WARNING: This chapter is incredibly gory and violent so reader discretion is advised and will take place over the course of several days.
Chapter 9: Sending A Message
-Mirror Park-
It was a few hours after Ken, Arthur and John had attacked the cartel business being the Quesarido Grille and setting it on fire and by now the burning building's unrelentless flames were put out by the Los Santos Fire Department. A few seconds after the last of the flames were put out several of the firefighters ventured inside the grille and actually managed to find the bodies of the slain cartel thugs and Vagos members Ken and his company had gunned down. As the bodies were being pulled out a lone LSPD Vapid Interceptor pulled up to the scene.
Both the doors to the vehicle opened up and from the driver's side emerged Officer Tenpenny and from the passenger side came Officer Cortez. Both officers walked up to the couriers who were beginning to take the bodies away and could only grimace at how the bodies looked. They were shot to pieces and charred beyond recognition. Even though the area was outside their jurisdiction they happened to be patrolling near the highway when they decided to respond to the call for the sake of getting some action after a few days of nothing happening and here they were.
''Holy fuck what the hell is this?'' Tenpenny said in disgust.
Cortez took notice of some of the bodies you could recognized them a bit and saw the distinct Santa Muerta tattoo of the cartel while one of the Vagos wearing a yellow shirt, albeit burned up was still identifiable, just barely though.
''Those are Madrazo cartel members and Vagos gang members. What are these cholos doing with the cartel?'' said the woman.
Just then a Weazel news van arrived and out came Sajida Hussein who was the self-proclaimed hottest reporter for the station and with her camera man began filming the scene and before she could speak Officer Cortez called out to the reporter stopping her before she could report on the scene.
''Hey you shouldn't be here Sajida this is a crime scene.'' Cortez said authoritavely.
Sajida turned in the direction where Cortez's voice came from and could only let out a sly smirk at seeing her rival.
''Oh look it's Officer Cortez! Kayf hi al'amuru?" (How are things?)
''Speak English I don't understand that gibberish. You need to leave the crime scene please we don't need Weazel news to get in the way like you always do.'' Cortez said a bit more aggressively.
''What my partner said so ma'am please leave the scene.'' Tenpenny said.
Sajida turned to her cameraman and shrugged and completely ignored the lawful orders from the cops and began to report on the murders.
''We're live!'' the camera said.
''Good morning Los Santos, I am Sajida Hussein Weazel news's very own Arab reporter. Today I am on scene in Mirror Park where law officials have found eight bodies belonging to members of the Madrazo cartel and East Side Vagos street gang as we were told by an officer on scene...''
Before she could even continue her report Cortez walked up to her and gently prodded her in the direction of the news van with Tenpenny doing the same for the cameraman.
''Sorry show's over you need to leave right now.'' Cortez said, even more aggressively than the last time.
''Hey! I wanted to get some prime footage here!'' the cameraman shouted in protest.
''Excuse me we're doing a report here for the o'clock news! ''Akhruj min allaqta!'' (Get out of the shot!)
Cortez and Tenpenny weren't having any of it and basically shoved the duo back into their news van.
''Leave or we're putting you both in handcuffs.'' Cortez ordered.
''Ah shit here we go again!'' the cameraman spat.
''Allah yuetini alquatu!'' (May God give me strength!) Sajida spoke in her native Arabic.
''Oh shut up and leave!'' Cortez yelled.
Sajida only scoffed at Officer Cortez and motioned for her cameraman to drive them back to the news station unsuccessful in getting the big scoop. With the Iraqi reporter out of the way the pair of cops walked over the forensics team inspecting the bodies.
''So what do we have here now?'' Cortez asked curiously.
One of the forensics experts finished inspecting one of the dead Vagos members before he answered the officer.
''Well it seems obvious these poor bastards got shot the hell up. As you can see we have multiple gunshot wounds to the body and head. We obviously couldn't colelct brain matter since as you can see the whole damn place went up in flames.'' explained the man.
''Damn, this is just insane I think this is worse than what the Sheriffs who checked out that murder scene up at the Redwood tracks saw'' Tenpenny said in disgust.
''I would bet my yearly salary that this Mister Ken from the Rising Sun is the perpatrator. It should be obvious if Japanese organized crime elements begin showing up and all of a sudden bullets start flying with the cartel suffering casualties and now the Vagos? Dispatch also called for a few dead members of the Mayans MC up in Baytree canyon road earlier. Now those dead Mayans had to be the work of the Sons of Anarchy.'' Cortez thought in disbelief.
