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Itsuki has finally claimed his NEST—but what has it cost him? In Criminal Border—Life Sentence, the defeat of powerful enemy Shinonome has left Itsuki and his gang’s business flourishing. After countless setbacks and unexpected turns, Rave has become a tremendous success, bringing in enormous profits and making NEST and its operators infamous throughout the underworld. Yet beneath that prosperity lies a growing unease, fueled by the frustration and searing anger of an irreplaceable loss. Neither Itsuki nor his best friend, Tatsuya Yorozuya, has any interest in the wealth and status now within their reach. Their attention is fixed on a single goal: killing Goro Teshigawara, the leader of the Umon-kai. Itsuki is prepared to sacrifice even his own life to achieve it, a dangerous resolve that leaves his childhood friend and business partner, Rin Akinashi, increasingly concerned. Meanwhile, the shadow of Mafia syndicate executive Luca draws ever closer. With success offering no escape from grief and rage, Itsuki stands between life and death, light and darkness, revenge and whatever might lie beyond it. The curtain rises at last on a hustler’s waltz along the precarious boundary between crime and lawfulness—the Criminal Border.