Ryoma does not answer immediately. Instead, he slowly turns his chair toward the window beside his desk and watches the light snowfall drifting across the streets outside.
"Do you know why some global audiences have started losing interest in La Liga and Bundesliga, Kirizume-san?" he begins.
Kirizume frowns. The sudden shift toward European football catches him completely off guard.
"What does that have to do with…"
"Monopoly," Ryoma cuts in.
Then he turns back, his tone remains casual. "When Real Madrid and Barcelona become too dominant, or when Bayern Munich keeps stripping the best players away from every domestic rival, the competition becomes predictable. People get bored. Rivalries lose their edge. Eventually the entire ecosystem starts losing value."
