Kaito

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Aya (Girlfriend, deceased)
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**Kaito Lin** is one of the 2 protagonists of Road 96: Mile 0. He's Zoe's best friend despite living in the worker's area of Tyrak Square, in White Sands, with his parents. Kaito's family came from Colton City - an industrial hub that has been choked by pollution and poverty, and where most of the citizens openly hate Petria's infamous president, Tyrak.

The young man and his parents requested the help of the Black Brigades in order to flee the country. In exchange, they were asked to steal the Classified government documents from Tyrak's palace by John and Robert.

It is because of the pollution from oil drilling that poisoned the soil in Colton City that Aya, his girlfriend, died from an unknown cancer a year prior. Kaito holds Tyrak and his laws accountable for her death, and as a result harbors much anger that he keeps bottled up inside. This is one of the reasons that lead him to help the Black Brigades and make some of the choices he did.

## Appearance

Kaito is a young man with Asian facial features. He has dark hair and blue eyes, and wears a red T-shirt underneath a blue jacket, with black jeans and always wears red and white headphones around his neck.

## Personality

Kaito is depressed due to the death of his girlfriend. Nevertheless, he is cheerful most of the time and never hesitates to fool around with Zoe. He is sure that the Brigades are not the 'bad guys', though that opinion can be altered by the player, and will try to convince his friend. The denial of Zoe and all the support that Tyrak gets fuel his anger towards his home country and only drives him to accomplish anything that will get him out of this hell.

## Role

### *Road 96: Mile 0*

Throughout the events of the game, the skater struggles to convince his only friend that The Peak Collapse of 1986 was in fact not caused by the Black Brigades but by the government, as proved by the file they are supposed to steal. As the daughter of the Minister of Oil, Zoe refuses to believe this, which leads to their friendship rapidly breaking down. Despite all of this, Kaito tries to help Zoe deal with the trauma of both the Border Collapse and her mom leaving her.

Nevertheless, she helps him steal the file and he leaves the city with his parents and the file without even saying goodbye, causing her to furiously chase him down. Kaito and Zoe fight in the parking lot of the Black Brigade hideout when they reunite. His fate after the game's ending depends on the player's choices. He can either choose violence and be recruited in the Brigades by Robert, be arrested by the police or reunite with his parents with little hope of ever crossing the border.

After the ending, Kaito is arrested in the Road 96: About a Girl book and after some time, gets sent to the Iron Pits. He is transferred out of it, and is in a convoy when Brigades attack. Zoe is also in this convoy, as she got arrested to try to help Kaito. The fate of Kaito is left ambiguous, as the choose your adventure book has endings where he will die or live.

### *Road 96*

Kaito does not appear at all in the game.

## Trivia

* Kaito is actually first seen as the main protagonist in one of DigixArt's previous games, *Lost in Harmony.*
* He is very good at skating, while Zoe prefers roller skates.

## Gallery

Kaito and Sonya.Zoe playing her trombone for Kaito.Kaito in Lost in Harmony.Kaito's mother and father.