Kuro

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## Physical Information

Kuro is a fighter, participating in the Ministry Succession Tournament. Fighting Stick in the 6th match of the first round.

## Appearance

A Latin-American man of small stature, but clearly mature and defined features. He has dark disheveled hair, brown eyes, fair skin, and light stubble across his chin. He nearly always wears a white doctor's coat, and a serious, tired expression.

## Personality

Kuro has a no-nonsense attitude due to his harsh upbringing. He appears serious and stoic towards others most of the time, but he's rather chill and around his friends. He hates what he became and loathes his past as an assassin. He prefers to not kill if possible, but can be ruthless towards his enemies and shows no mercy if he’s pressed enough. He’s a fatalist, yet also idealistic in his own way, wanting to change the world for the best and let people who lost everything in life a new chance, using the Ministry for this goal. He loves his family dearly and would face the entire world for their sake. He has a weakness towards women and prefers to not hurt them if possible. He also hates when someone says he’s short, becoming annoyed if someone mentions his small stature.

He hopes to win the tournament in order to prevent any problematic individuals (such as Shen) from gaining control of the Ministry.

## History

Kuro grew up in Venezuela (or rather what remained of it), from a Japanese father and a Venezuelan mother. At first his family was rich and he enjoyed a happy childhood, but that soon was lost after the company of his father went bankrupt and they became poor, an event that made him become more humble yet determined, deciding to save his family at all cost. At age of 15 he became a local doctor apprentice, learning from a kind local doctor which taught him all he knew. It took some time but he surpassed his master and traveled the country to improve his abilities.

However the volatile nature of the world at large forced him to become an assassin, as it was the only profession he could fit without being easily killed, since his body was weaker than most warriors in that age. At first he was against it due to the Hippocratic oath he gave and told himself to quit after first few jobs but soon he was entangled in the underworld and got swallowed by its darkness. In effect he was a doctor by day and an assassin by night. He worked out on his previously frail body, eventually becoming toned and muscular due his activities as an assassin. He eventually became one of the best assassins of the world, and went to the crime town of Racan, where he became infamous for his precise killings, a thing that garnered him the epithet “Death Doctor”.

His last job was to kill the new-coming powerhouse; Graff, head of the Ministry. He heard rumors about his might and the botched assassination attempts against him. Kuro took his position and waited days for a chance to snipe Graff. He shot him but Graff caught the bullet with his fingers while reading a newspaper. Kuro knew he had failed this attempt, so he quickly got off the scene and waited months for the next opportunity. It seemed there was a job offer to work as an assistant for him. He applied and held the façade for year, Graff knew that Kuro was an assassin since he applied, his walking manner betrayed him. During that time Kuro tried poisoning his coffee, planting a toilet with a mine, laying thin trip-wires all over in his office. Until he attempted to assassinate Graff once he was alone. He gave Graff a challenge but in the end he lost, yet he was spared because of his talent. “My goal is to restore balance to this sick world”, Graff said to him. Afterwards, Graff offered Kuro the offer to join him. Surprised by Graff's determination and strength, Kuro decided to trust him and joined the Ministry. He eventually climbed up ranks until he became a member of the Elite 4, becoming one of Graff’s most loyal aides.

## Abilities

**Above Average Strength:** Though not the strongest Ministry member in what physical force refers to, Kuro still can hold his own in a fight, and has enough strength to knock and overpower most low-ranking Ministry members.

**Top Speed & Reflexes:** Being an expert assassin, Kuro has improved his speed and reflexes to act as quickly as possible at every situation. He can outrun most people and dodge attacks easily as long as they aren’t more than what he can deal against. He's one of the 3 fastest Ministry members being only slower than Ari though by small margin

**Anatomy Expert:** Kuro has a vast knowledge of anatomy due to his profession as a doctor, knowledge he also employs as an assassin. He possesses the ability to tell the location of vital organs and tendons.

**Expert Surgeon:** Thanks to his knowledge as a doctor, Kuro is able to cure any wound as long as it isn’t too late. He can stitch wounds in seconds and cure life threatening injuries as long as the patient isn’t decapitated or has their heart damaged.

**Medicine Creation:** Thanks to his medical knowledge, Kuro can create miraculous medicine with variety of applications, from stopping someone from suffering pain to steroids able to improve one’s musculature.

