal strength, and after glancing around at Shikamaru and the other four people, Jiraiya said slowly: "Disband!" ”

As soon as Jiraiya's words fell, Shikamaru and the others rushed out of the conference room, and Shika-to-Kichi gestured with his eyes, and the two fell behind slightly, watching as the eagle and the excited Uzumaki Naruto left separately.

"Watch out for that shinobi named Shark." Shikamaru looked at the back of the eagle and squinted slightly and said to Akido Dingji.

"What's wrong with him?" Akido Dingji frowned and asked, he and Naruto Uzumaki's first impression of the eagle was also bad, and the unusually obvious false smile couldn't help but make people feel disgusted in their hearts.

"He used to follow me yesterday, and I found him and fought him once, and after I wounded him, he fled." Shikamaru explained.

"What is he following you for!?" Qiu Dao Dingji asked suspiciously.

Shikamaru shook his head when he heard this, and replied: "I don't know either, so I tell you to be careful with him, when Elder Mito Menyan explained the task to me alone before, he hinted that this person was recommended by Shimura Danzou to be placed in the team, and Shimura Danzo was a militarist who had competed with the three generations of Hokage, and Elder Mito told me to be vigilant." ”

"Didn't you hurt that fish when you fought him before? Probably not your opponent, right? After hearing Shikamaru's words, Qiu Dao Dingji mentioned in his heart, after all, the other party should be higher than them in terms of level and strength, but thinking of what Shikamaru had just said, he relaxed a little.

"He's going to use a ninjutsu that transforms animals into flight, and I haven't thought of a practical way to deal with it yet." Shikamaru shook his head when he heard this, and said, "Unless you use the terrain to restrict his ninjutsu, or don't give him time to use ninjutsu, it will be easy for him to escape and use the distance advantage to fight." ”

"I've been learning the 'Technique of Hypermultiplication' lately, but my current chakra is not enough, and I need to take a special elixir to succeed." After thinking for a moment, Akido Dingji said to Shikamaru, "If his flight speed is not unattainable, I can completely attack him." ”