When an Assassin Meets a Paranoid

A proud, seductive, decisive professional assassin x a suspicious, brooding, yandere big shot of the Demon Realm

The assassin hasn't even made a move, but the victim's paranoia has already conjured up all kinds of bizarre scenarios...

Nope!

Nope!

----Her master has given her a mission.

Shuang Sha, the number one assassin of the Demon Realm, looked at the secret message in her palm. A few huge, jagged characters read: "Assassinate the leader of the Demon Realm at once." Wait, does it have to be an assassination? Can't she just kill him openly?

Her master sent a voice message from a thousand miles away, sneering. "If you're capable of that, then killing him openly would be even better. What can I say? Pei Yanhuan is always making trouble for the Demon Realm."

In short, Pei Yanhuan, a thousand-year-old demon, was more slippery than an eel.

As the saying goes, a cunning hare has three burrows. By that measure, Pei Yanhuan had eighty-one burrows. He had more tricks up his sleeve than hairs on his legs. Wait, how would you know how many hairs he has on his legs?

To complete her final job, break free of her master's control, and then kick her master to the curb so she could stop being a workhorse, Shuang Sha planned to kill Pei Yanhuan quickly and decisively. But every time she got close, she couldn't even touch a single hair on his head before he smoothly dodged her.

Pei Yanhuan furrowed his brow. "Something's off. A beautiful woman like you must have an ulterior motive for approaching me."

"Something's off. You're cooking for me out of nowhere. You must want something from me."

"Something's off. You're performing a sword dance for no reason. Are you trying to use the momentum to kill me?"

"Something's off. You're wearing heavy makeup today. Are you planning to lower my guard with a honey trap?"

What the hell is wrong with you?!

Shuang Sha was a cold-blooded assassin who rarely smiled, truly as icy as they came. Yet Pei Yanhuan repeatedly left her exasperated and speechless. She spread her hands. "Nothing's off. I just want to be friends with you, Your Excellency, the Demon Lord. Is that not allowed?"

She couldn't imagine how someone as paranoid as Pei Yanhuan had managed to claim the top seat in the Demon Realm. Was it thanks to his completely empty head?

Pei Yanhuan blinked. "Something's off. You want to be friends with me for no reason at all. You must be up to something!"

Up to something, my ass!

Fine, she admitted she was up to something.

She absolutely had to eliminate this idiot of a Demon Lord. Otherwise, how could she prove her professional competence, or quit her job with her head held high?

Note: This blurb was written on January 19, 2025, and a screenshot has been saved.

Theme: What is most precious in this world? Human life.