"Wh-what? That chuunibyou..." Umaru Doma clearly knew Black Cat, though that was hardly surprising. They both lived in Chiba, after all. Besides, "That loser can get five thousand yen just by posting videos now?"
"Uh..." Sogo Doma could only explain, "Don't you think that, in other people's eyes, Black Cat already counts as a one-in-ten-thousand expert?"
"Her?"
"Don't underestimate her. No matter what, she is the Fallen—"
"Onii-chan, are you going chuunibyou again?"
"Cough, cough..." After coughing twice, Sogo Doma said, "Isn't what I said the truth? Setting everything else aside, didn't all those arcades in Chiba blacklist the two of you..."
"The one who got blacklisted wasn't me. It was U, M, R..."
Sogo Doma: "..."
That sounded just like saying, "The one they arrested was Lu Xun. What does that have to do with me, Zhou Shuren?"
Before he could say anything, though, Umaru Doma continued, "Come to think of it, didn't that Black Cat say she wanted to write light novels?"
"Was that so?"
"Of course..." Umaru Doma said smugly. "Every time that Black Cat lost to me, she said it was only because she spent all her time researching light novels..."
"Otherwise, she'd definitely wipe the floor with you?"
"Exactly, exactly..." Umaru Doma nodded. "That's what she said. But when I asked what light novel she was writing, she hemmed and hawed without being able to say anything. Looking at it now, it was obviously just an excuse. She clearly even had time to upload videos..."
"Maybe she thinks uploading videos makes more money than writing novels?"
"Huh?" That was a path Umaru Doma had never considered. "But isn't writing light novels her dream?"
"Is there a possibility that her dream is simply to make money?"
"..." What a realistic dream. Umaru Doma had no response,