Under the guidance of the receptionist, Gu He walked into this semi-modern wooden clubhouse and walked on the wooden floor to a large living room facing the back courtyard.
The layout of the living room is simple, with a long dining table and some chairs in the middle. An ancient lantern-shaped chandelier hangs from the wooden ceiling above. Through the sliding door that opens on one side, you can see the bamboo, pine trees and other trees in the courtyard.
vegetation.
Although it is winter, the courtyard is still pleasantly green.
This kind of scene is really rare on Shouhui Street. Looking at it, Gu He couldn't help but want to go out from the porch and take a walk in the courtyard.
It was just the figures of men in black that seemed to be everywhere that made him give up his mind and just stay calm.
"Oh my god, Yakuza's assets are really quite a lot."
Gu He murmured in his heart, considering that a small room in Ita's apartment is worth so much, shouldn't this Takeokan be allowed to take off?
Of course this kind of place is priceless, this is one of Yakuza's roots.
The Yakuza's headquarters changes with the family head's headquarters, and the fifth generation Yakuza's headquarters is the Nagano-gumi, over on Ninsei Street.
Because Renqing Street borders the Harbor District, the Yamadao Group, the predecessor of Yakuza, which originated from the harbor dockworkers gang, was also headquartered in Renqing Street.
But during the third generation, Yakuza took over Soen Street and Jue Street, completing the expansion of the entire Kabukicho.
Therefore, this area has a long history, and because the Sandaime believed that "the ultimate way is the way of chivalry," this street, which was once the headquarters of the Sandaime, was even more influenced by this concept.
The first and second generation were all Yamashima-gumi, the third-generation was Tiango-gumi, and the fourth-generation was Asahinkai.
The Fifth Generation is Taio Nagano of the Nagano-gumi. He has been the head of the Yakuza family for twenty-six years.
Nagano Taio had no achievements. He neither led the gang to expand to the Saint Manga District nor could he go to the Harbor District. However, he maintained his ancestral heritage, and Kabukicho was still Yakuza's territory.
But Nagano Taio is not a person without ideas. The bone-blood movement broke out fifteen years ago, and Yakuza gave support to the bone-blood area.
However, with the failure of the Bone and Blood Movement, this city has gone through another fifteen years, and many things have changed.
That failure weakened the Nagano group's prestige and actual power.
The biggest blow was that "Wakatou" Nagano Hideo was stabbed to death in the street seven years ago.
This is still an unsolved case. Ms. Ayin had already retired at that time, and she did not know the inside story. Some said it was an internal factional fight, and some said it was an assassination arranged by the bank as revenge for Yakuza's support of the Bone and Blood Movement.
This kind of revenge has been plotted for a long time. If the Nagano group loses Wakatou, the inheritance of the Sixth Generation will become unsmooth.
In this way, Santo Company, which has been infiltrating Kabukicho, will have the opportunity to support its own agents.
If the Sixth Generation Yakuza becomes the secret hand of Santo Company, the situation in this district will change, the bank's control over the city will be further strengthened, and the street power of the whole city will be frustrated.
Because Kabukicho is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Flowing Light City, it borders the Garden District and Harbor District to the southeast.
Kabukicho is actually in the heart of the city, not comparable to the Fist District, Castle District, Sanjiao District and other districts.
This kind of competition also occurs on Dongtu Street, whose west side borders the Central District and Garden District.
Now, as the head of the family, Nagano Taio, becomes older and older, Shounari's strength is almost gone, and Wakatou's position has been vacant for many years, the internal struggle in Yakuza is actually getting more intense.
Although the old man Kitano also said that there are many sons and adopted sons of Nagano Taio, but not all of them have extraordinary talents, let alone all of them can make a living, and the adopted sons are always lacking in blood ties.
Therefore, over the years, it was Nagano Tsukiori who became "Wakachutou" and the second successor.
In Yakuza, to gain the same status as a man, a woman must be three times stronger than a man.
Not only does Nagano Tsukiori have a high-end extraordinary talent, she is a traditional Yakuza meat cutter, but she also does a good job in many aspects, and because she adheres to the program of "Ren Xia Dao", she has won the support of many elders.
In Gu He's opinion, people like Miss Nagano are really the ones Elizabeth needs to learn from in some aspects.
It is really not easy for a woman to be able to win the title of Wakatou in Yakuza and even be expected to become the sixth generation.
However, Yakuza, a men's gang, still has some distinctive old world Eastern traditional concepts.
Women are women. If a woman wants to be the head of the house, even if she is three times stronger, it is not possible.
Therefore, many elders do not support her.
Miss Nagano is now in a delicate situation. The centrists always focus on being tactful, the young people are dissatisfied with her, the conservatives think she makes less money, everyone thinks she is a woman, and Santo is constantly adding fuel to the fire.
