Adachi-san bows. "Indeed, Chairman-san. I strongly suspect that these attacks may be the first tentative steps in a campaign intended to embarrass the Honjowara-gumi, to make us seem weak. The Triad organization known as the Large Circle League has for many months been engaged in a campaign of harassment against our great ally, the Toki- gumi . We believe the League responsible for the beatings and kidnappings of a number of hospitality girls, the burning of the Bronx pachinko parlor, the abuse of patrons of several simsense theaters, and, most seriously, the unexpected sweeps of certain BTL labs by the Winter Systems police service."