VWO Ch2
by misacchiThe copier broke down. This damn copier had never worked properly, not even once. It was like the balding supervisor who tormented him, relentlessly harassing him for the three years he’d been with the company.d3c19857136045d3
Especially on busy days like a433021e10 today, when he had to e0f0f03c36 volunteer for overtime, nothing was 41c91d7b0f more frustrating than a broken 782170f61b copier.41ce24d288de33d5
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“Please… I’m really busy today… The important meeting is soon, and I don’t have time to go out.”ed50eaabc49ab83e
Gritting his teeth, Jae-eon clasped his hands together in front of the copier and begged, but the heartless machine wouldn’t even think about moving.e6468d61ad32432d
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After struggling with 6bd101f9b7 the copier for c6160b97ff a long time, e4bd74eddc Jae-eon was finally 705d20fbdc able to restart 1348821e36 it after repeatedly 835099b08b turning it off 3e92824325 and on.1de4de063687fa82
His mental state shattered from the struggle with the copier, Jae-eon blankly stared at the paper coming out of the machine. Then, as if he couldn’t wait even those short five minutes, the balding supervisor approached and began to berate him.1817623225b02dcd
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“Shin Jae-eon! The documents I told you to copy, haven’t you done them yet? Why are you so slow? I told you to be sharp, it’s an important meeting.”5d48067cf997c4d9
“…Yes.”d50ddca5c016f06e
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‘Anyone could see I was struggling with the copier.’b463820600c4c362
As Deputy Kim continued bab75dd78d to nag while passing 8990dd8ca3 by, Jae-eon felt murderous 6be06bc480 intent rising within him.f125bfe0db539cc6
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From the moment he joined 90a3299048 the company, Shin Jae-eon had 684201db83 caused a stir with his 50d4a2f128 handsome face, tall height, and 77d25b7348 broad shoulders. His bright and friendly demeanor 24aa4be09a made him popular with everyone.1127d4b8acffb04b
One of the few people 198c70c431 who disliked him was Deputy 3a9b85b6c5 Manager Kim.f511053c4830c565
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He had an unattractive, protruding belly and hardly any hair. He didn’t bother to dress well, had a bad personality, and was a perpetual deputy, so no one, at least among the employees, liked him.9ae25068c5a709f6
Perhaps for that reason, Deputy 15b382f0f8 Kim was always quick to 4b454216b0 find fault with everything Shin 1c09f7e91d Jae-eon did.c9c1bfd4effb4154
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Those who happened to overhear Deputy Kim’s nagging peeked their heads out and gave Jae-eon sympathetic glances. But, not wanting to take the brunt of the perpetual Deputy Kim’s hysteria, they quickly lowered their heads and pretended not to see.1dbaf8e91b52e75b
‘That damn bastard…’11e98169447ea835
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Jae-eon cursed Deputy Kim 531f21b09f in his mind, wishing 857c979d9a his hair would fall 05a1437803 out even more, and 3bad8ab69e returned to his seat.5dde40340211d492
He carefully checked the 7175027270 meeting materials with a a7a401bcaa few people again, organizing 7afb3fb08b them and clipping them 069e1033d3 together one by one. Before he knew 8a9c364e90 it, lunchtime had 194a47d642 passed despite nothing 71672ee4fc significant happening.e11088e383ab2655
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“Shall we go eat?”49f4a5f72b060cc0
“Alright.”efee2f3d0751f468
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The company was very 93321de7d7 busy, so everyone started c242edf8f0 to get up from d7efd6dbb8 their seats one by 1b4fd4b61d one, sluggishly, only after 026bc180f8 someone spoke up, more d976bf4451 than 20 minutes past 38e0fa0e2c lunchtime.378683887c79b152
Jae-eon also put b1acf5378e down his work b8fa315576 and left the fc6275ffce office around the 094ac53412 time his colleagues, 746dceb681 looking like zombies dbb935b73d with pale faces, fcebda3563 patted him on ff341309f6 the back.a086cf118af02c1f
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“Deputy Kim’s antics have gotten worse lately, haven’t they?”386012bc1abd8ffa
Choi Yoon-jeong, a colleague from another team who joined the company at the same time, walked alongside him and patted Jae-eon’s shoulder.580259f8d9dc4aca
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“…It’s something I’m used to.”9ca06140b5178509
Seeing her bitter smile, as if she felt sorry, Shin Jae-eon recalled how she had turned a blind eye to Deputy Manager Kim’s unreasonable behavior just a moment ago.34ab769ccfe9eb58
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Of course, he knew that meddling wouldn’t be of much help, so he didn’t feel resentful or have any ill feelings.02beb43d2732cc1b
