I don't know why, but now when I hear the word "Child of Prophecy", I suddenly feel a little uncomfortable. I've been looking for more than ten years, but I haven't found any trace of the Child of Prophecy.

Coupled with the words that Naruto said in front of him some time ago, it really shook the long-term belief in Jiraiya's heart.

Naruto seems to have a point, this world is a human world. As long as there are people, there will be strife, and the root cause of war is the imbalance of power.

The power of the ninja is too strong, and the person suddenly gains this power, like a child holding a knife. Unless the Child of Prophecy is perfect, he is only a powerful child.

But how can people be as perfect as gods, in the end, it is difficult to say whether the child of prophecy will save the world or destroy the world, and can only rely on ethereal prophecy.

"Am I going back to Myoki Mountain?" Jiraiya asked.

Although there are some other thoughts in my heart, things are one yard at a time. After so many years of sunk cost betting, he couldn't have given up looking for the Child of Prophecy just because of a single thought.

He has given up a lot of things for the sake of this mission. Whether or not he can find the Child of Prophecy, he will continue on this path.

"Yes!" Toad Yin said solemnly.

Following.

"Naruto, you're too inappropriate to do that, aren't you?" Ding Ci wrinkled his fat face and cowered, as if he wanted to criticize two sentences and was afraid of putting himself in.

"You say this as if I'm a scumbag." Naruto was unaware and rolled his eyes, "I just asked Shikamaru to do me a small favor, not into the fire pit." ”

"Is that any different from going into a fire pit?" Tinkji muttered something quietly, but Naruto heard it.

"It's just to inquire about the news from the side, what kind of entry into the fire pit is this?" He said angrily, "Shikamaru is very smart, he must have a way." ”

Hearing this, Ding Ci couldn't help but agree, Shikamaru is indeed very methodical. Since he was a child, he has been smarter than others, and he can easily complete the same thing that others can't do.

Ding Ji asked him why, but Shikamaru just said that he thought about it more. Thinking of all aspects, any possibility, you will naturally not miss a plan if you make a preparatory plan.

"What are you going to do?" Ding Ci asked.

The words that Naruto has heard most frequently in the past two days are, what are you going to do? It seems that things have reached a desperate situation, and they are waiting for him to make a choice.

"Inquire clearly, and come back one by one." Naruto said lightly.

"You cow!" Ding Ci was convinced.

At noon, the sun was blazing, and the two sat on the stone stairs outside the commissary. Overhead is a large green tree, and outside the kiosk is a long bluestone staircase.

The sun is long, and the canopy of the trees does not pierce.

The two of them sat in the shade of a large tree, a dozen beers and odd snacks at their feet. Both Naruto and Dingji are idlers and don't have to go to work.

Ding Ci occasionally helps in the clan, and his father handles the main affairs. He only needs to eat for nothing and go out to train occasionally.

Naruto wasn't too idle overall, but time was like a woman's abyss, just squeeze it. He really had nothing to do these days, so he simply mixed up with Ding Ci.

"I said Naruto. I must advise you a few words, Ino really cares about you, don't let her down. Ding Ci couldn't help but speak.

"Why is your mouth so broken?" Naruto patted him, not annoyed.

"Naruto, I'm telling the truth."

"I know, you have a wife, right? Ding times. ”

"Yes." Ding Ji was a little confused, not knowing why Naruto suddenly mentioned this, "What's wrong?" ”

"I have time to have more children, and it's really tiring to chat with you."

Ding Ci: "."

This dog really likes to cross the river and tear down the bridge, obviously he called himself out to drink, and now he is relying on himself. Ding Ji took a few sips of wine, and Yuguang glanced at Naruto.

"Who are you going to coax?"

"Two."

"Two?"

"Are you a repeater?" Naruto got up and carried a jar of wine, "Don't talk about it, I still have something to do, you hurry up and work hard to have a baby." ”

"Why don't you give birth yourself!" Ding Ci looked at his departing back and muttered.

Naruto actually heard it, but he didn't look back, a smile tugging at the corner of his mouth. Secretly said in my heart, don't give birth? I underestimate myself too much, not only do I have to give birth, but I also have to give birth to two!

How to say that people will not change, if he was moved in a few words, then Naruto would have been the only old man of the three generations to look forward to.

