"No, but he's wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of a bank executive who decided he wasn't going make any more payoffs to the sokaiya--they're extortion specialists who have to be bribed not to disrupt a company's annual shareholders' meeting."

"A banker? What bank? Kamatsu was a banker, don't forget."

"But Kamatsu's death seems to be pretty conclusively connected with the Di Rocco murder and the Nakanishi attack. And with the certificate."

"Yeah, you're right. Well, thanks Brian. Nothing new on the certificate itself?"

"Sorry, Mike. We're still waiting on that one."