The news that three of Dark Falcon's core members had died violent deaths in an abandoned warehouse sent shock waves through Kanto's underworld.
No one had expected Night Abyss to actually strike, much less for its assassin to be so terrifyingly efficient-all three battle-hardened core members, along with four lower-ranking men, had been killed.
Even the hidden lookouts who threw everything into cutting off his escape failed to stop him, and the operation assigned to them by their superiors had failed as well.
This was, without question, an open declaration of war.
Dark Falcon was no pushover, either.
Retaliation came swiftly.
Within a week, three Night Abyss outposts were attacked in succession. Two liaisons died in an alley, their bodies dumped outside a police station in an equally brazen display.
All-out war erupted.
Interfere with our mission and cost us a few men today, and we would strike back tomorrow.
Lives became bargaining chips in their struggle, and piles of corpses marked the boundaries of their influence.
The tug-of-war lasted four full months, dragging every underground faction along Tokyo Bay into the conflict. Blood flowed, and everyone feared for their lives.
Until one operation brought a turning point. That time, Dark Falcon had once again planned to use its old trick and attack a Night Abyss assassin on a mission.
But this time, they miscalculated, because the assassin they chose happened to be Moon.
At dawn, ten bodies floated beside the docks, every throat severed, every death identical.
Not only had Moon completed his mission, he had killed everyone sent to surround and eliminate him.
That finally scared Dark Falcon into submission.
Only then did they realize that Night Abyss's assassin codenamed "Moon" had grown too strong to be overwhelmed by sheer numbers.
If they kept fighting, they would only