Why do you want to be useful to them? Have they done anything to earn your service or loyalty?

Being stuck here... I understand that as much as I can when I've arrived so recently, I just don't know if working for the Malnosso is better. We're stuck either way.

[He hasn't been here long enough for restlessness to set in, and Chouji has always been kinder than he is violent. Except where threats or insults to his friends or village are concerned, he has less will to fight than you'd expect of a ninja.]