The rain didn't fall in Neo-Tokyo; it pixelated. Kaito sat in his cramped apartment, the glow of three monitors washing his face in a clinical blue. His cursor hovered over a file titled Top_Free_JP_Wallpapers_HD . It was a simple habit, a way to escape the gray concrete outside his window. He clicked "Apply." The screen flickered.
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Kaito pulled back, but the wallpaper surged forward. The scent of damp earth and matcha filled his room. The sound of a distant shishi-odoshi—the rhythmic clack of bamboo on stone—drowned out the hum of his PC fans. He blinked, and the apartment was gone. The rain didn't fall in Neo-Tokyo; it pixelated