On the rooftop of the hospital.
"Shikamaru, is there really no other way?"
Sakura said with a pale and powerless smile after Shikamaru laid out the harsh reality. At this moment, the facade she had been maintaining was torn away.
Especially since Naruto was about to leave, she no longer had the luxury to be capricious. It was then she realized that her so-called strength had always been dependent on Naruto, who doted on her.
"Sigh, Sakura, these words might be unpleasant, but you should understand," Shikamaru shook his head and sighed, "Although Lord Yoru's policies have been successful and indeed provided many ninjas with opportunities, all these opportunities come with requirements."
"You either need to have achievements, or your parents and family must have them, or someone has to vouch for you. You have none of these. If it were before, I could have vouched for you based on our clan's reputation, especially for some basic medical data."
"But now! Sigh, you should know, many people take shortcuts. Though despised, some can't resist the pressure or temptation. Even gods can't avoid these gray methods."
Shikamaru shook his head and left after dropping these words.
"I am the only one in my hospital room. I am going for a walk now, and I won't be back until at least noon. Naruto is in the hospital right now, so the opportunity is yours. And no one will know, not even Sasuke. Just this once, and Naruto won't tell anyone."
After Shikamaru left, Sakura stood there, dazed.
The sunlight on the rooftop shone down, and Sakura, pale and confused, realized after her 'princess dream' was exposed, that she was merely a princess in Naruto's eyes. In others' eyes, she was nothing but a vase.
"Heh, Shikamaru, I can't believe you actually want me to use my body to seduce Naruto."
Sakura was not foolish. She understood Shikamaru's intentions.
To seduce Naruto, to pave the way for her future. As Shikamaru said, even if she later denies it and continues to pursue Sasuke, Naruto would definitely not say anything.
"Sakura, what's your decision?"
Just then, a familiar voice rang out. Sakura, in panic, looked up to see Yamanaka Ino slowly emerging from a corner, a faint smile on her lips.
"Ino! You! You heard everything!"
As children, Ino and she were very close, but since the incident with Ino's parents, Ino had devoted herself to training every day, and their relationship had become distant, though they still kept in touch.
Being caught by Ino today, Sakura showed a hint of panic.
"Sakura, why do you think Shikamaru chose today to say so much and even help you?"
The current Ino had an imposing and noble aura. Although they were the same age, since Ino returned to the Yamanaka clan as the new clan head, her demeanor had changed.
"Sakura, you're actually very smart, but you always use your brain in the wrong places. Naruto is just a facade to hide your weakness. You should understand that in the ninja world, strength is what matters."
"Have you never thought about it? With the Uchiha clan's strength, and Sasuke being Lord Yoru's disciple, how could he possibly marry just any woman? Sasuke's future wife must at least be a Jonin-level ninja."
Ino spoke sharply, hitting the nail on the head. Sakura forced a strained smile, "Ino, you're right, I am indeed vain."
"No! Sakura, I didn't come here to mock you. What's wrong with being vain?"
Ino shook her head and said, "Is it wrong for a man to like a beautiful woman? It's also not wrong for a woman to admire strength, but you must know your own heart. Just like me, I've never hidden it. I, Ino, like powerful men, and Lord Yoru is my goal."
Ino's forthright words surprised Sakura, who then hesitated to ask, "Ino, your parents?"
"Hehe, were my parents' enemies the Uchihas? Weren't they the Third Hokage, the so-called Three Great Families of Ino-Shika-Chō?"
Under the distorted thinking of the ninja world, Ino straightforwardly believed all faults lay with the higher-ups of the village. Why should her father be the one to take the blame when there were problems?
"Why are Shikamaru's father and Choji's father still alive? Why do they get to have families?"
"Do you know what my mother told me before she died, Sakura?"
When speaking of her past sorrows, Ino's face showed no sadness, instead revealing a sunny and determined smile.
"My mother said, 'Ino, you are a beautiful girl, like a big Persian chrysanthemum. Don't be sad, even if you carry hatred, live in the sunlight, be a true girl.'"
"Your father was forced to death by the higher-ups of the village, by the Three Great Families of Ino-Shika-Chō. The mess they created... your father..."
At this moment, Ino smiled, while Sakura listened quietly, only then realizing how much her always cheerful classmate was carrying.
