After overcoming many obstacles, Haruto and Aoyama are finally together. However, the day after they confirmed their love, Aoyama suddenly disappears. Shibahara, a man who claims to know everything about Aoyama, appears…
Just when Haruto and Aoyama finally confess their feelings and step into a hard-won romance, Aoyama vanishes without a trace. The very next day, a mysterious man named Shibahara appears, claiming to hold all the answers about Aoyama's past and sudden disappearance. As Haruto dives into a dangerous search entangled with yakuza, blackmail, and buried secrets, the lines between love, obsession, and survival blur. This second installment in *The Shortest Distance Is Round* series cranks up the emotional stakes and delivers a raw, unflinching look at what happens when desire meets darkness.