Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens (博多豚骨ラーメンズ)

Another round.

Here ya go.

We got boobs and booze at our club. Yeah!

Come back soon, okay?

And, then he fell on his face!

So, what? You my long-lost kid?

Decent guess, but no. You're just a man

I was hired to kill.

Whatever you're selling, we don't want it.

Takashi's here, right?

-- --I need to talk to him.

Apparently, he's been cheating on me.

He slept with you ?

Looks like you misunderstood the--

I'm not trying to get back with him.

He got me this bag as a present.

And I would like to return it.

Preferably by beating him upside the head with it.

Know what?

He could use a wake-up call.

Just make it quick, okay?

Hey, Akemi. Is someone there?

I really do hate it when I have to knock off women.

Who the hell are you?

Who, me? I'm just a hitman.

You goddamn coward!

You even dressed up to trick us?

Idiot.

I wear this outfit 'cause it looks good.

I mean, give me a break.

Do you think it's easy to kill in heels?

Now tell me.

What do you know about the organization

behind club Miroir?

Surely enough to know what happens to people

who steal from them?

Look, they can have the money!

I still have 4,000,000!

That's less than half of it.

Regardless, they seem to be over getting the money back.

They just wanna make an example of you.

Then you take the money!

I'll show you where it is, if you--

If I let you walk away?

An interesting proposition. I have some financial problems

of my own, so that's not a bad offer.

Here's the thing.

Once I take a job, I have to follow through.

After all, I am a professional.

Uh-huh. Another home run. Looks like I still got it.

Damn she's hot!

I'm busy, or I'd kick your ass.

Zhang again? What do you want?

If it's about the couple that stole your money they--

Huh?! Another one? I only just finished the last job.

Hold on. You mean this one's a detective?

Hope I don't have to remind you that bluebloods cost double.

Yeah, I know. Just send me the address already.

Soon I can forget I knew this piece of shit.

Once I've paid off the money I owe.

Qiaomei.

Brother! Brother!

Don't leave me! Please!

Just hang in there, sis.

I'll get you back. Soon.

Wait, don't you start at the Fukuoka branch today?

Yeah.

I was on my way to catch the bullet train

when I realized I'd left this.

What, did you win a big game with that ball?

I'd rather not get into it, but this definitely

isn't something I can forget.

We only worked together for a couple months,

but you taught me a lot.

Thank you, Gwen.

Nah, man, you don't owe me anything.

Best of luck, Saito, and good hunting.

Thanks, I think I'll need it.

I hear three percent of Fukuoka's population

is in our line of work.

Hope a wimp like me can compete.

That's it?!

What's a guy gotta do to get a real job around here?

C'mon you know I'm the best cleaner

you got in this place. Gimme a friggin' challenge man!

I think he's better suited for this kind of career.

Yeah, he's in a league of his own.

Well, keep in touch.

Sounds good.

This line of work really doesn't suit you.

Working at a company of killers for hire?

Gotta wonder what made you join us.

This is the place, but...

They say he hung himself.

I heard his wife just left him.

Wonder if that's what drove him to it.

Or it could've been job stress.

I think Takeda was a detective.

He killed himself?

Well, if he did the job for me, so be it.

If I see him in hell, I'll have to thank him.

Yeah, it's me. Your detective is no more.

There're two small bruises beneath the rope mark.

They were clearly left by fingers.

Whoever ruled this a suicide must've been drunk.

Yeah, I had the same thought.

Careful. Looks like the work of a pro.

Who's the victim?

Well, his name was Takeda,

and he was the detective in charge

of the gang unit in my precinct.

Good man. They found his body this morning.

According to the note, he offed himself

because he was about to be found out for stealing evidence.

I see. What do you think happened?

That's the question.

He looked out for me when I was younger.

Sometimes you try to throw a rising fastball, and it dips.

And for Takeda,

that happened quite a bit.

This was slipped under my door yesterday.

No return address, but I know it was from him.

The night before he was killed, huh?

I guess he must've suspected.

What the--? That man...

Yeah.

In the last four years,

we've made the Hakata ward both safer and more prosperous.

But there's still work to be done.

In the next four years, I assure you that, if re-elected,

I'll work tirelessly to make our city even greater.

It's the mayor himself.

He's got the same babe with him, too.

And so, I ask each of you to lend me your support

in the upcoming mayoral election!

What was that about?

I was curious about how the broad would react,

that's all.

So you meant it to sound like a gun.

A secretary would've frozen up.

A bodyguard would've moved to shield him.

But she did neither.

That was a hitman's reaction.

That said, I don't think she's the one who took out Takeda.

Nails that long would break skin.

Heh. You've got some sharp eyes.

So listen, Banba. That favor I wanted to a--

No problem.

Wha--?

Whatever it is that Mayor Harada's getting up to,

we know he's at least corrupt enough

to have hired himself an assassin.

Bastard's got dirty laundry.

Let's air it out.

You have a good day at the office, Reiko?

Have anything to report?

Thought someone fired a gun.

But as it turned out, it was a false alarm.

Just some idiot popping a balloon.

What about your end?

Ivanov tells me he got it done.

The detective's death will be deemed a suicide.

And thanks to yours truly, he'll soon be

just some dirty cop who stole evidence.

Do you really think all of this was necessary?

Who knows?

It doesn't matter.

We're public servants now.

Which means we do as we're told by our betters.

Speak of the friggin' devil.

--Hello, sir-- -- Munakata, hey!

It's me again.

That little creep.

Sorry, bud. I made another oopsie.

You can come clean it up for me, right?

Ah, thanks a million.

Nah, take your time. No rush at all.

Ah, you're the best.

So this is the city where

three in 100 people are hitmen.

Hakata...

Come on, Saito! Get it together!

Now, where's the bus stop.

You've always had a penchant

for sticking your neck out.

But this is serious.

Yeah.

This has already cost one person their life.

Wow, ya don't say.

Sounds exciting.

Anyway, how's it lookin', Enokida?

Can ya do it?

Come on, Banba. That question barely merits a response.

I could turn every traffic light in this city red

if I felt like it.

Want me to do that now?

I've already hacked these guys.

Oh. Wow.

Here's the file on your girl.

Asakura Reiko.