Day 1 of my assassination mission

The facility has given me the complete whereabouts of a certain man's location. In fact, inside the facility, there is someone who has Faith power of transmitting information directly into other people's brains. They never give a reason why this man should be assassinated. They only insist that I should assassinate him immediately. 

I quickly make my way to the target's location. Fortunately, the target is in the same country as the facility, Russia. But Russia is a big country, so I accelerated my running speed to reach the target as fast as I can.

After ten minutes of running, I have reached where the target at.

The target is a man, and currently standing in front of me.

We are in a back alley of a city in Russia that's only 1.5m wide. It turns out that the man is a leader of some back alley gang. I had no idea why such a man must be assassinated according to the facility, but honestly, I do not care about all that. I just want to save Michelle, yet I am not prepared to do such a thing as killing.

"What do you want little girl?" said the man that is 180cm tall while I'm only 120cm tall.

"Mister, I was tasked to kill you." said me so casually despite the negativity of my words.

"Huh?? Go home kid! I don't have time to play with a little girl."

The man turned away from me after replying. He is about to walk away, but I immediately attacked him from behind.

"UAAAGGGHHH!!"

I throw my clock hand sword and it landed and pierced the man's right shoulder perfectly.

"TCH!! SHITTY BRAAATT!!"

The man turns around and swings his left fist towards me. I dodged and jumped to the right and landed on the wall of the back alley. I jumped again using the wall as a stepping stone and kicked the man in the face. But unfortunately, the man blocked the kick with his right arm.

He is not just an ordinary man as he is a leader of a back alley gang. He is used to some street fights and has a quick reflex. After he blocked the kick, the man launches a full swing left jab towards my stomach. I was sent flying away for 2 meters.

"Ugh!!!! HOOOEEEEKKK!!!!"

I immediately regurgitated as my tiny stomach was directly hit by a muscular fist of an adult male. The man grabs the sword on his shoulder and tries to pull it out.

"What the fuck is this? I can't pull it out! It doesn't even budge! HHRRRRGGHHH!!"

The man couldn't pull out the sword with his strength. He walks towards me instead.

"KYAAAAAHH!!"

He stomps on my head and presses it against the ground.

"What the fuck is wrong with you, shitty brat?? I've been having a really bad day, and even after drinking, I can't even cheer myself. And you had to throw a fucking sword into my shoulder?!"

("Just as I thought, I don't have the guts to kill a person. When he showed his back, that could've been the perfect moment to kill him. I could've aimed at his head and end this right away, but. . . I just can't.")

The man grabs my hair and lifts me up.

"Oy, oy, shitty brat!! Didn't you say you're gonna kill me? Show me your sword again! I am not a Believer, but I can still crush a tiny Believer like yourself."

The man lets go of his hold of my hair but then immediately grabs my face and slams it on the ground with all of his might.

"KYAAAAAAARRRGGGHHHH!!!!"

The back of my head is bleeding. Blood also comes out of my mouth. Some of my bones are cracked due to the slam. It hurts so much especially for a mere seven-year-old girl like me.

"STAND UP BRAT!! Weren't you going to kill me?"

Hearing the man's threat, I did not answer even a bit. I kept thinking to myself.

"(Maybe, I should just let this man kill me off. I really can't bring myself to kill a person. I'm scared of taking away someone's life. I should just. . .disappear.")

The man lifts his right fist upwards. He is about to deliver a finishing blow towards my head. A fist that comes out of a muscular 180cm tall adult male would certainly kill a young girl with a tiny body, especially if the fist was aimed towards her head.

"GO TO HELL AND REGRET YOUR DECISION TO APPEAR BEFORE ME, SHITTY BRAT!!!"

As the man's fist was about to land directly on my face, I remembered a certain line that came out of Michelle's mouth.

"Lily-chan, thank you for being a part of my life."

The man misses his punch.

"Huh?"

The man was confused as he punched the ground. My body was just gone as if it teleported away. I appeared behind the man with the clock hand sword on my hand. The man suddenly got cut in two. There wasn't even a single drop of blood on my sword. He died instantly and I have recovered from my injuries.

