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“Who did this, Yuliko?”

Not wanting to talk to him, all she managed to get out of her mouth was one name.

“Kento!”

Seijun rubbed his forehead furiously, discovering that Tomonubu Inato’s death had a critical consequence. It made way for the Inato’s only stable leader Kento Karahawa and his bloodlust to run wild.

As the men continued to get Seijun’s attention, Seijun managed to whispered one order.

“Bring me Kento Karahawa’s head.”

****

When Ryu Korashi got to Sanko’s house, he walked into Sanko’s bedroom and saw Sanko’s naked and headless body lying on the floor, Ryu immediately picked up his cellphone and called Kento to inform him of what was going on.

What the fuck do you mean he’s dead?

Ryu looked down at Sanko’s body, “I’m standing here looking at his detached head. The Fukushima fucked him up bad.”

Are you sure it was the Fukushimas?

As soon as Ryu heard sirens, he began to quickly walk down the stairs and out of the house, “Yeah, it definitely was them with their style of killing. A sword to the neck.”

Something’s not right! Get back here as fast as you can!

“Will do,” said Ryu.

Ryu went to his black Porsche and pulled off with full speed. As he drove, watching from the corner, Juri and Mae followed him on two Kawasaki’s.

****

Chion entered the
Night Nurses
with a few of his men and searched the place from top to bottom. Within twenty minutes of getting there, he got a call from Kento.

“Yes, sir!”

Did you find anything?

“No sir, we've searched the place from top to bottom and there's no sign of any explosives or Sanko.

Did you check my office?

“No sir, it’s locked,” said Chion.

Kick the fuckin door in and check.

Stubbornly, Chion walked to the door and kicked it in. On Kento’s desk was laying the head of Sanko and a katana.

“Oh, shit!” said Chion as he looked at Sanko’s head.

CHION, TELL ME WHAT THE FUCK YOU SEE?

“Sanko’s head is lying on your desk with a sword,” Chion answered.

CHION, GET THE FUCK OUT OF THERE!
GET OUT OF THERE NOW!

“Let's get out of here,” ordered Chion while he put his cell in his pocket and his men scurried for the door.

****

Around the corner of another street in Shinjuku, stood Robert Martin. Illicit had given him the task of pressing the button and blowing up the
Night Nurses
, since it was the one thing she knew he couldn’t possibly mess up; pressing a button.

The moment Robert Martin saw Chion head for the door, he pressed the red button and within seconds,
Night Nurses
, one of the most infamous and memorable establishments in the Inato fold, exploded into a giant fireball.

He blew a kiss in the air and strolled away coolly, accomplishing his part of the plan.

****

On the other end of the phone, all Kento Karahawa could hear was his men running and then static. Kento shook his head, knowing that Chion, along with the last thing binding Kento to his predecessor, was gone for good…

DIAMOND PRINCESS AND THE MONSTER
(
ダイヤモン
ド
プリンセスとモンスタ
ー
)

Going to an all-expenses paid trip to Osaka, Yuki Williams spent a couple of days sightseeing and exploring before she went to where she had to go to: the home of the so-called Diamond Princess.

Unfortunately, she didn't have the chance to find her himself. Her men came to her hotel room and ordered her to follow them to their limousine. One of the men blindfolded her and from there, they took a drive to their boss' home. From there, they guide Yuki inside and eventually to her office.

One of the men took the blindfold off and before her eyes, she was in a fancy office with a woman behind a desk wearing a white business suit.

"Welcome, Yuki Williams!"

“Wait a second!” Yuki stated. “It can’t be!”

Then with a pause, Yuki said her name. “Chisato? You’re the so-called Diamond Princess!”

Chisato Sagawa, the daughter of yakuza godfather Shintaro Sagaawa, got up from her seat and met with Yuki. She waved her guards to leave the room as Chisato unorthodoxly hugged Yuki and kissed her on the cheek.

“It’s been a long time,” Chisato said. “Although I was hoping that Keiko herself would come and see me.”

“She’s busy with other matters,” Yuki responded.

“Oh yes! Her father’s in prison, which means her family legacy is in jeopardy. Too bad Takashi is dead. She’s going to need him right now.”

