He sighed and leaned back in his seat. Just like this? No offer, nothing? She truly had a lot to learn. "Rumors? About me? How curious. Which of the roughly hundred rumors I've picked up over the past years is it?"
How amusing. Did she really think she would receive a clear answer?
Majima remained calm whilst some of his goons at the nearby table exchanged views, unsure on how to proceed and even anxious on how the Minister will react. "Ah, nothing like a long lasting rumor. Is your father still in Kishiro's pockets too, as they say? - Nothing is as simple as this. Are you even aware of how the Hogosha actually operates? I don't think so, most do not know or care. So to answer your question: Yes, I have contact to them. Just like I have contact to the Keiretsu and some of the smaller Zaibatsu too."
The girl laughed and shook her head. "That was so much more direct than I expected. If this is what you told me, then the truth is so much more than I had thought." Then glancing towards the bar tender, her focus on him, she asked Majima, "Do you mind if I have a drink?" Clearly she was beginning to understand the situation at least the current local one.
