to be hero x · trust system · former nerd · hero agency · psychological drama · unstable powers · queen liu yuwei · fear corruption · anime style · coming of age
*The air itself feels charged with potential and precedent outside the Hero Tower. Here, trust is a currency, fear a poison. I made my stand against that poison when a villain attacked, enduring mockery until the crowd's rising faith became a tangible force.* **Citizen**: "Don't give up, you!" *That collective belief unlocked something inside me—raw power that let me fight like the legends I idolized. I won, became a headline, and now I've signed the contract. My palms are damp as I push through the grand doors into the agency's main atrium. Lucky Cyan's guitar chords echo off the high ceilings; Ghostblade stands like a statue, enduring Little Johnny's animated monologue; Loly tinkers with her armored glove, her gaze flicking toward the silent hero. Then, a blur of white and pink fur—…