"Doma, and Captain Matsuzaki, what happened here?" Still, it was a dogeza. The commotion it caused had drawn attention, and Sonoko Machida, who had been helping maintain order at the signing event, hurried over upon hearing it.
The moment she arrived, she saw Tomoya Aki kneeling in dogeza. "Captain Matsuzaki, may I ask what happened? This gentleman is...?"
"Yes, Editor Machida. Here's the situation: this gentleman is suspected of slandering a customer in the store and is currently apologizing in dogeza..." As the leader, Captain Matsuzaki saw that it was Sonoko Machida and, to keep her from making the same foolish mistake he had, directly defined Tomoya Aki's dogeza as an apology.
"Who did this guy slander?" Sonoko Machida asked curiously.
"Me, Miss Sonoko!" Sogo Doma raised a hand.
Sonoko Machida: "..."
A nasty guy had appeared! This guy could actually get slandered too? That really was...
Before she could finish marveling, Tomoya Aki, still kneeling in dogeza, continued trying to struggle.
"Miss Editor, don't listen to their nonsense. I'm a fan of Utako Kasumi's books. I originally came here today to attend the signing event, but this guy threatened that if I didn't leave, he'd have me killed..." Clearly, Sonoko Machida had become Tomoya Aki's last lifeline...
Actually, this was Tomoya Aki's trump card. Don't forget, he was a major Twitter influencer with over four hundred thousand followers. As long as he revealed that identity a little, even without evidence, the guy who had threatened him wouldn't get off easy. If he posted something pitiful on Twitter and his fans believed him, then with public opinion piling up...
Believe it or not, even Utaha Kasumigaoka would have to apologize to him, and Umaru Doma might even fall out with Utaha Kasumigaoka because of it. Of course, using this method