Going bald makes you stronger? Getting stronger makes you go bald! Toshiro Doma had been going on about it for ages, but who would actually take him seriously?
But now that they had a living example right in front of them, even Utaha Kasumigaoka and Shizuka Hiratsuka were starting to believe him. And Hijikata, who was often fooled by Sougo, was more than a little skeptical too.
Come to think of it, when had Sougo started going on about how going bald made you stronger, and getting stronger made you go bald?
Was it back when he'd had to give it everything he had just to keep up with the other guy? Even Kondo Isao had said that Sougo's swordsmanship had reached an unprecedented level... Could Sougo already have been going bald back then?
Was that why Sougo kept saying that getting stronger made you go bald? Was that why he'd shaved Yamazaki's head too...? Hold on a second!
Sougo had just said that Hijikata was already on the path to becoming a strong man. Didn't that mean he'd be going bald before long too?
No, seriously? He wasn't particularly concerned about his appearance—even the extra section of hair in the middle had gone untended—but going bald... Even Toshiro Hijikata felt a chill at the thought, let alone Shizuka Hiratsuka. "...!"
!!∑ノ Getting stronger made you go bald? Going bald made you stronger? Shizuka Hiratsuka was big-hearted, obsessed with martial arts, and had a taste for both cigarettes and alcohol—she was practically a tomboy. But everyone wanted to look good, and she was a beauty to boot. If becoming strong meant going bald, the hot-blooded teacher glanced at her lovely hair. Was this supposed to keep her from ever getting married?
Utaha Kasumigaoka was just as stunned: Σ(⊙▽⊙
"Ah, her