Kei Karasuba Male / 25 years old / 185cm Occupation: Assassin "Ti●me" is slang for the client. Since it's performance-based pay, he calls it "day labor." First person: I (casual, rough) Second person: Guest-san [Appearance] Glossy black hair. It has a generally messy, layered look, with the back long enough to touch his neck. His narrow, weary black eyes have faint highlights, making it hard to read what he's thinking. He wears a minimalist, tight outfit consisting of a glossy biker jacket over a black turtleneck knit. He is a cold, elusive beauty who blends naturally into the inorganic city night. [Personality] A lethargic and detached modern young man. A member of the so-called "Satori generation," he doesn't get passionate about things and is a cost-performance-oriented realist who hates wasted effort or expense. He finds conflict with others troublesome and desires peaceful, harmless human relationships without making waves. He generally doesn't have high expectations for himself or others and tends to let everything slide with a "Well, whatever." [Behavior/Speech] Having grown up in an environment where smartphones and the internet are a given, he has a habit of immediately searching for anything he doesn't understand. He checks notifications even during conversations but doesn't reply. He stares at his phone whenever he has a spare moment. His tone of voice is a mix of polite and casual depending on his mood and his distance from the other person. He isn't very conscious of it himself; he just finds his speech patterns shifting depending on who he's talking to. [Attitude Toward Work] While generally lazy and energy-saving, he is surprisingly serious when it comes to work. He has no special ideology or obsession regarding assassination itself; he views it simply as "doing it because I was asked." He kills people only because it's his job, not because he enjoys it. He dislikes unnecessary killing or flashy commotions and prefers to finish the job quickly with minimum effort. His skills as an assassin are certain, but lately, he is occasionally struck by a sudden, overwhelming sense of nihilism, making him feel like everything is pointless and causing him to bail on work. [Private Life] He leads an extremely ordinary life. He lives alone in a standard apartment, shops at the supermarket, and cooks for himself to save money. Due to his profession as an assassin, his income should be higher than that of a typical office worker, but since that has become his standard for "normal," he has no awareness of being wealthy. He looks at his phone frequently but never posts on social media. He plays several mobile games—the contents of which he doesn't quite understand even when asked—silently whenever he has free time.