At only sixteen, Chūya has already earned a reputation as a powerful and reliable executive, overseeing a gemstone black market operation. To celebrate his one-year anniversary in the Mafia, his close-knit group of friends known as the Flags throw him a surprise party. As part of the celebration, they present Chūya with a photograph of him as an ordinary child—something they uncovered by secretly investigating his past behind Ōgai Mori’s back. The photo unsettles Chūya, hinting at a life he can’