From his disciples' reaction, Atomic Samurai seemed to have already realized who the visitor was.
"Super Police, sir!"
He abruptly rose to his feet, coming face-to-face with a tall figure, his expression exceptionally sincere.
"It's been a long time!"
The three disciples considerately stepped aside, leaving the two of them room to talk.
Josen sat down and explained the original purpose of the training class to Atomic Samurai.
"...If you joined as a student, the other participating Heroes would definitely feel very uncomfortable."
"That's how things stand, Atomic."
Atomic Samurai pondered for a moment, looking somewhat bewildered. "Huh? Wasn't any Hero who felt he still had shortcomings allowed to sign up? I really do feel that I have a lot of shortcomings!"
Josen: "..."
I actually have no way to argue with that!
Seeing that Atomic Samurai's expression no longer held his initial arrogance, Josen felt a little ashamed.
When have you ever seen this man so lacking in confidence?
It all went back to old Bang's dojo. Had he and Saitama knocked all the fight out of him with their two thumping punches?
Josen: My bad, my bad.
Saitama: Blame me, blame me.
"How about this, Atomic?" After some thought, Josen proposed a compromise. "You and your disciples won't take up any of the regular Heroes' slots. We'll count you as extra participants."
"Huh? We can do that?"
Josen: It's my class. If I say we can, we can.
"Of course, to avoid giving anyone grounds to complain, you'll have to do us the favor of serving as a visiting professor of swordsmanship."
Josen smiled. "We have quite a few S-Class Heroes teaching here. If you want to improve through sparring, you can approach them privately."
Atomic Samurai: That sounds great!
In the end, Atomic Samurai and all