Come to think of it, aside from suffering losses at Sogo Doma's hands, Haruno Yukinoshita had almost never failed at anything. Maybe I should call her and discuss this... Shizuka Hiratsuka thought.
Wait!
Shizuka Hiratsuka suddenly realized something. Wasn't she taking the long way around? Haruno had suffered losses at Sogo Doma's hands, so the guy right in front of her had to be sharp. And when she thought about how he had just schemed against his own brother step by step...
Shizuka Hiratsuka's lips twitched. What had her impression of Sogo Doma been before? The Doma Family's wastrel; without the Doma Family, the grass on this guy's grave would already be three feet high; the product of Keiryu Doma's failed parenting; a somewhat problematic student; a spendthrift...
No matter which impression it was, none of them had anything to do with being clever or quick-witted!
Even when she thought back on Sogo Doma's past behavior, Shizuka Hiratsuka simply couldn't associate him with having a good head on his shoulders...
Could this guy have been hiding his abilities?
Was it because of the Doma Family's power struggle?
Then she would give it a try.
"Doma, if it has nothing to do with you, then what do you think about what happened this morning?"
"Obviously, I look at it with my eyes..."
Shizuka Hiratsuka: -_-!
The hell did he mean, look at it with his eyes? Damn it! This was exactly it—every time she talked to him, his bizarre train of thought threw her off, making it impossible to pin a label like quick-witted on this guy!
"I mean, what is your opinion on what happened today?" Though countless thoughts raced through her mind, Shizuka Hiratsuka spoke coldly on the surface.
"As a rule, I don't comment on other people's freedom