Chapter 33 Untying the knot

"This time it's not a competition of distance, but a competition of power."

"The rule is that you can use chakra to throw a knife at the same big tree. Whoever throws the knife is more powerful."

Asuma added details of the second competition.

Che happily accepted.

The two held chakra daggers and each injected chakra into them.

This time Che did not use Six Eyes to copy Asma's method, but relied on his own understanding to inject chakra.

Che chose the thunder attribute chakra because Che felt that the thunder attribute was the most powerful among the five basic attributes.

Asuma chose wind attribute chakra, which is his strength.

After the two were ready, they threw the chakra knives in their hands almost at the same time.

The victim was a large tree surrounded by two people.

laugh! boom!

Two completely different voices came out, and the knives thrown by the two of them each caused considerable damage to the tree.

One of the knives penetrated the entire tree trunk cleanly, leaving a hole as thin as the knife in the middle of the trunk.

Another knife hit the trunk of the tree, causing a crater the size of a bowl. The knife penetrated deeply into the tree and was surrounded by scorch marks.

The former was thrown by Asuma, and the latter was thrown by Che.

Che and Asuma stepped forward to inspect their own and each other's knives.

Both of them were surprised by the other's strength.

Asuma's wind blade has strong penetrating power, while Che's thunder blade has strong destructive power. It's hard to tell them apart.

But at this moment, Che pulled out Asma's chakra knife and said, "You win, Asma."

Asuma looked at the place where Che had been looking at. It turned out that there was a stone that had just been cut in half by the force of the wind blade.

Asuma breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this and said, "Then let's go find Hong. It's not too early at the right time."

Che nodded, and the two then led the deer back to the wooden house and tied the deer outside the house.

The two quickly waited for Hong who returned to the cabin with a bag of ingredients. Che then explained the situation to Hong and asked Hong to think of a content for the competition.

Hong thought the two men in front of her were playing some childish game, and said, "Are you boys so childish? You are still competing, forget it, then you can compete to see who can prepare the ingredients for me first."

"We're going to eat potato stew tonight. One of you is responsible for cutting the potatoes, and the other is responsible for cutting the beef. Cut the potatoes and beef into pieces."

"I just happened to come to feed the deer."

Hong handed a bag of ingredients to Che, and then happily came to a few deer and looked at them with curiosity.

Che and Asma came to the kitchen and took out potatoes and beef. Che asked Asma: "Which one do you choose?"

Asma thought for a while and said, "I'll cut the beef."

Che happily handed the beef to Asma, while he washed the potatoes first. After completing the preparations, the competition was about to begin.

For the sake of fairness, Che and Asma used the same chopping board. Since there was only one kitchen knife, Asma's chakra knife was used. Che took four palm-sized potatoes, which were larger than Asma's hand. The beef served is not too big or too small.

The two of them shouted the countdown to three to two one, and then started at the same time.

Boom, boom, boom!

Che held the chakra knife and began to cut the potatoes quickly. The chopping board made a clanging sound. The potatoes were quickly cut into thick slices and then cut into pieces.

There was much less movement on Asuma's side. If you look closely, you can see that the chakra knife is infused with sharp wind-attribute chakra.

This allowed Asma to cut beef like a fish in water, and her speed was no slower than Che's.

The two of them finished the work at the same time. At this time, Hong opened the door and complained: "Why is only one of these deer willing to eat the grass I feed? Hey, you have already cut it, who is faster?" "

Che and Asuma replied: "Just as fast."

Ever since, Hong walked into the kitchen and started checking the quality of their work.

At this time, Kurenai noticed something strange and looked straight at Asuma's beef. Looking down, she finally realized something was wrong.

I saw Yuhi Hong trying to pick up the chopping board, but only picked up a wooden block, and then pushed the chopping board, and the entire chopping board was scattered on the table.

It turns out that the chopping board and the beef were cut off by Asuma.

A trace of black line appeared on Yuhi Hong's face, and she said speechlessly: "There are only two cutting boards here. Really, I can't even cut the beef, so you cut it on the cutting board too. Are you too impatient?"

When Asuma heard Yuhi Kurenai's criticism, he lowered his head and did not dare to answer.

"Okay, okay, you two, stop making trouble. Now I'll clean up the mess for you. You two just wait for dinner."

In this way, Che and Asuma were kicked out of the cabin by Hong.

Outside the house, Asma saw the moon appearing in the night sky through the gap between the trees, and felt an inexplicable melancholy in her heart that she wanted to smoke a cigarette.

"I lost," Asma said.

"Well, yes, you lost, but 2-1, you're not bad." Che replied.

Asma smiled bitterly and said, "This is indeed my honor."

Asuma initially thought that she could accept failure calmly, but now it seems that her thoughts at that time were still too naive.

When failure really comes, even if Asma can find out that his opponent is Uchiha Che or other reasons, it is still difficult for Asma to pass the hurdle in his heart.

Che suddenly said, "I think Hong's last sentence was quite good."

Asuma reacted for a moment, remembering Kurenai's last words, and then murmured: "Are you too hasty? Yes, I am too hasty."

Asma finished speaking, thought for a long time, and then exhaled: "Oh, yes, I am so impatient that I want to get rid of your shadow through three simple competitions."

"It seems that I have overthought it. You are still my lingering shadow." Asma said this, but she smiled instead.

"But this at least shows that I'm not inferior to you in everything. My wind escape is still better than yours, right?" Asma looked at Che with a smile.

Che nodded and said: "I am indeed not as good as you in the use of wind attribute chakra."

Asuma received the affirmation, and the long-standing knot in his heart suddenly untied.

Asma smiled and said, "If you want to learn, I can teach you."

Che happily accepted this condition and said at the same time: "Then I will also teach you a move."

Asuma asked: "Isn't it the move that Minato Jonin used? Did you exchange it with Kakashi like this last time?"

Che was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud and said, "You're really smart. You guessed it right, it's the Rasengan move, but I still have to let Minato Jonin confirm it."

Asuma happily accepted.

After Asma opened her heart, the conversation between the two also opened up, and they chatted about everything from time to time.

"Do you like hunting?" "I've never tried it." "I can teach you stone throwing and archery, the two most practical hunting methods." "Okay, then I'll teach you how to play shogi." "Do you like to play shogi? This is not something only old people like." "You are not more old if you like shamisen."

Until Yuhi Hong opened the door of the cabin and shouted outside: "It's time to eat!"

Che and Asma just walked into the wooden house and enjoyed the sumptuous dinner together.

Hong noticed that the relationship between the two people in front of her seemed to have improved. She was confused for a moment and thought to herself: "The relationship between boys is really strange."

Tonight, Uchiha Che and Sarutobi Asuma fell asleep on the same bed, resting on their feet.