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

The hairdresser narrowed his eyes slightly and looked up at the sky of the Painful Furnace.


...He had never seen a world where the "sky" pressed down so low.


The steaming white fog with a sulfurous odor had completely obscured the true color of the sky, like a thick layer of clouds.


At its lowest edge, it was no more than four or five meters from the ground.


The space between heaven and earth was so cramped that it gave people a suffocating sense of oppression.


And because the sky was too close to the ground, it also restricted the hairdresser's vision. Slightly farther away, he could not see clearly... It felt more like a "cloud-topped" cave than an open volcanic crater.


Strangulation walked with practiced ease, guiding the hairdresser in a certain direction.


The White Lion said offhandedly, "This is considered a safe zone, so you can relax a bit here."


Chapter 25: River of Fury