"I understand..." Faced with the uncooperative little girl, Sogo Doma wisely gave up. "Since you don't blame Shizuka Hiratsuka for ending up like this, then it must be..." Rumi Tsurumi: -_- Sounds like this guy could still be saved...
"Then it must be your fault!" Rumi Tsurumi: -_-...!!! [shocked]
"M-My fault!?" She was the victim here!
"If you hadn't shown up here alone, carrying the water bottle I needed most, how could I have possibly appeared to snatch you away? If I hadn't appeared, you definitely wouldn't have seen me. And if you hadn't seen me, then even if Shizuka Hiratsuka found you, she wouldn't have been able to get anything out of you..."
"Based on all that, who else should be blamed if not you?" The logic was far too smooth. Though Rumi Tsurumi felt something was off, her limited vocabulary and shallow logical thinking left her unable to argue. "..."
"Just imagine it. This was obviously all your fault, yet not only did I not blame you, I even thoughtfully taught you a lesson..." A person couldn't—at the very least, shouldn't—be this shameless. Alas, Sogo Doma truly was a scoundrel!
"Sigh, there are too few good people like me in this world!" Rumi Tsurumi: [flips both middle fingers] If this guy counted as a good person, then there were no bad people in the world. Damn it, she must have been stupid just now to...
"What was that supposed to—" Sogo Doma felt offended, but just as he was about to say something, Shizuka Hiratsuka, radiating resentment from head to toe, came into view. "Shh. Let's let it go this time and keep our voices down. If she finds us..."
"Hehe..." Rumi Tsurumi laughed. "Wouldn't that be even better?" She wasn't afraid!
"If she finds me and gives