When Kaiba shows up on Joey's doorstep desperate for help with a bullet in his back only one thing is certain: someone wants him dead. Together they escape, but while his body remains mostly unscathed, the Seto Kaiba that Joey knew has disappeared, and in his absence someone new rises. Someone that Kaiba thought he'd killed a long time ago.

When Joey Wheeler accepts a position of game tester at Kaiba Corp, he finds himself immersed in his own perfect world. As the lines between reality and the virtual world begin to blur, his ties to the real world and his loyalty to his friends come into question, as does his confusing relationship with Seto Kaiba, and his growing infatuation with his new boss's virtual clone.