After my power demonstration against Ape, none of the other teammates looked down on me, and my strength was perceived as equal to the peak of the second stage. They did sulk and mention that the results could be different if martial arts usage were within the rules, but it probably wouldn't differ much.
Nyssa was also spared from their advances. Once they acknowledged she was mine, they didn't try to approach the woman of their teammate. Besides, Nyssa didn't give them any chance to do so.
A week passed, and the submarine finally reached the Arabian Sea, where powerful relics were found. We stopped a few miles away from the target and assembled in the same room I was invited to enter during my first visit.
"You should prepare yourself, we are about to embark outside," Swordsman was much more serious than I had seen him before. When it was time for a mission, he wouldn't let the informality of the special squad affect the situation.
