Chapter 1

A child was crying in a corner, holding a stuffed toy. Her mother was tied up to a chair and blindfolded.

"P-please don't h-hurt her!.."

"I'm truly sorry dear child."

I closed my eyes and slit the throat of the poor woman. I couldn't help but wonder but she had done to deserve this fate. But, I must do as I'm told.. no questions asked. I walked towards the child and picked her up. She screamed.

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you." I said in a whisper. She held her stuffed toy tightly and cried silently. I took out a piece of technology from my pockets. What was this called again? Hm.. I suppose it doesn't matter as long as it works. It was an experimental mind eraser that HQ has been developing for years. I waved it in front of the girl and she fell asleep. As I put her down, I broke the piece of technology. Something like this shouldn't exist. I cleaned up the mess and I reported back to the leader.

For those of you that didn't know, my name is Kento Ri. I have white hair, dark red eyes and I'm currently 27 years old. I am an elite assassin and come from one of the more "poor" areas of planet Niburu. But, I didn't become like this because I wanted too.. No, that wasn't the case at all. When I was 15, my parents suddenly fell ill and there was nothing I could do to help. At the time, hospitals refused to give them medical treatment unless you were part of a wealthy family. A week later, people dressed in cloaks cornered me on my way back home from school. They promised to save my parents if I worked for them. I believed it.. but it was just a lie.. They brought me to an underground building faraway from the city and put a tracker on me, that way if I ever try to run or quit, they would find me.. and kill me. I have never been allowed to live my own life. I must kill who they want me to kill, go where they want me to go, and do as they say, no questions ask. Sometimes I wish I could just escape this life and never return.

Anyways, back to the story.

I cleaned up and destroyed everything that could be used to find me, and within minutes, the police had shown up. I quickly left the scene and walked into a crowd of people on the streets when suddenly, my phone rang.

Who could be calling this late at night?

(Unknown caller)

"Who is this?" I asked quietly.

"Kento Ri. Long time no see. How are you doing these days?"

The voice was familiar. It was the leader.

"Cut the crap! What do you want!"

"Don't be too loud now, you might get yourself killed."

I looked around and remembered there were other people here.

The leader laughed and continued to speak.

"I have a new mission for you. But I can't tell you over the phone. It's too dangerous. Meet me at the stone lake in an hour. Make sure you are not followed."

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