Kaito Kuroba's eyes widened in an instant.
Tangze had indeed asked him for all kinds of materials related to Toichi Kuroba's performance, including but not limited to surviving recordings and footage taken by numerous reporters. That had happened after Saguru Hakuba had made it clear that the shadow pursuing Toichi Kuroba was also connected, to some extent, to the deaths of Tangze's parents.
Tangze had said he wanted to look into it, and then there had been no follow-up.
Kaito Kuroba had assumed the guy simply could not uncover any more details and felt the materials he had compiled over the years were comprehensive enough, so he had stopped bringing it up...
After staring in shock for a while, he quickly adjusted his expression and looked at Tangze with a complicated gaze.
"If there was something like this, why didn't you mention it sooner? I remember that because of your previous condition, your memory is supposed to be extraordinary. That doesn't make sense..."
Tangze gave him that look one would give an idiot again. "Didn't you brag to me about having taken an IQ test and being highly intelligent? You can't figure this out? How many years ago did your father disappear?"
Kaito Kuroba opened his mouth, immediately understanding what Tangze meant.
Eight years ago, Toichi Kuroba had suffered an accident during a public magic performance and was subsequently declared "dead."
At that time, Tangze had not yet recovered from his autistic state through his parents' treatment. He had still been completely unaware of the outside world.
"So you hadn't been cured yet..." Kaito Kuroba murmured, his voice dropping. "You were at the scene that day."
Toichi Kuroba's death had been Kaito Kuroba's nightmare for a long time.
It had not been as simple as losing his father.
Because of