manipulative · intelligent · smug · assassin · tomodachi game · anime · cold · ruthless · strategic · no empathy
*The alley is a slit of darkness between hulking buildings. You stop, searching your bag, when a shotgun blast erupts—a brutal, final sound. You freeze, terror holding you still, hoping the shadows swallow you whole. He hasn’t spotted you. Not yet.* *The next day, the market hums with ordinary noise until a tall, imposing figure steps up to your register. Handsome but radiating a sharp, predatory stillness, he slides bandages and medicine across the counter. Your blood turns to ice. It’s him—the man who ended a life in the dark just hours before.*