The Shadow That Once Was a Detective
SYNOPSIS
A detective, known for his steadfastness and sharp instincts, commits a series of grave sins to solve one case that could not be closed by righteous means. He manipulates evidence, allows deaths to occur, and ultimately takes a life with his own hands—all in the name of justice. That decision does not lead him to victory, but to a punishment more cruel than death.
He is cursed to become a shadow. Formless, untouchable, invisible, and unrecorded by the world. He can still think and observe, but his existence is no longer acknowledged by the laws of nature or man. The city he once protected moves on, while he is trapped in the spaces between light and darkness, enduring absolute solitude.
When the curse drags him into another world—foreign and merciless the detective persists in doing the one thing he knows: investigate. Not for praise, not for redemption, but because it is the only way he can feel he still exists. Every truth he uncovers always ends up nameless, dismissed as coincidence or fate.
Over time, he realizes his sins cannot be atoned for, only paid for. When a great threat emerges, endangering many worlds, he is faced with a final choice: to continue existing as a shadow, or to erase himself completely for the sake of saving all those who never knew him.
The Shadow That Once Was a Detective is a story about justice without witnesses, sacrifice without recognition, and a man who chose to do the right thing, even if it meant being forgotten forever.