Visiting farm girl

[AlexD]

Hello!

A question to the community - I have a scene randomly triggering and I can't understand whether it's bugged and I need to report it, or if it's a part of a bigger plot/backstory. It happened twice during two different playthroughs, usually in the second half after I do hostess quest.

Scene starts with Seiji and Kato playing billiard and Kato promises to win one day (and loses badly, though I've never trained billiard in these playthroughs). Seiji says he needs to go to a village to visit a girl from a certain clan, Kato jokes it is "farm girl" and insists he goes with Seiji. We come to the countryside and walk into the area on the right with guns ready. Inside there are ton of enemies all armed with guns, I kill them all, there is usual "area clear" sitting animation and then - nothing happens. I checked location very thoroughly and the only option apparently is to walk back. They do so in silence and then again drive back in silence, and I haven't noticed any references to that event later in either of my playthroughs.

My problem with this whole scene is that
-There is no foreshadowing or consequences of that scene
-I have no idea who that girl is. I read somewhere you have your wife or ex-wife or something, but in both playthroughs I was super single
-I never developed friendship with Kato particularly high, never did anything social with him, so a scene where we're suddenly best buds and he wants to risk his life for me feels wrong

Any thoughts?

[HappyLogin]

As I understand, it was a joke about a girl. There is no girl (unfortunately); you are just to fight a gang from the country. Well, there is a girl you can meet on the farm, but she has nothing to do with a shootout.
Regarding what might have triggered the scene and who those 'Asano family' guys are, you can read the discussion we had a month ago
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1687000/discussions/0/3879345732188622960/

and also a Yeo's hint in another thread:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1687000/discussions/0/3879345732192576555/

Long story short, my personal interpretation is that it is just some vaguely described outside gang needed to demonstrate the pressure put on the city's criminal structures. There are several routes in which you can encounter them, and, I guess, if you manage to avoid additional troubles in the hostess girl quest, the countryside sequence is triggered. So it's either you get them or they come for you.

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Speaking about Kato, I also thought that having a good relationship with him is required to get help during the shootout. And maybe this kind of fork was initially intended here. But no, currently it's just Kato's willingness to put in work for a common cause (as in the first scenes in which we meet him). The guy is serious about his yakuza career and wants to earn some stripes.

[AlexD]

Thanks a lot, this is a very reasonable explanation. "Visiting farm girl" somewhat alludes to countryside business in general, and Seiji does say something about if he won't return "they will". What threw me off though is that Kato refers to this girl as she is a real person with some prior history. I'll play this part in another language and see if it makes more sense that way - maybe it's a translation nuance

[felus™ Cuenta Oficial]

Originally posted by AlexD:

Thanks a lot, this is a very reasonable explanation. "Visiting farm girl" somewhat alludes to countryside business in general, and Seiji does say something about if he won't return "they will". What threw me off though is that Kato refers to this girl as she is a real person with some prior history. I'll play this part in another language and see if it makes more sense that way - maybe it's a translation nuance

Kato is talking about the girl who owns the stable in which you keep the guy kidnapped in a prior mission.