"But I really did get expelled, and I didn't do anything..."
"That's exactly why it's scary—you didn't do anything!" Watching Sogo Doma still trying to explain himself, Terunori Kuga couldn't help saying, "I may have lost my hair, but at least I got some closure. But Eishi... all I can say is, the unknown is the most terrifying thing."
"I don't like the sound of that..." Sogo Doma said. "You make it sound like I was the one who made you shave your head bald..."
"Wasn't it?"
"It really wasn't..." As he spoke, Sogo Doma spread his hands. "It was like making Momo become a Barbie doll and sending Kobayashi to Man vs. Wild—everything was clearly decided after everyone discussed it..."
"Ah~!" Before he could finish, Terunori Kuga clutched his head with both hands. "I knew you'd say something like that... Can't you keep it down a little? If the other students find out the Elite Ten Council just discusses such pointless things, they'll be disappointed in the Elite Ten!"
"Little brother Kuga..." Seeing this, Sogo Doma said, "You really have gotten full of yourself. The old you would never have said I was wrecking your place, much less..."
"Obviously!" Terunori Kuga said. "Wasn't this whole area your turf before? What would you even be wrecking?"
"Huh?" Sogo Doma froze. "Isn't it still?"
"..." Terunori Kuga fell silent for a while before finally saying in a faint voice, "You got expelled."
"Does getting expelled mean I'm no longer your big brother?"
"..." Terunori Kuga went silent again. After another long pause, he finally said coldly, "What right does someone who left without saying a word have to—"
"What do you mean, left without saying a word?" Sogo Doma cut him off. "I was expelled because I lost a Shokugeki. Was