Not praying for ten strings

In a world dominated by seven super-corporations, the Longevity Species that always occupied the pinnacle of power didn't allow for the enactment of written laws. The Floating Islands of prisons delimited by lines on the map, where resources would inevitably run out in the future...
People yearned for the birth of a true "Hero," yet they cynically awaited the fall of a Hero from grace.
As long as one was hailed by the media as a Hero, even murder could be forgiven, and every word they said would be adored. Even high and mighty Elves dared not provoke the edge of a Hero.
But if a Hero of the past committed even a minor offense, the moment their image crumbled, the forgiven sins would flare up like an inextinguishable furnace, and the stars of yesterday would instantly become unforgivable criminals...
"—Come become a Hero, Russell."
The most vicious criminal in the world thrust a knife into the boy's hand, whispering a low enticement.
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Solo female lead, Beast Ears, Spiritual Energy, Mechanical Angels, and other elements. Cyber-fantasy. Please refrain if not to your liking.

Tower of Overturn

He was clearly using the body of a Hairdresser, and his prone-spiritual should have been a Song Sparrow, but Zhong Xiang addressed him as "Little Kitty"...


...However, Russell wasn't particularly surprised.


Just now, when Zhong Xiang roared in anger, he had almost been shocked back into his prototype—


At that moment, Russell's body fluctuated violently, his entire torso becoming ethereal and semi-transparent ultramarine, with wave-like patterns rippling over his body repeatedly...


—Just like the special effects when he had been killed in his transformed state before, forcibly reverted to his prototype.


When he looked down at his own arms, Russell realized his condition.


That scene on the airship where a gangster knocked him out of Alice's transforming state was unforgettable and deeply ingrained in his memory.


And at the height of the fluctuation, Russell could even see his original form.


Chapter 27 The Mage of Babel Tower