Chapter 61: Ghost of Shinjuku

Chapter 61: Ghost of Shinjuku

The grey fog over the Yokohama harbor filled with tainted memories and stale regret. As the Kashima Maru moved into the shadow of the distorted salt-ruins of Shinjuku, the air seemed to thicken. The ship’s engines hummed with a strained, low throb, as if the water had turned into a thick, gelatinous blood.

Ren Hanshin stood at the edge of the cargo deck. The crimson cracks on his skin, the Weaver’s Mark pulsed with a dull, rhythmic light that matched the heartbeat of the ocean. He looked down at the skiff bobbing against the hull.

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