Chapter 9: House Of Cards - Yakuza: Like a Dragon Guide - IGN (2024)

Welcome to IGN’s walkthrough for Yakuza: Like a Dragon. This section covers Chapter 9: House Of Cards where you'll infiltrate Bleach Japan in hopes of saving the Great Wall.

Chapter 9: House Of Cards

Chapter 9 opens like the previous chapters - with a handful of cutscenes setting up the story. You'll also gain access to the Survive Bar's upstairs area which allows you to heal up using the Recovery Point and deposit items into the Item Box.

Shortly after gaining control of the party, you'll receive a call from Hamako warning you about some Yakuza searching for you around her brothel. Head south to Hamako's place to investigate for yourself.

When you arrive, you'll see a group of men surrounding Hamako and a cutscene will begin. After saving Hamako, you'll be forced to fight the men.

Fight: Yamato Totsuka

You'll be up against Seiryu Clan Chief of HQ Totsuka (Lv. 25) as well as four Lv. 24 Seiryu Clan Members: Inaba, Utsumi, Takemoto, and Shoji.

Focus on taking out the Sieryu Clan Members first, as they have less HP. Most are weak to physical attacks as well as slash attacks. Once Totsuka is left alone, focus on utilizing powerful Skills and don't worry about MP since you'll be able to heal up nearby at the homeless camp. He's weak to Kasuga's bat attacks and also weak to electric damage.

Protecting the Great Wall

After the fight, you'll get a call from Zhao providing you with information on your next move. Heal up at the homeless camp and proceed across town towards the Geomijul hideout. When you approach the map marker you'll find a group of Bleach Japan protestors outside and have a conversation with Kume, followed by a fight.

Fight: Sota Kume

Time for a rematch. You'll be facing Bleach Japan Branch Manager Kume (Lv. 25) and five Lv. 24 Bleach Japan members: Ishibashi, Senda, Nagai, Toda, and Hino.

Utilize similar tactics as the previous fight against Totsuka by thinning out the smaller enemies first before turning your attention to Kume. Once you've got him singled out, focus on utilizing Kasuga's bat attacks for massive damage, as well as physical attacks as he's weak to most of the party members' abilities.

After the fight, you'll be healed up automatically and see a group of Bleach Japan members just ahead. When examining the group, you'll be asked if you're ready before entering. Make sure your party is around level 25 and has optimal gear equipped. It's also recommended that you have Saeko continue in the Idol role to assist with healing during the upcoming fights.

If you want to grind out some levels you can fight the roaming enemies in the area. Unfortunately, most of the streets are blocked off and you're limited to a very small section of the city. Once you're ready to proceed, enter the crowd for a short cutscene followed by an immediate fight.

Fight: Bleach Japan

This fight is against five Omi Alliance Members: Sekiguchi (Lv. 26), Kawakami (Lv. 25), Tani (Lv. 24), Ogura (Lv. 25), and Muraoka (Lv. 25).

Because of the narrow street, area attacks work well here to dish out damage to multiple enemies at once. After the lower-level enemies have fallen, focus on Sekiguchi. He's resistant to most physical attacks, but does take extra damage from Kasuga's bat as well as slice damage.

After the fight, you'll see a short cutscene followed immediately by another fight. This time, it's against another piece of heavy machinery.

Fight: Heavy Machinery

This fight is against Heavy Demolition Machinery Wrecking Ball Crane (LV. 26). As with the previous Heavy Machinery fight, this one is actually against the machine itself and it's driver, Reiji Ishioda.

Have Kasuga and Adachi focus on Skill attacks to deal heavy damage to the wrecking ball. Saeko should focus on healing as well as buffs/debuffs.

Ishioda and the wrecking ball both share the same health bar and once you drop it down by a third, Reiji will be thrown out to fight you. He'll initially be stunned, so focus on dealing big damage to him while he can't attack.

After dropping his health down further, he'll jump back into the wrecking ball to try and finish you off. When the wrecking ball raises the crane into the air, guard to minimize the amount of damage you receive. Otherwise, keep up with the heavy Skills and you should finish it off rather easily.

Following the fight, the group will flee the scene and you'll receive a call from Joon-gi telling you to meet at a nearby restaurant called Eomeoni's Vow.

The restaurant is straight ahead on the right, but before entering make sure to heal up your HP/MP with any items you may have and save your game, as the final fight of the chapter is coming up shortly. When you're ready, speak with the woman inside to head to the back of the restaurant.

After a few cutscenes, you'll be in front of a set of double doors with an Item Box to the right. Make any final preparations and speak with Adachi when you're ready.

Boss Fight: Reiji Ishioda & Yu Nanba

The final fight of the chapter is against Former Friend Nanba (Lv. 27), Ishioda Family Patriarch Ishioda (Lv. 27) and two Lv. 25 Bleach Japan members: Sugimoto and Fujita.

Focus on taking out the Bleach Japan members first as they have the smallest health bars and can call for backup to prolong the fight. Area attacks work well here, too, as the space is fairly limited and you can deal damage to multiple enemies easily.

After they fall, turn your attention to Nanba, utilizing powerful Skills to eliminate him. Make sure to heal with Saeko when needed and focus on debuffing the enemies to gain the upper hand.

Once you're left with just Ishioda, utilize the same tactics as you used on Nanba. The only difference is he has the ability to counter your attacks, so Saeko's healing is important to ensure nobody falls. He's weak to ice and electric attacks, so if you have any elemental Skills those can provide useful here.

When Ishioda's health falls below 50%, he'll become more aggressive and begin frequently firing gunshots at your party. Utilize strong Skills to maximize your damage and summon any Poundmates you have available to aid you, if possible. As always, Kasuga's Essence of Mayhem can deal some serious damage, too.

Following the fight, you'll see some final cutscenes before ending Chapter 9.