Tenpenny looked at his partner and saw that she was deep in thought and had a hunch to what she was thinking about.
''I want to believe that too partner but we gotta get hardcore evidence to prove him guilty. Let's head back to town and write out the report for this.''
''Fair enough I don't want to see this gore anymore.''
Both cops got back into their interceptor and took off just as dispatch called in.
Tenpenny and Cortez looked at each other and nodded before the former drove their vehicle away to continue their morning patrol leaving the firefighters and forensics team to clean up the wrecked restaurant.
-Rising Sun-
*Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - PONPONPON begins playing*
In the basement of the Rising Sun restaurant the sounds of a man struggling in vain and pain along with someone yelling over him in Japanese can be heard. The sound of what appears to be metal clanging on the floor also filled the air and soon it was revealed that Ken had the surviving cartel sicario tied up in a stand up shower tying his arms behind him so that he couldn't escape or resist. In addition to being restrained the cartel sicario had his eyes and his mouth superglued shut. Ken had his dress top off and was wearing his white undershirt with the sleeves rolled up showing off his sleeve tattoos he got in prison and his shades were off showing off his dark brown and slanted eyes and his hair appeared to be a bit messy, almost as if he just got out of bed and he had thick welder's gloves on his hands. The harmless, upbeat and innocent song playing on a speaker in the background only added an unsettling feeling to the spectacle.
Even though the Sons who were a few feet away watching the ordeal couldn't see it it was clear that despite Ken having a neutral facial expression it was obvious he was enjoying committing the brutal act.
A few Morimitsu-kai members were seen standing and watching along with the big four of SAMLOS. The difference between the Japanese and the Sons was that the Yakuza thugs seemed unfazed by the violence they knew was about to take place whereas the Sons looked on with dread. They knew what their ally was planning on doing with this sicario.
''Watashi ni sore o kudasai.'' (Give me that) he said pointing toward a jigata nata.
The Yakuza gangster picks the cleaver like tool up and hands it to Ken who turns around to face the bounded sicario and places one hand on his shoulder. Arthur and John almost covered their eyes but Ken wanted to show them what happens to anyone who makes an enemy out of him and a new reason he was called the butcher. Ken takes a swing with the nata and strikes the sicario right in the back of the neck cutting through the flesh. The sicario grunts in pain at having his neck cut into and the first swing was not enough to cut through his spinal cord. He couldn't even do anything or resist as Ken as said before tied him up good and was holding his head in place as he chopped him up. Ken takes his left hand off of the top of the Mexican's head and swings the nata again and this swing manages to cut through the back of his neck and the force of the blade hitting his neck was enough to not only cut deeper into his neck it was enough to break his cervical spine.
The cartel thug's world went black and his body slumps onto his left side and nearly falls out of the standing shower but Ken lifts him back up so he would be sitting in the shower once again and he follows through with a third chop that cuts almost halfway into the man's neck. The blood spurting from the wound being the visual proof of the grotesque injury. Ken swings a fourth time but this time he was not holding his victim in place and only struck the man's back as he slumps lifelessly onto the shower's floor. Using his free hand Ken pushes the sliding doors of the shower more open for more room and uses the nata to cut the wire that was holding his victim's arms behind his back.
The SAMLOS Big 4 just couldn't believe the type of violence Ken was capable of and yes, while they were soldiers in the U.S. Army they saw Taliban and Iraqi insurgents get shot, not chopped up. Even though it was grotesque and brutal for some odd reason they couldn't take their eyes off of the spectacle before them. To them it was a brutal display of cold blooded murder but to Ken it was an art form that made Otomo-gumi feared by their enemies in Japan.
''Damn Ken you're fucking crazy.'' Arthur thought in disbelief, almost covering his mouth.
''Man, I thought the cartel chopping suckers up was bad. The way this guy is so nonchalant doing it makes it worse!'' Marston thought as he covered his eyes half-assed.
''Holy mother of fuck this is some fucked fucking shit.'' Mitch thought as he closed one eye.
''This Japanese dude doesn't play around does he? Fuck, I'm glad he's on our side.'' Teller thought as he tried to resist the urge to gag.
''Ihō wa kare ni fusawashī mono o te ni irete imasu.'' (Illegal is getting what he deserves.) one of the Morimitsu-kai members laughed.
