[For the record, he has absolutely no idea that Bandou has a boss or even a job. Such mortal concerns should be beneath someone attempting to be his rival.]

I am, indeed the one who has issued such a challenge. I, Gundam Tanaka, the Supreme Overlord of Ice, the Unending Nightmare, the Possessor of the Evil I have indeed challenged him to meet me here at the site of what will be a cataclysmic battle for the ages!

[That was a really wordy bizarre way of saying yes.]