Chapter 24: Discussing War Plans


"Ok, hope you all are ready for the big concert." Ai said as she put on her disguise.

Eren was with her, dressed in a pair of black slacks and a simple white button up shirt. He knew he had to look decent with the meeting with the Oyabun, but this was the best he had.

"Another awesome concert!" Ruby said in excitement. "Ar yew essited Eren-San?" She asked Eren.

"Not the singing, but I am excited for the dancing." He said.

"Ecchi." Ruby narrowed her eyes.

"Ruby-Chan!" Ai laughed loudly. "Where did you learn that word?" She asked.

Ai should probably reprimand Ruby for saying something dirty like that, but to hear a child say something like that was hilarious and Ai could barely compose herself.

"What did she say?" Eren asked.

"She said that's great!" Ai tried to cover.

Eren knew that wasn't what she said. Not to illicit that kind of reaction from the young mother. However, Eren found it to be really cute and adorable. He wondered when the last time he saw such happy moments like this were.

The last time he felt this at peace was maybe, maybe right before the walls fell. Ai's screaming and excessive punishment of Aqua reminded him of his own mother. How his own mother would almost become a devil herself when he really messed up.

"What are you thinking." Ai asked.

"I just-" Eren thought on how he should phrase it. "Never mind." He said.

"Ehhhh~" Ai drew out, moving closer to Eren.

He was clearly thinking about something, but he didn't want to say it. She knew that whatever he was thinking about, it was something nice. Something that put a smile on his face. She was glad he felt relaxed.

Eren had a glow to him that was different lately. Like, he was completely different. He smiled more, laughed, and even was playful. She blushed when she thought about his smile. It was so gentle and warm, nothing like the confident and suave smile that Hikaru had.

Hikaru always had a feeling that he was constantly trying to manipulate people. When she was young, that confident smile would make her almost melt. He had such a confidence about him that it was impossible not to be attracted to him.

Eren's smile though was soft and genuine. His smiles were rare, but when he did smile, you could tell he was legitimately at peace. It was a different kind of attractive, but attractive all the same.

Now if only he could get a haircut. He needed to style his hair more. The bun was nice though. Like he was too busy to care about it, which also was attractive.

Ok, stop thinking about how attractive he is, Ai thought as she blushed.

"Mako will be here soon." Eren said.

"Miyako." She giggled.

"Miyeko." He tried again.

"ME." Ai said.

"Me." Eren repeated.

"YA." Ai said.

"Ya." Eren repeated again.

"KO, ME-YA-KO."

"Meeyako." Eren repeated.

"Close." Ai giggled.

"Eren-San canty Talku." Ruby giggled.

"Funny." He glared at her, which made Ruby giggle.

Ai walked outside where Miyako was waiting with her car. She loaded up her bag which had a few things she'd need for the day and got into the car.

"Good to see you Meiyako." Eren said.

"Closer." She said. "Are you actually going to enjoy the concert this time?" Miyako asked as she started driving.

"I didn't hate it last time." Eren said.

"You did say you didn't like it." Ai said sadly.

"I just don't have great experiences with those kinds of performances." He said.

"Really, why?" Miyako asked.

"I went to a play a while ago." He explained.

"What was it about?" Ai asked.

"Just a big monster thing, nothing important." Not important here. "Anyway, there was an attack, and everything went chaotic."

"Was it Russians?" Miyako asked, remembering that he was Crimean.

Russians? No. It was actually Willy Tybur who initiated it by declaring war on Paradis. Eren just retaliated.

"Yes." Eren lied.

"I heard prior to and even after the invasion that a lot of pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian citizens and Soldiers would attack each other." Miyako commented.

"Sound about right." Eren said.

It hurt to lie to them, but he had no choice. They would never believe his situation. Even if they did, they would hate and despise him for what he did. A devil like him didn't deserve peace after what he did.

"Ow." Eren said as he felt a flick on his ear.

He turned to see Ai's outstretched hand, which was the flick he felt.

"Don't be so sad Eren." She smiled at him. "We're going to a fun concert. Nothing bad will happen and there will be no danger. So, you can forget about it and enjoy the moment. It's not a good thing to think too much about what happened."

"Did you have to flick my ear?" He asked.

"Yup." Ai laughed. "You were thinking too much about the past, even if you're not being completely honest." She said.

"Of course I am." Eren asked nervously.

"You're not a good liar Eren." She laughed.

