"How's the report coming along?" "Is it going to work?" "it'll be complete." "when did you say you were submitting it?" "I'm supposed to have the Chairman take a look at it tomorrow before it gets brought up at the board meeting as an agenda item." "huh?" "Yeah." "isn't Kondo kinda late?" "I'm saying that I'll bring you back to the bank." "It is really possible?" " For you to do that?" " It is." "If you hand me that report." "Why don't you try going back?" "To being a banker." "I'd be grateful... for your help." "What happened?" "It's unusual to see you looking so happy when you get home." "Are you ready for this?" "I'm going back to the bank." "Really?" "it's been formally decided." "But why all of a sudden?" "Well...things happened." "Then...what about the transfer?" "it's called off." "Yosuke." "Yosuke." "Papa... the bank will have to do something about Executive Director Owada." "What is this attached document?" "It's the testimonial by President Tamiya of Tamiya Electric." "He talks about how the 30 million yen loan Kyobashi Branch gave to Tamiya Electric" "Tanahashi Takako." "President Tamiya was virtually coerced into cooperating with Executive Director Owada. but I will make sure it's attached before the board meeting. you know you have a lot to lose." "I'm prepared for that." "All right." "I acknowledge receipt of this report." "I promise to bring it up and discuss it at the board meeting that's coming up in 3 days." "Thank you." "Are you sure?" "There's no mistake?" "Yes." "The Department Chief was definitely stamping his seal of approval this morning." "Hanzawa!" "I just heard an inside scoop on HR." "There hasn't even been an unofficial announcement yet." " What is it?" " Kondo's coming back to the bank." "to the PR Department." "What the hell's going on?" "but Chief Kondo has taken a day off today." "I see." "I'll try to reach him on his cell." "Thank you." "I'll be waiting for you at the usual place." "I'll wait until you come." "Kondo." "Hanzawa." "I..." "Hurry up and go change." "Hanzawa." "Kondo." "Staying alive isn't it?" "Sometimes I wonder why I ever became a banker." "and it's always about money or personnel moves." "and the family suffers." "you get transferred out immediately. there isn't a single word of apology from those guys around you. they hand you a one way ticket to no man's land." "But you..." "came back on your own." "wasn't it?" "You fulfilled that dream." "Let's just leave it at that." "Hanzawa. in order to do that... betrayed you guys." "but" "I don't feel betrayed." "You worked desperately to rebuild Tamiya Electric." "you were able to persuade President Tamiya and get his testimonial." "Then it's up to you to decide how it's used." "You used that to return to the bank." "That's proof of your capability." "I think I would've done the same thing. everyone needs them to go on living." "You simply made the natural choice as a banker." "Don't worry about the report either." "I got you involved in what I should've done myself to begin with." "You haven't done anything wrong." "I'm happy for you." "That you got to come back to the bank." "I'm sorry." "Forgiving Kondo means you're gonna be up the creek." "that report's worth diddlysquat." "you'd just look stupid condemning Executive Director Owada for no reason." "do you?" "the fact that Kondo made a deal with Owada would be exposed too." "huh?" "Damn." "Did Owada have that figured out too?" "taking advantage of our weakness." "isn't there a way?" "A way to conclusively prove Owada's wrongdoings." "What do you think about confronting Kaise again with the document that covered up the tip-off and threaten him to testify?" "somehow get Director Hane on our side..." "What I'm doing is no different than Owada. perhaps Owada and I are like two peas in a pod." "you're not." "Owada is the kind of person who easily discards people for his own self-preservation." "But you... you've always worked first and foremost for other people." "President Takeshita and Fujisawa Miki in Osaka." "President Yuasa and Togoshi-san at Iseshima." "Even Kondo." "Many people were saved by you." "You're not like Owada." " You're totally different." " Tomari... right?" "Owada's desperate now to protect himself too." "He's bent on finding any flaw you may have to send you packing..." "Hanzawa!" "A letter addressed to the Chairman was delivered from the Financial Services Agency." " A letter?" " They're claiming that there was a problem with