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The year 2088 was very different from our current year. The usage and development of the new technologies skyrocketed and it was no longer the world everyone knew. It wasn’t so simple anymore. Everyone could modify their body and mind to have better reflexes, smarts or anything really.
The capitalistic flow of the world wasn’t the best idea either. People were losing their jobs on daily basis, and the rich ruled the world.
It was so bad that the people had no choice but to resort to stealing and committing crimes. Taking jobs from the people of power just to get some money to come by.
Since the criminality was only increasing, the hands of law could not reach it anymore. At least not so much. And that was when the organisations rose, they hired on the job people to do their dirty work.
Soon after not only did these jobs contain stealing but murder. The people were hired with assigned with targets to kill.
And honestly nobody cared, not the law, politicians or anyone really. If you paid enough anything could have been arranged.
One of the most skilled people on the market was intruder K, also often called Cyber punk dead boy. If you needed to get disposed of someone quick and quiet, he was the perfect choice for it.
He made himself quite a name between the higher ups and was often recruited for any kind of jobs. Which he did without fail.
Rui woke up in the middle of his nap, in the late afternoon, since he mainly worked during the night he didn’t sleep much. But that was nothing what the energy bar couldn’t fix.
He groaned and pawed for his phone. It was his higher ups. “Intruder R. What goes?” He picked up the call reluctantly.
“There’s a new job for you.” He heard the robotic-like voice over the phone. “I need you here asap.”
Sitting up, trying to understand what the person was saying Rui almost tripped. This was unusual, they almost never invited him to discuss the jobs at the headquarters.
“Wait… Won’t you send me the deets like normal?”
“Not this time, no. I will see you at HQ in an hour, don’t be late.”
And as soon as the call started it ended. Rui got up from his couch, since he didn’t have a bed at his apartment he slept on it instead. Not the best for his back but he managed.
His place was small and hidden from the public eye, it was subtle and not drawing any attention from the outside and inside. It was two room apartment with bathroom and main room connected to the kitchen, which he never used.
There goes his sleep schedule he thought as he put his usual clothes and his signature black face mask on.
He texted his friend on the way
Intruder K:
Hey NK
They called me to HQ, it was nice knowing you
Yoyoyo~
NK:
I swear you have to stop being so dramatic
What do they want??
Intruder R:
That I do not know
But they told me to be there asap
NK:
Tell me whats it about after
Be safe Rui.
Intruder R:
You should know by now that this stuff is confidential ~
NK:
Whatever.
Nene knew he was just joking, they always shared their job deets with each other, they were really close friends since childhood.
They both had nothing when they met and decided to stick together ever since. He trusted her with his life.
The sounds of the city were muffled in the background. His life wasn’t an easy path, but it was the one he chose… instead of death at least. He got accustomed to this lifestyle pretty fast, living from job to job and how to hide from his enemies.
His employers were a pretty well-known cyber AI’s that didn’t have a tangible form and lived in the Net. Everyone knew them for their popularity in the early 2000s as singers and people used them as voice banks to create music, before they became sentient.
Now, they were the most popular cyber dealers on the Net and he just so happened to be one of theirs employees doing their dirty work.
They really did not need headquarters since they operated through the internet but Rui didn’t want to pry. They paid him well after all.
Eventually he arrived at the HQ and entered the elevator. The ride was quiet, almost too quiet, should he be worried about this? This almost never happened before. He was there only few times on official business to sign some papers but when doing work, he never needed to have direct orders given in person.
As soon as he stepped out the door opened in front of him and he saw a hologram of Kagemine Rin, his dealmaker, behind the desk. ”Intruder R.” She nodded in greeting. “Please sit down.” Gesturing to the chair in front of the desk.
Rui knew better than to ask questions, so he just silently sat down and waited for the orders.
“This matter cannot be discussed over the Net so that’s why I called you here.”
“It’s a assassination job and our target… isn’t exactly an easy one to get to and is very protected.” Well, this was getting interesting. He was often hired to kill people in higher positions, why was this person so special? “That’s why we assigned this to you, our most capable worker.”
“How flattering~”
“However.” She cut him off. “This will not be an easy job, even though you are very capable you will need to be careful.“ Giving him a strict glance she looked at a computer in front of her and typed something onto the keyboard.
“This is your target.” The computer projected an image above them. It was a man dressed in sparkly outfit with his hair styled. Rui had to admit he was quite pretty for a guy, however he was still nothing but the target after all.
“His name is Tsukasa Tenma, famous idol loved by his audience, I am sure you have heard of him.”
Now that he thinks of it, he definitely heard some of his songs here and there.
“He’s 24/7 on watch, there basically aren’t any good opportunities to get rid of him, so I need you to do your magic and dispose of him. I don’t care how, just have him gone.”
She looks up from the screen, pulling down her glasses a bit. “Understood?”
Rui straightened up, this was a serious matter that he shouldn’t joke around, they literally called him to the headquarters to tell him his target.
“Understood.”
“Okay then you are dismissed, I will send you the files through the mail.”
As soon as he got back to his apartment he started his research. He went through the Net and tried to get as much information as he could on this ‘Tsukasa Tenma’ and boy was he famous.
As he went through his social media, he realised that the idol was really attractive, but that was beside the point. This man was famous famous. Multiple bodyguards, cameras everywhere and of course the fans.
Frankly he never tried to assassinate a famous person, like a celebrity. This is going to be a tough nut to crack.
Then he looked into the mail sent by the corpo – details where and when was Tenma supposed to be, some of his personal information that could come in handy.
This was going to be a tricky job, he liked that. It was all boring when they made it too easy. He picked up his phone, texting Nene.
Intruder R:
What do you know about this guy Tsukasa Tenma?
NK:
He’s the famous idol isn’t he?
No.1 trending in Japan today
Why?
…Don’t tell me this is what I think this is
Intruder R:
It is exactly what you think I fear
But I like the challenge~