Questioning Someone Who Runs After Flirting? She Hadn't Flirted at All...

"Did you forget what I told you? The Oolong Tea Research Club was able to do that because, when it was founded, it took in..." "I know..." Before Sogo Doma could finish, the second young lady spoke up. "No matter the reason, they ultimately managed not to care about seniority..." "Is that so?" Sogo Doma picked up the thread. "But I think you've overlooked a problem..." "Hmm?" "When the Oolong Tea Research Club was founded..." "You already said it took in..." "Tsk, tsk..." Sogo Doma chuckled and shook a finger. "Yukinoshita, you really didn't notice. By 'when it was founded,' I meant that the Oolong Tea Research Club was a new club..." "What do you mean?" "What happens when the Oolong Tea Research Club is no longer new?" Sogo Doma glanced at her. "You won't even have to wait long—just until next year, when the new students enroll. Once freshmen join, they'll be bound by the senior-junior system too. Do you believe that?" "How could that be?" "The reason most people oppose something isn't whether it's right or wrong. It's simply because it harms them. Once it stops harming them and starts benefiting them instead, they'll turn around and support it to the bitter end..." "..." Yukino Yukinoshita fell silent for a while before saying faintly, "Do you really think it'll be that bad?" Sogo Doma: "..." Obviously. By next year, the ones that needed indoctrinating would have been indoctrinated, and the ones that needed bearing fruit would have borne fruit. How would the wolves left behind treat the lambs who had just climbed up? It would already be pretty good if they merely had a senior-junior hierarchy! "That's true..." While he was grumbling inwardly, the second young lady continued, "You had already realized where the problem lay, hadn't you?