"Oh, he's already here?"
Unlike the excited Sourface, Bang did not seem particularly surprised by the news and waved his old-looking disciple away.
"Atomic Samurai did mention it to me before. He said he'd pass through Z City while taking his disciples on a training journey," he said, looking at Josen and the others. "I just didn't expect him to arrive on the same day as you."
Josen nodded. "Yeah, I ran into him before when I was dealing with a monster in E City."
"Oh, that happened? No wonder..." Bang's heart skipped a beat. He leaned closer and asked quietly, "Did that pompous fellow mention anything about a match or sparring?"
Pompous?
Well said, old man!
Josen raised an eyebrow slightly. "He did, but I turned him down."
Hearing that Josen had refused, Bang immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Oh, good, good!"
He knew how strong Josen was, so naturally, he was not worried about him.
What the old man worried about was whether the ever-proud Atomic Samurai would sink into depression after fighting him.
Atomic Samurai, whatever you do, don't go asking for death!!
As he was thinking this, a mature, resonant man's voice came from the courtyard. Without a doubt, it belonged to Atomic Samurai, who had traveled a long way to get here.
"Yo, Silver Fang! I've come to visit, just as we agreed!"
"Thanks for making the journey, Atomic Samurai."
Bang came back to his senses and waved with a smile.
"It certainly isn't easy getting to see you... wait, it's you!"
An aura like a blade of wind swept through the little courtyard. Atomic Samurai, who had been all smiles a moment earlier, broke off, his gaze locking onto the tall figure behind Bang that could not be hidden.
"What a coincidence. We