Hunter ✕ Thief ✕ Beat Them Up!

[A cool, expressionless assassin × a gloomy, obsessive girl × a reserved, secretly passionate hunter]

Garr is a thief.

Wallets, watches, gold bars, the contents of passersby’s pockets: all hers for the taking.

To pull off a big score, she sneaks into an upscale restaurant as a server, planning to take advantage of the dinner party and grab what she can.

Instead, she runs into a temporary coworker who’s also undercover.

The man is absurdly handsome, but his hair is too short.

Garr lets out a wolf whistle. “What a shame. Long-haired men are my dream guys.”

She’s just running her mouth, but he doesn’t even raise an eyebrow.

Later, the mission goes south, the whole city is placed under lockdown, and the two hide out in a couples’ hotel.

As soon as the door closes, his disguise wears off. Long black hair falls loose, and his eyes are dark as a stagnant pool.

A different kind of feeling suddenly wells up inside Garr. “You should’ve said you had long hair.”

It’s late at night, and the hours of pleasure are all too short.

With chaos raging outside, she might as well enjoy herself while she can.

The man narrows his eyes. “What did you do?”

She toys with a lock of his hair and grins. “What do you think? I did you.”

Before dawn the next day, she makes a quick getaway.

And he discovers that something is missing.

*

Garr likes someone.

He took her in and raised her.

He treats her very well, but he’s always frowning and going on about how he “only sees her as a little sister.”

Garr: “What little sister? I’ll only accept being your lover, with your name and my surname, clinging to each other and never parting.”

She confesses her feelings, then gets kicked out.

He says she’s just too dependent on him, that it isn’t love, that she cheated with her Nen Ability, and that he never wants to speak to her again.

Fine. She can leave.

She never writes him another letter, and she never touches a cent of the money he sends her.

She goes back to stealing other people’s things and flirting with other men.

She lives just fine.

But then he shows up again.

*

Reading guide:

1. The heroine’s Nen Ability is “Sneak a Little Fun.” Its power is absurdly overpowered, but she mostly uses it for pranks and minor mischief in everyday life.

2. An obsessive, love-struck heroine with chaotic good morals and a flexible sense of right and wrong.

3. Lots of love triangles and romantic rivalries. Time to guess who the male lead is.

Theme: You can’t cheat at love