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LightningAuthor: Unno Juza
| Original Title | 雷 |
|---|---|
| Author | 海野 十三 |
| Genre | Fantasy & Sci-Fi |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | In a rural Japanese town shrouded by stormy skies, a mysterious gentleman returns after years of absence, his refined demeanor belying a sinister agenda. Collaborating with a disgraced carpenter, he commissions towering watchtowers under the guise of scientific research, their jagged lightning rods piercing the horizon. As violent thunderstorms plague the region, tragedy strikes: a fatal lightning fire claims lives, exposing cracks in the man’s charade of academic ambition. Whispers of resentment and a shadowed past intertwine—his connection to a local woman, her family’s regrets, and a husband’s simmering unease. Yet nature itself becomes an unwitting accomplice in his schemes, until a catastrophic miscalculation turns his experiments into a deadly trap. Amid torrential rains and crackling skies, vengeance and hubris collide, revealing that even the most calculated plans can unravel under heaven’s wrath. Secrets smolder beneath each thunderclap, where science masks malice, and every bolt from the blue carries the weight of buried sins. |
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