After simply complimenting Inoue a few times, Zhouzhu turned his attention to Aoto.
"Mr. Tachibana, why do I feel like you've had a leisurely 2-month recovery... and your strength has increased rather than decreased?"
The change in Aoto's physical strength was naturally noticed by Zhouzhu, such an old hand.
Because my waist strength improved—such blunt honesty, Aoto certainly couldn't speak out.
Aoto could only use the excuse "Maybe it's because I've been eating well recently, which built up a lot of strength" to brush off Zhouzhu.
Fortunately, Zhouzhu didn't linger on this issue with Aoto.
Facing Aoto's brushing off, Zhouzhu simply said "Oh, I see," and didn't continue probing into why Aoto's strength had suddenly increased.
The sparring session with Inoue ended on a rather satisfactory note.
Inoue demonstrated his new step techniques to Zhouzhu and learned of Aoto's prowess.
