After Hara Aonami and the others returned to the hotel and shut the door, one young man cursed, "That Chinaman was too arrogant!"
"He'll pay for it sooner or later!"
"Forget about that. This is his turf!" Hara Aonami said, waving a hand.
"I really don't understand why the boss wants to work with him!" another young man said indignantly.
"Because he's the biggest in Hong Kong," Hara Aonami said casually, sinking into the sofa.
There were three main factions within the Yamaguchi-gumi. One came from a gambling background and primarily ran casinos.
Another came from the tekiya, formerly street vendors at religious festivals and temple fairs. These days, they mainly handled management and some arms dealing.
The last was the Action Group. Young, impulsive, and accustomed to violence, they had formerly been the Guren-tai and served as the Yamaguchi-gumi's muscle, handling armed conflicts.
The men Hara Aonami had brought were all from the Action Group.
Within this faction was another organization called the Dark Gate, whose members were all highly skilled assassins.
Masahito Tachibana had come from the Dark Gate. When the Ichigo-kai split off from the Yamaguchi-gumi, he had joined them, then assassinated the Yamaguchi-gumi's Fourth Generation Leader before fleeing to Hong Kong for refuge.
But he wasn't the patient sort either.
Not long after arriving in Hong Kong, he had made a name for himself in Hop To under the alias Li Zhengren.
"Should we contact the Aoki-kai for some weapons?" one young man asked.
"Not yet. Let's get a clearer picture first." Hara Aonami tugged at the corner of his mouth in what seemed to be a smile.
"If it's just Masahito Tachibana, I can beat him to death myself."
The Aoki-kai was the Yamaguchi-gumi's subordinate organization in Hong Kong, based in Sai Kung. They handled