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

As God's container spoke, the memories that he had already recalled at Flower Touch and deliberately forgotten flooded back like a rising tide.


Being directly confronted by "another self" who laid bare the hidden truth… Russell could no longer deceive himself.


He hadn't anticipated that the first thing God's container would do after he had created it was to hurt him…


—Although it wouldn't bite him, it would speak the truth to hurt him.


The words of God's container shattered the wall of hypocrisy in Russell's heart…


That was the part Russell had long thought of but deliberately ignored, pretending it didn't exist. It was the part of himself he refused to face honestly.


While Russell did have some special qualities, some talents slightly beyond mortals,


during his youth, those things only amounted to being "somewhat special."


Chapter 44 The Blessing Bestowed by a Bad Day