March 10th 1963:
"Look Shintaro, it's going to be hard to prove you innocent, a man was litterally found dead in your apartment, unless you really tell me what's going on" reassured Joji. A detective entered the room with a set of documents and he dumped them on the table.
"Hey, Joji-kun," let the adults handle this one!" Yelled a detective. The detective shoved Joji out of the room.
"So, tough guy, we know you're apart of the Naito family, so just confess and get this over with!" the detective strangled Kazama with vicious intent before backing off.
"Does my brother know? About me being in the family" Kazama asked. "No, but if you don't confess then I'll let him know" the detective said. Kazama still refused to say anything, so the detective stormed off, annoyed by his failure to get a confession.
Meanwhile...
Hirano was recovering at the hospital. The hospital room gave excellent views of the city but Hirano didn't care about that, he only wanted to see how Kazama was doing. A knock was heard and the man who entered surprised Hirano a lot.
"It's you" Hirano sighed. The man who entered was none other than...
KAZUO TAKEDA
CAPTAIN OF THE NIHARA FAMILY, PATRIARCH OF THE TAKEDA FAMILY
Takeda was a heavily muscular man, with a buzzcut and a dark red suit.
"Hirano, I'm here for a job opportunity" Hirano sat puzzled at Takeda's intentions.
"The truth is, Naito-san and Kazama-san have both become a bit of a problem for our organisation." Takeda placed a document on Hirano's table along with a pistol.
"That's it, huh!? You want me to off my oyabun and my kyodai! I would never betray them!" Shouted Hirano. Takeda gave Hirano a stare of disappointment.
"If you do it, you'll be a made man. Money, women, power it'll all be yours. The Tojo Clan Chief of HQ position is up for grabs, Nihara will pull some strings so you get that position" told Takeda. Hirano shook his head, giving the gun back to Takeda.
"I'm not some person who can just be payed off with some money!" Screamed Hirano.
"If you accept, I'll pay off your debt to Tanizawa-san." Promised Takeda. Hirano sat still for a moment before continuing to refuse.
"Fine, just so you know, Tanizawa can get quite vicious when people don't pay what they owe." Threatened Takeda before closing the door.
Meanwhile...
At the Naito family office, Naito sat at his desk, smoking a cigarette when an interesting picture caught his attention. On it, it was a picture of himself and Matsushima at a disco party.
"Those were the days, until you did what you did, kyodai." Naito smashed the picture onto the ground. Naito began reliving the painful memories of the past...
July 22nd 1951:
Naito was overlooking the Sotenbori river when he heard a knock on the door. Matsushima entered the apartment.
"Hey kyodai" greeted Matsushima.
"So, we gonna hit up the disco today?" Asked Naito.
"We got the money to go wild tonight! Just gotta make sure Omi HQ doesn't find out" Naito was confused about what Matsushima was talking about.
"What did you do kyodai?" Interrogated Naito. Matsushima looked down at the ground and sighed.
"I killed Captain Yamazaki at the request of Patriarch Suzuki, he gave me ¥100,000,000 for the hit."
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Yakuza: The Assassin
Mystery / ThrillerShintaro Kazama is a young man who is recruited into a third tier Tojo Clan association, also known as the Naito Family when he is only 18 years old. Kazama is desperate to prove his loyalty to his boss, Masakazu Naito. But when one of the family's...
