Kiyomi Liuli was even more bewildered, asking in total confusion, "Economic collapse and cracking down on the mafia... of course they should crack down, they're all bad guys, but are these two things related?"
Nanahara Takeshi said with a smile, "Of course they're related. For a country, the economy often dictates everything."
Due to historical reasons, the Japanese mafia is semi-legalized. After decades of growth, it has become extremely powerful, like blood-sucking locusts stuck to society. Before the economic bubble burst, as Japan's wealth surged, ugliness was hidden by success; social conflicts were obscured. People didn't really feel the pinch even though they were being bled dry, and thus society remained in a false peace.
