Gunslinger Boy

by Mrs. Ryoki

Takeru, a skilled lethal cyborg assasin working with his handler, Ken Ichijouji. Rescued by the Social Welfare Agency, his wounds were repaired with robotic components and normal procedure of brainwashing. But he has not completely forgotten how to love..

1. Prologue

Gunslinger Boy

By: Mrs. Ryoki
Story Adaptation: Yu Aida's "Gunslinger Girl"

The boy has a mechanical body. However, he is still an adolescent boy.

Prologue

"Hey, Ken. Are you planning to visit every national hospital in Italy?"

Ken, at 19 years old, blew out a breath of smoke. He took out the cigarette pressed between his lips. "Not really." He replied.

Daisuke glanced at him. "I've made a selection already. A CFS syndrome patient abandoned by her family."

A curtain of indigo hair fell over Ken's narrowed eyes. "…Does it have to be around our age?"

"According to the engineers at the agency, yes. They say both the physical modification and the chemical brainwashing procedure work better on younger patients." The dark skinned boy remarked simply.

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"Dr. Kido, we are here because we heard you have a boy in serious condition." Daisuke stated, turning to face the doctor with a blank expression.

The doctor pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose nervously. "Y-yes, we do. He is in dire need of your assistance."

Ken's cat-like amethyst eyes softened at the display of a blonde boy, bandages draped all over his frail body.

Dr. Kido cleared his throat. "He says he wants…to kill himself."

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