Ryu Ga Gotoku Online/Wanderings of the Golden Dragon: Chapter 6

Journey's End (, Tabiji no Hate) is the sixth and final chapter of the Wanderings of the Golden Dragon storyline in Ryu Ga Gotoku Online.
== Plot ==
A few hours after he was shot, Ryuji Goda awakens in an underground medical clinic. Alongside him is Ichiban Kasuga, who apologizes for having shot him, but insists that he needed to make his seeming death look realistic. Ryuji is not contented with this and attacks him, but Ichiban easily manages to subdue him, since Ryuji is still weak from his injuries. Ichiban explains that, after seeing Ryuji surrender and allow himself to be killed so that Han would be spared, he decided Ryuji didn't deserve to die, since nobody who would sacrifice themselves for a friend like that is deserving of death. Ichiban advises Ryuji to rest for a few days and then leave the country for his own safety.
One week later, Ichiban goes to the clinic to visit Ryuji again, but unfortunately for both, this time he was followed by Daisaku Kuze. Kuze doubted Ichiban had actually killed Ryuji, so he'd started spying on him. Upon seeing Ryuji is alive, a furious Kuze attacks Ichiban for refusing to comply with his orders, but Ichiban manages to defeat him with help from a now more recovered Ryuji. 
Once beaten, Kuze begrudgingly admits his respect for Ryuji's toughness and agrees to let him go, but insists that he'll have to report his survival to the Tojo Clan. However, he also gives Ryuji a warning: A few hours prior, while he, Wataru Takayama and a group of Jingweon Mafia members who'd come in from Korea were searching for Ryuji's body, he overheard Takayama talking with the Jingweon Officer leading the group. Apparently, Takayama had made a deal with the Jingweon Mafia, whereby they would help him depose Omi Alliance Chairman Jin Goda so Takayama can replace him, in exchange for allowing them to operate in Kansai. Ryuji decides to go back to Osaka to save his father, accompanied by Ichiban and Kuze, who decides to help them after Ichiban convinces him that once Takayama has taken over the Omi Alliance, he and the Jingweon will surely join forces to go to war against the Tojo Clan.
A couple days later, as Jin Goda is leaving the Omi Alliance Headquarters, he is attacked by Takayama and a group of assassins. Though the traitors manage to kill most of Jin's guards, he is suddenly saved by Joon-gi Han, who helps him escape. Once they're alone, Han introduces himself to Jin and tells him that he was a friend of his son's who failed to save him when he had the opportunity, which he deeply regrets. When his superior in the Jingweon told him about their plan to kill Jin, he decided to intervene in atonement for failing Ryuji. Han takes Jin to a safehouse in Sotenbori, but they're eventually found by Takayama and the Jingweon Officer, who attack them with a larger group of men. Fortunately for the pair, Ryuji, Ichiban and Kuze arrive to provide back up. Han is surprised and elated by Ryuji's survival, welcoming him back and telling him that he should've known Ryuji was too tough to die from a couple bullets, which Ryuji appreciates. Han, Ichiban and Kuze fight the Jingweon Officer and his men, while Ryuji singlehandedly fights against Takayama and his lackeys. Ultimately, Ryuji and his allies defeat their enemies. When he sees his forces retreating, Takayama makes a last ditch attempt at shooting Jin, but he's foiled when Han takes the bullet for the Chairman. A distraught Ryuji picks up Han and rushes off to get him to a doctor.
Another week passes and Ryuji goes to Omi headquarters to petition his father to rescind his expulsion from the Alliance and to proclaim him as heir to the Go-Ryu Clan. Jin says that he's impressed by Ryuji's survival despite the odds he faced and admits that his son has demonstrated his loyalty to the Alliance by risking his life to thwart Takayama's coup. However, he needs to see for himself how much Ryuji truly wants to return to the fold. Jin stands from his wheelchair and strips off his shirt; revealing he is still in astoundingly good physical shape for a man his age, and he challenges Ryuji to a duel. Ryuji takes off his own top and faces his father in a long, grueling battle, which he ultimately wins. Satisfied, Jin revokes Ryuji's expulsion and welcomes him back into the Alliance.
In Tokyo, Masaru Sera and Takashi Nihara meet once again at the Tojo Clan Headquarters. Nihara wants Kuze and Ichiban killed for their failure to carry out their mission, but Sera insists that by sparing Ryuji and Han, they thwarted an alliance between the Omi and the Jingweon, which would have been a much bigger threat to the Tojo. Elsewhere, Ichiban has dinner with Masumi Arakawa. Ichiban apologizes for risking the Arakawa Family's standing within the Clan, but Patriarch Arakawa tells him that he did well anyway: Arakawa thinks that a man who is a good judge of character and thinks by himself is a better yakuza than a man who simply follows orders without thinking, so Ichiban made the right call in sparing Ryuji and helping him out.
In Osaka, Takayama (who's been banished from the Omi Alliance) is in hiding with the Jingweon Officer and what remains of his men. After seeing how powerful Ryuji had become through his travels, Takayama has developed a grudging respect for him. When he overhears the Jingweon Officer plotting with his men to assassinate Ryuji as retaliation for their humiliating defeat, Takayama kills the Officer to prevent this, since he now believes Ryuji has it in him to lead the Omi to nationwide supremacy over all the country's other yakuza. Immediately afterwards, the Officer's surviving assassins kill Takayama in revenge for their boss' murder.
In Sotenbori, Ryuji goes to a takoyaki stand and meets with Han, who survived his second bullet wound. Ryuji tells Han that he is now the Captain of the Go-Ryu Clan and he offers him a position in the group, but Han turns him down. The former Jingweon man says he wants to travel the world and experience life without having to follow orders from anyone, which Ryuji respects. Nevertheless, Han promises to return and see Ryuji when possible. The two friends finish their meal and part on good terms.
Elsewhere, the biker who got his motorcycle stolen by Ryuji right after his expulsion is walking back to his house. When he arrives, he is surprised to see that his bike has been returned to him, with a fresh coat of paint and a tune up, much to his joy.
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