[Kotetsu figured as much. Unfortunately, that means there's little to nothing he can do to soften the blow of the answer to that question.]

...The police.

[There's a long and dragged-out sigh. He doesn't know where to begin explaining that without explaining other context. Maybe he should just...start from the beginning.]

Bear with me here, but did you ever hear about the Ben family murders? The one thought to be an accident at first, and then later investigated as an arson?