I just returned to Konoha and found that all my clan members were gone.

"Bullshit!"

Baiyun Yeshan had a hostile look on his face. He didn't believe what Shikamaru said at all.

"The fire in the factory has been investigated. It was a worker named Honda Ryosuke who deliberately set the fire because he was dissatisfied. It has nothing to do with Tekuno!"

Shikamaru didn't expect that the village was so well-informed. The cause of the incident had already been investigated just after he arrived.

But on second thought, when the fire broke out, Tekuno probably knew who did it. Unable to take responsibility, he probably reported it to the consultant immediately. Otherwise, he would not have returned to Ryosuke's house to kill people to silence them.

"The crime was indeed committed by Ryosuke, but this person has been pushing it to happen behind the scenes!"

Shikamaru showed no fear at all and pointed at Tekuno's body.

Hearing the other party insulting his companions again and again, Ye Shan couldn't help but raise his ninja sword.

"What right does a commoner have to let a jonin of Konoha plot against him? Nara Shikamaru, don't try to avoid the fact that you killed your companions!"

The looks of the surrounding ninjas changed. It was obvious that they believed what Yeshan said, and Shikamaru's reasons were untenable.

"So you think he's innocent?"

Shikamaru looked alert. It seemed that he had to fight. If he really surrendered, it would not be his turn to be caught by these guys.

"You dare to resist! Nara Shikamaru, you are committing an even greater crime!"

Hayama noticed Shikamaru's alert posture and began to issue a warning.

"I will report the truth of the matter to the Hokage. If it is my responsibility, I will take it, but..."

Shikamaru thought of the former Ye Lan and what he did when facing the persecution of Danzo.

"There's no need to blame someone if you want to."

"Take him!"

Baiyun Yeshan's face darkened and he waved his hand to command his men to move forward. He was no longer interested in listening to Shikamaru's excuses.

Faced with the heavy encirclement of this group of ninjas, Shikamaru chose to jump directly, and he had already completed the hand seal when he jumped.

The black shadow under his feet split into countless small pieces and connected with the shadows surrounding the ninja.

All of Baiyun Yeshan's men were actually controlled by Shikamaru in place for a moment, and their pursuit also stopped.

Shikamaru didn't dare to take it lightly. The one in trouble was Yeshan himself. He controlled the shadow and rushed straight towards the opponent. Fortunately, it was night, so his strength was greatly enhanced.

But how could Ye Shan be hit by a move that was slower than the shuriken? A fallen leaf floated by, and Ye Shan's figure had already disappeared.

So fast

Although Shikamaru had seen faster instant body-flickering techniques, the mere presence of a ninja of Yeshan's level was enough to make him feel stressed.

He subconsciously used one hand to wave behind him. With a clang, the sound of metal colliding was heard. This group of people still liked to attack from behind.

"You can block my first blow, but can you block my second blow?"

Ye Shan's dull voice sounded behind him. Shikamaru turned his head and tried to catch the other person's figure, but he couldn't catch it at all.

Landing back on the thick tree trunk, Shikamaru leaned against the tree while maintaining the shadow binding technique. Unlike the imitation technique, this move had greater control and he could still move, but it also consumed more chakra.

With too many ninjas under control at once, this group of people had already begun to make some small movements of struggle. If the situation dragged on any longer, they would surely be defeated.

Just as Shikamaru was still wondering which direction the opponent would attack from, a crackling sound made him break out in a cold sweat, and the big tree behind him was actually split directly in half.

He climbed down quickly, and the tree was cut in half. If he was a step later, he might have really died.

Looking up again, Shikamaru knew that this guy was serious. Facing his resistance to arrest, he was indeed qualified to kill him directly. This was the rule of Konoha.

Thinking of this, Shikamaru gritted his teeth and stood up again. He knew he could never match the opponent's speed by just running.

The alarm bells in my heart rang loudly, and I felt a chill on my head and a sense of being locked in.

He took back the shadows that he controlled from those ninjas, wrapped all the shadows around himself to form a layer of defense, and crossed Asuma's chakra swords above his head. This was the last step he could take.

A huge force came from above his head, and the tree trunk under his feet broke directly, and Shikamaru fell heavily to the ground.

The chakra knife flew out of his hand, and his entire wrist was swollen beyond recognition. It was obviously broken, and Shikamaru almost lost his ability to fight.

But Yeshan obviously had no intention of letting Shikamaru go. He jumped down from mid-air, with the ninja sword in his hand pointing directly at Shikamaru's head.

Facing the opponent's murderous intent, Shikamaru looked at him without saying a word of begging for mercy.

"What are you doing?"

A huge fist suddenly appeared with a roar, and knocked Yeshan, who was about to launch the final blow at Shikamaru, to the side.

Ye Shan struggled to adjust his movements in the air. After being knocked away, he rolled on the ground a few times. He did not suffer any substantial damage, but he looked at the figure of the fist with some anger.

"Shikamaru, what's wrong? You're badly injured!"

Ino quickly ran over and asked when she saw the swelling on Shikamaru's wrist, it looked like she had recovered a little from Asuma's death.

Without further questioning, Ino grabbed Shikamaru's hand and began to treat him silently.

Shikamaru looked at the person who came and he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Shikamaru, I brought my dad here!"

Appearing with Choji is the current patriarch of the Akimichi clan, Akimichi Choza. The huge arm just now was his ninjutsu.

At this moment, Ding Zuo was holding an iron rod in his hand and looked at Baiyun Yeshan and questioned him.

"Why did you attack Shikamaru?"

Ye Shan stood up again, and his men came to his side one after another. One of them even brought Tekuno's body over.

Ye Shan said, pointing at the body of his companion.

"Nara Shikamaru killed Tekuno, who was also a jonin of the village. We saw it with our own eyes. We have the right to arrest him, but he resisted arrest!"

After hearing what Shikamaru did, even Choji and Ino looked at their companions in surprise, not understanding why they would do such a shocking thing.

Shikamaru struggled to stand up again, "Tekuno killed Konoha's civilians and indirectly caused the fire. As the person in charge of the factory area, I also have the right to arrest Tekuno when I learned of the matter. He also resisted arrest."

"You're talking nonsense! Do you have any evidence?"

Ye Shan's chest heaved violently. He couldn't bear to hear Shikamaru insulting his companion again and again.

"There is still a crime scene left at Ryosuke's house, and several civilians died there, all of them were caused by Tekuno's ninja tools!"

It is difficult to find direct evidence that Tekuno indirectly caused the fire, but Tekuno cannot escape the blame for killing civilians, so Shikamaru made this point clear at the beginning.

"Okay, I'll go with you to visit that Ryosuke's house!"

The reason why Yeshan was able to become a jonin was because he was strong enough. Unlike people like Tekuno who took crooked paths, he really didn't understand the twists and turns of this matter.

"Chouji, help me, we'll go over and take a look."

Shikamaru never thought that he had done anything wrong. For the sake of Ryosuke's family and all the victims of the fire, Tekuno must die.

Choji carried Shikamaru and moved forward slowly. At this time, he looked at the other party with an expression of disbelief.

"Shikamaru, is Asuma-sensei really dead?"