[ He clenches a fist at that. Professor Watson had been the other name on the list? Then Naruhodou had been caught up in this from the start, albeit inadvertantly.
He's about to question the most recent victim — "him," surely that's him then — when it occurs to him. ]
You said that "three" of the four names were dead? But that's—
[ He unclenches a fist and draws a hand up, considering. Four names. Himself. Gregson. That was the pair he knew about, the order he'd been given back in Japan as a condition for the trip. If Watson was a name, then it would stand to reason that the other was . . .
Asougi pauses. If Holmes is truly that upset over the latest death — which he can only assume was his assigned target — then why hasn't he said anything to him directly? . . . What did that message say? ]
no subject
[ He clenches a fist at that. Professor Watson had been the other name on the list? Then Naruhodou had been caught up in this from the start, albeit inadvertantly.
He's about to question the most recent victim — "him," surely that's him then — when it occurs to him. ]
You said that "three" of the four names were dead? But that's—
[ He unclenches a fist and draws a hand up, considering. Four names. Himself. Gregson. That was the pair he knew about, the order he'd been given back in Japan as a condition for the trip. If Watson was a name, then it would stand to reason that the other was . . .
Asougi pauses. If Holmes is truly that upset over the latest death — which he can only assume was his assigned target — then why hasn't he said anything to him directly? . . . What did that message say? ]