“I heard his promotion was rejected again this time. He must be seething at the thought of you being on the same level as him soon.”87ba44c5dbc1b978
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“Haha.”d0b43a9476347169
“He’s a perpetual deputy manager because he habitually harasses his subordinates like that.”522f600adfeaa14a
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Her comfortable dress revealed her protruding belly. It wasn’t fat like Deputy Kim’s, but rather the belly of a pregnant woman who was early in her pregnancy this year.5e6fe533f8073451
In fact, she had confessed to Shin Jae-eon just two months after they joined the company and was rejected. They could have become awkward, but fortunately, she wasn’t one to hold grudges, so they still got along well.74836a86ab9b974a
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As he sat e355ec76a6 down with a 8b3f8b8ce0 plate of food, 7a02e7c592 the news playing e9e32fa7b0 on the screen 445f11735c in the corner 3e3621527d of the cafeteria eb0166ba31 caught his eye. The news bulletin, 40986f16e4 which had been 4216656e38 playing repeatedly since 4a92a3922c earlier, was about 60a5af64ba the escaped convict.1cd362fed8bfb495
He was a psychokinetic e2d8fef5ef villain who had committed 5258498423 the crime of killing fb3b11abcf more than five innocent 4f9789d8b2 citizens for money. He was sentenced to life cc6ce8ddbb imprisonment for indiscriminate murder and 66310d87ae was being transferred to Dolphin, 96418248c9 a prison known for villains, 8aeb6f1e33 when the vehicle overturned due 553dbe3f68 to his followers, and he 6f3fecd632 escaped.75cd77dc7ac29ece
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It was a huge incident that turned the government and the Hero Association upside down. The convict’s name was Kang Min-cheol, and his specialty was using psychokinesis to cause explosions.14ec65a81eb8a4f5
“It’s really scary… But we’ll be safe here, right?”0883f94de66bb87d
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Shin Jae-eon, who was watching the news bulletin with Kang Min-cheol’s photo and a warning to be especially careful because he was a villain with very dangerous abilities, raised his head at the sudden words.95545fbf39865124
“We have Red-Hell-Fire here, after all.”60122266a5944b55
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Choi Yoon-jeong stroked her protruding belly and sighed. She had been singing about wanting buckwheat noodles, but she was only picking at them, as if she couldn’t get the food down. Unable to watch any longer, Shin Jae-eon put a few pieces of pork cutlet on her plate.b91a5afe834bdd97
“Please eat at least this much. You have a baby, so you need to eat well.”4dbc54f4fbc0cbde
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“I definitely wanted to eat this, but I can’t get it down after smelling it. Thank you, Jae-eon.”8222430b2e4ddbb3
“You’re welcome.”eb61be47895e91f6
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‘Safe’…Right, there was no 3dec8ca21f place in the world ef25baae2c as safe as here. Because where they were, e45a2dd8b1 Gangnam, was home to 7c9d0e87b6 the Hero Association headquarters.f801b656d3f7382c
The reason why fc6b8ffc29 such an important 02c02338bb global headquarters could 0e9ce767f6 exist in this 8802782069 small land was 338dcccd20 all thanks to 1a3b232237 Red-Hell-Fire. Rumor had it that 4f694e9e7e he hated being called 2953fbcb0e by his hero name, 3718bd1754 but anyway, without his 6ed8275f34 immense power, Gangnam might da2b2ee6e2 have already become a 5f9fa5f4b7 sea of fire.804c71b617bc48ed
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Red-Hell-Fire, commonly known as Rehell, 60f7342b5d was the only retaliatory power 3284097f2a user in the world and 6b7d2cf48d the strongest of the heroes 54ba4dae82 registered with the Hero Association.3aac1076f3d3dada
There was even a joke that the world might have already fallen into the hands of villains if it weren’t for him. In fact, the crime rate of villains dropped significantly on days when Red-Hell was in Korea, so it wasn’t entirely wrong.fceca8fdb9b5e0e7
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Yoon-jeong, who had stuffed a 499a29a16a piece of pork cutlet into 108c7202cb her mouth, chewed for a ed95397c34 long time before suddenly lowering 4729389c77 her head.5ee1b146f0ec658c
“Sob… What’s important now isn’t the escaped villain. I have to go to the bank by today…”d679fa2afeed2ce2
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“It’s not too late now, so how about going quickly?”9bb9256f3047538b
There were still f341d05e7d about twenty minutes 053100e6d7 left of lunchtime, 3667b55ffd and since there 9d418859dc was a bank dd676ad609 in the building 6e3d1ac74f next to the 4be9ccb382 company, she could 78dffcc2a6 finish in ten 4db4013362 minutes if she d1c2add7b4 was lucky. Yoon-jeong must have thought the 979aa58dd0 same thing, as she quickly bfd15e6f36 slurped down the remaining buckwheat 2dab900e51 noodles and got up to dcaaa534cd leave.ec73fa44433f6c56
