Ch 136 : Hibachi's victory

"For this match, Hibachi is the victor!"

Sanada announced.

Mei Terumi was in a state of absolute silence. The eyes she used to look at Hibachi were pretty strange.

For the last battle, there was nothing wrong with Hibachi's strategy and Chojuro's loss could only be attributed to himself.

Nonetheless, there was something in her heart that felt Hibachi didn't win by virtue of his strength. Rather, he just used Chojuro's psychological weakness to his advantage.

"My god, he really won"

Karin rubbed her eyes forcefully. She felt that he was dreaming.

For the last few months where Sanada was not in Konoha, she was the closest to Hibachi, and she obviously knew Hibachi strength very well. And for Hibachi to be able to win against Chojuro, it was some sort of miracle.

When everyone was still trying to digest the result of this battle, only Sanada displayed a wide and carefree smile on his face.

Just now, he had heard the system prompt saying that the mission had been completed, and it gave birth to happiness in his heart.

Nonetheless, he couldn't stay in this euphoric state for too long.

There were still things for him to do here.

Sanada turned his head around, where he saw Mei Terumi's beautiful face was wide in shock.

Looking at her like this, if Sanada was to just let her be, this thing might have a detrimental effect on her relationship with Konoha. Therefore Sanada needed to show his goodwill here.

He opened his storage scroll and took out the same ore that he had offered to Mei Terumi before, and threw it at her.

" Here, catch!"

" ???? "

" Hey, don't look at me like that! In the last battle, Hibachi only won because of some tactics and not with his own strength. Furthermore, Chojuro didn't use his sword in that last battle. Therefore, I couldn't really judge this battle as Hibachi's victory. At most, it would just be a draw."

Hearing this reasoning, a smile arose on Mei Terumi's face.

Handsome, strong, and sensible, it was such a pity that he wasn't born in Kirigakure. If not, maybe they could produce the strongest kid in the future.

Still, Mei Terumi quickly took back that thought in her heart. There were no if's, and since she had gotten the ore, there was no use to prolong this matter anymore.

Mei Terumi was just about to say something to Sanada, but soon she noticed that Sanada was walking in Chojuro's direction.

A frown grew on her face but realizing that Sanada had no malicious intention, She decided to just stay here and watch what Sanada would do.

"Well fought!" Sanada praised Chojuro, but it seemed more like to threw shade after Chojuro had lost.

In this kind of situation, even someone like Chojuro felt that Sanada's method was too shameless.

"Humph…"

Chojuro turned his head away as if he didn't want to hear Sanada's words. But even after being treated like this, Sanada just displayed a slight smile.

" You think I'm here to throw shade on you, right?"

" *Sigh* The reason I'm saying Well fought is not to throw shade on you.... Instead, it was because you have really shown a good fight. You might have lost now, but take this loss as a lesson and never make the same mistakes again in the future. After all, losing in a spar is better than in real battle, right?"

Chojuro was so emotional that he couldn't manage to talk. He kept silent as he also saw there was some truth in Sanada's words.

On the side, Mei Terumi who saw this, also displayed a surprised look. She was interested in what Sanada was about to do, but this was clearly exceeded her expectations. Now she became more and more interested in this young Jonin.

"Chojuro, you are actually a talented Genius. Sadly, your will is too weak, and you are caught unprepared by the opponent's method, resulting in your mind being shaken in the psychological battle. Otherwise, given your strength, the battle wouldn't be this one-sided.

Try to remember this battle. A battle was not only a contest between who was stronger, but also tougher in both physically and mentally."

Sanada listed the reasons for Chojuro's defeat as he gave advice about what should he do about it.

This might not give him any benefits, but Sanada just couldn't let someone as talented as Chojuro be down just because of this battle. After all, Chojuro would also later become a pillar of the ninja world.

Chojuro bitterly laughed. He stood up straight, and his hands were at the sides of his legs as he bowed. "Thank you for the advice.."

"As for Hibachi, don't be happy just because you win this one. This is a one time only, and if you was to battle Chojuro again, I don't believe you could pull the same trick." Sanada continued.

" Thank you for the advice Sensei!"

Hibachi also bowed at Sanada.

At the end of the day, the battle was finished with a lesson from Sanada, and it somehow was able to make Mei Terumi felt closer to him.

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