Yakuza 0 (Part 2): Neo Begins His Investigation Into Tetsu Tachibana & Does a Bunch of Other Stuff

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Neo, per his own efforts, manages to get himself expelled from the Dojima Clan in order to try to divert attention away from the group while he promises to hunt down the hitman who killed the debter in the vacant lot the Dojima Clan is desperate to try to acquire and thus prove both his and his father figure, Kazama, of being innocent of the crime. However, the head of the Dojima Clan, Sohei Dojima, tells him that Kazama must still be held accountable for the situation the debter's murder has put the rest of the clan in before being told to let the rest of the clan take care of the matter, thus putting even more pressure on Neo to find the hitman before anything can happen to Kazama.
Wandering the streets after the fiasco over at Dojima HQ had ended, Neo finds himself approached by a man known as Tetsu Tachibana, who as Neo comes to find out is a real estate mogul running the Tachibana Real Estate Agency that's recently been making waves throughout the city quickly acquiring various businesses and properties under quick and mysterious circumstances. After allowing him to get himself patched up at his residence, Tachibana makes his objective with Neo/Kiryu clear: he wants Kiryu to help him acquire the same vacant lot that the Dojima Clan and the other Yakuza clans are after. Neo/Kiryu, understandably, are distrustful of the man, and make that fact clear before parting ways, although Tachibana didn't seemed bothered by this and told Kiryu to contact him should he reconsider his offer.
Neo/Kiryu then discuss all the recent developments with Akira Nishikiyama, including what he knows of Tachibana, and it was him who gave Neo/Kiryu additional information revealing how Tachibana could be a potentially powerful ally in their endeavors should they manage to get him on their side, although like Kiryu he also expresses caution in dealing with the man.
It is then that a plan is made between to start investigating Tachibana the following day, which brings us to today's episode of Yakuza 0, where Neo will begin taking steps to do just that, along with improving his abilities and seeing whatever other activities/substories he can do along the way. Neo is, again, unsure what exactly will end up happening throughout this episode, but if the previous one is anything to go by, chances are it's going to be one hell of a ride!
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[@Heliophanus]

And absolutely, try to eat at every restaurant and shop at every store at least once. No way to really tell which of those have miniquests until you try.

[@Neosekken]

I'll be sure to do just that! Sans any miniquests involving Shogi and the like if there are any (I don't know how to play those games), I'm pretty much gonna try to find and complete every single one I can find!

[@Heliophanus]

Miracle Lingerie... Current popularity rank: 47774. Wow, these older manga have been completely forgotten.

[@Neosekken]

So it would seem, unfortunately...

[@Heliophanus]

There's something fun in the bowling alley, but I think it's only much later later in the game. Not sure if you have to have bowled at least once before to trigger it, though.

[@Neosekken]

Got it! I'll try to do a round of bowling at some point then relatively early on, then check back periodically.

[@Heliophanus]

Pocket Racing is one tough minigame. (If using boost always makes you fly off the track, is it possible to build a car that's fast enough to win without using boost...?)

[@Neosekken]

So it would seem! I think the next time I go in to do some races I'll try using a Godspeed motor and some of the extra parts I found after doing some of these substories and see if I can win using those!