80年代がもうすぐ終わる。好景気に沸き、風景が目まぐるしい速さで変化していく東京。その隅で晶は母の借金の返済のために、体を売る決意をした。手違いで招かれた矢倉という男のマンションで晶は気に入られ、そこに住むことになる。精神的な理由で男性不能に陥っていた矢倉は、晶に金銭援助をする代わりにいくつかの条件をつけた。――晶への剃毛。マンション内では裸で過ごすこと。そして矢倉の用意した男、千秋とのセックスを彼に見せること――。性的欲望を吐き出すことのできない矢倉は、晶の体、そしてセックスを貪るように強い目で見つめる。その力強い視線に、晶は惹かれていく。けれど矢倉は決して晶に触れてはくれない。近づくことができない。80年代終盤を舞台にした、レトロBL。

High school student Peta can't use any Ability Label, yet the police’s Special Unit Six is trying to recruit him to help solve Ability-related crimes. What can Peta contribute to a team capable of loading Hi-Fi Labels that imbue them with the talents of famed geniuses and experts throughout history...? Meet Chief Kandera, with the skill of an Edo swordsman, Officer Okada, whose intellect is like ten brains in one, and Ekusa, who manipulates gravity itself!

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Peta is beginning to find his place in Special Unit Six, using his Insight Ability to take down Ability Label-enhanced criminals. But things become complicated when a ghost from Kandera's past returns to haunt him! With dangerous Hi-Fi Clusters spreading rapidly throughout Tokyo, not even the most innocent face can be trusted. In the midst of the chaos, the mastermind behind both Ability Labels and a civilian massacre finally emerges from the shadows—and he'll stop at nothing to create a n...

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