Taka!
I enjoyed serving under you!
What?
What are you talking about?
I won't allow it.
Let me talk to Taiju.
What?
Taka...
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What?
You're going too far.
Only use your strength to protect people.
There, there.
Yeah, he's a scary guy.
A weird guy with two little brats.
That was Taka.
That was when I met Takashi Mitsuya.
Taka.
Yeah?
I don't think you should talk with Taiju.
No matter what you say, it won't end up doing any good.
He's a piece of shit.
Would you stop that?
You've always tried to handle things all on your own.
By the way,
why are these two tagging along?
What?
I'm the one who got beat up!
I'm keeping an eye on him because he's a moron.
Hey! Who you calling a moron?
You're the moron for concocting that crazy plan!
But it turned out okay, right?
All right, fine.
It's nice to meet you, Taiju.
So, you're that Mitsuya who's beguiled my brother all these years.
That's a hell of an accusation.
I'll kill you, you bastard.
So, what is it you want to talk about?
Keep it short.
I'll let Hakkai join BLACK DRAGON and never get involved with him again.
What? Mitsuya, that's not what you promised!
Now, that's hilarious.
I thought you came here to keep that from happening.
In exchange,
release Yuzuha.
What?
Taka! Why are you asking for that?
Taiju, you're forcing Yuzuha to do something for you, aren't you?
Hakkai has always protected his sister...
from your abuse.
What?
That's a rich joke.
Hakkai, sit down.
What?
S-Sure.
Hakkai's not leaving Toman because he's afraid of you.
He's doing it to protect Yuzuha.
Mitsuya!
Hey... You're pretty good.
I'll say it once more.
We'll let Hakkai join BLACK DRAGON,
but you release Yuzuha.
If you accept these conditions, Toman won't fight BLACK DRAGON.
And if I refuse?
It's all-out war.
I like it.
We've got a truce.
Though I've never abused her,
I'll keep my promise.
I'll never hit Yuzuha again.
In the end, Hakkai ended up going to BLACK DRAGON.
Yeah. But I did learn one thing.
That Hakkai is going to kill Taiju for Yuzuha's sake.
Taka, thank you.
I...
Hakkai.
No matter how tough things get, use your strength to protect others.
Taka...
Luna, quit chasing Mana around! She'll get all worked up.
Sorry for all the commotion.
No, it's fine.
Got any parents?
Just Mom.
She works until late at night,
so I look after these two.
Seconds!
Oh, you're eating faster, Luna.
Say...
Isn't it hard having to deal with this?
There.
Don't curse the life you're born into,
Hakkai.
I think I'm going to go back to the future.
What? How come?
Hakkai joined BLACK DRAGON
and you haven't completed any of your goals.
Hakkai killed Taiju to protect Yuzuha.
In that case, now that Mitsuya got Yuzuha released,
Hakkai has no reason to kill Taiju.
So, the future's probably changed.
Maybe...
Right?
But what if nothing's changed?
What?
It's just your assumption that Hakkai killed Taiju to protect Yuzuha.
But that's the only reason why...
And weren't you arrested in the future?
How are you going to shake hands with Naoto Tachibana if you're in jail?
That's right...
I may not be able to come back.
It's way too risky. And what's more...
What?
It was Mitsuya, not you, who set Yuzuha free.
What?
If you haven't changed anything here, then I doubt the future has changed.
Now that you mention it, you're probably right.
That's pretty smart of you, Chifuyu.
You're such a dumbass, Takemitchy.
Are you sure you're 26 years old inside?
I'm so ashamed.
-Takemitchy! -Huh?
What's the matter, Hakkai?
Tell Taka thanks for me.
I won't be able to see him as much anymore.
Sure.
Okay.
You see...
My family's kind of messed up.
We've got no mom.
And since I was little, Dad was almost never home.
So, it was always Taiju, the eldest,
who ran the family.
He's been a "boss" since he was a kid.
He was bigger than everyone and just plain stronger too.
But most of all, he was an expert at getting people to like him.
All his cronies really admired him.
He used violence with great skill.
He didn't give half-assed beatings.
He'd beat the crap out of you.
He treated us, siblings, the same way.
Get up, Hakkai.
It's not like I want to punch you.
I care more about you than anyone. And I trust you more than anyone.
So, when you don't live up to my expectations,
it hurts me.
I love you, Hakkai.
I always thought...
that love was supposed to be painful.
Because that's how I was raised.
That's the way it always was.
But Taka turned my world upside down.
He should have been out playing, but he was looking after those two kids.
It seemed like he had such a tough home life.
You hungry?
But he was always smiling.
When I ate the food Taka cooked,
I'm not sure why, but I cried my eyes out.
You know what he told me?
"Use your strength to protect others."
I made a promise then...
to protect my family.
Then, from now on,
you'll take the beatings for two.
You're good with that, right?
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From then on,
I got Yuzuha's beatings instead of her.
I protected Yuzuha this whole time.
But then, he broke his promise.
He beat Yuzuha as he had before.
You broke your promise!
My promise?
You were shielding her from her own family!
I did it to teach her a lesson!
That bastard!
What a total asshole!
I think you can see
that the promise he made to Taka doesn't mean shit to him.
He'll never release Yuzuha.
I'm so ashamed to say it.
But to this day, I tremble in the presence of Taiju.
I can't do a damn thing.
Hakkai...
If only Taiju wasn't around...
So, I made up my mind.
What?
That's why I quit Toman.
I didn't want to ruin Toman's reputation.
From now on,
I'll use my strength to protect my family.
I'm going to... kill Taiju.
I'm prepared to be arrested.
So, you shouldn't associate with me.
Why are you telling us that?
To stiffen my determination, I guess.
If I didn't, I'd probably chicken out.
I'm weak like that.
