[Well this is no fun, not getting the desired effect from Tobio. Getting him to snap would have just boosted his ego and need for superiority over him. Hell, he really must have grown up since then, as much as Tooru's loath to admit. Doesn't want to acknowledge, yet also does, that Tobio has certainly improved and is a good player.

But he'll still stand on the top one day, he has his own goals to go after.

But he just can't stop himself from making childish remarks.]

Maybe if you beg again like before, I'll help, since I haven't stopped practicing either. You did knock Ushiwaka down, so maybe I'll change my tune.

[As pissed as he is about that too, it was a damn good match even he could agree to having watched.]