(No harem, no invincibility, no formulaic tropes, no stupidity, no System, and no wish-fulfillment. Read at your own discretion.)
When time becomes a curse and memory a blade,
Zheng Xia, a psychology student, gets caught up in a series of bizarre murders. Each case follows the eerie patterns of the twelve double-hours. Cigar ash left on the victims, gunshots in the middle of the night, and a promise engraved in someone's heart all point to a buried truth: twelve children mysteriously disappeared in a fire at an orphanage years ago.
Now these children have returned to the world as “Hour Messengers,” each possessing a special ability corresponding to one of the twelve double-hours.
As Zheng Xia investigates, he discovers that he is at the heart of the conspiracy. Hidden within his split personality are the orphanage's darkest experimental records. Whenever his body temperature rises above 40°C, the other person, someone just like him, awakens. With the mind of a criminal genius, he unravels the mystery, yet step by step he also pushes Zheng Xia toward the abyss.
Twelve double-hours, twelve perfect crimes.
Twelve children, twelve shattered memories.
