Guns, Blood, Drugs, Blades and Loneliness: The Assassin's Zero Purpose.

Nine Takayama was not born; he was made. A product of an unforgiving organization, his purpose is clear: kill, obey, and forget. At only 12 years old, Nine has already been trained to be an unstoppable assassin. Cold, calculating, and detached from the world, he carries out his missions with terrifying efficiency. His eyes, though young, hide the weight of countless lives he's taken-and the ones he's yet to take.

In day Nine is a normal stoic Hanzo Academy student minding his own world. But in his other persona he is a assassin killing on drug trafficking or corrupted authorities.

But beneath his stoic demeanor lies a fractured soul, a child who can barely remember a time before the bloodshed. Nine doesn't remember who he was before they turned him into a weapon. All he knows is the endless cycle of violence and the darkness that surrounds him. His only solace? The fleeting moments of peace that come when he wonders about the life he could've had, the innocence he's lost.

When Nine's latest mission goes awry, he finds himself face-to-face with a truth that could shatter everything he knows. Betrayal lurks around every corner, and as time begins to slip through his fingers, Nine must face the ultimate question: Is redemption even possible for someone like him?

Haunted by the echoes of his past and cursed with the power to manipulate time, Nine is a boy caught between the man he was forced to become and the child he could never be. Will he remain the deadly assassin known as The Raven, or will the boy inside him rise from the ashes of a life he never chose?

Follow Nine's journey through a world of assassins, betrayal, and a battle against time, as he fights to find his place in a life that never wanted him.