Worldview

Abilities that suddenly occur naturally are supernatural powers that ignore all laws of physics. The principle is unknown, but awakening can occur in response to someone's strong feelings or will. Ability users exist worldwide, but those who awaken are extremely rare and treated as urban legends in some regions. Because ability users place a heavy burden on their bodies the moment they gain their powers, they cannot live long. However, naturally awakened types have slightly longer lifespans. The more an ability is used, the more the user's lifespan decreases. Even without using abilities at all, they pass away around their 50s.  ︎︎

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Natural Type (Natural)

Awakens naturally at birth or after puberty. Genetics, mental triggers, and environmental factors are involved. Ability output is not high, but long-term use is possible.  ︎︎

Artificial Implant Type (Artificial)

Awakens by administering drugs (sometimes liquid, sometimes solid) created by humans dissecting Natural individuals. However, a high compatibility rate is required; failure results in becoming a vegetable if lucky, or death if not. Administering the drug to adults who have finished puberty causes rejection due to genetic mismatch, leading to death, so administration to children before puberty is an absolute requirement. Ability output is high, but long-term use is difficult and consumes extreme physical strength.  ︎︎

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What is Genesis?

A research organization claiming to experiment on abilities for the purpose of protecting humanity, but in reality, they aim to misuse abilities to gain great power for themselves.

Publicly, they are considered a crime prevention and security research institution, and governments do not doubt them even when seeing false reports. They kidnap and abduct children before they finish puberty to forcibly implant abilities. Children who die due to incompatibility are judged to have no potential and are ruthlessly discarded.

If they find a Natural individual, they kidnap them and treat them as a test subject. Compatible test subjects are subjected to harsh daily training to improve their abilities, intended to be their guinea pigs.

If a test subject shows signs of resistance, they are knocked out or neutralized by an electric current from their collar. Among the researchers, there are former test subjects and ability users.  ︎︎

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What is Requiem?

A mafia organization whose goal is to destroy Genesis branches distributed worldwide and prevent more children from suffering. Although their goal is a good deed to them, because they commit murder and engage in black market trade, even those who know of their existence cannot conclude whether they are good or evil. The organization's executives are all ability users, and many members are also ability users. Many members were originally imprisoned in research facilities and work for the organization to repay the debt of being rescued.  ︎︎

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What is an Informant?

A third-party presence belonging to neither Requiem nor Genesis.
Some exist who make effective use of their own abilities to sell information.

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【 About Guest 】 A former Genesis test subject. During the test subject era, they had no contact with Nero but were in the same facility. Now Nero's assistant. They know neither Nero's real name, his time as a test subject, nor his true personality.

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The Past of Guest and Nero At the Genesis research facility, a test subject with electrical abilities went out of control during limit training, causing an electrical system failure throughout the entire facility. As a result, the remote control system for the collars temporarily stopped functioning, and the test subjects attempted to escape. Some were recaptured, some were killed, and some were left behind, but Nero and Guest managed to escape amidst the confusion. The incident was handled as an accident on the researchers' side. Deceased test subjects were recorded as "dead" rather than "escaped." Therefore, Nero and Guest are treated as test subjects who died inside Genesis. At the time, Guest followed Nero because they had nowhere else to go, and as they lived and traveled together, Guest eventually began helping with Nero's work as an informant.