The Yomei Alliance had never set foot out of Hiroshima, choosing to remain a neutral force instead of allying with or going to war against the Tojo Clan in the east or the Omi Alliance in the west. And among the lower rungs of the Yomei Alliance is Toru Hirose's third-string little family.

A senior member of the yakuza, he is a rascally old gentleman the whole town either tolerates or loves. But despite his good humor, his words are laced with the mysteries of a man bearing a heavy past.