Tarou Tsurumi, a student enrolled in the Eastern Private Defense Academy’s military education initiative launched in 2026 amid escalating global conflicts, is a heavyset cadet frequently singled out for his physique during tense operations. During an assault on the Fuji Training Facility by a French private military firm targeting an experimental weapon, he joins peers in a desperate defense. Armed with an M4 Carbine modified with an M203 grenade launcher, he leaps into combat, supporting the group’s mission to secure the device and survive. Amid the chaos, Tsurumi aids in commandeering a getaway vehicle, showcasing quick thinking despite overwhelming pressure. His efforts to negotiate with a driver in fractured Spanish underscore both the pandemonium of the moment and the hurdles of cross-language communication in crisis.