Private Toyogasaki, rooftop...
Anzai Tetsu leaned against the wall, still shaken. The others were just as rattled. As Sogo Doma spun his tale, they could almost see their successful future selves being blackmailed by the utterly down-and-out Sogo Doma and his friends...
Under that blackmail, their once-happy families began to fall apart. Regret flooded their minds. If they hadn't kept it from everyone right then, if nobody had gotten hold of something they could use against them, then everything would...
"Taking on such a high risk of getting caught for such a pitiful payoff? Are you idiots?" Sogo Doma asked again, looking at the trembling boys.
His words brought them back to reality. They looked at one another and let out a simultaneous sigh of relief, thinking, Thank goodness. None of it has happened yet...
Still...
Just like Doma had said, they really were idiots!
While they were breathing that sigh of relief, Sogo Doma continued.
"Anyway, I've done all this analysis for you. Does anyone still want me to keep quiet and split that little compensation payment evenly with Ms. Matsuzaki?"
The boys hurriedly shook their heads. "N-no, there's no need..."
"Looks like you're not completely stupid. For the record, if you'd chosen to have me keep quiet, I wouldn't have refused. Of course, I wouldn't have taken the money you said you'd give me. Have you thought it through? Right now, that means one less person sharing the money..." Doma Sogo spoke like a devil who toyed with people's hearts.
"Gulp..." The boys swallowed again. "N-no need to keep quiet. Th-that's the reward everyone deserves..."
They'd chickened out!
"What a shame..." Sogo Doma sighed softly.
The boys: "..."
Rage (ノ｀ー′)ノ~~┻━┻
Weren't you the one who said the risk outweighed the reward? What on earth are you sighing about?