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Chapter 48 Duel between Strategists

In the center of the arena, Temari and Nara Shikamaru stood opposite each other.

At this moment, Temari once again recalled what the team leader Marky said to the three of them before setting off.

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"For this Chunin Exam, Sunagakure Village has decided to send the three of you to take the exam. However, the purpose is not to let you pass the exam, but to defeat the Leaf Village in the name of the Chunin Exam!"

"Why? Didn't Konoha and Sunagakure sign an alliance treaty?"

Temari asked confused.

"Huh, the problem lies in the alliance treaty." Maki explained, "As genin, you may not know that taking the signing of the treaty as an opportunity, the idiot daimyo of the Wind Country forced us Sunagakure to reduce our armaments. It should have been us. The tasks completed by the village are also handed over to Konoha."

"In addition, the funds for the country's ninja villages have been significantly reduced, and the number of ninjas has been greatly reduced.

"The people below us suffer from the stupid behavior of the people above. In order to maintain the fighting capacity of the village, we improve the quality of every ninja, so we gave birth to ninjas like Gaara.

"Right now, the Kingdom of Wind is in an extremely dangerous state, but the Daimyo and the people around him simply can't understand this!"

Markey punched the wall hard.

"Kazekage-sama sensed the danger of Sunagakure's low combat effectiveness, so he joined forces with Otogakure to capture Konoha, in order to restore the prestige of Sunagakure Village!

"And let the stupid daimyo understand the importance of national risk management!"

"If this continues, Sunagakure will no longer have a foothold among the five great ninja villages!"

"Wouldn't this cause another war?" Temari asked, "The alliance treaty obtained with great sacrifice will be broken again, and many people will die."

"Temari!" Maki scolded sternly, "This is all the will of Lord Kazekage! Ninjas are tools of war after all, and the alliance treaty itself will only threaten our existence!"

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"Hey, how long do you want to lie down?"

The man opposite was lying on his back on the ground.

Different from his handsome entrance, this guy seemed to be hesitating whether to give up before the game. At this moment, it was more like he accidentally slipped and fell onto the field.

It seemed like nothing was wrong, but for some reason, he just didn't want to get up.

"Asshole, if you don't want to compete, just admit defeat!"

Temari urged.

Baiyun, that’s great.

The idiot Chou had just pushed himself, and now he had to face this troublesome battle again.

Shikamaru lay lazily, wanting to enjoy this last moment of leisure.

"Well, in that case, I'm going to attack!"

Sure enough, the woman opposite wouldn't let herself rest for too long.

Temari was seen jumping up high, holding an iron fan, and smashed the fan handle where Shikamaru was.

After the smoke cleared, Shikamaru put his hands in his pockets, stepped on the wall with one foot, and said coolly:

"Although it doesn't matter whether you are a chuunin or not, a man cannot lose to a woman."

These words really aroused Temari's disgust. She gathered her strength and swung her fan with a flat A.

However, Shikamaru was well prepared and quickly escaped without a trace.

"Of course, men can't hit women, but I don't want to be hit."

Behind the lush branches and leaves of the big tree, Shikamaru hid and muttered to himself.

On the other side, Temari gradually calmed down and analyzed.

In previous games, she had seen that Shikamaru's ability was to manipulate shadows.

"You want to lure me into the dense shade of the trees? You can't!"

Temari secretly thought, seeing her looking around calmly, observing the movements behind the shade of the trees with her eyes.

"Ninja Technique: Kamaitachi!"

Gusts of gusts of wind struck the tree trunks on the opposite side like knives, and the entire arena was swept by the air currents brought about by the gusts of wind.

In the stands, Tiantian couldn't help but say: "This is the trick."

However, Shikamaru had already hid in the safest corner. When the strong wind subsided, he quickly used the family secret technique, shadow imitation technique.

On the other side, Temari saw a black shadow coming towards her, and quickly jumped back to distance herself.

Immediately afterwards, I saw the shadow suddenly being pulled by something, unable to control it, and then retracted.

It turned out to be the case.

Temari had a thought and drew a horizontal line on the ground with the three-star fan in her hand.

"I have clearly seen your ninjutsu!" Temari said loudly, "No matter how freely the shadow changes, it has a range. No matter how the shape of the shadow is changed, it is limited to the surface area of ​​the shadow. What I said is right. Bar?"

"Haha, yes, that's right." Shikamaru smiled helplessly. But there was a hint of subtle cunning in his eyes.

Even if you use the shadow of the wall to extend your own shadow, it can only go so far.

Temari thought to herself.

This is your attack limit, 12 meters and 32 centimeters.

Temari stood within the safe zone she had drawn, feeling confident.

Compared to close combat, I am good at long-distance combat. It seems that the outcome of this battle has been decided.

Shikamaru squatted half-crouched, looking up at the sky, and then he made his hands into a bowl shape, with his fingers facing each other and the fingertips touching, and he began to think.

"Stop being so mysterious!"

Temari waved her fan again, interrupting Shikamaru's thought process.

Shikamaru was seen moving around a bit, hiding behind a tree trunk again, taking off his coat in the strong wind.

"Come on! Shikamaru!"

In the audience, Yamanaka Ino shouted loudly.

But Choji Akimichi on the other side disagreed and said: "It's useless. Before long, he will find it troublesome and give up the game."

"No way! With that guy's strategic ability," Ino said, feeling somewhat unconfident.

The strong wind gradually subsided, and Shikamaru fired several kunai.

Temari easily dodged, and then, the ghostly black shadow struck from the base of the wall again.

It's no use, just hide behind the security line

A sneer appeared on Temari's lips.

However, before her expression ended, the black shadow crossed the line and moved forward further.

not good!

Temari hurriedly retreated in panic. About 50 centimeters away, the black shadow took on the posture of being at the end of its crossbow and stopped moving forward.

"You saw through it!"

Shikamaru shouted from a distance.

On the other side, Temari was in shock, her chest heaving violently as she gasped for air.

"Are you delaying until the sun slowly sets? As the sun tilts, the shadow of the wall will become larger, so you can increase the area of ​​your shadow."

"As the sun sets, your shadow will get longer, right?"

Temari said to Shikamaru while analyzing.

"Temari! Look up there!!"

Kankuro shouted nervously from the stands.

"What?!!"

Temari looked up suddenly. Under the sun, a parachute made of a ninja jacket was slowly floating down.

(End of this chapter)