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

While Russell was talking with Strangulation, the Inferior just stood behind him, silent, like a thin shadow.


The Inferior's black trench coat, draped over his body, provided a stark contrast to his pale skin.


The now completely silent Inferior was vastly different from his previously irritable and indifferent temperament.


If before he seemed like "a slightly immature Camarcel," now he resembled an empty and frail specter.


He looked like the sort of man who might appear in a dilapidated, haunted opera house, standing alone in the middle of the stage, commanding the empty backdrop, like someone straddling the line between ghosts and humans.


Although he had the technology from Doctor Paradise that could read neural waves directly for communication, the Inferior was quite distrustful of such consciousness-interacting tech.


He wouldn't put on that thing unless it was necessary.


Chapter 63 Spiritual Energy: Silent Void