From beginning to end, he never changed his mind. Because he thinks that his reputation is not very good anyway, but the idea must be correct and cannot be swayed from side to side.

After all, this is his business, if he listens to the words of others, he starts to sway from side to side, then what are the things that he did to Hinata and Ino before?

He insisted on his own idea, and at most he complained, at most the father-in-law on both sides did not like him. To break the sky is to pour cold water or treat each other coldly, which is not painful for him.

What will Hinata and Ino think of him, disappointed? I'm afraid it will, but I can still coax it back if I think of a way. At most, he was scolded, but it was all worth it.

Naruto carried everything alone, whether Hinata and Ino were sad or angry, it was all directed at him. At least there will be no self-friction and no dilemma.

In other words, he stood up and became the target of the fire, and it would be good to carry it for a while at most. When the limelight passed, they slowly accepted it.

It's a big deal to be in contact separately, not to appear together, and to hide from some who are far apart.

It's better than after he repents, when he is like a good person, he is implicated, and then he picks himself out. can leave the two girls to feel sorry for themselves and shed tears every day.

Inaction is the real hypocrisy.

Naruto has grown to this extent, and with the fact that he usually acts very specially, even if he does something perverse, it won't be strange.

After a while, Naruto went to the Hokage building and went straight to Shikamaru's office.

Shikamaru saw Naruto come in, and before he could say anything, he sighed, looked up at Naruto and said.

"You have to be mentally prepared, the Yamanaka clan has a big opinion of you, and I haven't seen it. But. It is estimated that there will be no good news either. ”

"Haidai seems to have only vaguely guessed about you and Hinata, and has a bad impression of you. But Ino didn't open his mouth to admit it, so."

"The situation is dire." Naruto sat directly on the edge of Shikamaru's desk and took a small snack for himself.

Seeing this, Shikamaru couldn't help but smile and leaned back in the chair with his eyes closed. Comfortably moved, the bones of the whole body crackled.

"Looks like you've got a solution?"

"Not really, it's not very sure." Naruto said, "Things always have to be settled, and it's not a matter to drag it out all the time. ”

Naruto didn't say, and Shikamaru didn't chase after him, just smiled. If it was Dingji, he would have scratched his ears and cheeks in a hurry, and asked in a circle around Naruto.

"Okay, you can count it yourself, I can only help you get here." He said.

"Enough is enough, a big favor." Naruto grinned, and before leaving, he took a tea leaf from Shikamaru, so angry that he almost couldn't hold back his foul mouth.

After Naruto left, looking at the closed door, Shikamaru touched his head and a smile appeared on his face. Leaning back in his chair with a bang, a pair of dead fish eyes glanced at the documents on the table, revealing a helpless look.

He slowly turned his head, looking at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window, and couldn't help but feel a little melancholy.

What was my original dream, to be a ninja casually, to make some money casually, and to find a woman who was neither beautiful nor ugly to marry.

Then give birth to one or two children, a boy and a girl, and retire when the children grow up and get married. Playing shogi all day long, lying in the yard and watching the white clouds in the sky.

lived an ordinary life, and finally died in front of his wife without any concern, this is the life he wants.

Now the dream is one-tenth of a realization, and the beauty of the wife is about the same level as the beauty in the eyes of the public, and she is gentle and virtuous.

I seem to be ahead of everyone and start a family, and now I am busy with work all day long, and I am getting farther and farther away from a leisurely life. The village needs the will of fire, and it needs someone to follow suit.

Can this village. It seems that all of them, except for Naruto, are good people. Matters between major powers cannot be resolved with kindness and sincerity.

Be prepared for a rainy day, and be ruthless when necessary. Having come to the point where he is now, Shikamaru understands more and more why the three generations indulged the roots back then.

The village needs endless generations to follow one another, and it needs someone to move forward indomitably and always be bright and magnificent. You sit on a high platform and are not stained by wind and snow.

There is also a need for someone to be in the dark, to do things that stain the tip of the knife with blood, to do necessary evil. And as time passed, he had a hunch that he was the right person for that.

Thinking of this, Shikamaru couldn't help but show a tangled look on his face. The people around him are too naïve and kind to assume the existence of the enemy in advance.

