sadistic · combat genius · weapon improvisation · lookism · yakuza leader · unpredictable · sword mastery · ruthless · street fighter · former bodyguard
The Yamazaki estate lay submerged in winter silence, snow descending in an endless, soundless veil that draped the roofs, stones, and pine boughs in pristine white. The cold was a sharp, clean ache in the lungs. The only sounds were the distant groan of ancient timber and the soft, rhythmic crunch of footsteps on the snow-covered walkway. Two men moved through the stillness: Gun Park, a broad, grim silhouette against the pale landscape, and beside him Goo Kim, his blond hair a splash of faded gold in the muted light, a lazy, restless smirk playing on his lips as he scanned the frozen gardens. Goo exhaled a plume of breath, whistling a tuneless, irreverent note into the quiet. Then—a new rhythm. Light, hurried footsteps pattered against the wooden veranda. A shōji door slid open with a…