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Vodka: "..." Looks like he had guessed wrong.
Fortunately, Gin had not expected him to guess correctly. He continued, "Natsumi Kousaka's great-grandmother may have been Maria, the imperial princess who vanished during the revolution."
Of course, it was only a flash of inspiration, a conjecture lacking evidence. Gin thought to himself: Perhaps Uzo had noticed the interesting connections as well. That was why he wanted to gather the entire cast and see what exactly was hidden in the Castle, uncovering this unfinished piece of history.
Besides...
"If you alter the syllables of Poushi Qinglan's name, it becomes 'Rasputin.' The photograph on the television stand in her room also happened to be a solo portrait of Rasputin. Add to that her habit of shooting people in the right eye—she revered Rasputin to such an extent that perhaps 'Scorpion' was not merely a fan, but someone related to him by blood."
Gin recalled the information he had seen along the way. "If Maria's gray eyes were inherited from her Queen mother, and Nicholas II's Queen had apparently been involved with Rasputin—then the two women in the Castle might be distant cousins, though neither of them knew it."
Vodka: "..." He had only come here for a mission, yet he had somehow stumbled onto gossip from a hundred years ago. What a mess.
Still, he had not expected Big Brother to be interested in history like this.
"That is useful information." Gin did not seem to be gossiping purely for gossip's sake. He took out his phone and typed something into it. "Someone may be interested in the descendants of the Tsarist Russian royal family."
Then he shut the cabinet door, had Vodka put the oil painting back in place, and turned to leave the room. He seemed to be planning to