Time rewound to just before the evening news began.
Fujino Norihiko was attending a dinner party, where the host had sought a favor from him. He sat at the head of the table, basking in the compliments of those around him, toasting and laughing without cease.
"Minister Fujino, let me toast to you once more."
"No more for me, I need to take a leak. You guys keep drinking." A flushed Fujino Norihiko waved his hand, put down his glass, and, bracing himself on the table, shakily stood up, his footsteps unsteady as if he might collapse at any moment.
Even as a soldier tested by alcohol, he was done for.
A young woman brought in to keep them company quickly giggled and supported him, "Minister Fujino, you've really had a bit too much. Let me accompany you, to hold it for you, in case you accidentally pee crooked."
"Ha ha ha ha ha..."
Everyone else burst into laughter.