''Karera wa watashitachi ni sore o shimasu, watashitachi wa sore o yarinaoshimasu.'' (They do it to us, we do it to them) the other Morimutsu-kai member said in a rather eerily happy tone.
The two Morimitsu-kai members only laughed at the sicario's demise and it showed they had no remorse as one was recording the whole incident with his iFruit. It was quite convenient for the building to be a former gym since it gave the Morimitsu-kai the option to torture and dismember their enemies right under the noses, quite literally under the noses of their customers as they enjoyed tasty Japanese cuisine and wash all the evidence away since Ken himself had nowhere to actually live at the moment except his brother's apartment and if he were to do it there it would no doubt attract a lot of attention since Shigeru's walls weren't soundproof which was something Shirase had taken into consideration when they began setting the restaurant up.
"Hito o kirikizamu no wa itsumo tanoshī yo.'' (It's always fun to chop people up) Ken said emotionlessly.
After cutting the wire that bounded the Mexican's arms to his back Ken decided that it was time to begin chopping the body up. There was another guest in the room that was basically hiding behind the other two Morimitsu-kai members and it was revealed to be Shigeru when the two stepped aside after hearing Ken call his brother's name. He stood behind the two aforementioned members because while he's seen people get shot in recent days he didn't expect to see his brother chopping up some Mexican cartel thug. He had only gotten back from the airport a few minutes ago when Arthur got him in the alley way behind the restaurant since his brother needed him right now for an urgent matter.
''H-hai nii-san?'' Shigeru asked nervously.
Ken didn't verbally respond and pointed toward a wakizashi which was one of the weapons Otomo-san had shipped with several dozen more men to back Ken up. Knowing he can't resist or say no he walked over to the table that the blade was placed on and scooped it up before walking back toward his brother and hands him the sword. Reaching for the sword Ken takes it and then uses it to begin to slice away at the Mexican's arms and legs. He first began cutting both the arms off before casually cutting both legs off at the knee and places the useless body parts on the floor.
At this juncture Arthur and the other Sons were coming this close to gagging and puking at the brutal sight and after several more minutes Ken finally turned the dead body into a mass of limbless flesh before taking the head and severing the piece of skin that was holding his head to his body before tossing each of the now useless body parts across the room. He didn't stop there as he began to skin the Santa Muerte tattoo off the back of the body. After doing so he hands one of his soldiers the wakizashi in exchange for a cloth that he uses to wipe the blood off of his hands before reaching for a change of clothes. The Morimitsu-kai members who were present with them in the room were also ordered to grab the chopped up Mexican and place him and his parts in a few bags to deliver as a message to the cartel and get some revenge. After the body parts were taken away a third Morimitsu-kai member came in to give the room a good deep clean of the blood that was all over the walls and floor as they all headed toward the meeting room and when they all took their seats and settled down Ken looked at each person that was in the room with him before he began to speak.
''As you all saw I don't play around. Remember what the Madrazo cartel did to a few of my members? The ones that were cut up specifically.'' spoke the Butcher.
The question brought the unpleasant images of the dismembered Yakuza members to everyone else's minds and they all at to wince at the fact that they had to look back at that but it was no different than seeing Ken chop up the cartel member so violently in the shower.
''Yeah I think I'm gonna do my best to get that image out of my head.'' Arthur said with a slight shiver.
''Shit man seeing what you did earlier was enough but I understand where you're coming from.'' John said earning a nod from Teller and Mitch.
''Man, that was so brutal but if that is how you deliver a message and get revenge on your enemies then I don't think we'd speak against it.'' Mitch said.
''I've seen some fucked up shit but that was really fucked up.'' Teller admitted.
The still shocked expressions on his allies' faces made him chuckle. Ken has seen much worse when it comes to how Otomo-gumi deals with enemies and rats.
''If you're wondering that isn't the worst I've done or seen because not only is my old crew the most powerful and influential in Japan, they're also the most violent and brutal. I've seen people get skinned alive, disemboweled, decapitated, burned alive and dissolved in acid. If you want to see any of that against the cartel or the Mayans let me know and I'll get right to it and give you all a good show.'' replied Ken with a chuckle.
''And a damn good show you gave boy.'' Arthur said still unnerved by his ally's brutality, ''So what are you gonna have those men of yours do with that Mexican's body?''
