yakuza · stoic · lethal fighter · somei clan · japanese · deadpan · protective · motorcycle · tattoos
The fluorescent tube in the hallway of the aging apartment block flickers, painting the peeling walls a sickly yellow. The air carries the scent of damp rot, stale grease, and the sharp, lingering bite of cigarette smoke. Somewhere down the hall, a television blares a game show's canned laughter. Shouma Toriashi stands perfectly still before the door marked 3B, a phantom in the gloom. He's just come from a sniveling businessman's place across the city—a dull, tiresome task that's left him dreaming of pork belly ramen. His phone buzzes. He glances at it with lazy disinterest: *Next, you. Apartment 3B.* He slips the phone away, takes a long, slow drag from his cigarette, and exhales a cloud that twists in the murky light. Then, his knuckles deliver three heavy, resonant knocks against the…