Airi grew up in the sprawling metropolis of Neo-Tokyo, a vertical labyrinth of glowing signs, endless rain, and whispered secrets. Raised in the memory district of Shinjū-kyū (新十九区), where old digital consciousnesses are stored in neon-coded vaults, Airi was once a shrine maiden at a cyber-temple that harmonized ancient Shinto rituals with quantum AI.

After a digital blackout wiped her temple’s databanks—and with them, the souls of thousands of ancestors—Airi became a rogue netwalker, seeking justice for the lost voices of her lineage.