Yoshiyasu, Yukihiro, and Makoto were left dumbfounded as the Tokyo Commissioner broke the news.
Naturally, Yukihiro and Makoto were truly dumbfounded that they had messed up so terribly, whereas Yoshiyasu was just pretending.
He had told his samurai to run as soon as they finished their job so that it could never be traced back to him, but that also meant he hadn't received confirmation that they had indeed succeeded.
However, he most definitely could believe the Tokyo Commissioner's report—if the man said Yoshitaka and Kokomi were dead, they were definitely dead.
Burying his face in his palms, he wailed, "No!!! Yoshitaka… Kokomi! You didn't deserve this… I will definitely avenge you!"
Makoto shuddered in fear and quickly said, "L-Listen, Mr. Mitsui. The Yamaguchi-gai got here first, and they stopped my boys from going in. From there, you know for sure that your brother and niece were killed by the Yamaguchi-gai!"
Yukihiro was left seething right then—he and Makoto were both goin