your attitude towards them at the recent inspection." "It must be Kurosaki." "Director Kishikawa's losing no time in bringing up your disciplinary action at the next board meeting." "isn't he?" "This might've been set up to get you transferred out." "Do whatever you can do to get over this!" "Hanzawa?" "I'll do whatever I can too." "Thank you." "You know what you call this situation?" "No way out." "Hana?" "It's okay." "Just come with me." "It's Hana-chan's homemade chiffon cake." "thank you for your hard work on the long battle during the FSA inspection." "right?" "but we can go anywhere in the country." "Where shall we go?" "This one's for Okinawa." "I'm sorry." "I don't know what may happen yet." "They may decide to transfer me out at the next board meeting." "didn't you?" "I'm sorry." "That's how things are." "Where did you get this?" "I asked if I could make one." "together with your father's screw." "Like a good luck charm." "are you?" "By Owada." "Your mother told me everything." "I'm sorry." "For not telling you." "but who worked so hard to get this far for him. and" "I wanted to support you." "I... respect you as a human being." "Hana..." "So... what does it matter if you lose this time." "but it's only about this big. you can see the bank from an outsider's perspective." "wouldn't it?" "Don't let the thought of getting transferred out stop you from being a banker! go confront Owada head on." "I see." "So you lost the testimonial that was to be the conclusive evidence." "What is your opinion in regards to the content of this report?" "I'd say he's black (guilty)." "What's written here is probably true." "it's just wastepaper." "What do you think is the most important quality for a banker?" "It's the ability to judge people." "Making money is secondary." "and entrusted all of Iseshima Hotel to you." "And we were able to survive." "what are you seeing in Executive Director Owada? and perhaps just another weak human being. you won't be able to beat him." "Maybe we were just looking at Owada as a banker." "Why did Owada resort to a risky method like an indirect loan to get a 30 million yen loan for his wife's company?" "he certainly could've arranged to get a loan himself." "But he didn't do that." "Maybe he couldn't." "I'll use every network I have and strip Owada naked." "Thanks." "I'll ask Kondo to check on Lafite." "Kondo?" "!" "You..." "I realized once again what a good guy you are." "Both you and Kondo are my precious friends for life." "I'll leave those matters to you guys." "There's someone I need to go talk to." "Okay." "I'll try to get a hold of Kondo right away." "Actually...he's already here." "Kondo?" "Get your butt over here." "We only have 24 hours left." "Time for a strategy meeting." "Kondo." "Welcome back." "It's good to be back." "The first investment loss of 12 billion that you incurred." "or was it..." "What difference does it make now?" "I'd like to add your testimony to a document" "I'm preparing to report Executive Director Owada's wrongdoings." "You look as if you want to say justice is on your side." "Hane-san. we have to make people like Owada take full responsibility." "I need your testimony." "That loss was definitely an investment failure." "But..." "Executive Director Owada took advantage of that." "You'd better be very careful." "Of Executive Director Owada." "I'm terribly sorry." "why don't I give you a ride?" "but I'm afraid I must decline." "you know." "Then send me the cleaning bill at least." "that is." "That day was also a rainy day like this." "That was 25 years ago in Kanazawa." "you were holding an umbrella like that. and groveling in the mud." "You said you'd continue to give us the loan!" "Please let go." "please spare them at least." "Please!" "You've risen in the ranks quite a bit since then." "Have you forgotten what happened in the past?" "but..." "I can't seem to remember you at all." "But I do vaguely recall a pathetic screw factory that was obsessed with quality and went under." "He was an admirable craftsman who refused to take my advice no matter how much I tried. he wouldn't have had to commit suicide." "That craftsman trusted the bank and mortgaged his property." "But he was forsaken and lost everything." "He... my father was virtually killed by the bank." "212.667)}25 Years Ago Kanazawa" "We escaped by the skin of our teeth." "That was brilliant of you to talk Hanzawa Screw into mortgaging their property without telling them