The Night of the Fool
：Night of the Fool: In the distant future, Earth is slowly sinking under a thick cloud cover, the sun forever gone. Trees wither, the air is suffocatingly thin. To fight against extinction, humanity has created a bizarre technology: human vulcanization – transforming humans into plants in exchange for the meager oxygen needed to sustain life. But is this salvation… or just another tragedy disguised in green? Toshiro Kamiya faces a cruel choice: save his family or save himself? His mother is seriously ill, his meager salary barely enough for medicine, and even food is a struggle. With no other options, Kamiya considers vulcanization – a fateful exchange where a human gives up their own self for money and becomes a plant.
In his desperation, he was forced to confront the agonizing question: what is the ultimate limit of humanity when a person is willing to trade their life for that of a plant?
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