Haha, I didn’t expect so many people to be that surprised that the debt collectors turned out to be also bodyguards xD
But honestly, this detail had already been hinted at before — like when Equator mentioned that he runs a debt-collection company, and in the previous chapter he was also the one who found bodyguards for Odokawa. So I thought more people would’ve connected the dots :v
Plus, in terms of the story’s meaning, I guess having the bodyguards guys step in here also helps set the stage for Sato and Rena’s role in the plot. Otherwise, everything they’d been chasing from beginning to end would’ve ended up feeling pointless.
Anyway, I think from the very beginning, Odd Taxi has always been a story about all these miraculous coincidences weaving together into one complete picture, and that theme is still here. And they way they set up Sato's ability with those coincidences only push the theme further.