Some things are always influenced by those around you.

I'll never get drunk again, absolutely not!

Just as Sogo Doma made his firm resolution, the screen flickered, and a familiar figure appeared before him.

It's you! Ryunosuke Akasaka, long time no see, this guy's gotten bolder, hasn't he? Not only did he leave my laptop riddled with holes, but he's showing up as if nothing happened. Has this guy forgotten the terror of being dominated by him once?

Even if it was just a discarded item, couldn't it be used after some repairs? At the very least, it could be sold on the second-hand market, right?

Although the loopholes were all revealed by Sogo Doma himself while drunk, he was just talking. Did Akasaka really have to attack?

And who did this guy learn from? He added so many inexplicably idiotic functions to Shaqiang. Sogo Doma swore that Shaqiang used to be a simple smart device, but now it's learned to bargain. This definitely isn't his fault.

But then again, after such a long time, Akasaka seems even more effeminate. Fortunately, he's a straight man who knows the truth!

"Yo, Sogo-san, long time no see." The first to speak was Akasaka, with his long black hair, on the screen.

"Long time no see, you can talk to people normally now." Sogo Doma waved, about to say something: "But..."

Ryunosuke Akasaka interrupted him: "I heard Sogo-san moved out of the Doma Family residence?"

"Speaking of which, you're quite well-informed, aren't you?" Sogo Doma frowned. It wasn't that there was a problem, but his whereabouts seemed to be meticulously tracked.

First Hijikata, then Akasaka. It wasn't that he was worried, he just felt it was all too troublesome.

"Sogo-san, have you forgotten? The groups I work for all have shares in the Doma Family. Besides, I don't think I could hide such a small matter from me online." Ryunosuke Akasaka said with confidence.

"Sigh~" Sogo Doma sighed and said: "Indeed, in the information age, it's a golden era for people like you."

"Heh heh!" Hearing this praise, for the first time since growing up, Ryunosuke Akasaka turned his head away. The Smart Maid reappeared: "Lord Ryunosuke says 'he doesn't deny this.' Nanako thinks so too."

Sogo Doma: "..."

By the way, has this guy's personality changed at all?

"I say, Akasaka, did you hack into my laptop just to make small talk?"

"Cough cough!" Ryunosuke Akasaka coughed dryly and said seriously: "I have three questions, and of course, one piece of news to inform you of."

"Tell me, what news!?" Sogo Doma, who hadn't been paying attention, asked upon hearing the word "news."

"First, about Akasaka Fireworks, how did you find it after trying it out?"

Sogo Doma: "..."

Seriously, if you wanted the answer so badly, why didn't you just send the package to the Doma Family without a word back then? What if he didn't have time to check it?

"Haha, I haven't tried it yet..." I should teach this Akasaka guy a lesson, Sogo Doma thought. You want the results? I won't tell you.

Ryunosuke Akasaka: "Yesterday, your IP address was received on my terminal."

Sogo Doma: "..."

So, how many backup plans did this guy leave behind? No, after this call, I must raise my security level again. Damn it, is it just because intelligent life might appear? I'll go all out!

Sogo Doma pointed his index finger to the sky again and praised with great admiration: "The trajectory was stable, the attack was smooth, the character modeling was perfect, the enemy was strong, and the game was very interesting..."

However, before he could finish speaking, Ryunosuke Akasaka on the screen had a dark expression.

"Sogo-san, this was my evaluation of Anti-Explosion Elite last year. Are you not willing to change even a single word?"

"Eh?" Sogo Doma was stunned. He had encountered the original creator of his plagiarism: "Then how about adding, 'This review is from the internet'..."

"Sogo-san's personality really hasn't changed..." Ryunosuke Akasaka gritted his teeth.

Sogo Doma: "Am I particularly righteous?"

Ryunosuke Akasaka: "..."

Isn't it good to have some self-awareness?

Sogo Doma: "But, I really think the enemy is strong, and the game is very interesting..."

Ryunosuke Akasaka glanced at the server he had set up: "Sogo-san's 'very strong' means a 29-kill victory?"

"I'll make an exception."

This was the truth. He was a cheater. If he really played according to his own standards for games, no one would play them.

"Then what about U, M, R's twenty-three kills?"

Sogo Doma: "..."

"That guy can also be an exception."

Why does Akasaka always want to compare cheaters with ordinary players? Are they on the same level?

"..."

Ryunosuke Akasaka thought for a moment. It was true that he was being too rigid. Apart from him, there were very few normal people around Sogo!

"Wait, why do I have to answer your questions?" At this moment, the slow-witted Sogo suddenly realized. After not seeing each other for so long, he had unknowingly fallen into Akasaka's trap? As expected, that face was too deceptive.

Ryunosuke Akasaka took a bite of a tomato: "..."

After a long silence, the maid Nanako emerged: "Sogo-sama, Lord Ryunosuke says he has information that is very important to you. This is just a basic exchange of information!"

"Information that is very important to me?" Sogo Doma was stunned.

Ryunosuke Akasaka nodded: "I heard that after Sogo-san moved out of the Doma main house, a certain young lady was very much looking forward to meeting Sogo-san again."

"Who?" Sogo Doma's mouth twitched. He seemed to have offended quite a few people in the past; surely no one would try to kick him while he was down now, right?

Ryunosuke Akasaka: "For instance, the young lady of the Shinomiya Family, Kaguya Shinomiya..."

"Heh heh..." Sogo Doma let out an awkward laugh. "That's impossible, right? How long has it been since I last saw her?"

"But I heard that Sogo-san was the first boy to spray liquid all over Kaguya-sama's face. Girls, you know, always place great importance on their first times!"

"Ryunosuke, that's enough. Don't use such terrible phrasing. Besides, she was the one who sprayed it herself! I just suggested that cola tastes better if you shake it before opening. How can you blame me for that? Wait, come to think of it, are you actually the type who looks introverted but is secretly a pervert?"

"Sogo-san, this probably confirms that old saying from the Celestial Empire: one who stays near vermilion gets stained red, and one who stays near ink gets stained black."

Sogo Doma: "..."

So, it was all his fault, then? What an ungrateful brat. If he had known, he wouldn't have taken him out to have fun everywhere back then.

Still, could that girl Kaguya Shinomiya really be looking for him? I mean, it was just one time he tricked her when they were kids, causing her to get drenched in cola, right?

Even though there were a lot of people around at the time and Kaguya Shinomiya had tears in her eyes—which looked quite hilarious—he had it much worse. Sogo Doma clearly remembered that he hadn't been able to get out of his hospital bed for a whole week.

No wonder the great philosopher Nagren once said: "Humans only remember their own sorrows, while subconsciously forgetting the misery of others."