Knock knock!

In the hallway, Shikamaru had just set up his shoes, and the light behind him was blocked by a broad shoulder.

"Coming back?" Nara Shikaku asked softly.

"Well, I'm back."

"If you have doubts in your heart, you might as well speak up, and it is also the duty of a father to solve doubts." Nara Shikaku turned sideways to get out of the way.

Shikamaru paused, and after a moment, he asked, "Daddy, can you play a game of chess with me?" ”

"Yes." Nara Shikahisa nodded slightly.

In the courtyard, father and son sit opposite each other across the chessboard.

Shikamaru took the lead in chess, "Daddy, who is Naruto?" ”

The reason why he met Naruto that cold winter was actually that his father left him there.

I used to think it was fate, but now I look back and reflect on it, full of doubts.

"He's the child of the fourth Hokage, he's a hero, and he used his body to carry the nine-tails of the troubled Konoha back then, but the fact that he was distorted by some people with a heart." Nara Shikahisa explains the reason for everything.

“…… Is it. Shikamaru nodded, but from his slightly trembling arms, it was clear that his heart was not as calm as it seemed.

"It's ironic."

"It's ironic, but that's politics." Nara Shikaku turned his head to look at the ancient pine in the courtyard and sighed slightly.

"What about the legacy of the four Hokage? Naruto's living conditions and abundance are completely incompatible? Thinking about Naruto, who needed to go out and find food from time to time, Shikamaru asked.

He didn't believe that the legacy of a dignified Hokage couldn't support a child's life.

"The residence of the fourth Hokage was taken back by the village on the grounds that the identity of the human pillar force could not be revealed, and it was later rewarded to Sarutobi Shinnosuke, who had made great contributions."

"The property of four generations of couples, with the advice of the transfer consultant, was used to fill the deficit of the year."

Shikamaru held the chess piece in his hand and couldn't fall for a long time, and he suddenly noticed that Konoha, which he loved deeply, seemed to have a problem.

……

Call!

A gust of wind blew.

The yellow sand rose from the ground, as if the entire sky had been obscured.

"The dust in the Land of the Wind is still as big as ever!" In the middle of the caravan, an old man with a goatee laughed.

"Does Old Man He Yan often take this path?" Naruto asked curiously, his head wrapped in a white cloth, revealing only a pair of eyes.

This is the survival wisdom of the people of the Land of Winds, and the white cloth wrapped around the head can not only resist the scorching sun, but also resist the invasion of wind and sand.

"Let's come back once in two or three years." He Yan touched his beard, "But our clan has been in business for generations, and I have walked this road five or six times." ”

"Then the old man must have been to a lot of places, right?" Naruto asked, it was also a coincidence that he joined this caravan.

Originally, he planned to travel alone and head towards Shayin Village.

But I happened to meet the caravan of the old man He Yan, and the two sides chatted a few words by chance, and they had similar interests and the same destination, so they went together.

"The five major countries, except for the country of water, which has a sea separated by the ocean, I have never been there, and I have been to all other countries." He Yan smiled proudly.

"Can you elaborate on that?" Naruto hurriedly learned the scriptures.

"Absolutely." He Yan laughed and shared his glorious past, which is something that every old man is very passionate about.

"Among the five great powers, the climate, topography and topography of the country of wind and earth are very similar; The climate in the Land of Fire is the most pleasant; The landform of the Land of Thunder is the most unique, especially the Thunder Hidden Village, which is built on a cliff......"

Talking about his past, He Yan seemed to have opened the conversation, and the stories were gushing endlessly.

When he was young, he was taken in by a woman in the country of thunder, and he was almost tied up and sent home as a son-in-law; When he was doing business in the land of the earth, he was put around his neck by a local wandering samurai; A wonderful hot spring trip to Yuno Kuni......

Naruto listened, nodding his head from time to time, giving the old man the motivation to continue.

At the same time, he also secretly remembered these places that the old man said, and he could go and see them when he had the chance.

While the two were chatting, a teenager came running on an ostrich the size of two people.

"Grandpa, there's a group of wandering ninjas making trouble ahead." The boy said.

"Trouble? What about hired ninjas? He Yan raised his eyebrows, he has been a merchant all year round, and it is inevitable to encounter robbers, so hiring ninjas to protect goods has become a necessary expense for the caravan.

"Those sand hides are negotiating with those wandering ninjas." The boy said helplessly.

"......" He Yan frowned, although he was dissatisfied in his heart, he could only sigh helplessly.

Whether it's Sand Hide or a wandering ninja, it's all for money, and if you can earn it in harmony, no one will want to fight to the death.

For a long time, the truck that was walking in front moved slowly.

Apparently it was the sand that negotiated with those wandering ninjas.

Naruto looked at the sand hidden who had returned to the convoy, and secretly shook his head inwardly, as a ninja, he naturally understood the twists and turns.

Solving these wandering ninjas is not a problem at all for Sand Hidden Village.

But what about after it is resolved?

But even the Sand Hidden Village of the Five Great Ninja Villages still needs to eat, and with so many people under his hands, how can he live on the little military money allocated by the Daimyo.

A stable amount of tasks is the foundation of the existence of a ninja village.

If Sand Hidden Village, or other ninja villages, wiped out these wandering ninjas who relied on robbing houses to survive at one time, who else would hire ninjas from Ninja Village to protect themselves.

But Shinobi Village is a country's military force after all, and it's not the same thing to let these people run rampant.

Therefore, how to maintain the bandits in the country within a reasonable range is a compulsory course for every ninja village.

Even, in order to ensure the amount of tasks that year, some ninja villages will deliberately let the appearance of wandering ninjas appear.

Although the behavior is shameful, it is an unspoken rule tacit in each ninja village.

"Ninjas are really abominable beings...... "He Yan muttered quietly.

has been in business all his life, and he naturally understands the bends of Ninja Village, but it is precisely because he understands that he feels helpless.

"The ninjas of the five ninja villages are okay, as long as they are hired, then basically there will be no problems, those small ninja villages are different, even if you hire them, they will unite with those wandering ninjas to squeeze you, and it is also beautifully called: to avoid suffering greater losses, you can give them some money...... Disgusting! ”

As if thinking that he might not understand, He Yan explained in a low voice.

Naruto was stunned, he really didn't know.

"It's true, being a bitch and setting up an archway."

After a while, He Yan understood what he wanted to express, and nodded in agreement.

"That's it."

"Old man, don't I see that you have some ninja beasts in captivity?" Naruto asked.

In his perception, the mounts in this caravan more or less have some chakras, and they are all existences that can become combat units.

"They're just a last resort." He Yan shook his head, "If you don't hire these ninjas, you will encounter more than this group of wandering ninjas." ”

"To be on the safe side, it's better to spend a little money on a ninja."

"Yes." Naruto nodded slightly, "Old man, how long will it take to get to Sunakura?" ”

He Yan estimated the distance, "It should be there tomorrow." ”