It was all a setup, every bit of it!
Ko...maru?
Sogo Doma truly had not expected his little dumpling to play the role of Komaru with such flair. Wasn't she afraid of being exposed? Setting everything else aside, both Erina Nakiri and Utaha knew who she really was!
And Kato...
Sogo Doma casually glanced at her. Megumi Kato still appeared as inconspicuous as ever, yet he could see the unmistakable smugness in her expression!
Senior, do you dare say Komaru is Umaru? Her eyes seemed to ask.
Sogo Doma: "..."
Where exactly was this inconspicuous girl inconspicuous!?
Still, in Sogo Doma's view, Megumi Kato was being too naive. She was not the only one who knew Komaru was Umaru. For instance, a certain God's Tongue: "..."
Seemingly noticing his gaze, Erina Nakiri, who was holding a controller, signaled with her eyes: Did you know your little sister was like this?
That look vanished in an instant, without lingering at all.
Sogo Doma: "..."
That was way too subtle!
Then he looked at her second-place result. He: "..."
No wonder. She had caught Umaru's virus—Erina Nakiri had transformed from the God's Tongue into the Dried-Fish God's Tongue! Wait a minute...
What about Utaha? Back then, he had been extremely cautious precisely because he was afraid Utaha would be assimilated by Umaru. But now...
Sogo Doma looked at the records on the screen. Utaha Kasumigaoka was ranked fifth, neither particularly high nor low. Going by that, she probably had not yet been contaminated and assimilated by Umaru, right?
For one thing, even Yukinoshita ranked ahead of her in the game...
Wait a minute!
Yukinoshita?
"Yukino-chan, I've reached the finish line!" As if answering Sogo Doma's question, Yukinoshita Haruno's character crossed the finish line, and she herself smugly announced it.
Sogo Doma: "???"