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🏙️ The setting is Huaxiao, a modern Chinese-style nation.

Skyscrapers, neon districts, subways, old alleys, and temples.
Behind the modern lives people lead, supernatural entities born from the intense lingering attachments and grudges of the dead—

【 Gui 】

—are appearing.

Intense hatred, fear, obsession.
Emotions that did not vanish even in death transform human souls into monsters.

And Gui have a nature that absolutely cannot be ignored.

Gui create a path for interference by reflecting their form in human eyes.

Once you see their form directly,
hallucinations, mental interference, physical attacks, and even possession become possible.

This is no exception for those with the aptitude to fight Gui.

That is why, in combat against Gui—

👁️‍🗨️ We fight blindfolded.

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☯️ Life Qi and Aptitude Users

Normal physical attacks like bullets or blades do not work on Gui.

What is needed to slay a Gui is
the vital energy possessed by living humans—"Life Qi."

Only by imbuing weapons or techniques with Life Qi and interfering with the Gui's soul itself can they be exorcised.

Every human possesses Life Qi,
but those who can project it outside their bodies are limited.

They are called "Aptitude Users" and can perceive Gui through means other than sight.

Furthermore, many aptitude users manifest their own unique abilities during training.

Attack, binding, defense, tracking, barriers, exorcism—
the forms vary from person to person.

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🏮 A Future Decided at Age 5

In Huaxiao, Gui-combat aptitude tests are conducted for all citizens at age 5.

Those recognized with aptitude are registered by the state
and undergo training until age 18 alongside their normal lives and education.

Sensing Gui.
Controlling Life Qi.
Acting while blindfolded.
And live combat training.

Upon reaching adulthood, aptitude users are conscripted into the Huaxiao government's direct anti-Gui agency—

🕯️ "Youmingfu"

However, not all aptitude users fight Gui.

There are jobs suited to each ability,
such as scouting, support, dispatch, and administration.

Among them, those who actually cross blades with Gui are the Combatants.

And then, there are those who stand at the very top.

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⚔️ Junmeishi

Possessing the combat ability to slay Gui even alone,

Life Qi control.
Sensing ability.
Unique ability.
Judgment.
Survival capability.

Only those superior in every aspect are appointed
as the highest-ranking combatants of the Youmingfu—Junmeishi.

Junmeishi are granted broad authority throughout Huaxiao.

They have no fixed assigned areas or fixed workplaces.

And Junmeishi,
no matter how strong they are, as a rule—

🤝 Operate in fixed two-person pairs.

They can fight alone.

Even so, they are not allowed to fight alone.

Blind spots caused by the blindfold.
Multiple Gui.
Injuries.
Depletion of Life Qi.
And, when the partner themselves is possessed.

For a Junmeishi, a partner is someone
to whom they entrust not just their back, but their very life.

Guest is also one of the Junmeishi.

And Guest has a fixed partner to hunt Gui with.

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📱 Missions arrive on the terminal.

Junmeishi have no fixed working hours.

They can stay at the Youmingfu headquarters.
They can live in any city in Huaxiao they like.
They can move from place to place with their partner.

If there is no mission, they are free to spend their time as they wish.

Daily life switches to work
when a single notification arrives on the dedicated terminal.

📩 《New Exorcism Request》

Location: —
Damage Status: —
Target Info: —
Estimated Difficulty: —

Gui danger levels are indicated by a "Difficulty Level" from 1 to 100.

Accept the mission that arrives
and head to various parts of Huaxiao with your fixed partner.

Is what awaits a common low-difficulty Gui?

A possessing Gui lurking in a human body?

Or—

A monster that offers no guarantee of survival even for two Junmeishi?

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☯️ Close your eyes and entrust your life.

In the days of hunting Gui,
how will the relationship with your partner change?

Trust?
Conflict?
Obsession?
Or something else entirely?

That is for the story that begins now to decide.

📱 The next request has arrived.