Ha? "Three Heroes"... Is this it?
Afterwards, Aoto impatiently watched the matches of the other two, Tsuzaki and Niizuma, who were part of the "Three Heroes".
If Aoto were to politely evaluate the strength of the "Three Heroes"... it would be that when he fights them, "Lone Brave" wouldn't even be triggered.
To put it bluntly, he could completely overpower them.
Having seen the strength of the "Three Heroes" firsthand, Aoto finally understood—he was played by Zhouzhu!
"Hohoho..." After Aoto confronted him, Zhouzhu rubbed his chin, slowly turned his head, and gave Aoto a dry laugh as if his lie had been uncovered, "Mr. Tachibana... we don't call this 'lying'."
"We call this a 'benevolent deception'."
Zhouzhu succinctly explained to Aoto why he, along with Kondo, Hijikata, and Chokata, told Aoto this "benevolent deception".
Simply put, it was to prevent Aoto from becoming arrogant.
