# E491 - Shikamaru’s Story, A Cloud Drifting in the Silent Dark, Part 3: Recklessness
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**[02:25] ---**
Are you all right, Lord Shikamaru?
**[02:28] ---**
I thought I might have
heard you groaning.
**[02:31] ---**
I've been having
strange dreams lately.
**[02:34] ---**
Don't tell me…
Is it some memory from the past?
**[02:38] ---**
You too?
**[02:40] ---**
The memories one wishes to forget most
tend to stick like glue.
**[02:45] ---**
It must be old age.
**[02:49] ---**
I'm only 19!
**[02:52] ---**
Have you noticed?
**[02:53] ---**
Even since we came here,
there's been no wind.
**[02:58] ---**
*Recklessness*
**[03:02] ---**
Yes, it's totally still.
**[03:05] ---**
I don't have a good feeling
about this at all.
**[03:08] ---**
*Hope she's faking*
*her death smoothly.*
**[03:13] ---**
To be killed with her own jutsu…
**[03:16] ---**
Talk about luck.
**[03:18] ---**
Anyone foolish enough to get killed
during an initiation test…
**[03:22] ---**
wouldn't have been any good.
**[03:27] ---**
You don't have to worry about Soku.
**[03:35] ---**
What is it?
**[03:37] ---**
Intel on Gengo, the guy
that controls this village.
**[03:40] ---**
Looks like it was collected by ANBU.
Want to read it?
**[03:45] ---**
It's smart to know
about one's target.
**[03:49] ---**
Let us see then.
**[03:53] ---**
This is…blank!
**[03:57] ---**
It means they couldn't learn
a single thing.
**[04:02] ---**
Just this one sheet?
**[04:05] ---**
Ten shinobi lost their lives for that.
**[04:09] ---**
It just doesn't make sense.
**[04:11] ---**
Let me have that.
**[04:16] ---**
I think it will be more useful
in the fire.
**[04:35] ---**
Oh, the dead have returned.
**[04:38] ---**
Looks like you pulled it off.
**[04:40] ---**
Pretending to be dead is like, creepy.
**[04:42] ---**
Otherwise, you would have become
a shinobi of this land.
**[04:47] ---**
You should be happy…
**[04:49] ---**
Now you can move around freely.
**[04:51] ---**
So? Did you learn anything?
**[04:54] ---**
Regarding Gengo, we have,
like, nothing.
**[04:57] ---**
And no one knows anything about
the inside of the castle.
**[05:00] ---**
It seems the man known as Gengo
rarely appears before others.
**[05:04] ---**
I learned one thing though.
**[05:06] ---**
That castle is known
as Fushu Castle.
**[05:09] ---**
Fushu?
**[05:10] ---**
As in prisoners of war…
**[05:12] ---**
A derogatory term used by
the mainstream for savage tribes
**[05:15] ---**
along the border.
**[05:17] ---**
Like, I can't believe anyone would
name their own castle such a name.
**[05:22] ---**
What of Sai?
**[05:24] ---**
Nothing at all.
**[05:26] ---**
Tsk… Well, it seems this Gengo
is a very cautious man.
**[05:31] ---**
He's worth looking into.
**[05:34] ---**
Okay, why don't we go
have some yakiniku…
**[05:43] ---**
Hey Pops! You call this yakiniku?
**[05:47] ---**
You can leave if you got
any complaints!
**[05:49] ---**
I didn't say I wasn't gonna eat it!
**[05:51] ---**
Everyone's short of supplies.
**[05:53] ---**
That's way better than nothing!
**[05:56] ---**
Like, there are guys from
all over the place.
**[05:59] ---**
People without money are probably
lured here by these requests.
**[06:03] ---**
How long since
you opened up shop?
**[06:07] ---**
About the same time Gengo came,
so around ten years.
**[06:11] ---**
This village was doing
worse back then.
**[06:14] ---**
This Gengo fellow is
an outsider too?
**[06:17] ---**
He and his gang showed up
out of the blue,
**[06:19] ---**
and kicked out
the domineering Feudal Lord.
**[06:22] ---**
Feudal Lords are all useless.
**[06:25] ---**
And did living conditions improve?
**[06:28] ---**
Well, what do you think?
Take a look around!
