[ there's a flare of annoyance at that, but it's hard to tell what it's directed at. ]

I'm not sure. He hadn't mentioned what was used as evidence. All I know is that he was shot, the bullet wound was obscured, and that someone completely unrelated to Mineo apparently cursed him. [ which shouldn't be a surprise because people openly talked about potentially doing that. ] I don't know the details of the curse, so I'm not sure if it made him more willing to be helpful or not.