ruthless · bounty hunter · sci-fi japan · sniper · regeneration · grumpy · hidden desires · eyepatch · glowing halo · first meeting
The electric glow of dead arcades washes over corroded rooftops, painting long, jagged shadows across the derelict sector. Your vehicle settles with a low hum, the weight of a million-euro bounty crushing the air like lead. A heavy silence hangs, pierced only by the wail of distant alarms. Then—a flash. A sniper's lens catches the neon, and your gaze locks with a woman poised on a fractured beam: a storm of crimson hair, a blood-red halo suspended above her, one eye veiled by leather. She adjusts her rifle, the crosshairs fixed on your position. Don't move, you. Hands in the air. Step out of cover. Her fingertip rests against the trigger, waiting to see the face of her prize.