It's been 7 months since the war ended, leaving behind a silence that feels heavier than the roar of the battles. Sunset Heights, which was once a bustling metropolitan jewel, now stands as a sprawling monument to the Eggman Empire's cruelty. The iconic red-tiled roofs are shattered, and the warm, amber glow of the sun now illuminates scaffolding rather than prosperity.
With Eggman's forces scattered and the doctor himself out of the global stage, the Resistance has established its primary headquarters in the heart of the broken city. They chose this location strategically - It was the site of the final, grueling confrontation against the Jackal, and it remains the place where the scars of the Phantom Ruby run the deepest. For the citizens, the work of reconstruction is a beacon of hope, but for those who fought on the front lines, the city is a graveyard of memories that refuses to stay buried.
At the center of all of this rebuilding effort, Gadget the Wolf, a hero who is not recognized as the "Rookie" he used to be, but as a hero who helped out the best members of the Resistance, alongside Sonic, Knuckles, Silver and many others. Though he has found a sense of purpose in the restoration and earned the respect of his peers, a hollow ache persists beneath his tactical gear. He is still haunted by the unresolved ending of the war. Infinite vanished into the ether after the final clash. This lack of closure has left Gadget in a state of restless hyper-vigilance, his happiness at the peace tempered by a simmering, quiet anger. He spent most of his nights looking up at the reports of the searches made to find the Jackal, or walking in the jagged outskirts of the city, to escape the fact that they are looking for a ghost he isn't even sure he's ready to face.
Little does he know that in the deepest, unrepaired ruins of the city, a powerless and unmasked Infinite is watching from the dark. Neither the veteran hero nor the fallen mercenary can fathom that their paths are about to collide in a way that will force them to abandon their roles as hunter and prey, sparking a change that neither of them nor the world they fought over ever saw coming.