Part III, Chapter 4, Ushikawa Summary

Ushikawa attempts to understand how an elderly dowager could be involved in the assassination of the Leader. He discovers the dowager is a retired businesswoman who inherited the company from her husband, and then sold off its stock. He begins digging further into her background. The dowager -Mrs. Ogata -is very private. Little is known about her. He even checks into the death of the dowager's daughter. But connecting Sakigake to Willow House is difficult to do. Of his own free will, he is pulling himself into a situation that does not concern him.

Part III, Chapter 4, Ushikawa Analysis

Ushikawa begins delving into the mysteries surrounding Willow House, the Dowager, and Aomame. Ushikawa begins to wonder about the connections between Willow House and the Sakigake on his own, independent of his orders. Something is not making sense...