Chapter 40In the hallway, everyone watched Nakata being walked away. Hiroshi wondered how much of what Nakata said was true and how much was self-protective PR. But it hardly mattered. He’d never work in a company again, or work at all, even if his jail time was reduced by the mitigating factors he was no doubt working up in his head. His name would be reported and the story blown out of all proportion in some scandal-loving weekly. Nakata would become yet another sacrifice to the Senden system.
Takamatsu whispered to Hiroshi. “I told you about the wirecutters.”
Hiroshi whispered back. “They were pliers.”
“They’ll have Nakata’s prints all over them. I promise you.” Takamatsu pulled his lighter out and flipped it around in his hand.
Hiroshi whispered, “You’re right. They will.”
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