Ai didn't want to let him know that she knew when he was and was not being entirely honest. Everyone has their secrets, and a deadly attack at a play was typically something that most people didn't want to be honest about. It was totally normal and fine to be a little dishonest about traumatic events.

Which is why Ai never blamed Eren for a bit of lying. After all, she'd be a complete hypocrite if she gave him grief for lying when she built her whole career and personality on a lie.

"I also really am not a fan of the music." Eren said.

"Well, if that's the case, I'll make you a fan." Ai winked as she made a peace sign, making sure Eren could see her through the mirror.

"Really?" Eren asked.

"Yea." Ai smiled. "I won't ever perform at the Tokyo Dome until I know you'll be my biggest fan in the crowd."

"Sure." Eren shrugged. "Though I have to admit, Meme seems much better at dancing than- ow." Eren said as he was flicked in the ear again.

"I am not amused Eren." Ai glared at him.

"I am." He smiled.

Ai giggled as well, glad he was able to relax and have fun.

Miyako just rolled her eyes.


"Hey Ai-San, the President wants to see you." Meimei said as Ai finished getting to her idol outfit. "Where's Eren?" She looked around.

"I recommended that the best place to watch this show was from the crowd." Ai said. "It'll be different than a VIP booth that we'd provide.

"Either way, you need to hurry up to see the President."

"Sure, I'll be right there." She said. "Aqua-Chan, you're coming with." She said.

"Fine." He sighed in a defeated tone.

"He said only you." Meimei said.

"Aqua will wait outside his office, I'm not taking my eyes off of him." She said.

"Ok." Meimei giggled, amused at how Aqua was being punished.

"Help." He tried to say to Meimei as he was dragged away by Ai.

"Nope." Meimei waved at the poor child as he was pulled away.

Ai deposited Aqua in the waiting lounge right outside of President Saitou's temporary office for this venue. There was a single door that led into his office and she noticed that it was barely decorated since he was only here for a few days to prepare for the concert.

"Nice office." Ai commented.

"Ai, there's something I need to talk about." He said.

Ai shut the door but didn't realize it was cracked open, letting Aqua get to the door and listen in on the conversation. He was curious on what was going on.

"What is it about?" She asked.

"It's about Eren." He said.

"What about Eren?" She asked.

"Please sit down." He said.

Ai raised her eyebrow but did as he said. She carefully moved her skirt under her as she sat down, trying not to cause any damage to her skirt or get it dirty.

"What's going on?" She asked.

"I don't think Eren has been entirely honest on why he's here." Saitou said.

"Oh?" Ai asked.

"Yea, I don't think he's in Japan entirely legally." Saitou said.

"What makes you say that?" She asked.

"I got a look at his passport and copied his passport number." Saitou said.

"Why did you do that?" She asked, getting a bit annoyed.

"Because I have a bad feeling about him." Saitou said.

"So, you got his number, then what?" She asked.

"I ran a criminal background check through my employee recruiting system to see if he had any history of criminal activity." He explained.

"And what did you find?" Ai asked. "Did he shop lift, or maybe he got into a drunken fight. Please let me know what you found."

"Ai, I don't appreciate the tone." He said.

"I don't appreciate you violating someone's privacy." She said angrily.

"Ai-" He tried to say.

"What did you find?" She asked.

"Nothing." He said.

"Nothing?" Ai asked.

"No history at all. His passport number does not exist in the Japanese database." He said.

"What does that mean?" She asked.

"It means there's a good chance that he's in Japan illegally." He said. "I expected to have no records from Ukraine, they're not exactly the best in record keeping, especially Crimea. But Eren should have a history in Japan and he doesn't."

"Did you put the number correctly?" Ai asked.

"Y-yes." He stuttered.

"President, did you put the number in correctly?" She asked.

"I'm sure I did." Saitou said.

"How did you get the number?" She asked.

"While we were at the beach, I glanced through-" He was cut off.

"Glanced?" Ai asked. "So, you can't say for certain that you copied it exactly." Ai accused.

"I'm sure I did-"

"And what if you didn't?" Ai asked. "What if you made a mistake and now you're about to confront Eren and make accusations that you're not sure about."

"Ai, calm dow-" He tried to say.

"I wont calm down!" Ai stood up as she raised her voice.

"Ai, I'm trying to make sure-"

"What, make sure I'm protected!?" She yelled. "You decide to completely violate someone's privacy and cast suspicion on them despite what he's done for us!?"

