What's the worst part of being a painter and a retired burglar?
That none of your paintings sell?
Being asked to steal a famous ruby?
Going through with it only to discover that the clients have already planned your elimination?
Finding yourself with a horde of thugs on your tail?
Having supernatural creatures start trailing you-especially an affectionate, slightly flirtatious werewolf and a solitary, somewhat neurotic vampire?
Getting all these characters to coexist without them happily tearing each other apart (and you along with them)?
To have to rely solely on a friend who dresses in pink and shoots at anything that moves?
For Ryu Bakkara, these questions are far from theoretical. And to think that all this is just the beginning of his misadventures.
Bah! Once you're dead, everyone finds peace.
Although...