A few months later...
"Hey, Dave, uh, are you free right now?"
Dave answered a call while busy slacking off at the company.
"...Sir, did you need something?" Dave paused in surprise.
"Well, Dave, let me ask you something. I'm your senior, aren't I?" Asura swallowed on the other end of the line and asked in a trembling voice.
"Uh, yes."
"Look, your senior's in a bit of trouble. Shouldn't you lend me a hand?" Asura asked quietly.
"Uh, yes."
"And besides, as the strongest man in the shinobi world, unrivaled, learned and talented, worldly and knowledgeable, a man of extraordinary intellect and vast learning, you're not just a prodigy in the shinobi world, but in business too..."
"Stop, stop, stop... Uh, sir, just tell me... what you need..." The flattery gave Dave a headache, and he hurriedly interrupted.
"Well, my grandmother thinks she's mastered her craft now, so she wants to innovate... She thinks boiling noodles has gotten a little boring... So now she's planning to boil lumps of dough... Are you free tonight...? Come help me out... My grandmother bought over eighty jin of flour..." Asura said in a trembling voice.
"...Well, sir... I'm tough in a fight, but I wasn't born under a lucky star... Why don't you ask Kakuzu or your uncle? They've both got lucky stars and lives that are even tougher. Right, right, there's Kagami too. I've got something to do here. Hanging up now." Dave hurriedly ended the call...
Dave sighed in relief and patted his chest...
Just then, the door was suddenly pushed open, and a furious figure stormed in...
"Stop, stop, stop! I'm the boss! Could you show me a little respect?!" Dave asked in exasperation as the furious figure barged straight in, completely disregarding his dignity as the boss.
"Hmph,