Veiled Sin
In the sprawling, fractured metropolis of Noekyota—a city where the dazzling glow of neon lights only serves to deepen the shadows of pervasive crime and endemic corruption—resides Yoru Okonogi. Yoru’s existence is a tapestry woven with secrets, a life lived on the precipice, perpetually haunted by a tragic past that has scarred his very soul. At the heart of his existence lies the volatile, untamed power of Okhuomo-Gekido, the rare and dangerous ability to manipulate the six core emotions: Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, Surprise, and Disgust. This power, born from a crucible of pain, loneliness, and betrayal, walks a precarious, razor-thin line between a desperate pursuit of vigilante justice and the ever-present specter of self-destruction.
Yoru’s carefully constructed, albeit fractured, world is violently thrown into turmoil upon his fateful encounter with the Rhines. Charismatic, enigmatic, and operating with a morally ambiguous agenda, the Rhines are an organization dedicated to the acquisition and dissemination of information, their tendrils deeply intertwined with Noekyota's shadowy criminal underworld. They offer Yoru a tantalizing, yet perilous, opportunity: a chance to finally uncover the truth behind his family's tragic demise, a quest for answers that has consumed him for years. However, the path the Rhines lay before him is fraught with danger, a treacherous descent into a conspiracy that implicates the city's most powerful and corrupt figures, a web of deceit that threatens to ensnare Yoru entirely. As he delves deeper, Yoru will confront not only the external forces that seek to control or destroy him, but also the terrifying potential of his own powers, and the choice between embracing his destiny as a destroyer or finding a way to forge a new path from the ashes of his past.