[RUDE... but 100% true. Kaoru is totally going to spite Soujirou by withholding any and all potential fights unless his hand is really forced. Even then he'd probably try to weasel his way around it literally just because he's a nerdbaby who doesn't want to give Soujirou what he's after...]

I'm not going to repeat myself again. [With the whole I DISLIKE POINTLESS VIOLENCE thing, which means "yeah I'm not gonna fight you, punk" in more snappish and less specific terms.]

If that's the only reason you continue inflicting me with your presence, you might as well give up.