''I'm gonna do a little delivery to Mister Madrazo to show he isn't the only psycho in town. Give that drug lord a little taste of his own medicine.'' replied Ken.
''You are one crazy bastard man but in a sickeningly good way.'' said John.
Teller and Mitch nodded in agreement as they had nothing to say. Now with the torture out of the way Arthur was about what else the Japanese gangster was planning to do against the Mexicans.
''Alright boah, we got one of those cartel goons as well as shot some of them along with some Vagos to hell. What's your next plan?'' asked the President.
''I think it would be time for CJ and the Cambodian gang to attack the Vagos since they've been going at it with these Mexican street thugs since the 80s. Now that I gave CJ some guns and a box of grenades so I expect him to do a drive-by shooting on the Vagos gang. As for us I think we should keep the pressure up on the Mayans and the cartel. I'm pretty sure us setting that grill they owned on fire will make the early morning news which would certainly let Madrazo know we're a threat to him and this will keep on him edge. Traditionally when it comes to wars between organized crime gangs one way to inflict massive damage to your enemy is to get rid of one of their sources of income.''
''Yeah that's something we're familiar with when it comes to the Mayans. In the past we've had them try to take over our tattoo parlor but they were never able to do so since we have such a strong presence in Los Santos. Since then they've never tried to mess with our businesses, at least in an aggressive manner that could lead to a fight.'' Arthur weighed in.
Shigeru then stepped up to speak his part.
''So in regards to what my brother just said we do plan on expanding into legitimate business ventures and this restaurant is the first step. Ken's gang back in Japan have a tight hold on almost all criminal activity within the Kanto region. Another way Ken wants to make legit money is to take control of the porn industry in Los Santos.'' explained the younger brother.
Arthur and the other Sons looked at Ken with a raised eyebrow. They knew for a while the cartel was the big player in Los Santo's illegal drug trade and the Russian mafia owning the biggest night club in the Northern outskirts of the city and the Italians were keeping a really tight grip on the restaurant scene especially in the Tongva valley area. In general the Italians had a huge presence within the blue collar worker scene and were the only criminal organization besides the Russian mafia who are making money legitimately. While making money through illegal means netted a massive profit any criminal group would be wise to have a legitimate source of income as well.
''As far as I know in this city's criminal underworld the porn scene doesn't have any big players in it except maybe the Russians and are on good terms with the cartel and Italians from what I've heard.'' Mitch said.
''If that's the case wouldn't that mean the Italians would jump in on the Mexican side? Wouldn't that make it near impossible to win with how strong those wise guys are?'' Teller said apprehensively.
Shigeru turned to look at Ken and would assume that his brother would be fear the wrath of the Italian mafia if he crossed them the wrong way but the younger sibling saw that his older brother showed no visible fear in the event that he will possibly face the Italians in the near future if he manages to catch their attention.
Ken only had a confident look on his face and he simply took out a cigarette and casually smokes it.
''My old gang in Japan the Otomo-gumi never became too involved in porn. After we deal with this Mexican problem I'm thinking we expand into that category here. We also have ties to Hong Kong triads in South Korea and Vietnam and from what I know they have a presence in nearby San Fierro so I can head over there after we finish off the cartel to form an alliance with them.'' said the gangster.
''How are you going to do that brother? From what I've heard of last the Russian mafia were thinking of getting into the porn industry and I doubt they would like to share it with the Yakuza. You already know how relations are with Japan and Russia.'' Shigeru said apprehensively.
''And I don't think the triads will even have the time to pay attention to you because in recent years they've been having problems with the local Irish mob there and are getting close to war.'' Arthur chimed in.
"I don't care about if the Russians want to share the business with us but if they try anything we'll act accordingly. We won't just rush into San Fierro, I'll wait until the opportunity to get into contact with the Triad Dragonhead comes around." Ken said before taking another puff from his cigarette, "So our next plan is to deliver this Mexican's chopped up corpse to the cartel ranch and then plan on hitting one of their cocaine labs. From the information I got from when we took out those lieutenants at the hotel there's a lab and weapon storage located somewhere in the Murrieta Oil Fields. Where is that exactly?"
Arthur then took out his iFruit and using the map app he scrolled through Los Santos before coming to a stop and showed his screen to Ken who took the phone from him.
