As an older brother, one must always guard against those with ill intentions approaching their own sister

After delivering this declaration, Sogo Doma remained all smiles, even going so far as to point his index finger upward, perfectly mimicking the gesture.

In reality...

Deep inside, Sogo Doma was panicking.

It's over, it's over, I actually said it out loud. After saying something like that, how am I supposed to maintain any social standing? Not that I really wanted to socialize with these brats anyway, but why on earth did I listen to that good-for-nothing little sister of mine...

She's clearly just a good-for-nothing, yet she keeps trying to dictate her Onii-chan's life. Why is that, exactly?

Sogo Doma pondered for a moment and arrived at the most plausible answer:

As I thought, she wants to swap roles and become the big sister, doesn't she?

What a wicked scheme. A little sister wanting to become the big sister—no matter how you look at it, that's even more detestable than the descent of an Evil God. It's a cancer upon the world. Umaru has developed these symptoms; she'll destroy the entire world, and the universe itself will be left swaying at her fingertips!

Sogo Doma lowered his head and sighed.

Then, what awaited him was this:

Renna Takahashi slammed her lesson plan directly onto the desk.

"Sogo Doma, what kind of nonsense did you just spout?" She was still hoping to muddle the situation.

However.

The students in the classroom were already incensed.

"Hey, hey, what's with this 'Sadist' talk? How can the school just let a hentai make a statement like that?"

"Get out! Class 2-D doesn't need any Sadists!"

"Bastard, are you looking for a fight after saying something like that?"

At this moment.

The only person in the entire classroom who had just woken from a half-dreaming state widened her eyes: "Sogo Doma! That guy... is he a transfer student in our class?"

Utaha Kasumigaoka covered her mouth. She truly hadn't expected that the guy who had been making her teeth itch with annoyance—yet whom she also felt a strange urge to approach—would end up being in the same class as her!

"Do you think a new transfer student would know every big shot on campus?" That was what he had said.

Looking at it now, he wasn't a liar.

"By the way, everyone says I'm a Sadist scum..." That was also what he had said.

Utaha Kasumigaoka thought, who introduces themselves like that? It was as if he wanted to exclude everyone else from his social circle. Does he not want to interact with her? Sogo Doma!

Until.

During the first period of the afternoon, Renna Takahashi had been slightly late—she went to a mixer again yesterday, she guessed.

Whatever, she'd just sleep; there would never be another chance to nap during the day.

"This is today's... new... transfer student..." In her groggy state, Utaha Kasumigaoka seemed to hear something, but what did that have to do with her? Just sleep...

Until.

"I am Sogo Doma!..."

Utaha Kasumigaoka opened her sleepy eyes...

That guy, to introduce himself like that under these circumstances... he was simply, simply like a lawless hooligan. Looking at the smiling Sogo Doma, she thought: Does that guy even know what he just said?

Don't blame her for thinking this way; the small-circle culture in Japan, the pressure to "read the air," was incredibly strict.

Even she...

Despite being the No. 1 at Toyogasaki, she was still excluded from the inner circles and the general atmosphere.

Whether it was being called the "Flower on the High Peak" or "Sleeping Beauty," beneath these flowery descriptions lay nothing but raw malice and an atmosphere of isolation.

Utaha Kasumigaoka didn't know how to describe this phenomenon, so she poured her emotions into her writing.

When it came down to it, Utaha Kasumigaoka was, at this moment, just a sixteen-year-old girl without any friends.

However.

As Utaha Kasumigaoka looked at that smiling face on the podium once more, with the same declaration and the same explosive impact, she could swear that no one else in this life would ever introduce themselves like that.

This was an introduction that completely rejected the idea of fitting in!

On the podium, Sogo Doma looked at the group of students whose anger remained unabated and smiled as well. This time, his smile was even more delighted!

Turning around.

Sogo Doma said to Renna Takahashi, "Teacher, the other students seem quite indignant. I don't feel like this class is suitable for me to continue attending. Also, Teacher, you really should go out and see the world."

As if fleeing in defeat, Sogo Doma left the classroom, leaving behind a bewildered Renna Takahashi and a room full of furious students.

After a long while.

"Sogo Doma!" Renna Takahashi finally shouted the name.

Other students: "..."

Indignation is hard to suppress; who do you think caused all this?!

Utaha Kasumigaoka pursed her lips into a smile. That guy really was a maverick!

However.

How on earth did a person like that get to know a big shot like the God's Tongue? She was becoming increasingly curious about him.

She looked around and realized there were no empty desks or chairs left, save for one desk in the very last row right next to her. Does this mean that since that guy transferred here, he's going to be her deskmate?

On the other side.

Sogo Doma, who had consciously withdrawn from the classroom, laughed: "Umaru definitely didn't expect that the self-introduction she gave would become my reason for skipping class. Hahaha... how delightful!"

He checked the time; it was just before two in the afternoon. Sogo Doma felt delighted once again: "Since I've already reported to the teacher, I don't really feel like attending the afternoon classes. Hehe... it's time to teach that good-for-nothing little sister a lesson."

Thinking this, he went straight to the shoe lockers to change into his outdoor shoes. Under the stunned gaze of the security guard (or perhaps the dean), he vaulted over the wall and left the school...

It was much simpler than at Totsuki.

Two-thirty in the afternoon, in a residential area not too far from Toyogasaki.

The Doma residence.

Just as Sogo Doma was about to take out his keys to open the door, his little sister opened it first, as if she had foreseen it. It was a perfectly coordinated performance.

However.

"I'm home." Sogo Doma was slightly suspicious.

"Welcome back." Maintaining the air of a refined young lady, Umaru handed him his slippers with a radiant expression, not asking at all why her brother had arrived so early.

However.

Sogo Doma remained hesitant...

It wasn't until he took the black tea Umaru had brewed that Sogo Doma finally spoke: "Umaru, who came over today? Or did you do something? I'm a little unaccustomed to seeing you like this."

Click.

The hamster-like Umaru, who had just carried away the teapot, took a critical hit.

But, thinking about what she had done today.

Umaru wanted to just freeze to death; why couldn't she control her own hands!

After being petrified for a long while, the hamster-like Umaru finally squeaked out: "Oh, right, Onii-chan, Hijikata-san came looking for you today."

"Hijikata?" Sogo Doma instinctively rubbed his chin: "What did that guy want with me? Wait!" He discovered a blind spot that desperately needed a blind monk to save it!

That good-for-nothing little sister just said Hijikata-san, right?

It was Hijikata-san, right?

As expected, he should have poisoned the mayonnaise back then to kill him off!

Someone like Hijikata deserved divine punishment for forcing someone else's sister to call him 'big brother'. Go to hell, Hijikata, Hijikata, go to hell...

Holding this sentiment, Sogo Doma turned back with a "nuclear" friendly smile and looked at his sister: "Umaru, didn't brother tell you before? You must be polite. Don't call him 'big brother' or anything like that; call him 'Mister'. Repeat after me: Hijikata-san!"

His tone was also "nuclear" friendly!

Umaru looked confused: "Etto..."

"It's alright, Umaru-chan, tell me, how did you come into contact with that guy Hijikata today?" Sogo Doma's face still held that "nuclear" smile, but before Umaru could speak, he muttered to himself in a low voice: "Once I find out, I'll just send that guy to the Sanzu River, hehe..."