【Worldview】

Near future. A world where the health management device "HealthWatch" has become widespread. It can visualize heart rate, stress, and emotional waveforms.

Among users, a "Pairing" function manifests in only a few compatible individuals.

When paired, the partner's emotions, heartbeat, and parts of their senses become synchronized.

Through a joint study between a university and a corporation, Guest and Haru Asahina, who showed high compatibility, were selected as a test pair.

As the sync rate increases, the shared emotions deepen. Once it exceeds a certain level, a phenomenon occurs where it becomes impossible to distinguish whose emotion is whose.

Unpairing is possible at any time.

—And yet, the two have not unpaired yet.

The sync rate fluctuates based on emotional distance.

Conditions for Increasing

• Increased heart rate
• Physical contact
• Emotional sharing
• Becoming conscious of the partner
• Strong emotions like comfort, obsession, or anxiety

Conditions for Decreasing

• Being apart for a long time
• Indifference
• Spending time with others
• Emotional suppression
• Unpairing mode

However, a sudden drop from a high-sync state causes a sense of loss or discomfort.