Chisato went back to her desk, took out one of her father’s cigars and started to light it up. She put it in her mouth and smoked it. Yuki couldn’t believe the Osaka-born beauty was poisoning herself with a fat cigar as if she was a man. Then again, this was nothing for the Diamond Princess. Anything most people said she couldn’t or shouldn’t do, she did it anyway without regret.

“So what’s the message?” Chisato asked smugly.

Yuki answered calmly, “Keiko wanted me to let you know that things between the two of you are still okay. Marriage or no marriage, she would like to bridge the gap between the families.”

“Well, that’s a good thing I guess,” Chisato said. “Although…” She inhaled another tote of the cigar. “I must ask. Do you trust Keiko Fukushima?”

Yuki was thrown off by the question. “Excuse me?”

“You heard the question. Do you trust Keiko Fukushima?”

Yuki stayed silent.

“Do you know what I think?” Chisato stated as she walked to her. “I think this is not some mere coincidence that you’re here. Something major as this and she sends you instead? That’s basically an insult to me. It should be one to you as well, being half-American. You shouldn’t want to deal with that. I mean you’re practically an errand girl.”

“I’m okay,” Yuki said.

“Are you sure?”

Yuki didn’t answer.

Chisato shrugged her shoulders. “Okay, fine! Let Keiko know that we’re still good and I look forward with talking with her more. I’ll bring it up to my father. I’m sure he would want to see Mr. Fukushima before he’s carted off to prison.”

Yuki took a bow and went to the door. She slightly opened it. Suddenly, she said, No!”

This got Chisato’s attention. “I’m sorry?”

Yuki closed the door and walked back to Chisato. “No, I don’t trust Keiko Fukushima. You’re right! I’m sure she’s sees me as nothing more than an errand girl. At the same time, I’m only half-Japanese, which means I don’t have too many connections to work with unless I have a powerful backer.”

“A backer for what?”

Yuki gestured permission for a seat. Chisato walked to her desk chair and sat down herself. Yuki reached into her pocket, took out a small plastic batch and presented it to Chisato.

“What is this?” the Diamond Princess asked.

“In a powdered form, this is what
Pussy
looks like?”

“
Pussy
?”

“A new form of ecstasy of my design,” Yuki answered. “However…” Yuki reached into her pocket and she put what looked in Chisato’s eyes to be a piece of candy.

“Are you serious? This looks like some candy you can get from a store.”

Chisato removed the wrapper from the candy-like drug and popped it in her mouth. Yuki couldn’t believe she was that foolish in her power. Chisato leaned back in her chair as Yuki tried to contain her humor by covering her mouth.

“Please! I’ve taken drugs before,” Chisato replied. “Anyway, what makes this drug so special?”

“The fact that you thought it was candy should have told you everything,” Yuki countered. “Easy to sell and no cop can really tell the difference. Demand is easy. It’s just the supply that’s tricky. Without capital, I have no way of making it.”

Chisato opened up her shirt and fanned herself with her hand. “And what makes you think this is really going to make waves here?”

“Because I have the best clients in the world,” Yuki said. “Sailors and Marines in the United States military. Yokosuka, Atsugi, Misawa, Iwakuni, Camp Zama. I have connections to every single base in Japan and I have dealers set up to push this product in all directions.”

Chisato started moving around in her chair full of discomfort. “I’m hot!” She got up and cleared her throat. She sat at the foot of her desk near Yuki. Then, she touched Yuki’s hand.

“You have such a beautiful color skin,” Chisato said. “It feels so good. I wish I could have your color for just a day. Maybe I could get those guys in the videos.”

Yuki reacted strangely. “What are you talking about? Are you okay?”

Upon this, Chisato shook out of it and walked around, feeling the effects of
Pussy
. “Alright, look! I’ll take a chance on this. Give me a shipment of this and I’ll test it out. If it does what you say it does, then you have a deal. Meanwhile, I want you to stay in my home. Don’t worry about what Keiko will say. She’ll understand! I’ll make her.”

Yuki stood up and Chisato embraced her tightly. “I can’t wait to show you around. I’ll be the envy of all my friends.”

