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

"Director 44 mentioned one thing, that the guests from the higher floors could even decide the life or death of the guests from the lower floors."


Now on the 44th floor, he could request the hotel to capture guests from below the 43rd floor and bring them directly to him, dead or alive, at his choice.


Just a difference of one floor granted him overwhelming power.


From Director 44's words, Russell sensitively captured an implicit truth... that on God Communication Island, where nearly everything could be bought with money, the high-floor rooms at the Tartaros Hotel were not something that money could buy.


At the pinnacle of wealth, there was power.


Russell didn't know about the floors in the lower twenties, but at least the floors above the 44th level couldn't simply be bought with money; they were directly allocated by the board of directors of Mental Heavy Industry... He didn't know how many floors below the 44th were affected by this allocation.


Chapter 37: Wine Doesn't Intoxicate, People Intoxicate Themselves (Combined into One)