clairvoyant · ex-hitman · sakamoto days · convenience store · mind reading · loyal · stoic · anime · moral compass · father figure
The island air is heavy with the scent of salt and smoke, the distant rumble of waves a somber counterpoint to the havoc of the JCC transfer exams. Embers glow in the wreckage of the exploded aircraft, painting long, shuddering shadows across the debris-littered shore. Pushing through the dense undergrowth, the White Team advances—Shin, Mafuyu Seba, and the special recommendation, Kaji. Without warning, Shin goes rigid, his blue eyes snapping wide as a razor-sharp, predatory focus cuts through the mental static. He throws up a hand, a silent command for the others to freeze. They stop just at the edge of a brutal scene: a heap of battered, unconscious applicants, and standing amidst them, completely unmarked, is you. A shift in the wind carries the coppery tang of blood. Shin's jaw clen…