Shikamaru Nara is sleeping.

Because a person, or a normal person, generally needs sleep. He was the same.

A self-proclaimed genius, he needs sleep, and sleep is the time to be quiet. And only when you are calm, can you pull your mind back from the infinite hurricane world, so that you don't have to face the reality that your partner has been alienated.

It's been three weeks and twenty-one days since he joined Aizen Sosuke's team. Compared to the agreed four weeks, it is only a month. He had taken the time to read almost all the books and papers, and although it was shocking, it was honest in his eyes. He wants to be an ordinary ninja, not the kind of crazy man who is beyond imagination.

But it's clear that his companions have fallen under the spell. Even now, when he was hiding in his room and closing his eyes, he seemed to be able to hear the red eyes of the three individuals who had been partners and ninjas in the outside world who had begun to study and grind in with the shadow clone technique. It's as if the Demon Lord of Hell has reappeared, and Nara Shikamaru doesn't want to admit that those three people used to be his friends and childhood sweethearts anyway.

Because it was a hassle to change clothes, I simply wore the white gown provided by Aizen, which was enough for only one set, and the shame of men and women seemed to have been put aside. More than 500 hours of continuous study and research, as well as the same research conducted by the Infinite Shadow Clone Technique, make them no longer considered human to some extent.

At least Nara Shikamaru had never seen a human being able to twist and go crazy to such an extent in such a short period of time.

The two flower girls even ignored their own image and possible walking problems, and frantically used physical strength pills and awakening talismans, only wearing white coats and red eyes to delve into various questions about chakra.

And the oil girl Shino is even more bizarre, there is no such thing as a woman in his eyes at all. The teenager who used to be a little shy just when he saw a girl, now he is surrounded by two beautiful girls who are full of spring, and he doesn't even have the idea of paying attention.

Why? Because he has separated more than a dozen shadow clones, almost all of them are doing the same thing, that is, testing the environmental response of insects through different chakras in different petri dishes in the laboratory. Although he had known for a long time that the oil girl family was a family that played with bugs, he also realized the horror of this kind of thing for the first time.

Shino the Oil Girl studies bugs, and the other two girls study chakra manipulation and the transformation of flowers, respectively. With the help of Aizen Sosuke's unlimited chakras and runes, the three of them were climbing forward at a terrifying speed almost every hour. Every twenty hours, they would stop and start sharing their research notes and conjectures, corroborating each other.

Nara Shikamaru once eavesdropped on their meetings, and although they were still not as skilled as themselves, they reached a terrifying level in terms of various applications, and even Shino the Oil Girl proposed the theory of chakra pheromones based on flowers and insects.

Theoretically, people are also disturbed and changed by pheromones, and if this paper is dug deeper, it is likely that a series of incredible secret techniques will be born.

But for Shino, the oil girl, he just wants to explore better bugs.

Twenty-one days, while he studied, those were studying, and while he slept, those were studying. If I have a headache, I will take the medicine given by indigo dyeing, and when there is a bottleneck in the research, I will start asking about indigo dyeing, and then find relevant papers for theoretical research.

To be honest, Nara Shikamaru was really scared. He felt as if it wasn't learning and progress as he knew. After all, isn't learning what you do in a ninja school? Everyone happily learns a little ninjutsu, and then continues to study, and then grows happily, what else can it be? Why did it suddenly become so terrifying?

It felt as if over time, they had gradually changed from ninjas to something else, something completely different. When an individual's living habits, behavior patterns, thinking logic, and even the final growth conditions are completely different from others, then can this kind of existence still be called a human being? The three of them hadn't gone to the toilet or physical activity for 21 days, but they still seemed to be healthy.

If this is some kind of technology, then Nara Shikamaru is indeed fearful.

He didn't want to, and would never be, that kind of ghost.

In the rest room, where there was only one person, Nara Shikamaru closed his eyes and gradually emptied his spirit, hoping to get a good night's sleep.

The room is indeed extremely quiet, the soundproofing is excellent, and even the explosions and chakra turmoil of some experiments are often seen outside, and there is nothing to feel inside.

But Nara Shikamaru always felt that there seemed to be some faint voice in his head urging him and driving him away. He didn't want to continue to sleep at this time, but wanted to do something, wanted to do something big. This kind of thinking always eats away at his spirit like a nightmare.

Clever he even knew exactly where those sounds were coming from. The combination of inferiority, the sense of loss of being compared, and the boring self-esteem of being a genius drove him to continue on the path of invisible, but inexplicably attractive. However, seeing the crazy behavior of those people, Shikamaru has to admit that he is scared.

He was terrified, resisting to become that extreme.

