BEAST: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa vs. Sakunosuke Oda (Café)

BEAST: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa vs. Sakunosuke Oda (Café) is a battle fought between the Armed Detective Agency members Ryūnosuke Akutagawa and Sakunosuke Oda as part of Akutagawa's training.

It happened at Café Uzumaki when the agency members have gathered after Akutagawa's "entrance exam" to save a hostage from a bomber.

Prologue
Oda arrives at the café where the other agency members are waiting. Upon arriving, Kunikida introduces once more Oda to Akutagawa as his mentor. Akutagawa gives his respect to Oda and bows. Oda, on the other hand, gives his respect as well. After Oda settles into the table, the waitress shortly serves him spicy curry and takes a taste it. After noticing that the curry isn't spicy, he tries to calls out for the waitress in order to switch the food. However, just as he is about to call out for her, Oda is attacked by Akutagawa.

Battle
Just as Akutagawa is about to hit Oda, Oda uses his spoon to block Akutagawa's attack. While fending all of Akutagawa's attacks, he calls out to the waiter asks her to switch his current food to something spicier. After the attack which left the other detectives in mute amazement, Kunikida asks Oda what just happened to which Oda replies that a food is not curry if it is not spicy. However, Kunikida is not asking about the food but what Akutagawa just did. Oda explains that Akutagawa suddenly attacked him when he found him at the riverbank, however when Akutagawa saw that Oda is able to repel his attacks, he asked him to teach him to become stronger.

Kunikida tells Akutagawa that even if Oda's skill is powerful, no person would attack another person in the middle of a restaurant and tells Akutagawa to train in a instead. However, Akutagawa responds that he need to be prepareed to fight regardless of his location to defeat his enemy and continues to attack Oda. Soon after, Oda stops Akutagawa on his tracks by pointing his spoon at Akutagawa's throat.

Aftermath
After Oda stops Aktuagawa, Oda fills them in regarding Akutagawa wanting to defeat his enemy. He tells the others that Akutagawa wants to kill two people. Akutagawa tells them that the one is a man and he calls him the "man in black" - the one responsible for kidnapping his sister ad he doesn't know the whereabouts of his sister. The other agency members state that his sister wouldn't be easy to find in a big city like Yokohama. However, Naomi butts in and tells that someone can help Aktuagawa find his sister and will be introducing him to the greatest detective in the world.

Light Novel and Manga Differences

 * Originally in the novel, there is no specific moment when Oda completely tells Akutagawa to stop his attacks.