That night, Van Cleve calls me into his office.He""s got nothing against me, he says, only he can""t afford to antagonize columnists.So I tell him how I still have Sonny at the military academy.Sidney, do you think you could do something?...Do you still keep your key under the mat?After she offers herself to him (for old times"" sake), Sidney promises to see her at his apartment/office at two-thirty in the afternoon to provide comfort (and he""ll leave the key under he mat).They both view the perfectly preserved, glass-encased, suspended body of Werdegast""s wife Karen (Lucille Lund), ""stolen"" from the doctor (and married!) while he was imprisoned.] He intoned his wish with his Sword of Triton raised in the air: "By the power of that blackguard""s sovereign blade, I hereby release he Black Pearl to her former and rightful glory.Meanwhile, the kidnapped Mariko was taken to her father Shingen back in Tokyo.in the midst of planning to head up his father""s corporation.(Outside, a group of Black Clan Ninjas, led by Harada and Viper, attacked Shingen""s Yakuza security guards one-by-one and neutralized them.