"Indeed..." After hearing Sogo Doma's rather
"reasonable" speculation, Kotaro Katsura was convinced. He pinched his chin as if deep in thought. "When all was said and done, Hijikata was still more or less human..." Before he could finish, Sogo Doma smiled in delight. He had to admit, Katsura Kotaro's words were very much to his liking: ^_^ Toshiro Hijikata, meanwhile, was: #^_^ What did he mean, he was more or less human?
Don't make it sound so reluctant, bastard!
"Wait..." But before he could speak, Kotaro Katsura suddenly changed tack. "Was Hijikata really human? After all, he's the guy people call the Demon Vice-Chief..." Shizuka Hiratsuka and Utaha Kasumigaoka: "..." How was this smiling Buddha supposed to respond?
Toshiro Hijikata: "..." Damn it, that idiot Katsura really couldn't read the room. Or rather, this guy simply had no social awareness at all. Couldn't he see they had guests at the dojo?
Well... if this guy had any social awareness, he wouldn't be holding a bomb and blowing himself up with it! Damn it, he'd only just managed to muddle through that. Sogo, hurry up and send this idiot Katsura away...
"Katsura..." Sogo Doma heard Hijikata's prayers. Thus, before Kotaro Katsura could finish speaking, Sogo cut him off with a serious expression. "What do you mean?"
"Not Katsura, it's Kotaro..." Even though he knew the other man would not change his way of addressing him just because he objected, Kotaro Katsura still insisted on finishing his correction before beginning his analysis. "Ahem, ahem. What I mean is, there is another very likely possibility: Hijikata is originally an evil demon under the Great Demon King's command..."
"Indeed, that's not an impossible possibility!" Probably out of habit, the instant he heard Katsura slandering Toshiro Hijikata, Sogo Doma instinctively chimed in.
Toshiro Hijikata: #^_^##