Xiao Daidzhao

Growing up with eccentric materialistic parents who left him in the care of his grandfather for a job overseas, Zhang Heng had learned to adapt and be unfettered by the oddities and challenges in life. But he would soon learn the baffling truth about the world he thought he knew when one day at midnight time froze and he found himself in a world so quiet and still it was deafening. That night, he discovered that he had 24 hours more than everybody else and thus, marked the beginning of his adventures. The mysteries surrounding his newfound ability only deepened when a strange old man claimed to have given Zhang Heng that ‘gift of time’ and recruited the young man to participate in a cryptic ‘life-changing’ game on his behalf. Little did Zhang Heng know that accepting those terms meant embroiling himself in many versions of reality and exposing himself to the hidden secrets of the world—a decision he could never undo.

48 Hours a Day

Zhang Heng heard someone suddenly talking to him.

With the assistance of the dim light, Zhang Heng saw Okita Soki. The latter coughed twice and slashed an enemy in front of him. He stood with Zhang Heng and comforted him, "Don't worry, our people will be here soon."

"Don't lie." Zhang Heng snapped. "You shouted so loudly in front of the door earlier, afraid that they might not know that Kondo Isame is en-route. Do you think they will believe that?"

Okita Soki scratched his head, "Will they believe that?"

"If they did, they wouldn't have allowed you to enter the tea house so easily."

Zhang Heng patiently analyzed the situation for Okita Soki, "Now, they obviously want to surround us here."

Gion Blood War (V)