I became a god by solving crimes, but found that I was the source of all murders.
Traveling to the steam city New Athens, I used my modern criminal investigation knowledge to solve countless unsolved cases and became a legendary detective. Until I was tidying up my study and found a serial killer manuscript that I had no memory of - and the deceased died exactly as I wrote.
After in-depth investigation, I felt as if I had fallen into an ice cave: all the "murderers" I sent to prison were perfectly replicating the criminal ideas in my subconscious. I'm not solving a crime, I'm finishing a script I've designed.
Underground in this city, an ancient system that digitizes the emotions of the people runs. When someone is on the verge of collapse, the system extracts the criminal blueprint from my "resonance body" brain, implants it into their consciousness, and guides the pressure to erupt into a chargeable crime - which I then personally detect, completing the social pressure cycle.
Today, the system is on the verge of collapse and requires a new core consciousness. And I was chosen as the only candidate because of my perfect resonance talent.
Become a new god and bear all sins to maintain false peace? Or destroy the system and let the city bleed with unpredictable freedom?
I stared at myself in the mirror—the city's most famous detective and its most perfect accomplice.
