Chapter 380: Choji and Karui
You're strong?
Several of the muscular men from the Cloud Village laughed, and even C, the fair-skinned handsome man, found it amusing.
How much strength can a fatso from Konoha have?
Muscle is strength! In their eyes, fat was a sign of laziness, weak will, and not being manly enough.
Although there was no saying "real men pilot mechs" here, the meaning was the same.
They had no confidence in Choji at all and just found it funny.
They felt that the fatso from Konoha had completely misunderstood the occasion.
Then they saw Choji lunge forward and punch, shattering a stone half a man's height with one blow!
"The stone isn't hard enough. Can you give me a harder one?" The fatty's fist was a bloody mess, and white bone could even be faintly seen, but he didn't even look at it. He let his body consume fat to self-repair, and at this moment, he pursed his lips and said with a particularly serious expression.
The Cloud Village had so many muscular men who usually practiced their strength with millstone-sized rocks. If you said they lacked something else, maybe, after all, the environment was harsh. But stones? They had plenty of stones.
The Fourth Raikage said loudly, "Good kid, a bit interesting. C, go to my backyard and bring some granite."
"Yes, Lord Raikage."
"Bang!"
"Crack!"
"Boom!"
Choji remembered Shikamaru's words. While maintaining his politeness, he used all his strength to hit the stones. It didn't matter why; he just had to hit them.
One stone after another was brought up, and one after another was shattered by him.
The many stones earned him comments like "too small," "not hard enough," and "hitting it feels soft."
Ino closed her eyes slightly and used her sensory communication ability to connect with Shikamaru and Choji. The two of them cheered the fatty on while observing the expressions of the Fourth Raikage and the others, adjusting their lines accordingly.
"Today, there was no me, but today, there should be me. I will not lose!"
"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river. Don't look down on any plump man!"
"Heaven did not give birth to me, Akimichi Choji, the eons were like a long night! This is a punch that contains all my beliefs!"
The Fourth Raikage's expression gradually became moved. He had seen Akimichi clan ninjas on the battlefield and knew the Akimichi clan's secret techniques, but this was the first time he had seen the fatty use a technique of breathing to agitate his fat.
As one of the top taijutsu masters of his time, he could see the value of this breathing method at a glance.
He also felt a sense of empathy for the fatty's gritted persistence.
He had always believed that only those who painstakingly honed their taijutsu could be called true ninjas. People like Ino and Minato Namikaze, who had reached the same level as him at a young age with just a few ninjutsu—from the bottom of his heart, he looked down on them. They were not on the same path, and those with different paths could not conspire together.
The Fourth Raikage was impatient. Now that Choji was pleasing to his eye, he felt this little fatty was a talent.
At this moment, he couldn't help but think, Maybe I shouldn't marry Karui off so far away. Just let the rest of the Konoha ninjas get lost and keep this little fatty in the Cloud Village.
The Fourth Raikage's thoughts ran wild.
As one of the protagonists, Karui was somewhat moved. At first, she looked down on Choji, but after the fatty shouted and shattered a two-meter-high boulder with one punch, this black beauty's expression gradually changed.
Observing closely now, this fatty was quite good-looking.
"That's not right!" When Choji shattered the sixth boulder, Karui discovered the key point. This good-looking-ness was not her illusion, but that this guy was getting thinner! With each punch, a large amount of fat in his body burned, and he would become a circle thinner.
Soon, a Choji with sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, known as the second most handsome man in Konoha, appeared.
The Fourth Raikage had a sharp eye. He could see at a glance that fat Choji couldn't beat Karui, but thin Choji completely suppressed Karui in terms of strength and speed. The second round of the martial arts marriage proposal agreed upon earlier was no longer necessary.
He shouted very directly to Karui, "How about it? Karui, are you satisfied with this little fatty? Why don't we just pick him?"
Even though the men and women of the Cloud Village were extremely forthright, Karui still blushed at this moment. She was, after all, a 15-year-old girl. How should she answer this kind of question?
C knew that the Fourth Raikage's straightforward man problem had flared up again. How could it be so fast? Even if you go to the market to buy pork, you have to bargain a bit.
This marriage was just a facade. In secret, they still had to communicate with Konoha on many aspects.
You, old man, finished it in a few words. If the people from Konoha turn around and leave, a lot of my work here won't be able to be done.
He quickly stepped forward to smooth things over. "You young people still need to communicate more. Hmm, hmm, communicate more to enhance mutual understanding…"
He and Darui, one on the left and one on the right, forcibly dragged the Fourth Raikage away.
The Fourth Raikage was at a loss. What does this mean? I think the little fatty is pretty good. Do you have a different opinion?
Karui secretly breathed a sigh of relief. From the looks of it just now, she almost thought she would be having a blind date in the morning and marrying off to Konoha in the afternoon.
Karui was graceful and composed. When Choji mentioned he was a little hungry, she immediately led the group to eat and take a stroll in the Cloud Village.
Once she left the Cloud Village, it would probably be difficult for her to return in the future.
Ino didn't go strolling with them. Instead, she went to the Raikage's office for a secret meeting at the village level with C and the Fourth Raikage's advisor, Dodai.
The conflict between the two sides was very sharp, but Jiraiya still wanted to make a final effort and didn't want to tear apart the last piece of peace in the ninja world.
The Fourth Raikage did not attend this meeting. C and Dodai could completely represent him.
The result of the negotiations between the two sides was no result. The concessions Konoha could make were extremely small. The Cloud Village wanted more, and the conflict was completely irreconcilable.
Ino returned to her residence, took up a pen to write a letter to the village, describing how the negotiations on her side had reached a stalemate and that she was waiting for further orders, then sent the messenger hawk flying.
"Miss Yamanaka." A male ninja suddenly appeared in the shadows behind her.
Ino turned her head.
This man with pale skin, his face as calm as a pool of stagnant water, who usually looked normal but wore a midriff-baring outfit in battle—she recognized him at a glance.
This was the number one live-in son-in-law of Naruto, the man who married into the Yamanaka family in the original timeline and changed his name to Sai Yamanaka.
Ino felt a bit strange. Her first formal meeting with Sai was actually in the Cloud Village. But she had seen many big storms and at this moment, she acted as if she didn't know him at all, asking with a trace of doubt, "Who are you?"
"I am a subordinate of Lord Danzō. There is an important mission that requires Miss Yamanaka's assistance."
He had just started his sentence when Ino understood. This is asking me to take the blame! Danzō thinks so highly of himself!
"Do you have any proof of your identity?"
Sai handed her a scroll. Ino checked the sealing mark and then opened the scroll using the method of the Jounin squad.
Inside was indeed a command letter personally written by Danzō.
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