Looking at Tangze Ruins Your Reputation

"You really do love putting up a brave front." Once the two had argued themselves to a pause and started gulping down their drinks in preparation for round two, Hitoshi Saku, who had been watching for a while, finally spoke up leisurely. "I remember you collect every report related to Mr. Mori and clip them out to keep, don't you?"

"I-I do not...!" Eri Kisaki, who had been drinking ice water, choked and started coughing. "I just..."

"Oh, so you're the same as Dad?" Ran Mouri clapped her hands in realization. "Dad secretly reads reports about the cases Mom defends too. He bought several copies of the relevant papers, right?"

"Hey, don't say that..." Mori Kogoro wiped the condensation off his cup and stopped her awkwardly.

"...Oh, I see." One of Eri Kisaki's colleagues teased them, then quickly changed the subject before either could argue back. "It's rare for us to run into each other in Karuizawa. Relax, don't fuss over such trivial things. Let's have a good drink tonight!"

The two people staring at each other across the table exchanged glances, then each took a drink of the water in their hands, both looking awkward.

"Isn't their relationship actually pretty good?" Ai Haibara, seated at the next table, withdrew the gaze she had been casting their way. "They were obviously a loving couple, yet things got bad enough that they had to divorce to keep themselves calm. Was it because their personalities just couldn't mesh?"

"How could that be? Maintaining a marriage doesn't necessarily have much to do with personality." Tangze did not even look up from discussing the itinerary with his teammates. "Do you think my parents were the sort who got along especially well?"

Ai Haibara paused, then seriously began considering the compatibility between the Tang Ze