Saigo hooked a leg behind Lanier’s knee, which sent the two of them crashing to the floor. Lanier lost his grip on the Uzi and it went skittering across the floor, out of reach. The other Uzi-III, Babel’s gun, was lying under Lanier where he couldn’t reach it. Instead of going for the fallen gun, which would have given Lanier a chance to reach his other weapon, Saigo tried to throttle Lanier and pin him down. His face was contorted with anger as he clawed at Lanier’s throat. Lanier got a firm grip on the front of Saigo’s jacket and pulled hard with a flip of his legs to pull him over his head and send him crashing onto the floor.