**Trap Expert:** During his assassinations Kuro used traps to aid in his operations, which ranged from simple to elaborate. Given the time, he can make very tricky traps even in the most unsuspecting environments.

**Weapon Master:** Kuro is shown to be proficient in many forms of weaponry, conventional or otherwise, even using the objects in his surroundings as weapons if he has the chances. Above all, he uses small knives and daggers along with firearms as his preferred weapons.

**Dagger Proficiency:** Kuro’s preferred weapon to assassinate are daggers. He’s an expert at manipulating them, being able to kill people just by throwing them or matching users of bigger weapons with only one of his daggers.

**Marksmanship Expert:** While his weapon of preference are daggers, the weapons he uses the most in assassinations are guns, ranging from simple revolver to sub-machine gun to sniper rifles. He excels at handling them, but favors sniper rifles and smaller guns due them being easier to work with.

**Stealth Master:** As a very skillful assassin, Kuro is an expert at concealing his presence. He’s extremely stealthy and can hide himself very well, to the point only very perceptive people can notice him. After joining the Ministry and drinking the Elixir, his body developed a technique to develop these skills to the maximum (see above).

**Martial Arts Practitioner:** While not an expert, Kuro developed his own style of martial arts (Krav Maga mixed with boxing), in case he would be disarmed and needed to go physical with his targets. He was a mere practitioner in his assassin days, but improved on this after joining the Ministry.

**Weak Spot Detection:** After drinking the Elixir of the Ministry, Kuro acquired the ability to detect weak spots on beings with his eyes. This allows him to determine the best spot to mark and attack.

## Equipment

**Daggers:** Kuro’s preferred weapon of choice. Due to his small size and easy use, he carries one with him all of the time. The daggers he used at first were not special, but ever since Kuro joined the Ministry Illyricus and his squad have consistently given him custom-made daggers able to hurt superhuman beings. As mentioned above, Kuro completely excels at handling these, both in short and long range.

**Surgery Gloves:** A special pair of Gloves created by Damon and Illyricus given to Kuro. These gloves make Kuro’s fingers 10 times quicker and more precise of what they normally are, helping him at the time to perform surgery on himself and others.

**Varied Firearms:** Due to the need for the use of firearms in his operations, Kuro carries with him many of them. He normally uses a Thompson Contender due how easy to carry is compared to larger firearms. Along with it he possesses special bullets made by Damon, able to hurt divine beings.

## Techniques

**Reaper’s Touch:** Kuro’s ultimate assassination technique, developed after failing to kill Graff. Using his Weak Spot Detection technique, Kuro marks his opponent with one of his weapons and creates a weak spot in some part of their body. After the weak spot is created, this becomes a vulnerable point in the body of the target, allowing Kuro to hurt it easily. For example, if he marks an arm, Kuro can sever it instantly with one of his daggers, and if he hits the forehead, he can make one of his bullets pierce it and kill the victim.

**Vanishing Waltz:** Another assassination technique developed after joining the Ministry and drinking from the Elixir. By totally dominating all the cells of his body, Kuro can turn his whole being and presence invisible. He has two modes; one that simply turns him invisible and another that not only completely conceals his being, but also makes him intangible. Only very perceptive beings can detect Kuro in this state. Due to the heavy strain this puts on his body, Kuro can only use this move for about 7 minutes at most.

**Steel-Weave:** Kuro sure-kill technique which he developed alongside Reaper's Touch. He lays around the steel wire and waits until enemy gets into right place, in order to restrain them with steel wire that was set around them. Here he can either slice apart the target until they're nothing but he often reserves that option for most-insufferable bastards or he can kill them while they are restrained.

## Trivia

* Kuro often regrets being 2nd in command due to amount of work he has to do. That's why Graff gives him often holidays so Kuro won't kill him for real.
* Don't ever tell him that he has shadows under his eyes. He's going to rant about work and it won't end for a while
* One of richest members of Ministry, behind Cookie of course. Although he spends more time in the Ministry than in his own rich house.
* To this day he just like rest of Elite 4 members, he's single.
* Reason why he can't find girlfriend this time is not because of his height or status but because of how occupied his work keeps him which often ends with his partner breaking up after he didn't attend date.