When Age Is Involved, a Delicate Young Woman Is Equivalent to Double A in Strength and Speed

"All right..." Sogo Doma seemed to "compromise." "Katsura Taro it is, then. Katsura Kotaro Taro, the only difference between you and Momotaro is that you lack an old man and an old woman..."

Toshiro Hijikata and the others: "..."

Enough already. Could they stop dragging the old man and old woman into this?

"Is the old man and old woman's guidance really that important?" Kotaro Katsura sounded somewhat unwilling to accept it.

"No..." Sogo Doma shook his head. "I mean, you lack the millet dumplings made by the old man and old woman. Think about it—how did Momotaro defeat the ogres in the story? He first used millet dumplings to recruit a monkey, a pheasant, and a dog...

"As for the monkey, there's already a ready-made replacement—the gorilla dojo master. If you could get millet dumplings made by the old man and old woman, wouldn't you be able to recruit the gorilla?"

Isao Kondo: "..."

Um, um... should he say something?

"Sogo, I won't be recruited by millet dumplings!"

"Are you sure...?" The gorilla's sudden intrusion into a human conversation made Sogo Doma rather displeased. He shot him a sidelong glance.

"Of course..." Isao Kondo sounded utterly certain, though his facial injuries made it impossible to tell what expression he wore. "And I'm not a gorilla! Wait a second—if I'm not recruited by millet dumplings, does that prove I'm human, not a gorilla?"

Toshiro Hijikata and the others: "..."

He could even wedge himself into a conversation like this. As expected of a gorilla—Boss Kondo?

"What if you are recruited?" Sogo Doma smiled again.

"Impossible..." Isao Kondo said seriously. "Sogo, I'm a human, not a gorilla. How could a few millet dumplings made by an old man and old woman possibly recruit me?"

"What if they're millet dumplings made by