"Why? Why can't we keep investigating? Didn't we just obtain crucial information? How can we stop investigating now? Shouldn't we strike while the iron is hot?"
After staring blankly for a moment, Ino Yamanaka's gaze suddenly sharpened, and she questioned them anxiously.
At a time like this, shouldn't they continue investigating? They had finally uncovered such an important lead.
At the same time, once she came to her senses, a thought flashed through her mind.
"You two, don't get so excited that you forget why we gave up the investigation in the first place!"
Hearing that, Shikamaru Nara let out a helpless sigh. Looking at the two of them, he raised his brows in resignation.
These clues were indeed important.
But the reason they had ended the investigation was not because the trail had gone cold! It was because this was something they had no business getting involved in at all!
Investigating it would bring them no good!
They couldn't just get carried away and forget all that! "Why did we give up the investigation?"
At that, Akimichi Choji and Ino Yamanaka froze again upon hearing Shikamaru Nara's words.
"Uh..."
Then, in the next second, both their expressions changed. As if they had suddenly remembered something, cold sweat began to trickle down their faces.
That was right!
They had not decided to stop because they lacked clues. It was because the matters involved were not something they could touch.
Or rather, they were not something Genin rookies like them could touch yet.
If they insisted on getting involved, they might bring disaster upon themselves! They might even implicate their clans! "Besides, we need to start preparing for the Chunin Exams too. There are only five days left, right? We should at least cram a little. Otherwise, wouldn't Asuma, who recommended