In the middle of the street, Choza had partially used the Expansion Jutsu, making both arms three times their normal size. He locked hands with another huge, burly fat man, the two of them straining against each other.
"He can actually compete with Choza in raw strength?"
"There's a genin in Konoha who can withstand that Fuguki guy's power?"
Their respective teammates also watched each other with grave expressions.
There was no need to mention Choza's Ino-Shika-Cho teammates. As for the two teammates of the Kirigakure giant—
They looked about the same age as Karatachi Yagura and bore a seventy or eighty percent resemblance to him. They were probably relatives.
Both wore Kirigakure forehead protectors and, with equally terrible taste, slicked all their hair straight upward. They looked like two grayish-blue bamboo shoots—one bluer, the other grayer.
What caught Akashi's attention even more was that the gray-haired one wore two things that looked like curse-mark vessels as earrings. He did not know whether they were related to the man's abilities. The other carried two ninja swords on his back. There was a ninety percent chance he specialized in sword-based Taijutsu, and was even a rare dual-wielder.
"Hah!"
Just as the two sides remained evenly matched, sweat running down their cheeks, Choza suddenly exhaled with a shout. At the same time, his arms instantly shrank back to their original size while his body swelled like a balloon—
At the same time, Choza leaned backward. His balloon-like back hit the ground, flinging the muscular Kirigakure ninja opposite him into the air. With a bounce off Choza's belly, the man was launched away!
"Nice!" Akashi said, taking the lead in applauding.
He did not know how the conflict had started, but even if Choza had taken a dump in their bowls, Akashi would