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Komatsu and Tengo had arranged to meet in the usual place, the café near Shinjuku Station. Komatsu arrived twenty minutes late as always. Komatsu never came on time, and Tengo was never late. This was standard practice for them. Komatsu was carrying his leather briefcase and wearing his usual tweed jacket over a navy-blue polo shirt.
"Sorry to keep you waiting," Komatsu said, but he didn't seem at all sorry. He appeared to be in an especially good mood, his smile like a crescent moon at dawn.