when we discovered Komada Kogyo was about to go under." "we were able to avoid a loss." "I only did what any banker would've done." "can we?" "You can look forward to your next evaluation." "Thank you." "aren't you?" "Let's go grab something to eat." "if you don't mind." "Your treat." "Sangyo Chuo's still safe and sound." "but there's nothing I can do about something that happened 25 years ago." "There's no statute of limitations for banks." "I'll have you take full responsibility for what you did." "but" "I'll screw you back." "It's double payback." "That's my way of doing things." "Owada's full of it." " How's it going with Kondo?" " I should get something from him by tonight." "But that's strictly circumstantial evidence. it's only a matter of time before they use FSA's demand for improvement as an excuse to" " get you transferred out." " I know." "That Kurosaki sure pulled a dirty trick on us." "something's been bothering me for a while." "Kurosaki accepted Owada's proposal to remove President Yuasa and appoint Director Hane as president way too easily." "right?" "but I can understand that if Executive Director Owada and Kurosaki were connected." "the one who leaked the hiding place of the files to Kurosaki was Owada?" "That's one thing I don't think Owada did. even Owada won't get away with it." "I can't believe he'd leak that kind of information." "Then how did Kurosaki track down the machine room which wasn't even on the floor plan? there's something that comes to mind." "we got a document from the Loan Department" " to file with the rest of the removed files." " That document..." "I took it to the machine room on Basement Level 2." "It's possible you were being followed." "Who from the Loan Department brought it?" " A guy by the name of Yokoyama." " He's a young guy still in his third year." "It's hard to believe that guy's connected to Kurosaki." "I'll ask Yokoyama who told him to do it." "we will be deciding on" "Deputy Manager Hanzawa's disciplinary action at the board meeting." "he will be given orders to transfer out immediately." "all right." "So where's he going?" "Tokyo Central Securities has agreed to take him in." "huh?" "That's a good one." "They're small too." "I'm sure Hanzawa-kun will fit right in." "Hanzawa is also planning to bring up a report that talks about our supposed wrongdoings at that board meeting." "I filed a demand for improvement against Deputy Manager Hanzawa." "huh?" "Make sure you make him mend that impertinent attitude of his." "aren't you?" "I don't know what you're talking about." "Onodera." "Yokoyama kindly told us." "This is the additional document you gave Yokoyama." "Take a good look at it." "Notes on Iseshima Hotel's loss of 12 billion." "this document didn't exist." "didn't you?" "You don't have the right to remain silent here!" "I can make it known that you faked the document and tried to bring down the bank." "and you'll be dismissed on disciplinary grounds for sure." "Where's the evidence I did it?" "Let's see it if you have the evidence." "Show me the evidence! 160.667)}Notes on Iseshima Hotel's 12 Million Yen Loss give that back!" "You can kiss your job good bye now." "Wait." "I just followed orders from the top." "Orders from the top?" "Who was it?" "Tell me!" "You know there's no way I can." "I'm passing this out all over the bank." "Who was it!" "Was it Owada?" "Kishikawa?" "wasn't it!" "huh?" "right?" "which is like suicide for him?" "Did he have a deal in place with Kurosaki to protect himself?" "No." "This is Kishikawa's betrayal against Owada." "Owada probably didn't know where those files were hidden." "Come on." "Let's go." "Let's all go together." "Kishikawa." "What's going on!" "I don't know either!" "I finally understand what that meant." "but Kishikawa has much more to gain by siding with Owada rather than Kurosaki." "Kishikawa's assured of the Executive Director's post." "Why betray Owada?" "or they have some special connection. there's a chance we can get to Owada from that angle." " But if we can't get it by today..." " There's no way for me to survive." "Did you find out anything about Kurosaki and Kishikawa?" "junior high school." "They had absolutely nothing in common. one last time..." "This is quite a comfortable chair." "More so than I expected." "What can I do for you?" "but" "I thought I'd give you one last chance." " Chance?" " Why don't you reconsider submitting the report?" "I did nothing wrong." "But it's