The Marukami-kai and the Shichinin-kai have joined forces with the Kyowa-kai, which is planning to expand into Tokyo. The Toyukai is heavily influenced by the Sasashima Foundation, which controls the center of Japan. After Hasegawa is killed by Toura of the Hassei-kai, Himuro and Tamura notice that the money that the local bank had previously lent to the Hassei-kai has gone uncharted.
