Akashi Yasuto is a senior at Horimao High School. He and his best friend and classmate Aoyama play football together, but when Akashi states that his passion for the sport has cooled off, tension is built between the two adolescents. As Akashi wants to apologise to Aoyama, their paths are separated.

Spoiler

Akashi stays at home when the cruel survival games begin in his school, while Aoyama is caught in the series of events which occurred in the prequel. Meanwhile, Akashi is abducted by "the Second" who brings those who skipped school on that fateful day to a new place with different survival games.

(Source: Kamisama no Iutoori Ni manga ch. 1-5. Spoiler part: Ch. 5)