inefficient use of time discussing something when the outcome is already known." "It's also bothersome to have to justify every little thing." "I'll close my eyes to your disciplinary action." " Don't you think it's a good deal?" " I'm afraid I must decline." "I still have work to do." "Please step aside." "That's unfortunate." "That's right." "so shall I tell you of one good method?" "It's easy." "Okay?" "All you have to do is cast away Kondo-kun." "He agreed to my deal and suppressed President Tamiya's testimonial. both Kondo-kun and I will be finished." "huh?" "Go ahead...make my day." "Executive Director." "I take it back." "I'll screw you back. it's a hundred times the payback!" "Please keep that in mind. Hanzawa-kun." "I see." "So you couldn't do it after all." "but we're talking about a well-known person at FSA." "It takes time to get to him." "I'm sorry for putting you through the trouble." "I'll keep digging until the last minute." "Thank you." "Good bye." "Hello." "What's up?" "Hana!" "You gave me a scare by showing up suddenly." "Here." "Bento made by your loving wife." "aren't you?" "Hana-chan." "I was about to pass out from hunger." "And here." "The spy note." "Spy note? and listened endlessly to stories I never wanted to hear." " You'd better appreciate it." " But why?" "I told you that I wanted to support you." "but" "I couldn't get anything worthwhile." " Sorry." " That's okay." "It may be useful for...something." "Thanks. so I figured Mrs. Kishikawa might know something but she seemed to be really distressed." "About her daughter's marriage." "Marriage?" "Director Kishikawa's daughter?" "but and I haven't told very many people." "What's the issue... she told me in secret." "the guy she's marrying works for FSA." "Isn't that the pits?" "They're the bank's enemy." "Mrs. Kishikawa was worried that it's actually not a good thing but" "I gotta go." "Where are you going?" "Hana!" "Don't you think it's rude to come at this hour?" "I apologize." "There's an important matter I had to discuss with you tonight." "Important matter?" " I wanted to confirm one thing." " Confirm what?" "Your intention." "Have you had a chance to take a look at this report?" "403)}Report on "The Indirect Loan to Lafite Incident" "The Iseshima Hotel Insider's Tip-Off Incident" "Briefly." "I'd like to confirm whether you'll acknowledge the contents of this report or not." "So that's what this is about." "You expect me to acknowledge that?" "What's written there is unfounded." "Accused of a 30 million yen indirect loan and suppressing an insider's tip-off" "Executive Director Owada and I are both quite upset over it. you must be regretting what you've done." "Please testify that you acknowledge the contents of this report at the board meeting." "Redeem yourself as a banker." "I can't acknowledge something that's not true." "speak for yourself." "Who's under fire by FSA as a problem manager." "Don't get high and mighty with me!" "but I'm expecting a visitor soon." "Take your leave now." "All right." "allow me to extend my congratulations." "Congratulations on the upcoming wedding of your daughter." "you must have some mixed feelings about it." "she's marrying FSA's..." "How did you know that?" "Your wife seems to be very worried." "She told my wife everything and confided in her." "or whether you're forcing her into a marriage of convenience in order to take advantage of his power." "That's not true!" "He's the one who brought up the marriage." "Kurosaki-san's actually..." "Don't tell me..." "So your daughter's marriage partner was Kurosaki-san after all." "Did you just trick me?" "Director Kishikawa?" "Kurosaki's recent conduct is a major problem." "He hid the fact that he had a personal relationship with our bank and came to conduct the FSA inspection as the chief inspector." " The top won't let it go if they find out." " That's a misunderstanding." "I thought it was Executive Director Owada who was connected to Kurosaki." "So you were the direct point of contact. and you had no choice but to become his puppet." "Am I wrong?" "You must've gotten really fed up with that situation." "You betrayed Owada at that FSA inspection." "You leaked the hidden location of the files to Kurosaki." "Kishikawa." "What's going on!" "I don't know either! the next chairman's position isn't out of reach." "Is that what Kurosaki told you?" "I can understand you favoring your future son-in-law." "secretly conspiring with FSA