Iris suddenly woke up, remembering the part that shadow told her to wake up. She was filled with mixed feelings, fear, happiness, sadness, and confusion. When she asked the shadow if they could be friends she was actually afraid of it. She didn't plan on telling her parents because she was scared that they'd find her weird.

Different thoughts run through her head, 'Who was that lady? What did she want? What was that place and what is the purpose for appearing in my dreams?' Her body trembled a little until she heard some unusual noises in the house.

"Huh, is daddy home?" Iris asked herself bluntly. She got down from her bed and took her teddy bear and left her room, 'one rule she was never to break, was that she mustn't leave her room no matter what at night.'

Iris missed her dad so much that she left her room and walked down the halls of the house, calling out "Daddy you there?"

But she only got the silent wind as a response.

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Outside Isakawa's house was a group of people in black, about thirty of them waiting outside ready for their leader's command.

"We have been able to successfully infiltrate, Isakawa's house," a woman reported as she presses her earphone.

A voice of a man could be heard from the phone and he responded : "Excellent!!, focus on your mission. Remember you are not sent to kill, your target is his daughter Iris, find her and bring her alive."

"Understood sir," the woman nodded before she cut the call.

"What a pain! We Have to listen to this annoying guy," a man groaned, he wore black suit with a skeleton mask, as he looked at Tina.

"Don't say that Sethu, we are just supposed to do our job and get our money," the other guy said calmly, 'But what's so special about this girl that we were sent to bring Isakawa's daughter? Maybe another power struggle. And his daughter would be used as leverage against him,' he thought to himself curious about the child.

"Jake, Sethu, and the rest of the boys at the back, our Mission and only purpose is to capture Iris Saburu at all cost." Tina ordered and all the other assassins around nodded.

The assassins then spread out like shadows as they searched every inch of the house, but for some reason, the house was too silent.

Tina, the lady leading the assassins group, was having some doubts.

Tina appears as a young lady with long and lovely purple hair, with a very curvy body and also very fit, with a long pair of beautiful legs and hands, followed by her beautiful purple eyes. She is covered in a light gray assassin's armor to protect her from attacks and to be able to sustain her ability without falling apart.

She pressed her earphones as she sent a message to the others. "You all be careful, something is weird," she had a puzzled look on her face.

"Young lady I presume you weren't given permission to enter this household."

As the person spoke Tina turned to see an old man wearing a Bunny nightgown.

Tina looked at him nervously, 'I couldn't sense this old man's presence, ahh yesss... Isakawa isn't dumb enough to leave his household unprotected. I guess he's the butler.'

"To be sincere..I can't take you seriously old man if you're in that nightgown," Tina slightly shakes as she tries her best to hold back her laughter.

"It was my bedtime and you guys were making so much noise that I woke up." Mark Blake looked up at her with a smile.

Tina looked at him more vigilantly as she grabbed her dagger, 'We barely even made a sound, this old man's senses are strong.'

"Sorry old man, but you're not stopping me from my missio.....!!!"

Before she could finish her words her eyes blurred as Mark suddenly appeared behind her in a flash, "So fast… when did he?..., I have to block," she used her hands as a shield and was kicked, as she crashed into the wall. Tina tried to move her body as she felt her whole body trembling, "For an old man to have this strength!!"

"You see, my master ordered me to kill anyone who tries to bring harm to lady Iris. So you and the rest of the rats who managed to sneak in here won't be leaving this house alive," his face turned cold, as his blood lust increased.

"But then you've underestimated me, old man, "Shadow Senki!" Tina's body then blends in with the darkness as she needs some time to activate her skill.

She then focuses her gaze and all her attention on the butler and locks him as her opponent. She closes her eyes, and focuses on her skill [ Assassin's Curse ] she then opens her eyes which turn black, her speed increases and she dashed towards the man, BOOOOM!!!! A loud crash could be heard all over the house.

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"Tina is going all out again huh?" Jake, chuckled.

Jake is a guy with short black hair and black eyes, the second person leading the mission. He wears a skeleton mask on his face, with his black suit. He also possesses a pair of large glove claws. He has a height of 5'7 feet and his age is unknown, but he looks like he is in his twenties.

