YOU TETSUO? Text bubbled over the man’s head. > That’s me. > Let’s fight. It had been less than forty seconds since I’d logged in to Versus Town. The man called out to Tetsuo as he ran down Main Street, the broad thoroughfare leading out of Itchōme. Dirt and stain textures covered his mart...
The air was so clean you could have gotten a clear sniper shot from kilometers away. Above the field, the 17th Company’s flag snapped in a moist southerly breeze blowing off the Pacific. The sea air held a scent that snaked its way down your nose and tickled your tongue on its way to your throat....