Hokkaido.
The morning in Asahikawa City was bright and sunny.
Kujo Machi slowly opened her eyes on the uncomfortably hard wooden bed. The morning sunlight barged into her room like a rapist, brutally slapping her awake.
"Fuck..."
She yawned, put on her bear slippers, walked outside, and greeted her old man, who was still sitting on the sofa watching the game in silence.
"Morning, Dad."
The middle-aged man on the sofa remained silent, apparently absorbed in the game, and did not respond.
Kujo Machi was not surprised. Her cheap father's favorite thing to do was sit on the sofa every damn day and watch that godforsaken game.
She had no idea how the game could be broadcast every day, every month, every year. Were those players Kryptonian supermen who did not need to eat, sleep, or take a dump?
Wearing dinosaur pajamas, Kujo Machi shuffled to the bathroom in her slippers, rubbed her eyes, and yawned at herself in the mirror.
Then she pulled a cigarette from her pajama pocket, held it between her lips, and skillfully lit it with the lighter on the sink.
Kujo Machi immediately took an epic drag, sending the smoke deep into her lungs.
"Hiss—"
"Whoosh—"
The bathroom instantly filled with smoke, resembling a "fairyland."
Smack! Smack!
After finishing the cigarette, Kujo Machi slapped herself hard twice, then bared her teeth at the mirror and said with a grin,
"A vigorous day starts now!"
Then came brushing her teeth, washing up, eating breakfast, and drinking milk.
While completing these daily tasks, Kujo Machi silently recited to herself—
My name is Kujo Machi, and I am eighteen years old. I live in a detached house in the southern part of Asahikawa City. I am unmarried, have never been in love, and have never attended any kind