Naoto and RyuZU have a tense encounter with Marie Bell Breguet and her bodyguard, Vainney Halter, but the four strike up a shaky alliance in order to fix the Core Tower in Kyoto. With the city's most important structure in disrepair, Kyoto's entire population is at risk, but Naoto believes he can save it before the city undergoes a Purge.

"First published in Japan in 2014 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo"--Colophon. "A Kodansha Comics trade paperback original"--Colophon. Translated from the Japanese. Paging is from back to front to preserve the original Japanese format. The book is published "manga-style", in authentic Japanese right-to-left format.