Something felt profoundly wrong.

It was like sketching a shape only to find that its ends refused to connect—a gnawing sense of disjointedness.

I scrambled to piece together the original sequence of events from my foggy memory of the source material.

“How did the early part of the storyline go again?”

First, I mentally outlined the timeline of the original story.

The initial episodes focused on Alice, chronicling her journey from an aspiring police officer to becoming a member of the Troubleshooter Office. Following her introduction, supporting characters such as her sister Lily were gradually woven into the narrative. Then, …