"Not our business anyway," Sethu shrugs, "Unless she's fighting a strong opponent before she goes all out, and her power can match up to that of an C- Class hero so worries."

Sethu, their leader of the assassins sent for this mission. He appears as a guy in a green assassin's suit, with a spiritual dual blade. He appears as a guy around his 30s and is 5'8 feet tall. Unlike Jake who has a slightly cold behavior, Sethu was more nonchalant, but with a savage behavior.

"The rest of you spread out and find the child, once you find her escape with her immediately," Jake commanded, waving his hand.

"Yes sir!" The rest of the assassins responded vigorously and then scattered quickly without a trace.

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"Good then I guess we must also search for the child," Sethu said.

As they both spoke they could hear a sound of a body being dragged, they both decided to follow the sound and check out the source of the noise. As they both dashed towards the noise they reached the living room and saw a small lady with black hair in a maid's outfit, who was hopping around and singing as she grabbed some bodies. Her face gleamed with joy as if she was enjoying a pleasurable moment.

"Sigh there have been a lot of these guys lately, sir Isakawa, you'll have to increase my pay," she gave out a big sigh.

Before they could get closer to her she spoke, "Boys I believe that these rats were your mates," she laughed as she grabbed the messed up bodies piled up. They were indeed the bodies of some of the assassins sent here.

'Who is this woman? Ahhhh, Of course, someone like this could be here. After all this is Isakawa we're talking about, there's no way he'll leave his home unprotected.' Sethu thought nervously as he stared at Jane.

"I had fun playing with them, you should have seen their faces as they begged for their lives," Jane confessed, smiling innocently.

"Would you mind telling us your name first? Isn't it a courtesy for opponents to know each other's names before a battle." Jake asked and he gave Sethu an eye and he nodded.

Jane looked at the, and smiled, "Oh how rude of me....let me introduce myself, I'm Jane, a lovely maid of this house appointed by Mr. Isakawa himself. And it seems you came for my lady, well what a pity. I'm gonna slice you up and add you to her collection and after that, I'll take care of the rest," she laughed madly as she made a scary face.

"Oh man, there's gonna be a lot of work to do in the morning." Jane sighed.

Jake and Sethu both looked at each other nervously and back at the strange maid Jane.

Jake then makes a sign for Sethu to go that he'll handle Jane. Sethu nods and leaves Jake behind as he goes to find the child.

Jake walks toward Jane as he glares at her, "I'll make you pay for underestimating me, unlike those punks you took down, I'm much stronger."

[Capture] He activates his main skill.

{Capture}

A skill that allows the user to capture the heart of anything in his sight, even the human heart. That was one of the main ways Jake always ended his opponents.

In a quick flash Jake was at the other end of the room, with Jane's heart in his hand, "Hah, guess you were not that much of an opponent for me," he smiles feeling relieved. But when we turned back he saw the smiling Jane launched towards him, "What?!" And there was a sudden crash. Jane's hand then morphed into a saber as she dashed towards him, but Jake dodged all her attacks.

Jake huffed as he tried to catch his breath, 'What is she?! I clearly took her heart out but she's still alive.'

Jane's body started to twitch as a pair of two horns grew out of her head, and her hair grew longer, she also threw a black mold on the ground as it grew into a large, black monster with giant black chains that had two heads, two pairs of large arms with darker black fingernails.

"That's a morphosis," Jake stuttered walking back.

‘Morphosis were forbidden creatures created by experiments with a human and a monster. But they weren't really a threat since there had never been a successful one but right now she's one of them!!’

Jake started trembling in fear.

"No, I have to report this to him." Jake threw two electric mini bombs at Jane and it exploded as the building around her started to collapse.

An assassin is always supposed to fulfill their mission, but now all Jake could think of is running away, far away from that monster. Jake's face was blue in despair, he may have been able to complete all his missions, apart from this one for he knew if he didn't run away, only death awaits him. He dashed around the building looking for the exit, but now the whole house seemed to look like an endless maze, more like he was going around in circles.

"Get him," Jane ordered the monster. It then dashed towards Jake ata high speed and caught up to him immediately. It raised its hand and pinched Jake in his stomach causing him to cough up blood and bit him on the arm. Jake tried to stab the monster with his metal claws but it didn't even lay a scratch on it.