The glare in my eyes has turned ice cold. His split corpse is falling to the ground and so much blood is flowing out of his cut bodies. My fear of murdering someone has been shattered right after I remembered Michelle's word. I was reminded of how precious Michelle is to me. I no longer hesitate to kill my target. Everything was for her. 

I also remember that I need to bring back some proof that the target is killed. The proof must be organs, flesh, skin tissues, blood sample, etc. of the sort that belongs to the target. The facility said they can identify anything to prove that it belongs to the target. I shove my bare hands inside the inner body of the left part of the cut man's corpse. I casually mess around his inner organ to search for his heart. I found the heart and immediately roughly pull it out of his corpse. My hands are covered in blood. The heart that I'm holding is still pulsating. Normally, I would be disgusted by it, but the current me is completely calm.

"So this is how my life will be from now on. . ."

I was killed that night. I was no longer the person I once was. Taking the life of another human being has awakened something within me. 

I casually walk away from the corpse while holding the heart. Rain starts to fall down as if the world itself is crying over the drastic change of a girl at a very young age. 

I have quickly made my way back to the facility. I am back at the room where the facility held Michelle.

"Welcome back Experiment#496, how was your first mission?"

I throw the heart of my target to the floor.

"Give Mi-chan the antidote!"

"Ah, yes, of course, that is indeed the agreement."

The man with the lab coat inserts the liquid into the pod which Michelle is in right now. The pod has some kind of green liquid inside. There is a breathing mask on her mouth and IV lines were injected all over her body.

"Why is she inside that equipment?"

"Don't worry, it's just procedures to keep her alive. We can't let her die to thirst, hunger, and malnutrition but we can't let her be free from this spot either."

"So, what do I do now? You said one mission each day, what about if I finished a mission quickly for the day?"

"You are free to do as you please. You can leave or enter the facility as you wish. We prepared a room where it's only accessible with your fingerprint. You can even stay in the room if you want. It will no longer be locked."

"Sounds very misleading given the situation you put me in."

"Well, get lost already! We'll give you a new mission tomorrow."

The man in the lab coat left the room. I approach the glass window and put my hand on it.

"Mi-chan. . .I'll get you out. No matter how long it takes, even if it's forever, I won't leave you behind!"

Michelle wasn't in a condition to have a conversation, but hearing my words, her facial expression looks like she is struggling to give a smile. I shed tears after seeing her effort.

"Mi-chan. . .*sobs*"

"(. . .What if. . .)"

I summon my clock hand sword. I swing my sword to stab the window.

"What do you think you're doing?"

My clock hand sword vanishes into thin air and my fist was the only thing that hits the window, which was futile. The man with the blue hair suddenly appeared inside the room, behind me, and away from the glass window. I turn around.

"Do you really monitor this room specifically for every second?"

"I need you to be stronger ASAP. Come!"

The room suddenly changed into the training room where I used to practice avoiding miniguns, but this time, there are no scientists overlooking from the windows on top of the wall around. The room looked like it changed only from my perspective, what actually happens was that I and the man teleported here instead.

"What are you doing?"

"I'll give you another way to save your friend."

"What?!"

"If you can defeat me, then I will free your friend and you won't have to do your missions ever again!"

". . .You serious?"

"Do I look like I was joking?" the man answers angrily and seriously.

"There are conditions about the fight. I will forcefully stop the fight if you beat me or if you have reached a condition where you have to heal yourself from fatal injuries because otherwise, you'll just come at me forever."

"Very well."

As soon as I said that, I rushed towards the man with my accelerated speed. I summon my clock hand sword and swing it towards his head. The same thing happened as before, I swing the sword but the sword vanished before it even connects to even his hair. I jumped back to keep my distance.

"Explodes!"

The man said such an incomplete sentence yet, my entire right arm blows up and blood is splashing everywhere.

"AAAAAAAAAARRGGGHHH!!!!"

"Boom!"

My entire left leg blows up next.

"AAAAAAAAAAAARGGHHHH!!"

I fell towards the floor. My breathing was heavy. I was bleeding too much. The pain is immeasurable.

