>>6368564Ah, you got a clear idea of the men who came to the apartment. They're 'hangure', the new generation of criminals stalking the streets. The criminals who rejected joining the Yakuza because the code of honor is too strict and because the anti-gang laws ravaging the Yakuza are too much. They're hired guns with no loyalty and get hired through the dark net for jobs. A proper Yakuza member would never whine about a job not being profitable. They might complain about how difficult it is out of hearing of law-abiding citizens, but indulging in such a thing is unmanly and insulting to your superiors.
Who hired them is hard to figure out. It could be an actual Yakuza gang or another hangure group wanting to take out a rival dealer of 'shabu'. Someone has clearly figured out Hisato is dealing. Whatever they were looking for, they didn't find it in the apartment. Either because it's not there or it's too well hidden during the search. They never mentioned what they were looking for. If you have to guess, it's the meth tablets that Hisato is selling. Or it could be the money he heard from selling.
You thank the older woman with courtesy and formality before moving on to the neighbor to the left. No one is home. So down you go to each door, knocking to see if someone is home and ask questions.
The only person home at this hour in the morning is the neighbor who dared confront the hired criminals and chased them off. He's a tall Brazilian-Japanese man, built like a boxer, and has cauliflower ears.
Ah, that might explain why those punks decided not to mess with him. Heck, you don't want to mess with him.
He's not very impressed by your suit nor by the formal Japanese you're using. In fact, you have to stop using it because he can't really follow what you're saying. Instead of intimidating or impressing the man, it turns into a strange game of trying to convince him that you mean to help Chie and her son.
<span class="mu-r">Refined Looks and Intimidating Aura - Sometimes it just doesn't work, particularly if they're foreigners.</span>
"I want no trouble." Even this level of Japanese is clearly a struggle for the man. He smiles genially, knowing that you can't really force him to do anything.
"No trouble, amigo. I want to know about the men who came last night."
"Want no trouble but asks about trouble. Me thinks that thou are just more trouble."
Huh? Did this guy just use TV samurai dialogue? Well, not that you can say much. You learned a bit of Korean by watching K-dramas after all.
"I'm here to help, and---"
The Brazilian simply shuts the door in your face. It takes a few seconds to control your temper and not kick down the door in anger. You needed some other type of skill to coax out the information but that's fine. You got a general idea of the situation even though you don't know what these three hangure punks look like.
