Things were unfolding at a frightening speed, and now Osaka had officially inserted himself into the situation. What impact his involvement would have remained to be seen. Whether his influence would ultimately help or hurt Harry was still unclear, but one thing was obvious. Harry was being maneuvered by Osaka. If that were not the case, Osaka would have already revealed the single piece of information capable of changing everything. Then again, it could also be argued that Harry was trying to play the same game. The difference was that Osaka had been playing it far longer. And he was better at it. Harry had stepped into unfamiliar territory and found himself dealing with a veteran who understood manipulation on a level he could barely comprehend. Osaka was now in a position where he could steer Harry toward accomplishing his goals without Harry even realizing it. Believing he could outsmart Osaka would have been foolish. At least for now. Harry left the office feeling uneasy.

Ricardo was troubled by the direction events were taking, but that did not mean he was willing to abandon his plans. His objective remained unchanged. He needed the other bosses to submit because he intended to use the same formula that had allowed him to bring the Mafia under his control. When he absorbed organizations into his network, he did not completely strip them of their power. Instead, he folded them into a larger operation and rewarded them with a percentage of the profits. In most cases, their earnings remained close to what they had been making before, sometimes even surpassing them because of the larger scale of the operation. Ricardo understood that taking away a man's livelihood was the quickest way to create resistance. That was why he intended to leave their businesses under their own management. The difference was that they would gain access to the extensive routes already controlled by the Mafia. Those routes would allow them to move greater quantities of produc

"That was a strange man… I wonder what my father wants with him," Osaka thought to himself. He didn't dwell on it too long though, since this wasn't his first time running an errand for his father. The jobs were never complicated, which was why he had never failed one. Osaka was happy things were going smoothly, because it was only a matter of time before his father let him go out into the world on his own terms. He wanted to actually live life, to experience something new. Rather than taking lives, he wanted to bring stories to life through filmmaking. That was one of the things he genuinely wanted for himself. His father seemed fine with it, or at least that was how it appeared from where Osaka was standing. Osaka wasn't naive, and he was sure things couldn't stay this simple forever. He had mentally prepared himself for a situation that would push him to his limits, yet his father never handed him more than he could carry. "I wonder if the wife is still in the picture?" Osaka th

Osaka was enjoying everything the USA had to offer, and nothing was holding him back from indulging in the more sinful pleasures that came with this way of life.His mission was to keep watch over Ricardo, but that didn't mean he couldn't have a good time while doing it.He was aware of the fighting going on within the family and found himself wondering what his father's endgame actually was."These Americans are crazy," Osaka thought to himself as he watched the news.It felt like this country was built for crime, but that was probably the very reason his father had sent him here.The Yakuza didn't have nearly the same foothold in America as they did elsewhere.That was why his father couldn't send just anyone. Someone else would either become a target immediately or get made right away because of the tattoos that gave them away.He needed to make sure nobody caught wind of the Yakuza's involvement in whatever his father was putting together.He found himself wondering if Ricardo was

The assassination of the Don sent shockwaves through the Mafia world. There was a reason even Luigi had never moved against him, despite everything that stood between them.It would have shattered the family's balance and opened the door for rival families to move in on their territory.The incident tore them apart. Ricardo wasn't convinced this was a hit Luigi had ordered. There was no logical reason to take out both father and son at once.Luigi, on the other hand, had noticed something unsettling in Ricardo that day when he had played Russian Roulette without so much as a tremor. It was enough to make him wonder whether Ricardo had orchestrated the whole thing himself, framing Luigi while positioning himself to absorb both factions.Two birds, one stone.This was exactly what Satoshi had set in motion, and the great divide had finally come to pass.Osaka heard about the chaos unfolding but didn't feel much of anything about it. This was the life he had chosen, and he had known what