Josen read the cyborg boy's thoughts, which shone like gold, and couldn't bring himself to spoil things for him.
-Don't be silly. Your teacher's nearly bald already. Keeping up with him? Not a chance!
"Really?" Josen nodded, opening an ice-cold orange soda for himself too. "This really is the first time I've seen Saitama take things so seriously. Is this how a man changes after becoming a teacher?"
Bang paused, then nodded in firm agreement. "Ah, perhaps that does have something to do with it."
The old man and the young man chatted about matters between men, leisurely clinking their glasses.
"Oh, right. Speaking of which, there's something I need to warn you about, Master."
Hearing Josen's tone suddenly turn serious, Bang paused and asked in confusion, "Is there something wrong with my dojo?"
"Yes." Josen nodded slightly at his question, slowly uttering a name. "Garou."
"Garou..." The white-haired disciple who was always quiet and hid things behind his eyes came to Bang's mind, but he had no idea why Josen had suddenly brought him up. "What about him?"
"You really haven't been paying attention, old man..."
"..."
Bang: I had no idea!
Using his psychic powers as a pretext, Josen poured out everything about Garou's childhood and his current ambitions to Bang.
(Mantra: Oh, yes, absolutely. I saw it all with my own eyes!)
After listening, the old man fell silent for a long while, his expression gradually growing grave. "His ambition is actually to hunt down every hero, and he's even determined to become the strongest monster? To think this child's inner world was so complicated..."
"...The so-called 'Human Monster,' is it?"
"As his teacher, I was indeed remiss in failing to notice my disciple's malicious thoughts in time."
"It's not quite that serious." Seeing the indescribable dejection