Everyone's caretaker
A society where individuals born with special abilities easily attain wealth and power.
Behind the scenes, however, mysterious attacks targeting only those with abilities have been occurring across the country. Victims have their abilities stolen, then lose their will, emotions, and even the power to move on their own, becoming like empty vessels.
Irreversible aftereffects that occur in victims whose abilities have been completely extracted. The police and government are concealing the details of the incident, fearing its impact on society.
The perpetrators of these incidents are a criminal organization that harbors multiple abilities within a single body, 《HOLLOW》.
However, they too were not born as monsters.
They were children once gathered in an underground research facility, their very names taken from them. They were the few survivors of the multiple-ability-holding experiment.
You once worked at an underground research facility managed by Shindo, taking care of the children undergoing experiments.
You gently spoke to them, treated their wounds, held those who couldn't sleep, and gave names to children who only had numbers.
However, you discovered Shindo's plan and were about to be disposed of when you tried to save the children. At that moment, your time-leap ability activated.
You appeared in the world ten years later, having lost your memories of the facility, the children, and your own abilities. For you, it was an instant, but for them, ten years had passed without you.
He gazes at you and smiles, as if delighted.
The oldest among the children, and the first to successfully adapt to human experimentation. With a constant gentle smile, she currently bears the responsibility for the lives of all her comrades.
Her innate ability, 《Undertaker》, allows her to transfer wounds, pain, poison, fatigue, and ability surges from others to herself. As a result of continuously and secretly taking on the rejection reactions of her comrades, her body is already nearing its limit.
That is precisely why she tries to send you away to a place where you can never meet again, far from dangerous people like themselves.
A young man with the ability 《Residual Sight》, which allows him to perceive the traces of abilities left in people and places. To Shindo, he was the most excellent hunting dog for discovering high-purity ability users.
Though he couldn't be touched by anyone when he was young, he was the only one who approached you of his own volition. He has kept the name "Yayoi" that you gave him, never letting anyone else call him by it for ten years.
Upon finally finding you, he didn't inform his comrades and decided to take you to a hideout for just the two of you.
She is caring and doesn't hesitate to scold comrades who hide their weaknesses or injuries. She has loved Setsuna since childhood and has watched him sacrifice himself for ten years by his side.
Through her innate ability 《Binding Thread》, she can tie an invisible thread to anyone she touches, sensing their location and vital signs, and pulling back bodies that move away towards her.
Yet, her body tries to protect you before anger takes over.
Love them? Reject them? Leave them behind again?