title: From the Deep Waters
author: Toshiyuki Takamiya
description: Toshiyuki Takamiya is a professor of literature at Keio University in Japan.
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  **THE DEEPEST CUT**
  
  
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  **A John Kane Short**
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  **ONE**
  
  
  TAKASHI FUJITA IS dying. He is certain of this. Each breath he takes, each
  beat of his heart sends the poison further into his system. Staying alive is
  killing him.
  
  
  “We must hurry Jiro,” said Masami. “There will be more of them.”
  
  
  Jiro was his childhood name known only to those closest to him, the few he
  could call friends. He grunted in assent. It was foolish of him to take the
  mission. He knew that now. Too late he realized the trap. Its subtlety was a
  thing of beauty, so was the agent.
  
  
  “The poison is too much Masami,” said Jiro
  
  
  “We can do this-we must.” said Masami.
  
  
  He could feel his body weakening. Even as he ran he could see that his vision
  was growing weaker. Soon 