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No rest forthishot-shot gaijin reporter at the center of an escalating war between the police and the yakuza.
Tozawas secret trip to Minnesota for a liver transplant presents new possibilities for extradition.
Among the U.S. crimes he could be charged with are immigration violations and possible manslaughter.
People wait for years for transplants, Jake tells Katagiri and Nagata.
Tozawa cutting the line means someone else died.
But why pursue this avenue and not just pursue charges here?
Katagiri and Nagata are hip to corrupt elements in the department, protecting Tozawa.
If Jake prints the story, theyll have better recourse to issue warrants and make arrests.
But where do we start with acquiring proof of Tozawas trip and surgery?
How about the FBI?
Some yakuza were arrested by the FBI in Hawaii the day before.
But Jakes findings can wait.
For now, its time to swallow some more pride and assist Trendy with the other FBI story.
Over lunchtime cocktails, Trendy and Jake interview Jason from the American embassy.
It turns out that the arrests in Hawaii were part of an ongoing yakuza operation in the U.S.
Things are cordial enough in Oberfelds office.
Depends on the crime, Oberfeld responds.
What if they jumped the line to get an organ transplant ahead of American citizens?
What if they were Shinzo Tozawa?
All right, says Oberfeld.
Give me what youve got.
Ill call D.C. when they wake up.
Later on, Jake gets a callback from Oberfeld with an immediately suspicious story.
Queue the classic Dr.
Evil Rrrriiiiiiiiight.Jake jumps off the phone with Oberfeld and hops over to Emis desk.
Time to deliver that amazing story gift from home right now.
Behind closed doors, Jake gives Emi the details of the Minneapolis liver-transplant situation.
Months later, the surgeon who did the transplant is wearing the same Vacheron Constantin that Tozawa wears.
Did Tozawa bribe Oberfeld to get into the U.S.?
Chase it, Emi says.
Elsewhere, Katagiri is running a re-enactment of the witness shootout from last week.
Theyve found the mole, and its one of the only people Katagiri still trusted in the department.
Every promising new lead is another roadblock waiting to materialize in this currently cruel-as-hell universe.
Katagiri protests to the assistant commissioner, but hes just as curt with Katagiri as he was with Nagata.
You know how we do things here.
Dont make me reassign you as well.
A chaotic opportunity becomes a dead end for Samantha, too.
Not that I dont love the little exchange where Samantha gets Akiras address from his former Mama-san.
Im also a big fan of Sam in gun-toting, biker-jacket-clad vigilante mode.
Its too bad Akiras whole lavish lifestyle, as presented on TV, is just that: presentation.
When its clear this guy doesnt actually have a penny to his name, she beats him harder.
Its a desperate shout into the void of another well run dry.
Thankfully its notallfailed retribution attempts this week.
This is not what Ishida Oyabun wanted, Gen tells Sato earlier that day.
He knew Hayama wasnt fit to be oyabun.
But who wouldve guessed the house would burn so fast?
That seems to seal the deal for Sato.
Thats not all thats happened, but thats the true mission-accomplished portion.
And to do it he had to become the Oyabun of Chihara-kai.
We know what you are investigating, says Yabuki.
We want you to stop.
Walk away; it will be like it never happened.
Theres nowhere you’ve got the option to hide.
And before they deal with Jake, theyll visit his family.
Yabuki lights Jakes cigarette while he considers the offer.
Theyve got him dead to rights.
Hell respectfully back off.
Thats what he says in the meeting anyway.
But as soon as he and Katagiri are in the elevator, Katagiris got another edict to lay down.
Now is the time to strike.
Publish what you find, he says.
Then there will be nowhere for him to hide.
But what about Jakes family?
You are the way this ends.
Swallow your fear and write fast.
Fuck, Jake says in shock.
Off the Record
ButdoesShinzo Tozawa really hold the strings?
Cause from my seat, its looking more like Kazuko Tozawa is therealoyabun around here.
But Kazuko sees thewholedamn game board at all times.
But even great men require their business to be managed for them.
You are like a little boy, she tells him.
Hoping to avoid punishment but too foolish to understand how.
Power in this country lies with those who control the markets.
But nothings stopping Tozawa from living his I am the new LAW fantasy.
Numbers are boring, dude.
