With Reizo calling the shots and Toru needing a spine doner, Kou knew he had to perform damage control. Nobody else kept the yakuza in line. He could not, either. The swing did not intimidate him as he got closer to it, from where he turned to survey the playground. A quick look at his watch showed it as getting late.
"I don't have time for this," he said. "Wild Duck Burger at the most. Probably not even that."