Yu Hayato

Hiro, who was working part-time at a restaurant, is recognized by the store manager Niiyama for his hard work and is invited to become an employee. That night, someone breaks into the store, attacks Niiyama, and abducts him. Hiro also gets involved and gets kidnapped. Hiro woke up on the bank of a river in a mountainous area. What was there was a hanging Niiyama and a group of mens who had kidnapped Niiyama for some trivial reason and tortured him...

The protagonist is Nikumamushi, one of the most vicious characters from Ushijima! The story takes place just before his encounter with Ushijima. At the moment when a man who should never be released walks out of prison, the monstrous legend of ultimate evil begins to unfold…