"..." Hijikata had met plenty of confident people, but someone as confident as Gan'an Shinomiya was a first. In the end, this old man had only met Sougo a few times, and those had all been when Sougo was young, right? He did not even understand Sougo's true nature, yet he dared declare, based solely on rumors he had heard, that Sougo cared about his daughter?
In the end, who had given him such courage? If he knew that Sougo's little-sister complex had seeped into his very bones, ahem...
It was not as if Hijikata had never seen Kaguya Shinomiya. She really was a rare beauty, and coupled with that cool, aloof temperament—well, if she did not grit her teeth so fiercely whenever Sougo was mentioned, she might have been even better.
But did any of that matter to Sougo? Not in the slightest. That guy had no concept of beautiful girls beyond Umaru. Did they know what a surface-to-air missile was? Did they know what saturation bombing was? If Hijikata had not risked his life to stop him back then, one shot from Sougo might have blown God knew how many beautiful girls to pieces!
"Perhaps..." Could Hijikata say any of that, though? No! Besides, Lord Gui Long seemed to have already accepted the other's proposal. The Demon Vice-Chief, whose conscience still remained, could only answer noncommittally.
"Bastard..." Before Gan'an Shinomiya could speak this time, Tojo behind him jumped out again. "What do you mean, perhaps? Are you saying our Lady Kaguya isn't good enough for that so-called young master of yours?"
"..." Toshiro Hijikata raised his head. "That young master has a name. It's Sougo..."
"Hm?" Gan'an Shinomiya froze at that, yet he did not stop Tojo. Hijikata's attitude had caught his attention. Perhaps he had underestimated that