The street riots launched by Yakuza two months ago were planned and organized by Miss Nagano.
It was not only to save the street children, perform a chivalrous act, and protect the street interests of Kabukicho, but it was also a response of the Nagano family to the Mitō Company and the outside world. The Nagano group was still there, and Yakuza was still the fifth generation head of the family.
After Gu He thought about this, he looked at the bamboo forest blown by the wind in the courtyard and sighed that the trees wanted to be quiet but the wind was not stopping.
The Mitō Company obviously will not give up. Mitō has wanted to take over Kabukicho for many years.
But Santo has suffered a lot here recently. One of the troublemakers is Ms. Nagano and the other is red-haired Liz.
Now that the two women are coming together to form an alliance, Yakuza may change the agreement party to Seth Group.
If successful, it will be a breakthrough for both Ms. Nagano and Elizabeth, and it will be a win-win situation.
With Seth's help and the fact that the Yakuza traitor was involved in the Red Rain House fire case as an excuse to clean up the family, Ms. Nagano can gradually get rid of Yakuza's influence from Santo and strengthen the real power of the Nagano group and her Wakatou.
And Elizabeth has got some big friends on the street, and with Yakuza's support, Red Rain House will be able to grow. She will then use Kabukicho as a base to make Seth cannibalize Santo's interests, and at the same time promote the reform of the bank.
Some of these things were what Gu He wanted to understand, and some were what Miss Caiyin gave him.
This is why Miss Nagano is already inclined to form an alliance and cooperate with Elizabeth before the talks have even begun.
In fact, Miss Nagano saw every move Elizabeth Sterling made in Kabukicho during this period. Red-haired Liz really wanted to do something beneficial to the streets.
But... Gu He was always a little uneasy. The intelligence department of Santo Company was not just for free.
You wouldn't just watch Miss Nagano and red-haired Liz reach an agreement like this, right?
However, on the Shouhui Street side, Hongdahui, a branch of Yakuza, is in the centrist camp.
Ms. Nagano chose Takeokan for this reason: safety.
"Oh my god." Gu He took a few steps on the edge of the porch. He was originally a cowherd in the fish pond, and he shouldn't be involved in these things. However, before he knew it, he found himself in the center of the whirlpool.
You can make mysterious contact with Elizabeth tonight.
He hasn't decided yet how to tell her about the food-preparing genius and the tonic wine.
He has done some experiments in the past few days, but because of the lack of experimental subjects, he did not dare to give the wine to Miss Caiyin, so he has not yet figured out whether he needs Lao Fan's original wine...
Air tickets, air tickets priced at 10 million.
Selling wine is not that fast. Gu He is scratching his head. Where can he find the ten million in such a short period of time?
Suddenly, there was a sound of dense footsteps, and he cheered up. He saw a group of men and women in black wearing mountain diamond coats of arms walking in from the corridor at the door of the living room. The leader among them was none other than
Miss Nagano.
Nagano Tsukiori looks like she is in her mid-twenties, but her actual age is not much older.
She has short black hair like a man, is not tall, wears a special correspondent's silver-black formal suit with bat sleeves, wears a samurai sword, and has a large silver ring of a meat cleaver on the thumb of her right hand.
When the sleeves are swinging, you can see her two arms, both of which are covered with colorful pattern tattoos.
There is a faint smile on her pretty face, and there is a trace of the majesty of a Taoist figure in her single-lidded eyes.
"Ms. Nagano." Gu He bowed to her honestly without being rude.
This person was not some Yamato Nadeshiko. Even if she didn't mind, the Yakuza around her would not let him go.
"Angel." Ms. Nagano nodded and said, "I have heard about you from Kumiko and Mrs. Mita. I am very interested in your doll program 'Ten Tentacles'. I heard that it is very powerful."
"Mrs. Meitian thanks you." Gu He said quickly, "That's it, that's it."
Miss Nagano waved her hand and asked the entourage to retreat. She walked to the porch and looked at the scenery in the courtyard.
"I know you and Lorna Ludd kidnapped Pandora before, what happened now?"
"They were released last night." Gu He knew about Miss Nagano's attitude from Pandora, so he didn't hide it: "They are on the same front now, and Pandora also hopes to save that person."
"Yes." Ms. Nagano said, "I am very supportive. If funds are needed, the Nagano team can help as appropriate."
Gu He already understood this.
The Nagano group supported the Bone and Blood Movement back then, and Hideo Nagano and Rawdon-Lourde were still friends.
For the Nagano Group, the label of "bloody friends" cannot be torn off, especially since the Nagano Group takes chivalry as its program and will not do anything treacherous.
That's why over the years, the bone-blooded guys have found a place in Kabukicho, and their situation is better than in other districts in the city.