to put the bank in a disadvantageous position" "Director Kishikawa." "I'm sure your daughter will be terribly disappointed." "What was supposed to be an eagerly anticipated marriage to an elite from FSA wait a minute." "I'm afraid I can't wait." "I'm circulating this information to the media as well." "your daughter will suffer the most." "Stop it!" "I did it all on my own." "My daughter knows nothing about the bank or FSA." "She has nothing to do with this." "You and Kurosaki are the ones who dragged your unknowing daughter into this mess." "Hanzawa-kun." "Please... please keep this matter to yourself." "Please!" "Please don't destroy my daughter's happiness." "please! you're still a decent human being." "You should be able to judge what's the right thing to do." "No one's going to protect you anymore." "What is it that you should do as a banker." "Director Kishitani." "What a surprise!" "Who would've thought we'd meet here." "I was surprised myself." "That you're getting married." "huh?" " What are you scheming to do?" "Are you planning to crush the bank from the inside by using Kishikawa?" "That's not a bad idea." "But" "I rea~lly fell in love with her." "What can I do?" "Never mind." "I find you offensive." "You keep on getting in my way from one thing to the next." "at least." "That all depends on Director Kishikawa." "If Daddy Kishitani gets punished and that may work out nicely too." "I won't hold anything back." "The FSA inspection." "You'd better brace yourself." "you're home already?" "Say...can you lend me about a million yen again?" "I'm going to Milan next week to stock up." "I'm counting on you." "168.667)}Day of 261.333)}Board of Directors' Meeting" "412.667)}Public Relations Office" "I'm Kondo." "I've been assigned here effective today." "I'll do my best to become an immediate asset." "I look forward to working with you." "Deputy Manager Hanzawa." "Come in." "Deputy Manager Hanzawa." "Give us an explanation of your report." "I will do so." "in regards to the 20 billion yen loan provided to Iseshima Hotel last month." "Branch Manager Kaise and Deputy Manager Kozato of Kyobashi Branch were aware of the 12 billion yen loss due to an insider's tip-off from Iseshima Hotel." "and pretending they knew nothing." "our bank was compelled to undergo severe hardship during the FSA inspection." "Manager Kaise is stating that he only followed orders from the top." "The individual who gave that order is as noted in the report." "Executive Director Owada." "didn't you?" "I don't understand why you think so." "That cannot possibly be the truth." "what do I have to gain from doing that? didn't you scheme the downfall of the Chairman by making him take responsibility for the mess up during the FSA inspection?" "Hanzawa-kun." "The downfall of the Chairman?" "that's being disrespectful to the Chairman." "It's completely groundless." "there are no grounds to begin with." "it's not true." "I haven't done a single thing to be ashamed of." "Then let me ask you in regards to the other matter." "It's about the 30 million yen that was loaned to Tamiya Electric 5 years ago." "This money was sub-loaned immediately from Tamiya Electric to a company called Lafite." "but the bigger problem is the fact that this Lafite is owned by Executive Director Owada's wife." "Isn't this obviously an indirect loan who was the Kyobashi Branch Manager to carry out?" "as well as and can cause serious damage to our bank's social credibility." "I respectfully request the board's decision in response to this report." "let's hear what you have to say." "I don't know what to say." "I can only say they're all erroneous assumption of the facts." "I presume you've confirmed the fact with President Tamiya." "did you?" "I'm assuming you have his testimony." "I was unable to obtain President Tamiya's testimony." "of course not." "Because there's no such truth." "are you saying that I took part in an indirect loan based on a one-sided investigation like that?" "That's terrible." "Gentlemen." "I can only think that this report itself was written with malicious intent in which the truth was distorted." "by any chance." "bear a grudge against me?" "I found out that and and that she had been consulting with him about a loan. the timing of the loan to Tamiya Electric and this misunderstanding occurred." "she's planning to either ask Tamiya Electric to convert the 30 million she borrowed to an investment or pay it back once." "I offer