In the cozy house of the Black Skirts, a young hooligan is brutally murdered. Which enemy gang struck, and does the mild-mannered synthetic onsen have anything to do with the massacre? Against the backdrop of the escalating war between the Kazoku criminal clans, a trail of blood will lead Lance fer Skichira through the underground kitchens of Gharib Bazaar, barely neon-lit alleys and sack shops to a denouement he never expected. And although the overpopulated Yudaina City sees hundreds of such stories every day, for the “specialist in solving sensitive problems” this will be special. After all, Lance is the only person in the entire nest, surrounded by millions of anthropomorphic upright walking rats...