Orima focusing purely on the match is the best compliment he could give to Suzuki, he's no longer entertaining a farewell gift.
It later comes out he's a distant relative of Sendo who can harness the magical power of CTE
I mostly just schlepp the raws of the entire young champion issues every month where it releases, I don't know where to read them online directly though.
I'm up to date with the raws and let me tell you there is progress but it's indescribably slow. That's kind of the point of this manga I guess. Author's other works are much more into the weeds so it's definitely a deliberate choice.
He killed a physical manifestation of her that was only possible because he was in an area that was basically within the astral realm. They don't really have physical bodies, Griffith being the exception after taking over the body of Guts and Caska's unborn child.