When you were just starting to get popular, I think.

[Well, why lie at this point? Rosho has already sussed it out, and it's not like it's a terrible crime. Looking up at the ceiling, Rei tries to recall how it started.]

I was casing the city for an upcoming job. And when in Osaka, of course you have to see what's up with the local entertainment! Maybe it's just 'cause you two had broken into my house earlier that year, but you caught my attention from the outset.

[He swirls the drink in his cup.]

But the next time I was in town, you'd just split! Obviously, couldn't have that.

[Okay, that's simplifying it a bit. Like, taking out the whole Chuohku ordering him to wind Sasara back up thing. But it's mostly the truth!]