{This chapter serves as an introduction to the world and its rules. Some concepts are explained here to help with understanding, but not everything will be revealed at once—many details will unfold naturally throughout the story. Minor spoilers lie ahead.}
⩤⩥World⩤⩥
A world where criminality is normalized. Here, murder has replaced natural death. What was once sinful is now everyday life. Brother kills brother, sister kills sister. Blood ties mean nothing anymore. Some countries have devolved into their past, one of those being Britain. Britain is back to their Victorian era. And some countries have barely changed, one of those being Japan. Japan has remained almost exactly as it is in the real world.
Japan is one of the few countries with a heroes' organization. Japan has the country with the least crime rate, but it is still ridiculously high.
World Name: Twisted World.
Year: 2121.
Population: 12 billion (Yes, it probably would be more in our world, but it's only 12 billion because of the number of deaths and world devolution).
⩤⩥Power System⩤⩥
People receive a specific power at birth, but it remains deactivated, preventing them from using it. To re-activate it, the person has to complete a challenge/mission that they do not know of. They get three chances/three lives to complete the challenge. If they die 3 times, on their fourth, they will actually die with no more chances. And if they complete the challenge, some type of glitched text will appear in front of their eyes, and it will tell them:
Challenge Completed: [What they had to do/say (e.g., Die in a fire)]
Your Power Is: [Their power (e.g., Blood)]
For others, it will appear as if their eyes flashed black for half a second/quarter of a second.
No one has the same power as each other. Even if there are minor differences, it will not be the same. e.g., Two people can have ice as their power, but their powers will work differently. e.g., Three people have sound as their power. For the first one, their power allows them to scream extremely loudly, though it results in damaged lungs. The second person's ability to manipulate their voice's loudness and depth to irritate opponents, but it comes at the cost of vocal cord health. The third one can scream and yell and make sounds, but only with a special device attached to their mouth.
Someone can have 2, 3, or even 4 powers (e.g., fire, water, wind, earth.), but it is very rare.
Powers reset every 903 years, where someone can have the power someone else had before.