"They already said it all, didn't they? Still, they seemed to have a pretty good relationship. Legend says Kintoki was the son of the Red Dragon, so that made him a half-yokai, right? No, he should have been half-ogre."
Sakata Kintoki's words gave Shen Fei and Shuten Doji the same thought. Shen Fei merely kept it to himself, while Shuten Doji said it outright. From her words, it was clear that she and Sakata Kintoki likely shared some unknown history. Shen Fei's knowledge of Sakata Kintoki came entirely from legends, so he only knew the general outline, not the specifics.
Strictly speaking, Sakata Kintoki was not half-ogre, but an ogre's child. His strength and lightning came from his parents' bloodline. He had originally lived in the mountains, but when the Genji warriors went to subjugate ogres, he encountered Minamoto no Yorimitsu and was adopted by her. Because of his blond hair and blue eyes, he suffered no small amount of discrimination as a child. Back then, people feared him on sight—the complete opposite of how crowds now welcomed him whenever he walked down the street.
In some ways, Sakata Kintoki resembled Naruto. Both had been bullied and feared as children, then earned recognition through their own efforts.
"Watanabe no Tsuna says Kintoki goes easy on ogres, but isn't he doing the same thing himself?" Shen Fei then turned to watch Watanabe no Tsuna's battle with Ibaraki-Doji. Their fight was fierce, but Watanabe no Tsuna was primarily defending and hardly retaliated at all.
Since Sakata Kintoki and Shuten Doji were only trading barbs instead of fighting, Shen Fei shifted his attention to Watanabe no Tsuna and Ibaraki-Doji's battle. Then he realized that Watanabe no Tsuna was holding back against Ibaraki-Doji. With his strength, he could have cut off her head completely,