In Year 444 of the Wasteland Era, the city I lived in took first place at this year's Safest City Awards.
I made an indelible contribution to that achievement.
Because I was captured.
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After the wasteland catastrophe, humanity huddled behind the towering walls of city-states, struggling to survive.
Gu Shuo was once the source of unrest, stirring up the undercurrents throughout the city.
He moved through the shadows, upended illicit deals, and threw the Federation into disarray, making him a thorn in the authorities' side.
The Federation laid a deadly trap and finally captured his body, locking him in a sunless, heavily guarded prison with specially made shackles.
Without him stirring up trouble, the city's riots and private brawls all died down.
Jinyang City duly brought home the trophy for Safest City of the Year, and the whole nation celebrated order and peace.
Everyone thought the root of the trouble had been caught, and that the chaos was over.
-- Who says I was caught?
The shackles bound his flesh, but they could not imprison his wandering consciousness.
With the arrival of a golden finger, his consciousness settled into the body of a girl from a poor borderland. This time, he would start over from scratch.
Good looking, more to come