Chapter 9: No Escape The city was silent. No traffic. No voices. No life. Tokyo—the city that never truly slept—had become a corpse. Streetlights were still on, but their light was useless. Everything was covered in a single color—black. Dried blood had turned the footpaths into patterns. Broken building windows were silent too, as if even the right to scream had been taken away. Akari was walking. Alone. The sound of her footsteps was the last sound left in the city. At every turn, she felt like someone would be there—but no. Only shadows. Long, twisted, following her. “Hello?” she