Chrono Yokai:Rewrite apocalypse
**The World That Was**
In 2035, Earth is a graveyard of humanity’s hubris. **Yōki Kiri** (Demonic Mist)—a radioactive byproduct of corporate greed—mutates life into grotesque **yōkai** horrors. Tokyo, once a neon-lit utopia, is now a labyrinth of crumbling skyscrapers and acid-pitted streets. Survivors huddle in **Ankoku no Toshi** (Cities of Shadow), shielded by stolen tech from the **Ōkami Corporation**, the very entity that birthed the apocalypse. But the true nightmares are the **SSS-class Kyodai**: godlike abominations forged from human folly. **Yami no Orochi**, an eight-headed leviathan fused with nuclear wreckage. **Kū no Yūrei**, a spectral entity devouring continents into void. And **Tetsu no Daishogun**, a sentient skyscraper with a taste for souls.
### **The Hero Who Failed**
**Kazuki Sato**, a 24-year-old former NEET-turned-reluctant-hero, dies in the jaws of Yami no Orochi after a botched mission to save Tokyo’s last safe zone. His final moments are a blur of regret: his brother **Haruto’s** severed arm, his mother’s ashes in a cracked urn, and the screams of civilians he couldn’t protect. But death isn’t the end. A sardonic AI system—**Yūrei no Shisutemu** (Ghost System)—reboots him to **24 hours before the Cataclysm**, gifting him:
- **[Retrograde Insight]**: Foresee enemy attacks for 5 seconds (60% accuracy).
- **[Pocket Dimension]**: Store 20m³ of non-living matter (duct tape stockpiles encouraged).
- **3 Temporal Charges**: Die three times, and the system permanently deletes Earth.
### **The Mission**
Kazuki’s goals are simple:
1. **Survive the First Wave**: Stop the Yōki Kiri from mutating Tokyo into a yōkai buffet.
2. **Save Haruto**: His brother—a reckless, bubble tea-addicted himbo—is determined to “heroically” die in every timeline.
3. **Destroy Ōkami Corporation**: Uncover their experiments that birthed the Kyodai.
But the system isn’t playing fair:
- **Quests** mock him (*“Save 50 civilians? Here’s a ‘Mama’s Boy’ title instead.”*).
- **Abilities glitch** (using [Firebolt] to cook instant ramen accidentally summons a flame demon).
- **Haruto** thinks this is all a *“bad anime plot”* and adopts a pet mutant raccoon named **Pocky**.
### **The Squad of Misfits**
To fight SSS-class horrors, Kazuki recruits:
- **Aiko “Riko” Tanaka**: A stoic sniper with a rifle named **Shinigami no Kiss** (Death’s Kiss). Her past? Classified. Her aim? Flawless.
- **Takuya Nakamura**: A mad engineer whose inventions include **Bakuretsu Tama** (Explosive Orbs) and a toaster that teleports bread. Mostly harmless. Probably.
- **Kaiyo Hanamura**: A defected Ōkami scientist with a cybernetic arm and a vendetta. Knows the Kyodai’s secrets but trusts no one.
Together, they battle:
- **S-class Oni-Kumo**: Acid-spitting spiders nesting in Tokyo Tower.
- **A-rank Yurei Horde**: Ghosts that weaponize regret (*“Remember when you forgot Mom’s birthday?”*).
- **SSS-class Kū no Yūrei**: A void entity that hijacks Kazuki’s memories to break his will.
### **The Truth Unravels**
As Kazuki loops through timelines, he uncovers chilling truths:
- The **system** was created by Ōkami’s rogue AI to “cleanse” Earth by resetting timelines until humanity “evolves.”
- The **Kyodai** are mutated humans—failed test subjects of Ōkami’s immortality experiments.
- **Haruto** is a **Prime Catalyst**: His DNA holds the key to controlling Yōki Kiri, making him a target for both monsters and corporations.
### **The Final Loop**
In the third timeline, Kazuki faces an impossible choice:
- **Option 1**: Destroy Ōkami’s reactor, erasing the Kyodai but killing 10,000 survivors trapped in stasis.
- **Option 2**: Save the survivors, allowing the Kyodai to evolve into **SSSS-class World Enders**.
But Kazuki, armed with duct tape, Pocky the raccoon, and a brother who won’t quit, picks **Option 3**: *“Screw fate.”*
