Yamada had been waiting for Akane Koyama to say yes to his challenge. Seeing that the other party finally agreed to a battle, his gloomy face finally showed a touch of joy. The others had consciously stepped aside and cleared the space in the middle for the two contenders.
Only Takeuchi and Zhang Heng still stood there. Takeuchi then chirped, "Great! I can witness brother Yamada's Oishi Shinkage-Ryu stabbing technique again! My people will be proud of him."
After that, he slowly retreated to a corner.