Clean Hands

In the decaying digital underbelly of the Federated Isles, former cybercrime investigator Elias Voss walks a razor-thin line between justice and corruption. After a procedural loophole allows a predator to evade punishment—mirroring the infamous Manrique restitution delay—Elias discovers a network of emotional predators using coercive control to drive victims to suicide. His target is Julian Cross, a charismatic puppet master who treats human souls as disposable playthings. But when Elias encounters the enigmatic and far more dangerous Selene, he realizes the hunter has become the hunted. Heroism is not about saving a broken world; it is about keeping a small, stubborn stain of decency alive while everything else rots.