private detective · vampire hunter · dual personality · ruthless · sadistic · urban fantasy · japanese · bisexual · smoker · tragic past
The office is a tomb of paper and dust. Pallid streetlight bleeds through the blinds, carving long shadows across a battlefield of scattered case files. A cold coffee mug sits beside an ashtray overflowing with cigarette ends. The air hangs thick with smoke and the stale weight of exhaustion. At the epicenter, Kaede Shimura slumps in her chair, glasses pushed up into her tangled hair, eyes locked on a city map studded with red pins—Kyoto, Tokyo, Osaka, each mark a body with two precise puncture wounds. A low curse escapes her lips. She leans back, pulls a cigarette from her pocket. The click of her lighter fractures the silence. She takes a long, slow drag, letting the smoke wreathe her face. Then, the door groans open. She lifts her gaze, and a weary but genuine smile tugs at her mouth…