As for Naruto's request, Ge Liang couldn't be bothered to even acknowledge it.
Fight? Where would they fight? In the internet cafe?
Don't be ridiculous. Although the space inside the internet cafe was relatively spacious, it was only about ten square meters of free space, not nearly enough to fight in.
So, go outside and fight?
If they fought outside, wouldn't there be a risk of exposing their martial arts?
Alright, even if there was no one outside and no exposure.
But with Naruto's strength, Ge Liang had no interest in him whatsoever.
Fight Naruto?
He might as well go into the game and fight those top-tier NPCs.
Ge Liang had already mastered all kinds of top-tier martial arts, whether it was External Skill, Internal Skill, or Lightness Skill, to their maximum level, while Naruto was just starting out.
To use game characters as an analogy, Ge Liang could be considered the Central Divine in 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes,' while Naruto was only at the level of the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan. Their combat power was simply not comparable.
Although Ge Liang was a bit annoying, he didn't have the perverse pleasure of beating up children.
What's more, the Nine-Tailed Fox lived inside Naruto's body. What if Naruto, unwilling to lose during a fight, cheated and released the Nine-Tailed Fox?
Would his internet cafe still be able to operate then?
Once the Nine-Tailed Fox was exposed, Ge Liang would face enormous trouble.
Putting everything else aside, what if Hiruzen Sarutobi announced a blockade of this alley? Ge Liang currently didn't have the ability to directly confront the Third Hokage.
Ge Liang currently didn't have the ability to directly confront the Third Hokage.
So, no matter what, Ge Liang would not fight Naruto.
"Uncle, you're not afraid of losing, are you?"
Facing Ge Liang, who was unyielding, Naruto's mind suddenly became active, and he actually knew how to use provocation.
"Provocation doesn't work on me."
Ge Liang rolled his eyes at Naruto. This level of provocation would probably only fool Sasuke.
"What's useful or not useful, I don't understand what you're saying. In my opinion, you're just afraid of losing, afraid of losing to me, the future Hokage."
"How about this, Uncle? As long as you admit that you can't beat the future Hokage, Lord Naruto, then I'll let you off."
Looking at Naruto, who was full of himself, Ge Liang felt helpless.
"Alright, don't say I didn't give you a chance. As long as you answer a few questions I ask correctly, then I'll reluctantly have a match with you."
"Really?"
"Heh heh, who doesn't know that I, Ge Liang, keep my word?"
"Then go ahead and ask. Once I answer correctly, you'll fight me."
Having received Ge Liang's reply, Naruto was already rubbing his fists, eager to have a good fight with the boss.
Seeing Naruto's excited look, Ge Liang smiled slightly.
"Naruto, listen carefully. How many heads does a cow have?"
"One."
"Then how many hooves?"
"Four... Uncle, these questions are too simple. Do you have anything a bit harder?"
Apparently, Naruto, who had answered two questions correctly in a row, became overconfident and directly asked Ge Liang to increase the difficulty.
"Alright, you said it... A cow has one head and four hooves, so how much hair does it have?"
"Uncle, you..." ⊙ω⊙
Naruto's eyes widened. He had never expected a question to be asked like this.
"Heh heh, can't answer it, can you?"
Are you kidding? I'm a grown man, how could I not fool a hot-headed idiot?
"Since you can't answer, then the fight will be..."
"Wait, I thought of it!"
Just as Ge Liang was about to announce the cancellation of the match, Naruto suddenly shouted, "A cow has a whole body of hair!"
"Oh, not bad, you actually got that right."
Ge Liang was surprised. He didn't expect Naruto to be able to answer such a brain teaser.
"A piece of cake, mainly because I'm too smart. Uncle, keep going, do you have any harder questions?"
Heh heh, if I didn't know what kind of person you are, I almost would have believed you.
"Why?"
"What why?"
Evidently, facing the new question, Naruto, who was just happy, didn't react for a moment.
"A cow has one head, four hooves, and a whole body of hair, so why?"
"Why? How would I know why?"
Hearing this question, Naruto was almost going crazy.
You're talking about a cow, what does that have to do with him? How would he know so many 'whys'?
I think you, this thick-browed and big-eyed Internet Cafe Owner, are making things difficult for me, Uzumaki Naruto.
That's right, Ge Liang was indeed making things difficult for Naruto.
There was nothing he could do. He didn't want to fight Naruto, and Naruto was so persistent, so he resorted to this tactic.
"Heh heh, can't answer it, can you?"
After a long while, Naruto still couldn't come up with an answer, so he had no choice but to give up.
Looking at the disheartened Naruto, Ge Liang was in a good mood.
At this moment, he could finally understand the joy of those with perverse tastes.
So, bullying children could be so enjoyable.
"It should be 'feeding grass'."
Just as Naruto was disheartened and Ge Liang was enjoying himself, Hinata softly spoke the answer from the side.
Hearing the correct answer, Ge Liang gave Hinata a thumbs-up and said, "That's right, it's 'feeding grass'."
"What? There's even such a saying?"
"Of course there is such a saying. Didn't you see that I typed in Pinyin above, not Chinese characters?"
"What the hell is Pinyin? I think you're just making things difficult for me, Uzumaki Naruto! I can't take it anymore, take this move, Great Adamantine Palm!"
Naruto finally couldn't stand Ge Liang's shamelessness and launched a palm strike at him.
"Child's play."
Facing Naruto's Great Adamantine Palm, Ge Liang was completely unfazed. With a flash, he perfectly dodged the attack, then used the small-range movement ability of Flickering Shadow Step to move wildly around Naruto.
Naruto was completely bewildered by this erratic movement style. All he saw were Ge Liang's afterimages, making it impossible to target an attack.
"What kind of martial art is this?"
"This is called Soul Shifting Technique. When used to its full extent, it can make the target dizzy, lightheaded, and feel like they're floating to the heavens."
"So... so powerful!" ⊙▽⊙
"Naruto-kun, the boss is probably using Flickering Shadow Step."
Seeing that Naruto was about to be completely fooled by the boss, the kind Hinata spoke up to remind Naruto.
"You hateful old man, you lied to me again!"
"Haha, who told you to be so stupid... However, I didn't lie about this function. Are you starting to feel a little dizzy now?"
"Uh, my head is indeed a little dizzy. So... powerful Soul Shifting Technique."
Although the'Soul Shifting Technique' was good, it had a side effect.
This thing not only made the enemy dizzy, but most importantly, it also made himself dizzy.
Ge Liang had already been spinning for a minute, and fortunately, his internal power was profound, which prevented him from throwing up like Lau Yee-Tat in 'Forbidden City Cop'.
However, he was also nearing his limit at this point. Taking advantage of the fact that Naruto was already starting to feel dizzy, he felt it was time to end the battle.
"Swish~"
He acted on his thought. Ge Liang lightly tapped his feet, and with a shift, he circled behind Naruto. Before Naruto could react, he bent his legs into a half-squat, clasped his hands together to form the Tiger Seal.
Hinata wasn't a slacker like Naruto. She knew that the Tiger Seal was the starting hand sign for Fire Release, and subconsciously thought the boss might use Fire Release on Naruto. Frightened, she quickly called out to warn Naruto.
"Naruto, watch out behind you!"
"Too late."
Just then, Ge Liang accelerated, and the Tiger Seal directly plunged into Naruto's weakest Chakra point.
"Let me give you an early taste of the Konoha Secret Taijutsu Profound Truth: One Thousand Years of Death!"
"Ah~" (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)
Naruto, fell down!