Protag is like: "Time to get serious"
Situations aside.
Not that I don't understand the feeling of 'how strong I am, against the current world's strongest.' or something.
Well... I guess there is a fun on making someone to- Well... "Worried" about you, be it in a good or bad way. I believe he knew that he can't hide forever, not from someone who's been with him for a long time.
Let's see how it would be, on the later chapters.