Joe Yabuki used to be at the top of the world. At twenty-one, he was the OPBF Bantamweight Champion, but the way he fought caught up to him. After a brutal fight with Jose Mendoza, his body basically quit. Now he lives with Parkinsonism and the permanent fallout of too many hits to the head. The speed and reflexes that made him a legend are gone, replaced by shaking hands and blurry vision.

Fast forward six years. Joe is twenty-seven, broke, and living in Seoul. He spent every last yen he had on doctors and treatments that didn't work. He’s a shadow of himself, just waiting for things to get worse.

That changes when he’s grabbing a meal at a small local spot. He watches a guy from Smile Capital, Yoo In-yeong, try to trick the elderly owner into a loan that would ruin her. Joe can’t just sit there and watch it happen. He speaks up and blows the scheme wide open, but that puts a target on his back.

Now the loan sharks are coming for him. Joe is broken, his hands won't stay still, and he’s not the fighter he used to be. But he’s done running. He’s going to step back into the heat one last time, even if there’s nothing left of him afterward but white ash.

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This is just a fanfic. Please don't sue me, okay?

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