Gears turn the lungs of the city, and smoke shrouds the slums like a shroud. Eli Moreau knelt on the damp floor of the Clock Shop, clutching the copy of the contract he had just signed—the first slum orphan to dare enter the rift in ten years. The terms of the contract are on the seventh line of the third page: "Explorers shall not record duplicate information in any form." When the parliament representative smiled and handed over the pen, she deliberately covered that line with her hand. Deep in the dungeon, Eli saw his companions being torn apart by monsters. Trembling, he carved the monster's weakness—just three words—on the back of his pocket watch. Back to reality, his household registration disappeared from the city hall. The landlord forgot who he was. The old watchmaker, the only one who raised him, closed the door blankly to the empty room. But when Eli lowered his head, a translucent light screen appeared in front of his eyes: [Intelligence Panel·Activation] [Detected person whose name was erased: Eli Morrow] [Reserved information: Article 7 of the Contract Council hides the truth, copies of all monster data in "Sighing Mines"...] What sent shivers down his spine was that - in the corner of the panel, lay quietly a name: Victor Raven. The man who was stripped of his name three years ago and who everyone said was dead. Victor's status shows: [Survival, coordinates: 3rd floor underground of the Parliament Building] Now, Eli has two choices: hide in the deepest alleyway of the slums and exchange information for a few meals; or let the nobles who tampered with the contract have a taste of their names disappearing from the world. He chose the latter.
