First published at 19:51 UTC on April 20th, 2024.
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Neo, per his own efforts, manages to get himself expelled from the Dojima Clan in order to try to divert attention away from the group while he promises to hunt down the hitman who killed the debter in the vacant lot the Dojima C…
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Neo, per his own efforts, manages to get himself expelled from the Dojima Clan in order to try to divert attention away from the group while he promises to hunt down the hitman who killed the debter in the vacant lot the Dojima Clan is desperate to try to acquire and thus prove both his and his father figure, Kazama, of being innocent of the crime. However, the head of the Dojima Clan, Sohei Dojima, tells him that Kazama must still be held accountable for the situation the debter's murder has put the rest of the clan in before being told to let the rest of the clan take care of the matter, thus putting even more pressure on Neo to find the hitman before anything can happen to Kazama.
Wandering the streets after the fiasco over at Dojima HQ had ended, Neo finds himself approached by a man known as Tetsu Tachibana, who as Neo comes to find out is a real estate mogul running the Tachibana Real Estate Agency that's recently been making waves throughout the city quickly acquiring various businesses and properties under quick and mysterious circumstances. After allowing him to get himself patched up at his residence, Tachibana makes his objective with Neo/Kiryu clear: he wants Kiryu to help him acquire the same vacant lot that the Dojima Clan and the other Yakuza clans are after. Neo/Kiryu, understandably, are distrustful of the man, and make that fact clear before parting ways, although Tachibana didn't seemed bothered by this and told Kiryu to contact him should he reconsider his offer.
Neo/Kiryu then discuss all the recent developments with Akira Nishikiyama, including what he knows of Tachibana, and it was him who gave Neo/Kiryu additional information revealing how Tachibana could be a potentially powerful ally in their endeavors should they manage to get him on their side, although like Kiryu he also expresses caution in dealing with the man.
It is then that a plan is made between to start investigating Tachibana the following day, which br..
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