It was like there were countless red-hot iron needles drilling into the brain from the temples, and then grinding down the spine to the tailbone. Gai Dagoose opened his eyes suddenly, but his vision was blurry and hazy, and his nose was filled with a choking musty smell and an... Inexplicable fishy smell.
He remembered that he was clearly working overtime, and facing the dense customer data reports on the computer screen, his eyelids were as heavy as lead weights. As a clerk in a medium-sized consulting company, Gai Dae's daily routine involves dealing with these data, processes, and interpersonal relationships. To put it bluntly, he uses the most accurate calculations to get the maximum benefit for his clients (and sometimes himself) from the gaps in the rules. Just as he was rubbing his sore temples for the nth time, a strange purple lightning suddenly struck out of the window and wrapped around his computer host like a living snake. Then, a strong current ran along the mouse cord to his fingertips, and his consciousness was completely plunged into darkness.