"The oil fields are near the eastern outskirts of the city have a large Mexican population so there's no doubt the cartel has a presence there. Plus there's a lot of warehouses and storage units in the area so the cartel definitely have some weapon lockups that we can break into.'' Arthur suggested, ''Taking those guns from the deal earlier already gave us some crazy firepower.''
''Yes and stealing the guns from the lockups will reduce the cartel's own firepower and would deny the Mayans weapons.'' Shirase chimed in.
Ken motioned for everyone to become silent and he took the moment to wait until they all gave him their attention again.
''In that case we can ask CJ and Player 1 if they would be interested in some burglary. Have him and some CHS members break into the cartel gun lockups with a boxville and drive it back here since we also have a storage unit behind the restaurant. It should be more than enough to stow the weapons away. We should also plan on inflicting more damage on the cartel as well.'' said the butcher.
''What about those damn Mayans? They'll definitely ride into town now to help the cartel after we killed some of their goons.'' Marston interjected.
''That's fine we'll wait for them to come and take them out. Then you guys can ride to Sandy Shores and take them out at the source.'' said Ken.
''We already took out that phone store in El Burro and that grill out in Mirror Park. I say we did some damage to the cartel with those two.'' Shirase added.
''And we'll only keep the pressure coming.'' Ken said before prompting everyone to stand, ''This meeting is done. I expect more results against the cartel and Mayans in the coming days.''
Before Arthur and his fellow Sons could leave Ken called out to them.
''Yeah?''
Ken motioned for the Sons to follow him outside to the back which led to the big storage unit behind the Rising Sun and the entire group made their way to the front of it. Taking a key out Ken opens the door and leads the Sons inside into the dark interior before he asked Shirase to turn the lights on and when the lights turned on the Sons saw the same arsenal from earlier only that there were more guns now.
''Shit boy where did you get these extra guns? I didn't see any of these the last time we were here or from the ambush.'' Arthur whistled.
The SAMLOS President was referring to the newly acquired M16A4s and the USPs plus a few more MP5s that came as a bonus from Otomo-san. Ken couldn't wait to see the arsenal grow after requesting even more weapons from Otomo, more specifically light machine guns which wouldn't be a guarantee on his old boss's part but was a possibility.
''The same night we hit that cartel and Mayan exchange I sent my brother to the airport to meet with some Otomo-gumi members to collect these weapons my old boss sent us. I've asked him if he could send more and we'll be getting another shipment soon. Hopefully he will be able to get us some M249s and even a Browning 50 caliber.'' Ken explained earning a resounding 'what the fuck' from the Sons.
''Excuse me but did you say a Browning 50 caliber? That's a goddamn heavy machine gun man and some serious as shit firepower!'' Teller proclaimed in pure shock.
''That's right a Browning machine gun smuggled straight out of Japan from rogue members of the Japan Ground Defense Force. Through those contacts Otomo-san can request them to give him serious hardware. I even asked if he can try to get grenade launchers and even smuggle AT4s from the American military in Okinawa.'' Ken elaborated.
This left the Sons staring at Ken with wide eyes and mouths left wide open. If Ken's boss was offering to send weapons and possibly could smuggle even more powerful hardware to the Rising Sun if Ken and the Morimitsu-kai take out the Russian mafia then they will be unchallenged in terms of firepower. Russian firepower is no joke and the Sons knew the Russian mafia to be just as armed as the cartel if not better due to Russian organized crime having many soldiers in their ranks so it would be easy for them to get military grade Russian weaponry. All that would put Ken and the Yakuza almost on par with the U.S. military in terms of armaments minus vehicles like Strykers and Bradleys.
''I sure hope you don't try to get your hands on military vehicles because then the National Guard is gonna knock on your door Ken boy. There's an army base up north called Fort Zancudo so don't try anything like that.'' Arthur chuckled nervously.
''Oh no I wouldn't go that far since the U.S. military would destroy me in the blink of an eye. I only want enough firepower that would allow us to outgun the cartels, Russians and Italians and even LSPD SWAT teams. I don't want to turn this city into some chaotic warzone full of flying rocket bikes like in some over the top video game.'' Ken joked.
''Smart. We can deal with LSPD on our case but the National Guard is a whole different ball game.'' Arthur quipped before he turns to face his Japanese ally, ''So uh, about that cartel thug from earlier and your guy recording it. Are you actually gonna plan on sending that video to Martin Madrazo?''
