Mo Lang, a bad boy, and Bai Qi, his genius friend, lived a quiet life in a village in the distant country of Niuzhan. Until one day, a mysterious assassin from the country of Xuanwu appears, who completely subverts their lives, forcing the two youngsters to embark on an adventure that will change the world. The manhua is a prequel to the animated series Scissor Seven, chronicling events from before the original series. (Source: Tencent, translated)

Seeking to recover his memory, a scissor-wielding, hairdressing, bungling quasi-assassin stumbles into a struggle for power among feuding factions. (Source: Netflix)

On Chicken Island, there is a no-good assassin named Wu Liuqi who is forced to work part-time at a hair salon to make a living. Scissors are his weapon of choice. Since he's relatively new and unaccomplished as an assassin, he has to work cheap, and he gets stuck with eclectic targets, like the rock singer and dog lover Wang Feng, the old fruit vendor lady who's tougher than she looks, and the masked lady assassin Meihua Shisan. As he tries his best to accomplish each mission, Wu Liuqi begins to recover memories of his past, and realizes his true identity…
 
(Source: Baike, translated)

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