"Yeah," Tachibana nodded. "He was..." he hesitated. "He was almost in a state of shock, after I beat him. Worse so than after I defeated him the first time."

A small pause.

"And after I told him there was no way he could win the Fight here..." another awkward hesitation. How the hell to even describe it...

"He looked broken."

And with how much Isaka cared about appearances... there was no way in hell he would fake that.