Yakuza 4/Part 3 Chapter 2

The Perpetrator (, Shin Hannin, Lit. "The True Culprit"), known as The Mastermind in the original localization, is the second chapter of Part 3 of Yakuza 4, and the tenth chapter overall.
==Plot==
Tanimura takes Yasuko to Homeland and questions her about the day his father was killed. Yasuko tells him that Tanimura Sr. never showed for their meeting that day and instead sent her a message telling her to leave Tokyo because the conspiracy surrounding the Ueno hit was "bigger than a yakuza squabble". When questioned about why she was killing Shibata's men, Yasuko reveals that Captain Katsuragi of the Ueno Seiwa got in contact with her and told her he could prove her brother wasn't the real killer in the Ueno hit, but in exchange she had to either pay him 100 million yen or kill a man for him. Since she didn't have the money, she opted to carry out the murder, only to have Katsuragi demand more and more killings in exchange for the proof. Eventually, she decided to get the money instead, so she took out a loan from Sky Finance and was about to arrange a meeting with Katsuragi when the Shibata Family caught her.
Tanimura convinces Yasuko to give him the money so he can meet with Katsuragi and get the truth about the 1985 hit. Afterwards, Yasuko departs for Okinawa, saying she learned her brother had recently been transferred there and she wants to see him again before he is executed. Tanimura gets in contact with Katsuragi and arranges to meet him the next day in front of Millennium Tower.
At the meeting, both men walk and talk while Katsuragi informs Tanimura that his father had been killed for discovering the truth about the Ueno hit: Katsuragi and Shibata had arranged for Saejima to attack Ueno and his officers, so that all of Katsuragi's rivals would be killed but he and Ueno would survive. This would fast track Katsuragi's career within the clan and allow Shibata to also advance his own career by serving as peacemaker with Katsuragi. However, Katsuragi insists he was not behind Tanimura Sr.'s murder. Rather, Katsuragi's allies in the Tokyo PD had arranged his murder to help cover up police involvement in the plot. Katsuragi also claims that he was the one who killed those 18 men in 1985, not Saejima. Before Tanimura can inquire further, both men are surrounded by Ueno Seiwa thugs, since Katsuragi has led the officer into a trap. Luckily, Tanimura is saved by the unexpected arrival of Detective Sugiuchi and a few other officers. Sugiuchi and his men distract the Ueno thugs long enough for Tanimura to grab the money and escape back to Little Asia.
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