Shikamaru listened to Sasuke, a faint smile tugging at his lips!
"All right, all right! You should all have Sasuke's confidence! Otherwise, how are we going to beat those famous seniors?" Shikamaru said, stopping the others from laughing again.
Hearing Shikamaru's words, Sasuke raised his proud head even higher!
The others nodded in agreement, though having his confidence was enough. They could do without his ignorant arrogance!
Once everyone had regained their confidence, Shikamaru turned to Naruto again!
Naruto had finally gotten his emotions under control and lifted his head to look at Shikamaru.
"Captain Shikamaru! I'll follow your lead this time!" Naruto told him.
Seeing that Naruto had finally sorted out his attitude, Shikamaru felt a weight lift from his heart.
Whatever else might be said about him, Naruto was still one of the strongest among the twelve of them. If he refused to follow orders, Shikamaru really would have a headache on his hands!
"Good! Since none of you have any objections, I'll lay out our plan for tomorrow's assessment!" Shikamaru clapped his hands and addressed everyone.
Everyone fell silent, waiting to hear what Shikamaru would say next!
"Since this is an assessment, all twelve of us will definitely have to take part. Do you have any preferences about competing in the individual matches or the team matches? In other words, does anyone want to face one of our predecessors one-on-one?" Shikamaru asked everyone.
"Me!" Sasuke was the first to step forward!
"Count me in!" Naruto stepped forward as well!
"C-count... count m-me... in too!" Seeing Naruto step forward, Hinata shyly spoke up.
"Me too!" Not wanting to be left behind, Rock Lee called out to Shikamaru!
"Lady Hinata! Please let me take an individual match instead!" Neji hurriedly spoke up when he saw Hinata volunteer.
"Excellent! Everyone's