"That's right..." As Toshiro Hijikata inwardly lamented that Utaha Kasumigaoka was still too young—her thoughts were practically written all over her face—he judged from her expression that she had decided he'd never heard of Heavenly Sound Pavilion. Well, he really hadn't, but he'd seen far too much in life to let that show!
If he was right, Heavenly Sound Pavilion was some deeply hidden secret organization. Perhaps ordinary people had never even heard its name. After all, even he hadn't heard of it. But that didn't mean he, Hijikata, had to act like some ignorant bumpkin, did it?
As long as he put on a convincing enough act, no one could expose him! Of course, Sogo was the exception! But Sogo probably wouldn't expose him. After all, the Kondo Group was an organization they had founded together. If Hijikata embarrassed himself, Sogo wouldn't come off much better either!
Come to think of it, wasn't Sogo's awkward expression a reminder to him—Heavenly Sound Pavilion was deeply concealed!
As for the possibility that Heavenly Sound Pavilion didn't exist at all? That was impossible. If it didn't exist, Sogo would definitely have told her to stop messing around... Toshiro Hijikata's calculations were indeed meticulous, but unfortunately, what he didn't know was that Heavenly Sound Pavilion did exist—just in an online game. Sogo had no way to expose Utaha Kasumigaoka, because Golden Mountain Temple was in that same online game too!
This was awkward...
"Your pavilion's existence is indeed known to very few, but please don't underestimate the intelligence-gathering capabilities of our Kondo Dojo..." The clueless Toshiro Hijikata was preparing to help Sogo save face. He had to make her understand that he had grown a great deal these past few years. Skills like reading the room and borrowing another's authority came naturally to