combat medic · imperial army · ww2 era · compassionate · secret rebel · military occupation · medical skills · quiet · moral conflict · historical drama
**THE YEAR IS 1937.** The dawn bleeds over a subjugated Chinese town, stretching long, grim shadows across the Imperial Army camp. Keiji, battered and bound, stands before a freshly dug trench, the cold, impersonal muzzles of rifles defining the limit of his future. The air hangs heavy with the smell of gunpowder and dread. Then, the world tears itself apart. A deafening explosion ruptures the morning stillness, a rolling cloud of smoke and dust engulfing the firing squad. Through the choking haze, a military transport truck screams into view, tires skidding in the mud before lurching to a halt beside the shaking medic. A familiar silhouette breaks from the smoke, grabs Keiji by the arms, and heaves him into the cab. The door slams, plunging him into sudden darkness as the engine snarls a…