In this matter, if the Nagano team wants to rebuild its prestige, it cannot be done by leaving the bone-blooded guy aside. It can only help the bone-blooded guy get back on his feet. However, Yakuza does not dare to do anything openly anymore, it is not the right time.
Therefore, the daughter of flesh and blood can hang out here without any hesitation, but she thought of joining Yakuza before, but they refused to accept her.
However, the Nagano group was doing something secretly, and even the daughter of flesh and blood didn't know about it before.
When Pandora appeared, bringing with her an astonishing secret like "the ability to resurrect Roden-Ludd", the Nagano group finally decided to spend a lot of money to buy her encrypted files to find out what happened, and introduced Reicai as the middleman to hand over the data.
The Nagano Group hopes that Rodon Lourdes can be resurrected. The more powerful the bone-blooded guy is, the more stable the Nagano Group will be.
But actions like this and the leakage of internal information attracted the attention of Santo Company.
Old man Kitano used to be Nagano Taio's younger brother and an important senior member of the Nagano group, so his son became the target of Santo's warnings.
The old Yakuza are a group of old gangsters, but many of their children have gone to school and have become different.
"Corporate underlings" refer to small companies that do not fight, belong to gangs, and run some peripheral businesses.
It is these juniors who operate it. Kitano Kazuya also majored in finance and economics. However, after graduating from Etani University, he did not return to Kabukicho to join a company as a younger brother, but stayed in Etani District.
It's all because of the innocence and arrogance of college students, the disgust for their parents, and the fantasy of the fleeting dream.
Later, under the control of Yosuke Harato, he became Sophia Amick's brain slave.
"What do you think of Elizabeth Sterling?" At this time, Miss Nagano asked.
"Uh." Gu He thought for a while, "He is a good person. So far, he is worthy of being classified as a hero."
He won't stir up trouble. How could he? He and Miss Nagano are natural allies and have the same interests.
Regardless of whether it is Yutang, Lorna, or Elizabeth, they are now in the same camp as Miss Nagano and have the same direction.
Miss Nagano can become the Sixth Generation, Red Rain can become bigger and bigger, Lorna can resurrect Roton Ludd and revitalize the bone-blooded man.
Everyone is in the same direction and has the goal of changing this city.
"She is working very hard to integrate into the streets." Gu He added, "She is really willing to fight for the Red Rain House."
Miss Nagano responded and didn't ask any more questions at the moment. The guests were almost here.
Not long after, someone came to report that a group of guests had entered the Takeo Pavilion. Soon, footsteps were heard again in the corridor outside, and Gu He saw Elizabeth walking in, followed by her security guards and some Yakuza.
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"Ms. Nagano." Of course Elizabeth didn't need to bow, she took the initiative and smiled warmly.
She has sleek red hair, wears an orange trench coat, bell-bottom pants, and holds a gorgeous-looking electronic sword.
She didn't bring many security personnel with her, but Gu He recognized Judy, Lingzi, and Monk Wu Zhen.
Immediately, Elizabeth asked them all to retreat, and there were only three people left in the large living room.
When Miss Nagano turned around and didn't notice, Elizabeth winked at the angel and asked her, please.
Gu He nodded to her, thinking: Goose, as long as you don't insult Shan Ling and Xia Dao, there will be no problem. You will be stupid, but you probably won't be that kind of stupid.
"Yakuza was the first name others called us."
Ms. Nagano spoke up, "Originally it didn't mean a good thing, but the Shodaime thought that we could give this word a new meaning, another meaning, 'The Ultimate Way'.
"This is the name given to chivalrous people in our culture in the old world. Even if you are a gambler, as long as you act chivalrous and righteous, you can be called the ultimate. And 'Ren Xia' means that a strong-blooded man should
Some qualities, with a kind heart, will help the weak.
"Ren Xia plus Ji Dao, 'Ren Xia Dao', this is the Yakuza program set by the Third Generation."
Miss Nagano smiled and looked at the red-haired girl, "It's us gangsters who claim to be knights in Flowing City. Miss Sterling, maybe I should call you Red-haired Liz. I saw it from you."
The spirit of Ren Xia Dao.”
"The spirit of chivalry and the spirit of chivalry." Elizabeth said seriously, "They all have something in common. Those who are chivalrous are heroes."
Look, that's it, Gu He murmured in his heart, they are almost the same type of people and have the same interests.
This meeting won't be difficult, and neither he nor Jianbao should have anything to worry about.
The two met each other, but they didn't get down to business right away. They just continued chatting and getting to know each other.
While talking, Miss Nagano thought of something, "Liz, do you have any tattoos?"
In this city, tattoos are so common, and they are not just for street dogs, bankers also have them.
It's just that the fashion style is different and not as exaggerated and gorgeous.
"Not yet." Elizabeth said truthfully, "It's not that I don't like it, but I think tattoos are meaningful only if you have the opportunity to get them. I don't have that opportunity yet."
