Price: 640 yen. This work is included in the non-fiction collection "Yuki Nakai on the Eve of VTJ," which takes its title from this work. It depicts the moving story of Masuda's encounter with Yuki Nakai, a martial artist who was three years his junior in the Hokkaido University Judo Club and later became a professional mixed martial artist in Shooto. It follows Nakai's journey through the dawn of mixed martial arts, his participation in the one-day tournament Vale Tudo Japan 95, his advancement to the finals despite losing an eye in the first round, and his fight against Rickson Gracie. However, when the tournament brackets were announced, the media unanimously warned of the danger to Nakai's life. Nakai's first-round opponent was Gerard Gordeau, a giant Dutch karateka known as a brawler, who was the runner-up in the first UFC. Gordeau was 198cm tall and weighed 100kg, while Nakai was only 170cm and 70kg. While Masuda and other alumni of the Hokkaido University Judo Club cheered him on at the Nippon Budokan arena, Nakai stepped into the ring with a desperate resolve.