"Cough blood!"

*COUGH COUGH*

I started coughing blood and my condition worsens. I feel my body is in a fever, it's heating up. I am having trouble just staying still due to my constant coughing. 

I decided that I have to heal myself. I rewind time on my body to a state before all of these happen. The pain is suddenly gone and I feel fine again.

*pant pant*

"So that concludes for today. You can challenge me again tomorrow after you finish your mission."

"Oh, by the way, the name's Martin. Martin Wedhessle. The number one Strongest Believer in the world. People called me "God". I also go by the title "The man who called himself God". Nice to meet you!"

Martin left the room as he fades away. I was hit by a realization of how impossible his requirement is. Defeating the number one Believer is beyond a dream for a seven-year-old girl such as me. These are my daily life from now on. 

From that day, I have to constantly kill people I don't even know. From that day, I have to suffer constant defeat towards someone whose power is beyond human understanding. I was unable to do anything. I cannot break the shackles that were placed on me. My nightmare starts from here. From here on, everything is just pain. I cannot smile through all of that and only able to do so every time I talk to a dying Michelle. 

I am hurt. I am broken. I want to get off this nightmare. I kept having these thoughts in my head as I diligently obeying the facility as well as fighting a losing battle against "God".

Day 2

I was tasked to kill a middle-aged woman who owns a big company. I succeeded and brought back her intestine as a death-proof to the facility.

I also fought "God" today. 

 I start the fight by stopping time only on himself. Then I summon my clock hand sword and throw it towards his neck. I also summon my clock-shield. I run towards him with my unbelievable speed. I plan to slash through his body and cut him in two with the thin side of my shield at the same time that my thrown sword reaches him. But all of that never happens as I realize my neck was suddenly grabbed by his right hand. 

I didn't know what even happened. I couldn't see what has happened. All I know that everything I set up was in vain as they all vanish into thin air and seems like I never stopped the time on him. He can freely move as he wants.

"AAAAAKKKHHH-----!!!"

The man strangled me. It was the most painful thing I've ever experienced. It was also strange as his grip felt a lot stronger than his physical body looks. My neck turns red and my voice couldn't come out. I was in so much pain yet I can't break free out of it. I keep struggling as I shake my whole tiny body. I started to lose consciousness. It feels like I'm gonna die. I can't see anything anymore. I feel like there's blackness rising up from the bottom of my eyes. I feel like drowning in a sea of darkness. Death is the only thing I could think of. But then suddenly, the man throws me across the room. I bounce a few times and crash against the wall. 

"OOOEEKK!! *COUGH COUGH* *PANT PANT*"

As soon as I could gain control of my body, I immediately use Rewind on my whole body. I felt like I came back to life. All of the pain I felt was gone. My neck was almost broken, but there are no traces of that anymore. Today, I couldn't defeat him. I suffer defeat.

Day 26

I was tasked to kill the child of a king of a county I never heard about that was just 2 years old. I succeeded and brought back the baby's head as a death-proof to the facility.

I also fought "God" today. I've learned a few new tricks as I undergo my assassination missions. I began the fight by summoning ten clock hand swords surrounding him. I summon and place my clock shield both under his feet and above his head. I launch my clock hand swords at that close range towards him while I also press him in between the two clock-shield from above and below. I did all of those attacks all at the same time. As usual, my attacks never reach him.

"UAAAAAAAKHHHHH!!!"

All of a sudden my whole body catches fire. I immediately fall to the floor. I tried to accelerate the fire to the future where they already burnt out, but I can't even use my Faith power. My whole body was scorched. It hurts so much. Everything hurts, everything burns. I can only squirm on the floor as I tried to rub the flame off of my body in vain. 

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRKKKKKHHHHHH!!!!"

It goes on for a while, but the fire suddenly was gone. My whole body was burnt horribly, but I was still alive. I decided to rewind myself back to full health. I couldn't defeat him today.

"Although slow, you have improved and it hasn't even been a month yet. Be stronger and progress as fast as you can!"

After uttering those words, the man left. I suffer defeat.