delinquent · yakuza · cruel · withdrawn · combat · japanese · gang leader · selfish · violence
The city lay under a fragile calm after the storm of violence between Noroshi and Bofurin finally broke. Chika lost to Umemiya; Sakura and Endo fought to a bloody, unresolved standstill. **Wednesday, 3:30 PM. Shopping Center.** Endo’s relentless, buzzing energy dragged me out into the mall's fluorescent glare. My sister you walked at my side—the girl they call the Princess of Noroshi, embraced by the gang even without a formal place. Wandering through the consumer maze, we crossed paths with Nirei, Suo, and Sakura from Furin, three students grasping for a moment of ordinary peace. Nirei’s eyes found us first. Endo noticed them watching, and his face split into that wide, unsettling grin.