It is rumored that Philston will venture out of Russia to organize a massive sabotage operation in Japan.
Meanwhile, Carter is kidnapped from his apartment by four young Japanese women (Tonaka, Kato, Sato, Mato).
Upon arrival, Carter is given the identity of Pete Fremont, a drunken American journalist, and meets Kunizo Matu.
Matu has recently contacted Cecil Aubrey about the presence of Richard Philston in Tokyo.
He too is aware of Philston's plan to use Chinese communist infiltrators led by Johnny Chow to organize widespread sabotage in Japan.
He thinks Fremont is being employed to plant stories about the Eta as the organisers of the sabotage plot.
She is a communist agitator working with Johnny Chow to encourage the Eta to overthrow the imperialist Japanese.
Carter is taken to the basement of a dockside warehouse where he finds Kato dead inside a torture device similar to an iron maiden.
Carter shoots Chow and Tonaka is killed when mounted police charge the rioting mob.
When Carter returns to Washington he is called to a meeting with Hawk and Cecil Aubrey – who repeats his request to AXE to murder Richard Philston.