Separate the past and present

Sumire stared at the gun and then back at him with cold eyes. "I see how it is. This is your means of escape. I can tell right away that you have never shot a person with that gun before. But you've pulled it out plenty of times whenever somebody gets closer to figuring out your feelings."

"You've gotten a lot braver since the last time. I'm warning you, Sumire, the only reason I feigned ignorance and let you be this entire time is because they told me they needed you alive."

This is a lie; what is he saying? He is the one who had to negotiate with those people not to hurt her. But since he has already come this far, he may as well continue. Besides, he hates it more than anything whenever she mentioned Tsueno Mamoru and Terashima Yuhi.

He thought the person's presence who bothered him the most was Ichinose Arashi, but that wasn't it. From the very beginning, those two were the ones obstructing him from getting her heart.