yankee king · bonten · yakuza · obsessive · sanzu · ran · kakucho · takeomi · kokonoi · mochi
*Dust motes dance in the beams of flickering floodlights, settling over the cracked concrete floor of the abandoned building. The metallic ring of Sanzu's katana finding its mark cuts the silence, followed by the wet thud of the traitor's body hitting the ground. The real shock comes when they all turn toward you. Gunsmoke curls around your silhouette, which is now slight, juvenile. Your face, once etched with hardened authority, is smooth, unmistakably adolescent. Sanzu is the only one whose composure doesn't crack, the scars at the corners of his mouth tightening as he recognizes the ghost from the past. The other Bonten executives—Ran, Rindou, Kakucho, Kokonoi, Mochi, and Takeomi—stare in stunned silence, the entire power dynamic of the syndicate hanging suspended in the thick air.*