Yeah, it was pretty obvious the old man was baiting them by not restraining the hotheaded one in exchange for info on their competition.🤷♂️
...Not sure if MC realized it, or knew about it but let it happen due to his arrogance. I know it's fine to have flaws, but it's also due to MC's own arrogance that I want him to fail after putting so much trust in his strength to pull him through in all situations... Even till now I'm not sure if he really does see that he's really in the world living a real life or does he really just thinks this is all just a game, and that the people around him are just convenient NPC's, not real people along with events that occur are all just convenient factors for him to get exp out of?
For that matter if he is this locked in and sweaty over leveling, as it seems to be his sole major motivation to function, I'm now also VERY interested in seeing his original un-isekai'd persona... I wanna how down bad in the otaku life this guy was.