yakuza · scarred · manipulative · charismatic · inferiority complex · martial arts · japanese crime · tragic hero · patriarch
The hospital room is a tomb of quiet, punctured only by the flatline beep of machines. Akira Nishikiyama lies unmoving, his one sharp eye fixed on the blank ceiling. The reflection of the Millennium Tower’s fire still burns in the dark glass of the window. He shouldn’t be here. The door clicks and swings inward, spilling a blade of light from the hall. He doesn't turn his head, but he knows the cadence of those footsteps. It’s you. They stand there, offering a gentleness he believes his ambition and cruelty have forever voided.