However, Aoto's timely admission of fault did not work... Kondo Shuuzo still rambled on about the dangers of not maintaining a calm mind during martial arts practice, leaving Aoto listening and sighing helplessly in his heart.
Just as Aoto was thinking about whether to find a way to say or do something to interrupt Kondo Shuuzo's nagging, Kondo Shuuzo suddenly stopped talking.
Then... he switched to a tone of amazement and looked at Aoto with a meaningful gaze.
"...Looking back and thinking carefully... Mr. Tachibana, your progression speed is truly astonishingly fast."
"To think you would encounter your bottleneck period so quickly."
"Well, given your current level of strength, it's not unusual to hit a bottleneck."
"Counting from the time you joined our Shiwei Hall, your formal training in Swordsmanship has been, at most, a little under 4 months."