There are too many smart people in the world, and he doesn't think that his intelligence is the best in the ninja world. However, a person's cleverness will not be of great use, but will tend to lie down and protect himself.

Only a truly smart man who is not afraid of death stands up and takes on the responsibility he is unwilling to take can bring all the smart people together for use.

Thinking of this, Shikamaru closed his eyes.

Kakashi talked to him last night, and asked him what he thought of Konoha in the middle of the conversation. Shikamaru was smart enough to know that Kakashi was going to entrust him with a heavy responsibility.

After all, he was the first among the crowd to become a middle ninja, the first to become a upper ninja, and the first to start a family. In Kakashi's eyes, he is a full seedling of excellent talents.

He didn't respond, only said that he had to think about it.

In this peaceful world, there are people who starve to death on the side of the road, and there are people who are rich and wealthy in the ninja war. The wiser a person is, the more difficult it is to cross the threshold of conscience in his heart.

Shikamaru himself once he should do what kind of responsibility. The generation that died either died in the war or shed blood for the village.

The village is still the same village, and the leaves are dense. Where there is fire, there will be villages, and the dead leaves will be burned up and become nourishment to nourish the new seedlings from generation to generation.

There are always young people who have graduated from ninja schools, donned tactical vests, and seized the bitterness of the heavens and the earth to come out one after another. Click, click, click.

Shikamaru thought about it a little bit, not wanting to miss any of the possibilities.

On the other hand, Naruto didn't know that Shikamaru was struggling with his thoughts after he left, and he didn't have to work anyway. If you don't believe in the will of fire, it is impossible to work for the village.

As far as Naruto was concerned, he felt that he was not carrying a bag of rice in Konoha or looking at the thin noodles of Tsunade, Kakashi, and Jiraiya.

As for working hard, it is impossible, and it is acceptable to create a few people for the village.

In a short time, he had already sneaked into the Hyuga station.

Since Shikamaru had already helped him inquire about Ino, he naturally had to go to Hinata by himself, and he was not afraid of being discovered.

Anyway, just be careful, there is really no way to sacrifice the Hyuga patriarch Ning Ci, the trump card of a hundred trials and souls, and it will definitely be able to seal the mouths of eyewitnesses.

As for why Hinata was chosen, first, Hinata has recently changed powers, and it is easier to sneak in after there is no clan and separation. Second, he had never been to the mountain station, so it was difficult to sneak in if he was not familiar with it.

Third, Hinata Hinata didn't like him very much in the first place. Unlike Ino's parents, Naruto could sense that the other party should be able to accept him.

It's just that his own manipulation is exposed, and it is difficult for the other party not to hate from love. How pleasing it was to the eye at the beginning, now you can hate it to the bone.

So he chose to let Shikamaru go to explore the wind, Shikamaru naturally had an impeccable excuse, and Yamanaka Kaichi would not take his anger out on Shikamaru's head.

The Yamanaka clan has figured out the bottom for the time being, and now only the Hyuga clan is left. Naruto wasn't even going to inquire, he could guess a rough idea.

Hinata Hinata will not yell and scream, but will only tell Hinata in the most majestic tone not to lose the face of the family, and Hinata will definitely be in a dilemma if she is so gentle.

Naruto had already planned for this.

He first found Ningji, and the person who Ningji quietly climbed in through the window was Naruto, and the whole person couldn't help but be stunned for a while before reacting.

"Why are you here?"

"Come and take a look, don't worry, no one will see me on the road." Naruto landed, clapped his hands, and said straight to the point, "Ninji, can you find a way to get Hinata?" ”

"This," Ning Ji looked a little embarrassed, "Have you contacted Hinata beforehand?" ”

"Yes."

"That's good." Ning Ci secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"I can't get through, I can't get in touch." Naruto found a chair and sat down casually.

Ning Ci: "."

"That's it. It's not good, if you can't contact it, even if I look for Hinata, she can probably guess that it's you. What if it doesn't come? ”

Ninji looked embarrassed, with Naruto on one side and his cousin on the other.

"Although I am the patriarch now, I actually have to consult Hizoku for many things. Ahem. If we find out, we'll both have to."

Naruto was also aware of Ninji's concerns, and waved his hand.

"Don't worry, you're just looking for it. I know in my heart that I'll be fine. ”

Ning Ci: "." (End of chapter)