Yakuza: Like a Dragon/Chapter 11

The Odds (, Kenka no Shōsan, Lit. "The Odds of Winning the Fight") is the 11th chapter of Yakuza: Like a Dragon.
== Plot ==
A news report covers the political situations: Ogikubo's sudden retirement due to illness, the prime minister dissolving parliament due to losing the Party Chair's backing, Aoki becoming the new Party Chair of the Citizens' Liberal Party, making him the first sitting governor to also serve as the ruling party's chair, and an election will be held to appoint a new cabinet. 
Ogikubo, now bedridden in hospital, has Aoki and Sawashiro pay a visit despite the "no visitor" warning, but Aoki states Ogikubo himself broke rules, which he responds to by saying how many lives his scheme saved. There, Aoki states he will enact a new form of politics for Japan within the year. He reveals his plan to purge Ijincho from people who "fell through the cracks", which Ogikubo had championed for a long time.
Back at Survive Bar, the party welcomes Han and Zhao. Han states Nanba gave him permission to stay, and that the Geomijul are working to get the surveillance system restored. Zhao states that stepping down from the Liumang means he can no longer stay in Qing Jin. Kasuga asks what happened to Bleach Japan, to which Zhao replies that the incident at Geomijul drastically increased their popularity due to the press portraying them as heroes, and Ogasawara having died in a fire, which was most likely actually a hit carried out by the Omi Alliance to make him a martyr. 
Recalling what Mitsuo told him, Kasuga states he is waiting for a message. Zhao is now officially part of Kasuga's party, and with the Ijin Three's Great Wall of Muscle having collpased, powerful enemies start roaming Isezaki Ijincho. Kasuga receives a call from Hamako, who needs help cleaning out her establishment. 
When he arrives, Kasuga sees there are no workers, which Hamako states is because she is closing up shop, as Bleach Japan has set up a facility in Hamakita Park for nightlife workers and their families to stay free of charge while helping them get training and visas. The shelters will be opened across Japan, and Hamako's establishment will be one of the shelters where she will be a dorm mother. She also heard the shelters were Aoki's idea, which Adachi suspects is just to get votes. Aoki is also in Ijincho to attend Ogasawara's funeral.
They decide to meet Aoki at the funeral, which Saeko notes is taking place at the same location as Nonomiya's. They are unable to enter, as the ceremony is restricted to family and Bleach Japan. At the funeral home, Aoki pledges to continue Ogasawara's legacy by fully endorsing Kume for the upcoming elections and push through Bleach Japan's agenda in his eulogy, shedding crocodile tears all the while. 
Following the funeral service, Aoki is swarmed by reporters, preventing the party from talking to him. They seek to intercept him, and Saeko states she read of famous people parking underground to escape the media. They make their way to an underground parking space near the river only to found out that the space is fully rented and closed off, prompting them to find another way of entrance. Adachi recalls the existence of a hidden elevator in one of the bars down the river, but forgets the exact location. They find it between The Harbor Light and Bar Rodriguez.
Upon entering the parking garage, the party manage to find Aoki; however, Aoki's escorts halt them, leading to an argument, during which Kasuga realizes that the escorts are Omi yakuza due to their Kansai dialect. Adachi, upon baiting an escort to show a weapon, manages to disarm him before fighting the security service members. Following the fight, Aoki is less than pleased when his guards harm Kasuga's party. He offers them an apology while whispering to Kasuga to come to Otohime Land alone at night. Despite suspicion from Nanba that it may be a trap, Kasuga insists on following through.
Over at Otohime Land, Aoki answers the questions on Kasuga's mind. He had a lung transplant while in the US, and changed his name both to disconnect himself from his yakuza ties and to rewrite his life. Aoki confirms he killed Ogasawara as a form of risk management, as he assumed he would spill secrets, which is confirmed by Kasuga's response. Kasuga is furious, but Aoki states one needs to know when to cut ties, like Arakawa did to Kasuga years ago. Kasuga tells him he voluntarily took the fall for Sawashiro's murder so the Arakawa Family could survive, but Aoki tells him Sawashiro would not have been arrested, because he was not Suzumori's killer.
On that fateful New Year's Eve, Masato's ephedrine injection wore off while he was walking back to his wheelchair. He crawls back to see his wheelchair thrown in the trash with an illegal dumping notice before he passes out. Suzumori wakes him up, and Masato insults and spits on him, seeing him as society's trash. Before Suzumori can beat him up, Masato pulls out a gun, which Suzumori thinks is fake and provokes him into shooting. The gunshot is masked by the New Year's fireworks, and Masato reports the murder to Sawashiro. Fortunarely for Masato, there were no witnesses.
Aoki tells Kasuga that Arakawa could not tell him the truth. Kasuga still remains loyal to Arakawa, which Aoki finds both irritating and nostalgic. Aoki states he will let Kasuga live if he stays away from him and Arakawa. However, Kasuga makes a counter-condition: Aoki has to step away from Ijincho and stop Kume from the election campaign, citing Kume as being a rookie in the political stage. Aoki agrees on Kume's inexperienced background, endorsing him only to show that he has the right amount of skill and influence to replace Ogikubo. He adds that the Ijincho Revitalization Project is a way to round up all the illegal residents for deportation, further adding that they cannot qualify for visas.
The conversation ends with Aoki and Kasuga rejecting the other's conidtions before the former leaves. Kasuga sees Aoki had brought Sawashiro and Omi yakuza to finish him, but he manages to escape through Nanba's help. Outside Otohime Land, a fight ensues between Kasuga's party and Omi Alliance yakuza. After the fight, Hamako runs up to Kasuga to tell him that her girls were gone. In response, Kasuga drops the news and tells Hamako that the girls are deported thanks to the shelter's actual purpose, leaving her in tears. 
Nanba remembers of what Han told them; that if they have somewhere they can go, they should leave Ijincho. Neither Kasuga nor Nanba have a place to go, Adachi's parents died years ago, and Saeko cannot abandon Tatsuro or her sister. They are prepared for the future after deciding there is no turning back in their fight against the Omi Alliance, the CLP, and the corrupt police officers.
== Objectives ==
* Prepare for the assault
* Meet Hamako
* Go to the Funeral Service
* Go to the Underground Parking Lot
* Go to Otohime Land
==Related trophies/achievements==
Icon	Name 	Description 	Trophy Status (PlayStation)	Gamerscore (Xbox)
 	The Dragon Stirs	Completed Chapter 11.	Bronze 	10G
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