"Oi, Shikamaru! Long time no see!"
"Mou, Naruto-kun…you're so troublesome."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"I've been hearing some strange rumors…about a devil in red…a humanoid typhoon…"
"Eh he he he…what's any of that got to do with me?"
"Oh nothing…" Shika says as his eyes narrow. "Just that they say he uses a hunk of lost technology…and that he appeared after you...changed."
"Eh he he he? Sou ka?"