When Detective Hiroki Hanzawa confronts necromancer Erika Hiura, it’s Hanzawa’s wife who ends up paying the cost. But Erika herself is badly shaken by their encounter, and after years of cursing others with little thought, she’s beginning to question the results of her actions. At the same time, Rihito Hiyakawa’s seemingly impenetrable self-possession is also starting to crack, and the catalyst behind it all is…Kosuke Mikado.