In 2040, Blue Star Online is no longer a choice: citizens from 14 to 60 must spend 42 hours a week inside it or be detained. Gabriel, 21, shoulders three jobs and the care of his 3-year-old niece, Tata. His skill, Lacerate, seems unimpressive, but its stacked damage keeps rising. Under the name CutiesSquad, he turns bosses, loot, and guilds into the money Tata needs for her cure—just as the game starts to become real.