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"Ah..." Sweat beaded on Okada and the others' foreheads. "That's true. The captain had made countless moves against him, yet the vice... Mr. Hijikata was still alive..."
"..." Sogo Doma found that rather awkward. That bastard Hijikata really did have a tough life—and no fear of death. In his words—he was a brute. How could there be someone so recklessly fearless in this world? If the other guy had just been a little more cautious, he wouldn't have had to...
Ahem. Of course, Sogo Doma would not let himself be led around by someone else's pace.
"See? See? You were just saying nobody would come to me to have Hijikata killed, but actually, you yourselves want to..."
"Captain..." Before he could finish, Ozawa forced a smile beside him. "You're overthinking it. Even if we didn't know you and Vice... Mr. Hijikata were brothers who'd lived and died together, we still couldn't afford to pay you to kill Mr. Hijikata..."
Utaha Kasumigaoka: "..."
You people actually believed Sogo-kun would kill that Hijikata person? And what was this about money? Was he a professional assassin or something!?
"Phew..." Sogo Doma sighed. It wasn't as if he had only just learned that these idiots from the Kondo Group were all poor. Come to think of it, ordinary members earned barely more than corporate drones, only a few hundred thousand yen per month—less than what Umaru spent on gacha in one go. "Actually, there's room to negotiate on killing Hijikata..."
"Negotiate?" This time, it was Okada. "No matter how much we bargain, we still can't afford it! Besides, the captain and Vice... Mr. Hijikata are brothers who'd lived and died together..." Brothers who'd lived and died together! Even if they were the kind where the captain lived and Mr. Hijikata died, extra payment