At the Vancouver airport, a hijacker, who has taken a Japanese girl as hostage, is sniped by Yuji from 2 kilometers away. Yuji completes the mission successfully, saving the hostage,
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At the Vancouver airport, a hijacker, who has taken a Japanese girl as hostage, is sniped by Yuji from 2 kilometers away. Yuji completes the mission successfully, saving the hostage, Chizuru. 2 years later, Yuji is invited to his boss, JB's office, to talk about his childhood and upbringing. He tells her about a painful experience in his past involving his sister, Kazuki. Among her many talents, Kazuki was a gifted artist and soon became the main source of household finances by selling her paintings. As a result, she also became the dominant person in the family. In addition to her intimidating talents, Kazuki is shown to have had a borderline incestuous love for her brother. Kazuki's death had a profound effect on the rest of the family. Having lost his primary source of income, their father became an alcoholic and abusive. Shortly after, Yuuji and his mother fled. About a year later, Yuuji's father found them and raped his wife in front of Yuuji. In order to protect his mother, Yuuji hit his father over the head with a bottle of sake, killing him. His mother handed him her bank book and told Yuuji to wait for her at the station. Sensing something was wrong, Yuuji returned to their home and found that his mother had hanged herself. After recovering from his shock and injuries, Yuuji was taken in by one of the men who bought his sister's paintings. Yuuji was forced to wear dresses and a silver wig, in which he looked remarkably like his sister and he would molest him. One day, one of his guardian's men tried to assault Yuuji, who killed him in self-defense. Rather than being angry, his guardian seemed pleased and sent Yuuji to a school where he and other children were taught various skills related to terrorism and assassination. Yuuji's aptitude for this vocation earned him the antipathy of most of his fellow students, who regularly beat him. When the time for his graduation came, Yuuji was pitted in a battle to the death against Marlin, the only student to show him