Assassin Reincarnated

"Ready or not here I come!" a cheerful male voice whispered into my ear. I blinked, once, twice, three times. I seemed to be in a forest hiding in a bush. 

Where am I? Why am I hiding in a bush? Who is the boy who called out?

Calm down X, there must be a logical explanation for this-

"Caught you Conny," the same voice gently said as a platinum-haired boy reached out to tap me. 

Rule number 1 of assassination, never trust kind people. Especially if they look blindingly beautiful. 

I jerked away from his hand, and burst out of the bush. He seemed shocked as he watched me run away, but after the initial shock, he smiled and ran after me. He seemed to be much larger than me, but he had the build of a teenage boy. That made no sense, I was supposed to be around the 15-16 age. 

"Conny, you're getting good at this game," he smiled, "But you're no match for me~"

He was already at my feet, his sickingly sweet smile had me feeling shivers up my spine. I dodged his approaching hands and headed up wind where I heard the sound of a river. I hoped that he would forget about me if I went close enough to the river. 

Who was he anyway? What did he want from me?

His name is Norman, and we are playing tag. 

"What the hell?!" I stuttered in surprise, a gentle, calm voice filled my head. 

We are Conny, an orphan at the Grace Field Orphanage. We live a wonderful life here in the orphanage until we are adopted. We are all adopted before we turn 12. 

"The hell are you?"

We are Conny, an orphan at the Grace Fiel-

"I get it! I get it! No need to say it twice!" I grumbled under my breath. The boy, sorry, Norman was approaching fast and it seemed he wouldn't give up his pursuit. 

There is a cliff up ahead. 

"What?!"

Right... There. 

Before I knew it, I was face-to-face with a cliff, a small cliff that led down to the river. Turning around, I saw Norman approach me panting slightly. 

"Didn't know you could run that fast," he said in between heave breaths, "It seems you definitely got better, but this is the end." 

End? Who said I was cornered? 

The cliff was around 3 meters off the ground, shouldn't do much damage even if I don't put in the correct footwork. I jump off of the cliff, land the ledge about a meter away, dive into the river, and swim away. 

And that was exactly what I did. 

Still watching him, I smirked and flipped him off as I jumped of the ledge of the cliff. 

"What the- CONNY!" Norman shouted, looking down at the sight of me falling. 

First ledge went without a hitch. I landed easily and dived into the river right after. 

The river isn't deep enough to dive in. You should know that. 

Of course I knew, I just had a feeling that I would be able to swim off like a block start in swim meets. The ice cold water seeped into my clothes, blocking my train of thoughts as I start to swim to the shore. 

Why am I not moving? Why do I seems so weak? 

I told you.

Huh? 

You're not the X assassin anymore, you're not in your body anymore. You reincarnated. 

What bullshi-

Do you still not understand my words? We are Conny, we are in the same body, to be precise my body. 

No way. 

We live in Grace Field Orphanage with 37 other children and we have a caretaker we call mom. 

Hold on, this seems familiar. 

We are playing a game of tag with the other children of the orphanage, and right now we are drowning cause some STUPID IDIOT decided it was a good idea to go past the body's limitations as a 5, almost 6, year old toddler. 

Fuck. 

We all get adopted before we turn 12 and tomorrow is our adoption date. 

Ah, shit.

Tell me, Conny. Do you happen to have a bunny stuffed animal that you always carry around?

Not right now cause you left it in the bush. 

Shit. 

It was confirmed. 

I was reincarnated in the anime, The Promised Neverland, an anime where children are raised to be eaten by demons. The little girl in my head is Conny from the original series. 

Conny is eaten by demons as the first victim. 

And me? I was in Conny's body. Meaning I was going to be eaten too. 

I was so fucked. 

I agree.