Unfortunately, even if they counted the three A attributes Sogo Doma had added, they still couldn't compare to stupid—cough, cough... S!
Just as Otae's fist appeared before Kotaro Katsura as though it had teleported there, and was about to strike him, Katsura shifted left as if he had anticipated it all along, effortlessly dodging the heavy blow. It looked as though Otae had deliberately missed... Yet only Otae knew that punch had been thrown in anger. Since Katsura had already blocked several of her punches in a row, she hadn't worried about killing him with a single blow. That punch had been aimed straight at him—she definitely hadn't missed on purpose!
The facts proved that even three As were no match for one S! After dodging her punch, the stupid—cough, cough—S-rank Kotaro Katsura could even nonchalantly comment, "That's right. Judging from the power of that punch, it isn't surprising that you managed to raise Momotaro. I just don't know..." As he spoke, he brought his fingers together into a hand blade. One look at that stance told everyone he was about to strike Otae while her old force had faded and her new force had yet to emerge. It proved one thing beyond doubt—stupid, no, S utterly crushing three As was just that easy!
However... Kotaro Katsura didn't know that the motion of forming a hand blade had caused Isao Kondo to explode. "Miss Otae!!!" The gorilla that had been sitting on the ground leaped up at the shout. Before Katsura's hand blade could fall, the great gorilla charged in and blocked his path. Then, wrapping both arms around him, the gorilla actually used—
"Ape's Protection" to grab Kotaro Katsura around the waist—though in truth, it was the familiar act of breaking up a fight by holding one side back.