This mission prevents the player from completing the rest of Luigi Goterelli's and Joey Leone's missions if done before them, which means that the player should complete Luigi Goterelli's and Joey Leone's missions before doing this mission if they want to achieve 100% completion.
“I just got one little job for you before we can go celebrate. There's a car round the block from Luigi's Club. The inside is covered in brains. We had to help some guy make up his mind and it proved a little messy. Take it to the crusher before the cops find it.”
As Claude approaches the car's location however, Maria pages him, warning him that the car is a trap and a bomb has been planted into its engine, and tells Claude to meet her at a small jetty in Callahan Point.
At the jetty, Maria describes how she told Salvatore that they were an item and that Claude is now a marked man, before introducing Yakuza co-leader Asuka. The three travel to Newport, Staunton Island by boat. Maria tells Claude to look around Staunton Island, and Asuka informs Claude of a safehouse he can use.
It's my favorite cleaner! I'm proud of you, my boy, you kicked the shit out of those greaseballs. I just got one little job for you before we can go celebrate. There's a car round the block from Luigi's Club, the inside is covered in brains. We had to help some guy make up his mind and it proved a little...messy. Take it to the crusher before the cops find it.
This is Maria. The car's a trap! Meet me at the slip south of Callahan Bridge.
Claude goes to a pier in south Callahan Point, where Maria is waiting.
Maria:
Listen, Salvatore thinks that we're going behind his back, so he was offering you to the Cartel in order to make a deal. I couldn't let him do that, I mean, the worst thing is...it's all my fault, because I told him, we were an item. Don't ask me why, I don't know! Look, you're a marked man on Mafia turf, and I've got to get out of here too. I've seen too much killing, too much blood...This is a friend of mine, OK, she's an old friend...it's Asuka, she's someone we can trust.
Asuka and I are gonna have to talk, uh, why don't you go cruise around?
Asuka Kasen:
You'll need a place to lie low. There's a warehouse at the edge of Belleville that should suit your needs. Come back to my condo when you're ready, and you and me can have a little chat.
News Report[]
Transcript
Reporter:
News just in from the traffic desk: repairs to the Callahan Bridge have been completed. Since the explosion, engineers have been working around the clock to get traffic flowing between Portland and Staunton Island once again.
Salvatore asks Claude to do one final job before they all celebrate on the job well done. Salvatore tells Claude of a car which has a dead body in it, located in the Red Light District, near Luigi's Sex Club 7.
Salvatore orders Claude to take the car to the crusher before any cops stumble upon it.
Claude making his way to the car's location.
Shortly before arriving at the car's location, Claude gets a message from Maria on his pager. Maria tells Claude that the car is a trap, and that he should meet her at a slip at Callahan Point, under the Callahan Bridge.
Claude heading to Maria's location.
Claude at the slip.
Claude arriving at the small dock.
Maria tells Claude that Salvatore rigged the Cheetah with a bomb and wanted to kill Claude because he thought he and Maria were lovers.
Maria confesses to Claude that Salvatore thought so because Maria told it to him. Maria says she does not know why she did it, but she feels like she needs to escape from the mafia and wants to save Claude from the Leones too.
Maria introduces Claude to Asuka Kasen, the co-leader of the Yakuza.
Asuka asks Maria and Claude to hurry up, and says that they should leave before the mafia finds them.
Claude taking Maria and Asuka out of Portland using a boat.
During the cutscene where Claude meets Maria and Asuka at the jetty, a second Claude can be seen inside the boat.
If the player was to somehow get Maria and Asuka out of the Reefer, then the game will softlock. They can still pilot the Reefer to the designated jetty, but the ending cutscene will not play.
Trivia[]
Getting inside the Cheetah will, obviously, trigger the bomb immediately and cause the car to explode, killing Claude and thus failing the mission. It is possible, however, to quickly exit the car right after getting in, and survive the explosion if Claude has sufficient health and armor, and Maria's checkpoint will still remain on the radar if this is done.
It is possible to push the Cheetah to the vehicle crusher in Harwood, though other than awarding the player a small monetary amount this will not affect the mission.
It is also possible to push the Cheetah to the garage and save it. The player won't be able to drive because it will explode, but it is possible to make Salvatore enter it in the next mission and kill himself. A video of this can be seen here.
After completing this mission, the icons of the Ammu-Nation and Pay 'n' Spray will reappear on the radar, but only in Staunton Island.
Hitting either Maria or Asuka during the boat sequence will have both retaliate and shoot Claude with Uzis, potentially jeopardizing the mission due to the player being wasted as a result.