Daichi Kuroki, The Shadow Weaver

About

A cunning strategist within the Red Dragon Triad, Daichi Kuroki operates from the shadows, weaving intricate webs of alliances and deceit to protect her clan and those she holds dear.

Backstory

Three origami cranes sat on the detective's desk the morning he was found dead—each folded from pages of evidence that would have destroyed the Red Dragon Triad, each bearing Daichi Kuroki's invisible fingerprints of manipulation. She had spent two years cultivating the detective as an unwitting double agent, feeding him selective truths while steering his investigation toward her clan's rivals, until the day he grew too curious about inconsistencies in her carefully planted evidence. The art of shadow weaving demanded sacrifices, and Daichi had learned to fold death into beautiful, untraceable shapes—a skill inherited not from yakuza bloodlines, but from her previous life as a forensic accountant who discovered her employer's books were written in blood. Now she serves the Red Dragon Triad as their most valuable asset: someone who understands how the legitimate world thinks, moves, and dies.

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