**[06:31] ---**
They're all Gengo's followers.
**[06:33] ---**
They boss everyone around.
**[06:35] ---**
It was great that he kicked out
the Feudal Lord…
**[06:38] ---**
but after that, he just took over.
**[06:42] ---**
I've seen that face somewhere…
**[06:45] ---**
I was just thinking the same thing.
**[07:04] ---**
There's no mistake.
**[07:05] ---**
That is Minoichi,
a former member of the ANBU.
**[07:08] ---**
I totally thought
he'd died somewhere.
**[07:11] ---**
I don't remember anyone
like him.
**[07:14] ---**
Well, no wonder.
This was during the last Great War.
**[07:19] ---**
He killed everyone in his unit
and went into hiding.
**[07:25] ---**
Damn it, I can't stand
the sight of him.
**[07:29] ---**
So, like, what's he doing here,
acting so high and mighty?
**[07:32] ---**
Well, we'll have to ask him
that directly.
**[07:54] ---**
Wh-Who are you guys?!
**[07:55] ---**
You can't run away anymore,
Mr. Minoichi.
**[07:58] ---**
I-I don't know that name!
**[08:01] ---**
Don't play dumb with me!
**[08:07] ---**
Shadow Paralysis Jutsu!
**[08:09] ---**
Clearly, you remember it…
**[08:11] ---**
If you're from Hidden Leaf Village,
**[08:14] ---**
you know just what this jutsu
can do, don't you?!
**[08:17] ---**
S-Stop!
**[08:18] ---**
You've moved up
in the world,
**[08:20] ---**
considering you killed
all your comrades.
**[08:22] ---**
Don't think you can get away
from shinobi law!
**[08:25] ---**
I-I'm not a shinobi anymore!
**[08:27] ---**
I'm a revolutionary!
**[08:29] ---**
A revolutionary?
**[08:30] ---**
All of you living your idle lives
in the stagnant world of shinobi
**[08:33] ---**
couldn't possible understand
our noble intentions!
**[08:37] ---**
Enough of your stupid arguments!
**[08:39] ---**
Or do you want me to
kill you right here?
**[08:42] ---**
S-Stop!
**[08:47] ---**
Now answer me!
**[08:49] ---**
Tell me all you know
about this guy, Gengo!
**[08:51] ---**
Start talking!
**[08:58] ---**
Lord Shikamaru!
**[09:07] ---**
Revolutionaries…earn that title when
they have had their eyes opened by
**[09:13] ---**
Lord Gengo's divine will.
**[09:18] ---**
That's pretty lofty talk.
**[09:21] ---**
This land does not need lowly men
like Feudal Lords.
**[09:25] ---**
We will create the ideal society
for the shinobi.
**[09:29] ---**
That's the true revolution
envisioned by Lord Gengo.
**[09:34] ---**
Lord Sai of the Hidden Leaf is supposedly
being held captive here.
**[09:37] ---**
Will you tell us where he is?
**[09:42] ---**
You're Ro, aren't you?
**[09:49] ---**
Who cares about shinobi law?!
**[09:52] ---**
I've had enough of dying for
the sake of Feudal Lords!
**[09:55] ---**
I'll do anything to protect myself!
**[09:58] ---**
Tsk…
**[09:59] ---**
At last, you revealed your true self.
**[10:01] ---**
A coward like you would
understand how I feel, right, Ro?
**[10:05] ---**
D-Don't!
**[10:08] ---**
What're you talking about?!
**[10:09] ---**
Don't you know what he did?
**[10:23] ---**
That pressure point paralyzes
the whole body.
**[10:25] ---**
He'll be out for a while.
**[10:27] ---**
Ro!
**[10:29] ---**
Are you okay, Ro?!
**[10:31] ---**
Ro!
**[11:07] ---**
You're up.
**[11:10] ---**
Like, you had me worried.
**[11:12] ---**
I was…dreaming.
**[11:17] ---**
It's okay if you don't wanna
talk about it.
**[11:21] ---**
It's funny how the memories
one wishes to forget most
**[11:25] ---**
tend to stick like glue.
**[11:28] ---**
It was back when
I was still a genin.
**[11:32] ---**
My unit was ambushed by
the enemy and…annihilated.
