Chapter Thirteen-Fifteen Summary

The police and FBI arrive at the scene to investigate Mimi's disappearance. Bradley Warren blames Cole and Ellis for the kidnapping and fires them both. He rushes the agent who is interviewing him, hoping to still make the Man of the Month award presentation.

Cole returns to his office after picking up food at a Vietnamese restaurant he frequents and is later joined by Pike. They decide to find Mimi despite Warren firing them, and they want to pick up the search with the yakuza gang.

Cole and Pike stake out Nobu Ishida's house late at night. They wait until his wife leaves the next morning and break in. They find translations for the Hagakure but not the manuscript itself. They eventually find a concrete clue in Ishida's credit card records—frequent and sometimes large charges at a restaurant called...