Though he wore a suit and tie in a semblance of respectability, he could not hide his vicious air. And so, even though this Yakuza from the Matori Group had ordered only a drink and pasta at the family restaurant and sat there all day, the servers dared not complain. Instead, he kept ordering them around, making them refill his empty glass.
"Ahh, this is boring."
The Yakuza assigned to watch the Tosu home yawned, snot running from his nose.
After burying Tosu Hideo alive in the Aokigahara Sea of Trees, he had hurried straight back to Aoi Ward in Shizuoka Prefecture, where he had been ordered to monitor the Tosu family's movements. He had not even had time for a nap.
"Oh, Brother Kubo, you're awake? Nothing unusual."
The Yakuza underling suddenly received a call and lowered his voice to report.
"Gather up? All right, got it."
The Yakuza underling picked up his glass and drained the remaining orange soda before taking a few coins from his trouser pocket and tossing them onto the table.
After leaving the family restaurant, he took a few left and right turns and reached a six-seater Honda parked in a nearby mall's underground parking garage. He opened the door and climbed in.
"Brother Kubo."
As soon as he got into the car, the Yakuza underling bowed his head respectfully in greeting.
The windows, covered in privacy film, were tightly shut, but Brother Kubo sat in the back smoking without a care, filling the car with thick smoke.
"How's it looking? Give me a report."
"Tosu Hideo's wife went out around noon, but she only went to the convenience store to buy groceries and came back soon afterward. His daughter, Karei Tosu, hasn't left the house all day."
"So Tosu's wife and daughter haven't