7th Moon is a biotechnology and prosthetics corporation built on an eponymous satellite and for two decades since World War III, they have provided the world with food and medicine. Secretly, they have also been creating an army to subjugate those who would dare to challenge their authority. Then one day, a team of soldiers including a cyborg named Hidariude and his close friend Kichiku are sent on a test run to take out what they are told is a terrorist base that threatens their safety. In the wake of battle, a crying child awakens Kichiku's sense of compassion. Kichiku runs away with the child, Douji, while Hidariude returns to 7th Moon and rescues Keisei, a catgirl created as a slave and the four learn the ancient mystical secrets of martial arts and combine these skills with the powers provided by the highest technology, going from the company's greatest assets to their most dangerous liability. They are the Espers, Earth's last hope against 7th Moon...

7th Moon

The four were exhausted from their first night in the city and crawled into the shrine for shelter while they rested. Once this shrine had been revered as an honor to the emperor, but it had been many years since there had been an emperor and recently the faith of the people faltered and the shrine had been all but abandoned. There were still some people who came by the shrine to pay respect, but mostly it was people who were so desperate that they needed some ray of hope and praying to forgotten gods was all they had left. There were also priests and mikos, but they were more for show. The espers remained undisturbed by the grace of the sacred ground that protected the only pure souls left in the city. 


Chapter 8