Although Sogo Doma knew all too well how fickle human feelings could be, and although he had been gone from the Kondo Group for so long that few members probably still felt anything for him, seeing these men before him who dared not laugh yet spoke in such mournful voices still made even him feel hurt...
He still remembered how bleak the atmosphere had been when he left the Kondo Group. Back then, the gorilla boss had even thrown a farewell party so everyone could see him off with smiles. Though the members sang and danced, Sogo Doma knew they were merely trying to find joy amid sorrow. Having lost their beloved captain, they could only drown their sorrows in drink—
To ensure the members remembered that he had once been there, Sogo Doma had even drunk every last one of those singing and dancing members under the table. According to incomplete statistics, on the day before Sogo Doma left, nearly thirty Kondo Group members suffered alcohol poisoning and had to receive treatment at the hospital.
Whenever he thought of it, Sogo Doma felt deeply gratified. The members had disregarded their own health just to make him stay—thirty members with alcohol poisoning! What leader received treatment like that upon leaving an organization? He had to be the first, right?
But now, looking at these guys whose faces were full of false sentiment—though their voices remained mournful, their expressions were like they were sending off a plague god—Sogo Doma felt insulted.
It would have been one thing if it were only him, but even Utaha Kasumigaoka, standing beside him, twitched at the corner of her eye. "Sogo, you don't seem very popular, do you?"
Utaha Kasumigaoka had considered that, given Sogo's character, he might, perhaps, maybe have been kind of... something