Ryu Ga Gotoku Online/Wanderings of the Golden Dragon: Chapter 4

A Fleeting Dream (, Tsuka no Ma no Yume) is the fourth chapter of the Wanderings of the Golden Dragon storyline in Ryu Ga Gotoku Online.
== Plot ==
Some weeks after their narrow escape in Hiroshima, Ryuji Goda and Joon-gi Han arrive in Fukuoka, where they have traveled so Ryuji could try out their famous tonkotsu ramen. After trying out the dish at a restaurant in Nagasugai, Ryuji finds the broth in the ramen too thick and musky. The pair talk about what to do, since it's only a matter of time until Wataru Takayama finds them once more and tries to kill them. Han suggests that they go to Korea, since the Jingweon Mafia could protect them. However, while Ryuji does agree going abroad is probably the best idea, he doesn't want to join the Jingweon. Instead, he proposes that he and Han form their own, new criminal organization, since their fighting prowess is bound to quickly earn them a following of tough guys wherever they go. Though Han briefly thinks about it, he refuses, insisting he is loyal to the Jingweon because they saved his life when he was an orphaned child.
After they've finished eating, the pair are followed by two strangers: Ichiban Kasuga and Daisaku Kuze, both from the Tojo Clan. Against Kuze's wishes, Ichiban approaches Ryuji and Han and introduces himself, after which he tells them that he is going to kill them.
In a flashback, Kuze goes to the Tojo Clan Headquarters and meets with 3rd Chairman Masaru Sera and his retired predecessor, Takashi Nihara. The two Chairmen want Ryuji and Han killed, so they assigned the hit to the Arakawa Family, who in turn assigned Ichiban; a junior member, to carry it out. Since the two Chairmen don't think a junior member from a third-tier family who's never performed a hit before is capable enough to handle the two targets, they want a more seasoned killer to accompany him. Sera and Nihara offer Kuze the chance to return to the Clan if he and Ichiban successfully eliminate the targets. Desperate to get back into the yakuza after a ten year prison stint, Kuze agrees.
Back in the present, Ryuji and Han duel Ichiban and Kuze. However, their fight is interrupted by the sudden arrival of Takayama and his Go-Ryu Clan thugs, who've tracked them down again, just like Han predicted. Fearful of being surrounded, Ryuji and Han split up and flee, with Kuze, Takayama and his men chasing Ryuji, while only Ichiban pursues Han. Ryuji avoids Takayama's men but can't shake off Kuze, who eventually forces him into another fight. Despite Kuze's best efforts, Ryuji beats him and escapes.
Elsewhere, Ichiban corners Han and the two fight one-on-one, with Han ending up victorious. Han goes to a nearby payphone and calls his boss, asking for local Jingweon spies to come provide reinforcement for him and Ryuji. However, Han's boss refuses because circumstances have changed: Since the Tojo discovered their plan to recruit Ryuji and since the Jingweon are currently in no condition to go to war with the Tojo, the mafia's leadership have decided to kill Ryuji as a sign to the Tojo that they don't intend to move against them. Therein, Han's boss orders him to kill Ryuji.
Category:Wanderings of the Golden Dragon Chapter Summaries