Bai Hongxue has a secret.
He is a transmigrator, or rather, he was one.
His soul transmigrated from Earth to a sword-and-magic world, then he endured countless hardships to return to Earth.
But all that is in the past.
These days, the only ones active in this city where peace and crime coexist are:
A metaphysical detective who swindles people and makes things up as he goes.
A wildly reckless, arrogant master thief.
Detectives and thieves alike are creatures of the night. Moving in the shadows has long been second nature to Bai Hongxue.
"I've already saved the world once. So for the rest of my life, please let me indulge myself just a little."
That was how Bai Hongxue explained his motives.
Not for justice, not for evil, not for ideals, not for desire. Just for a moment of personal pleasure, nothing more. Doing what he wanted, becoming who he wanted to be, and committing all manner of crimes with carefree delight, nothing more.
"This world is far too rigid: school, work, the grave; marriage, career, the coffin. A life's path laid out so plainly is utterly boring. So let me, the phantom thief SIN, steal away this dull, numb life."
After reclaiming what he had lost, Bai Hongxue issued a challenge to the night: as the person who had lost it, and as the thief.
Tonight, the night breeze was still gentle; tonight, the darkness was still alluring.
This nocturne belonging only to the night would one day resound across the heavens.
