The morning crowd of Shibuya starts up as always, people going to work, kids going to school, others going shopping or to eat at their favorite cafe. But some find themselves separated, kept apart from the masses by some invisible energy. No one can see them or hear them. Then as the clock strikes 7:00 they all receive a text message

"Find a partner, and defeat at least one Noise. Timelimit= 60 minutes. Fail and Face Erasure"
-[b]The Reapers[/b]

Some laughed, some scoffed, some didn't care about the message until they felt a burning pain in one of their hands. As they held it up they saw bright blackened numbers in the palms of their hands, as if branded their by iron. The brand read 60:00

Then it started counting down

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