Akihiko froze. Shocked.
Was it… truly him?

“…Makoto…?”
Was the only thing the boxer could manage to breateh out.

But … apparently it wasn’t over.

Because one day…..
A man stood before him.

He looked so familiar.
It fet nearly rude to even think about who he looked like.

Then, his suspicions were confirmed. The voice said
“””Senpai, it’s been a while, hasn’t it?”””

It just left an emptty feeling inside. It’s what they were good at. It’s what motivated them. You only start to appreciate something once it’s over.

Time went by. Each month the group would gather together and celebrate their friendship and those who sacrificed themselves for the group.

Getting back to their normal lives was difficult.
You’d think that life would be easier without the shadow hunting, but it wasn’t.

Human shadows. That sounds absolutely terrifying. These guys must be pros if they can handle something like that. You know them well?

Wait, shadow? The same kind of shadows we faced?

Steal the hearts of evil people…?

That some kind of dating strategy??

What… is a phantom thief?

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