After coming out of the Hokage Office, Shikamaru was waiting at the door for Kano, and then Naruto arrived after hearing the news.
Kano immediately pretended to be delicate and hugged Shikamaru's arm.
"Tsunade-sensei gave me a troublesome mission, Brother, help me out, will you?"
Shikamaru had intended to block the office door, thinking of asking Kano to help him deal with Temari, as he really couldn't handle her.
But he didn't expect Kano to predict his move; she took his path before he could even start.
Now he was in a bind; if he agreed to help his Younger Sister, he'd have one more job on his hands, but if he didn't, his Younger Sister certainly wouldn't agree to help him either.
"I can barely take care of myself, you should find someone else. Isn't Naruto right here? Ask him to help you."
Naruto nodded vigorously from the side; no matter what it was, he would help Kano.
Shikamaru was a reliable brother, even going so far as to push such a good opportunity onto him.
"Naruto won't do. This involves a lot of things, and Naruto won't be able to figure it out. Guess I'll go back and ask Dad for help."
It wasn't that Kano didn't want to hang out with Naruto, but finding a place to build a house was quite boring, and it required brains.
Compared to Naruto, even taking Konohamaru along would be much more reliable.
She'd take him along when Kakashi-sensei went on a blind date.
"Naruto, don't follow me today either; it'll probably be very boring."
"Kano-chan..."
Kano left alone, leaving Shikamaru and Naruto staring at each other in place.
"Sigh, what a drag. I have to go coax that rough woman Temari again. Women are just too much trouble."
"Shikamaru, are you going on a date again?"
"Can you call that a date? That's just a mission."
Naruto chuckled, thinking Shikamaru was just shy and making excuses.
"You two looked like you were on a date yesterday. Don't worry, Shikamaru, you're my good brother. You never forget to pass good things on to me, so I'll definitely help you when you're in trouble!"
"You want to go on a date with Temari in my place?"
"No, it's that I'll teach you how to date girls!"
Shikamaru sized up Naruto's malnourished, idiot dead-last appearance.
"You?"
Facing Shikamaru's skepticism, Naruto immediately scrunched up his face.
If it weren't for the fact that Shikamaru had just pushed a good opportunity his way, he would have been angry by now.
"I have been on a date with Kano-chan! And we had a great time that day. Kano-chan is also looking forward to our next date."
"Don't mistake stalking for a date."
Shikamaru really didn't believe that a simp could get the girl.
"Even if you're my good brother, I'll get angry if you keep saying that!"
"Naruto and the little girl really did go on a date that day."
Jiraiya walked over from a distance; he was here to find Tsunade.
However, having heard an interesting topic, he decided to chime in.
"Pervy Sage!"
Naruto was very happy that Jiraiya had come, as he could prove that Kano and Naruto had gone on a date together.
"Shikamaru, he can prove that I went on a date with Kano."
"That's right. At the time, they were holding hands at the festival, feeding each other, playing games, and even went to pick out matching yukatas..."
As Jiraiya spoke, he pulled out part of the manuscript for "First Love of the Human World" to show Shikamaru.
"Exactly, exactly! My date with Kano-chan went so smoothly... Wait? Pervy Sage, how do you know so much detail?"
"Don't underestimate my intelligence network, you bastard."
------------------------
I've posted 70+ chapters in advance on Patreon.
Webnovel updates will still be daily, as usual.
It might not seem tempting right now but who knows what the future holds?
[email protected]/SolyuraMT
"And If you're enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!"