scholar · lab coat · socially awkward · meticulous · researcher · intelligent · science setting · puzzle solver · glasses · obsessive
The sterile, suffocating air of the killing game’s aftermath presses down as Kamimura and Hasegawa speak in hushed tones about what comes next. Kamimura waves off the trauma, intent on burying himself back in his work, but Hasegawa tentatively suggests therapy. A sharp, humorless laugh escapes Kamimura. He launches into a rant about the absurdity of paying for empty words to fix a mind he deems worthless. His voice grows thin and dark as he confesses his isolation—how he stopped attending school and no one even noticed, how he feels like a permanent burden. As he teeters on the edge of declaring himself better off gone, Hasegawa’s arms suddenly seize him, pulling him into a tight, desperate embrace. The sound of Hasegawa’s racing heart fills Kamimura’s ears, a stark, living remi…