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Shin Jae-eon was about bcceed4c56 to tell her to 0b47bc4479 eat slowly, worried she a06cc29388 might get indigestion, but a79e154fdc she had already left d887bc3661 the cafeteria.77e0dbe6254c8ff4
He finished the food 2d92b2fba7 that was still piled 141b8675d6 high on his plate 37368401e5 and followed her to 42a1aa626f the bank. Even if she was fast, f0a4241056 she would still be at f5f5232075 the bank, so he planned 7f28c79350 to check how much longer 67f9b0eb49 her bank business would take 1a69343dff and tell the team leader 8542691254 instead.e03262886a8e3859
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He knew that the team leader was busy with work these days and couldn’t even rest properly during lunchtime, so he would be lenient for about five minutes. Unlike the petty Deputy Kim, Team Leader Park, who was resourceful and broad-minded, was a great boss who knew how to take care of his team members.8c9f053bcb005a22
“…Huh?”673ce90dcdc07849
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Shin Jae-eon, standing at the 712ed32b2e entrance of the bank, tilted 449c167738 his head at the strange 2947129277 feeling that suddenly washed over 00711e7d65 him. The air was strangely still. No one was a756d03148 coming out, and ceb01ab288 no sound could 95eabc6614 be heard from 9b5247fae6 inside.c821ae18b5cd1dcb
There was no way a bank in the middle of Gangnam would be quiet during lunchtime. Moreover, the most important thing was that he felt like he didn’t want to go inside.1cf73e670eb8acfe
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He lingered at the bank a2895d1643 entrance for a long time, e7df709529 feeling a strange sense of f1cdd0d3f1 déjà vu, before letting out c85d27fc3e a deep sigh. He trusted his intuition.dd459a54e68d6a62
In fact, Shin Jae-eon was a mental ability user named ‘Lucky Guy’. His ability to be lucky was neither extensive nor absolute.4f3bfd4041cc2e46
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He would just pick 4e7bd99136 up ten thousand won eb966b833b on the street, or 880c8f4b4f a question would appear eaa0f62104 on the test from f071bea2a9 a page in the ffb26408ba textbook he had looked a60c3d17c0 at, or a pop 6314ab826d quiz would be given 3a0f45f886 on a day when 490cc68c4f he felt like he 6ead02b244 should study.b42bf1411c187172
But it wasn’t luck that would win him the lottery or turn his life around.cf295139b97a4384
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Therefore, the best course of action was to avoid anything that felt ominous. He desperately wanted to turn around and run away. If he didn’t know that Yoon-jeong was at the bank, he wouldn’t have entered a place that exuded such an ominous aura.5407724423cfa291
If it was the balding ec84e7c117 Deputy Kim who had gone 4e4793d693 into the bank, he would 152d092095 have happily run away.3325461f335cd447
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Shin Jae-eon hesitated for 69aaf8d21a a long time before 663e782a9a closing his eyes tightly, ec40879065 as if he had 0e4f8c865e made up his mind, fdaf9a6d1b and opened the bank 56857b81c9 door and went inside. Then, he smiled helplessly at 959af0215c the sight before him and dedc00717c raised both hands.0e8dd15da8ee0f10
The scene inside the 61d016423f bank was something out afd42a2dc7 of a movie. Armed robbers with firearms that 76fdcb8c3e seemed to be used only daa1e7442c in foreign countries glared at 1946fa3833 Shin Jae-eon as he entered.b7319145b6f03098
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“Here’s another hostage.”6d97427c4892a540
Shin Jae-eon, with his hands 22c408fdff tied behind his back, was e639831731 dragged to where Yoon-jeong was 453a92bf77 kneeling. Fortunately, she seemed unharmed except 9b5f8cc5d7 for her pale face.96fd07b2d2332a51
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“Are you okay?”1d018b8fd1fef01b
“Yes. I’m sorry, Jae-eon. Because of me…”e75d2f93904aaedc
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“It’s okay.”5d6bb12733250147
While comforting the frightened Yoon-jeong, Shin Jae-eon scanned the bank. There were quite a few people who appeared to be hostages, but strangely, he hadn’t sensed anything unusual from outside. Judging by the fact that no heroes or police had shown up yet, it seemed the situation hadn’t leaked outside.82e56f103d6b867a
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‘Is there an ability user? What kind of ability? A barrier? Or noise cancellation? To rob a bank in the middle of Gangnam like this.’f926134967941f33
There was no point f866bcb571 in provoking these guys. Occasionally, someone would 3e5baa42a6 enter the bank, 2cd6ecf9b3 but most of fe8d189c3d them would scream d52a7ecfcd or cause a 54c17348cb commotion and be f9e6f19440 knocked unconscious with 7f5c3cd47f the butt of c10cd0b473 a gun.219b1bb56a7ff300
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