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Truffatrice, known as Swindler, begins as an ordinary citizen employed at the Kansai Seal Office. Her life shifts when she tries returning a ¥500 coin dropped by Courier, leading to her arrest after a takoyaki vendor accuses her of theft when she refuses payment with the coin. At the police station, she adopts the alias "Swindler" during a jailbreak to avoid execution by other criminals, falsely claiming to be a high-level Akudama with erased records.
Initially naive and prone to chronic heroism—like rescuing a black cat—she reacts with extreme distress to surrounding violence. Her early survival depends on quick thinking and deception, such as impersonating a deliverywoman to infiltrate secure locations. Exposure to the criminal world hardens her, especially after discovering two children, Brother and Sister, in a vault. She forms a protective, sisterly bond with them, which becomes her main motivation. This protectiveness drives her first kills: gouging one assailant's eye and shooting another to prevent Sister's abduction by human traffickers.
Her psychological shift manifests physically. In Episode 8, she cuts her hair short and adopts practical attire, discarding her original striped dress. A manga flashback reveals this hairstyle originated in school when she first dyed pink streaks into her bangs, inspired by a friend. Labeled a fugitive by the Execution Division, she orchestrates city-wide riots by falsely claiming leadership of an Akudama army, leveraging her infamy to create chaos. Her tactics evolve into complex gambits, like rigging a trap for Cutthroat using his obsession with her "red halo"—a metaphor he links to her impending death—to sever his arm and stab him.
Her final act is self-sacrificial deception. To ensure Brother and Sister's escape with Courier, she draws the Executioners' attention, resulting in her public impalement on cross-shaped rubble. She stages her death as the unjust execution of an innocent civilian, livestreaming it to incite a mass uprising against the authorities. In her dying moments, she smiles upon seeing a vision of the children reaching safety.
Initially naive and prone to chronic heroism—like rescuing a black cat—she reacts with extreme distress to surrounding violence. Her early survival depends on quick thinking and deception, such as impersonating a deliverywoman to infiltrate secure locations. Exposure to the criminal world hardens her, especially after discovering two children, Brother and Sister, in a vault. She forms a protective, sisterly bond with them, which becomes her main motivation. This protectiveness drives her first kills: gouging one assailant's eye and shooting another to prevent Sister's abduction by human traffickers.
Her psychological shift manifests physically. In Episode 8, she cuts her hair short and adopts practical attire, discarding her original striped dress. A manga flashback reveals this hairstyle originated in school when she first dyed pink streaks into her bangs, inspired by a friend. Labeled a fugitive by the Execution Division, she orchestrates city-wide riots by falsely claiming leadership of an Akudama army, leveraging her infamy to create chaos. Her tactics evolve into complex gambits, like rigging a trap for Cutthroat using his obsession with her "red halo"—a metaphor he links to her impending death—to sever his arm and stab him.
Her final act is self-sacrificial deception. To ensure Brother and Sister's escape with Courier, she draws the Executioners' attention, resulting in her public impalement on cross-shaped rubble. She stages her death as the unjust execution of an innocent civilian, livestreaming it to incite a mass uprising against the authorities. In her dying moments, she smiles upon seeing a vision of the children reaching safety.