The group walked towards a steakhouse nearby with first class taste and services at the recommendation of Mika, who was a local and liked meat.

Everyone except Naruto and those who didn't fight were starving as they had depleted their Ki levels to the minimum point.

Ki was connected to the body directly as it was the physical force, so when it got low the user was low on stamina and energy to operate.

Walking as a group caused a scene as people moved away from them and took pictures. They were all famous martial artists with a good reputation.

"I heard from someone that you might come for me. What do you think?" Naruto asked as he walked beside Zangief

Zangief was a huge man of 3 m height. His frame was muscular but flexible. He had Mohawk and a beard. His body was covered in scars from his training and fights. He was well known in the circle as the tank. His durability was very high and his attacks were very heavy.

Naruto had taken him by surprise as he hadn't thought someone was holding back on him. He was famous worldwide so such a thing wouldn't happen normally.

He was taken by surprise before Ki enhancement was used or he would have easily taken the hit. Zangief was the person that could take Naruto's physical attacks at the moment unless he mastered Tsunade's skill or further improved his enhancement.

He could take missiles to his body and come out fine.

He was a national Russian hero who is always seen fighting for the glory of his country.

Born and raised in the Soviet Union, Zangief was an incredibly patriotic character who had been motivated in some way to fight for his Motherland. Zangief has always been a very fearless and tactical fighter who was prone to quick temperaments, and was always very competitive. He was immensely proud of his physique, and constantly belittled his opponent's smaller muscular build and blaming their losses on their smaller physique. His win quotes often consists of critiques towards his specific opponents about their lack of power, or him telling his opponents to build more muscle.

Despite his short temper, Zangief had shown himself to be rather gentle-natured with a good sense of humor at times, once entering a tournament partly to win the admiration of a group of school children. Zangief could be easily misled by his overwhelming sense of patriotism for his home country. It was used by the President who used it to make Zangief travel the world to train and fight primarily to boost his own prestige abroad, although Zangief failed to realize this and continued to fight for the glory and honor of Russia, no matter what the reason may be.

While not fighting, Zangief enjoyed hopak (Cossack dancing), and eat borscht. Some of the things which he does not like includes young women (because he views them as a distraction), bears that do not know how to wrestle properly, and) projectiles such as Hadokens, Yoga Fires, and Tiger Shots.

"Haha, you have an interesting friend there. They are right. I am a challenger and no matter how hard it gets, I will always go back unless I am dead." Zangief laughed and patted his back.

His large steel like hand patting him was really painful and if he was a normal person than it might have shattered his bones.

It was something casual but carried force enough to destroy metallic structures with ease.

Looking at his friendly expression, Naruto could see he wasn't a bad man even though he had worked with Shadaloo in the past. He must have been misled or he had a reason for such a thing since he left the evil forces once defeated by Ryu.

"Actually I look forward to a proper fight since I heard only good things about you. Tomorrow morning, let's do it." Naruto replied with confidence as he looked at the giant man.

Laura and Blanka could have affected him with their lightning if he hadn't countered with wind. It would have made the battle more interesting but that would have been too much.

He couldn't dishonor others or take up bad habits like that with real fighters. He was already holding back from using his actual killer moves.

They were good but all of them were just in the chuunin category at the moment while even Jounin couldn't fight him.

He needed someone that was fast, flexible and durable for a proper fight.

Eliza was the only one who could fight but he was holding back until she got back into shape. She was the strongest person he had met in this world but he wasn't user where to place her.

In his world the only person stronger than him was Pain that he knew off. Behind him in power was Jiraiya and then Killer Bee.

Using eight tails Killer Bee would be the strongest being alive and none could survive his attacks.

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But he had a laid back personality that the Akatsuki utilized and Obito's intangibility to slip away with pieces from his octopus form.

Taking him down was impossible but killed him was possible for someone like Obito. This was not their goal so it had been a hard fight for them to get the piece.

Naruto had heard that mountain ranges had disappeared because of the fight.

It had been an eye opening statement and he realized how powerful the Kyuubi really was.

"Wonderful. It is a welcome surprise to see such a personality. This is how men should live. Embrace the challenges and improve." Zangief said in a loud voice as he felt excited by his answer.

"Quiet down Zan, you are causing ear problems for everyone." Laura slowed down and walked beside them.

"Apologies, I let my joy cause disturbance." Zangief saw that he had indeed been too loud and apologized. He was kind hearted person so he didn't like to disturb people.

"Chill, it wasn't serious. I wanted to ask about your training, how is it going now?" Laura asked as they were rivals in a way. She was faster than him and could counter his fighting style while he was too durable to get hurt by her attacks.