"Sakura, I'm giving you this advice today out of the friendship we had as children, and also because I don't want to see Shikamaru succeed. After all, I've been jealous since childhood of them having their parents' company."
At this moment, Ino's eyes were misty, showing a hint of reminiscence.
"The Ino-Shika-Chō families, determined since childhood, would play and develop feelings together. We have been best friends since childhood, that's what our parents advised. But one day, my world collapsed, and my friends disappeared."
"Another person from the Yamanaka family replaced me and became good friends with Shikamaru and Choji. When I want to play, do you know!"
At this point, Ino chuckled self-deprecatingly: "Back then, I still thought they were just tired of playing. But you know what! Under the setting sun, I found them playing in another place. That's when I realized my place had been taken, and so-called friends were just a product of the power of the Three Great Families."
"Ino!" Sakura never thought that the confident and generous Ino had such a past.
Turning to Sakura, Ino said with a laugh, "We're good friends, I can vouch for you."
"Ino, you!" Shocked, Sakura looked at Ino, while Ino casually flicked her golden bangs and teased, "Sakura, don't you believe me?"
"As a disciple of the Legendary Sannin Tsunade, and with the status of the Yamanaka clan head, I can vouch for you to access higher-level medical information, but you must have the talent. If you lack the talent, though..."
Ino's words were clear enough, even though she didn't finish her sentence.
"Thank you, Ino."
Spring Sakura's eyes were brimming with tears. As classmates, one tempted her to betray her body, while the other sincerely helped her. She could certainly tell the good from the bad.
"Hehe, Sakura, I'm not busy for nothing for you."
Suddenly, Ino smiled mischievously and whispered to Sakura.
Sakura, feeling embarrassed as she listened, cautiously said, "Ino, is this really okay?"
"Sakura, how do you know it won't work? Don't you want to see if someone as smart as Shikamaru will do it?"
Ino's face showed a curious smile, "And I heard that the higher the intelligence, the more extreme, stubborn, and selfish the personality, because a powerful brain allows them to know what is beneficial for themselves and what is not."
Seeing the mischievous smile on Ino's face, a vengeful spirit grew in Sakura's heart. Although hesitant, she was tempted.
"Then I'll give it a try."
"Don't worry, try it. If it works, it'll be a good show to watch. If not, nobody knows anyway, hehe."
…
In a cool pavilion shaded by green trees, Shikamaru's eyes widened as he looked at Sakura in front of him.
"Shikamaru, I really can't do anything about that, I want to, but I really can't!"
At this moment, Sakura's face was flushed red, holding a bloody sanitary pad in her hand, while Shikamaru's face looked as disgusted as if he had eaten dog poop.
"Shikamaru, can you help me?"
Sakura said nervously with her head down, while Shikamaru's face turned green, complaining, "How can I help you with this?"
Sakura's palms were sweating with nervousness, but she still lowered her head and bravely spoke out.
"That, I can only trust you with this, Shikamaru, could you please use your transformation technique!"
However, upon hearing this, Shikamaru's face turned even greener, complaining, "Sakura, the transformation technique is not something to be used lightly!"
"Shikamaru, I think you misunderstood." Sakura gave an awkward smile and whispered with her head down, "I've invited Naruto to your hospital room. When he arrives, you can use the transformation technique to deceive Naruto, and with this pill along with a little illusion technique, Naruto will definitely not notice."
A scam! Or...
At this moment, Shikamaru's eyes twitched. He hadn't realized before, but Sakura was really ruthless, calculating against Naruto, not only giving him no advantage but also making him owe her.
But after pondering, it seemed that he held the upper hand in this situation. Shikamaru made up his mind.
"Okay, just this once."
Although he had made up his mind, Shikamaru still spoke as if he was doing it reluctantly.
...
"Naruto, Sakura is waiting for you in the hospital room."
When Shikamaru met Naruto in the hospital corridor, he casually raised an eyebrow, an unusual gesture that Naruto didn't notice at all. Instead, Naruto became excited upon hearing this news.
"Shikamaru, did you say Sakura is also there?"
"Yeah, I heard Sakura wanted to borrow some medical materials from you..."
However, before Shikamaru could finish speaking, Naruto excitedly ran towards the distant hospital room, not caring about Shikamaru behind him.
With a resigned look on his face, Shikamaru released his transformation technique with a bang, revealing Sakura's figure.
