Chapter 151: Temari's Criteria for a PartnerShino watched Kankuro, who looked almost smug, and felt a bit displeased; after all, in this tournament, winning or losing was merely a reference factor—what truly determined whether one could become a Chunin was their performance during the matches.In that case, Shino had basically lost his qualification to be promoted to Chunin, so how could he not be angry?Following Kankuro's withdrawal, the tournament continued, and Gekkō Hayate announced the contestants for the third match: Shikamaru and Temari.This little couple from the original timeline had finally met, but Shikamaru now felt even more indifferent toward women; sometimes, he would even wake up in a cold sweat when dreaming about getting married in the future.This actually had a lot to do with Naruto's appearance, because he had caused the timeline to change, leading to Tsunade becoming the Hokageof Konoha Village ahead of schedule.It must be said that in Konoha Village, among all the men who had ever seen Tsunade, was there any who, in their reckless youth, hadn't had fantasies about Princess Tsunade?Even a man as wise as Shikaku was no exception, and precisely because of this, seeing Tsunade for the first time had made him feel incredibly excited, as if he had returned to his youth.Unfortunately, when he was discussing this with Shikamaru, he was caught red-handed by his wife, and the scene that followed could only be described as horrific.This left an indelible trauma on young Shikamaru's mind, making him vow that he would absolutely never start a family in the future, so as to avoid such a tragedy befalling him like it did his old man.Temari's situation was somewhat similar; as the most beautiful girl in the Hidden Sand Village, she had many suitors around her since she was young, all revolving around her every day.However, she looked down on all of them, and could even be said to find them repulsive. Temari's strength had always been outstanding among her peers, and the only people in the Village stronger than her were Gaara and Kankuro.As someone aspiring to become the strongest female Ninja, the most important criterion in her search for a partner was that if anyone wanted to be her man, they had to be stronger than her in terms of power.But it was precisely this criterion that stumped many of her suitors; some who had self-awareness were deterred, but there were always some who, carrying forward a shameless spirit, continued to pester her.However, there was now one man who had left a good impression in Temari's heart, and that person was Naruto. The two of them had first met in the Forest of Death.At that time, they were about to attack Hinata and the others when Naruto suddenly appeared and stopped everything from happening. Back then, she had thought this yellow-haired kid was overestimating his own abilities and had run over to throw his life away.Who would have thought that Gaara, who was always decisive in killing, would actually let them go after seeing him, and even said that shocking sentence: "That man is very strong; if we were to fight, it might end up being us who die."Temari knew exactly what kind of person Gaarawas, and she didn't doubt the veracity of his statement in the slightest. She knew that the reason Gaara possessed such immense strength was because there was a monster inside him.But Naruto looked about the same age, yet his strength was clearly even more formidable; by this point, she already had a strong curiosity about him.
