The Family Pride

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"Want another Sake? It's on me..." Said Genichi with a satisfied look on his face, "That's of course, if we're here right now so you can tell me you got the guns sorted out!", "Of course... Fly to Kabukicho, talk to the equipment dealer, tell him Satsumoto left you a little souvenir from his last trip to Kyushu... He should take care of the rest." Ryuu Replied in a calm voice. So, leaning back with a smirk on his face, Genichi lit a cigarette and asked "So, tell me... Just over pure curiosity, how did you get the guns? It's not like I'd care if I'll be flying around with a dead cop's gear or anything. Just want to know how 'clean' your work is in case I'd ever need your hel-... Uhm, in case I'd ever decide to do business with you again." With a fake chuckle, Satsumoto replied in a lower voice "No need to worry about the 'dead cop' stuff. Half a dozens of Naval Forces snubcraft were decommissioned less than a week ago... Let's just say, the set of Sunfrenzies on one of those Chimaeras simply fell off!" As Satsumoto finished his sentence, Genichi crossed his arms, nodding with the same smirk on his face and listened to the man say before he rolled his wheelchair out of the door "And arigato for the offer on a second Sake, but I don't drink much. I suggest you do the same, it's not healthy."

Half an hour later, as his friends had gathered around their usual table in the bar, Genichi tapped on the table with his fingertips and started "Well... Brothers, my guns are sorted out, I'll get em mounted on my ship today, and those Honshu farm boys with their stupid Eagles won't even stand a chance!" But as he saw everyone silent, he studied the expression on each of their faces and then asked "What? That's good news, isn't it?" Hiro, clearing his throat answered "Already told you Gen, it's too risky it's not really worth it. I mean... If you had gotten the guns legally, then no problem, but look at it this way - You'll either do better with these guns than Drakes, or you'll just do as good without them. If they don't give you an edge, it's just gonna turn this whole under-the-table deal into a total waste of money, and if you actually do better with those guns... Have you even considered how much trouble you can get in if you doing better with a gun others can't use pisses someone off enough to take a couple of guncams and pass it to the Police?", "Aw c'mon man... Don't be such a sissy! It's one tournie, just this one, then we're good with Drakes for a whole year to come!" replied Genichi, clearly annoyed by Hiro's logical stance like always. "You know, he's right. It's not worth the risk..." Added Reiji "I mean... I didn't get what you wanted to do at first, I thought you just wanted a fancy trophy or something. But actually using those Frenzies in the tournie, it might get all of us in trouble!" So getting up and taking his phone off the table, Genichi threw an annoyed glance at Reiji and said before walking out of the bar "Well you know what? If the guns start causing trouble, I'll ditch em and just step out of our little group so you won't have to worry about it anymore. But if the guns actually do save our asses out there, you're gonna thank me later and you know it."