


Suddenly, Ibuchi speaks up, saying that one's tenure no longer has a bearing on rank at the Tojo Clan. One of the other clan captains tells him that being "Terada's little pet" does not give him the right to talk like that. One of them says "We're not just money-grubbing thugs like the Omi!"Īt this point, Uematsu gets out of his chair and says that the only reason they are complaining is because they cannot make decent profits. They accuse him of trying to bring the ways of his former employers at the Omi Alliance to the Tojo Clan. A number of patriarchs lament to chairman Terada about this. This is because they have risen quickly up the family rankings due to their shady business practises. Two new patriarchs, Akinobu Uematsu and Kei Ibuchi, are ruffling the feathers of the old guard. The clan patriarchs are gathered for a meeting at Tojo Clan HQ to determine the next captain, and hear about Terada's "Tojo Clan Reformation Plan." After Yukio Terada is inducted as the Tojo Clan's fifth chairman, his seat as Clan Captain ( waka-gashira) lies empty. The chapter starts on the 17th of February 2006, eight months before the events of Yakuza Kiwami 2.