my deepest apology." "I'm terribly sorry." "That is all I have to say." "what do you think?" "the conclusion as been reached." "we have the demand for improvement filed against Deputy Manager Hanzawa..." "Please wait." "You say you didn't know because it's something your wife did on her own?" "Executive Director Owada." "Since when did you start making up lame excuses like politicians?" "You're making a big mistake if you think we'd fall for such childish excuses." "all this talk about paying back and converting to an investment is lacking in a sense of reality." "It wasn't me." "That's what my wife said." "Tamiya Electric is having financial difficulties." "Converting to investment is like pouring 30 million yen down the drain." "How is your wife's company planning to pay back 30 million when it's significantly in the red?" "Please tell us the repayment source." "I've been told there's someone who's interested in investing in my wife's company." "What company is that?" "Or is it an individual?" " Please give us the specifics." " How am I supposed to know all that." "is that correct?" "and ask her." "let me say one more thing." "but does she really have what it takes to run a business?" "About the only thing we bankers can do is follow the flow of money." "My partner was kind enough to thoroughly investigate how you and your wife's money flowed in the past 5 years." "and it incurred a debt of some 10 million yen." "and the debts gradually piled up." "your wife turned to loan sharks." "you exaggerate." "but and she has no debts now! Dot Money." "As a result of continuously rolling over debts your wife was saddled with a debt of over 100 million." "That's why you carried out the indirect loan of 30 million" " as a stopgap measure..." " That's stretching it!" "I took the liberty of checking your personal account as well. had a negative balance." "and your remaining debt is in excess of 50 million..." "Hanzawa!" "Wasn't it that attitude of yours that was determined to be a problem by FSA!" "The one who should be judged at this board meeting is you." "Make no mistake about it!" "I don't mind you getting carried away after but you alone... - the morality of our entire bank is being questioned!" " Morality?" "Do such things like morals still exist in this bank?" "and what Executive Direct Owada is saying." "and who is wrong." "Anyone who can think would know. you've all been turning into white what you believed to be black by fallacy." "The result of that is this Tokyo Chuo Bank." "do you remember what you told me?" "You said mega banks are supporting the economy of this country." "no matter what." "banks should never go under." "haven't we turned into a group that only thinks about ourselves without realizing it?" "and think nothing of forcing our self-serving ideas onto others." "and not one person takes responsibility." "constantly checking each other out." "and won't speak up and say what they think is right." "A bank like that might as well have gone under! there are lots of people and businesses who really need the bank's help. we might as well not exist." "Let's not go on fooling ourselves anymore." "and white is white." "Don't you think so?" "Director Kishikawa. weren't you?" "Let's hear what you have to say too. is there anything you wish to say?" "I..." "Director Kishikawa." "Speak your mind honestly." "Not a single thing in this report" " do I recall..." " Kishikawa-san." "What were you going to say?" "Director Kishikawa." "The contents...of this report are..." "Director Kishikawa seems to be under the weather..." "Kishikawa-san's talking now." "Shut up and listen!" "you hear!" "Executive Director Owada." "Kishikawa." "Kishikawa?" "In regards to what's written in this report..." "Kishikawa!" " I acknowledge it! I processed a 30 million yen loan to Tamiya Electric." "that was that was actually a sub-loan to save Executive Director Owada's wife's company." "Executive Director Owada made a request to President Tamiya and they reached an agreement." "Kishikawa!" "What is your problem?" "I know nothing about that." "I know nothing!" " What about Iseshima Hotel?" " That too. both Executive Director Owada and I we covered up the truth and set it up so that the 20 billion yen loan would get processed." " That's something you did on your own!" " No it isn't!" "and" " and I carried everything out." "Kishikawa!" "Shut up!" "I didn't want to turn out like this either." "Not like