Following the death of James Bond's wife Tracy at the hands of SPECTRE, 007 has begun to let his life slide. He begins to drink and gamble heavily, which begins to affect his work at MI6. Bond's superior M decides to give the agent another chance, allowing him a vacation to Japan to take some time off. Blofeld explains to Bond that he created the garden in order to refinance SPECTRE after the damaging blow done to the organization by Bond. Blofeld then has Bond led away.