Neon Rift: A Cyberpunk Isekai
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"In a world of wires and warzones, love is the glitch in the system."
John Barton was a tech genius in 2020-brilliant, awkward, and on the edge of a nanotech revolution. One blink, one experiment gone wrong... and he wakes up in Night City, the savage neon-soaked sprawl of the future where trust is rare and bullets are cheaper than loyalty.
Alone in a world ruled by chrome and corruption, John crosses paths with V-a hardened merc who's learned the hard way that feelings get you killed and attachments are liabilities. But something about John-the way he sees people, not product-begins to crack her defenses.
As John learns to survive this brutal new world, his old-world ideals and cutting-edge nanotech might just give Night City the wild card it never saw coming. But the real story? It's in the slow, electric pull between two people who've never known softness... until they found it in each other.
In a city built on secrets, she lets him see her truth. And in a world where everything is synthetic, their connection might be the only real thing left.
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