>>6014571In the Garden reception, men in demon masks pummel Ramirez with baseball bats to a level that would kill an ordinary man. But Ramirez isn't an ordinary man.
Nearby, Mizuchi has taken point entering the Sakura Garden's halls. He came here hoping for some epic katana duels, the kind that would write his legend in the records of history. Instead he gets a chair to the face from a giant tattooed man. Not a great start.
Renjun has fought a man like this before, in a opium den deep in the jungle. He knows the style. Yaju will be slow and lack defenses beyond his muscular frame, but his relentless aggression means he might charge at anyone within range who makes him angry. It would be possible to outmaneuver him with finesse. That's not really the gang's strong suit, but it's worth a shot.
You could also just ... run in there with your sword and hit him and see what happens. You might not like what happens, but you could do it.
Things are heating up, but you've still got backup. The power of friendship is just a two-way radio call away.
Turn 4 begins.
