Chapter 10 - The Fall of the Syndicate
Kazama’s eyes went wide. "Kill him!"
Renzo didn't wait. He lunged forward with terrifying speed, diving under the gunfire of the two guards beside him, drawing his suppressed pistol and taking them out before they hit the deck.
"Ivy! The satellite array!" Renzo yelled into his mic as he rolled behind a steel crane.
Through the optics, Ivy scanned the upper deck. "Top tower! The man in the blue jacket is reaching for the override lever! Shoot the red box behind him!"
Renzo popped out from cover, raised his arm, and fired two shots straight through the window of the upper tower, shattering the master relay box! Sparks exploded across the top deck, cutting off the yacht's long-range transmitter!
"Lev! Move in!" Renzo roared.
Three fast-attack speedboats roared out from behind the fog, scaling the sides of The Imperial Sun. Fifty Mercer tactical units boarded the vessel, engaging the Yakuza forces in a decisive, crushing assault.
Renzo sprinted through the crossfire straight toward Kazama’s wheelchair.
Kazama frantically reached for the silver cane, trying to twist the handle to initiate the manual backup sequence.
Renzo slammed his boot down onto the cane, shattering the wood and exposing the electronic keypad inside. With lightning fingers, Renzo punched in the four numbers Ivy had read: 9 - 4 - 7 - 2 - A L P H A.
BEEP.
The digital screen flashed green: OVERRIDE CONFIRMED. SYSTEM DEACTIVATED.
Across San Francisco, three toxic valves at the water plants locked down permanently, securing the city's water supply forever.
Lord Kazama slumped back into his wheelchair, his face filled with absolute, utter defeat. He looked up at the young mob boss standing over him in the ocean spray.
"How..." Kazama gasped, his voice cracking. "How did you know the code? Only four people in the world knew that sequence..."
Renzo looked up at the sky, where the searchlight of the police helicopter cut through the dark clouds, illuminating the deck in bright white light.
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"A seven-year-old girl told me," Renzo said coldly.
With a single blow, Renzo knocked the old syndicate leader unconscious, ending thirty years of criminal terror on the West Coast in one final, triumphant instant.
