Bricolage

It’s been twenty years since “Gates,” disaster zones infested with monsters, and “Newtypes,” a new human race of psychics, appeared. Each nation has struggled in its own way to reclaim peace. They established the Deschement Center, an international organization that manages Gates worldwide, and appointed high-ranking Newtypes as “Sentinels.” The strongest Sentinel, without question, is the S-Class Newtype Jae Chaui (在此矣). His name means “I am here,” and like the name implies, he reigns as a timeless, invincible hero and absolute force—never aging, never injured, never fading. Meanwhile, in the ruined corners of the world, lives Song Morae, an E-Class Guide barely surviving a life as barren as a desert. His everyday existence, filled with contempt and oppression, is poor and pale. So when the Deschement Center offers him a job—and even claims he has been selected as an S-Class Guide, the new partner of Jae Chaui—it’s almost beyond belief. “Is that your partner? Just died a moment ago. Time to take on a new one, right?” From the first day they meet, Jae Chaui shatters Song Morae’s world with force and indifference. Even physical intimacy feels hollow, and speaking is even harder—their partnership is chaos. Yet Jae Chaui “likes” Song Morae. Even as he breaks him down, Song Morae remains an incomprehensible mystery. Jae Chaui, despite everything, can’t figure him out. Morae’s silent mystique defies unraveling. “Breaking is easy. Fixing isn’t.” Unless you split open that pretty little head and peek at what’s inside.