Turning twelve is the day every child in Huaxia uses a Spiritmark Stone to awaken their abilities.
Chen Ying hated white lights, syringes, and identification numbers more than anyone. Four years ago, while traveling abroad, he was taken to a windowless experimental facility. From then on, he lost his name and was left with only a cold designation: C-17.
Children disappeared one by one there, and Lin Xiaobei was the only one stubborn enough to call him "Chen Ying."
After the facility was destroyed, Chen Ying lost the power that had briefly surfaced during his rampage. In the official records, he was merely an ordinary child who had survived a kidnapping.
Then, on his twelfth birthday, the Spiritmark Stone lit up in his palm. For the first time, a scrap of iron steadily transformed into a short blade.
This time, Chen Ying didn't want to wait for anyone to save him.
Good! Look! Ah!