Tsunade glanced at Shikamaru and saw that he was serious and wasn't joking.

"This strength test is in charge of Xiao Ning, if he doesn't object, I don't have any opinion."

Tsunade gave the choice to Zhou Xiaoning, anyway, her purpose was to find out Naruto's current strength level, as for how many people participated, she really didn't care.

Zhou Xiaoning did not give an immediate reply, but looked at Lu Maru with scrutinizing eyes. You must know that Shikamaru is notoriously afraid of trouble, and with his character, it is absolutely impossible for him to take any strength test for no reason, so he must have some kind of plan.

Since Shikamaru dared to blatantly put it forward, he was naturally not afraid of Zhou Xiaoning guessing, so when he looked back at Zhou Xiaoning, his eyes were quite calm, as if to say: "I just have another purpose, you come to bite me!" ”

Zhou Xiaoning raised his eyebrows, he naturally saw Lu Maru's provocation, he wanted to see what kind of bad idea this kid Lu Maru was playing.

"I don't care, just look at how far Shikamaru has developed your fruit ability now."

Zhou Xiaoning spread his hands and said nonchalantly.

"Okay, Shikamaru can also participate in the strength test, as for the specific time and test method, it's up to Xiao Ning to decide for yourself."

Tsunade knew about the Devil Fruit, after all, Sakura Haruno's medical skills were taught by her, and she couldn't know what level Sakura Haruno was. And Zhou Xiaoning didn't ask Zhong Xiaoqiang to help him keep it secret, so Tsunade just asked a little question, and Sakura Haruno explained it all honestly. Of course, this does not include the caged bird's curse mark.

The magical power of the Devil Fruit has attracted Tsunade's great attention, and she wants to talk to Zhou Xiaoning several times, but Zhou Xiaoning seems to be able to pinch and calculate, and every time Tsunade sends a dark department to summon him, he will go out very "coincidentally". Even if she came to the door in person, she would only see Bai, but she couldn't even see Zhou Xiaoning's shadow. Because of this, Tsunade was sulking for several days.

If it weren't for the fact that Zhou Xiaoning, in the name of the Huaxia Chamber of Commerce, sold hundreds of bottles of physique enhancement elixirs to Tsunade at the lowest price (basically equivalent to a gift), which calmed her anger a little, I'm afraid that Tsunade would have been greeted by a strange fist at this time.

"Fruit ability? What is that? ”

Jiraiya looked confused, he had just come back from outside, and he didn't know it, which was normal.

"When the strength test starts, you'll know. Trust me, you'll be amazed. ”

Tsunade sold a pass, and the ability of Sakura Haruno to show to restore the fruit alone was already breathtaking. And as far as she knew, many of Shikamaru's friends had also obtained Devil Fruits, and she really didn't know what their fruit abilities were, which really made her curious.

"Since even Tsunade said so, then, I'm really going to take a look then."

Jilai was also whetted by Tsunade, and the things that can interest Tsunade are definitely not simple, and he can't miss it.

"Alright, let's do it for now. The time for the quiz is set for tomorrow morning at 8 a.m., and the location will be in the Forest of Death. ”

Everyone had no objection to Zhou Xiaoning's arrangement, and Tsunade directly ordered the dark department to completely block the Death Forest from seven o'clock tomorrow morning, and no one was allowed to enter or leave until the end of the strength test.

After coming out of the Hokage's office, Zhou Xiaoning teleported home directly and enjoyed lunch with Shiro, without any pre-war tension at all.

On the other side, Shikamaru took Naruto and Sakura Haruno to visit Ino and the others. In order to adapt to and develop the "gift" from Zhou Xiaoning, the Xiaoqiang have not been on a mission for almost a month, but the results are also quite significant, and basically everyone has made full progress.

That night, all the Xiaoqiang gathered at Shikamaru's house and stayed until late at night before leaving, during which they talked about and did something, even Shikamaru's parents did not know.

At eight o'clock the next day, Zhou Xiaoning appeared at the entrance of the Death Forest on time.

"I remember that there seemed to be only Naruto, Sakura, and Shikamaru who were going to take the strength test, but why are there so many more?"

Zhou Xiaoning's gaze swept over the crowd and finally landed on Lu Maru. He dared to bet on his own temperament, this must be Shikamaru's ghost.

"Hahaha, how can such an interesting thing as a strength test be without Uncle Ben, right, Akamaru?"

"Wang, Wang!"

"Although it's a pity that I can't compete with you alone, through this test, I should be able to see the gap between me and you."

"Brother Zhou, let's have a contest of youth!"

Although only Inuzuka Ya, Ning Ci and Xiao Li spoke, judging from the performance of Zhong Xiaoqiang, they are basically the same attitude. Even Hinata was the same, although when he made eye contact with Zhou Xiaoning, he shyly hid behind Ino, but he didn't show any intention of quitting.

"Okay, okay, I'll promise you."

Zhou Xiaoning sighed and compromised. Anyway, for him, a sheep is to drive, a group of sheep is to herd, and a few more people and a few fewer people are actually not bad.

"Next, I'm going to announce the content of this strength test, do you see this scroll in my hand?"

Zhou Xiaoning palmed his hand, and there was an extra scroll in his hand, which was printed with the word "secret", and a sealing technique was added, obviously this was a secret letter.

"Your task is to try to snatch this scroll from my hand, and to break the seal and read its contents. As long as you can do it, you will pass the test. ”

"Also, you can enter the Forest of Death now, and I'll be in an hour. Within this hour, you can either set up an ambush or a trap, in short, treat me as if I am an enemy agent. By the way, if you don't have the intention of killing me, you won't be able to pass the test. ”

"An hour early, you're really confident."

Shikamaru smiled wryly, and he even began to wonder if his plan was a little impulsive. But things have progressed to the present, and he can't turn back, so no matter how uncertain he is, he can only go on hard.

Thinking of this, Shikamaru immediately sent a look to Inuzuka.

Inuzuka understood, and immediately said as previously discussed, "It's so boring just to take the test, why don't we make a bet." ”

"Bet?"

Zhou Xiaoning raised his eyebrows, it was finally time for Tu Qian to see the dagger, he wanted to see what Lu Pill wanted to do!