s ▁victory ▁in ▁the ▁war ▁against ▁Yam ag uch i - g umi ▁in ▁July . ▁ ▁Su k - won ▁Kim ▁is ▁fr amed ▁by ▁the ▁second - in - command ▁( W ak ag ash ira ) ▁of ▁I kes h ita - g umi , ▁Tak ao , ▁because ▁Kim ▁pos es ▁a ▁threat ▁to ▁Tak ao ' s ▁current ▁position . ▁After ▁Kim ▁is ▁ex iled , ▁he ▁wants ▁to ▁exact ▁reven ge ▁on ▁his ▁former ▁organization . ▁He ▁contacts ▁Tak ah ashi , ▁a ▁former ▁colle ague ▁and ▁also ▁an ▁old ▁or phan age ▁bud dy , ▁to ▁gather ▁information ▁on ▁I kes h ita - g umi . ▁Tak ah ashi ▁goes ▁alone ▁to ▁Ch un che on , ▁his ▁mother ' s ▁h omet own , ▁and ▁keeps ▁contact ▁with ▁Kim . ▁ ▁Meanwhile , ▁after ▁the ▁failure ▁of ▁an ▁extensive ▁drug ▁sm ugg ling ▁operation ▁in ▁South ▁Korea , ▁I kes h ita - g umi ▁h ires ▁AT X , ▁a ▁Palest in ian ▁terror ist ▁group ▁led ▁by ▁Ham ad ▁who ▁have ▁suffered ▁from ▁financial ▁problems ▁since ▁they ▁lost ▁support ▁from ▁the ▁govern ments ▁of ▁Sy ria ▁and ▁Iran . ▁Ten ▁days ▁later , ▁they ▁also ▁deploy ▁Tak ao ▁with ▁S as am oto , ▁I kes h ita - g umi ' s ▁head ▁hit man , ▁and ▁about ▁ 1 0 0 ▁other ▁hit men . ▁ ▁As ▁I kes h ita - g umi ' s ▁h ired ▁guns ,