At this moment, as Sakura watched Naruto leaving in the distance, a complex expression appeared on her face, which then turned into determination.
"Naruto! I've seen my true self clearly now, I won't be a hypocrite anymore!"
…
In a corner of the hospital corridor.
"Are you excited, Sakura? This is going to be quite a show," said Ino excitedly, while Sakura, who had just returned, nodded awkwardly. However, the excitement in her eyes was clear, almost a common trait among women.
However, at that moment, the figure of Yakushi Kabuto appeared in front of them.
"Senior Yakushi Kabuto."
The two bowed respectfully, and Kabuto, as usual, pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose. Looking at them, especially Yamanaka Ino, he chuckled, "Ino, you really are mischievous."
Clearly, Kabuto had seen everything they were up to, making them both feel extremely awkward, even Ino couldn't hide her embarrassment.
"Alright, I'll pretend I didn't see anything. Now, you two go find the dean," Kabuto said in a gentle voice. Sakura looked bewildered, and Ino quickly pulled her aside and whispered, "Silly, the dean is Yakushi Nono, thank Senior Kabuto now."
"Oh! Oh! Thank you, Senior Kabuto!"
Realizing this, Sakura bent over ninety degrees in excitement to thank him, and then they both quickly left the place.
Watching their departing figures, Kabuto pushed his glasses, and a gleam of light flashed through them. His eyes revealed a hint of curious interest.
"Hehe, this is a good opportunity to study whether men without female hormones would..."
Under his narrowing smile, Kabuto slowly walked towards Shikamaru's private ward, fingers pinching a pill.
Inside the ward.
Naruto was flushed with excitement, and the shy and nervous Sakura (Shikamaru) in front of him made his heart beat faster.
At this moment, Sakura (Shikamaru), feeling awkward, quietly put a pill into the water glass.
"Naruto, drink some water first."
"Sakura, okay, I'll drink."
As Naruto drank the water, Shikamaru slowly walked to the window and pulled the curtains closed, making Naruto's eyes redden.
Naruto, skilled in seduction techniques, surely understood these things. He knew a lot.
"Sakura, aren't we moving too fast?"
Naruto was so excited he could hardly believe it, but he didn't realize that a pair of glasses was watching this scene with interest.
As Sakura turned around, she secretly formed a seal and released a genjutsu, unaware that the person with glasses in the dark also released a genjutsu.
Instantly!
"Ugh!"
At this moment, Sakura (Shikamaru) widened her eyes, only to see Naruto pounce like a wolf in heat, biting her mouth with a strange breath.
Damn it! It's a drug!
However, facing the Jinchūriki, he increased the dose of the drug, which for him, as just an ordinary ninja, made him feel hot all over with just one bite.
"Naruto! Damn it, look who I am!"
Shikamaru immediately released the Transformation Technique with a bang, speaking in panic, but Naruto's eyes were already red, and he had pounced on him.
At this moment, he narrowed his eyes and realized the problem. Naruto was under a genjutsu, deeply trapped in it.
Normally, people who are under genjutsu would resist fiercely once they realize something is wrong, but now Naruto is completely engulfed in madness.
Moreover! Under the restless breath, his chakra began to be chaotic, and he couldn't even use his ninjutsu.
"Naruto! No! Don't do this! You mustn't mess around."
"Ugh~ Damn it, ugh~ Naruto, ugh, ugh! I'm Shikamaru, ugh! Ugh!"
The situation in the infirmary was intense, and at this time, the bespectacled pharmacist Kabuto was constantly recording, nodding secretly.
"So, it turns out that men can also affect each other, meaning this really influences male hormones. Thus, Lord Orochimaru's Impure World Reincarnation Technique, if transferred to a woman's body, can theoretically work according to logic, and even some behaviors would be affected."
"No wonder Lord Orochimaru's records state that if switching to a female body, it is necessary to match male hormones to maintain body balance. So that's how it is..."
Inside the infirmary, there's a study of biology, and outside, there's also a record of biological research.
Two types of research, but played out in different forms.
Even Ino didn't expect that such a situation would arise in the hands of Kabuto, who in this life, almost inherited Orochimaru's spirit of pursuing the truth in science.
The successor to the scientific Uncle Snake, Yakushi Kabuto, has truly started to delve into science this time.
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Don't know... Author probably hate Shikamaru
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