Assassin (Fate/Crossover - Hazama)

**Assassin** (アサシン, *Asashin*) is the servant of ??? in the ??? Holy Grail War.

"*HAHAHAHA! This is awesome! It's like I'm beating up a dog AND an old man ALL AT ONCE! I know you live a long-ass time, but I guess even Beastkin lose their mojo eventually...What's wrong, pooch?! Talk to me! Got a hitch in your gitalong?! C'mon! Speak! Roll over! Play dead! PLAY DEAD GODDAMNIT! HAHAHAHAHA!!!*" - Hazama

## Profile

### Identity

Assassin's true identity is **Hazama**, also known by his extended codename Hazama Honoka (ハザマ＝ホノカ), is a former captain of the World Void Information Control Organization’s Intelligence Department. In reality, he was an artificially created human designed to be originally the host vessel for Yūki Terumi.

The shady head of the N.O.L's intelligence department - jolly, smooth and outgoing to everyone around him, Hazama is in fact a manipulative and scheming individual who seems to have plans and contingencies for almost any situation. He is one of the two vessels (other being Kazuma Kval) created by the fallen Magician Scientist Relius Clover/One for the fallen hero Yūki Terumi/Takehaya Susano'o, a vengeful specter god who wants nothing more than to destroy the world itself. Hazama served as Terumi's backup vessel, should Kazuma be killed in the Dark War. Terumi's schemes were responsible for many of the actions which drive the plot of his home series, earning his spot as one of its main antagonists. Secretly wanting to separate from Terumi, Hazama wishes to be sentient instead of being Terumi’s vessels, and to feel both human emotions and pains, due to him being an artificial human who don’t have much of fleshed hearts implanted in his body.

At some point, Hazama also existed in Bloodedge Experinece universe, yet it is unknown whether this is the same Hazama from prime universe or different one like Relius and one of the Six Heroes Valkenhayn R. Hellsing.

### Personality

Hazama tends to maintain a calm and quiet demeanor around most people, pretending to be harmless as a member of the Intelligence Department and claiming he prefers to avoid conflict due to not being very proficient at combat. This, however, is simply a guise to his true nature. When people see through it, he shows his true colors as a selfish and manipulative snake; destroying other people’s lives and twisting their beliefs for his own gain. He has no qualms with killing those who get in his way and shows absolutely no remorse for his actions.

Despite separating from Terumi at the end of BlazBlue: Chronophantasma, he is shown to be just as cruel and detached as Terumi himself, working in sync with him with almost no problems and taking just as much pleasure from the suffering of others as he did before. Hazama takes every opportunity to upset others by mocking them, deliberately provoking them, or even bringing up and prodding at a sensitive topic, all for his own enjoyment. Even when he is on the losing side of a conflict, he would take the time to insult and taunt his foes.

His cruelty seems to be an inherent trait regardless of the fusion with Terumi, as the latter brings it out much more often compared to Hazama's own volition; while he has his nice demeanor in Centralfiction – he still relishes in brutal torture and exhibits sadomasochistic tendencies in an almost lustful manner or whenever he is provoked, despite largely being someone who minds his own business. This can be seen when he tortures Rachel during the third act of Centralfiction by killing her over a hundred times, just to test the limits of her immortality. He was even going to cut her body to pieces with his jagged chains and throw said pieces in different parts of the Boundary; despite this, Hazama is still much more subtle in his disposition compared to how blunt and openly-foul-mouthed Terumi normally is; it is even to the point where Terumi himself cannot fully confide in Hazama's wild card status.

His goals are completely different from those of Yūki Terumi, who wants a world ravaged by sorrow and despair. Hazama himself wishes to feel the mental pain that comes from going against his conscience; something he lacks as a sociopath. He continues to commit worse and worse atrocities just to get his sadistic kicks and really push the limits of his own sociopathy. Every action he takes can be seen as a contributing factor to his myriad of social and physical experiments in pursuit of further knowledge. His need to feel such things also stems from the wound inflicted to him at the end of Chronophantasma by Platinum, which due to his identity as a mere vessel without a heart, heightened his sensation of feeling alive and results in a need to understand pain.

Hazama is shown to have an innate love for boiled eggs, swallowing them whole after shelling them. It is symbolic of his parallels with snakes, who perform a similar action in their predatory mindset, and fits into his overall theme of snakes and serpents. This is a trait he shares with his predecessor, Kazuma Kval.

## Abilities

In battle, Hazama wields the Arch-Enemy Event Weapon named Snake Pair: Ouroboros; a steel hook crafted in the shape of a snake that he summoned in front of him, attached to a chain of green/black energy, which he could use to attack opponents from afar, or reel them in, as well as zip around the battlefield quickly, if not instantly, and close gaps between him and his foes. On the other hand, he also uses Balisong-style butterfly knives for close-range attacks, along with having hidden knives that stick out of his shoes’ heels. Most of his attacks are similarly based on summoning green/black energy and serpentine apparitions to attack his foes, with his Astral Heat being a gigantic cobra of green energy composed of many smaller snakes. Outside of his Magic Formula prowess, Hazama is incredibly nimble and flexible, his moves vaguely reminiscent of dance techniques. Hazama also knows a Magic Formula which allowed him to summon his fedora out of nowhere, which to him often came in handy whenever he lost it in battle.

He possesses Bleu Grimoire, which is revealed to be his whole body being made from it. When activated, a large magical circle known in his Overdrive as Jörmungandr (ヨルムンガンド Yorumungando) enveloped him, slowly sapping away vitality of anyone who steps inside. Also, Ragna was unable to use his own Blue Grimoire, as Terumi/Hazama have extreme knowledge of it to the point of being able to shut down other Grimories. This was until Ragna absorbed Lambda’s Idea Engine to bypass such a law and render Terumi/Hazama’s grimoire useless in the same manner.

Hazama’s Drive is Ouroboros (ウロボロス Uroborosu), utilizing his Event Weapon’s namesake to soar around the battlefield using his weapon to pull him in, regardless of whether or not Ouroboros has made contact, in order to make up for his lack of long range or projectile attacks. Above his Heat is a counter for his Ouroboros that determines how many times he can pull himself in (3 at max). Though it usually recharges after two seconds, he can get some back by simply hitting the opponent with the weapon and allowing it to click a second after it lands. However, the chain itself tends to lose its potency the further away it contacts its target from Hazama’s firing point.

Hazama’s Bleu Grimoire also carries the same weakness that Ragna’s Blue Grimoire does: Celica Ayatsuki Mercury’s magic element-nullification shuts it down by merely being within his presence. However, as Hazama’s entire body is made from the grimoire, the effects are much more potent. He becomes almost crippled, and while he still retains the ability to fight, his power is nowhere near the level it normally is.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Dark Burning of Thousand Souls**

A large amount of Ouroboros chains rise from the ground around Hazama in a cage formation. If they connect, Hazama bursts with energy as several snakes rise up from the ground, coalescing into a giant snake that delivers a fatal bite to the opponent.

## References

https://blazblue.fandom.com/wiki/Hazama

https://blazblue.wiki/wiki/Hazama

https://blazbluextag.fandom.com/wiki/Hazama\_Honoka

https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Hazama