What happened when you faced a high-explosive grenade at close range? Hattori Hanzo could responsibly say that for an ordinary person, if they were lucky, they might leave behind an intact corpse. If they were unlucky, they would probably be blown into pieces...
But if the person facing the explosion was Sogo Doma, Hattori Hanzo could say just as responsibly that, if the bomb was a little lucky, it might get some dust on his clothes. If the bomb was unlucky, it probably would not even ruffle his hair.
This was not an exaggeration; it was backed by facts. Back when his unreliable old man was still alive, he and Sogo Doma had often sabotaged each other. From laxatives, kunai, and hornet nests to concentrated sulfuric acid, RPGs, land mines, and even high-yield TNT, all of them had served as tools for the two of them to screw each other over.
Of course, at the beginning, they had both held back somewhat. Or rather, the old man had held back. After all, back then, his old man had merely wanted to train Doma's resistance to danger. For example, he would put laxatives in his drinking water and food, or throw hornet nests and kunai at him while he slept...
Then things spiraled out of control. After Doma discovered that someone had slipped laxatives into his food and water, he brought out concentrated sulfuric acid. Hattori Hanzo still remembered the twitching expression on his old man's face when he saw it, as well as the sight of him fleeing in disarray. That retreating figure had seemed far less dashing than usual...
Watching his old man leave, Doma calmly pulled out a rocket launcher. "YES, WE CAN! YES, RPG!"
It was then that Hattori Hanzo realized the power of heavy weapons. Even