>>5991241>>5996491The Syndicate is broken ... mostly.
There's one group in particular that's still loyal. The Ura-Yakuza, they're called these days, one half of the city's Yakuza clan after the big split last year. Why they're still loyal despite everything crashing down, we're not sure. Maybe they're in too deep with their connections in finance and real estate. Maybe their mysterious backers have serious leverage. Or maybe they believe they can do what the Jacks, Dirty Dogs, Niners, Triads, Marielitos, and HCPD have all failed to do.
It's not an unfounded belief. Even the rank-and-file among the Yakuza are proficient in swordplay these days, and rumor has it they've also contracted some hardcore motherfuckers from back in Japan. They're armed and dangerous, and they're ready to fight us, specifically.
Now, this isn't just about taking out some Yakuza, that's just a bonus. Our real objective is to capture two men we have intel on. Michael Johnson, a Heat City real estate baron, and Takuya Sato, a financier with ties to the major clans back in Japan. Both of them are connected to Project Phoenix, a link we intend to explore in detail once they're in a secure location and can be interrogated throroughly.
Our intel places both men as having regular appointments at a commercial complex owned by the Yakuza, of which the primary attraction is the Sakura Garden, a high-end brothel. Mr. Johnson is a regular attendee, visiting at the same time each week, while Sato can typically be found working in an office in the building on that same day.
Grab both of them and get them back to the van. Any gangsters you kill along the way are just a bonus.
