The moment that Oreki repeated what Sawakiguchi said on the previous episode it suddenly felt wrong. I wondered, was this what Hongou wanted? and to add to my doubts, we didn’t get to see the reaction of Eba who is Hongou’s best friend 🤔. Chitanda and Ibara's reaction also didn't feel right and for the love of everything that is right why didn't they do the most obvious thing from the beginning, asking Hongou's bestfriend!! 😤