What Toshiro Hijikata hadn't expected was that suddenly changing the Kondo Group's way of handling things wasn't necessarily a good thing. In his and Gorilla's view, one should always leave some room for compromise so they could meet again in the future. He couldn't help it—he'd told Sogo before that there was no need to break the unwritten rules everyone followed. Even without those methods, the Kondo Group could drive those violent organizations out!
Decapitation tactics might have been effective, but they drew far too much resentment... Yet Hijikata hadn't considered this—although, under his leadership, the Kondo Group had indeed suppressed many newcomers with ulterior motives, without the threat of decapitation tactics, certain organizations had begun making small-scale probes.
This was also what led to the Kondo Group becoming known among ordinary people. Fortunately, the Kondo Group's idiot members had never engaged in bullying merchants, dominating the streets, or throwing their weight around, allowing the Kondo Group to maintain its good reputation.
In fact, in the minds of most ordinary people who knew of the Kondo Group, the Kondo Group had even replaced the constables and the authorities as the image of a protector. And here was the key point!
Most ordinary people who knew of the Kondo Group! In truth, even now, not everyone knew what the Kondo Group even was. Some had never even heard its name... To say nothing of anything else, Utaha Kasumigaoka didn't know!
As a reclusive otaku, she at most knew about long-established, highly influential violent organizations like the Yama-x Group and the x Dragon Society. The Kondo Group?
It wouldn't be right to say she'd never heard of it at all. She might have heard someone mention it somewhere—but most people kept their noses out of things that didn't concern them. To Utaha