The next morning.
"Umaru, get up and get dressed for school!" Sogo Doma yanked off Hamster Umaru's blanket. Umaru Doma, wearing her hamster cape, smacked her lips twice, then burrowed right back into it and continued sleeping soundly.
Sogo Doma: -_-!
This girl really knew how to make flexible use of her shrinking and growing abilities! Unfortunately for her, her opponent was the utterly heartless Killer Sougo Thirteen...
"Umaru, Megumi Kato's here to see you. And it's not just Megumi Kato, there's also..."
"Gasp!" Hamster Umaru woke up in an instant and transformed into Lady Umaru. "Onii-chan, we're doomed! If anyone finds out what Umaru looks like right now... Wait, isn't it still early morning?"
Sogo Doma: -_-!
"Idiot, you know it's morning already. Now get up and eat breakfast..."
"Onii-chan, you lied!" Hamster Umaru said, rubbing her sleepy eyes.
"It was a little white lie to get you up early, not a real lie!" Doma, Master of Bogus Excuses, Sougo.
"Haah~!" Hamster Umaru stretched. "Onii-chan, why do people have to get up so early every day? I never get enough sleep..."
"That's what happens when you play games until three in the morning!" Sogo Doma said helplessly.
"Because Umaru pulled an SSR..." Hamster Umaru said confidently.
"..." Sogo Doma, hailing from Africa, didn't want to discuss this topic.
"Besides, Onii-chan, if you helped Umaru get dressed, Umaru could sleep a little longer..." Umaru Doma, shrunk down to forty centimeters, said with complete conviction.
Sogo Doma: ヾ(ゞ)
"Umaru, you're a high school student now, after all..."
"But don't you help Mashiro get dressed sometimes, Onii-chan? And you're so fast..." Hamster Umaru said, full of resentment.
"Umaru, have you heard of the principle of equivalent exchange?" Doma, making up lies without batting an eye, Sougo said. "Actually, I'm not the one