"Twenty people are on one ship, and thirty people are on another. You don't know any of these fifty people. Both ships spring leaks at the same time, but you can only repair one. If you choose to repair the ship with thirty people, the ship with twenty people that you're on will trap you there, not allowing you to leave until you've repaired their ship. The opposite is also true. What would you do?"
Utatane Koharu asked.
"I would choose to repair the ship with more people... the ship with thirty people."
Kakashi made a painful choice.
There was no other way.
Since he couldn't save all fifty people at once, he could only abandon the side with fewer people.
Mitokado Homura said, "Hyuga Sho."
"Yes. I would repair the ship I'm on until it reached the point where it wouldn't sink immediately, then go repair the other ship. By going back and forth, I could save everyone."
Hyuga Sho answered.
"Wrong!"
Kakashi frowned.
"You can only repair one ship. How can you run back and forth, repairing this one a little and that one a little?"
Kakashi wasn't the only one confused.
The others were equally baffled.
"Hyuga Sho, explain it to him," Utatane Koharu ordered.
"Kakashi... if I'm on the ship with twenty people, and those twenty people won't let me leave, I'll just knock them all out. Then I can go to the ship with thirty people."
"You can beat twenty people?!" Kakashi's eyes widened. He felt that Hyuga Sho was talking nonsense.
"Of course I can."
Hyuga Sho answered with complete confidence.
"If I can't beat them, that can only mean one thing."
Hyuga Sho spoke smugly.
"The twenty people's strength must be greater than mine. If they're stronger than me, do they even need