Sweat—cold sweat—poured uncontrollably from Takanashi's forehead! He felt that what stood beside him wasn't a person, but a demon in the truest sense of the word...
"So, are you afraid?" Just as terror had frozen him stiff, Sogo Doma spoke again in an eerie voice.
"B-Boss, please spare me..."
"Mm, then do you know what you should forget?"
"I do!" Takanashi nodded frantically. He was truly terrified!
Only then did Sogo Doma nod in satisfaction.
Meanwhile, Kousei Arima slowly came to under everyone's care. "Miyazono, was I just hit by a car?"
Mahiru Inami: "..."
Ha, hahaha, what was this nonsense about being hit by a car?
Everyone else: "..."
What a terrifying punch!
Kaori Miyazono: "..."
What should she do? How was she supposed to explain this? Should she keep lying?
"I'm sorry!" As she agonized over it, Mahiru Inami, standing some distance away, lowered her head. "I attacked you on instinct just now. Please forgive me. If I hurt you..."
"Then just endure it." Sogo Doma always knew exactly what to say at exactly the right moment.
"Mm!" Before Mahiru Inami could process it, she instinctively went along with him. "Then just endure it..."
Kousei Arima: "..."
So he had been attacked?
Wait!
What the hell did she mean by endure it?
Mahiru Inami, having come to her senses: "..."
"N-No, that's not what I meant. I was trying to say..."
"If you can't endure it, then give him another punch." Sogo Doma was just that good at seizing opportunities.
Unfortunately, this time they had caught on.
Mahiru Inami: "..."
Kousei Arima: "..."
Everyone else: "..."
As they fell silent, they all turned their eyes toward Sogo Doma. Being stared at by so many people again, even someone used to being the center of attention felt a little