They have been working together since Ohma's kengan career first debuted.
The group consists of Tokita Ohma, Yamashita Kazuo, and Akiyama Kaede.
They went out to dinner the night before the 3rd round of the Kengan Life or Death Tournament as a simple celebration that they had made it far as well as to acknowledge Ohma's exceptional performance.
Kaede and Kazuo are having a friendly conversation, while Tokita Ohma does not participate much in the discussion but keeps catching up on it while devouring his steak.
"Ms.Akiyama how long have you been working with Mr.Nogi?" Kazuo asked. "I've been working in this company for 5 years now" She said confidenly. Kazuo nodded and smile. "So you've seen a lot of kengan tournament battles before?"
She nodded,", I've seen optimistic fighters every year tournament, veterans fighters still evolving with every fight they've been in. I've even seen how Mr Nogi lost his mental state at Hatsume Sen forfeited matches," Kaede said pouting.
Kuzuo chuckled. "Despite this, Mr. Nogi continues to believe in him."Kaede agreed,"There's no doubt that his skills are first rate after all"
"What do you think of Hansume Sen, Ohma san?Kazuo inquired, aiming to bring Ohma into the discussion.
He only shrugged; "to me, he was just an old pervert" but deeply ohma recognized his skill and gained his respect as a fighter.
"Agito and Sekibayashi,they both seems crowd favorites, with the audience engaged throughout their bouts, ne ohma san? Kazuo stated, grinning at his fighter. And added,"Who do you think stands out among the kengan players competing in this tournament?, A-aaside from ohma san ofcourse" He said with an apologetic smile while rubbing his nape.
Kaede laugh, "I'm also curious to know who you believe is most likely to pique your attention huh, Ohma Kun?"
"All of them" His on point response, That is quite true, Ohma regards his opponents as equals; they all wrestle to win and strive to determine who is the strongest of them all.
"How about you, Kaede? You mentioned watching the previous tournaments, and I can see you're familiar with the way battles go."Kaede was taken aback by Ohma's unexpected question; she had not expected him to participate in the conversation.
She raised her brows for thought for a while, she recalls her short conversation with kaolan but she immediately shook her thoughts before she turns red, She adjusted her glasses and said., "Takeshi Wakatsuki, i guess"
Kazuo just nodded and Ohma groan intrigued on her responsed.
"I've seen most of his matches, and each time he surprises his opponent with his new fighting technique, he improves his skills and becomes stronger, but he remains calm despite his intimidating aura. Kaede continued, " And his demeanor of how he treated people around him, he is the only fighter who can speak gently and politely; he seems to be the epitome of the gentle giant," she smiled as she said.
And there a Akward silence...
Ohma tightly grasped the utensils in his palm, while Kazuo wiped the sweat from his forehead.
She bit her lower lip, "Did I speak too much, I guess I drink too much?, am i?" Looking away and blushed.
Kazuo stunt, she had never heard Kaede declare her admiration for someone before, she was always cold and reserved.She obviously cared about Ohma san, but he can't recall a time when Kaede openly praised him and voiced her admiration for him.
While Ohma feels ready to hurl a fist in someone's face.She'd never heard any idiot guy's name come out of her mouth before.he cursed,He grumbled to himself.
Kazuo broke the awkward pause by saying, "That's a great observation, Ms Akiyama, and I can sense that Mr Wakatsuki is a nice person as well." He stuttered finally.
"Let's simply say I'm just a fan, nothing more, nothing less;" She said, emphasizing that there's no other meaning to what she just stated.
"I'm still rooting for our fighter ofcourse, Hatsume Sen, and you, Ohma kun."covering up her embarrassment with exasperate as she usually did, bristling a little.
Ohma chuckled and said"Yare yare, you just mentioned that you're a fa--" She cut him off with a scalding glare, still not really ready to hear his teasing.
"She right Ohma kun, For me, you're already a winner, you're not just a fighther but a hero, forever grateful for saving my son" kazuo said, starting to get emotional.
" a man shouldn't cry, Yamashita Kazuo" ohma muttered as he slapping his shoulder.
Kaede smiled as she observed them; she will give Mr Nogi credit for sending her to Yamashita Corporation.
She leans an elbow on the table "ohma kun" Ohma turns to see her "What?"ohma grunt irritably.
"My loyalty remains with you" she said confidently.
Ohma grinning with almost overwhelming excitement "You certainly did"