I didn't know you long,
but it was fun, Takemitchy.
Chifuyu,
this really ticks me off.
He's been driven to such desperation that he's going to kill his own brother.
That Taiju Shiba is total scum!
Takemitchy...
I've made up my mind, Chifuyu.
I'm going to crush BLACK DRAGON!
You're such a moron.
Shouldn't you be thinking of a way to keep Hakkai from killing Taiju?
Fine! I get it! Don't make that face!
Good.
If we crush BLACK DRAGON, that will definitely change the future.
Right!
Count me in!
All right!
I talked to Taiju yesterday.
I know.
Taiju's got connections with the rich.
When they've got trouble, he loans them BLACK DRAGON goons.
They pay him big money in exchange.
It was one of my jobs to collect that money.
But yesterday, I was released from doing that forever.
It's thanks to you, Mitsuya.
Why are you acting like that?
It was all Hakkai's hard work.
His hard work?
You put him up to it!
Hakkai...
Why'd he do this?
Don't be stupid.
Hakkai is a lot stronger than you think he is.
Thank you, Mitsuya.
But...
hopes like that are what causes suffering.
Yuzuha's hiding something.
Now that I think about it, it was way too easy to make this truce.
Hey, Mikey! That's the wrong way!
Mikey! What about the officer's meeting?
Ride with me, Mitsuya!
I want to ride with you.
Mikey...
Sorry.
Thanks, Draken.
Hey! What's up, Mikey?
We're down to half now.
What?
Of the founding members.
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I've lost sight of where I'm headed with this.
Mikey...
Just forget about BLACK DRAGON.
Mitsuya.
What?
Don't you ever leave us, okay?
Okay. I promise.
What?
You're going to fight with BLACK DRAGON over that?
That's right.
Are you freaking insane?
I've said I'll kill someone over a million times, dude!
If we did it every time we said it, we'd wipe out humanity, you moron.
At any rate,
we aren't crushing BLACK DRAGON just to stop Hakkai from killing Taiju.
What a drag.
What do you think, Draken?
Rejected!
Takemitchy and Chifuyu,
I'm sure you have your reasons for wanting to do this,
but do you intend to violate the truce that Mitsuya arranged?
You'd be disrespecting Mitsuya.
They aren't coming tonight, but this decision is final.
Yeah, I guess we definitely would be disrespecting Mitsuya.
Things just aren't going our way, Takemitchy.
Chifuyu,
this means we'll just have to do it on our own.
Let me join in.
-Kisaki? -Kisaki?
Why don't we work together?
What?
I want to stop Hakkai too.
That's a load of bullshit!
There's no way in hell we'd ever work with you!
Then, what's your plan?
As long as there's the truce with BLACK DRAGON that Mitsuya made,
none of the other Toman officers are going to fight with BLACK DRAGON.
And BLACK DRAGON isn't so weak that you two alone can crush them.
Mikey's weak right now.
Now that BLACK DRAGON's gotten stronger, I want to crush them.
Don't talk like that about Mikey.
Show him some respect!
How the hell would you know he's gotten weak?
Tell me that!
Even though you're a captain, you're still no better than us!
So don't get cocky.
-Chifuyu! -Now, now.
Infighting is forbidden, you know?
Hanma...
Break that rule and I'll lose my temper.
Understand?
FIRST GENERATION TOKYO MANJI GANG
What's the merit of working with you two?
I've got an informant inside of BLACK DRAGON.
I hate wasting time.
Come with me.
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10,000 YEN
You'll make sure they don't find out, right?
If they do, I'm dead.
This is the informant.
Don't you worry.
Nobody here's ever going to rat on you.
So, did you get the info?
Yeah, about the boss's movements, right?
Taiju's movements?
Yeah.
If we're going to crush BLACK DRAGON, we got to know about Taiju.
What's he doing on a typical day?
If we know what he's always doing, we'll know what we're dealing with.
Knowing your enemy makes them easy to defeat.
Oh, I get it.
I'm the boss's gopher, so I know most of what he does.
First, the boss--
What a disgusting room.
It smells of a rat.
Koko...
They've already found out.
Yep.
Things ended up badly for the last rat we had.
He couldn't handle it, so he killed himself.
You've got it all wrong, Koko!
I didn't betray you guys!
-I'm just-- -I know you're not hard up for money.
It's torture for you!
Take this filth away.
-Yes, Sir. -Yes, Sir.
Can't you overlook this? I didn't do anything!
-Please! -The hell you didn't do anything!
-Don't! -You're dead meat, scumbag!
So... what do you want to do?
We don't intend to fight you.
What?
10,000 YEN
100,000.
What?
I'll tell you what you want for 100,000.
We want to know when Taiju will be alone.
The boss is never alone.
He's always got five men with him.
Except on one day.
And when's that?
December 25th.
Christmas.
He may not look it, but the boss is a devoted Christian.
Every year on Christmas night, he goes to church to worship.
In the dead of night, and always alone.
Got it.
Anything else you want to know?
That's plenty.
Even alone, the boss is still tough.
I doubt the four of you could defeat him.
I can hardly wait for Christmas.
Why are you betraying Taiju?
I simply like the strong.
If you want to know more, get me another 100,000.
I guess this means that BLACK DRAGON isn't a monolith.
Takemitchy.
I didn't find out when Taiju will be alone just so we could attack him.
What?
Hakkai said he was going to kill Taiju.
So, when would he kill him?
Well...
Oh! When Taiju's alone!
I get it! On Christmas night!
Now you can stop Hakkai.
Kisaki, that's why you're doing this?
What's wrong with doing something to help my teammates?
The four of us here will stop Hakkai and destroy Taiju.
This'll be our secret battle on Christmas night.
What the hell is this guy scheming?
Translation by Brian Athey