Um ataque aleatório a facadas, a grande empresa alimentícia Titus Foods e uma doença misteriosa que afeta bebês. Esses três elementos têm tanto em comum quanto o detetive Soma, o escritor medíocre Yarimizu e o único sobrevivente do ataque, Shuji. No entanto, esses homens agora se veem envolvidos em uma busca arriscada pela verdade. O que descobrem, porém, é mais hediondo do que imaginavam, levando-os a questionar: quem é o verdadeiro criminoso?
Koshi Mizukami • 高橋一生 • 斎藤工 • 中山裕介 • 정일우
A masked man disrupts a peaceful afternoon, stabbing everyone in sight. The police later find the suspect dead, making it an open-and-shut case. However, Detective Soma has his misgivings when Shuji, the lone survivor, gets attacked again. Told to survive just ten more days by a mysterious man, Shuji is forced to depend on Soma as they are pushed into a shadowy world neither are prepared for.
Nakasako is basking in the joy of turning his company's latest baby food product into a big hit. Or he would have, if he had not discovered the cause of the new face-deforming disease. When food manufacturer Titus Foods chooses to protect itself over the innocent children, Nakasako gets dragged into a conspiracy more sinister than anything he could ever imagine.
Nine days before the mass stabbing, Nakasako's accomplice, Mazaki, settles into a hotel to begin his plans. However, a theft throws everything awry, leading him and a couple of innocent hotel employees down a deadly path. In the present, Shuji accidentally finds a clue that leads to the identity of the mysterious man.