In the end, he had only lifted a rock to crush his own foot.
"Then what do you want to do?" Nagumo said.
"It's simple." Oreki rested his hands on his elbows.
Only then did he realize that information gaps could sometimes make money too.
Because if Nagumo and the others had taken one more look at the data on the tablet, they would not have needed to come begging him in such a lowly manner.
But just like this exam, since the Points had practically been shoved in his face and Nagumo had personally come to offer himself up for exploitation, ignoring him would indeed have been impolite.
"Nagumo-senpai has three shops in total, right?" Oreki said. "And I remember that not long after I enrolled, I wanted to open a shop, but Nagumo-senpai asked for a four-million Points licensing fee right away."
"I still remember that even now," Oreki said.
So he wanted shop-opening rights?
That was certainly possible.
Houtarou Oreki was very wealthy now, so opening several shops would be perfectly normal.
But.
Nagumo did not think the other party would be so cheap.
"..." Nagumo deliberately made it sound more serious. "What are you trying to do? Don't tell me you want to take all the third-years' assets from me? Take our shops?"
"Don't say something so excessive," Oreki said. "I'm merely making a deal with you."
"I am quite interested in opening shops, but Nagumo-senpai refuses to give up the shop-opening rights, and I'm not good at all the procedures involved in opening one. So if I can acquire a shop that's already up and running, that would be ideal."
"..." Nagumo.
Damn.
He had deliberately made the stakes sound heavier just now, yet Houtarou Oreki really had been eyeing his shops?
Nagumo-senpai fell silent.