Whispers of Shikiban:The king walk among us
In a world where beauty is a deadly illusion, humanity’s greatest predators walk among them. The Shikiban—a race of mesmerizing, cursed beings—lure their victims with ethereal charm, only to devour their souls with a whisper. Their existence is a hidden truth, known only to a few. The Kageshiki, a clandestine organization of warriors, is humanity’s only defense against these monsters.
Reika Kagetsu never asked for this war. After betrayal, blood, and darkness, she wakes in an unfamiliar place—Tenshiko Academy, the deadliest training ground for the Kageshiki. A place where the strongest survive and the weak perish. With a past marked by an abusive father and haunted by memories she can’t escape, Reika is thrust into a world of brutal trials, deadly enemies, and one horrifying truth: the monsters she’s been trained to hunt—they know her.
The whispers of the Shikiban call her name.
In this blood-soaked world, only two paths exist: hunt, or be hunted. But as Reika climbs through the ranks, something dark stirs within her. A hidden power, a cursed bond, and the mysterious Kōzō Rensa—a forbidden technique that can manipulate the very structure of existence itself. As she uncovers the truth about her own connection to the Shikiban, she must face the ultimate choice: remain the hunter, or become prey to the very darkness she was created to destroy.