"You realize my question was rhethorical, don't you?" Kazuma finally speaks up.

"If you send yourself willingly to 4th Division, you're a moron because injuring yourself in the course of training in that fashion should be avoided, if nothing else since it delays the results of your training. And if you agree you're a moron, then you won't rise above that.

I can understand your spirit, but unfortunately, your energy is horribly misdirected. You have a long way to go before you begin to understand that. Strength alone without intelligence will only get you so far."

With that, Kazuma turned towards Masaru and bowed slightly as he made his statement.

"I will be glad to publically humiliate you in a time and place of your choosing later, but for now, as Masaru-taichou said, I have a prior engagement."