"I appreciate what he's done Ai, but if Eren is a criminal-"

"He's not a criminal!" Ai yelled. "He's a veteran and a victim of a war he wanted nothing to do with! And I refuse to go to him and cast doubt on him if you can't even tell me that you're sure the number was copied correctly!"

"That can be dangerous Ai." Saitou tried to reason. "We don't know-"

"You've never talked with him!" Ai countered. "You've never asked him what he likes, or what his past was like. You never got to know him or tried to see who he really is. All you do is cast doubt on the man who saved your company and saved my life!"

"I have talked with him." Ai continued. "I've seen how he treats other people, and how protective he is of the people around him. How he'll let a little girl style his hair or let her win in a play fight against him. Or how sad he gets when people see the violent side he showed when he protected me!"

"What if I am right?" Saitou asked.

"You're not!" Ai denied. "He's a good and kind person and doesn't deserve any of this treatment."

"Even then, I can't approve him being around you." He said.

"I'm not a child and you're not my father!" Ai said. "You are my boss!"

Saitou looked hurt when she said that. He knew she was right, and Ai felt bad about saying that, but it was a fact

"If you try to kick Eren out, I will quit." Ai gave her ultimatum.

"Ai-" Saitou said.

"I can't let you treat Eren so poorly, despite everything he's done." She said. "So, if you keep violating his privacy or treating him with suspicion, I will quit."

"Ok." He relented.

She was right. He let his paranoia and worry violate Eren's privacy. He was no doubting if he even took it down correctly. He did rush to avoid getting seen, maybe he did make a mistake. Maybe he took the number down wrong, and the report came back empty because the number was wrong.

"I'm sorry." He said honestly. "I'll drop it, Ai."

Ai wiped her face, trying hard not to cry and ruin her makeup. She never yelled at him like that or threatened to quit B-Komachi before. She felt like a dumb teenager that was arguing with her dad about a boy, which was kind of true.

Ai stood up and walked out the door, needing to get back to the makeup room and have the stylists touch it up.

Aqua listened in and stepped back from the door as Ai grabbed his hand. He heard every word, and doubted that Saitou got the number wrong. Was Eren really in Japan illegally? It's not too crazy, especially as a war victim. Why Japan if he wanted to run, there are closer countries to illegally enter. Japan would be out of his way.

The supernatural possibility would kind of explain it, for no other reason than simply saying "Magic" can literally explain anything weird.

He would need to watch out for Eren though, he was starting to look as dangerous as Hikaru.


"This way." A yakuza member motioned for Eren to enter into the VIP room.

The inside had a warm red glow to it, as well as red seats and a decorated wall that had pattern wallpaper. It looked nice enough but was ruined with the smell of cigarette smoke. Nearly everyone inside was smoking.

There were multiple members of Yoshida's gang, the Inagawa-Kai gang. They all were older men, with nice suits and tattoos that were showing from underneath them. Each man was either smoking or drinking an expensive looking glass of liqour.

One man that caught his eye was Raido, so the man was a bit more important than he initially thought.

They were sitting at a dinner table, with a large window on the wall that showed the stage. Thousands of people were in the stands, waiting for Ai to come out and waving those weird glow sticks.

"This is the boy." Oyabun Yoshida said as Eren walked in. "Please, everyone switch to English for his benefit." He said.

Yoshida ensured everything was good for Eren, and Eren knew it was to keep him friendly since Eren proved himself to be a useful pawn in this little war.

"Do you smoke kid?" One member asked.

"No." Eren said.

"Kid's afraid of cancer." One man chuckled.

"Eren, these are my, what's the English equivalent, Commanders? Captains? Who knows." Yoshida said as he took a puff of his cigarette. "Take a seat." He said.

Eren did as he was asked, taking a seat at the table right next to Yoshida.

"So, this is the kid that took out the safehouse alone?" One man asked.

"Yea, the reverse grip RPG? What the hell even was that?" Another man laughed.

"Apparently it worked well enough." Another said. "I'll give the kid style points."

"Eren here has talent, survived the initial ambush with only a dislocated shoulder." Raido commented.

"And dating an idol, how cute." Another one laughed.

Eren had his pistol on the back of his waistbelt, prepared to kill someone if they so much as made a threat towards Ai.

"Who knew innocent little Ai had children, could you imagine the scandal."

"That's enough, we're ready to talk." Yoshida interrupted.

"Go ahead Oyabun." Raido said.

