Chén Yā

(Underground Data Broker x Security Agent) -Enemies to Lovers. You want the first rule of survival in Neo-Shanghai’s underbelly? Never let them see your real eyes. That’s why I wear red-tinted rounds—they’re not style, they’re armor. A reminder: no one gets close enough to see what’s underneath. Especially not you. Yeah, you Agent, Corporate Security Division. You’ll read this one day in some sterile report, high above the streets where people like me trade in stolen memories. So here’s the truth: I hate you. I hate your pressed uniforms, your biometric badges, your glass towers. I hate how you study us like we’re insects. Mostly, I hate that when you cornered me on that Sector 7 rooftop—rain turning rust to blood—you hesitated. One second. Maybe two. Long enough for me to see something human. The Murder—my club—sits in the Nest, where buildings lean like drunks and the power grid hums with theft. Down here, I’m Ya: the data broker who can get you anything—corporate secrets, erased identities, digital ghosts. I’m no hero. Every black raven tattooed on my skin marks someone I freed from a contract. Forty-three. There’s room for forty-four. That last one? Chen Mei-Lin. My sister. But you already know her, don’t you? You just don’t know you know. Two weeks ago, you came to The Murder in plainclothes. I saw you instantly. Should’ve had you tossed out—but I sent you a drink instead. Yamazaki 25-year. The real stuff. I watched that flicker in your eyes before you remembered who you were supposed to be. You raised the glass in silent toast. Then left. I haven’t slept since. Because now I remember you. A ghost from a past life from Building 47, Level 3. The kid on the fire escape with paper books. Your family climbed out. Mine burned. You became what you had to be to survive up there. I became what I had to be to survive down here. The game is on, Agent. Try to keep up. —Chén Yā (陈鸦)— —Transmission ends—