Hattori Hanzo was clearly not someone who could be easily fooled. Although Kotaro Katsura did not throw the bomb back, instead holding it in his hand and playing with it while spouting inscrutable words, a pose that looked quite convincing at first glance, Hattori Hanzo would not fall for it. If he were that easy to fool, he would not have tangled with Sogo Doma for so long.
"You're the bomb maniac making the guns and cannons roar, aren't you? Bastard, don't think saying a few pretty words makes you look cool. That bomb in your hand is—"
"You mean this?" Before he could finish, Katsura unexpectedly explained, completely out of character, "It's actually just a dud. I was only trying to scare those guys! With so many people here, how could I possibly be so heartless as to throw out a bomb..."
Apparently, even a natural airhead like Katsura knew to exercise restraint... probably?
"A dud?" Hattori Hanzo froze at that.
"Of course..." Kotaro Katsura nodded as he displayed the timer, which had counted down to zero. "See? If it weren't a dud, you wouldn't have had the chance to kick this little darling back. You believe me now, right...?"
"Give me a break. Then what about the bomb that exploded just now?" Hattori Hanzo was not that easily fooled.
"Tch..." Kotaro Katsura tucked the dud in his hand into his sleeve as he said, "I had already checked. Everyone was in the blast's safe zone. The only ones who would have been caught in it were those guys..."
"You're sure you checked?" Thinking of Sogo Doma, who had vanished after the explosion, Hattori Hanzo's face darkened. It was not that he was worried about the other man's safety. He was just wondering whether, if Doma had also been