In the cozy home of the Black Yuboks, a young hooligan is brutally murdered. Which of the enemy gangs struck, and does the killing have any connection to the gentle synthetic onsen? Against the backdrop of a brewing war between the criminal clans-kazoku, the bloody trail will lead Lance fer Skichiru through the underground kitchens of Garib-bazaar, past neon-lit alleyways and the stalls of crooked middlemen-meshochniks, toward an ending he never expected. And even though overcrowded Yuda City watches hundreds of such stories every day, for a “specialist in resolving delicate problems” it will become something special. After all, Lance is the only human in the whole nest, surrounded by millions of anthropomorphic upright rats…