"Eh!?" Kotaro Katsura, once again saddled with the hentai label, was somewhat dumbfounded. "So, Sogo, why even you..."
"Em..." Sogo Doma did not let him continue. He raised a finger again. "Probably because I suddenly realized that your operation to infiltrate the Sanzenin Family was somewhat similar to our gorilla dojo master's..."
"Um..." Before Kotaro Katsura could speak, Isao Kondo said, "Sogo, isn't that comparison a little awkward...?"
"What's awkward about it?" Sogo Doma asked, puzzled.
"Um..." Isao Kondo hesitated. "Why does Katsura being somewhat similar to me make him a hentai? Wouldn't that mean I'm a hentai too...?"
"Aren't you?" Sogo Doma wore a
"surprised" expression as he said, "Gorilla dojo master, after hearing so many of our evaluations, have you still not realized what kind of image you have?" As soon as he finished speaking, Utaha Kasumigaoka and Shizuka Hiratsuka both felt awkwardly embarrassed. Wasn't Sogo being far too direct?
Then again, did this existence—who knew whether he was a human or a gorilla—really not know how everyone saw him?
Impossible! Yet Toshiro Hijikata and Otae both fell silent. "..." If Boss Kondo could actually understand
human speech, they would not have had such headaches. It was not as if Toshiro Hijikata had never tried to talk Isao Kondo around. Although Toshiro did indeed harbor a slight prejudice against their identity as a violent organization, he had experienced society's beatings. Thus, while he resisted it, he also understood that this identity brought more benefits than drawbacks, both for himself and the members—Japan was a country where violent organizations were legalized. Even though most people feared them like tigers, a great many of those same people, while being afraid, fantasized about joining them. After all, compared to being ignored or bullied, most people would rather be feared!
Moreover, since