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Chapter 9 Substories
Yakuza 3

Chapter 9 Substories

Complete Yakuza 3 Chapter 9 Substories including Murder at Café Alps, Mars Fighters in Tokyo, and more. Get rewards like yen and items.

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Complete Yakuza 3 Chapter 9 Substories including Murder at Café Alps, Mars Fighters in Tokyo, and more. Get rewards like yen and items.

Substory #9 - Murder at Café Alps

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Approach the woman handing out fliers in front of Café Alps.
  2. 2
    Speak with Date's boss, Wakazo, who will take you inside the cafe.
  3. 3
    Agree to help Wakazo investigate a case he wrote about six years ago concerning a man named Akechi.
  4. 4
    Receive Wakazo's Notebook from the Valuables section of your Items to track suspect relationships.
  5. 5
    Head to Bantam in Chapter 12 (when you are in Kamurocho at night) and speak to the man in the hat (Detective Maeda).
  6. 6
    Ask about all available topics to learn new information, including other characters' whereabouts.
  7. 7
    Visit the Florist in Purgatory to get two pieces of data.
  8. 8
    Go to Mach Bowl and speak to Usami to learn no one saw Akechi kill Oda.
  9. 9
    Go to Poppo Nakamichi and speak to Asai to learn the name Saitoh.
  10. 10
    Go to Café Alps and speak to Kinoshita to learn the murderer wore a cafe uniform but their face was not seen.
  11. 11
    Go to Club SEGA in Theater Square and speak to Imagawa to learn his effects were stolen on the day of the murder.
  12. 12
    Return to Asai and when prompted to "Stop Asking Questions", mention Imagawa and that his uniform was not stolen.
  13. 13
    Go back to Café Alps and speak with Kinoshita and his wife, Yuko.
  14. 14
    Go to Stardust and speak with Yuya about Yuko, then introduce yourself to Yuko.
  15. 15
    Return to Bantam to talk to Detective Maeda, who will give you a list of evidence.
  16. 16
    Go back to Café Alps to begin the denouement.
  17. 17
    Present Usami's Testimony.
  18. 18
    Present Ashtray Fingerprints.
  19. 19
    Present Kinoshita's Testimony.
  20. 20
    Present Imagawa's Testimony.
  21. 21
    Present the List of Evidence and Asai's Testimony 2.
  22. 22
    Accuse Yuko Kinoshita.
  23. 23
    Present Asai's Testimony.
  24. 24
    Present Yuko's Business Card.
  25. 25
    Present Wakazo's Testimony.
  26. 26
    Present the Florist's Testimony.

Substory #73 - Mars Fighters in Tokyo

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Speak to Kitagawa, a comedian and member of the Mars Fighters, in front of Millennium Tower.
  2. 2
    Find Kitagawa's partner on Park Boulevard, north of the Shichifuku Parking Lot, near the homeless tents.
  3. 3
    Speak to Kitagawa's partner and defeat him in combat.
  4. 4
    When he attempts comedy, respond with "So?".

Substory #76 - Disconnected

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Go to the phone booth in Theater Square and pick up the call.
  2. 2
    Locate the perpetrator south of New Serena in front of "Slot House".
  3. 3
    Beat him up.

Substory #77 - Stealing from the Dragon's Hoard

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Travel to the west end of Taihei Blvd., south of Mach Bowl.
  2. 2
    Chase after the thief in a chase battle.

Substory #80 - Your Fortunes Told Here

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Go to Pink Street just south of Club Shine and speak to the fortune-teller.
  2. 2
    Agree to pay 120,000 yen to have your fortune read.
  3. 3
    After the reading, head south and speak to the women who mention being swindled.
  4. 4
    Go to the Club SEGA on Nakamichi and speak to the ladies outside.
  5. 5
    Return to the fortune-teller and defeat her sons when they attack you.
  6. 6
    When the other ladies arrive, choose to tell them where she is to get your 120,000 yen back.
  7. 7
    Alternatively, if you choose to keep silent, head south and speak to the ladies again to receive the fortune-teller's Crystal Ball.

Substory #100 - The Fifth Bouncer

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Head to the Men's Entertainment Booth on Shichifuku to find "Gatling Sendo".
  2. 2
    Speak to Sendo and try to recruit him.
  3. 3
    Speak to him again when he refuses.
Tips
  • For "Murder at Café Alps", you can use the minimap (a small radar (your minimap with nearby blips and threats marked) in the corner of the HUD (heads-up display — the on-screen icons showing health, ammo and the minimap)) to navigate Kamurocho.
  • For "Murder at Café Alps", remember that Detective Maeda can only be found at night in Chapter 12.
  • For "Mars Fighters in Tokyo", the partner is located near homeless tents on Park Boulevard.
  • For "Disconnected", the perpetrator is located south of New Serena in front of "Slot House", not at the phone booth.
  • For "Stealing from the Dragon's Hoard", the chase battle is relatively easy.
  • For "Your Fortunes Told Here", choosing to keep silent yields a more valuable item (Crystal Ball) than getting your money back.
  • For "The Fifth Bouncer", Sendo will approach you when you arrive at the Men's Entertainment Booth.

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