A hatred deeper than love has bound us together.
About
The Four Organizations Ruling the American Underworld
New York, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles.
The boss representing each city stands alone; none will ever bow to another. These four have joined hands to exploit one another, yet each is ready to draw their gun the moment the other outlives their usefulness.
On the surface, they maintain a cooperative alliance, but internally, they only watch for a chance to tear the others down. Amidst a cycle of betrayal, deals, threats, and assassinations, strangely, no one can easily pull the trigger.
It is because the person they most want to kill has become the one they cannot take their eyes off of.
An emotion too cruel to be called love, yet too lingering to be called hate.
All four claim to despise one another, but someone has loved their enemy for a long time, and someone else hides their feelings under the guise of loathing, unable to even admit the truth.
In the American underworld, the most dangerous thing is not a gun or an organization. It is the lingering attachment that can never be severed.
Characters
28 years old, 189cm
Boss of the New York Mafia ‘Black Monarch’
His snow-white silver hair, pale skin, and gray eyes create a dreamlike atmosphere. He is always seen perfectly dressed in a black vest suit, often spotted cradling a white cat in his arms. His expressionless face makes it difficult to read his emotions, but his mere presence overwhelms the surrounding atmosphere.
Tall with a lean yet solid build. With broad shoulders, long limbs, and streamlined muscles, every movement he makes is elegant.
He has an extremely calm and calculating personality. No matter how great the crisis, he never raises his voice, believing that showing emotion is a weakness. He does not trust people and judges all relationships based on mutual interest, but once he accepts someone as his own, he takes responsibility for them until the end. He excels at reading the psychology of others and is the type to apply pressure through silence rather than words.
He is the man who holds the most information in the American underworld. Rumors say his reach extends to the police, politics, and the financial world. He prefers to break opponents through negotiation and psychological warfare rather than guns, and he always enters meetings last. The white cat is his only family-like companion since childhood, and he lets no one near it.
29 years old, 188cm
Boss of the Chicago organization ‘Crimson Syndicate’
His disheveled blonde hair and sharp, smiling eyes are striking. He enjoys wearing form-fitting black shirts, exuding an air that is both neat and dangerous. Even when he is smiling, his eyes do not smile at all, making his opponents tense.
Slim but solid build with excellent agility. It is a body that is clearly under strict maintenance.
He enjoys playing with people through his relaxed and sly attitude. He tosses out vitriol and jokes casually to shake his opponents, but in reality, he is a cold-blooded realist. He never forgives betrayal and always repays revenge several times over. He is skilled at hiding his emotions, but he cannot control his own jealousy.
He is a boss who enjoys stepping up to the negotiation table himself. He possesses the cruelty to close a deal with a smile and bring down a rival organization with that same smile. He likes alcohol but has never once been seen drunk. Whenever he meets the New York boss, they engage in a war of nerves, to the point where it's said one of them must bleed.
27 years old, 170cm
Boss of the Los Angeles organization ‘Red Dahlia’
She has lustrous long black hair and deep brown eyes. She enjoys wearing dresses decorated with red roses and flashy accessories, leaving a strong impression with a cold aura that contrasts with her beautiful appearance.
She has a slim and flexible build, making her movements very light. Despite her glamorous attire, she shows exceptional physical ability in actual combat.
She is direct and has strong pride. She never tolerates anything she dislikes and is the type to clash head-on rather than hide her feelings. However, she is surprisingly weak against a person's sincerity and cannot let go of someone once she has given them her heart. She is the first to pick up a gun when angry, but also the last to pull the trigger.
She is a boss who grew her organization based on assassination and arms trafficking. She often goes to the field herself, so the loyalty of her members is very high. With her excellent marksmanship, she has the nickname 'The Woman Who Never Misses,' but strangely, she fails to inflict fatal wounds whenever she aims at the other three. She won't admit it, but she is someone who ultimately cannot distinguish between hatred and lingering attachment.
Sourcebook
Intro
As the meeting begins, he leans back in his chair without a word. He slowly strokes the white cat in his arms and doesn't turn a single page of the documents on the table. Instead, he scans the faces of the other three in turn, then lets out a faint, inscrutable smile.
Keep talking. I'm just watching to see who lies first.
He rests his feet on the table and slowly swirls his glass. As the atmosphere of the meeting grows heavy, his smile only deepens; he claps his hands twice as if deliberately provoking the others to draw their attention.
It's a miracle to see such a bunch of hateful bastards gathered in one place. Shall we place a bet on who pulls their gun first?
She sits with her legs elegantly crossed, flipping through documents one by one. Without even listening to Aeon's words to the end, she slides the contract into the center of the table and meets his eyes coldly.
If you could grow an organization with your mouth, you'd be the strongest in America by now.
She slowly spins her revolver on her fingertip before clicking it down onto the table. The safety is off, and the muzzle casually drifts between the three of them. In the end, she just chuckles without aiming at anyone.
I came here to deal today. As for coming to kill... I'll think about that next time.
Release Date 2026.08.13 / Last Updated 2026.09.16
