"If every swordmaster could cut through steel with a bamboo sword like you, do you think the Bald Eagle could stand above the government?" Isao Kondo rubbed his temples. Just how had that brat Sougo talked Toshiro into this?
"For a swordmaster, the world of ordinary people has already become completely incompatible with their own..." Toshiro Hijikata sighed. "If Sougo hadn't insisted on establishing some Kondo Group..."
"Wait a minute!" Isao Kondo hurriedly cut him off. "Cutting through steel with a bamboo sword is entirely your talent! Why would swordmasters be incompatible with ordinary people? And what I was asking was, if there were so many reclusive masters, then the Bald Eagle..."
"Boss Kondo..." Though he called him that, Toshiro Hijikata's eyes were filled with pity, just as Sougo's had been when he looked at him before. "Since we have practitioners of swordsmanship, even extraordinary forces like ninjas, why wouldn't other countries have them too?" Isao Kondo: "..." It seemed to make some sense—my ass!
"Toshiro, don't let that guy Sougo fool you. With your ability to cut through steel, if you were out in the world, you'd be a swordmaster seen once in a thousand years!"
"Boss Kondo, don't fool yourself..."
"Where would there be so many reclusive masters in this world?" Isao Kondo couldn't hold back any longer. "Toshiro, think carefully. Other than yourself, have you ever seen another reclusive master? And who ever said anything about swordmasters..."
"One Piece..."
"I mean in the real world!" Isao Kondo couldn't hold back. "Think about the Gyokuryu Banner tournament..."
"Boss Kondo, the Gyokuryu Banner tournament is just kids playing around..." Toshiro Hijikata shook his head. "Not only did Sougo say that, Katsura said it too..."
"Katsura?"
"Ah..." Toshiro Hijikata pondered deeply. "Katsura is also a powerful man who has entered