Realm: Cyberpunk Magic

[Urban Fantasy] [Subversive] [Ensemble Cast] [Dark Comedy]

What's it like to live in a world with magic while weaving through a forest of steel?

Love and friendship? Superheroes fighting giant monsters? Flashy, powerful heroes using villains as daily farming fodder?

No, no, no...

For An Xin, a newly appointed executive in a villain organization, it's the frustration of being able to use magic but insisting on spraying people full of bullets instead.

"If anything happens to you, we can't afford the compensation."

It's the daily attacks by evil organizations and the people's favorite "dead-person lottery."

"Looks like more than sixty people died in the city today. We're in the money!"

It's the surprise of walking along the roadside and getting caught up in a battle between heroes and villains.

"So why can't everyone just fight in the sky?!"

Villains can even recruit members without a care at the convenience store by the roadside.

"We even offer full benefits and a pension plan."

International corporations will even collude with evil organizations for a little profit.

"Damaged things still cost money to repair, you know."

What else can she do? If she can't fight them... she might as well join them!

But why does something about being a villain feel off? Whatever. At least it pays.

From keeping her distance at first, to getting dragged in for a little gain, and finally into the storm that brings everything to an end...

"Do it for me, okay? Give this messed-up world the messed-up ending it deserves."

"So wasn't I dragged into this for the money in the first place?"