The Paper Veil

In the tense borderlands between the Yamato Federation and the Koryo Republic, a string of ritualistic murders targets acquitted hate speakers. Elite criminal profiler Rei Asakura is called in for her near-mathematical precision in analyzing killers. But as she immerses herself in the mind of a vigilante who only executes those who escaped justice, her flawless logic begins to bleed into the very rage she dissects. When the final target forces her to confront a personal trauma buried for decades, reason—her ultimate shield—becomes as fragile as a sheet of paper against a storm of long-suppressed fury.