After being comforted by Sogo Doma, Kotaro Katsura was deeply moved. Clutching his head, he prepared to run outside as he shouted, "I won't listen, I won't listen! I'm just someone who's been left behind by the times. Someone like me shouldn't exist at all. Let me disappear—let everyone forget I ever existed..."
Hattori Hanzo's reaction was even more direct than Katsura's. While Katsura was still getting ready to flee, Hattori had already dashed out. "My friend called Gay, I'll go on ahead to the road to the underworld..."
Watching the two of them act as though they were wholeheartedly seeking death, Sogo Doma's mouth twitched. If Hattori Hanzo hadn't suddenly made a lightning-fast move while passing by him, trying to swipe what he was holding, he might actually have believed it!
All Sogo could do was casually swap the 18X magazine in Hattori's hand for another one before handing it over, then wave at the man who was already nearly at the door. "Hattori, no matter how much you like adult magazines, no matter how restless you get, you need to know moderation! Oh, right—you haven't paid yet..."
Before Hattori Hanzo could savor his success, he looked at the other 18X magazine in his hand and once again expressed his excitement with a torrent of nosebleed. "Bastard, would it kill you to let me succeed just once?"
Unfortunately, he ultimately never said those words aloud. After all, he couldn't turn back now. Buying adult magazines in front of so many people was already more than Hattori Hanzo, who had always cared about his standing, could bear. On top of that, Sogo Doma had reminded everyone—he hadn't paid! If Hattori turned back now, it would be a massive public humiliation. No doubt about it!
"Running out on the bill for