### "The Inhumanity of the Saiban Shrine - Yotsugi Saiban, August 15, 2001"

### "The Inhumanity of the Saiban Shrine - Yotsugi Saiban, August 15, 2001"

**Characters:**
- **Kumagawa** ... Chairman of Sumiyoshi-kai Mukago Mutsumi Kai (victim of the incident)
- **Fujii** ... Mukago Mutsumi Kai executive, Kumagawa's close aide

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#### **Yotsugi funeral hall, anteroom - August 15, 2001, 6:30 p.m.**

(Kumagawa and Fujii are talking in the waiting room shortly before the wake begins.)

**Fujii:** "Oyasama, there are a lot of faces (mourners) here today. The head family from Sumiyoshi is here, and the head of Takinogawa, Mr. Endo, has also shown up."

** Kumagawa:** "Wow, he came too? He's a reasonable guy. ...... But, well, it doesn't feel good to be preparing my own form (funeral) like this."

**Fujii:** "Please don't say that. ...... Oyakusan has a long way to go."

**Kumagawa:** "Don't be silly, I'm already falling apart. But the Muko Mutsukai's headquarters cannot be allowed to waver. You must firmly protect your territory.

**Fujii:** "Yes, that's natural. But, Oyasama, what I'm worried about is the Hama group (Inagawa-kai). Just because we are quiet, it doesn't mean that they are also quiet. ......

**Kumagawa:** "They are not that stupid. If they brandish guns at such a formal matter (funeral), there's no way they can follow the rules of the underworld.

(Kumagawa laughs while puffing incense.)

**Kumagawa:** "Well, if there's any strange activity, you'll be the first to take action.

**Fujii:** "Hey, leave it to me."

---Kumagawa

#### **Yotsugi Saibanjo Main Hall - around 7:00 p.m.**

(Mourners burn incense one after another, and the place is filled with a somber atmosphere.)

**Kumagawa:** "...... But still, it's not in my nature to sit still like this."

**Fujii:** "Oyasan, please be a little quiet. I'm a little tense over here.

**Kumagawa:** "What's the matter? No one would be so careless as to get into a scramble at a time like this.

（Then two men entered the room. Fujii senses something suspicious in his gut and whispers to Kumagawa.)

**Fujii:** "Oyasama, isn't something funny with those two guys?"

**Kumagawa:** "I don't know ....... Where are those young guys from?

(At that moment, the two men put their hands in their pockets.)

**Fujii:** "Oh no!

**Kumagawa:** "Tsk, no way ......!"

("Don! Don!" (A gunshot echoes through the air.)

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#### **Immediately after the incident - the anteroom**

(Fujii holds Kumagawa, covered in blood)

**Fujii:** "Oyasan! Please pull yourself together!!!!"

(Kumagawa spits out blood and giggles.)

**Kumagawa:** "...... I never thought you'd actually do it, ......."

**Fujii:** "Damn! I'll never forgive you, you bastards of Hama!

**Kumagawa:** "Hey, hey, ......, don't talk like a kid. ......

(Kumagawa pats Fujii on the shoulder with a trembling hand.)

**Kumagawa:** "Listen,...... protect your profit,...... and don't destroy the territory,...... and then.... ...I'll leave ...... it to you. ......

(With these words, Kunio Kumagawa died.)

(Fujii clenches his fists, gritting his teeth.)

**Fujii:** "......If you don't make sense, you'll be a dead man."

(Thus, the "Saiba's Bullet" was etched in the history of the underworld.)