Teller, John and Mitch all looked at Ken with raised eyebrows and yes, while they were incredibly disturbed by such a sight they knew by now that Ken was serious about sending the execution video to the cartel drug lord as revenge for dismembering a few of his men a week ago. Shigeru was also a bit grossed out at having to witness such a thing and much like the SAMLOS big 4 he already knew the point of doing the execution in the shower. Shirase however was inwardly laughing at every one else's reaction as he had already seen enemies get chopped up and set on fire back in Japan and to think that Ken is using the cartel's brutal methods against them was kind of funny in his opinion and he knew Ken will do whatever it took to out brutal the Mexican cartel.
''Yes I do. The cartel abducted two of my men, chopped them up and sent me their body parts I'm giving those bean fuckers a taste of their own medicine and that they aren't the only big bad group in town. We already have one cartel scumbag's death recorded so I'm thinking of finding another one of their thugs who's gonna have their execution filmed. Otomo-gumi is known for how merciless, violent and extreme they are when they kidnap enemies so I'm gonna honor my old gang this way.'' Ken said taking his last puff from his cigarette before putting it out.
Arthur had to shake his head at how straight forward his friend was and had to let out a nervous chuckle. He never served in Iraq like Mitch and John did but he heard stories of the insurgents there doing similar shit to this and he had to question if Ken's old crew were inspired by the Iraqis during the height of the war there.
''Boah, you're a crazy, sadistic son of a bitch but that's what makes you so likeable.'' chuckled the President.
''Yeah please don't have us watch another torture again thank you.'' John said with slight disgust.
Teller and Mitch both let out a resounding hell yeah making Ken and Shirase laugh while Shigeru had to swallow out of nervousness.
''I'm telling you Sons Ken here is gonna give Los Santos a new reason to call him the Butcher.'' Shirase proclaimed before turning to face his colleague, ''You want us to capture a Mayan this time or stick to chopping up cartel idiots?"
''The cartel is the one who took out our guys but I wouldn't mind kidnapping and dismembering a Mayan to show them that we're the worst enemy they've made. It's not only about asserting dominance, it's about sending a message.'' replied Ken.
''Understood, I will take a few men to scope out the road leading up to the ranch and hopefully catch a cartel bastard off guard and we can give him some pain like his buddy you cut up. I'll record the execution and use Post Ops to priority mail the videos to the ranch itself.'' Shirase said a bit giddy.
Ken nodded and both men bowed in respect to each other before Shirase took his leave to hunt down another cartel thug that he himself will personally murder. This left Ken alone with his brother and the Sons.
''So what's up boah? Anything you want us to help you with?'' Arthur asked.
Ken looked to Shigeru and the younger sibling shrugged as he had nothing to say to Arthur's question before the Butcher turned to face Arthur once more.
''I'm hungry let's eat.''
Ken walkied for the chefs who were also hardcore Yakuza gangsters to prepare food for him, his brother and the Sons and soon enough the group all ate some great Japanese food in the restaurant's meeting room.
-Post Ops Office, later that evening-
Shirase was seen driving his Karin Asterope with a few Morimitsu-kai members accompanying him toward the post office with a few medium sized boxes in hand. After parking in the lot beside the building Shirase got out of his vehicle and was handed the two boxes and headed into the office to speak to the clerk leaving his three colleagues out beside the car to keep watch. The three Morimitsu-kai mobsters were scanning the area for any visible threats but so far all seemed quiet. A little to quiet for their liking.
Meanwhile inside the post office Shirase had just finished with the transaction and thanked the clerk for accepting the packages that will be sent to Martin Madrazo's ranch courtesy of his adversary Ken Morimitsu. The boxes obviously stunk of blood and the clerk was about to question the gangster and very nearly pressed the button for the silent alarm but Shirase reached into his pocket and pulled out a few stacks of cash wrapped in rubber bands before pulling out a SIG Sauer P226 with a suppressor and shoved it into his face and quickly handed the cash to the nervous clerk just short of hitting the silent alarm.
''Keep your mouth shut and this tip is yours. Give whoever the lucky driver of the truck these packages are sorted into the other stack you understand? Don't press that silent alarm or else I'll blow a hole through your skull."
The clerk took the wads of cash with incredibly shaky hands and nodded in compliance.
''Y-yes sir your packages will arrive at their destination within the next 3 days.''
Shirase simply winked.
''Good, thank you have a nice day.'' he said before heading out the door.
