Katsuya's frankly still in a partial fog. It's sort of like running a race, except instead of running you just sort of stand there and feel like you did.

That's not really the point. The point is- "...What?" Wait. "...No! Geeze, th' hell is with everyone n' comparin me t' dogs!" he snaps, letting go of the other quickly. "Thought you were ahead 'f Battle City's shit, you sayin' I didn't do anythin' in my duels there then?" Because that's ultimately the 'connection' more or less. Dueling. The items.

That sort of nonsense.

They still don't know why, but hey!