"Didn't I just say that?" Sogo Doma couldn't help but laugh as he looked at the somewhat embarrassed Shizuka Hiratsuka. "Then again, you're just like Rita. In her eyes, everything she did was for Mashiro's sake. And as for you, you were also trying to guide Yukinoshita down the right path..."
"..." Shizuka Hiratsuka fell silent.
"I really don't get it..." Sogo Doma looked at Shizuka Hiratsuka again. "What gave you the mistaken impression that you're the ones who are right?"
"..." Shizuka Hiratsuka remained silent. After a while, she finally said, "I never thought I was definitely right, but..."
"Oh?" Sogo Doma asked curiously. "Then you..."
"But Rita's actions are absolutely wrong, from the standpoint of an educator!"
"Is that so?"
"That's right. In fact, even Haruno's actions..."
"You think Haruno was wrong?"
"..." Shizuka Hiratsuka fell silent again for a while. "I don't know. Perhaps, from Haruno's perspective, what she did wasn't wrong. However, I don't agree with it!"
"Then what did you do?"
"I..." Shizuka Hiratsuka opened her mouth, looking somewhat hesitant. "I'm only a teacher..."
Although she had a good relationship with Yukinoshita Haruno, as a teacher, she simply couldn't avoid educating her. Unfortunately, Haruno was just as stubborn as she was—or rather, on this particular issue, Haruno would never back down!
"So..." Having understood, Sogo Doma said, "That's why you came to see Mashiro?"
"I merely..."
"Mashiro was easier to handle?"
"That's not it!" Shizuka Hiratsuka felt nothing but malice as she looked at Sogo Doma. "I told you, I just wanted Mashiro to be able to live like an ordinary person..."
"But does Mashiro want that?"
"..." Shizuka Hiratsuka choked, but she still answered honestly, "But judging from her test paper..."
"Her test paper?" Sogo Doma's eye twitched. He had made that test paper