93Shikamaru: Is this something I can listen to?AI Model: gemini-2.5-flashChapter 93 Shikamaru: Is this something I can listen to?
Shikamaru shivered violently. With that look, what was he going to do now?
"Let's go, my good son."
"Where to?"
"To grow."
"Nooo!"
Shikamaru shrieked, and Nara Shikaku gave a cold smile, dragging Shikamaru out of the house with a leisurely stride.
"You..."
Naruto looked at the dragged-in Nara Shikamaru, a bit bewildered.
"Hokage-sama."
Shikamaru offered an awkward but polite smile.
Nara Shikaku didn't mind, casually tossing Shikamaru aside.
He had worked with Naruto for so many years and clearly knew that Naruto was essentially a joker.
Someone who usually appeared very serious also enjoyed fun in private.
Over time, he also relaxed.
Now, his conversations with Naruto were much more casual.
"What do you think if I make the Daimyo abdicate now?"
Shikamaru suddenly looked up, staring at Naruto in horror.
Holy cow!
Is this explosive information something an 11-year-old like me should be hearing?
The Daimyo abdicates?
Good heavens.
Nara Shikamaru exclaimed 'good heavens' internally.
This was a royal flush right off the bat.
If he hadn't misheard, he wanted to become the Daimyo?
Shrinking his neck, Shikamaru quietly retreated to a corner.
Dad, you've really put me in a bind.
Is this something I should be hearing?
"Get up."
Kicking Shikamaru out of the corner, Nara Shikakuasked with a beaming smile, "Do you have any thoughts, my good son?"
Shikamaru looked at Nara Shikaku resentfully.
Shikamaru expressed that he had never seen a father who would trick his son like this.
The Daimyo!
He had never imagined that the Fourth Hokage in front of him would have such a world-shattering idea.
You're addicted to rebellion, aren't you?
One Hokage position isn't enough; now you want to be the Daimyo.
You're amazing!
Silently giving a thumbs-up internally, Shikamarusuddenly remembered the policy of encouraging more and better births with rewards, proposed five years ago.
So, it was all to lay the foundation for your future as Daimyo.
Thinking carefully, Shikamaru was horrified to realize that the Fourth Hokage had started planning several years ago.
Now, the children born to their clans were indeed numerous.
They were all clan members.
There were also children born to ordinary people; the earliest ones were already old enough to enter the Ninja Academy's kindergarten.
These Ninja clans were even more useful.
Needless to say, most of them would be talents in the future.
Is this to have them distributed throughout various regions of the Land of Fire to take control?
A series of thoughts flashed through his mind.
This generation, Shikamaru was even better than his father, with an extremely sharp mind.
Coupled with Nara Shikaku's intentional or unintentional indoctrination of some less important information.
Soon, Shikamaru pieced all this information into a single picture.
He was horrified to discover that the Fourth Hokage, who seemed to be slacking off and doing nothing, had set up such a grand scheme.
He suddenly looked up at Naruto, just meeting Naruto's encouraging gaze.
Shikamaru knew this was his chance.
He would graduate in one year.
After graduation, he would typically be assigned to a team to perform missions and become a qualified Ninja.
But Naruto had said several years ago that Ninjashould integrate into the populace.
So, at graduation, they all had a choice.
Shikamaru's eyes flickered.
How to choose?
He already had a plan in mind, but that didn't stop him from speaking freely now.
Even if it was just theoretical discussion, Nara Shikaku would back him up.
Taking a deep breath, Shikamaru spoke in a deep voice, "I think it's possible, and the Daimyo won't resist."
"Oh!"
Naruto's eyes lit up. As expected of Shikamaru, he hit the nail on the head.
He was only 11 years old; the people of the Nara Clan were truly intelligent.
"Why?"
Naruto and Nara Shikaku looked at Shikamaruwith interest, motioning for him to continue.
Encouraged, Shikamaru puffed out his chest, a little proud. As expected of me.
Ahem!
Mimicking his father's light cough, he continued, "Because the Daimyo has been too abnormal these past few years."
How abnormal?
Money was poured into Konoha Village like water.
Otherwise, how could Konoha Village, just one Village, have developed so quickly?
One must know that when the Third Hokagegoverned Konoha Village, he often had to ask for money.
Sometimes he couldn't even get it.
This led to a period where Konoha Village's finances were tight.
And now?
They could spend as much as they wanted; they couldn't spend it all.
Secondly, the Daimyo frequently came to see the Fourth Hokage.
One must know that before, coming once a year was considered giving face.
He wasn't a fool; he quickly understood that this was the benefit brought by strength.
Naruto's strength displayed a few years ago had frightened them.
If the First Hokage and Uchiha Madara had swept through the Ninja World and established a nation, there would be no Five Great Nations now.
In a supernatural world, the overwhelming pressure brought by a cliff-like disparity in strength was extremely powerful.
No one dared to resist the First Hokage.
Similarly,
Now, apart from a few, no one dared to resist Naruto either.
This was the benefit brought by strength.
"That's right, it is indeed so. I can take power at any time."
Naruto sat calmly in his office chair and said, "And I can take over completely."
"As for those who are dissatisfied with me, heh~"
Naruto's mouth curled into a sneer, his voice filled with mockery, "It's not that I underestimate them, they just can't do it."
"Absolutely."
Nara Shikaku also rarely showed a smile on his face.
To say nothing else, several members of their Nara Clan held high positions in the Land of Fire.
They were all their own people, so the resistance wouldn't be too strong.
For them, it was simply a change of Daimyo.
Just right, Naruto's strength was great, and they would only feel safer.
"However, this would entail a lot of work."
Shikamaru subconsciously said, "And other countries definitely won't stand by idly. At that time, the entire world will be connected."
"No matter."
Naruto gave a cold smile.
So-called peaceful development was impossible.
To achieve things, bloodshed was inevitable.
He himself wasn't some purely good person.
A savior?
That had long been cast aside by him.
He was just an ordinary ambitious person who wanted to slack off.
Being a savior was too tiring; he wasn't a saint.
Shikamaru lowered his head, continuing to ponder.
Nara Shikaku beside him nodded in satisfaction; being able to think of these things was already very good.
After all, he was only 11 years old.
"Yamato's strength can also play a significant role on the battlefield."
"The Uchiha Clan and the Hyuga Clan are also very strong now."
"But the fastest evolution has been in the clans of Inuzuka Kiba and Shino Aburame."
That pure natural energy caused insects and dogs to begin to grow and evolve.
Especially the insects.
Now, the Aburame Clan's strength could be said to have increased the fastest.
In short, the entire Konoha Village had seen different improvements.
High-end combat power could almost be said to be comparable to when the First Hokage first established Konoha Village.
This was the growth of Konoha Village over these five years.
"Since that's the case, let's start acting."
"Before you arrived, I had already sent Itachi Uchiha to the Land of Waves."
"He should indeed go. That unscrupulous merchant is as rich as a nation, and it's also an opportunity to bring the Land of Waves into our fold."
As a coastal nation, they were saving them from dire straits.
A righteous army, nothing wrong with that.
...
"Ah, Jiraiya, stop following me!"
Somewhere in the Land of Fire, Tsunade looked at Jiraiya, on the verge of collapse...