Tezuka, my thanks for following up on the Kyushu antique dealer. As I suspected, the rogue assets from the absorbed company did not linger there long. Are you aware that the bank details you provided for the funds next destination belong to that of a pachinko parlour in Osaka?
Kabaji, I am sending you to Osaka to investigate this ... business. While I am providing a purse for your cover for being there, I do expect information in return; photos, names and descriptions of the employees and preferably details on regular customers who might be friendly with the staff.
Saeki, in the hope that it will reach you while you are still sober enough to avoid dropping it, I am sending Kabaji over first thing tomorrow morning with your birthday gift. Please do not use it to reach the level of intoxication I do not doubt you are aiming for. It would be a shameful waste.
Private:
Ideally, I would wish to be out of town for my own birthday. The one person I would truly wish to share it with, I do not have the right to approach.
Besides, if I were to make such a move it would likely result in my own demise. Murder on a birthday has a neatness to it I suspect Fuji would find pleasing.
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[ooc: Atobe has given Saeki a bottle of port from his family's vine yards. They do only deal in the best~]