"But what about you, Yukinoshita..." Would anyone believe that Sogo Doma was gradually lowering other people's favorability toward him? Yet—"As the one benefiting from this, you won't even call me Dad..."
But that really was what he thought! What? Was lowering her favorability really worth going this far?
If Yukino Yukinoshita hadn't said something like, "Can you come save me?" then he really wouldn't have gone this far. But she had said it. With Yukino Yukinoshita's personality, there was no way she could say something like that unless she had a deep fondness for him—he couldn't call it love, but if he tried dating her, she probably wouldn't refuse.
But Sogo Doma wasn't some playboy!
So he had to lower her favorability toward him. If he went along with what she said—had she ever read domineering CEO novels? With Yukinoshita's personality, the more he acted like, "Fine, let's do that," the more interested she would become in him. After all, a certain Yukinoshita really was quite narcissistic.
So if Sogo Doma really went along with her demands, the drop in favorability would only be temporary. If she started overthinking things, heh...
Therefore, what Sogo Doma needed to do wasn't to go along with her. He needed to praise her, make her think she was flawless and self-righteous—
This was what they called raising someone up before knocking them down.
You knew PUA tactics, right? Some girls who were like goddesses didn't have anyone pursuing them at all, because most people felt they weren't worthy of them. Then a scumbag would come along: "Heh, who do you think you are? You think anyone but me likes you? Look at you—this is bad, that's bad..."
What, some people wouldn't believe that either?
"Then let everyone see your true face..." Wasn't Eriri PUA'd