As Expected, Don't Expect a Dried Fish Girl to Flip Over Like a Salted Fish

"In short, Umaru only spent money on the game this one time, so please don't be angry, Onii-chan..." Having realized the reality of the situation, Umaru Doma resumed her refined young lady persona and spoke with a solemn expression to the ashen-faced Sogo Doma.

Come to think of it, didn't her brother say that the daily limit for in-game purchases was five hundred thousand yen? Spending five million shouldn't be that much, right? Could it be that financial exchange thing or whatever else her brother always talks about? Ah!

It seems she really has stirred up trouble; she shouldn't have let her hands get the better of her and competed with that Student Council President in spending!

"Heh, hehe..." Feeling a slight chill from the world, Sogo Doma let out a dry laugh. "It's, it's fine. Just some in-game spending, standard procedure, standard procedure..."

However.

Thinking of the messy situation behind the scenes.

Sogo Doma couldn't help but sit up straight again and say, "Umaru, I have some good news and some bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"

Hmph, hmph, he thought. Hearing this, even that Hamster Umaru of mine will have to think about it for a moment, right?

But.

"Eh?" Umaru Doma blinked her eyes instantly. "Good news, bad news? Onii-chan plays this game too? Then let's start with the bad news."

"Ahem!" Sogo Doma coughed dryly. Don't answer so quickly! Still, there was no need to hide the news anymore. "Because of some messy reasons, you and I might end up penniless..."

"Ah, eh???" Before he could even finish, the usually calm Umaru Doma lost her composure. She curled into a ball and started running around the house in a panic.

"Is it because of Umaru's in-game spending? So Onii-chan went bankrupt..."

Sogo Doma really wanted to nod.

"Is Onii-chan going to freeze to death on the street like the Little Match Girl?"

Sogo Doma:

"..."

Hey, hey, why is the premise about me? You're the good-for-nothing one, why would you be the one freezing to death? And how could it possibly reach that point!

"Or does it mean I have to wash dirty clothes and wait for a prince to arrive... sniff, a prince..."

Sogo Doma felt his dark aura reach its maximum level!

"Umaru!"

Umaru, immersed in her own world: "Prince, you can just stay here and die. Believe me, I will definitely find the legendary One Piece with your dying wish!"

"Snap!"

Someone slammed the table again. Umaru, who had been lost in her own world, immediately sobered up and sat cross-legged. Why cross-legged? Because a certain Umaru Doma knew that her brother actually hated sitting formally the most.

Don't let his strict adherence to the rules fool you; that was only out of necessity. If someone else took the lead, Onii-chan would relax himself.

Sure enough.

As soon as Umaru relaxed, Sogo Doma had already crossed his legs. Formal sitting? What was that? It didn't exist!

However, looking at the nonchalant Umaru, Sogo Doma grew angry once again:

"In short, we are now in an economic crisis, Umaru, do you understand!"

Another silence.

Sogo Doma felt smugly triumphant inside. Even Umaru must be scared now, right?

Ten seconds later.

"Onii-chan, may I ask, how long will this economic crisis last?" Looking at Sogo Doma, who was waiting for a reaction, Umaru Doma felt she should offer some comfort.

"At least two months!"

Scared now? Terrified now?

"Next question, how much money can we use during these two months of economic crisis!"

"Less than six hundred thousand yen," Sogo Doma estimated.

Then.

"Heh, hehe..."

That Hamster Umaru let out a dry laugh, turned back into her ball form, and went back to playing her game, not panicked in the slightest.

Watching this scene.

Sogo Doma was stunned: "Ha...?"

"Onii-chan, there are plenty of salarymen in Japan who only make four or five hundred thousand yen in two months and still have to pay for car loans and mortgages. For people like us, this is just a drop in the bucket."

Sogo Doma...

As expected, his own sister was just this much of a shut-in with no ambition...

Even though he had been raising her on a noble's budget for two years, she wasn't even scared when hearing about an economic crisis with less than six hundred thousand yen for two months. She was even acting all lazy?

"By the way, Onii-chan, what was the good news you mentioned?" While Sogo Doma was deep in thought, Umaru, who was playing her game, suddenly looked up and asked.

Hearing this.

Sogo Doma felt his confidence return.

"Clang, clang, clang..." While taking an autographed book by Utaha Kasumigaoka out of his bag, Sogo Doma smiled and said: "Look, what is this?"

"Onii-chan, isn't that the novel I lent you a few days ago? Is something wrong?" Umaru Doma asked, looking puzzled.

"Heh heh!" Sogo Doma let out a cold laugh. "My foolish little sister, today, it has become something different!"

He flipped to the first page.

Sogo Doma wore a smug expression. "Little sister, this is an autograph from Utako Kasumi-sensei, and she even specifically noted that it's for you..."

"However, this book is currently in Onii-chan's hands. My foolish little sister, think about it—how will you go about taking this book back?"

Gulp!

Watching the arrogant Sogo Doma, Umaru Doma swallowed hard.

An autographed copy from Utako Kasumi-sensei? She wanted it, she wanted it, she wanted it so much!

First of all.

Utako Kasumi hadn't held a signing event yet, so this autographed copy was undoubtedly the first signature of her life. As a fan, this was definitely a collector's edition!

Secondly.

As soon as she got the autographed copy, she could show it off to that Erina again, hahaha...

However, since the book was in Onii-chan's hands, using normal methods would surely lead to him teasing her again. Faced with this, Umaru Doma fell into deep contemplation.

"My foolish little sister, come now, beg Onii-chan. Let Onii-chan show mercy and give the book to you, wahahaha... As expected, one can never have too many items for disciplining a useless little sister." Sogo Doma looked absolutely delighted.

Just as he was thinking this.

Hamster Umaru transformed into Face-Jump Umaru and leaped directly onto Sogo Doma's face.

"Onii-chan, I don't care, I don't care, I want it, give the book back to me..."

"U-Umaru, wait, I can't see, hey..." Sogo Doma started to regret it and struggled. "I, I can't brea, breathe, the book is over there."

"Hehe..." Seeing the direction Onii-chan was signaling, Umaru Doma smiled as if her scheme had succeeded, then slid over and snatched the autographed book away.

Alien!

The Facehugger offensive had succeeded once again.

Come to think of it, should she record this in her notebook, On How to Deal with My Brother?

Sogo Doma, items for disciplining a useless little sister minus one.

At this moment, Sogo Doma was questioning his life.

"It, it was captured so easily. It was even easier than those warriors in Musou who shout 'Enemy defeated, I'll take his head' before cutting someone down. That Umaru, she really is a formidable enemy..."