[Near future + crime-solving + no System + fantasy powers + suspense]
Emotions can kill, and I'm the detective in this city.
In the neon-lit city of Yinghuo, skyscrapers stand alongside old houses.
People frown at weather reports warning of dangerously high emotional indexes, unaware that monsters are breeding unseen and writhing in the shadows.
My name is Lin Duan, a detective so broke I'm almost unable to pay my electric bill.
My revolver holds two kinds of bullets: one for people, and one for things that shouldn't exist.
Then a streamer named You Xiaoxing barged into my office and pointed her camera at my torn sofa.
“Detective Lin, a shadow appears on my wall by itself every night at 2:15.”
The million viewers in her livestream took it for the latest urban legend.
Only my robotic dog and I detected the anomaly.
I should have ended the case quietly with a single Void-Piercing round.
But You Xiaoxing insisted on filming the truth from start to finish, and her camera could actually capture the outline of the wraith.
When we uncovered the truth behind the wrongful conviction, the shadow in the wall let out a shriek, and the lights across the entire Old Wall District went out at once.
The special forces were on their way, but the livestream signal froze in front of tens of millions of viewers.
You Xiaoxing raised her camera with a trembling hand. “Can we... still end the stream?”
I pulled the trigger and said to everyone behind the lens:
“Welcome to the real world.”
Here, every moment of fear, anger, or sorrow you feel could become the next monster.
And I'm the only one who walks between light and darkness, cleaning up the emotional residue left behind in this city.
But this time, whose will reveal the truth that should never be seen first, my gun or her camera?