this..." "Chairman..." "Gentlemen..." "Director Kishikawa is just talking nonsense." "There isn't a single evidence!" "Why would I do a thing like indirect loan..." "Executive Director Owada." "This is retribution for what you've done in the past." "How do you feel getting betrayed by your subordinate who you took advantage of thoroughly." "I think that's quite enough." "Executive Director Owada." "You will be notified of your disciplinary action at a later date." "All right?" "Does anyone have any objection?" "with this..." " We're not finished yet." "Executive Director Owada. don't you?" "Promise?" "You promised to get down on your knees and apologize if you turned out to be the one who ordered the Iseshima cover-up." "I won't let you tell me you don't remember." "Come on now." "Let's have you do it. are you?" "Getting down on your knees is just a performance." "I'll do it all you want." "Isn't that what you said?" "Let's see it!" "I think that's enough." "this is between Executive Director Owada and me." "Please don't stop me." "Please get down on your knees." "show us you can accept defeat like a man." "What's the matter?" "My pride as an executive director won't allow me to concede defeat to a subordinate. you're making a big mistake." "You're not apologizing to me." "You're apologizing to all the people and companies from whom you took away their umbrellas on a rainy day and and cut them off like a lizard's tail." "Please get down on your knees." "Executive Director Owada... that's enough." " No." "I can't let it end here. in order to protect their company... they kept on getting down on their knees before you." "I'll have you experience that too." "Please get down on your knees." "Do it!" "Owada!" "208.667)}A Few Days Later" "Executive Director Owada is here." "Come in." "Owada-kun." "Not at all." "Please don't worry about me." "Where am I going?" "Is it Kano Lumber in Hokkaido?" "Or somewhere like Komiyama Shipbuilding in Sasebo..." "I will now pronounce the disciplinary action against you." "Owada Akira. and order your demotion to a board member." "That's all." "You may leave." "Why?" "I'm in no position now to complain even if I was given a disciplinary dismissal." "Are you sure this is how you want to settle the matter?" "People's worth cannot be surmised with money. not money." "That's what I think." "I... respected you as a banker." " Demotion?" "!" " That's right." " Is that all?" "Isn't he getting shipped out?" " Apparently not." "huh?" "Yup." "Precisely the lizard's tail." "he's really something else." "He's not a chairman for nothing." " What do you mean?" " It's easy to transfer Owada out." "there's a possibility that a second or third Owada would come forth and the factional strife would still continue. took control of his power too." "Now Owada can't go against Chairman Nakanowatari for the rest of his life." "He's probably planning to move right into proceeding with the conciliatory policy." "The person who changed black into white was the Chairman." "Is that really okay with you?" "Hanzawa." "Are you really okay with that?" "huh?" "won't you?" "why don't you 3 days off and us three go to Kanazawa?" "that's fine." "You should go see your mother once in a while." "right?" "I guess so." "Then it's decided." "Make you sure get your leave approved." "Deputy Department Chief Hanzawa." "Naoki." "You did great." "Hanzawa." "The Chairman would like to see you." "Get yourself to the Chairman's Office right away. it won't be surprising if it's a unexpected personnel move." "What's that supposed to mean?" "You're kidding." "Promotion to Department Chief? don't you think that's a possibility? averting the FSA inspection crisis." "finding Owada guilty of his wrongdoings. it won't be surprising if he was specially promoted two ranks." "Hanzawa right now is like a trusty sword to Chairman Nakanowatari." "He undoubtedly got on track as a candidate for the next chairman." "There really might come a day when he becomes the chairman." "huh?" "Deputy Manager Hanzawa is here." "Come in." "Hanzawa." "You really did a good job this time around." "I give you my thanks as Chairman." "I must say you crossed the line at the end there." "Think about what you did." "Yes." "I apologize for that." "I will now deliver your letter of appointment." "I do hope you'll accept it." "Deputy Manager Hanzawa Naoki." "I hereby order your transfer to" "Tokyo Central Securities as Department Chief of Marketing Department!"