Original Sin: The Apple No One's Hands Can Bear

The strongest are the most broken. In a Japan where the rank of your inborn ability determines your entire worth, Yaooyorozu Nue stands at the very top—a Rank 10 "Colored" of the elite Yatagarasu Mobile Unit. She is feared, untouchable, and utterly hollow. Missions end in rubble and broken bodies, and she feels nothing. Not guilt. Not pride. Only a bone-deep, unshakable sleepiness, and the faint strawberry taste of candy on her tongue. Then a black envelope sealed in crimson arrives from Staff