▁begins ▁to ▁threaten ▁the ▁del icate ▁balance ▁of ▁Rom de au ' s ▁social ▁order . ▁Be hind ▁the ▁scenes , ▁the ▁government ▁has ▁been ▁conduct ing ▁secret ▁experiments ▁on ▁a ▁myster ious ▁hum ano id ▁life ▁form ▁called ▁a ▁" Proxy "; ▁the ▁Pro xy ▁be ings ▁( des cribed ▁as ▁al m ight y , ▁god - like , ▁imm ort al , ▁om n ip ot ent ) ▁are ▁believed ▁to ▁hold ▁the ▁very ▁key ▁to ▁the ▁surv ival ▁of ▁human ity . ▁ ▁Re - l ▁( pr on ounced ▁ ▁or ▁" Re e - EL "; ▁also ▁represented ▁by ▁the ▁sp elling ▁" R . E . A . L ." ▁in ▁the ▁Rom de au ▁citiz en ▁database ) ▁May er ▁is ▁assigned ▁to ▁investigate ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁mur ders ▁with ▁her ▁Auto Re iv ▁partner , ▁I gg y . ▁She ▁enc oun ters ▁two ▁unknown ▁and ▁highly ▁powerful ▁cre atures . ▁She ▁later ▁lear ns ▁that ▁a ▁Pro xy ▁was ▁involved . ▁The ▁other ▁central ▁character , ▁an ▁imm igr ant ▁named ▁Vincent ▁Law , ▁is ▁revealed ▁to ▁be ▁connected ▁in ▁some ▁ways ▁with ▁this ▁Pro xy . ▁After ▁being ▁h unted ▁down , ▁Vincent ▁lives ▁in ▁a ▁commune ▁on ▁the ▁outside ▁of ▁the ▁d ome ▁for ▁a ▁while . ▁During ▁the ▁mass acre ▁of ▁the ▁commune ▁by ▁Ra ul ▁Cre ed ▁of ▁the ▁Security ▁Bureau , ▁Vincent ▁leaves ▁the ▁area ▁for ▁Mosk , ▁his ▁birth place , ▁in ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁recover ▁his