I really don't want to be Hokage

The reason why Nara Shikami chose to test Nara Shikaki's shadow imitation technique is simple.

As a secret arts family, the Nara clan does not need to master various ninjutsu like ordinary ninjas. As long as they practice the family secret arts to a certain level, they can have strength comparable to jounin or even elite jounin.

Therefore, he only needs to test Nara Shikaki's mastery and strength of shadow imitation skills to know Nara Shikaki's true strength.

Of course, another trivial reason is that he is lazy.

Compared with actual combat that takes more time and chakra, using shadow imitation is faster and less laborious.

What Nara Shikaki didn't know was that this played into Nara Shikaki's hands.

Because Nara Shikaki's apparent strength is only about [-]-[-] equal to that of a special jounin, and is still a little less powerful than a formal jounin.

But as far as the Shadow Imitation Technique is concerned, in the past three months, Nara Shikagi has improved the mastery of the Shadow Imitation Technique by 20, chakra by 50, and mastered the higher-level Shadow Sewing Technique by completing system tasks. .

With the blessing of these rewards, Nara Shikagi's strength and mastery of shadow imitation techniques are already at the same level as the jounin in his family.

Although the Nara Shikaki in front of him is a veteran jounin of the family, in terms of shadow imitation alone, Nara Shikaki does not think he will lose too much.

Therefore, Nara Shikagi is now 99% certain to pass the assessment.

As the assessment began, Nara Shikaki and Nara Shikami faced each other and formed seals at the same time.

The shadows under the two people burrowed towards each other's shadow, and soon "blended" together.

This competition about shadow imitation has officially begun.

Nara Shikaki does not need to defeat Nara Shikami in the shadow imitation technique. He only needs to be fifty-fifty with Nara Shikami, or be defeated by Nara Shikami with difficulty to pass this Jonin test.

The next day, in the morning.

Nara Shikaki and six chuunin were received by Sarutobi Hiruzen in the Hokage's office in the Hokage Building, and were personally awarded the "professional title" of Jonin.

This time, of the more than 80 chunin, including Nara Shikaki, only seven passed the assessment and were promoted to jounin.

The third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, personally awarded the seven Jonin titles and standard Jonin vests, and used words to encourage the seven people from Nara Shika Castle to continue to shine for Konoha.

Tell the seven people that where the leaves are flying, the fire will also grow.The fire will continue to illuminate the village and cause new leaves to sprout.

Under the kind encouragement of Sarutobi Hiruzen, the six people except Nara Shikagi were full of excitement and wanted to fight and die for Konoha right away.

It wasn't until an hour later that the "medal awarding" ended.

Sarutobi Hiruzen stopped Nara Shikaki who was about to leave with the other six newly promoted jounin of the same year: "Shikaki-kun, please wait a moment."

Nara Shikaki stopped in response, turned around, and walked up to Sarutobi Hiruzen again.

After the six newly promoted Jonin all left the office, Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled at Nara Shikaki and said, "I read your written test paper. The content about "Creating Civilized Konoha" is very good."

The sudden compliment surprised Nara Shikagi.

Of course, Sarutobi Hiruzen did not say this to deliberately win over Nara Shikaki.

As a member of the Nara clan of Konoha, Nara Shikaki originally belonged to his "faction", and Nara Shikaki and his father Nara Shikamaru are also capable generals under him, which further proves that Nara Shikaki is his, so he considers himself to be very important to Nara. Lucheng didn't need to deliberately win over him at all.

It was indeed because the wording of Nara Shikaki's "composition" this time was more professional, so he deliberately kept Nara Shikushiro because he wanted to arrange something for Nara Shikaki.

"Hokage-sama, you are so complimentary." Nara Shikaki saluted and thanked him.

Perhaps because he had read too many Naruto fan novels before time travel, Nara Shikaki didn't have a good impression of the third generation Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen in front of him, even though Sarutobi Hiruzen now praised him.

"I see that there have been a lot of "Please protect every piece of green" and "Green is the source of life" slogans in the village recently. Did you make them?" Sarutobi Hiruzen said to Nara Shikaki in a tone like an elder caring for his younger generation. asked.

"Yes, Hokage-sama." Nara Shikaki nodded.

"You have done a good job in this regard. Now the environment of Konoha Village has been greatly improved." Sarutobi Hiruzen continued to praise.

"Thank you for the compliment, Hokage-sama." Nara Shikaki thanked him again.

"Kakiro-kun, do you usually have a hobby of writing?" Sarutobi Hiruzen continued to ask.

"Yes, I occasionally write something casually." Nara Shikaki replied.

Now it was Sarutobi Hiruzen who praised him for his good "composition" and good slogans. Naturally, he could only "admit" that he loved writing.

"Very good." Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled and nodded, and then finally got to the point and asked Nara Shikaki: "Shikaki, I wonder if you are interested in working in Konoha's Ministry of Foreign Affairs."

Through this "composition" and "propaganda", Sarutobi Hiruzen discovered that Nara Kanaki was very good at writing some "official" words, so he wanted to train Nara Kanaki to work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and be responsible for foreign affairs.

"Hokage-sama, I feel that I am not yet qualified for the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." Faced with Sarutobi Hiruzen's invitation, Nara Shikaki immediately refused.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Konoha Village negotiates with other ninja villages, and may even go to other ninja villages to participate in negotiations. This is a very dangerous job. It is very likely that the negotiations will not be reached, and other ninja villages will be directly destroyed.

After all, there is no saying in the world of Naruto that "when two armies are fighting, the envoy will not be killed".

Nara Shikaro believes that his current strength is not qualified for the job of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or that his strength will not be "qualified" for this job before he reaches the peak of film level.

"How do you think you are not qualified for this job?" Facing Nara Shikagi's rejection, Sarutobi Hiruzen still maintained a kind smile, making it impossible to see his emotions at this time.

"I don't have any experience in the drafting and negotiation of diplomacy." Nara Shikaki responded.

"Okay, since you don't want to work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, forget it." Sarutobi Hiruzen was not angry at Nara Shikaki's rejection.

He can probably guess now that the reason why Nara Shikagi refused was because of laziness.

It is well known that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is busy with business, and the Nara clan is also famous for being "lazy".

As a core member of the Nara clan, it is reasonable for Nara Shikagi not to want to work in the busy Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"Thank you for your understanding." Nara Shikaki saluted.