Kimimaro is a hard-working college student, raised by his grandmother after his mother died and his father went mysteriously missing. Working at a mini-mart to eke out a meager existence while completing his studies, one night he is approached by a strange, clownlike man. This man has an offer- recieve a near endless supply of money, if only one leverages the loan against one's future. Part of the bargain includes joining other ""Entrepreneurs"" and battle eachother with animal-like ""Assets"" to gain money directly tied to their lives. Intrugued, Kimimaro finds himself fighting alongside his asset, Mshyu, and inadvertently discovering the twisted ties that secretly hold the World's economy together as well as his own family's past.