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RevengeAuthor: Yumeno Kyūsaku
| Original Title | 復讐 |
|---|---|
| Author | 夢野 久作 |
| Genre | Detective & Mystery |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | In a remote mountain village blanketed by an unprecedented snowfall, Fujisawa Hospital stands as a beacon of modernity and secrecy. Within its walls, Shinao—a nurse with an unsettling blend of childlike innocence and haunting maturity—labors tirelessly under the weight of family duty and a decades-old vendetta. Orphaned as an infant after her father’s mysterious death, she clings to a vow of revenge against his unknown killer, a shadow that has consumed her life. Her fiancé, Kensaku, the hospital’s driven director, dismisses her obsession as delusion fueled by lurid novels—until whispers of conspiracy draw them into a tense confrontation with Shigeru Kuroki, a convalescing patient whose worldly demeanor masks darker depths. As snow isolates the hospital, buried truths surface: a cold case of murder, stolen fortune, and a vanished suspect. Shinao’s fragile psyche unravels, blurring lines between justice and madness. Beneath flickering electric lights and the pendulum’s toll, a chilling act of violence forces a reckoning with ghosts of the past—and the terrifying possibility that vengeance has found its mark. |
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