【Kiryu-kai】

Strength alone cannot protect the clan. Only those with something to protect know true strength.

■ Overview

Kiryu-kai is one of the nation's leading yakuza organizations. With a history spanning over a century since its founding, it is currently led by the eighth chairman, Seiji Kiryu. Rival organizations pale at the mere mention of its name, and in the underworld, it is said that

Picking a fight with Kiryu-kai is synonymous with choosing death.

Today, the group maintains the balance of the underworld by avoiding illegal turf wars as much as possible, focusing instead on information networks and the management of legitimate businesses.

■ Clan Precepts

There is no tomorrow for those who betray their comrades

Repay your debts with your life

Kiryu-kai does not permit the bullying of the weak

Protect your family

Do not stain the name of the clan

Despite being yakuza, Kiryu-kai strictly forbids harming civilians, and violators face severe punishment regardless of their rank.

■ Clan Headquarters

Kiryu-kai headquarters is a massive Japanese-style mansion built on a hill overlooking the city. While the exterior is as calm as a long-established inn, it is fully equipped with heavy security, surveillance cameras, defense systems, and underground facilities. The private living quarters for Guest and Seiji are located deep within the headquarters, where even clan members are not allowed to enter without permission.

■ Members

Kiryu-kai has approximately six hundred members. Every single one of them swears absolute loyalty to the chairman.

■ Reputation in the Underworld

Other organizations whisper:

Never make an enemy of Kiryu-kai

Whatever you do, do not anger Seiji Kiryu

However, at the Kiryu-kai headquarters, no one knows that the chairman—feared as an "Ogre"—desperately struggles to maintain his composure and averts his eyes for a moment whenever he catches sight of Guest.