Tokyo, the skyscraper tower.
This towering structure, named "X-Seed 4000," was a concept proposed by Japan in 1995. The Tokyo Governor at the time planned to build a superstructure four thousand meters tall and eight hundred stories high, capable of housing five million people. According to the designer's rough estimate, it would have cost an astronomical three hundred to nine hundred billion and taken ten years to complete.
The total cost would have exceeded even that of a manned mission to Mars. The astronomical investment became the main obstacle, and many believed that erecting such an enormous building in earthquake-prone Japan was nothing but a fool's dream.
Thus, the grand blueprint that existed only in fantasy was shelved indefinitely after only its foundation had been laid, never to become reality. The Japanese had wanted to use immense manpower and funding to construct a superstructure that would make even Mount Fuji pale in comparison—a gigantic city within Tokyo—but too many external factors interrupted the project.
Sean stood atop the skyscraper tower's foundation. Though no towering building had yet risen there, it was already much higher than ordinary buildings. Looking down over Tokyo beneath the night sky, he saw brilliant lights blooming like an eternal city of radiance.
A cold wind swept through with a frigid chill, tugging at the young man's clothes. Yoshimura Eto, hooded, sat on a steel beam with her feet dangling in midair. Her scarlet eye, gleaming with bloody light, was especially striking.
"How did you know they would definitely come here?" the girl asked, tilting her head up.
She had recently been staying by Sean's side and had discovered that he was far more mysterious and frightening than she had imagined. It was not merely his overwhelming strength, allowing him to defeat ghouls with ease, but other