Seeing his Karin Asterope with the other Japanese gangsters still in it and waved at his colleagues and got back into his car and drove off back to the Rising Sun without incident.
-La Fuente Blanca, a few days later-
The front patio of the ranch was seen being heavily guarded by several dozen cartel sicarios and a dozen Mayans MC members with their guns ready to draw in case their mutual enemy the Morimitsu-kai and the Sons of Anarchy actually tried to attack the cartel's headquarters. The fact that they both lost members to the meet Ken and the Sons ambushed a few nights ago had put both criminal groups on high alert and the thought of them being stronger than their enemies was now an afterthought.
In Martin's private office in the main building of the ranch Martin was seen speaking with another Mexican man who was about 5'9'' with long hair tied into a ponytail and had two bangs framing either side of his face. He was wearing the stereotypical biker attire but on the back of the cut had a traditional Mayan tribal symbol with 'MC' on the right side and 'Sandy Shores' on the bottom. On the front of his cut said 'Presidente' and the phrase 'Los Asesinos de Dios' or in English 'Assassins of God'.
This man was Javier Escuella, President of the Mayans Motorcycle Club's Sandy Shores chapter and here he was speaking with Martin on what they should do after their exchange was ambushed by the Yakuza and SAMLOS.
''Brother we need to strike hard and strike fast. These Japanese assholes and Gringos dealt us a heavy blow I don't want to lose anymore men and I'm sure you don't want to as well. The Mayans MC have pledged to aid you in this fight and we honor that oath.'' Javier said before taking a sip from a shot glass.
''Yes I know Javier but we lost a lot of money and guns from that ambush. I am thinking of what I can do to destroy those motherfuckers as fast as possible. One thing is for the cartel and the Mayans to launch an all out attack in Little Tokyo to strike them at the heart of their territory. We've lost our cocaine stash to them in El Burro Heights and I lost my restaurant business in Mirror Park. It would make so much sense to destroy their pathetic Jap restaurant in return.'' Martin growled.
''I lost men too to them we need to be smart about this...''
Before Javier could continue speaking there was a knock on the door and Martin had ordered whoever it was to enter. In walked two cartel sicarios carrying the same boxes Shirase had taken to the Post Ops office a few days prior and immediately the scent of blood and the sounds of a few flies buzzing killed the silence and in response both Martin and Javier had to resist the urge to look away. The sicarios both walked up to the two bosses obviously a bit bothered as well.
''Uh, Martin sir these came in the mail for you.'' one of the sicarios spoke up.
Martin motions for his men to set the boxes down and they proceeded to open them to reveal the contents inside.
''Puta madre!" (Motherfucker!) Javier exclaimed.
Inside one box was the chopped up corpse of the sicario Ken had in the shower while the second box had a head that was blown to pieces, arms, feet and severed penis of another sicario. Ignoring the gore before him Martin grabbed the SD card in one of the boxes and walking over his laptop he inserts the card into his computer and a file appeared on screen. Madrazo clicks on the first one just as Javier walked over to see what was going on and a video began playing and the video was of Ken using the cleaver to chop up the first cartel sicario in the shower with merciless abandon with such innocent music playing in the background.
Madrazo felt his anger reach critical levels but somehow was able to remain focused as the video played. Javier knew of the vicious executions employed by the cartel but for some reason watching Ken do it on screen was a bit disturbing. The taunting from Ken himself and the Morimitsu-kai members watching the event unnerving as well from the sheer sound of joy of their voices. The song playing in the background was the icing on the cake and a few minutes later the video ended. Not saying a word Martin clicks on the second and last file and another video played.
*PLAY*
A single Madrazo drug cartel member was seen with his hands bound and on his knees completely naked in what appeared to be the middle of a sandy area, presumably somewhere near Blaine county. The bloody and visible slash wounds and the obvious broken nose as well as some pieces of skin fileted right off pointed to an obvious and lengthy torture session.
''Do you want to say anything to your boss before you die?'' a voice with a heavy Japanese accent spoke.
The sicario struggled to speak as the pain was too great for him and the unknown executioner pointed his M4 at the man's head.
''Hurry and talk so your boss can watch you die.'' spoke the assailant.
