Scorching heat poured down with the sunlight, mercilessly baking the earth. The air itself seemed to have warped, flowing freely beneath a sky without even a wisp of cloud, entering people's bodies with every breath. From the sweat covering pedestrians' heads and their rapid gasps, it was clear just how painful it was to breathe in such blazing air...
Tall buildings surrounded the area, each sun-reflecting structure arranged neatly along both sides of the street like trees reaching for the sky. There were countless pedestrians but few vehicles. Everyone passing by was drenched in sweat and groaning miserably, wishing they could escape this sea of suffering as soon as possible and find some shade to save their increasingly muddled heads.
Yet amid the bustling crowd rushing back and forth, two people stood out. Not only did they show no urgency to leave this street, which had not the slightest cover from the sun, but they stood right in its center without moving an inch.
And this scene had continued for thirty whole minutes! If Itogami City, being a Demon District, had not been full of odd people to begin with, these two would likely have become the center of attention...
The two standing in the middle of the street were a man and a woman. The man wore black clothes and black pants, with a black hooded jacket over them. With black hair and crimson eyes, almost everything about him was black except for his eyes and skin. Dressed like that in this weather, he was practically asking for trouble. After all, black absorbed heat more easily than any other color, and he was even wearing a jacket...
As for the girl, she was far more eye-catching...
Her somewhat petite body was clad in a pink shirt, while her lower