Kanji Mishima is a reporter at the Weekly Times tabloid magazine. He used to have a passion for journalism, but chasing chasing celebrity scandals day after day has left him empty and jaded. Until one day, Mishima's editor-in-chief decides to give him the chance of a lifetime: the opportunity to fulfill his wish to see a world invisible to those who live a normal life.
She sends him off to meet a certain someone. When Mishima arrives, he's shocked to come face-to-face with the legendary Keijiro Kihara. Kihara is dishonest in every imaginable way, except one: after a hefty life of crime as the top henchman's right hand man in the Shagukai yakuza gang, Kihara has become an informant. He's an urban legend, an expert in all areas of the underworld, politics and entertainment, known to most only as the infamous “Informa.”
Kihara dubs Mishima “Clunker,” makes him his driver, and directs Mishima to a cabaret club in Shinjuku. There, the hostess warns Mishima, “Don't die, Clunker Number Two. ”Before Mishima can ask the meaning of this alarming statement, Kihara's phone rings with disturbing news. Kihara and Mishima rush to the scene to find a politician has been set on fire in a brutal act of murder. It's only the first of many murders to come.
In today's world of mass-communication where information can be spread by anyone, the ones with power are those who bury the truth. But who will win the battle to steer society from the shadows? And how do we know who's on the right side?