INTRODUCTION

Shintengoku; a bustling metropolis and a city of excess. The living is fast, the cars are faster, the suits are loud, the booze flows freely, and the money is easy. Especially if you've already made it big. The structure of the organized crime families of old had been done away with, and the remnants of the Yakuza decided to restructure in a way reminiscent of feudal Japanese society: a shogun who controls everything from the shadows, daimyo who answer to him, and samurai who act as their soldiers and messengers.

When the White Heron syndicate makes a declaration of war against the Gold Dragon, the stakes are raised higher than they've ever been.