Ryu Ga Gotoku Online/Wanderings of the Golden Dragon: Chapter 1

Yakuza Exile (, Gokudo Tsuihō) is the first chapter of the Wanderings of the Golden Dragon storyline in Ryu Ga Gotoku Online.
== Plot ==
In 1999, Ryuji Goda is a lieutenant of the Go-Ryu Clan, working for his father, Jin Goda, the group's patriarch and fifth chairman of the Omi Alliance. However, Ryuji's constant insubordination and lack of respect for his father eventually tires the old man out and he unceremoniously expels Ryuji from the Clan and the Omi Alliance. Infuriated, Ryuji takes out his anger on a couple of bikers that he runs into on the streets of Osaka and, after a fight, he ends up stealing one of their motorcycles and leaving the city.
Ryuji goes on a cross country trip through Japan over the next few weeks. However, when he makes it to Sapporo in Japan's northernmost region of Hokkaido, his bike breaks down and he finds that he's run out of money to afford repairs, a hotel room or even a meal. He wanders the streets asking for free food and eventually ends up picking a fight with the cook at a fried seafood restaurant, prompting the owner, Taizo Kitakata, to intervene. Kitakata offers to give Ryuji free food if he covers the night shift for restaurant server, which the younger man does. Once the shift is over, Kitakata speaks with Ryuji and, after learning that he's technically homeless, he agrees to let him spend the night at his home. The next morning, Ryuji learns Kitakata is the patriarch of his own yakuza group after one of his subordinates warns him that their rivals from Aomori, the Yawata Family, have attacked a few of their businesses. Kitakata tells Ryuji that the Yawata have been trying to muscle their way into Sapporo for the past few months, but have been covert about it, since they don't want to look like the aggressors in case other Hokkaido yakuza decide to intervene. Kitakata offers to let Ryuji stay for longer if he joins his men in patrolling Tsukimino at night.
A few nights later, Ryuji badly beats some Yawata thugs when they make trouble at Kitakata's restaurant. This gives the Yawata Family the excuse they needed to fully invade Sapporo, since it looked like one of Kitakata's men attacked them unprompted. Kitakata's men try to kill Ryuji for the trouble he caused, but Kitakata stops them, saying the incident was his fault for letting Ryuji stay as his guest. The patriarch tells Ryuji to leave town, since he wants to negotiate with the Yawata Family and his presence might complicate things even further. The following night, Kitakata meets with Patriarch Yawata and tries to smooth things out between their organizations. However, Yawata has marched into town with an army of his men, fully intent on battling Kitakata and his forces. When the battle begins, Ryuji makes his presence known and joins Kitakata in defending his city. Once the invading family is driven back, a grateful Kitakata thanks Ryuji, saying he's surprised he decided to help given his reputation. At that point, Ryuji realizes that Kitakata knew who he was all along, but kept it secret because he knew Ryuji would be too stubborn to accept help if the person giving it knew who he was. The grateful patriarch has one of his mechanics fix Ryuji's motorcycle as a parting gift.
As Ryuji prepares to leave town, he is approached by a Korean man he doesn't know. The man introduces himself as Joon-gi Han and he tells him that he has an offer for Ryuji from his bosses at the Jingweon Mafia.
Category:Wanderings of the Golden Dragon Chapter Summaries