Proving Oneself

Uchiha Yue and Mei Terumi had not been without arguments during their partnership, but this was the first time they had truly come into conflict.

However, the root cause of Uchiha Yue and Mei Terumi's dispute was not a clash of personalities. On the contrary, it was because both of them had forceful personalities.

A forceful man wanted to reason things out.

Just like Uchiha Yue. He believed his reasoning was sound, so naturally he wanted to act according to his own ideas. But when Uchiha Yue tried to reason with Mei Terumi, he forgot that Mei Terumi was not a man. He forgot that she approached matters through emotional thinking. Thus, the moment Uchiha Yue began reasoning with her, Mei Terumi became somewhat irritated. From her emotional perspective, she believed she possessed the strength to defeat two Sunagakure squads, so naturally she did not need Uchiha Yue's help.

Likewise, a forceful woman like Mei Terumi preferred to use her emotional judgment to make decisions.

As a result, a conflict naturally arose between reason and emotion, between Uchiha Yue and Mei Terumi. Neither could convince the other in their own way, so an argument was inevitable. That was the true reason behind their dispute.

If Uchiha Yue had been a little more accommodating toward Mei Terumi and tried to persuade her in a different way, things might not have become this bad.

On the other hand, if Mei Terumi had listened to Uchiha Yue's advice, their conflict would not have continued escalating.

At the final moment, the forceful Uchiha Yue and Mei Terumi still refused to yield to each other. An argument might have been the best outcome; the worst outcome, of course, would have been the collapse of their partnership. Fortunately, Uchiha Yue's forcefulness left a little room for