Introduction: 鈥淢oney isn鈥檛 power. It鈥檚 the leash around your neck.鈥滻n the slums of Kuruya, money decides who eats and who starves. For Kai Zenko, a desperate street rat, survival means stealing scraps鈥攗ntil a single mistake lands him in the hands of the Reyin Gang. Given a choice: Obey and eat, or resist and die.Now reborn as Nikey, he鈥檚 thrown into a brutal world of crime, deception, and power. Under the control of the ruthless Hibiki, Nikey learns the art of thievery, betrayal, and survival at any cost. But Kuruya isn鈥檛 just corrupt鈥攊t鈥檚 a city built to crush the weak. And Nikey? He鈥檚 done being at the bottom.With each heist, each betrayal, each lie, he climbs higher, preparing for the ultimate job鈥攖he heist that will bring Kuruya to its knees.But the closer he gets to power, the more he realizes:To destroy a monster, he may have to become one....