"Authorities?" Gan'an Shinomiya's voice turned even colder. "Why didn't you think of the authorities when you sent out those gunmen? You don't even..." You yourself didn't hold the authorities in any regard...
"Heh heh..." Yet before he could finish, Azure Dragon Shinomiya laughed. "Father, I'm going to turn myself in..."
"What?"
"Didn't you want to give the Doma Family an explanation?" Azure Dragon Shinomiya gritted his teeth. "What explanation could be better than bringing me, the 'chief culprit,' to justice?"
"You think that's possible?"
"Why wouldn't it be?" Azure Dragon Shinomiya sneered. "Father, turning myself in is better than committing seppuku, isn't it?"
"..." Gan'an Shinomiya fell silent for a long while before shaking his head.
But before he could say anything, Azure Dragon Shinomiya spoke again:
"Father, you just don't want to see news about the legitimate son of the Shinomiya Family attempting to assassinate the Doma Family's... young master, then turning himself in after failing, do you?" As he spoke, Azure Dragon Shinomiya laughed again. "If news like that came out, wouldn't the Shinomiya Family's stock value—which rose because of our cooperation with the Doma Family—plummet?"
"Since you know that..." Gan'an Shinomiya did not deny it. "Then obediently go commit seppuku..."
"But I don't want to die! Father, I'm your biological son. Are you really going to make me commit seppuku just for that tiny increase in market value after cooperating with the Doma Family?"
Gan'an Shinomiya: "..."
What did he mean, making his own son commit seppuku merely for that little increase in market value? Was he that kind of person? It was just that this small increase in market value was the key to preserving the Shinomiya Family's final breath! So...
"Since you don't want the dignity I left for you, then..."
"Compared to dignity, I