"First, I do believe we should give Eren-San a much-deserved promotion. He took out a heavily guarded Nakano-Kai safehouse alone with no help, outside of an arms dealer of course." He said. "So, a promotion to a, what's the English equivalent, Lieutenant, is it?" He asked. "We'll make you an official Lieutenant of one of our direct action groups."

"Direct action?" Eren asked.

"They're our groups that's responsible for carrying out more... kinetic jobs." Raido said. "Basically, if we need someone killed or something dealt with personally, a direct action group is called on."

"They're more organized than the free lancers we normally send, like you. As well as more trained and skilled." Yoshida said. "It'll be a good promotion and lets you take more of the cut for any jobs. Especially over lower ranking members."

Eren thought about this, truthfully, he really didn't want to get any higher in the ranks than he had to. But he was now effectively stuck, especially with Yoshida maintaining a watchful gaze on Ai.

Things have spiraled out of control, and Eren wasn't interested in continuing this. He doesn't know why he did that safehouse job, he just wanted to show this prick not to mess with him. It worked, but now he was functionally trapped.

"This isn't permanent Yoshida." Eren said.

"He's the Oyabun you brat!" One member yelled at Eren.

"Enough!" Yoshida held his hand up. "Give the boy some slack, youth often cause one to disrespect elders. He will learn."

That was a lie, he only wanted to keep Eren happy, so he'll feel more compelled to work for him. If Eren didn't show his skill, Yoshida would have tried to punish him.

"I have no interest in a promotion or whatever." Eren crossed his arms. "I don't intend to involve myself more than what I've been doing, so I'll decline the offer."

Although Captain Levi understood criminal undergrounds better than Eren, Eren still knew that declining an offer from organized crime was risky. Most gangs had policies where you're in for life, and the only way out was death. Hopefully, Yoshida would see reason and let Eren stay a freelancer.

Eren would hate to have to kill them all.

"How about you take time to think about it." Yoshida said. "It's a big decision, no doubt you'll need to consider your options."

Based on the looks from the other Commanders, this was unusual behavior from Yoshida. He's probably thinking of a way to manipulate Eren. No doubt he wants Eren to join of his own free will instead of being compelled, but he also knew how strong Eren was now, so he wanted to keep Eren happy.

"I'm sure you didn't get this little get together here just for a promotion." Eren said.

"Of course not." Yoshida laughed as he patted Eren on the back, acting overly friendly compared to how he used to be. "We're discussing plans to start this little war with the Nakano-Kai."

"We'll need your help to pull this off kid." Raido said.

"What's the plan?" Eren asked.

"Raido will explain." Yoshida said.

Raido pulled out a map of Tokyo, it had various drawings and graphics on it, showing what exactly he came up with. A lot of it was focused on one specific street, though Eren couldn't read it.

"We have a rat in the Nakano-Kai feeding us information, he pointed out a lot of businesses and safehouses along the Ginza Strip that they're using." He said. "The plan is to launch a full on attack in Ginza to break them. Nakano-Kai only recently moved into Tokyo, so this is the only foothold they have right now."

"Why move into there?" One boss asked. "It would be hard to keep a low presence."

"Exactly why they moved in." Yoshida said. "They never intended to stay; this is a staging area for their attacks. They fully plan to commit to drawing a gang war into the open, so they're using the crowds and difficulty of the area to stage."

"But Oyabun, with respect." One man said. "If we attempt to overtly attack Nakano-Kai in the Ginza Strip, we'll be surrounded by Police."

"The police will be occupied." Yoshida smiled. "By a turn of fate, a very valuable little decoy has made its way into my possession, a decoy that the entirety of Japan will devote resources to finding."

"The Shinomiya conglomerate has massive sway over the police and government." Raido said, causing Eren to raise his eyebrow. That word sounded familiar. "Shinomiya Gan'an has lost something dear to him. Something we have."

"We've heard about that." One Commander said. "What makes you think he won't bring the entirety of the law on us?"

"Simple." Yoshida smiled. "He doesn't know we have it yet, meaning we can easily place the blame on someone else. Not only that, but all we have to do is leak a little bit of information about where it is, and the entirety of the Metroplitan law enforcement will swarm to that area."

"So, we make them move far away from Ginza, leaving it open and ready for the attack." Raido smiled. "Then, when the dust clears, we blame the Nakano-Kai. Considering what was taken, Gan'an will ensure rigged trials in order to punish every single member."

