This ninja in Naruto is unscientific

Sunlight streamed through the large floor-to-ceiling windows into the Jonin team's office, illuminating the entire room.

Nishikawa Toru and Namikaze Minato were chatting casually about the initial deployment of the "Konoha Express" logistics network within the Land of Fire.

"So, Your Excellency means that the first batch of logistics nodes must cover those major granaries and armories?" Nishikawa Tetsu asked, holding a teacup and leaning back in his chair.

Minato nodded: "The message from Shikanobu is this: although it's ostensibly to promote people's livelihood and trade, the Daimyo Prefecture has clearly also seen the enormous potential of this technology in the allocation of strategic resources. However, this is also good for us. With the support of the Daimyo Prefecture, we will face much less resistance within the Land of Fire. The Daimyo has promised to reduce our taxes."

As the two were talking, the office door was slowly pushed open.

Nara Shikaku, sporting a pineapple-shaped hairstyle, walked in with a gait that suggested he was perpetually half-asleep.

His expression was somewhat listless, as if he had just gone through a task that had exhausted him.

"Yo, Shikaku, you're back?"

Nishikawa Tetsu raised an eyebrow at Shikaku's miserable state and teased him.

"What? You've gotten so bold now, daring to sneak out and slack off right under the nose of the future Fourth Hokage? If this kind of work attitude were in our Ministry of Finance, Kakuzu would have deducted your performance bonus."

When Lu Jiu heard the words "deduct performance bonus," he wasn't scared at all. Instead, he smiled wryly, waved his hand, and slumped down on the sofa next to him.

"Come on, Che. If I had a choice, I'd rather have my performance bonus docked, or be overwhelmed with documents and working overtime in the office every day like I was doing recently, than go through all this."

Shikaku looked up at the ceiling and let out a long, desperate sigh: "This is a million times more troublesome than scheming against the enemy on the battlefield!"

"Oh? Something that you consider torture troublesome?" Nishikawa Tetsu's curiosity was instantly piqued. He turned to look at Minato. "Minato, what's that kid up to? Why does he look so lifeless?"

Minato Namikaze sat behind his desk, looking at Shikaku sprawled on the sofa, and his smile became extremely bright.

"Hehe, Shikaku was just 'invited' to a blind date by the antler clan chief." Minato chuckled as he revealed Shikaku's secret.

Nishikawa Tetsu's eyes widened, and then he burst into an extremely unrestrained laugh.

"Hahahaha! So that's how it is! No wonder you look so exhausted!"

Nishikawa Tetsu walked to the sofa, patted Shikaku on the shoulder, and said in a tone full of schadenfreude, as if they were in the same boat.

"Brother, I totally understand you. The suffocating feeling of being forced into blind dates by your elders is simply unbearable."

Shikaku gave Nishikawa Tetsu a resentful look and scratched his pineapple-shaped hair.

"It's all your fault, Che," Lu Jiu complained.

"My fault?" Nishikawa Tetsu looked completely innocent. "What did I do? I'm a really good person. If it weren't for me, would you be able to leave work on time right now?"

"I'm only unlucky because I can leave work on time!"

Shikaku made his accusations with tears welling up in his eyes.

"In the past, Shuimen and I would work overtime every night. Although my dad felt sorry for us, he knew that we were busy with important village matters and it was not good to disturb us."

"And now? Ever since power was decentralized, we've been leaving get off work on time every single day. My bored old man has immediately put my marriage on the agenda, arranging blind dates for me every other day!"

Lu Jiu felt increasingly grief-stricken and indignant as he thought about it.

"I was going to make an excuse that I was too busy with work. But you know, my dad used to be the leader of the Jonin squad. Even though he's retired now and doesn't do anything anymore, he still has a lot of connections in the village!"

"He just casually asked around among his former subordinates and old friends, and he found out the truth about why I clock out on time every day!"

"My lie was exposed on the spot, and I didn't even have a chance to argue. He forcibly took me to the matchmaking site, and to prevent me from running away, he even arranged for his clansmen to sit not far away and watch me."

Seeing Shikaku's miserable appearance, Nishikawa Tetsu and Minato couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"So, what was the result?" Minato picked up his teacup and asked curiously, "Which family's daughter did Chief Deer Horn introduce you to?"

When the blind date was mentioned, a clear hint of resistance flashed in Lu Jiu's eyes.

"Don't even mention it, it's a huge problem!"

Shikaku sighed and began to describe it with lingering fear.

"My dad introduced me to a Chunin from the village. Well, he's not bad looking, but his eyes and his aura are even scarier than my mom when she's angry!"

"From the moment I sat down, she interrogated me like a criminal about my lifestyle, work attitude, and even whether my nails were neatly trimmed. Moreover, she was extremely strict about many things, with an alarming number of rules and regulations. If I really got married to a woman with such a strong desire to control, I'm afraid I'd have to submit a petition for even drinking an extra sip of sake."

Shikaku shook his head repeatedly and made a conclusion.

"This is too much trouble. I absolutely cannot get involved with a woman like that. I've made up my mind. I'll go back and tell my dad that we're incompatible, and that's the end of it."

After listening to Shikaku's description, Nishikawa Tetsu stroked his chin, a thoughtful glint in his eyes.

"A Chunin from Konoha, with a strict personality and a strong desire for control..."

Nishikawa Tetsuya was rapidly recalling memories of Nara Shikaku's family from the original work.

If he remembered correctly, Shikaku's wife, Nara Yoshino, in the original work was a very strict woman who could keep Shikaku and Shikamaru in line with her. She was also the troublesome woman that Shikamaru mentioned.

Furthermore, the original work does not explicitly state Yoshino's surname before marriage. It is highly likely that she married into the Nara clan as a commoner ninja and then took her husband's surname.

"Could it be...?"

Nishikawa Tetsu looked at Shikaku, who was sprawled on the sofa and vowed that he would never have anything to do with the other party, and a meaningful and eerie smile appeared on his lips.

"Shikaku, the Chunin girl you're meeting today, her name isn't Yoshino, is it?" Nishikawa Tetsu asked tentatively.

"Huh? How did you know?"

Shikaku suddenly sat up straight, looking at Nishikawa Tetsu with a surprised expression.

"Her name is indeed Yoshino. What, you know her? Or was she one of the blind dates that Department Head Koharu found for you?"

"No, no, no, I don't know him, and I've never met him."

Nishikawa Tetsu waved his hands repeatedly, his smile growing brighter and brighter, even revealing a hint of anticipation for a good show.

"I just think this name sounds like it's auspicious for a husband. Lu Jiu, let me give you a piece of advice: sometimes you can't escape fate. The more you think she's a nuisance, the deeper your bond might become in the future."

"Don't give me that crap. Even if I, Nara Shikaku, am single for the rest of my life, I would rather jump off this Hokage Building than marry such a troublesome woman and bring her home to control me!" Shikaku made a firm vow.

Nishikawa Tetsu and Minato exchanged a glance, both seeing a hint of a smile in each other's eyes.

"Fine, fine, you say you won't marry me, then you won't." Nishikawa Tetsu replied perfunctorily, but secretly he remembered the words and planned to use them to make fun of Shikaku when he got married.

"By the way, Minato, can I apply to go on field missions? I feel like if I stay in the village for even a day, my dad will keep pressuring me to get married." Shikaku looked at Minato with longing in his eyes.

Minato shrugged. "What do you think?"

"Sigh!" Shikaku sighed. Of course he knew it was impossible. Ever since Minato took him, he knew he would probably be tied to the quagmire of the community of fate for a very long time.

"I should have applied to be an ambassador!"