In the shadows of Izumo that never quite forgot its secrets, there is a man known as the Stan Shevtsov — or simply, Chief.

A riddle shrouded in layers of mystery, his past was as elusive as the midnight fog that draped the deserted backstreets.

Rumor had it he once claimed the mundane titles of a senior software engineer, a guardian of souls at the Universal Life Church, and even a knight of the Principality of Sealand. Yet beneath his sharply tailored suits and those eyes that seemed to see every dark corner of the human soul, lay a mind that knew too much for any ordinary man.

Like a ghost emerging from the storm, he arrived out of nowhere and chose to make his home in the Izumo, leaving behind a trail of unanswered questions and the promise of secrets waiting to be uncovered.