Yakuza 0

Chapter two You can be serious Kiryu

Nishikiyama: Bro... Just because you say you want out doesn't mean Kuze's gonna just let you go. Who knows what's going to happen in there? Just... be ready.

Kiryu: I am. Let's go.

Nishikiyama: All right. Get in.

7:38 PM

[While Kiryu is going to meet with Kuze, he recalls his childhood in an orphanage.]

"Sunflower Orphanage"

[Young Kiryu and Nishikiyama are lying on the ground. They are badly beaten. Kazama stands next to them.]

Kiryu: Wh-Why not? Why can't we, Kazama-san? It's our lives. Our future. We can decide... I owe you everything, but this isn't about that. And don't play the saint. You're yakuza yourself! Considering that... You have no right to tell us we can't be yakuza... You've got no right!

Nishikiyama: Kiryu...

Kiryu: We've looked up to you for all this time. Your car. Your confidence... The way everybody bows to you. We idolized you. I want that life, too. Is that so wrong!? Is that too much...? Do orphans not get to dream!?

[Kiryu is sitting motionless in the Nishikiyama car.]

Nishikiyama: Hey. Whatchya thinking a out?

Kiryu: Nothing... Just spacing out.

Nishikiyama: Well, I was just thinking... about that time Kazama-san beat the snot out of the both of us. Then the next day... We were yakuza. And if I know you... I'm guessing you're thinking the same thing.

Kiryu: Figures... It's scary how good you are at that, bro.

[At the office...]

Nishikiyama: I've seen this place a million times, but it n as scary as it does now.

Dojima Guard: Evening, gents!

Nishikiyama: Is the boss... Is Dojima in today?

Dojima Guard: Yes, sir. He's inside.

Kiryu: It'll be just me from here.

Dojima Guard: Sir?

Kiryu: Please give the boss a message. Tell him... Kazuma Kiryu is here to end his oath.

Dojima Guard: Kiryu-san? Wait, seriously!?

Kiryu: Yeah. Thanks, Nishiki. And sorry. You head on back.

Nishikiyama: You're really going through with this, Kiryu?

Kiryu: I'll have a talk with the boss. It's not like I'm a dead man just yet. I'll try to finesse it, like you would.

Nishikiyama: Shit, now you've really got me nervous, you fool.

Kiryu: See you later, bro.

[Kiryu enters the office full of yakuza. His lieutenant, Daisaku Kuze sitting in his chair near a coffee table.]

Kuze: So, you want out of the family... That why you're here, Kiryu?

Kiryu: Yes, sir. I came to ask the boss to expel me. Please let me through to see him.

Kuze: Yeah, that's a shame. Saturdays at eight's bad timing. His favorite show's on TV. If you've got something to tell him, you'll have to tell me instead. The hell? Your pinky's still on your goddamn hand. You're asking to leave, and you show up empty-handed? That's not how things work in the yakuza, dumbass!

Kiryu: I'm not here to talk to you. Where's the boss?

Kuze: I'm the one handling things right now. And you think that kinda tone is gonna fly with me, junior?

[He hits Kiryu in the stomach.]

Kiryu: Hngh!

Kuze: No pinky, no cash... You seriously think you can come in here and just ASK to be let go?

[He punches Kiryu in the face.]

Kiryu: Rgh!

Kuze: The yakuza's not some after-school club you can just quit when you get tired of it, you little shit!

Kiryu: ...........

Kuze: C'mon, use your head here, Kiryu. It's not too late to put this all behind us. Pump Captain Kazama for that info on the Empty Lot. That's the only way you come out of this alive.

Kiryu: May I please see the boss now? I came here to get expelled.

Kuze: So that's a no, then? Heh, all right... Then we're done here. I've got no use left for you.

[He hits Kiryu in the stomach again.]

Kiryu: Hrrnf!

Kuze: You had the chance to climb the ranks as one of my boys. If you'd have taken that, you wouldn't have to die now. Hey, Yoneda!

Yoneda: Yes sir.

Kuze: Figure out how we erase this trash.

Yoneda: It's not fancy, but a live burial up in the mountains is probably easiest. Or we could melt him down with chemicals and just dump him in the river.

Kuze: No, leave a body. It's better if he's found, down the line. Sends a message that Dojima's big on discipline. Tojo HQ will appreciate that.

[Yoneda kicks Kiryu in the face.]

Kiryu: Really...?

Kuze: Huh?