Scarlet Nexus Apr 2026

Before them, an Other materialized. It was a grotesque fusion of a marble statue and a bouquet of rusted metal flowers, skittering on spindly, bird-like legs. It didn't have a face, only a hunger for human brains.

Yuito looked at his trembling hands. He remembered the mystery of his childhood—the woman who saved him, the gaps in his memory, and the dark rumors that the OSF was hiding the true origin of the Others. In New Himuka, your thoughts weren't your own, and the line between evolution and extinction was thinner than a neural pathway. Scarlet Nexus

"The brain is a fragile thing, Yuito," Kasane remarked, her tone unreadable as the Other dissolved into shards of light. "The government tells us we are heroes, but we are just batteries for a world that refuses to die." Before them, an Other materialized

Yuito Sumeragi adjusted his ear-cuff, the cold metal a sharp contrast to the phantom ache in his mind. As a new recruit of the Other Suppression Force (OSF), he was a psionic—a human weapon whose brain was hardwired to the Psynet. Around him, the city buzzed with augmented reality advertisements and holographic warnings, a "brain-punk" paradise built on the literal psychic energy of its citizens. Yuito looked at his trembling hands

Kasane glanced back, the faint hint of a smile ghosting her lips. "Then let’s hope your brain can handle the pressure."