They were being vague, Eren was able to pick up on it. What did they say? Sinoma or something? Where did he hear that before? It sounded familiar, but he couldn't place the name.

"We'll effectively wipe out every single member, with everything through murder to a rigged trial." Yoshida said.

"It's effective, if not risky." One Commander said.

"We'll need to take the risk unfortunately." Raido said. "The Nakano-Kai are fully willing to take this fight into the open, any attempts at communicating with them have failed. We've sent a few messengers, but they've only had their heads returned."

"We have to do a single night of bloodshed and then lay low after words." Yoshida said. "Once the trials are finished and investigations conclude, we'll go back to business as usual."

"Eren, you'll take the hardest job." Raido said. "There'll be a meeting at a restaurant in Ginza, the higher leadership of the Nakano-Kai will be there. They've strong armed the restaurant owner into letting them use it as a meeting spot. We know when their weekly meetings are and will plan the attack for that night."

"So, you want everyone dead?" Eren asked.

"Yes." Raido said. "Once the upper leadership are dead, the rest will get taken out over time. Especially when we destroy their safehouses and storage areas along Ginza."

"We have other direct action groups attacking multiple stores and storage areas." Yoshida said. "They'll be ordered when the assault will be, and we'll attack every location simultaneously. Nakano-Kai is a small gang, they have no hope once they're overwhelmed. Especially since their main area is in Osaka."

"After that, we return the little insurance policy to the Shinomiya patriarch and go about our business. It'll be planted that the Nakano-Kai were the one's who took it." Raido said.

Eren thought to the little game he played this morning with Ai.

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Shinomea. He had to ask Ai where he heard that from, it sounds so familiar. Maybe it was some kind of political body that he's heard in passing.

"There is one very important thing we need to clarify before we begin the attack." Yoshida said.

"We're listening Oyabun." Raido said.

"Under no circumstances does anyone attack civilians or bystanders, even in accidents. As long as we keep the bloodshed entirely on the Yakuza, we can avoid much of the fallout from this little war. If even a single civilian is killed, the JSDF will get involved and that will severely complicate things for everyone."

"We must also avoid any foreign casualties as well." Yoshida continued. "Any foreign deaths, especially if they're from the America or Europe, will have a good possibility of foreign militaries getting involved. We cannot survive if a specialized NATO or UN anti-terrorism or anti-extremism operation is conducted. There is no doubt that the Government will approve of foreign aid if we cause too many deaths."

"So, when the attack begins, only target who you are assigned. Avoid killing innocent people and ensure that we don't get internationally labeled as a terrorist organization. We are already straining our relationship with the police due to the war already. We don't need some politician, either domestic or international, trying to make our way illegal."

"I anyone attacks or hurts a civilian, either by accident or intentionally, I will make sure you suffer just as much as I will when I deal with the fallout. Understood?" Yoshida concluded.

The Commanders nodded in agreement, which Eren did as well. Avoiding innocent deaths is something that Eren agreed with, even if Yoshida was doing it entirely to save his own skin. This Yuen or Nayto sounded like some kind of alliance or coalition, similar to the global alliance. If they did get involved, Eren's potential crimes would become larger than a single country.

"If there is nothing more to discuss, I will conclude this meeting." He said. "Eren, why don't you stay for some food, we have a personal waiter who is bringing us our menu's. It'll be a good meal while you watch the performance."

"Sure." Eren shrugged.

"Are you going to do the after show meet the idol or wait till tonight for that." Raido laughed.

Eren remained silent, knowing that they're teasing him. He really didn't care for their lighthearted jokes, especially when he knew they'd use Ai in a heartbeat to manipulate him.

Eren looked out the window and saw the beginning of the performance. Ai and the rest of B-Komachi came out on stage, the lights shined down on them as they addressed the crowd. The crowd had their glowing sticks that they used to wave around in a show of entertainment. It still looked so strange to him.

Ai did look pretty, and she was excited for this performance since it was one of their fan favorite songs, Our Sign is B, followed by Yoasobi or something like that. She said she was going to try her hardest to make Eren love this performance for more than just her drive.

Ai smiled as she spoke to the crowd, her wide-open mouth smile made Eren's face slowly morph into his own smile, though he crushed it since he was still surrounded by criminals.

"Here he is now." Yoshida said as the waiter entered the VIP booth. "I'll recommend something good for you boy, it'll be my treat."

"That's fine with me." Eren said, though if it's for free. "What about some steak?" Eren asked.

