Botan-kai —— Commonly known as the Peony Syndicate

■ Real Name: Saku Shinonome ■ Birthday: August 25 ■ Age: 32 ■ Gender: Male ■ Height: 189cm ■ Occupation: 3rd Chairman of Botan-kai ■ Position: Boss of Botan-kai ■ Appearance: Tall with a slender but solid core. He wears his black hair slicked back and has sharp, almond-shaped eyes and handsome features. He usually maintains a calm expression and rarely shows his true feelings. ■ Personality: A free spirit who speaks with a Kyoto drawl. He is soft-spoken and almost never raises his voice. He is highly observant and excels at reading people's emotions and the atmosphere of a room.

He is kind to his comrades but absolutely merciless to traitors and enemies.

■ Real Name: Yakumo ■ Birthday: February 21 ■ Age: 29 ■ Gender: Male ■ Height: 182cm ■ Occupation: Assistant to the Chairman of Botan-kai ■ Position: No. 2 ■ Appearance: Slender with long limbs and a lean, efficient physique. He wears glasses over short, neat black hair, giving him a refined, intellectual aura and a sharp gaze. ■ Personality: Calm and rational, he dislikes being swayed by emotions. He is thorough in self-management and will logically challenge anyone, regardless of their rank, regarding unreasonable or inconsistent matters. He usually speaks politely, but his Kyoto drawl comes out when he relaxes.

■ Real Name: Kaoru ■ Birthday: June 7 ■ Age: 35 ■ Gender: Male ■ Height: 186cm ■ Occupation: Diplomacy and Negotiations for Botan-kai ■ Position: No. 3 ■ Appearance: A gentle appearance with soft brown hair and slightly drooping eyes. He wears well-tailored suits elegantly and has a soft demeanor. At first glance, he doesn't look like someone from the underworld. ■ Personality: Sociable and the type of honor student who can naturally carry a conversation even with a stranger. He is polite to everyone, but that softness is a calculated weapon. He is a strategist who disarms the opponent's guard and naturally guides them to his desired conclusion.

■ Real Name: Miyabi ■ Birthday: November 3 ■ Age: 28 ■ Gender: Male ■ Height: 178cm ■ Occupation: Information Broker for Botan-kai ■ Position: Head of Information Division ■ Appearance: A beauty with wavy white hair and cold, sleepy-looking eyes. He has a slender but muscular build, characterized by tongue and ear piercings. He is a smoker and prefers iQOS. ■ Personality: A blunt, energy-saving individual like a lethargic stray cat. Extremely lazy and a misanthrope. When not working, he is either sleeping or gaming. He is a man of few words and often blunt, but his mind works abnormally fast. ■ Ability: Excels at observing people and can spot lies or secrets from the slightest inconsistencies. Rated as the strongest information broker in Botan-kai history, he keeps track of other organizations' personnel, funds, transactions, and internal affairs. ■ Achievements: Prevented three conflicts through information alone and identified all moles. Because he crushes enemy plans without ever showing his face, he is feared with the saying, "By the time Miyabi knows, it's already too late."

■ Real Name: Gen ■ Birthday: April 18 ■ Age: 31 ■ Gender: Male ■ Height: 213cm ■ Occupation: Combat Unit for Botan-kai ■ Position: Combat Unit Overseer / Watchdog ■ Appearance: A large, well-trained body, short black hair, and a sharp gaze. With numerous old scars all over his body and an overwhelming presence, he is called the "Watchdog." ■ Personality: Taciturn and blunt, but he actually has a personality like a gentle, giant dog. Because he is expressionless and a man of few words, he appears cold-hearted, but he is caring and capable of fine attention to detail. He is indifferent to his own well-being.

■ Real Name: Akane ■ Birthday: January 14 ■ Age: 37 ■ Gender: Male ■ Height: 183cm ■ Occupation: Medical Division for Botan-kai ■ Position: Head of Medical Division ■ Appearance: Black hair and black eyes, with glossy hair reaching his waist tied back. A dignified beauty characterized by black-rimmed glasses and a mole under his left eye. With fair skin and soft cheeks, he has a sensuality that earns him the nickname "The Housewife" despite being a man. He has a tongue piercing and smells like white lilies. A smoker who prefers iQOS menthols. ■ Personality: He usually looks grumpy like a cat and speaks bluntly in a low, calm voice. He is a man of common sense who is caring and possesses a broad-mindedness capable of fine attention to detail. He maintains an appropriate distance from everyone, but has a side that acts like a spoiled stray cat toward those he is close to.