Super Fighting Tokyo.

"..."

Countless spectators witnessed this scene.

Neither the father nor the son spoke.

However, just as their actions could depict the act of "eating a midnight snack," the audience could almost hear the father and son having a conversation!

Yujiro said: It's just a bowl of miso soup...

Baki said: That's enough, Father.

Idiot, why call me father? Just call me 'Dad'.

Yes, Dad.

Is it okay to eat late-night snacks in a place like this?

What does it matter...?

No need to sit upright, just sit cross-legged.

"..."

Immediately, just as if the above conversation had actually taken place, Baki changed from sitting upright to sitting cross-legged.

He carefully picked up the "invisible chopsticks" in front of him, then picked up the "invisible soup bowl," and nodded in greeting.

I'm starting.

Baki slowly sipped his soup, exhaling steam after a few mouthfuls.

Ahh...so delicious...

But just as Yujiro was smiling smugly, Baki suddenly changed the subject.

...It's just a bit salty.

"!"

Yujiro was startled, then smiled and teased the brat in front of him for not recognizing his worth.

Baki, however, picked up the invisible soup bowl and handed it to Yujiro, also gesturing with his eyes that his father should try it if he didn't believe him.

"……snort!"

Yujiro looked at Baki and finally spoke.

"boring."

Yujiro slammed his large hand on his knee. “A fake is still a fake. No matter how real it looks, it doesn’t even taste like ‘water’.”

"..."

Baki looked at his father.

Although he couldn't hear, he understood what the man in front of him meant, so he slowly stretched out his hands and grasped the edge of the "invisible little table" in front of him.

With a forceful lift—

Whoosh!

In an instant, the invisible table, chopsticks, bowls, and even the soup and water in the bowls were all blown into the air.

Yujiro was immediately shocked.

"Ahhhhh!!"

He let out a gasp, jumped up from the ground with a "whoosh," and reached out to grab his masterpiece.

But when Yujiro came to his senses, his hands were empty.

The table, chopsticks, bowls, soup—all disappeared!

"...!!"

Yujiro looked at his hands and realized that what Baki had flipped over was "air snack," it was all fake.

"Dad..."

Seeing Yujiro's reaction, Baki rested his hand on his knee and said, "You're saved."

Upon hearing this, Yujiro was visibly taken aback.

"You're saying I'm saved??"

But in the end, he put his hands in his pockets, his expression unreadable, neither angry nor amused.

"Hehe, you're right..."

"I remember now, I did add a little too much salt when I made that miso soup."

Yujiro acknowledged Baki's words.

He pursed his lips, lowered his head, finally exhaled, and turned to look elsewhere.

"I didn't want to admit defeat, so I gave a fuss and lied."

"You sensed my guilty conscience, so you overturned the table, thus saving me."

"Ha ha……"

Yujiro stood before Baki once more, looking down at his son.

“The smallest unit of power is ‘doing whatever you want, doing whatever you please’.”

"You brat actually made me—the strongest man on earth—stand in the kitchen."

"Nothing could be more reckless than this."

"Now, you may call yourself 'the strongest on Earth'!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding audience erupted in an uproar.

Yujiro Hanma himself admitted that Baki Hanma has become the strongest on Earth!

"..."

At the same time, Baki slowly stood up from the ground and patted his ears, which had long since lost their ability to hear.

Baki also has his own things to say.

"In a duel, it's all about who can stand higher."

"The one with a higher head, the one who can look down on the opponent, is the winner."

"—This is something you said, Dad."

“And just now, Dad, you looked down at me before you left.”

“I had already been killed by then, that’s an indisputable fact, so I lost.”

"..."

These words caused an even greater uproar among the audience.

Having lost his hearing, Baki was unaware that he had earned the title of the strongest on Earth, and thus, with a decisive blow, he declared his defeat.

Is this just a whim tonight?

The father relinquished the title of strongest, and the son gave up the victory that was within his grasp.

But both sides did their best!

"..."

Tokugawa rushed out of the crowd and went to the father and son.

He felt refreshed and invigorated. The lesions that had troubled him for many days had vanished, and his lung cancer was cured!

Tokugawa loudly proclaimed, "The outcome is decided!"

"..."

Then, the father and son raised their right hands and grasped each other tightly.

The most intense father-son argument on Earth has come to an end!

At that moment, the audience was deeply moved, and their gratitude and excitement overflowed.

Those scattered masters, however, felt even more…

The rousing, unprecedented, and exhilarating "roar" gradually subsided, followed by a sense of "dullness."

But the feeling of "tastelessness" didn't last long.

A few seconds? Or even a few breaths?

Immediately afterwards, a huge, inexplicable "premonition" arose in my heart, as if a devastating storm was about to strike!

What exactly is this...?

Many experts sensed that something was about to happen.

But whatever is about to happen, enjoy this moment to the fullest, savoring the lingering aftertaste of the father-son argument that still permeates the evening.

……

……

Two days later, in the morning.

The Tokugawa residence.

Tokugawa Mitsunari, who has recovered from lung cancer, is having tea and chatting with his old friend Katahara Metsudo, who came to congratulate him.

When talking about the fight between father and son that night, Tokugawa was so happy that he danced with joy, and he couldn't get enough of talking about it.

"Hehehe, look how smug you are."

Katahara Metsudo was also happy for his old friend's recovery. He stroked his long beard, then suddenly changed the subject and asked:

"Speaking of which, how's the progress of what you were preparing at the base of Tokyo Skytree?"

Upon hearing this, Tokugawa let out a sigh of relief.

"I thought I would never have the chance to ask about 'him' again, but I didn't expect that we can continue to move forward now."

"Hoho~!"