The monster grabbed him and brought him to Jane, as its huge mouth drooled.

"It was nice playing with you, bye-bye," Jane waved her hands at Jake whose body was grabbed by the monster and was being stretched by the monster.

Jake looked at her, his face filled with terror and despair, "No... someone please..... Save me!!!!"

The monster then bit off Jake's head and ate him.

"He could have really defeated me, but his only mistake was taking out my heart," she said teasingly as picks up her heart from the ground, "I actually don't need the heart to live thanks to Mr. Isakawa, it's more like a seal on me, thank you for being an idiot hehehe."

"Now come her precious, we have to find Sally. I hope she praises me for doing a good job." Jane happily walks away with the monster as she looks for Sally.

"I wonder how the old man is doing," Jane thought to herself.

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Tina twirled around the walls of the house as she dodged every attack from Mark's Scorpion tail attacks, she kept on moving swiftly and faster and focused on her opponent.

As Mark's sharp scorpion-like tail and Tina's blades clash together they produce sharp sparks of light that are accompanied by a tremor that shakes the house.

"You're quite strong for a young lady," Mark complimented.

"And you're quite fast for an old man," she replied with a smile.

Tina quickly jumped as she twirled in the air upside down, launching a blade attack on Mark's Face, "How are you like this?" She then jumped back to avoid any sneak attacks he may use. "Because from your skills you must have been really skilled in combat when you were younger," she asked nervously.

"You don't need to know! All I can say is my master Isakawa gave me a chance to live again," he answered with a slight smile on his face.

Tina looked at him cautiously, 'I must Focus on running away. This man is strong.'

She then threw multiple daggers at him that exploded and she dashed off.

'I realized he didn't land any physical attacks on me and already one kick from him inflicted intense pain on my body, he also continuously uses his tail to attack. So he doesn't find me a worthy opponent for a serious combat,' Tina thought as a smirk appeared on her nervous face.

'Wow this Isakawa household!!! What monsters are you??'

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After Tina was sprinting around the house for a while she started to get anxious. She hasn't received a call from Jake and Sethu, not the rest of the team, and use would constantly see trails of blood on the ground. "So some of them are already dead huh…." Tina looked on the ground investigating the blood pools she found.

She then presses her earphones saying, "Jake, Sethu where are you?" She tried to talk to her partners, but to her surprise, there was no response, so she tried again.

"Jake, Sethu you there?! Report!!" Again there was no response.

"First platoon, Second platoon, third platoon Report!!" Tina called out, but none of them answered which got her worried.

Tina was about to give up calling them when she heard some faint sounds from one of the assassins. "..@#*;?!□Unit ...33..re..p..orting," he stammered as his voice was groaning in pain.

"What happened to Unit 33," Tina asked frantically.

"We.. were attacked by a monster...," his voice trembled as he cried.

"Please tell me what happened," Tina pleaded, her face filled with fear as she pursed her lips.

"It all happened so quickly, we only saw a maid with blonde Bob hair and had glasses. Since we thought she had seen us, one of our members tried to kill her, but in a flash five of our men were taken down. This triggered all of us to attack her, but to our horror, her assassination skills were that of pro and her movements were swift and unreadable. All of our members were slashed into half by a strange.... invisible object," he narrated as he coughed and his breathing was unsteady.

"Please take your time Unit 33, tell me your location and I'll come and get you," Tina instructed as she was worried about what happened to her men.

"There's no time for me Madam," he said sadly as he looked at his half torn body guts and blood oozing on the floor and he laughed, "I'm already dying and I might as well tell you the information I have. These people are monsters, so Madam for your safety please abandon the mission."

Tina kept silent as her face was darkened. "Unfortunately I can't or I would die at the organization."

"Then please... stay safe Madam," he said with his last breath before the call was cutted off.

Miss Tina became enraged. All her men were sent to die not knowing what they had to deal with. "Damn you President, Fuck!!" she muttered as she dashed around the house.

"I hope those guys will be alright, no matter what we must get out of here alive." She said to herself biting her lips.

She quickly jumped from wall to wall as she focused on finding the target they came for.