Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai Page #2

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(Sonny) untraceable

f***in' button man.

OK, OK. Er, let's see...

I don't pay him by the job.

He'll only work if I pay once a

year on the first day of autumn.

First day of autumn, I settle up

for that past year, see?

The first day of autumn...

OK, OK.

Let's skip that part.

Where does he live?

F***ed if I know.

That's the next strange thing.

I can't call him. He contacts me

only through a bird.

Since I first started

contracting stuff out to him,

the bird comes every single day.

Hold it, hold it, hold it.

Did you say he contacts you

through a f***ing bird?

Did I just hear that?

What particular

species...of bird?

It's a pigeon. It must be

a carrier pigeon or whatever.

Passenger pigeon!

They've been extinct since 1914!

Am I f***ing dreaming here

or what?

OK, Louie, forget about

the bird. Let me ask you this.

Tell me, what does

this mysterious guy look like?

He's a big guy.

A big black guy.

- He's what?

- He said the guy's a n*gger!

Maybe eight years ago,

I saw a guy, this guy.

'He was a kid

in a bad situation.'

(Man) Stupid-ass

motherf***er!

Get his ass up here!

You motherf***er!

What's the problem here?

'So l...

straightened things out.'

Anyway, about four years ago,

this big guy comes to my door.

This black guy, got a f***ing

pigeon on his shoulder.

F*** knows how he found me,

but he said he owed me.

I only saw him once after that

and we made this arrangement.

That's very touching, Louie.

Let me just backtrack

for a second.

The bird comes to your house

every day. Did he come today?

Yes, the bird

was there this morning.

(Sonny) Did he have a message?

The usual

"mission accomplished" message.

Uh-huh. And did you

send a message back?

No.

You'd called me in, so I figured

it was best to leave it alone.

Did you follow this bird?

Put a bug on it?

Anything like that?

No, I never had a reason

to do anything like that.

I realise the arrangement I made

with this guy is pretty weird,

but he's always

shown me complete respect.

A whole new century

is coming,

and Mr Vargo wants

every member of this family

to make it a priority

to erase this weirdo.

This guy is a professional.

Going after him

could be dangerous.

Handsome Frank was one of us,

so we're gonna peel

this n*gger's cap back.

Better him than you, right?

Now, what the f***

is his name?

- Ghost Dog.

- What?

- Ghost Dog.

- Ghost Dog?

- He said Ghost Dog!

- He calls himself Ghost Dog.

A lot of these black guys,

gangster type guys,

they all got names like that.

- (Mr Vargo) Is that true?

- He means like the rappers.

(Sonny) The rappers got names

like that - Snoop Doggy Dogg,

Ice Cube, Q-Tip, Method Man.

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