In the real world, Tokyo's most cosmopolitan ward: centre of metropolitan power, crossroads of traffic, den of vice. But in Shinjuku, Daniel Legend, in search of his missing sister Angela, discovers the unreal city: Shinjuku, the nexus of realities. In this realm where lowlife crooks spill blood alike in the shadows, three rival yakuza leaders hold control over every earthly crime. Yet for one mobster lord, Shi, no amount of worldly gain is enough to satisfy him - and he plans an unholy scheme to seize control over all existence.