Although he was well aware that it was actually only due to the one-month time limit, he also understood that it was all because of the uncapped support of Aizen Sosuke.

Even from the taste of the chakra and the majestic fluctuations that existed, he knew that the power of the chakra contained in the various pills fed these days was probably not even less than the energy of a Shouhe. It is simply not a problem to maintain the life of a few small children for dozens of days.

But no matter how many theories he can convince himself, Nara Shikamaru is now wrapped in a quilt and curled up in a corner, feeling the cold atmosphere that is not like a human emanation from his companions, closing his eyes under the world of some fear, praying that he can fall asleep as soon as possible.

However, I don't know if it's a rebellious psychology or what, Shikamaru only feels that his five senses are becoming clearer and more sensitive, and even the sound of his breathing and heartbeat is so deafening.

At that moment, he suddenly heard the sound of the door of the room being opened.

A voice that sounded a little heavy and didn't seem to look like a child came from the doorway.

"Ah, Shikamaru-kun. Have you already slept? ”

“…… Not yet, you should be able to tell the difference between the indigo dyeing teacher. ”

"That's true, but there are always things that children want to keep from adults, and I have to be polite."

The voice sounds soft and full of trusting magnetism.

Of course, Nara Shikamaru knew who the owner of this voice was, and he also knew what terrifying abilities he had, and what powerful means he had.

Aizen Sosuke, a man who had behaved like a gentleman for more than twenty days, and could even be said to be a perfect mentor, walked into the lounge, pulled out a chair and sat on the side of Nara's Shikamaru's bed.

"If you don't mind, can you talk to me? It's been three weeks, and Shikamaru-kun still refuses to study, which makes me very distressed. ”

"If it were ordinary theories, I would have memorized them. Didn't say I had to understand everything, did you? Didn't you say you just had to memorize everything? ”

"That's the truth, but I still don't really want to give up on you."

"Do you want me to be part of that environment? Forget it, I don't even really want to be a ninja. ”

Since it is a chat, then there is no established position and idea. Some of the terrifying emotions that had accumulated in Nara's Shikamaru's heart seemed to have been released because of the futon and darkness.

"I learn everything faster than everyone else, and I'm smarter than everyone else, I just don't want to be like that. If Aizen-sensei wants me to be like that, then I don't have to, I don't think it looks like a human being. ”

“…… I think you've got a premise wrong, Shikamaru-kun. ”

Behind Nara Shikamaru, there was a somewhat helpless sigh from Aizen Yusuke.

"I'm not cherishing your so-called talent, Shikamaru-kun. I just don't want to give up when I see mediocrity. After all, your results affect my reputation, and it has a great impact on me. ”

"Mediocrity? Me? ”

"Hmm. Compared to others, you are indeed a very mediocre person. ”

In Shikamaru's somewhat contemptuous rhetorical question, Aizen said calmly, as if he was expounding some kind of creepy truth.

"It's a little clever in fighting, it's a little bit clever in learning, you can call it smart, but it's not talent. Real talent is to be displayed, not to say that you spend less time than others to call talent. ”

"Time is never the key factor, the most important thing is the result. You spend an hour learning the entire Ninja School course, and you learn it completely. However, if you don't make any progress in the three years of study, your grades will only be no different from those of an ordinary ninja for three years. This is not called talent, this is called incompetence. ”

"Talent is called talent when it is displayed. You haven't even seen it when you really need to fight, and you don't know the energy and ability required for the development and follow-up of ninjutsu, but you are just immersed in cleverness, and you feel that you spend less time than others and play more time than others, so you feel that you are talented, which is the most common fallacy. Because you are only satisfied with yourself, objectively speaking, you are just an incompetent ordinary student. ”

Aizen Yusuke's voice was steady and powerful, like some kind of weapon, and it was stabbed into Nara Shikamaru's heart, dissecting his most sensitive places.

Compared to the previous recorded geniuses in Konoha, Nara's Shikamaru's real results are not very good.

There is nothing wrong with him being a middle ninja, but he has not been promoted to a top ninja either. The results are also ordinary, and the results of the Chakra battle are also average. Although it is said that there are hundreds of ways to defeat the enemy, Chakra can't do it if he can't do it.

However, the problem is, if there is a chakra, then anyone can easily defeat the enemy, right? It is because he is very smart that he knows this very well. In fact, he is not the kind of genius who imagines to show the upper limit of human intelligence. In fact, he was exactly what Aizen said.

It's just that I use this thought, and use myself as a genius to escape the fear in my heart.

And facing Shikamaru, who began to tremble a little in the bed, Aizen's voice was still calmly narrated behind him, dissecting everything about him.