**[11:41] ---**
I was the lone survivor,
**[11:44] ---**
so I buried myself under
the corpses of my comrades…
**[11:48] ---**
and I suppressed my chakra for days,
pretending to be dead.
**[11:52] ---**
Thanks to the jutsu I mastered
during that time,
**[11:55] ---**
I was picked up by the ANBU.
**[11:58] ---**
But this jutsu is a cursed power…
**[12:01] ---**
acquired from the slaughter
of my comrades.
**[12:05] ---**
The same thing happened to me…
**[12:08] ---**
The revolutionaries are like,
gathering in the square.
**[12:14] ---**
They're planning something.
**[12:16] ---**
Let's go.
**[12:19] ---**
But we can't go looking like this.
**[12:26] ---**
We need like, two more.
**[12:37] ---**
Ro, is the chakra disguise ready?
**[12:40] ---**
I've already traced
the clothing's owner.
**[12:44] ---**
Soku, we're counting on you
if anything happens.
**[12:48] ---**
Soku, are you listening?
**[12:50] ---**
Hey, you!
**[13:01] ---**
Fix that collar!
**[13:03] ---**
Lord Gengo is going
to address us!
**[13:05] ---**
Shape up!
**[13:07] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[13:09] ---**
If you're not doing anything,
help with the preparations!
**[13:12] ---**
Understood?
**[13:14] ---**
Perfect timing, wasn't it?
**[13:17] ---**
It almost seems too perfect…
**[13:20] ---**
But we can't pass up this opportunity
if Gengo's gonna appear.
**[13:30] ---**
From this spot, we can get Gengo,
no matter where he tries to hide.
**[13:35] ---**
Soku, stay alert.
You've been spacing out.
**[13:38] ---**
What Minoichi was saying…
**[13:40] ---**
Huh?
**[13:41] ---**
Kick out the Feudal Lords and
create the ideal world for shinobi.
**[13:45] ---**
It's not a bad idea.
**[13:49] ---**
What are you saying?
**[13:52] ---**
I like, just can't accept this system
**[13:55] ---**
with useless Feudal Lords
at the top.
**[13:58] ---**
Don't deny ever thinking that too, Ro!
**[14:04] ---**
I get where you're coming from.
**[14:06] ---**
But focus on the mission right now.
**[14:09] ---**
Distraction leads to mistakes.
**[14:12] ---**
Like I need to be reminded.
**[14:27] ---**
The stage is undefended…
**[14:30] ---**
Either this Gengo is
really confident,
**[14:34] ---**
or really stupid.
**[14:40] ---**
He's finally going to appear.
**[14:42] ---**
Let's expose this guy
for what he really is!
**[14:52] ---**
First, I thank everyone who
has come together here.
**[15:02] ---**
Everyone…
**[15:04] ---**
The day is near for true revolution!
**[15:10] ---**
We'll have a better chance of catching
Gengo with Shadow Stitching
**[15:13] ---**
if we move up closer.
**[15:15] ---**
Follow me.
**[15:17] ---**
Tonight, I've planned
something special.
**[15:22] ---**
Allow me to introduce someone who tried
to obstruct our true revolution!
**[15:42] ---**
Sai!
**[15:46] ---**
Everyone…What shall this man's fate be?
**[15:49] ---**
Death!
**[15:50] ---**
A sacrifice for our revolution!
**[15:56] ---**
Your wishes have been heard.
**[16:00] ---**
With the red blood of this man,
**[16:02] ---**
the true revolution for justice
will take another leap forward!
**[16:12] ---**
Are you going to ignore Lord Sai?!
**[16:16] ---**
We're helpless against that crowd.
**[16:19] ---**
I'm gonna use this.
**[16:21] ---**
EXPLOSION
**[16:21] ---**
EXPLOSION
A diversion?
**[16:23] ---**
Ten years have passed quickly
since I rose up in this land.
**[16:26] ---**
Many comrades have joined me
and this land has started to flourish.
**[16:32] ---**
However…!
**[16:33] ---**
not a single one of
our hopes has yet been realized.
**[16:44] ---**
I want ask the citizens
of the Land of Silence!
**[16:48] ---**
This land under the rule
of the Feudal Lord…
**[16:50] ---**
and this land now—
which is the better world to live in?
