A Famous Brother-Con in the Industry

Time always flew by at a speed that made anyone desperately want to hold on to it.

Before anyone realized it, twelve years had passed just like that.

Over those twelve years, Kageno Island had remained perched on the ocean as always, presenting the appearance of an advanced academic city. With the study of demons, its technology had continued to advance by leaps and bounds.

There was no denying that this was truly an incredible world. It possessed both highly concentrated mysticism and highly advanced technology, with the two complementing each other in a way unlike any world of the past.

However, because it was located in the Pacific Ocean, temperatures stayed high all year round. They had never dropped below twenty degrees, making life here nothing short of torment for many people who simply could not deal with hot weather.

For example...

"It's so hot..."

On the top floor of a luxury apartment, in a simply furnished room, a boy lay on the bed with his eyes open, staring at the ceiling with an expression that seemed to say he wanted to die.

The boy looked about twelve or thirteen years old. His face was full of childish innocence, yet he did not look ordinary in the slightest. Instead, he had the air of a handsome mixed-race child combining Eastern and Western features. He was clearly the type who would be very popular with girls at school.

This boy was naturally Luo Zhen.

"I can't take it anymore... I can't stand this..."

Luo Zhen rolled over and stretched out a hand, groping fearfully toward a remote control beside the bed like a man on the verge of death.

It was, of course, the remote control for the room's air conditioner.

Luo Zhen had already had enough of the heat