"Of course, my relationship with Sougo is completely innocent..."
"..." Sogo Doma had no idea where Umaru got such overwhelming intimidation from, but at this point, he could only explain, "If you really want to count it, Utako Kasumi is also technically one of my employees..."
"Eh!?" The moment those words came out, not only Mai Sakurajima but even Utaha Kasumigaoka was dumbfounded. The members of Muse looked as though they had just heard some mythological tale.
"Fujimi Bunko has shares owned by my family too..." Sogo Doma was not just making things up. "If we're being precise, then Utako Kasumi is naturally one of my employees..."
"That's your family's, not yours personally, right?" As one of the wealthy people present, Maki Nishikino couldn't help but retort. Other people already saw the Nishikino Family as rich, but compared to this guy from the Doma family, she always felt like her own family was practically impoverished.
Just listen to what he was saying. Love Live! was backed by capital, and his family even held shares in one of the publishing industry's Big Three. Compared to him, her family was... sigh...
"Um..." If even the Nishikino Family's ATM had reacted like that, then Honoka Kosaka and the others were even more bewildered. "I heard him say a lot of things just now, but is his family really that rich?"
"Think about his surname..." Kotori Minami wanted to cover her face.
"Eh!?" Honoka Kosaka froze again. "Kotori, we don't even know what his name is yet..." Utaha Kasumigaoka and Mai Sakurajima were both stunned speechless by that statement. "..."
"How did you even start chatting without knowing his name?" Umi Sonoda asked helplessly.
"Ah, well..." Honoka Kosaka could only say, "That's because of Mr. Katsura..."
"Don't sweat the details..." Before she could finish,