"That's what our chief tattoo artist Taobao Tōgoku believes in." Miss Nagano looked at Gu He and said with a smile, "I heard from Kumiko that Angel, you got a tattoo from Taobao Tōng a few days ago, and it's very nice.
"
"Is there such a thing?" Elizabeth also looked at the angel, quite interested.
"Uh..." Gu He met their gazes, clearly asking him to show off the tattoos on his back.
Miss Ayin had expected this to happen, so she specially asked him to wear only a jacket on his upper body, so that he could show off his clothes without taking off his T-shirt which would look awkward.
Show off your back muscles, show off your tattoos, make them happy, that's the cowherd's job...
"Then let's say goodbye for now." Seeing that Gu He was not happy, Miss Nagano waved her hand so that he didn't have to show off. She then smiled and said, "When you rub our backs at night, we will naturally be able to see clearly."
What? Gu He was startled and wanted to rub your backs!?
Don't talk about him, Elizabeth was also slightly startled, but immediately reacted, yes, rub her back.
It is a characteristic of Yakuza that everyone goes to the bathhouse together. They take a bath and rub their backs. The juniors rub for the seniors, and the subordinates rub for the superiors. This can enhance friendship and is a romance for Ren Xia.
For this reason, most of Yakuza's tattoos are on the back.
Miss Nagano's invitation to the bathhouse was an act of friendship. If she pushed her to the bathhouse, wouldn't she be looking down on others?
"Yes." Elizabeth smiled and said, "I'll save it for watching when I take a bath and rub my back at night."
Gu He hesitated to speak, but in the end he didn't say anything. "Okay, okay, just rub my back..."
Although they were not of the same age and had completely different backgrounds, there was no difference between them when they joked about angels. The atmosphere became lively and the topic gradually turned to the main topic.
Since the specific conditions had not yet been explored, Gu He was still accompanying him and was not called out by Miss Nagano.
But because of the current situation and common interests, their cooperation is almost inevitable.
We still have a day to talk slowly, they all thought so.
However, the morning was not over yet. The three of them were sitting at the dining table, drinking tea and talking.
Suddenly, there were hurried footsteps running outside, accompanied by deep breathing. Miss Nagano suddenly stopped in confusion.
Gu He only saw a group of Yakuza in black walking to the door, with the special correspondent inside, and Mr. Sanada, Miss Nagano's military strategist, "Wakachutou Advisor", whose middle-aged face was tense, showing shock and grief.
At the same time, Judy was also coming. She didn't bother to knock when the door was open, and seemed to want to report something.
"Ms. Nagano, the master of the house..." Mr. Sanada said sadly, looking at Gu He and Elizabeth, "the master of the house..."
"Say." Miss Nagano frowned, already vaguely guessing something.
"The owner of the family was just found lying in the quiet room. The medical team's first aid failed. The initial diagnosis was a sudden myocardial infarction. The owner has passed away..."
Mr. Sanada's voice was sad, and the black-clothed Yakuza around him heard the words and bent down one after another, with tears in their eyes.
Miss Nagano's expression suddenly changed; Elizabeth's blue eyes widened slightly.
There was a buzzing sound, and Gu He opened his mouth in confusion.
The Yakuza Fifth Daime, Nagano Group leader, Nagano Masao, died.
But Ruotou's seat is still vacant.
If you are a woman who finds it difficult to convince others, you may have just experienced a turning point in your development.
How could it be possible? It couldn't be such a coincidence. They were having a meeting today and something happened today...
"Miss Sterling, we need to leave here right away." Judy had to say in public.
For a moment, Elizabeth had many thoughts and possibilities flashing through her mind, but she knew that if she left, she would lose this big friend on the street and this opportunity for advancement forever.
Moreover, if Miss Nagano fails to become the Sixth Generation, Yakuza and Kabukicho will be controlled by Santo...
Where does Hongyu have a foothold?
Elizabeth knew that she could not fail. As long as she failed once, the United District would not give her another chance, and she would have to be a special person. This was exactly the result that the enemy chess player wanted to see.
"Judy, tell us the known information so that Miss Nagano can also know the situation." She said decisively.
"Many Yakuza personnel from different branches are gathering here at the Takeokan." Judy immediately reported, "The Metropolitan Police Department has just established the 'Yakuza Disintegration Operations Headquarters' and may take the opportunity to launch a cleanup operation."
After hearing this, Miss Nagano's face became even heavier, and her red eyes had no tears.
"Ms. Nagano..." Mr. Sanada brought another bad idea, but it was expected. "As to whether to recommend you as the sixth generation, the top cadres have different opinions, and several branches have threatened to split and establish a new one.
of Yakuza.”
This is a war, and the war has already begun.
Either win or lose.
Gu He stood up suddenly and looked around, asking, can I, I, go first...