Part 154: Revenge's Signal Flare

Enishi: I'm pleased to make your acquaintance, Mr. Kujiranami.

Kujiranami: Who are you? Why do you know my name?

(Enishi only smiles.)

Kujiranami: If you don't have anything to say, get out of here. I'm waiting for someone.

Enishi: If you mean Mr. Gein, he's looking for a place with rooms for six people. It's our first meeting, so I wanted a really first-class hotel.

Kujiranami: Then you're the one Gein was hinting about, the sixth, the one coming from Shanghai.

Enishi: Not the sixth. Strictly speaking, you'd have to call me the first. I couldn't leave Shanghai because of my work, so Mr. Gein's been handling things on my behalf, but I'm the one behind it all. I've covered all the expenses. But there won't be any leaders or underlings among us. We're all comrades, working for the same goal.

(A pause.)

Enishi: How was the Akabeko? According to Mr. Gein, Hitokiri Battousai has relations with the shop.

Kujiranami:... It's a good place. It's been a while since I've eaten a meal in peace, like a human being.

Enishi:... So, you wish to bow out?

(Flashback. Battousai slices off Kujiranami's hand. He kneels, clutching his bleeding wrist.)