Ryu Ga Gotoku Online/Wanderings of the Golden Dragon: Chapter 5

Decision Time (, Ketsudan no Toki) is the fifth chapter of the Wanderings of the Golden Dragon storyline in Ryu Ga Gotoku Online.
== Plot ==
Ichiban Kasuga and Daisaku Kuze re-group in the streets of Nagasugai, Fukuoka, having lost their assassination targets. However, they are soon approached by one of said targets, Joon-gi Han, who tells them that his bosses in the Jingweon Mafia have issued him new orders to kill their other target and his former travel-companion, Ryuji Goda. Kuze and Ichiban are surprised by this, but Han insists that it's the Jingweon's way of assuring the Tojo Clan that they do not intend to start trouble with them. Kuze is distrustful and also insists that he had orders to kill Han as well, so he refuses. However, the three are surrounded by Wataru Takayama and his Go-Ryu Clan thugs, who are uninterested in killing him, so they offer to spare Han and protect him from the Tojo hitmen if he helps kill Ryuji.
Ryuji waits for Han at the bridge where they agreed to meet once they avoided their pursuers, but he's disheartened when he sees Han arrive accompanied by the assassins. Ryuji angrily berates Han for betraying him, but he defends himself by saying he's only following orders. Takayama mocks Ryuji for thinking Han was his friend and, on a sadistic whim, he tells Han that he should be the one to do the killing. Ryuji and Han fight each other, but it becomes apparent to the observers that both men are pulling their punches, so Kuze and Takayama pressure Han to get it over with quickly or they'll kill them both.
Fed up and hurt by Han's betrayal, Ryuji surrenders and tells Han to finish him off. Takayama gives Han a gun to execute him, but Han can't bring himself to do it. Before Kuze or Takayama can step in, a seemingly aggravated Ichiban takes away Han's gun and uses it to shoot Ryuji up close in the chest before pushing off the bridge and into the river below, where's swept away by the current. While Takayama, Kuze and Ichiban rush off to try to find the body, Han stays behind, mourning his fallen friend.
Category:Wanderings of the Golden Dragon Chapter Summaries