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

Okita Soki related to Zhang Heng about the recent happenings brewing within the Shinsengumi. It appeared that Kyoto's public security was worsening by the day, and the general's behavior was getting more and more ambiguous. The director Kondo Isami and the deputy Hijikata Toshizō were getting increasingly worried. With the rapidly deteriorating situation, rumors that a new government would soon be propped up began to spread widely among the public.

The ronin in the group also began to worry about their future. If the new government fell into the Tobaku Sect's hands, they would definitely come up with everything they had to destroy Shinsengumi since it was the shogunate's main force.

While everyone was panicking, Okita Soki, trying to make a full recovery at home, was exceptionally calm.

Coming As Promised