"That Tokitsu guy reacted very strangely. Tell me, Akechi, do you know something?"
After leaving the dressing room and handing the scene over to Jun'ya Tokitsu so he could prepare his answer, Saguru Hakuba suddenly said that.
Everyone's gazes naturally followed his words and turned toward the leisurely Akechi Goro.
"What makes you say that?" Tangze glanced sideways at Saguru Hakuba and unhurriedly adjusted his tie. "Are you accusing me of conspiring with Nichitv to rig this?"
Saguru Hakuba was a smart man, and Tangze was no fool. Of course, he understood the implication behind the accusation and immediately struck back without hesitation.
He wasn't surprised that Saguru Hakuba had noticed something. Among the younger generation of high school detectives, Saguru Hakuba truly ranked highly. He had not been compared much with Shinichi Kudo in the past mostly because he lived abroad; it was rather like two kings never meeting. Whether in deduction or family background, he was no inferior to Shinichi Kudo.
Tangze was simply curious how he had detected that subtle difference.
"Can't be helped. Among us, you're receiving treatment on a completely different level. And you keep glancing at Jun'ya Tokitsu from time to time." Saguru Hakuba rubbed his chin, speculating, "If you aren't some insider planted by the production team, then you must have some grudge against Jun'ya Tokitsu. But he doesn't seem to remember you at all."
Before Rena Mizunashi responded to Jun'ya Tokitsu's nearly arrogant demand, she had vaguely observed every detective present, as though there were people in the room besides the host responsible for maintaining the program's pace who could fundamentally affect how things unfolded.
That look, coupled with her assessment of Heiji Hattori, immediately focused Saguru Hakuba's attention on Akechi Goro and Natsuki Koshi.
The fiercer Jun'ya Tokitsu's attack on Heiji