I'm hungry

Chapter 72: I'm Hungry

As the big screen turned again,

Kiba looked at Shiga Taketake, who returned to the field. His eyes flashed as

he noticed Kiuchi Taketo standing in the stands, showing no signs of injury.

Didn't Yukina just make him vomit blood? How is he

healed already?

"Yukina, didn't you hit him

hard just now?" Kiba asked suddenly.

Yukina, focused on the big screen,

was startled by Kiba's question but quickly realized he was referring to her

fight with Kiuchi Taketo.

"No, it wasn't that hard. The

goal was to knock him unconscious," Yukina replied.

The goal was to knock him unconscious... but judging

by her tone, she was merciful, yet the attack wasn't light.

Is he really okay so quickly?

"What's wrong?" Hirohiko

asked, noticing Kiba's concern.

"No, I just care about Kiuchi

Taketo and Shiga Taketake a little bit," Kiba replied absentmindedly.

"Shiga Taketake has three

points, Kiuchi Taketo lost one point," Hirohiko informed.

Three points? This Shiga Taketake has already won

three matches? Kiba

was startled.

"Yes, he participated in the

eleventh match just now, and won the eighth and tenth matches earlier. It seems

Kiuchi Taketo hasn't fought yet," Yukina explained.

Kiba involuntarily glanced at

Shiga Taketake again, noticing Hyuga Yutaka seemed to be looking there too.

Has Hyuga Yutaka noticed him too? Kiba frowned, looking away and focusing on

the big screen.

Fighting Shiga Taketake is out of the question. He's

already confirmed his promotion with three wins. I can't touch him.

And Kiuchi Taketo's swordsmanship is a great threat.

As Kiba pondered, his stomach

growled loudly, breaking his thoughts.

I'm hungry!

"Cough!" Kiba coughed

lightly, turning away to avoid the eyes attracted by his stomach growl.

"Hirohiko, Yukina, do you

have anything to eat? I'm hungry," Kiba lowered his voice as much as

possible, speaking to his friends.

After the battle with Hyuga

Yutaka, his physical strength was almost exhausted, and now his stomach

protested loudly. Distracted by Taki Maya's truth earlier, he hadn't realized

his hunger until now.

Kiba clutched his stomach

subconsciously.

I can bear all kinds of pain, but hunger is

unbearable. Maybe it's because I was a foodie in my previous life, or it could

be the gluttonous instinct from eating char siu ramen in this life. Either way,

I really can't handle hunger.

At that moment, the big screen

stopped, and the next match participants were revealed.

Kiuchi Taketo VS Okita Goro.

Although interested in Kiuchi

Taketo, Kiba was more concerned about his own hunger and didn't even look at

the screen.

"Military ration pill."

Hirohiko took out a black pill from his supply bag and handed it to Kiba.

Kiba took it and leaned over to

smell it.

This smell... doesn't feel good.

Instinctively, Kiba refused to eat

it.

Hirohiko watched Kiba's reaction,

almost laughing out loud. He looks like some kind of animal...

"I still have some rice balls

here, do you want to eat?" Yukina offered, pulling out two rice balls.

Seeing the perfect triangular rice

balls made of snow-white rice and black seaweed, Kiba quickly stepped forward,

taking the rice balls that were several times bigger than Yukina's palm and

eagerly biting into them.

Seeing Kiba's delight in eating, a

slight blush flashed across Yukina's face, and a beautiful smile appeared on

her lips.

Hirohiko noticed and snickered

internally. I'm

sure these rice balls were made by Yukina, and they're specially for Kiba.

There's meat!

Kiba bit into some sweet,

irresistible juice, unmistakably gravy, followed by a large piece of tender

meat.

"Woooo... Thank you so much,

Yukina," Kiba mumbled, wolfing down the rice balls.

Yukina's face flushed deeper, her

smile growing even more beautiful.

Hirohiko turned his head, his

shoulders shaking with silent laughter.

If there's meat, it's 100% specially made for Kiba.

After finishing the rice balls,

Kiba felt the hunger completely disappear. Most of his fatigue from physical

exhaustion had faded, and he even felt he could enter Life Gate mode again.

After resting a while, his

physical strength would almost recover.

Kiba looked at the military ration

pill in his hand, smelled it again, and moved it away with a look of disgust

before embarrassedly returning it to Hirohiko and putting it in his pocket.

At that moment, there was an

announcement on the field.

"The Chunin Exam, second

trial, twelfth match, Kiuchi Taketo wins!"

Along with the announcement,

surprised whispers filled the stands.

"Hey, did you see that? He

took down Goro in an instant!"

"Goro specializes in

swordsmanship too, and he was cut down so quickly? Just kidding!"

"Is this really the guy who

was at the bottom of the class? He's so strong!"

"I'm not confident facing

someone this skilled. Can swordsmanship be this powerful?"

Hearing the murmurs, Hirohiko and

Kiba looked toward the field. Kiuchi Taketo put away his sword, snorting at

Okita Goro, "Don't underestimate me. Whether you're a genius of

swordsmanship or not, I'm much stronger than you!"

Cold and arrogant words.

Okita Goro was unconscious, being

carried out of the field. Kiuchi Taketo glanced at Hyuga Yutaka, snorted

disdainfully, and left the competition field.

Namikaze Minato watched his back. As the reports said, this

kid is extreme.

Kiba and Hirohiko exchanged solemn

glances. Although they hadn't seen Kiuchi Taketo's performance, they sensed it

was unusual.

At that moment, the big screen

started to rotate again, and the first name stopped.

Hirohiko Uchiha!

"It's my turn," Hirohiko

said, but his eyes remained on the returning Kiuchi Taketo.

"Yeah," Kiba replied.

Yukina seemed to recover from her

thoughts, stepping forward. "Good luck," she said to Hirohiko.

At that moment, the second name

stopped.

Taki Kiba!

Hirohiko was taken aback.

Yukina was taken aback.

Kiba was also taken aback.

Next match: Uchiha Hirohiko VS

Taki Kiba!