Shikamaru: I originally just wanted to be a ninja and make some money.
Naruto: Why did you steal my position as the Seventh Hokage?
Shikamaru: Wife? I just want to marry an ordinary woman who is neither beautiful nor ugly and have two children, first a girl and then a boy. I will retire after my children get married and my son becomes independent.
Single Xiao Li: You have more than one wife! One of them is still the beauty of Suna Ninja Village!
Shikamaru: In my free time, I play chess or Go with my friends, live a leisurely and secluded life, and then die of old age before my wife. This is my ideal.
Village chiefs: I believe you, you idiot!
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.