The next day, Tokyo, Ginza, Woodland Orchard Hotel Restaurant, a secluded corner
"Did you bring the stuff?"
"This should be about everything. I don't know if it meets your requirements..."
"Let me check the quality first! If it doesn't pass inspection, don't blame me for refusing to pay!"
This exchange made the corner of Mai Sakurajima's mouth twitch. She looked at her mother handing over the USB drive, then at Sogo Doma plugging it into his laptop.
"By the way, what kind of underground deal scene were you two acting out just now!?"
"Ahem..." Sogo Doma, the first to start hamming it up, coughed twice. "Mai, don't you think that dialogue fits the atmosphere and setting perfectly?"
"That's right..." Having unconsciously gotten drawn into the act, Mrs. Sakurajima nodded. "A secluded corner, along with information that can't be made public—it's simply..." As a mature adult, she absolutely could not admit that the guy in front of her had just led her astray!
She wanted to say that none of this was her responsibility. After all, the way this guy was dressed today made it far too easy to get into character...
"This setting, huh~? Who would make a deal somewhere with surveillance cameras everywhere..." Mai Sakurajima slipped into her role as the straight man. "More importantly, Sogo, why are you dressed like that? And why did you choose a place like this to meet? Isn't this just a waste..." No wonder she said that—she had experienced what true culinary perfection tasted like...
In Mai Sakurajima's eyes, for someone with Sogo Doma's cooking skills to meet at a restaurant was simply a waste—a waste of his talent!
"Can't be helped. My stupid little brother is going on a blind date today, so I have to come oversee things and offer some