Chapter 71: Samuel

Tuesday. Location, Kyoto, Japan.

SAMUEL STARED AT THE manpower reports his assistant had run. The numbers didn't lie. If he ran with the opportunity he'd been given, he'd run out of men long before they attained their goals. Which put him in the unfortunate predicament of needing more men.

On boarding people was a time-consuming, slow process. For the work they did, he had to trust every person he hired. But that was when he only managed half the business. The kind of work he did required a great deal of trust among a slice of the population not known for their virtue.

It would be immensely easier to hire more men on the other side. Let them think they were doing an honest day's work, when in truth they were helping Samuel on another level.

"Sir?"

"Show him in." Samuel waved his hand at his assistant. He didn't need to be told what time it was or who was here.

A moment later Karuki entered the home office that Sota had once claimed as his primary work space. The kind of