"Master..." Just as Sogo Doma was wondering whether he should pay attention to this entertaining spectacle, Kotaro Katsura looked up at the distant sky and murmured, "I wonder what Master felt when he first took me in. Did he feel the same way I do now?"
...It seemed Katsura Kotaro had a story too. Master? Interrupted by the murmur, Sogo Doma fell into thought. He really wondered how Katsura Kotaro's teacher had managed to put up with—wait! Master? Katsura Kotaro had a master!?
"Katsura Kotaro, when did you get a master?"
"Not Katsura Kotaro, Katsura! Sogo, what do you mean, I suddenly got a master? I've always had one..."
"I don't think I've ever heard you mention your master."
"Why would I tell you about my master?" Kotaro Katsura asked, perplexed.
...That question left Sogo Doma speechless. True, nobody had said Katsura Kotaro had to tell him everything, but... "Yoshida Shoyo?"
"What?"
"Is your master Yoshida Shoyo?"
"Never heard of him. Who's that?"
"Phew..." Seeing that the other man didn't seem to be faking it, Sogo Doma instantly relaxed. "It's nothing. Just someone unimportant..."
"You'd bring him up out of nowhere if he were unimportant?" Surprisingly sharp.
"Uh..." This was why Sogo Doma could never tell whether the guy was just airheaded or actually shrewd. "Fine, he's probably one of those legendary Super Earthlings..."
"I see..." Kotaro Katsura nodded. "Is he like a Saiyan? Can he use Kamehameha?"
"Probably. Heh, heh heh..."
...It was no wonder Sogo Doma suddenly gave an awkward laugh. After he said "probably," Kotaro Katsura had fallen unusually silent. Had he been too halfhearted in making that up?
But just as Sogo Doma considered whether he should make the lie more convincing, Kotaro Katsura spoke. "Sogo, where is this Yoshida Shoyo?"
"Huh!?"
"I've decided. I'm leaving