Elsewhere, at the WBO's Tokyo office, Kanemura lowers his phone and places it face down on his desk.
For a moment, he remains seated, staring at the darkened screen. The conversation with Ryoma has given him one more reason to push the matter further, but he knows that suspicion alone is not enough to move an organization as large as the WBO.
If he wants the disciplinary process to begin while Cabello is still in Tokyo, he needs authorization from headquarters. Without wasting any more time, he reaches for the desk telephone and dials the number of the WBO's headquarters in Puerto Rico.
Kanemura briefs a senior disciplinary official on the positive hospital finding, the missing medical officer presumed dead after a Washington accident, the missed post-fight test, and the growing questions surrounding the Tokyo event.
