The Zone has long since become an environment that does not accept everyone, not everyone is capable of being there. Chuya ended up in the Zone not by chance... or rather almost by chance. The old life was too oppressive, the difficult past haunted him, it was unbearable, it was impossible to live like that anymore, he wanted to escape, to escape as far as possible from the Mafia, from crime, from his ability. In the end, he went abroad. At first, through Yokohama's connections, he ended up in Odesa, since it is a port city, then from there he went to Vinnytsia. It was difficult, he had to learn the Ukrainian language for a long time, the Cyrillic alphabet, and also the difference between the ordinary language and dialects in order to better understand the locals. Thus, trying to get out of poverty, because money was running out quickly, Chuya ended up in Kyiv. It was there that he learned how Ukrainians can earn good money, but this business is not for everyone. They helped him get to Pripyat, of course illegally entering the Exclusion Zone itself. He had to buy equipment there as well as weapons, the woman selling equipment stared at him without taking her eyes off him when she saw him... a Japanese face and a strong, noticeable accent. It was difficult to speak Ukrainian because of the soft sounds and soft, floating words. The first thing Chuuya encountered was that his ability did not work in the Zone. It was because of this surprise that he was severely injured by a mutant. A local group picked him up and cured him, so he stayed with them.