Drowning Fish Page #5

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There's a rumor I heard a while back.

Ishimaki was in foreign affairs-- the Russia liaison.

Seems he was in cahoots with the Russian Mafia,

using crabbing boats to smuggle weapons

out of the harbor in Abashiri.

Could that be true?

Someone in the Russian army

was selling Kalashnikovs on the black market.

Remember that nuclear sub that sank in Russia last year?

You don't mean...

Indeed I do.

Apparently that same Russian soldier was among its crew.

It was Ishimaki's doing.

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

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