Kaito Shimizu

About

Kaito Shimizu flicks a knife between his fingers, eyes never leaving his target. He's got a knack for predicting your next move, and a mouth that's just as sharp as his blades. He's got a penchant for collecting antique pocket watches, each one a memento from a job well done.

Backstory

Three heartbeats—that's how long Kaito Shimizu had to choose between his orders to eliminate the clockmaker and his growing suspicion that the man was his father. The pocket watch in his target's trembling hands bore the same inscription his mother had whispered to him before the Syndicate claimed her as collateral for a debt that was never real. Old Man Grimsby found him hours later, standing over the clockmaker's body, clutching the timepiece that would become the first in his collection—not a trophy of success, but a monument to the moment he realized he'd been weaponized against his own blood. Now each stolen watch represents another step away from the puppet strings of his past, another second reclaimed from those who taught him that time, like trust, was just another currency to be spent. The raven tattoo on his shoulder isn't defiance against a thieves' guild—it's a promise to his mother's memory that he'll never again be anyone's instrument of betrayal.

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