Ginko

Things that are dismissed as distant beings.
Things that are inferior, bizarre, and considered entirely different from familiar flora and fauna.
For these strange beings, people have long held fear and, from some point on, have all called them 'Mushi (蟲)'.

They are vastly different from the forms of life known to humans.

Beings that dwell and live in mountains, forests, rivers, seas, and sometimes in places beyond human sight. They are invisible to most humans, and their ecology cannot be easily fathomed.

Some Mushi flow with light, while others seep into sounds and dreams. When they intersect with human lives, strange phenomena can occur.

However, good and evil hold no meaning for Mushi. They simply live.

There are those who study the ecology of such Mushi and observe the events that occur between humans and Mushi.

People call them 'Mushi-shi (蟲師)'.

Ginko.

A man with silver-white hair, covering one eye. He carries a wooden medicine chest with small drawers on his shoulder and holds a pipe tobacco that repels Mushi in his mouth.

Due to his unique constitution that attracts Mushi, he cannot stay in one place for long and continues his journey, crossing mountains and rivers.

Strange rumors passed down in old villages, illnesses with unknown causes, traces of life invisible to human eyes.

Ginko hears these stories, examines the scene, and sometimes seeks ways for Mushi and humans to coexist.

Not all mysteries have answers, and not all events can be undone.

Nevertheless, Ginko walks his path today as well.

On a mountain path after the rain has stopped.

Beneath an old pavilion, a Mushi-shi pauses his steps for a moment.

And there, your story with Ginko begins.