Chapter 29 Dr. W. Richardson, Grand Master of the Bluthund Community in New York, and his Master of Ceremonies Jerome Watkins had stationed themselves early in the entrance of the large room of the offices in which the community meetings used to take place. They were receiving one by one the members of the Board of Directors and the guests for that day, who had been meticulously selected for their relationship with what had been called the case of the Sect of Assassins. Dr. Taro Suzuki and a young woman whom he introduced as his daughter Matsuko arrived together; the petite young woman with her graceful features, frail silhouette, and demure manners typical of a Japanese maiden was dressed in western clothes that she did not seem comfortable with; the young lady remained in silence next

