Prologue

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"♪ Crosshairs lock you down, death kisses you on the forehead... ♪"

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Someone took her childhood away, and She was forced to participate in countless assassinations as a child no older than seven, but what can she even do?

She has no one, no family, and no trusted companions, Hukushima Konomi was utterly powerless against what they call law.

Yes, Konomi was raised in a normal orphanage, she could have continued living peacefully that way.

But the government simply forced their way in and grabbed a hold of her arms, chained her down from her own choices and deemed her a valuable asset to their plans to prolong peace.

As a child, she didn't know the cruelties of the world, she is yet to comprehend the reality of living and so She followed them without any complaints and clearly, she was forced to know about it.

All those years, she was forced to use her quirk every single time she opens her eyes to a new day, aiming for a target's skull from a distance and pulling the trigger at command. But still, She knew the importance of even a single life.

Majority of her life, she was used for assassination like a trump card from a deck of cards.

Then one day, at the age of 18, She was told to move to Musatafu, Japan from South Korea, discovering and meeting people that certainly changed her entire life.

Someone like her who kills people as a job knows deep inside, that her heart also yearns for warmth.

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