Togusa doesn't need to affirm it, but he feels his head nod. "..Yeah." One hand runs over his face, the familiar nervous or exasperated motion.
Even when he analyzes it, those are the two threads he can't figure out how to knot together. There's this kidnapper, going after the head of a micromachine company, Yamaguchi, and Yamaguchi's death in a subsequent coverup. And then there's the other Togusa investigating something with this organization, and getting shot for his efforts. The only things linking the two are the tech that is swirling around in Togusa's head, and somebody being willing to kill police officers to keep it all hidden.
It doesn't make sense.
But Mariko's expression is inscrutable, even as Togusa has to watch it from the side of his gaze. She doesn't want to talk about something. But it could be literally anything that is the trigger point.
"If you really, truly, don't want to go down this road. I'll drop it." Around her. Tatsuo, Shuji, James, and a few others get to continue to be swarmed with this idea. "But if you want to talk this out, I want to hear what you have to say."
Re: 2/10 - Action [Togusa's Office]
Even when he analyzes it, those are the two threads he can't figure out how to knot together. There's this kidnapper, going after the head of a micromachine company, Yamaguchi, and Yamaguchi's death in a subsequent coverup. And then there's the other Togusa investigating something with this organization, and getting shot for his efforts. The only things linking the two are the tech that is swirling around in Togusa's head, and somebody being willing to kill police officers to keep it all hidden.
It doesn't make sense.
But Mariko's expression is inscrutable, even as Togusa has to watch it from the side of his gaze. She doesn't want to talk about something. But it could be literally anything that is the trigger point.
"If you really, truly, don't want to go down this road. I'll drop it." Around her. Tatsuo, Shuji, James, and a few others get to continue to be swarmed with this idea. "But if you want to talk this out, I want to hear what you have to say."