As the saying went, no one knew a son better than his father, and no one knew a younger sister better than her big brother.
Doma Sougo understood the mind of his good-for-nothing Imouto very well. Though that little dumpling was a lazy, listless salted fish, she still had her own principles.
Doma Sougo knew that, guided by those principles, his good-for-nothing Imouto wanted to comfort Touma Kazusa, who'd taken a serious blow. But in her dumpling-like state, the odds of her successfully comforting a high school girl were practically zero. After all, his Imouto's appearance was far too deceptive. A little kid trying to comfort a young woman old enough to get married...
However you looked at it, it seemed like mockery!
But if she reverted to her Lady Umaru form to comfort her, then after she finished, that dumpling would probably come looking for trouble with him, her Onii-chan...
So Doma Sougo considerately gave them some space. He took Sakurajima Mai with him, leaving Shiina Mashiro behind—the one person who knew that Umaru could use the bathroom—so things wouldn't get awkward. Besides, Doma Sougo had something to discuss with this bunny girl anyway!
"Identity confirmed. Proceeding to Level -8." As Doma Sougo spoke with Sakurajima Mai, the mechanical voice rang out again.
Sakurajima Mai: "..."
She really had been ignorant. A top-tier conglomerate certainly lived up to its reputation. They could fit so many tricks into a single-family home. Who would have guessed that an ordinary-looking house had something so extraordinary inside?
"Let's deal with your problem first. Don't overthink it. If that girl Kazusa hadn't suddenly jumped out at us, we'd have come down here ten minutes ago..." Doma Sougo continued.
Sakurajima Mai: "..."
So she'd been destined to come here anyway? It was just that...
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