Chapter 70: Fighting till the last

"You're saying that the dojo I was peeking in was Ryugari-Sha?" Haruto asked, his voice tinged with disbelief. Subaru responded with a casual nod.

Haruto immediately broke his stance, standing upright in shock. "Nooo!" he cried out, collapsing to his knees in evident disappointment.

"Why are you acting this way?" Subaru asked, looking puzzled.

"I thought this was the Ryu No Ikari dojo," Hisashi said loudly, sounding disappointed.

"Does it really matter?" Subaru replied. "Karate is karate, no matter where you learn it."

Hisashi glared at Subaru, rising to face him directly. "Karate at Ryugari-Sha and Ryu No Ikari are completely different," he said, his anger palpable.

"Huh? Why is that?" Subaru asked, genuinely puzzled.