And Kamijo Mutsumi... she had actually thought this scumbag would be corrupted by her deadbeat dad. How naive she was!
Corrupted into being her great uncle, is that it?
Sakiko wanted to punch both of them.
"???Oh, right,"
Perhaps because Soyo was too close, Saki's dad was also affected.
"Speaking of which, Big Brother, you introduced a job to me. I haven't repaid you yet!"
"Sakiko is especially good at housework. Don't you like this girl a lot too?"
"It's perfect. She can go to your place..."
Sakiko: ?
Wait, is my deadbeat dad selling me out right in front of me?
"This..."
Hearing this, Kamijo Mutsumi, who had seemed to be drunk, had his eyes clear up. He looked at the man with a half-smile.
"...isn't very appropriate, is it?"
"What's not appropriate!"
The middle-aged man, however, acted as if he had completely lost his senses due to excessive alcohol intake.
"Do I not trust you, Big Brother?"
Flashy young punks can't be trusted, but a big brother is different.
"My Precious Mutsumi doesn't cook very often," Kamijo Mutsumi said, tactfully refusing. "One more person and we might not have enough bowls and chopsticks!"
Wait, even if you're going to refuse, find a better reason.
And am I that unlikable to you?
Hearing his reply, Great God Saki's face darkened even more.
"Don't worry about that, Big Brother," Saki's dad said with a laugh. "Sakiko will find something to eat herself when she's hungry."
Wait, are those the words of a human being?
And besides, has he asked me about this decision he's making on his own?
"But..."
"Big Brother, you're not giving your little brother face!"
Seeing him seem to want to refuse again, the drunken middle-aged man directly interrupted.
"If I tell you to take her, then take her. We're brothers, why be so polite?"
With that, without waiting for a reply, he roughly reached out and pushed the two of them out.
Although he looked slovenly, his body had not been completely ravaged by alcohol. He actually managed to push them out the door before they could react.
"Bang!"
Then he slammed the door shut and locked it from the inside, leaving the two of them standing there, looking at each other.
"Um..."
Looking at the girl beside him, Kamijo Mutsumi said with a smile.
"...Should I call someone to pick the lock?"
"No need."
Sakiko's face was dark. After a moment of silence, she finally made a decision.
"...Let's go."
"Where to?"
"Just as that bastard said. To your place!"
And so, Soyo watched as Sakiko was kicked out of the room not long after she had entered, and then got into Kamijo Mutsumi's car.
Wait, they're just leaving?
What are they planning to do this late at night?
"That damned girl is finally gone..."
Inside the room, after kicking them out, the middle-aged man returned to his drunken state.
"Now there's no one to nag me about this and that. She's so stingy even when I ask for a little money for beer."
And that "big brother" of his... did he really think he couldn't see that he was just after his daughter?
Well, at least he sold her for a good price. He wondered what his dear daughter thought of it.
Forget it. No matter what she thinks, it's better than...
...rotting away here with him!
"Where did it go? I remember putting it here..."
The man suddenly started rummaging through a pile of junk in the corner, finally pulling out a videotape and inserting it into the old machine beside it.
As the contents of the videotape were read, an image appeared on the CRT TV that looked even older than him.
It was a scene from the MyGO!!!!! anime, the first episode where Sakiko quit the band.
"He's really something, that kid from the Kamijo family," the man said, watching the anime while drinking. "Much better than a good-for-nothing like me!"
Kamijo Mutsumi was right before. He was a good-for-nothing that no one looked up to!
He had even over-enthusiastically tried to prove himself, only to end up with a huge debt and be kicked out of the house.
In the end, he was reduced to a parasite who drank all day to escape reality and had to be supported by his daughter.
It had to be said, watching his daughter in the anime break up with her friends because of him, he actually had the thought of pulling himself together.
After all, she used to be so gentle, so proud, just like...
However, this joke wasn't funny at all.
If a rotten person could pull themselves together, could they still be called a rotten person?
The man shook his head and took another big gulp of beer.
Hehe, my daughter's blood and sweat tastes so good!
This blood-sucking is so comfortable. Isn't it much better than working hard?
It was just a pity that there was no one to get angry at him now.
Forget it. Let it be!
This is good.
"Great God Saki."
Inside the car, looking at the girl who had just been abandoned by her father, Kamijo Mutsumi said with a gentle expression.
"Don't you worry. Great Uncle will definitely dote on you like his own beloved niece."
"Who's your niece?" Toyokawa Sakiko said impolitely. "Also, do you know that your way of comforting people is terrible?"
When did Great God Saki become so aggressive?
Kamijo Mutsumi's expression didn't change, but he was a little surprised.
"I don't need comfort," the girl said, her eyes gradually turning red. "I don't need it."
Then came the complaints.
"That bastard! All he knows is how to drink all day. But when it comes to selling his daughter, he's so skilled."
"Is it that hard to pull yourself together?"
"Don't tell me he really thinks this is for my own good?"
"Disgusting guy!"
"He might as well just rot away!"
One could only say, like father, like daughter, but Sakiko only felt disgust.
Because this completely negated everything she had done so far!
Why did he think she had left the Toyokawa family with him in the first place?
And this was the result?
However, this self-righteous act of cutting ties with those who care... did Great God Saki find it a bit familiar?
"If you hate him that much, Saki-chan, I can just have someone take care of him now?"
"..."
Great God Saki suddenly fell silent. He had just killed the conversation.
"...Isn't he your second brother?"
Although she really didn't want to admit this relationship, the image of the two of them with their arms around each other's shoulders was still fresh in her mind.
How should one put it? It was very surreal!
"I just met him today. How can he compare to Saki-chan!" Kamijo Mutsumi said, cutting ties at light speed. "As long as you want it, he won't see tomorrow night's sun!"
"There's no sun at night anyway..."
Sakiko had just retorted when she seemed to realize something and covered her mouth.
Oh no, he's pulling me into his rhythm!
However, with his interruption, her mood was no longer as suppressed and resentful as before.
"...There's no need to be so extreme."
Although her deadbeat dad's actions disgusted her, it hadn't reached the point of patricide without regret.