After leaving Donenfelds's office, Ukyo Saref decided to gather some "friends" for a game of cards. Each of them sat in a circle, each of them betting tons of their money. All of them felt confident until they saw Ukyo's hand. She held a full house.
Ukyo smiled and looked over the pile of chips and various other valuable trinkets. She found what she was looking for, a diamond-studded necklace.
She looked around at her "friends" and said, "I'm keeping the necklace as a souvenir. The rest goes to the one who can get a message to the Octopus.
Just then, a guy with long hair and thick coke bottle glasses leaned forward, smiling.
Meanwhile,
After the short fight with Shampoo, he walked along the dark alleys of the city thinking to himself.
I thought I was closing in, putting it all together. That three years on, here in my second life, I had a pretty good idea of what I had to do. It all got down to me and the Octopus. We were headed for a showdown. I was finally going to scrub the city clean of him once and for all. It wasn't pretty but it was simple enough.
Then she came along like a sack of rocks to my face. What's the story Ukyo? What the hell's going on? All night I've been rolling it around in my skull.
You and the Octopus? You and murder?
Dolon's gotta be wrong. There's gotta be more to this, some explanation. Not murder, not you. I can't believe that about you. You were tough on the outside but inside, you were warm.
And soft.
All woman.
One thing I can bet on: You wouldn't be caught dead hiding in a fleabag like any ordinary criminal. Your taste was always first class. All the way.