"Here's what our guys say."

Brian and passed Alex another sheet.

The Tokyo field office reported that what the newspaper had left out was that the intruder who was killed in Michiko's room was carrying a knife and was a well-known member of the Naganori-gumi Yakuza.

Moreover, while the gangster may have been after Michiko, there was also a construction company executive who owned the property adjoining Kanto's and who was currently scheduled to testify against the Naganori-gumi in an extortion trial. He could well have been the intended victim, with the gangsters just confusing the houses. Michiko and Noriko were now staying with the Itohs, while Mrs. Matsumoto had joined her husband on a business trip in Europe.