Charlie added, "Tell the commissioner to call your brother—say that Kokomi informed him that you were killed. Let's see if he will show up."

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As more SWAT teams and police officers arrived, the commissioner showed up as well and promptly summoned the SWAT commander, "What's the situation out here?"

"There was a group with guns that fled when we showed up," the SWAT commander replied. "We must have spooked them. We then swept the outer perimeter and counted seven unidentified bodies outside."

The commissioner sighed. "And what's the situation in there?"

The SWAT commander shrugged. "We shouted for them to come out, but no one's showing up just yet."

The commissioner nodded. "Well, do we know who's in there?"

The SWAT commander pointed at the cars strewn outside. "Checked the plates. Most are registered to either Inagawa-kai or the Yamaguchi-gai… There are a couple of plates that matched the Sumiyoshi-kai, too, but I guess they were the ones who saw us and bailed."

With the scal