"Son of a bitch," he can't hide his mutter before he takes a long drink.

The tension seems to transfer over and shoot through Togusa as well, remaining very still on his barstool. Was the accusation just to cast doubt, or was it also a way to get the kid to poke his head up so that they could kill him? Does it matter, if it ended up serving both purposes?

"What's it all for?" A quiet outrage in Togusa's tone. "What the hell kind of information would be worth killing this many people over? Trying to kill more?" He knows. He knows Tatsuo is going to keep trying to learn more, to investigate this case that he isn't even technically involved in. But even Togusa is starting to want to know the truth.