As the Abarangers were about to attack the man, somebody came in between them.
"Wait!" he shouted, "What did you henshin for?"
It took a while for everyone to realize it who it was that stopped them, as he was the last person they'd expect who would.
"Doyle?" Ryouga questioned, "What are you doing?"
"I asked you people first." Doyle replied.
"Trying to help you." Yukito sounded angry, "This man has been asking about you for..."
"I know." Doyle interrupted, "I asked him to."
This made everyone look unnaturally surprised.
Doyle smacked his forehead, after which Roxton said: "Don't be angry with them, they didn't know."
"It's not that." Doyle told him, "It's that face of theirs that makes them look like terrible TV-actors."
Once everyone was inside the house, the man in question introduced himself: "I'm Olmesu Shinya. I'm a private investigator."
"A detective?" Ryouga sounded surprised.
"I see." Yukito realized, "You hired him to find out about your past."
"Any bit helps." Doyle said.
"You could have told us." Ranru sounded angry.
As Doyle doesn't know what to do when Ranru gets angry, Roxton replied instead of him: "We could have, but Olmesu told us not to."
"It's quite simple." Olmesu explained, "When I ask you people about these Doyle, I get to know him a little better. And with what I know about him, through the eyes of others, I'm sure I may have an idea of where to start looking."
"But you still could have told us." Mahoro agreed.
"Maybe." Doyle replied, "But we had to be sure you'd be completely honest."
"Too bad that cover is blown now." Roxton remarked.
"Not necessarilly." Olmesu disagreed, "With what I know now, I'm sure I'll find out enough about you."
"And exactly how do you plan on paying him?" Yukito tried to see the realist side of this.
"We don't need to." Doyle answered.
"I've been retiring the past few years. It feels nice to finally face a new challenge." Olmesu explained, "I think it'd be rude if I charge any of you."
"Great to hear that." Nakadai suddenly let himself be heard, "So what did you find out so far?"
Olmesu looked at his notes: "So far, all I see is that Doyle's quiet, yet resourceful. Also seems to be fixed on this Ra..."
"I'm pretty sure we know all that already." Doyle interrupted.
Olmesu grinned: "Why you're quiet, I can quite understand, with what you've already experienced with the man who gave you both live. But..."
"But what?" Ryouga asked.
"His resourcefulness is what bothers me." Olmesu answered.
"I always thought it was our own instincts telling us what to do." Roxton explained.
"I don't think that's it." Olmesu disagreed, "As I've been told, you once just observed a fight and knew the best way to end it. You also knew how to abduct someone and..."
"That wasn't his fault!" Ranru exclaimed.
"... And how to cover your tracks." Olmesu continued uninterruptedly, "Not to mention you know perfectly well how to handle those weapons you use. Doesn't that bother you just one bit?"
Doyle didn't know what to say, but Nakadai did: "Are you saying he may have been a soldier?"
"He doesn't seem the type to join the military." Olmesu replied, "If he'd know how to handle, it could be learned or even self-taught, as a hobby. The reason thereto can be a lot of things, but I'm under the impression that his many... issues can have something to do with it."
"What issues?" Ranru asked.
That's when Asuka came into the room: "Great, you're all here. And who's he?"
"Perhaps we can discuss the rest more privately?" Doyle suggested.
"If you know a place where we can talk." Olmesu didn't seem to have a problem with it.
"How many places do we know?" Roxton asked Doyle.
"You remember those better than I do." Doyle replied, as he headed to the door, with Olmesu following him.