Nemo ante mortem beatus. "Nobody can be called happy before their death." (Herodotus, "Histories") - The era of "Necromancers" has come. The protagonists, Kibanohara Ethica and Nagaoka Souun, are young "Private Special Living Dead Stalkers". By practicing a special kind of martial art called "Close Quarter Armed Martial Arts", both of them have achieved great heights in their career. Out on a mission one day, Souun becomes involved in a fierce battle and meets a young girl. Remembering nothing but her name, "Hougyou Ilia", she has become the target of a mysterious group of necromancers. The ice-cold Tokyo of gunpowder smoke, living dead, crime and cybernetics. Now begins the battle of the living dead stalkers and the heroine with their lives at stake.