Nighttime Assassin

The **Nighttime Assassin**, also known as the **Prep Murderer**, was a recurring antagonist in the World of the Exceed. The Nighttime Assassin murdered multiple students and staff members at Stonewall Prep, mainly targeting those within the Bone & Feather secret society.

Eventually, the Nighttime Assassin was revealed the be Nightshade, assassinating at the behest of her mother planning to frame the murders on Ch'en M. Luna.

## Appearance

The Nighttime Assassin appeared to be an anthropomorphic girl of a slender body shape wearing a dark cloak.

## Suspects

### Current

* Nightshade

Nightshade was revealed to be the Nighttime Assassin when she was unmasked by Rosmanta. When she was put in captivity by the remaining students of the Bone & Feather, she revealed that Hira had tasked her with murdering the Bone & Feather members to frame it on Ch'en.

* Hira M. Luna

Hira M. Luna was the mastermind behind the Nighttime Assassin, as she tasked Nightshade with murdering at Stonewall Prep and also gave her which victims to kill.

### Eliminated

* Ch'en M. Luna

Ch'en was immediately suspected as the Nighttime Assassin as she fit the description perfectly. She had horns and often wore a dark cloak, however, she was quickly dismissed as she had proven alibis for the first three murders.

## Victims

* Francis Diping

The first victim of the Nighttime Assassin's murders was Francis Diping. He was found in his office with six gunshot wounds across his upper body. Prior to his murder, the security cameras revealed a small figure resembling a girl enter his office window and hiding under the desk before shooting him with an equipped silencer. After his death, the killer transported his body to sit on his desk as proven by the blood stain trail found on the floor. However gruesome this murder was, it was quickly dismissed as a random killing by the authorities.

* Gabe Miranda

The second victim happened only three days after the first. This time, the killer was more confident, as Gabe was killed in an auditorium with other people. It was late at night and Gabe was present to rehearse scenes for a play that was set two days later. Sitting in the audience seats were fellow classmates that were also taking part in the play as well as staff members serving as directors. Gabe was on the stage reading aloud his lines as thoughts in a solo scene when suddenly the lights turned out. Gabe let out a piercing scream, and when the lights flashed back on Gabe's head and body were completely separated. After a second murder at Stonewall Prep, authorities accepted this was the beginning of a series of murders, and began to take security precautions.

* Dr. Gauze

The third victim took place just the night after the last. Dr. Gauze's dead body was found hanging on a noose from the top of the school's gym. Dr. Gauze had not died from hanging, as he had been shot square in the forehead, but his motionless body hanging seven feet in the air sent students and authorities a message. Now that three murders had been done, this was officially a serial killing. Security cameras were checked, and the same cloaked figure from the first murder was present shooting Dr. Gauze with a silver pistol equipped with a silencer.

* Kawakaze Shirakami

The fourth victim was a long week away from the others. This time the murder took place in the middle of the day, a rare agenda for the Nighttime Assassin. Although Kawakaze hadn't been killed, she was found inside her dorm room with the words, "Murder" written in blood on her forehead, and a sheet of paper also written in blood wrote, "This is the Reckoning". The blood was tested and it was successfully matched with the blood of all the previous victims. Kawakaze was questioned on who the murderer was but she replied that the Nighttime Assassin was wearing a mask.

* Mikasa Ackermann

The fifth and final victim was Mikasa Ackermann, only a day after the threat. It was midnight, and Mikasa heard something sneaking into her dorm. When she fully awoke she saw that the window had been opened, and reached for her sword. However, before she could get to it, a silver pistol was against her forehead. The killer had been wearing a mask like Kawakaze had said, but Mikasa immediately recognized the voice of Nightshade, and threatened to reveal her true identity. Nightshade laughed before shooting her, however, even though the shot was silent, the dorm room door burst open and the entire Bone & Feather pursued the Nighttime Assassin, unmasking her hood.