Drowning Fish Page #3

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He drowned that guy to destroy evidence.

- Shirasu?

- What?

Are you making this all up?

Hey.

Mr. Joe, mind if I borrow Mick for a sec?

Hey, Mick.

Aw, come on! We'll have a good time together.

Your jawline is really amazing.

Please stop!

Come here.

OK.

Let me see what's in those eyes.

In my eyes?

So... what happened last night?

Did it hurt?

- It's Ishimaki.

- Dodging the question, eh?

Is he meeting someone?

Dad?

Asako!

It's a competition.

Stop that, Dad.

Stop!

Stop, I said! Stop that! Now!

Stop dancing!

Stop it, Takamitsu!

You're dead...

You're dead to me!

- Wait, Asako!

- Dead to me! Dead!

Asako, wait!

Hey!

Komaki's leg hair

Why's one of 'em hard? --Ami

Middle one's the best --Yumi

Send this to their families --Tetsu

Going up on the corporate website --Gai

What about them? Everyone was clamoring

for a copy, so I handed out a bunch.

Don't play dumb. You're the Daito blackmailer.

What if I am?

If you want me to keep it

from the police, it'll cost you 10 million.

You really are the worst.

- What?

- You are the police.

Public Security Bureau foreign affairs agent

Shuji Ishimaki.

Go ahead and tell the cops whatever you want.

This is an unexpected development.

But these photos aren't any kind of evidence.

That aside, aren't you the one in the hotseat here?

If you arrest me, I'll spill the beans.

Tell them you threatened me.

If you want me to keep this quiet,

I'll take 20 million.

You goddamn brat!

I'll kill you before I let anyone know!

Why, you--!

So shoot.

Where's Okabe?

Daito did some promotion for Tetsuaki Okabe last year,

and awarded him top prize

in their Daito Contemporary Art Awards.

However, the trouble that followed

led him to turn down the honor.

Using pieces of human bone in his winning work

turned out to be an issue.

When Okabe was eight years old,

a lunatic brutally slaughtered his parents and sister.

What he'd been using in his work

were the remains of his murdered family.

Given Daito's ethical objections,

they requested that he replace these bones

with other materials before making his piece public.

However, Okabe refused,

set fire to the trophy and certificate

they had given him,

and left the assembly hall.

Daito is a long-standing and well-respected film company.

Back when Ishimaki was with the port authority,

he was suspected of being hired by Daito management

to pay off and break up union officials.

Hosaka is likely an associate from those days.

Hosaka?

Minetaro Hosaka, the head of Daito.

Were you acquainted with Hosaka?

The question of how to deal with Okabe

is quite a delicate one.

To save face, only those closest to the incident

have been notified.

If he were to be arrested,

this whole Ishimaki scandal would hit the press.

We won't dirty our hands with Okabe.

It'd be best if he just up and died, of course.

At any rate, gentlemen,

our mission is to secure Ishimaki,

and deal with all of this in strict secrecy.

Will they be going after Okabe, too?

That depends on what he does next.

And Superintendent Miyota gets to decide?

That's right.

It's always Miyota, Miyota...

What do you think?

Anyway,

think of this as a war to protect police dignity.

With war comes casualties.

The safety and peace of our people

stand on the shoulders of their noble sacrifice.

We...

...are soldiers.

sign:
Dubbing in progress

Sales haven't been so good this month, Ishimaki.

It'll be a little longer before I can give you the money.

Take that off.

Hurry up!

I'll give you a break on this month's protection money.

Help me with my work.

So, hey-- what are you gonna do once this is all over?

Dunno. What about you, Shirasu?

Good question!

Maybe I'll go back home.

Where would that be?

Rio de Janeiro.

No comeback, huh?

I'm heading out.

To Okabe's place?

You like him?

That's not it.

And?

If you stop blackmailing Daito now

and just lay low for a while,

no one will bother you.

And are these orders coming from Miyota?

I'm giving you a heads-up, as a friend.

That way I won't have to out you myself.

I appreciate the thought.

But you...

you've been bugged.

Looks like they don't trust you too much.

This is Miyota.

May I speak to Okabe?

Is this Okabe?

It's just as Akiyoshi said.

We have nothing to gain from apprehending you now.

We'd be most appreciative if you'd stop now and lay low.

And if I don't, you'll deal with me in strict secrecy?

Would it be best for you if I just up and died?

Yes...

That may just be for the best.

They say only the good die young.

You know?

Goodbye.

Superintendent...

What is it?

Have you perhaps bugged me, too?

I have no reason to do that.

I know everything about you.

Move and I'll turn you into a shish kabob.

Okabe is definitely the one responsible?

There's no mistake.

This evidence is purely circumstantial.

Just because he happened to show up at the scene?

It means nothing.

The arrangement was that you'd receive payment

once the blackmailing had completely stopped.

Violence...

...will get you nowhere.

It's me.

Add another 10 mill to that ransom.

Is that understood?

Understood.

Drowning Fish

If it starts looking like it'll be too much trouble,

we can take it from there.

By the way,

what are you planning to do about Okabe?

There's a talented person I'd like to introduce you to.

It was easy to record the phone call,

but the email gave me some trouble.

The police have started tightening up on email security.

But... this is your boss we're talking about.

Mind your own business.

That's a freebie.

I hope I can count on you again.

We have your homo friend.

Come to the cafe on Shark Plaza in Shinjuku

tomorrow at noon if you want to save him.

And then what?

See for yourself.

Ishigaki is on the move.

This morning, Daito received a new demand

from a criminal group

calling themselves "Drowning Fish"

demanding forty million yen in cash.

Where did this information come from?

From our source inside Daito.

Is this Okabe's doing?

Okabe wouldn't be demanding money.

This is serious extortion--

and by an active officer of the peace!

If the public were to find out about this,

their trust in us would plummet!

As the supervisor said earlier,

we must do everything in our power to keep this quiet.

When are they supposed to hand over the ransom?

Tomorrow at noon in Shinjuku.

It's likely that Daito will have hired yakuza,

someone to play the part of the criminal.

Please don't forget to bring your sidearms. And...

put your affairs in order, just in case.

These are not my words.

If you don't want to do it, go ahead and run away.

Those are my words.

Couldn't we run, though?

I mean, since Aikawa is on our side and all.

Idiot.

Nodding and smiling all "Yes, ma'am" like that.

I don't know about you fairies, but men don't run.

I'm not gay.

A homo, then!

Not so loud-- not in a place like this.

What's this?

Joe Shishido

You carry that around with you?

'Course I do! What if it got stolen?

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