Richest Man in the Lighthouse: "But the outcome was the same."
Richest Man in the Lighthouse: "Kasumigaoka Utaha was effectively the backup choice if there was no Kato Megumi."
Richest Man in the Lighthouse: "But what mattered most was still Kato Megumi's own thoughts."
Richest Man in the Lighthouse: "Without the Slope Kill, Aki Tomoya wouldn't have fixated on Kato Megumi. Naturally, they wouldn't have had much contact, and Kato Megumi wouldn't have developed special feelings for Aki Tomoya because of his attention. Naturally, she wouldn't have competed with those two."
Richest Man in the Lighthouse: "Otherwise, the outcome would still have been the same."
Tony did not think this counted as Kasumigaoka Utaha winning. At most, Kato Megumi had simply not taken part. Otherwise, who won and who lost would still have been hard to say.
The Slope Kill had not made Aki Tomoya fall for Kato Megumi. What made him fall for her later was purely Kato Megumi's own maneuvering; before he knew it, she had won him over.
Kasumigaoka Utaha and Eriri Spencer Sawamura had not even realized what was happening.
Still, it had to be said: even the side stories only had Kasumigaoka Utaha's route. Eriri really was hopeless.
Childhood friends—so long as she had taken that one step, the two of them would have gotten together. Yet she had lost precisely because of her "tsundere" nature. Not only had she failed to take that step, she had kept retreating, allowing someone else to surpass her.
"Tch."
Thinking back on Eriri Spencer Sawamura's actions, Tony could not help shaking his head. He had never seen such a personality in his entire life.
It was only after joining the Chat Group that he learned there was such a thing in the world as a "tsundere."
Utaha Kasumigaoka: