Hearing Saitama's words, Bang nearly stumbled in the distance.
Perform, my ass! This is martial arts training, you brat! Atomic Samurai, if you can, just give him a good beating!
"Enough putting on airs. Your name is Saitama, right?"
As though he had heard Bang's thoughts, Atomic Samurai gripped his sword with both hands, his face expressionless and its edge pointed straight at Saitama. "I'll give you a chance. You can attack first!"
"Aw, what a pain!"
Saitama reluctantly jumped down from the stump, looking thoroughly put out as he muttered, "Seriously... I only came along to keep Genos company while he trained. I thought I'd get to take a break."
Atomic Samurai: (ꐦ눈益눈)
"...I'll say it one more time. Attack me first!!"
Saitama: "Oh."
BOOM-
A terrifying sonic boom erupted in front of him as Saitama obediently threw an ordinary-looking punch at him.
"Normal Punch!"
Atomic Samurai: !!!
Hearing that familiar sound again, his first reaction was disbelief!
Fortunately, having just been put through the wringer by Josen, Atomic Samurai spent less than a second in shock before raising his sword to block.
Creeeak-
An unimaginably terrifying force struck the blade, drawing a teeth-grating creak from it!
Seeing his beloved sword almost reach its limit, Atomic Samurai, despite the gale wrinkling and distorting even his face like a deflating balloon, managed to angle the blade through sheer extraordinary talent, forming a guard that redirected the force and barely kept his weapon from snapping on the spot!
Of course, this came at a price!
The next second, the punch his blade had originally blocked slammed into his shoulder. The terrifying impact erupted, sending his whole body flying far into the distance!
Tap!
Flipping through the air to dissipate the force, Atomic Samurai planted his longsword against the ground and landed