"Hiss..." Toshiro Hijikata, whose balding head was throbbing with pain, stubbed out his cigarette. "Commander Shinomiya, do you really think there's any point in us discussing this alone? More importantly, what exactly did you come here for today?"
"Heh heh..." Gan'an Shinomiya chuckled again. "Didn't I just say? First, I came on behalf of my daughter to thank the Kondo Group for taking care of her. Second, I came on behalf of those the Shinomiya Family sent to bring Kaguya home, to thank the Kondo Group for that hospitality. After all, they only went to bring my daughter back because of my orders..."
"Hospitality?" Toshiro Hijikata pondered. "So Commander Shinomiya came here today more to hold us accountable than to thank us?" That hospitality had certainly been hard to stomach. They'd had blades at their throats—if that could even be called hospitality.
"No..." Gan'an Shinomiya shook his head. "Would Lord Hijikata believe me if I said I came here to reason with you? No matter what, Kaguya is a member of the Shinomiya Family. Lord Hijikata bypassed the Shinomiya Family and even interfered with decisions made by the Shinomiya Family..."
"I don't know anything about that," Toshiro Hijikata said coldly. "My duty is only to protect Lady Kaguya and obey her orders. What do anything else have to do with me?"
"Then may I take it that Commander Doma wishes to meddle in the Shinomiya Family's affairs?" Gan'an Shinomiya refused to yield in the slightest.
"This has nothing to do with Lord Keiryu," Toshiro Hijikata said without backing down. "Even if this reaches Lord Keiryu, I can explain myself clearly!"
"..." Though he had expected it, Gan'an Shinomiya still fell silent for a while upon hearing this guy Toshiro Hijikata say it had nothing to do with Lord Keiryu. Just