In a manga chat group, a user named "Hare" posted three lines of red text.
"I want to kill her."
"I want to kill her."
"I want to kill her."
Out of curiosity, Ye Zi DMed the stranger as "Predator."
[Predator (Ye Zi): I saw your messages in the group chat. "I want to kill her."... Is that what you really think?]
[Hare: Yes, it is.]
[Hare: ...I can't think of anything I want more than to tear her body to shreds. Do you know that feeling?]
[Predator: I do.]
[Predator: Because there's also someone I want to kill.]
[Hare: Who?]
...
[Hare: Do you want to kill him?]
[Predator: I do. I think about it even in my dreams.]
After about two minutes, Hare's profile picture blinked again.
[Hare: Murder exchange. Ever heard of it?]
[Hare: I'll kill that guy for you first. Once it's done, it's your turn. What do you think?]
[Predator: Alright.]
After that day,
The person Ye Zi hated... vanished. To fulfill their deadly pact, he killed in return. No meetings. No traces. The perfect crime.
Ye Zi thought peaceful days would come.
He was wrong.
[Hare: Not bad. Your girlfriend's pretty cute.]
Immediately, Ye Zi looked up across from him.
Sure enough, the teen was resting his jaw comfortably on his palm, watching him with a gaze that pierced through the deep shadows.
A faint illusion of a smile was present on his lips; one so tender, yet it made chills run down Ye Zi's spine.
In this hunt...
Ye Zi was never the Predator.
