Before answering Saguru Hakuba's question, Tangze unhurriedly adjusted his cuffs.
After listening to Hakuba explain why he had returned to Japan, Tangze had guessed that he would ask something like this.
Judging by his style, aside from his confidence and self-centeredness, Hakuba had always been someone who liked to seize the initiative. He would never passively accept a script or setting arranged by someone else. Perhaps that was the real reason he had agreed to this variety show.
The fact that he had asked this question meant he had basically concluded that Tangze was the son of that couple. His purpose in coming over was very clear.
"—You knew from the beginning that this was a variety show I planned, didn't you?" Instead of answering, Tangze spoke first, reclaiming some of the initiative in the conversation. "Still, as expected of the Police Superintendent General's son. You reacted quickly."
It was a veiled jab at him using the conveniences of the police system to investigate Tangze's personal information.
Hakuba smiled, not angered by Tangze's barbed words. "I did take a few shortcuts, but I believe I could have identified you very quickly even without assistance. This merely saved some time. Tang Ze Yichuan and Ms. Tang Ze Leona may not have been particularly famous in Europe, but they were once renowned neurosurgeons in Japan's medical community. Identifying them was only a matter of time."
In other words, he was admitting that the protagonists of the "story" he had told aboard the ship were the Tang Ze couple. He was also indirectly stating that Akechi Goro should clearly know this information.
"Then shouldn't you already have reached your own conclusion? Did you come to me to compare answers?" Tangze's expression did not change in the slightest. He seemed unmoved by the two