Death Penalty Is Not a Loss, Three Years Is a Huge Profit

"The salt-cured cherry tomatoes not only extracted the inherent sourness of the tomatoes but also this faint salty aroma..." Megumi Kato chewed on the cherry tomatoes Umaru handed her.

"Little Hui, there's this too." Umaru Doma, with a face full of smiles, offered another dish.

"The bitterness of the broccoli is completely undetectable, only a faint fresh fragrance..." Megumi Kato opened her mouth and accepted the food Umaru passed her.

"The tamagoyaki is also superb, sniff, the slight sweetness perfectly complements the tenderness of the eggs."

"Then, Little Hui, I'll eat your bento dishes too. Mmm, the hamburger steak is still the most delicious."

Megumi Kato: "..."

Should she tell Umaru that one of her stir-fried broccoli dishes could buy over ten hamburger steaks? Don't ask her how she knew; Megumi Kato just wanted to say that the Michelin-starred meal her family had when her cousin got into medical school couldn't compare to the taste of Umaru's bento.

As expected...

She's nobility.

At this moment, Umaru: "Onii-chan is being lazy again. There's no steak in the bento, not even hamburger steak. Fortunately, Little Hui is a good person and is letting me eat her hamburger steak. When I get back, I must teach Onii-chan a lesson!"

Fortunately, Megumi Kato didn't see through these thoughts, otherwise, she would have definitely gone: "..."

Damn it, can hamburger steak replace cuisine that surpasses Michelin?

Of course, Umaru would definitely say: "I want to eat meat!"

All of this.

Sogo Doma had long been accustomed to it. With a sister who thought cola was invincible and dried squid and potato chips were the best, what could he do? He was also desperate!

Just like the spicy strips...

This was originally just a concept proposed by Sogo Doma, but Erina and Umaru insisted on creating the finished product.

Sogo Doma tasted a few, and they were better than the ones he had eaten before.

Umaru Doma also ate them. If Sogo Doma hadn't controlled her, she would have eaten spicy strips as her main meal...

"Onii-chan, you're annoying. You yourself said spicy strips..." Umaru, whose snacks were confiscated, didn't care about anything else.

"Hey, Umaru, how about I make something for you to eat?" Sogo Doma said with a helpless expression.

"Huh?" Umaru stopped spinning and widened her eyes: "What are you going to make, Onii-chan?"

"I'll make... steamed lamb, steamed bear paw, steamed deer tail, roasted duck, roasted young chicken, roasted gosling, braised pork, braised duck, soy sauce chicken, cured meat, assorted supan, smoked chicken with white belly, steamed eight-treasure pork with glutinous rice, canned pheasant, canned quail, braised assorted pieces, braised goose, mountain chicken, rabbit jerky, vegetable python, silver fish, steamed sea cucumber, shredded duck in sauce, duck gizzards in sauce, shredded duck in sauce, shredded duck in sauce, yellow heart tubes, braised eel, braised yellow eel, fermented bean curd catfish, crispy pork..."

That day, Sogo Doma put in a lot of effort. That day, Umaru ate until her mouth was greasy.

"Onii-chan is so amazing!"

"Of course, I'm one of the Totsuki Elite Ten!"

On the other side.

"Cough, cough..." Sogo Doma swallowed the bread he had stuffed into Utaha Kasumigaoka's mouth and coughed a few times.

Utaha Kasumigaoka: "..."

"You, you want to kill me to inherit my TL?"

TL was an online chat tool developed by the Doma organization. It wasn't as good as LINE yet, but the Doma main family... well, the rest had nothing to do with him, after all, he was a guy with a bounty of 1.5 billion. Luffy's bounty wasn't even that high after the Fish-Man Island arc!

Utaha Kasumigaoka turned her head slightly, looking a little embarrassed.

It was understandable...

She said she was helping him test the poison but ended up eating his entire bento.

After a while.

She finally said, "Actually, I wanted to say, I don't know how to write the rest."

Sogo Doma: "?_?"

"Don't misunderstand, I just don't know how to arrange Sayuka and Mai. They both have charm that attracts everyone. As for Naoto..."

Speaking of which, Utaha Kasumigaoka paused. It was understandable; only the male protagonist was not accepted by everyone.

Japanese male protagonists are actually very simple.

The energy-saving principle in Hyouka, Souta's outspokenness, Daidai's self-exposure, Ayanokoji...

Like a otaku, but not quite, giving people the feeling that "I could do it too."

Of course, these stories never appeared in this world... perhaps they did, but in reality.

What was still popular now were those "yasashii" male protagonists...

The male lead in Utaha Kasumigaoka's work falls into this category as well, but because she describes the heroine so beautifully, many people find it hard to like the male lead.

As for how Sogo Doma would answer, he would say:

"If he is innocent and inexperienced, take him to see the prosperity of the world; if he is jaded by the neon lights, take him for a ride on the merry-go-round."

Utaha Kasumigaoka: "??"

"Eh?"

"I'm talking about feelings!" Sogo Doma laughed.

Utaha Kasumigaoka looked bewildered: "?"

"Regarding the depiction of Sayuka, you've written it to the extreme, as if she truly exists, but the male lead and Mai..."

Utaha Kasumigaoka: "What about them?"

"Those two are like they walked out of an illusion, giving off a sense of unreality. Most notably, the part where Mai falls for the male lead—in the end, Utako Kasumi-sensei used a question, didn't you?"

"Even you are confused as to why Mai would like the male lead, so what about everyone else? Isn't this just setting a trap?"

Utaha Kasumigaoka: "That, that..."

Sogo Doma seemed to recall something and shifted the topic: "Speaking of which, doesn't Utako Kasumi-sensei feel she's in danger?"

Utaha Kasumigaoka: "Eh?"

"Writing this kind of romantic light novel, you should know what the rooftop represents in the 2D world, right?"

"..."

"For example, School Days, or Nice Boat..."

"Heh heh..." Utaha Kasumigaoka let out a dry laugh.

"Ooh, those are all excellent materials," Sogo Doma leaned forward, staring intently at Utaha Kasumigaoka.

"Gulp..." Utaha Kasumigaoka took a step back: "Ara, is Sadist-kun unable to control himself, wanting to do this and that to me? I forgot to mention, I'm carrying a personal alarm."

The so-called alarm is for women only; basically, the police can arrive within 5-10 minutes, but they usually only handle major cases. If one presses it recklessly, they might end up in trouble themselves.

In Japan, this is called wasting police resources.

Likewise, if it were just bullying, the police wouldn't care; they might even blame the students' parents, asking if they were just making a scene.

Precisely because of this, Sogo Doma was fearless.

"Then, why don't you try pressing it?" He stepped forward once again.

"No, don't..."

Utaha Kasumigaoka was starting to panic:

"This is a crime..."

"Hmm!" Sogo Doma touched his lips with his index finger: "A crime, you say?"

Sogo Doma smiled: "Then have you heard the saying, 'Death penalty is a break-even, three years is a massive profit'?"

Utaha Kasumigaoka was completely dumbfounded: "..."

Sogo Doma continued: "According to the economics of crime, even if I were to force myself on Utako Kasumi-sensei, it would be worth it—death penalty is a break-even, right? Plus, there are rarely death penalties in this country anyway. Three years is a massive profit, and since I'm still a minor, it's an even bigger profit."