That Tachibana Aoto, being able to seriously wound the Anti-foreigner Group single-handedly, is indeed impressive, but that's just a "lone wolf defeating a flock of sheep"! He's not so formidable that we are helpless against him!
This, then, was the genuine thought of the majority within the "Sazanoko Pursuer Corps."
Therefore, these people, who didn't think Aoto was insurmountable, meticulously planned "how to teach Aoto a lesson."
They unanimously believed that beating up Aoto in public at the Little Chiba Sword Dojo, in the presence of Miss Sazanoko and Chiba Shigetarou, would achieve the greatest effect of teaching him a lesson and humiliating him!
The simplest way to achieve "teaching Aoto a lesson in public" was to issue a sparring invitation under the pretense of "swordsmanship exchange" in the dojo.
This is the Sword Dojo; requesting to spar with Aoto, who has made remarkable achievements with his Palm Sword, is reasonable.
