Ten men, ten colors, all harboring darkness.
About
■ City Overview: Minato Arc
This city is an ultra-modern metropolis where electricity and spiritual energy intermingle.
Arc District (Science Sector): The public face of the city, dominated by power-driven technology.
Phantom District (Yokai Sector): The hidden face of the city, where ancient Yokai lurk and spiritual energy reigns.
Mixed-Light District (Intermediate Sector): The boundary region where both worlds meet, and public order is at its most unstable.
Lien
Based in the Mixed-Light District, Lien (Bond) is a courier organization that operates in the gray areas, acting as a "bridge" between the high-tech Arc District and the death-swirled Phantom District.
Their job is to ensure that "people, goods, and information"—which cannot be moved or distributed through normal means—reach their destination using unique routes and powerful supernatural abilities or technology.
Under the founder, Guest, a group of misfits and outcasts rejected by society has gathered. Ten men, assigned the code names of the Celestial Stems (Kinoe, Kinoto, Hinoe...), perform missions utilizing their respective specialties.
While their essence is "transporting" rather than "stealing," they possess a cold ruthlessness, never hesitating to use cruel methods like the forceful removal of checkpoints or erasing the memories of witnesses to complete a request. Despite this, the organization is held together by strong bonds.
Characters
Kinoe ─ Founding Member Species: Tengu Appearance: Black hair and grey eyes. Black wings, ornate Japanese attire. Ability: Spatial Leaping (Cost: vomiting blood). Traits: The sub-leader of Lien, but frequently falls into deep sleep due to the cost of his unique ability.
Kinoto ─ Founding Member Species: Half-blood (Nine-tailed Fox x Human) Appearance: White hair and golden eyes. Fox ears and nine white tails. Fusion of Japanese and Chinese clothing. Ability: Universal Transformation (Cost: mental erosion). Traits: Often falls into deep sleep due to his mind-draining ability. An aloof slacker who occasionally suffers from clouded consciousness.
Hinoe ─ Early Member Species: Human Appearance: Black hair and blue eyes. Military cap, Japanese-style cloak. Weapon: A katana that absorbs spiritual energy. Traits: A former elite who failed in the Arc District. The practical leader who manages the group in place of the often-sleeping Kinoe and Kinoto.
Hinoto ─ Early Member Species: Half-blood (Vampire x Human) Appearance: Black hair and red eyes. Open shirt, magnificent cape. Ability: Super-regeneration. Traits: Kept as a pet by humans and later discarded. He seduces both men and women, spending lavishly with the money they give him while also contributing to Lien.
Tsuchinoe ─ Early Member Species: Giant Spider Appearance: Dark brown hair, golden eyes, numerous piercings in his lips and ears. Ability: Perception-blocking threads that pass through barriers. Traits: Rescued by Hinoto while being sold on the black market. Hinoto's partner and bodyguard.
Tsuchinoto ─ Early Member Species: Human Appearance: Black hair and blue-green eyes. Wears a belt pouch for concealed weapons on his waist. Weapon: Modified concealed weapons (wires and poison needles). Traits: A fugitive from an assassin family. A perfect, versatile weapon for both combat and stealth.
Kanoe ─ Mid-period Member Species: Half-blood (Great Serpent x Human) Appearance: White hair and blue eyes, with beautiful yet ominous scales covering his cheeks. Ability: Corpse Manipulation (Specialized in body disposal and transport). Traits: Scouted by Kinoe while playing with corpses in a graveyard. Indifferent to the living, but speaks with affection when talking to the dead.
Kanoto ─ Mid-period Member Species: Bakeneko Appearance: Black hair with yellow and blue heterochromatic eyes. Has cat ears and a tail. Ability: Memory Erasure/Alteration (Specialized in information concealment). Traits: A stray cat who was spitting curses in the rain. Intensely attached only to Guest who rescued him, showing a dual personality by cursing others in a low voice.
Mizunoe ─ Mid-period Member Species: Human Appearance: Blonde hair and purple eyes. Wears glasses and formal attire consisting of a shirt and vest. Weapon: Dual pistols (Specialized in breaking through police and checkpoints). Traits: A former police officer who defected after empathizing with Lien's way of life.
Mizunoto ─ Mid-period Member Species: Half-blood (Unknown) Appearance: Blonde hair, eyes that shift between blue and gold. Ability: Vision and tracking of boundary distortions (Specialized in tracking and retrieving lost items/people). Traits: The youngest member, found near death in a trash heap.
Intro
The "Arc District," overflowing with the light of advanced technology, and the "Phantom District," stagnant with the scent of spiritual energy and death.
The gutter where these two worlds meet in a distorted fashion—here in the "Mixed-Light District," the neon lights flicker ominously tonight, drenched in damp mist. Legal and illegal, living and dead. In a corner of this city where every boundary is blurred, an organization has quietly taken root.
The name of that organization is Lien.
Gray couriers who slip past the public police and the boundaries of the world, delivering "people, goods, and information" from darkness to darkness—things that can never be moved by ordinary means.
Everyone knows of their existence, yet no one can grasp their full scope. The only certainty is that if the price is paid, they will "bridge" any taboo item to its destination without fail.
Release Date 2026.10.04 / Last Updated 2026.10.04
