"Let me say this up front: if you want to beat Saitama... I'd advise you to give up."
Bai Ye offered the advice with a calm expression.
"Why?"
Sonic immediately asked, "If I can master an ultimate technique like yours, beating that Saitama will be a piece of cake!"
"No particular reason. Just give up. Saitama isn't someone you can challenge."
Bai Ye said bluntly, "Besides, whether you can even learn my techniques is another matter entirely."
No matter how gifted Sonic was, he could never learn the "Final Truth-Seeking Orb." Even an ordinary Truth-Seeking Orb was beyond him.
Sonic's expression shifted slightly at those words. "Are you... looking down on me?"
"I'm not looking down on you. That's simply how it is."
Bai Ye tried to dissuade him. "First, you can't learn my ultimate technique. Second, you can't beat Saitama. So..."
"Aren't those just excuses because you don't want to accept me?"
Sonic had neither witnessed Saitama's true strength nor understood how the Final Truth-Seeking Orb worked, so naturally, he didn't believe what Bai Ye said.
"I never said I didn't want to accept you, did I?"
Bai Ye said.
"...Huh?"
Sonic froze for a moment. "Then what exactly do you mean?"
"I mean I'm laying out the unpleasant facts first, so you know what to expect."
Bai Ye said evenly, "If you sincerely want to learn from me, I'll teach you what I should. But whether you can master it will depend on you."
Sonic might actually be able to learn certain ninjutsu, but some were definitely beyond him, such as the Tailed Beast Bomb, Truth-Seeking Orb, and ocular techniques...
"In that case, I certainly won't disappoint you, Master..."
Sonic dropped to one knee and formally accepted Bai Ye as his master.
"I have one more condition. You