Chapter 14The three officers waiting in the police parking lot wore sunglasses and suit jackets that fit tightly over their bulky frames. Their faces were as round and plump as Sakaguchi’s.
“Are these guys sumo wrestlers too?” Hiroshi asked Sakaguchi.
“Sugamo was, but Ueno and Osaki did rugby.”
“Rugby?”
“Pays better,” one of them said, and they all laughed.
“Pays differently,” another said, and they laughed again.
Hiroshi could not tell if they were joking or not.
“That’s Sugamo driving, and this is Osaki and Ueno.”
“I don’t usually go out of the office,” Hiroshi said.
“Good exercise,” Sakaguchi said. “Takamatsu said you got in on your English. We got in on our size.”
Osaki held the back door open for Hiroshi.
“Actually, I didn’t take the martial arts training when I started,” H
