"Secret..." Actually, Sogo Doma had never bought any spinach. He had merely made up an excuse to fob off Terunori Kuga. After all, he couldn't exactly tell him that he'd dropped out of Totsuki to secure his status as Onii-chan, could he?
After that little dumpling Umaru entered high school, there was a real chance she would move in with Taihei...
"Anyway, compared to what I gained, ten billion..." Sogo Doma raised a finger. "Calling it a drop in the bucket would be an understatement. They simply aren't comparable!"
"That exaggerated? Are you serious?"
"Of course..." Sogo Doma nodded. He really wasn't lying, though. Compared to his position as Onii-chan, what was ten billion worth?
"..." Seeing how serious he looked, Terunori Kuga was actually rendered speechless. After a long while, he said, "I knew that guy Tsukasa couldn't beat you. No, he did beat you..."
"He won the Shokugeki to begin with..."
"No..." Terunori Kuga said. "When I say he won, I mean as a chef. No matter what, that guy Tsukasa would never cheat on the sacred stage of a Shokugeki..."
"I see..." Sogo Doma said. "You mean he won as a chef?"
"That's right!" So this guy had caught his meaning...
"But I'm not a chef..." Sogo Doma merely shrugged. "Besides, a Shokugeki wager doesn't necessarily need to be fulfilled by a chef, right? So, I'm still your big brother..."
Terunori Kuga: (#^_^)
"Damn it, once I defeat Eishi Tsukasa, I'll challenge you again..."
"Got it, got it..." Before the other man could finish, Sogo Doma said perfunctorily, "Talk to me after you beat that guy Tsukasa. For now, as the little brother, you should act like one. You were just saying that the moment I showed up, I started wrecking your place. Even if I, your