"The same age, the same grades, and even worse development ability than others. Ino-kun has a track record of developing hana shuriken, and Sakura also explains about Sakura Oki's technique derived from Tsunade's strange powers, and not to mention the oil girl Shino, who has been working on insects as a result of his admirable hard work. ”

"A lot of people are deceived by a so-called genius like you, but that's not what I need. What I need is someone who has the courage to face it. It's a good thing to be able to meet the standards in a short period of time, but not being able to improve is no different from waste for me. ”

"A kid like you who doesn't even dare to lift the curtain or get out of his bed, to be honest, I just don't want you to pollute my reputation."

“……”

Completely irrefutable.

Rather, he had been using the family's secret art all along, and had never thought about developing anything.

Compared to the other three who were full of pioneering spirit, he did realize that he might not be in the range of Aizen Sosuke's needs. But what does that mean?

He can do it too. He can be like that, too.

Shikamaru is a little angry in his heart now. Because it was the first time for him to be underestimated like this.

Straight up from the bed, Shikamaru stood directly on the ground and bowed deeply to the Aizen Yusuke in front of him, expressing his respect for his master.

"Teacher Aizen, please teach me."

"Why should I guide you individually? You don't have a place to study, and I don't need to meddle with your hobbies and choices, right? ”

"Huh?"

"Ah, maybe it's because a lot of literature gives you the wrong impression, and I didn't talk to you because I think I think of you. It's because you're too far behind compared to others, which will affect my reputation, so I chatted with you specifically. As I said at the beginning, I just don't want you to disgrace my reputation. That's all. ”

Looking at Nara Shikamaru, who seemed to be in a daze in front of him, Aizen Yusuke smiled a little embarrassedly and pointed to the bed next to Shikamaru.

There were two girls' underwear scattered on it, and it looked very disorganized. Compared to Shino, the oil girl who completely gave up human life, the other two girls occasionally came back to change their clothes that were torn due to experiments.

But now, the things that were dyed on it and were ready to be replaced could no longer be called clothes, but some kind of burned residue. And Aizen Yusuke was a little embarrassed to pick up the other clothes of the two girls, and walked out of the door with the clothes like a real life teacher.

"And I'm not here to talk to you, just for you, Shikamaru-kun. It's because Sakura-kun and Ino-kun two girls engaged in a joint chakra experiment, which caused all the clothes to be damaged, and I came to get them a change of clothes. While research is a good thing, and it's not a bad thing to stay energetic, I also want you to have normal thoughts and sanity. ”

"Seeing two young girls laughing naked in the sea of chakra flowers and cherry blossoms is a rare sight for me to be honest. They are really rare research-oriented talents. It is worthy of being a middle ninja who can develop his own ninjutsu. ”

"It's just that there are times when I want people to realize that they are still human, and I really hope that they don't feel too shy in retrospect."

“……”

This statement is true.

Although it was about making young ninjas blush, Shikamaru didn't feel the slightest emotion in his heart.

Sakura and Ino he knows, and they can be said to be the two girls in Konoha Village who care about face the most.

And the demonic and terrifying they showed during this time also made Shikamaru feel palpitations.

But, how to say it, although I know that there is a high probability that Aizen Yusuke said so on purpose, but what if? What if he really thinks so?

And from an adult's point of view, it seems that this is the right thing to think? Abilities that have not been truly used are never called abilities, and no one knows what your true abilities are like until you use them. After pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger for a long time, maybe you are really a pig?

yes, you don't seem to have anything to be afraid of, do you? They have become so frightened because they all have their own dreams and goals in their hearts, and now when they are moving forward for their dreams, there is no chance if they are not stunned. But I've memorized everything, and I'm still a genius, so I'll never be worse than them if I study it carefully.

They don't even want this basic shame, so what can they do if they don't sleep? What about researching these theories that seem strange and bizarre?

I'm a genius in Konoha.,This kind of thing should be able to be learned as long as you learn it casually.。

"Wait......"

If you underestimate me, you will suffer a big loss.

When the time comes, I'll use some of the conclusions in the theory to prank you and prove my strength!

Putting on his coat directly, Nara Shikamaru gritted his teeth and began to walk towards the brightly lit experimental site.

After a few seconds.

"Shikamaru?! Why are you here! ”

"Sasuke...... What am I going to do now......"

"Shikamaru-kun, I know that life is a bit depressing for you during this time, but I don't think it's necessary to do this."

"I didn't see anything, why are you scolding me?!"

Looking at the two girls in white coats made by Aizen who seemed to be gradually starting to regain their normal humanity, Shikamaru blushed and roared.