I looked at him. So much for the current tenants. "What will these new offices be used for?"
Tanaka sipped his tea. "That section will have another managing director. Our range of operations here brings other responsibilities."
"What section, what range of operations?"
"I am regrettably not at liberty to discuss the specific extent of DNI's interests."
"Well, let me break some news to you. I like to know who I'm working for. So you'd better start discussing specifics and fast."
Tanaka seemed to be having trouble meeting my eye. The skull beneath his short-cropped hair glistened under the harsh neon lighting.
"Mr. Walton, you are now part of the DNI team. That position includes obligations I am sure you would not wish to take lightly."
"Hold on." The hell with politeness. "I'm not part of your 'team' or anybody's. I came on board with the explicit understanding that—"
"Mr. Walton, kindly sit down." He pointed without ceremony to a chair. I just looked at it, then back at him.
"As you are a scholar of Japan," he continued, "I'm sure you are aware that an employee's loyalty to his company is considered to be a gauge of his character. A company is a family, and one considers its interests in that spirit."