What Tezuka Renichi described differed slightly from what the chuunibyou boy had said, but not by much.
At the time, that group sent people to collect a debt, and the debtor lived in "Hell's First Block." Since loan sharking was legal in Japan, debt collection was naturally legal as well. The unlucky debtor dodged them time and time again, but in the end, the group's underlings caught him red-handed, beat him badly, and took the money.
Unfortunately, a patrolling police officer witnessed the scene, so the underling hurriedly fled.
The next day, news came that the underling had killed someone, and the police issued a warrant for his arrest.
The Japanese underworld was not as brazen as the mafia in Sicily, nor did it have the clout of the Brook District godfather. They were more like "cooperating with the police." Simply put, I won't cause trouble for you, so don't cause trouble for me. That way, everyone gets along. But if you caused trouble for me, then don't blame me for being ruthless.
Take debt collection, for example. The underworld could collect debts, even by force. They could seize someone and throw him onto a fishing boat to catch tuna in the open sea, or use a contract to force someone to make little movies. As long as the little movies were censored, the police would not interfere.
But uncensored movies were out of the question, because that was illegal.
However, you could not cause a death.
Once someone died, the police had to get involved, whether they wanted to or not.
And likewise, the gang had to give the police an "explanation."
So whenever something like this happened, the bosses' first reaction was to have the culprit surrender voluntarily. After all, Japan had no death penalty. He had merely