

However, he knows that the report was fake and that the hit was actually a set up by Isao Katsuragi. In 1985, a detective named Junji Sugiuchi gave him the report of the Yoshiharu Ueno hit. He also seems to be willing to kill children, as he instructs Hiroaki Arai to kidnap Kazuma Kiryu's children to coerce him and gives him a gun in case the children resist. Munakata is completely merciless in his pursuit for control being willing to commit multiple murders to achieve his aims. This philosophy serves as the justification for Munakata's ambitions to control the Tokyo underworld through the police, though it is difficult to tell whether Munakata believes in what he says or if his ideas are merely a cover for his personal greed and powerlust. Munakata is a strict authoritarian who believes the police must maintain the status quo of society at all costs, even if it means breaking the law themselves. We and the yakuza have always been two sides of the same coin. Meanwhile, the yakuza protected Japan's independence by keeping out foreign threats. The police kept order and protected citizens from the crime that directly affected their lives.

Do you know who rebuilt Japan after World War II? The police and the yakuza, acting in unison. Organized crime is a necessary cog in the machine that is our society.
