A PERFECT LIFE, IN A PERFECT CITYFor Shion, an elite student in the technologically sophisticated city No. 6, life is carefully choreographed. School, study, and the occasional visit with his friend and classmate Safu. One fateful day, however, he takes a misstep, sheltering an injured boy his age from a typhoon. Known only as Rat, this boy is a VC and a fugitive living outside the computerized tapestry of city control and and helping him will throw Shionandrs"s life into chaos and start him down a path to discovering the appalling secrets behind the superficial perfection of No. 6.