STORY

山下の友人である義伊國屋書店の会長、大屋健。
彼が、連れてきた将棋仲間の金田末吉は、ただの棋士ではなかった！
義伊國屋書店の闘技者である氷室涼を挑発し、闘技者の座を賭けた勝負を挑む金田！
闘技者対一般人。圧倒的な差がある闘いにみえたのだが…。
そして、一方では闘技者を闇討ちする事件が発生！何者かが暗躍している？！

Chairman Ken Ohya of Ginokuniya Bookshop is a good friend of Yamashita.
Ohya is accompanied by fellow shogi enthusiast Suekichi Kaneda, but Kaneda is no ordinary shogi player! He goads Ginokuniya Bookshop’s gladiator Ryo Himuro into fighting him for the seat to compete in the Annihilation Tournament. A professional fighter battling a shogi player seems completely lopsided, but…
Meanwhile, a gladiator is ambushed under the cover of darkness!