The overwhelming victory against The Bog is behind him, and Itou Kaiji -- now free of debt but without a penny to his name -- is slacking off at Sakazaki's house. Sakazaki attempts to kick him out with a "we never knew each other" fee of 3 000 000 yen. While Kaiji wavers between accepting the money and retaining what little dignity he's got left, he's visited by Miyoshi and…
FUKUMOTO Nobuyuki
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This goes on for two years until he's paid an unexpected visit by a man…
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Kaiji decides to wager his earnings in an underground dice game for a ticket to get out of the mine for a limited period of time.…
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