"Vienen a por usted, señor Madrazo, y se arrepentirá profundamente de haberse metido con la Yakuza. Saben dónde está el rancho y pronto el cartel de los Madrazo dejará de existir.'' (They are coming for you, Mr. Madrazo, and you will deeply regret having gotten involved with the Yakuza. They know where the ranch is and soon the Madrazo cartel will cease to exist.)
Without asking if he was done the unknown assailant then opened fire with his M4 hitting the sicario several times before the now dead body fell over on its side. Not wasting any time the executioner kept shooting until his rifle ran out. The camera man the pointed the iFruit toward the man with the M4 who was now brandishing an MP5 and proceeds to unload the entire magazine into the chest and head of the sicario. The head exploding from the amount of bullets hitting it sending blood and brain matter everywhere. The executioner then proceeded to walk up to the body and unzipping his pants goes on to urinate on the corpse. After he expelled the waste liquid the masked executioner began to chop the body up with a katana before turning to face the camera.
''This is the price you pay for fighting the Yakuza and do know that soon it will be your turn Martin Madrazo.''
The video came to an abrupt end leaving Martin and Javier a bit disturbed from the violent execution and the two slowly turned their heads to look at each other. The two remained looking at each other in silence as the two were unable to speak due to the execution matching or quite possibly exceeding how brutal the cartel's previous executions have been and was a clear sign of Ken wanting to outdo the cartel in that department. Martin did not know why but deep down inside he was feeling a bit shaken and slightly afraid of Ken coming for him. With their phone store's hidden cocaine lab and stash as well as the grille being destroyed they lost a huge source of income which left the cartel with only one major asset being the cocaine trade diminishing the cartel's influence and power within Los Santos greatly.
The Mayan Presidente placed a reassuring hand on Martin's shoulder and nodded.
''There's no way we'll lose this turf war against those damned Japs and Gringos.''
Martin replied with a rather shaky nod of the head.
''The Madrazo cartel will make its last stand here!''
-Rising Sun-
*Mr. Mister - Broken Wings begins playing*
Ken was seen sitting alone in his office smoking a cigarette going through the restaurant's weekly earnings and had a huge smile on his face. Since the restaurant opened the establishment had generated over 6,000,000 million dollars in total revenue which was just insane in his mind and even he wondered how the hell they made that much money in a little over a week. It wasn't that he was complaining about it it was just surprising and proves how much traffic the restaurant was getting. He turns to face the hidden safe that was in the wall and moved the panel before unlocking it and pulls out several thousands of dollars.
Just then there was a knock on the door.
''Come in.''
The door opens and in walks Shigeru, Shirase, Arthur and the rest of the SAMLOS big 4. Without saying a word they all gathered around Ken's desk and soon the Butcher was pouring sake into shot glasses for everyone before he handed everyone their own stack of cash. Each person being paid $5,000 each earning a resounding thanks from everyone and a bow from Shirase.
''I hope that cartel piece of shit whose execution you recording makes Madrazo piss his pants.'' Ken chuckled.
''Hai, I managed to actually nab the Mexican a mile down from the cartel ranch as he was the only one on lookout. Got him right when he went to piss in the bushes, gave him a little karate asskicking too before shoving him in the trunk. It was really fun cutting his dick off and shooting his head to pieces just like the old days." Shirase declared happily.
Arthur and his Sons could only wonder what kind of execution Shirase did on the cartel sicario he kidnapped after they set the grille on fire and if he was being honest with himself he would kind of want to see what Shirase did to see if it was more brutal and horrifying than Ken chopping up the guy he had in the shower.
''We got two businesses of the cartel out of the way so what do you guys say next we see if we can hit those Mayans? The big guys in their club are living out in Stab City so maybe we can shoot that place up together.'' said the SAMLOS President.
Shigeru knew things were picking up between the two sides and he knew he had no choice but to go along with his brother and while he was still getting used to killing people he had to get used to it real fast so he accepted that he would be responsible for some bodies dropping like at the Chumash Manor and the exchange ambush a few nights ago.
''If this is what it takes for me to bond more with my brother than I'll tag along too.'' said the sibling.
''Aw looky here Ken your brother has toughened up!'' John joked earning a resounding 'hell yeah' from Mitch and Teller.
Ken looked at his brother and gave him a slight nod before pouring everyone a shot of sake and together everyone in the room raised their cups for a toast.
''Cheers everyone.'' Ken said.
Everyone then downed the shot as quickly as they could and spent the next few hours planning on what to do next against the cartel and Mayans.