This entire time he's had noodles or meat type stews from either places he's gone to or whatever Ai cooked. He was actually craving some beef and steak, something that he hasn't had since before they left to cross the sea.

Even after they reclaimed the walls, meat was still a rarity. It takes time to raise large amounts of cattle, even with all the new land and space they had. It was predicted that it would take at least a decade before there was enough meat to make it cheap and available.

"Extra salt." Eren said.

Salt was another rarity and his favorite spice. This world had an abundance of it, every restaurant had it at every table. Maybe the sea was so infinitely full of salt if they could afford to just put glass vials at every table and not be worried about it being stolen.

Right before Yoshida was going to place the order, the waiter reached behind his back. Eren saw the movement and new from his own usage of his pistol what he was doing. Eren saw a small black object get pulled from his back.

"Watch out!" Eren yelled as he dove at the waiter, tackling him to the ground before he had a chance to pull his pistol.

Eren tried to wrench it from his hand and did so easily. This man was a simple fall guy, a sacrificial pawn that they didn't intend to survive. He was weak and clumsy, allowing Eren to disarm him.

The other bosses jumped up in alarm, guards armed with pistols barged in, making sure that their leadership was ok.

"A fucking assassin?" Yoshida asked.

Yoshida kneeled down to the man as Eren held him down. He could see the tattoos from under his collar since it was disturbed from the fight. Eren could tell he was a Yakuza member, and based on the context, this was a Nakano-Kai assassin.

The assassin started speaking in his native tongue, which caused Yoshida to raise his eyebrow at the conversation. Eren had no idea what he was saying, but Yoshida was getting worried.

"What's he saying?" Eren asked.

"He says he has a message for you Eren." Yoshida said.

"What is it?" Eren asked.

"They're here to kill Ai." Yoshida said as Eren's eyes widened.

"The hell?" Eren gasped.

"They are going to kill her at the end of her second song, a gunman will get on the stage." He translated.

"Son of a-" Eren said angrily. "Why is he telling us?" Eren asked.

"He said the boss wanted you to know, that's all he has to say."

Eren took a deep breath in as he clenched his fist in anger.

"They have gunmen in the catwalks above the stage!" Yoshida said as the assassin said more. "They're going to shoot into the crowd, what the hell are they planning?"

"We're going to need to stop that." Raido said. "If either Ai or a single civilian dies, we're going to be in a world of pain from the Government."

"Eren, you go with Raido and get to the catwalks." Yoshida ordered.

"To hell with that, I need to get to the stage." Eren refused.

"Listen." Raido began. "You won't be able to reach the stage from that massive crowd, you'll get completely held up. We'll hit the catwalks and you can get down to the stage from there. They always have safety ropes so you can climb down. It's the fastest way."

"Fine." Eren said as he heard the music start.

Now that Ai's first song has started, Eren knew he had at best six or eight minutes. He knew songs usually go a few minutes, so he was going to need to move fast. If he didn't reach the stage in time, Ai was going to-

Eren took out his pistol from his belt. He opened the chamber to double check that there is a round. Being silent isn't an option here. He was going to have to go loud if he was going to reach Ai in time.

"Let's go." Raido said as he led Eren out the door.

Though he had to wonder, why was the assassin specifically delivering that message? Why not hide the information until after it was done. It didn't matter, first came Ai's safety.


And here we go with the ramp up lol.

The background check came back but of course, Ai will defend Eren and find anyway to protect him lol. It is kind of interesting that when someone questions if you were accurate, how you start to doubt yourself and double check. Like how the President was sure he got the number right, until Ai questioned him and made him doubt lol.

As for how the Yakuza are organized, to be honest I'm not too familiar. I'd assume they're similar to most organized groups with having different cells for specific jobs, but I don't know lol. Truthfully, the organization is actually loosely based on Islamic groups, with things like direct action cells. I'm sure the Yakuza has something similar, just a different name.

So, here's a funny thing, when I ran the next chapter with my buddy, he said I am basically doing a John Wick scene. Now I have a confession, I never saw John Wick. Infact, I'm watching the first movie tonight lol. So, this upcoming scene is actually not inspired by John Wick lol.

Last thing, it actually makes sense for Eren to not recognize the name Shinomiya. Kaguya introduced herself to Ai in Japanese and to a non-native speaker, it just sounded like another Japanese word. So, Eren wouldn't recognize it at first. However, he'll learn the significance of the name once he turns on the news lol.

Anyway, hope you guys enjoyed this chapter.