"Umaru, the reason Onii-chan brought that manga home wasn't so he could read it..." Anyway, first he had to clear himself of the suspicion that he'd been secretly reading adult comics. Thinking this, Sogo Doma shifted the blame and said, "Like Utaha just said, I get along pretty well with Kashiwagi Eri. Back then, I was just supporting her..."
Supporting her in what, you ask? Ahem. Anyway, as soon as Eriri had a copy of her work printed, she'd eagerly handed it to him. "Here! I-I don't owe you anything anymore!"
Of course, she hadn't taken any money for it, either. "You're not going to say something like, 'Ah, I already paid you, so it doesn't count,' are you...?"
Trust between people was so fragile. Did he look like the kind of person who'd do that? With his deception exposed, Sogo Doma sheepishly took back the Fukuzawa Yukichi and lamented inwardly, The world's gone downhill, morality's in decline, and people's hearts aren't what they used to be! How can people think the worst of others like that? Can't they remember how innocent they used to be? Sigh...
If the people they were back when they were so innocent knew that, once they grew up, they'd not only become so wary of others but also master all kinds of tricks, they'd definitely cry!
As Sogo Doma reminisced about the past, Umaru Doma said:
"Onii-chan, hiding manga is one thing, but you even secretly got to know the original artist—and someone like that lecherous otaku..." She'd gotten to know him, so Onii-chan must want something from her! Umaru Doma, the great detective, analyzed.
"Ahem..." Unfortunately, the great detective had only made it halfway through her analysis when Utaha Kasumigaoka coughed twice and continued, "Umaru, Kashiwagi Eri isn't some lecherous otaku. She's a