**[16:55] ---**
Feudal Lords who have
nowhere near
**[16:56] ---**
our strength or intelligence
have ruled over the shinobi.
**[17:00] ---**
But that dark age is a thing of the past.
**[17:03] ---**
We, the revolutionaries,
will protect this land!
**[17:06] ---**
The wish of the revolutionaries
is to push forward
**[17:11] ---**
to make this land rich
and prosperous!
**[17:13] ---**
Damn it!
**[17:14] ---**
The ones who should rule this land
are not the Feudal Lords…
**[17:17] ---**
but we who possess
the power of shinobi!
**[17:20] ---**
Hey, Ro!
**[17:20] ---**
– This is no time to daydream!
– The shinobi is the key…
**[17:23] ---**
– Snap out of it!
– to make this land safe and just.
**[17:26] ---**
Lord Shikamaru!
**[17:27] ---**
– I was…
– It's been ten years since
**[17:29] ---**
EXPLOSION
**[17:30] ---**
I'm gonna rescue Sai.
**[17:32] ---**
When you see me go around
the back, lay it on real thick.
**[17:35] ---**
Got it?!
**[17:37] ---**
Understood!
**[17:40] ---**
Why must shinobi
be treated differently?
**[17:45] ---**
Why must we
be discriminated against?
**[17:51] ---**
Damn it!
**[17:52] ---**
He's using some weird trick!
**[17:56] ---**
Shinobi locked in the old ways,
content with their lot
**[17:59] ---**
content with discrimination,
content to be controlled, destroyed us!
**[18:03] ---**
Now hear me!
**[18:05] ---**
People of the Land of Silence
awaiting the dawn…
**[18:07] ---**
The sunlight of a new era shines
on the Land of Silence!
**[18:24] ---**
So, you've shown yourself, rat.
**[18:27] ---**
Your performance is over!
**[18:29] ---**
Protect Lord Gengo!
**[18:32] ---**
Lord Gengo, please take cover!
**[18:37] ---**
Sai, I've come to get you.
**[18:39] ---**
You'd better not be dead.
**[19:05] ---**
Cut it out, Sai!
**[19:07] ---**
I'm here to save you.
**[19:12] ---**
I've woken up.
**[19:15] ---**
You will soon
understand too, Shikamaru.
**[19:20] ---**
Sai, you!
**[19:22] ---**
Gengo, is this your doing?
**[19:26] ---**
How a shinobi of your stature would
be bound by old-fashioned laws,
**[19:32] ---**
is beyond my comprehension.
**[19:39] ---**
Shut up! Shut up!
**[19:43] ---**
Why do you suppress
your memories?
**[19:45] ---**
Are you afraid to face them?
**[19:48] ---**
You're not fooling me with
your pretentious talk!
**[19:52] ---**
Soku, do it!
**[20:01] ---**
Too bad.
**[20:03] ---**
Don't you dare do anything
to my comrades!
**[20:06] ---**
Do anything to them?
Of course, not.
**[20:08] ---**
I happen to like shinobi
with abilities.
**[20:20] ---**
And of course, you happen
to be one of them,
**[20:24] ---**
genius of the Hidden Leaf,
Shikamaru Nara.
**[20:36] ---**
It's no use.
**[20:38] ---**
Shikamaru, you must wake up too.
**[20:40] ---**
Stop messing around!
**[20:42] ---**
I just hate getting woken up
when I'm fast asleep!
**[20:56] ---**
Farewell…
**[21:04] ---**
To be continued
**[22:41] ---**
Shikamaru, it's useless to hide.
**[22:44] ---**
I can't use my shadows,
**[22:45] ---**
my field of vision has been taken away…
**[22:47] ---**
Calm down.
**[22:48] ---**
There's still a chance an opportunity
will present itself.
**[22:51] ---**
I could break through the enemy camp
with a Climbing Silver,
**[22:54] ---**
but a flying knight might fall prey
to a pawn.
**[22:56] ---**
Next time on Naruto Shippuden:
**[22:58] ---**
"Shikamaru's Story,
A Cloud Drifting in the Silent Dark, Part 4:
A Cloud of Suspicion"
**[23:03] ---**
I've no intention of becoming
a sacrificial pawn!
**[23:08] ---**
Tune in again!