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Originally Posted by karice67

Spoiler for Episode 7:

It is the Nanase daughter, Nanase Miyuki...that was a flashback, it seems to me like the villain came to get her and killed her relatives in the process.

The lady whom Hijikata (the reporter found) is obviously the blonde lady who's always with our villain - Gotou seemed to make that connection, and it's confirmed by the shed wig and clothing. One more thing...was her name ever spoken in the anime? Because it appears in the credits:

Spoiler for just in case:

Nanase Miyuki

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The reason the video was shot like that was because it wasn't of the mansion, but of the house that Yakumo went to in the end. Yakumo recognised her voice as the same one from the phone call he had in episode 5, and also realised the location of the real house. Why he didn't tell anyone...I have no idea.

Spoiler for specification:

so the villain lady is the little girl in the flashback, but i wonder why did he specifically want her, maybe she has some power or whatever