"I have been preparing to challenge a volcano and dive into the lava soon, to improve my physique by another level. My Ki has increased a lot those days but I need some time to adjust myself to it, so I will be gone for a few months after two days." Zangief replied with a challenging tone. He was telling her that she was far behind him now.

Laura didn't need to read the subtitles to understand what he meant from his tone.

"You are one crazy bastard that's for sure but, don't think about leaving me behind. I am planning a train montage as well and you will understand the might of Matsuda style and lightning." Laura replied with spirit, there was no backing down between them.

Hearing those words, Naruto remembered diving into a volcano and getting hit by lighting countless time during his training.

It was a crazy time indeed and it helped him build resistance against the elements. Plus build higher affinity for them.

It caused Sasuke's attack's to weaken against him and when they met for the first time after so long, he only survived the battle because of the enhancements from Orochimaru.

From his expression even Sasuke understood this point but it seems he had already expected such a thing so he didn't explode into anger like back in the days.

"I look forward to that day. Oh yeah, Naruto. What about you? What training methods do you employ?" Zangief and Laura turned to him.

"Yeah, yeah, come on. Don't keep it a secret and I might give you a surprise." Laura winked at him as she held his arm.

She liked teasing others with her body. She knew what it did to them and found it amusing.

She wasn't promiscuous but did enjoy romantic flings here and there when she liked someone, though she had yet to actually fall in love with anyone. Seeing how her fellow fighters were like, she doubted anything was going to happen any time soon since only Ken got married and he left the martial world.

"I have bathed in lave, lighting, huge storms, survived earthquakes, fought giant monsters, fought multiple masters at the same time, taken hits to the body directly that broke my bones and almost tore through my body, extreme weights in the thousands of tonnes and continuous training for atleast 15 hours a day for two years with some breaks in between for enjoyment." Naruto didn't mind sharing such knowledge. It wasn't some secret learning technique, just some extreme measures.

"I thought he was insane. Your training schedule is crazy. I can see how you became like this. But, what do you mean by thousands of tonnes training. Were you actually carrying giant ships on your back or something?" Laura asked as he wasn't clear with it and Zangief also employed such weight training since small weights didn't challenge his muscles anymore.

He could lift 2000 tonnes with Ki enhancement and was aiming for 100,000 tonnes before his death. It was the ultimate goal, to become the apex of physical power.

Naruto could lift more than a 1000 tonne because of his strong body and high class enhancement. It was the difference in reserves.

Zangief didn't have much compared to him and couldn't train as much as him.

What he did in a year would take him many years.

"That's a secret. You can only have it if you are mine." Naruto said with a smile as he slapped her ass. It had been teasing him for too long.

Laura smiled at his reaction and words, she didn't mind it. She felt like trying it out with him since she was single at the moment.

It could be fun and lucrative.

"What does that mean?" Laura asked as she slapped his ass

"Serve under my rule, as simple as that. You should know that I am a future leader, so it's expected of me." Naruto used that as a bait to attract these fishes. They had potential to grow stronger if he allowed them to use the seals.

"What if I became your girl?"

"I would still not give until the relation is stable."

"You are a hard nut to crack…and something else is hard as well." Laura whispered into his ear and he realized that his body had ended up reacting to her body sticking to him.

Holding onto her ass with his left hand, he massaged it and wanted to do so much more but there were people around him so he activated the pain seal.

His body jolted from the intense pain, killing his boner.

Laura was surprised at his reaction as she thought he would end up becoming too horny and would ask her out, though she wouldn't have gone as that would make her too easy.

"Would serving under you affect my country?" Zangief wasn't very quick with the head in complex matters so it took time for him to think these things through.

"Yes, and in a good way. Plus, if you serve under me than you also get my protection."

"Hmm, I will decide after the battle. I need to know with my body, if it's worth it or not."

"I will make sure that you understand the point tomorrow." Naruto smiled and Zangief felt a chill.

"You said that you were going to be leader of a village. Does it have only one style or does it have multiple styles?" Laura asked as she wanted to more about his place.

"Multiple styles, so you can keep your Matsuda style and attract people from village to join it. You could also learn the other styles to improve your own."

"What else do you have to offer, other than the secret to your weight training?"

"By joining me you could get intense sparing, help with increasing reserves, healing, techniques, protection and money. Is that enough?"

"I believe in action, if you can prove all these things then I am willing to join."

Naruto stared at her for a moment, "Tomorrow come with Zangief and we will talk about it."

"Okay" Laura smiled with expectations and they finally arrived at their destination. It took them 10 minutes to get there while walking at a normal pace.

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