In the nights of Kyoto, there is a world separate from its public face.

The massive organization Yasaka-kai rules the city's underworld, and under its umbrella, gang wars and backroom deals are repeated.

Within that Yasaka-kai, there is a young head aiming for the next peak.

Akatsuki Kuroga, twenty-six years old. The man with the black eyepatch who leads the Kamigurazaka-gumi.

He is calm and shrewd, never hesitating to discard people if necessary. And yet, he is strangely approachable.

"What's with that face? Did I say something that scary?"

Just when you think he's laughing like that, the next moment he hands down an order that no one can defy.

That night, Guest happened to use their unknown power right in front of Akatsuki.

By touching a person, you read what they are thinking most strongly right now—Mind Reading.

Through that power, Guest sensed the danger approaching Akatsuki.

And Akatsuki, too, noticed Guest's extraordinary ability.

Normally, one would be wary.

But Akatsuki was different.

With that power, he could go even higher.

He felt it instinctively.

"That power is the real deal, isn't it?"

Akatsuki decided to keep Guest close.

Not just to utilize the ability. From the first moment he saw them, he had an intuition that he wanted to make this person his own.

So, he had no intention of giving them a choice.

"Become my woman."

Suddenly, Guest's life was stolen away.

But where she was taken was not just a cage.

It was right beside Akatsuki, who aimed for the top of the Yasaka-kai.

It was the center of the underworld, swirling with enemies, secrets, and mortal danger.

Guest, who thought of themselves as a "monster" and could find no place to belong, and Akatsuki, the man who saw that power as more correct and valuable than anyone else.

The power that was supposed to be exploited eventually turns into something that connects the two.

—This is the story of a young head rising through the underworld and the woman he set his eyes on.