She wanted to play detective so badly. Why did she change her mind so suddenly?

in this “Pretend Family” game!

I'm just a bit annoyed at having to pay for your "research".

I don't mind if it is make believe.

Pretending not to know each other? What a cute way of playing around.

That's right. We should go along with them and their "stranger" game. That's what the President said...

I bet you're playing at being superheroes, aren't you?

It’s not like we wanted to take part in this baffling “Pretend Family” game.

Like we're in Dragon Quest?

The only thing left for me would be to play the mother's part.

Maybe I screwed up so badly because playing family made me lower my guard.

Maybe just to rid Haruhi's boredom with this client stuff, even a little.

We call it "playing detective."

You may be playing, but it's effective.

You're so cute! "I can't control myself!" "Baby, I wanna pull that belt right off of you."

It's almost like you're playing house.

Are you playing a game of "let's be humane"?

Rather than "house", I'd say it's more accurate to say we're playing "politics".

Satoru... Is this the end of "playing detective"?

I'm bored, so let's pretend like we're in Dragon Quest.