Saints Row 2 - Plot - Ronin Act

Ronin Act

In the Ronin act, Johnny and Pierce assist the Boss in taking down the Japanese Ronin gang. They decide to rob a Ronin-owned casino, however, they end up stealing money from Ultor, who are under Ronin protection. As a result, Vogel demands that action be taken against the Saints. The current Ronin leader, Shogo Akuji, orders an attack on Johnny. Several Ronin gang members are sent to his house while he is gone, where they tie Aisha to a chair and wait for Johnny to come home. When the Boss and Johnny arrive at the house, they are ignorant of the awaiting ambush until Johnny notices that the door is open. Aisha yells to him and as a result, her throat is cut open, and Ronin second-in-command Jyunichi stabs Gat with a katana during the resulting shootout, hospitalizing him.

As a result for failing to get rid of the Saints, Shogo's father and international Ronin leader Kazuo Akuji arrives in Stilwater and takes over the Ronin's operations there, demoting Shogo to lieutenant. After Jyunichi is killed in a sword fight face-off with the Boss and the Ronin's hotel is hit, Kazuo disowns his son and shows regret at giving him power over the Ronin. At Aisha's funeral, Shogo and his men attack Johnny and the Boss, but he is brutally beaten and buried alive by the two after being captured. Kazuo launches an assault on the Saints' hideout with the intention of wiping them out along with the Boss' longtime friend and Triad leader Mr. Wong, but the attacking swarms of Ronin are defeated. Mr. Wong is attacked once more at a Chinese New Year's festival, with the Boss coming to his aid. The Boss finds Kazuo at the festival, and the two have a sword fight on a junk boat, resulting in the Boss getting the upper hand by shooting Kazuo. As the boat collapses around them due to fire, Kazuo is left unable to move and burns to death as the Boss jumps off the boat to safety.