"Onii-chan, let Umaru challenge sleep, the enemy of mankind! Umaru has decided to fight this enemy called sleep with games and anime. Onii-chan, just cheer Umaru on from behind..."
Sogo Doma: (￢_￢)
"Umaru, you just want to stay up late, don't you? Can't you continue after you wake up?"
"That's not it, Onii-chan! Umaru truly intends to challenge the powerful enemy known as sleep!" Hamster Umaru declared with a determined expression.
Sogo Doma: (￢_￢)
"And the truth is?"
"Wolf of the Battlefield is already at the final boss. I won't be able to sleep unless I clear it! Besides, Mashiro probably isn't asleep yet either. Umaru won't lose to her!" Hamster Umaru said with a grin.
Sogo Doma: What?!
Wait, Mashiro wasn't asleep either? Wait, what did she mean, she wouldn't lose? Were those two competing? Competing to see who could stay up later? What kind of determination was that? He had only been out for one night—why did it feel like everything at home had gone off the rails?
"Umaru, when you say you won't lose, you mean..." That Mashiro girl couldn't possibly have egged Umaru on, right?
"Um..." Hamster Umaru turned her head aside, looking slightly stiff. "Onii-chan, didn't you say Mashiro was really good at oil painting?"
Sogo Doma nodded. "That's true."
What did that have to do with staying up late?
"Onii-chan, just like how UMR is a legend in the gaming world, Mashiro is also a legend in the oil painting world, right?"
Sogo Doma nodded again.
"So, this is the gaming world's challenge to the oil painting world! UMR herself challenges Mashiro Shiina! The challenge is: whoever goes to sleep first loses!"
Sogo Doma: -_-!
She could connect those things too?
"Did Mashiro agree to that?"
"Good question!" Still less than a meter tall,