"Is that so... It really did go exceptionally smoothly. Tell me, could someone have been fanning the flames behind the scenes?"
Listening to Hada Ichiba recount everything in detail, Haneda Yu Ze nodded. Then he slowly looked at Hada Ichiba, a harmless smile curling at the corner of his mouth as he spoke.
Seriously...
Which one of us actually looks more like him?
Hearing those words and seeing Haneda Yu Ze's expression, Hada Ichiba's mouth twitched slightly.
Just moments ago, this guy had said he resembled Taki Chiba like the real thing, but looking at it now, wasn't this guy the one who truly resembled Taki Chiba?
That sharp intuition was becoming more and more like Taki Chiba's.
Earlier, when he had asked, the boy before him had been quite frank. He said he had suddenly returned this time because he wanted to know the detailed course of the alliance matter, naturally from his—that was, Hada Ichiba's—perspective.
This kid already had a detailed understanding of the matter. He Yin had told him the entire process before. Asking him now was not because he distrusted He Yin, but because he wanted to know what the matter had looked like from his perspective, so he could infer certain things he suspected through the different accounts.
And now, it was obvious that after hearing the account from his perspective, Haneda Yu Ze had keenly noticed that there had to be a reason behind how unusually smooth everything had gone—a reason it had inevitably gone so smoothly.
"Don't you already know the answer? Why ask me?"
Thinking this, Hada Ichiba quietly rolled his eyes and spoke.
To be honest, he did not like the feeling of someone seeing through something.
Even if Haneda Yu Ze had not directly seen through him.
Still, having someone