The People Who Finally Caught On, and Utaha Kasumigaoka Went Numb After Her Dreams Shattered

Even a cornered rabbit knew how to bite, let alone a female gor— ahem... person?

"That's right..." Perhaps she had imagined things too far, but Otae was becoming increasingly reckless. "This humble woman really should thank you. It was you who made this humble woman understand what it meant to have something to rely on, what it meant to tell blatant lies with her eyes open, what it meant to..."

"Wait a minute!" Even Sogo Doma could not stand it anymore. "I admit the part about having something to rely on, but telling blatant lies with my eyes open..." Utaha Kasumigaoka, Shizuka Hiratsuka, and Toshiro Hijikata: "..." He actually admitted it?

Even if it was the truth... Forget them—even Otae, who had already decided to throw caution to the wind, looked utterly bewildered. "Is your Kondo Group really that arrogant?" Shizuka Hiratsuka: "..." Yes, the Kondo Group had always been that arrogant in her impression!

Toshiro Hijikata: "..." No, no, their Kondo Group was not that arrogant. Though Toshiro Hijikata was called the Demon Vice-Chief, anyone who knew him understood that he handled social relations flawlessly—he could rage at Commander Shinomiya, yet instantly change his demeanor and negotiate politely with armed groups far inferior to the Shinomiya Family... The arrogant one was not the Kondo Group at all. It was Sogo!

Utaha Kasumigaoka: "..." The Kondo Group? Why did that sound vaguely familiar? Wait, wasn't that a yakuza organization?

This was not Kondo Way—wait again, Kondo Dojo? Kondo Group? Heh, hehehe... She had gotten them completely mixed up... As if!

So the place Sogo had brought her to was not some dojo for swordsmanship training, but that legendary yakuza organization—the one hailed as the guardian deity of Toshima, Shibuya, and other areas?

Ha, hahaha... What was Sogo even thinking? What