Yuki felt trapped inside Chisato’s arms, trying not to disrespect her. Inside, she was full of joy. She took a chance and found a door to enter into that could change her life forever…            

****

Hayashi Ohba sauntered into what was left of the
Night Nurses
club in Shinjuku. Most of the cops went inside the club and could smell decaying flesh.

"Your noses aren’t deceiving you," Hayashi told them as they covered their noses even when they had masks. Hayashi put on his mask, but the smell of death never bothered him. He just wanted to be a part of the crowd so people didn't start answering questions.

The cops could see the bodies that died in the fire. Hayashi took a closer look, moving around ash and flesh mixtures.

"These bodies were already dead," he told his crew. "There was nothing we could do for them anyway. This was just a dumping ground to cover up something. But what?" He spoke his own thoughts. "My guess is a yakuza cover-up. But whose? Inato or Fukushima?"

Hayashi pulled his mask down slightly and start sniffing with his highly-sensitive nose.

"Something's not right, though."

One of the cops came to him. "Mr. Ohba, there's a call for you. They mentioned that they only want to talk to you."

Hayashi left the
Night Nurses
and went to the radio of his police car.

"This is Ohba! Oh, Police Chief Hanzo! What happened?"

He listened to the information Police Chief Hanzo gave him as everyone else from the police to the paramedics to a crowd that formed from Shinjuku consumers, not believing that one of the premier clubs and yakuza hubs in Shinjuku met an untimely demise.

Then, he heard the last part of information.

"Police Chief Sanko was murdered at his home?" When was this?"

Hayashi put up the radio gently. One of his forensics ran to him. "We'll going to round up anything we can carry off, but it's not going to be much."

Hayashi ignored him.

"What happened, Detective?"

Hayashi ordered, "Have some units go down to Police Chief Byobugaura 's house and pick up his body. We have to prepare for funeral rites."

From there, the forensic knew what that meant. Hayashi just opened the door to his police car and went inside it quickly as the forensics detectives ran to the other cops and spread the bad news.

****

For the last two days, Seijun Mendo had played the leadership role in the Fukushimas as he kept up with information that any of his men sent about taking down Inato activity. A part of him hoped that one of his assassins would give him the news he had been waiting for.

One of them gave him something as he watched the news on the television screen talking about the upcoming trial of Daiichi Fukushima, which streamed all over the internet and social media in Japan. No one could walk down the streets of any city on Honshu Island and not hear about the Inato-Fukushima War.

"The Night Nurses caught fire last night. The police found bodies. They're saying it's Kento and the Inato crew."

Seijun smiled. "Are you sure about that?"

"That's what our people on the street are telling me."

"We need to be sure. I want to see Kento Karahawa presented to me so I can make sure he's dead."

"Oh, and there's some other news. Sanko’s dead!"

This particular news caught Seijun off-guard. "What you mean he's dead?"

"Someone chopped his head off in his own home."

“Mr. Fukushima’s not going to like this."

Seijun sat back in his chair and thought about what his boss would do in this situation. He came up with conclusions in his head.

"Okay, give the notice to our soldiers. Send some of our men to Fukuoka," Seijun commanded. "We're taking it back for the boss as a welcome home gift. I'm going to make some calls down in Osaka to make sure they're still on our side and we haven't fallen off."

"What about Sanko? Mr. Fukushima would wonder what happened."

"I'll deal with the boss. Just deal with Fukuoka and make sure that anyone loyal to Inato and still breathing is lifeless by the end of the week."

****

By the point, the Inato-Fukushima had hit a fever pitch; at least according to the news.

David Hamada could see it on his television screen as he ate his breakfast made with perfection by Myoko, going over and over in his head all that had happened. The arrest of Daiichi Fukushima had done nothing but caused a power vacuum between whoever was in control of the family and the wild bunch formerly led by the deceased Inato.

He rushed out of the house, not even kissing his wife goodbye as he wanted to start right away with taking down the rest of the yakuza.

When he entered the office, all he could see throughout his precinct were somber faces. He was the only energetic one in the room. He went to his desk, where Hayashi was deep in thought. It wasn’t until a shake on the shoulder woke him out of it.

"You're okay?" David asked.