Black Lizard

The Black Lizard is the assault group of the Port Mafia that handles the organization's most unsavory jobs.

Description
They are as strong as the special ops, though they were easily defeated by the Armed Detective Agency during one of their raids. Considered as one of the Mafia's offensive squads, it is led by squad leader Ryūrō Hirotsu alongside battalion leaders Michizō Tachihara and Gin Akutagawa, and it is composed of various other armed mafiosi.

After Ōgai Mori's leadership, the Black Lizard falls under the command unit led by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa and, by extension, his adjutant Ichiyō Higuchi. Initially, however, the three commanders expressed their shared opinion that solely Akutagawa's power holds sway over them rather than his and Higuchi's title. Nevertheless, in a later effort, they reverted such viewpoint through their actions by aiding Higuchi in an unsanctioned raid against a foreign mercenary group that abducted an incapacitated Akutagawa.

Their operations include raiding a warehouse that had been selling cargo without the Mafia's permission; raiding the Agency office, which ultimately failed; assassinating the Guild's assassin, which was performed alongside other key Mafia members; and taking on, and later siding with, the Agency during the events of Cannibalism. Their most recent assignment involved aiding the framed Agency on the run from the Hunting Dogs, which yielded a number of casualties and grave injuries within the group, including Hirotsu and Gin.

In times of emergency, the Black Lizard is dispatched alongside other mafiosi accordingly. For instance, they aided in defending their operation sites during the incineration of Yokohama, escorted Mori during the clandestine meeting with Agency president Yukichi Fukuzawa during the Guild war; and sniffed out the masked assassin's hideout. Aside from their assault missions, the Black Lizard also occasionally escorts Mori and Elise in their excursions throughout Yokohama while supposedly keeping a low profile.