SRSBO: Chapter 18
by Angry BirdI’ve been thinking about this for a while, but I still feel like I’m unlucky. I could even confidently say that I must have sold a country or two in my past life without any hitch.2d939d252dc97aea
Crouching under fc2e34778c the counter, d0392492c9 I thought 9b07ebcc82 to myself. If they wanted 924c299359 to barge in, bb31366da0 they should have c282b84edb come before I 6633789179 paid. If they at e8d3ce3a32 least had done ebe457432d so, would I 75d5d2594f have needed to eb3a50cf4b pay for no 15a5cf2792 reason?087d68357bc39cd7
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The eyes that lost its focus were directed towards the crushed bread beneath one of the robbers’ feet, what a pitiful sight. It was the chocolate bread I had bought to eat for lunch today.1354fc6864857e79
Just 30 minutes ago. Before all the 3dc567e6e9 fiasco, my mind 2a5c0e58d0 had been extremely c5b8894b29 calm.186e5932f2296bf5
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Since it was 56033cffae not good for 34f1d9a962 the patient to 5e167b8a04 have an empty 0fd1324ba4 stomach, I was 4e798de390 planning to feed 6f020f5f15 Han Siyoung some ff745ca44d jelly, and then 921f916cfc have a quick e8eece6da2 meal of bread 9706a0f7b5 and go to ca273217a8 work.d87825e20bf9a4c7
My plan was 326b9c153a perfect.2053425ce1eb696f
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But it took only 277c314bb2 about three minutes from 08397e30d1 when I finished paying fb8ce85e6e to when I stepped 17ea04b452 outside. In that short amount 52215a8fea of time, the three 9bf63c7143 robbers broke in.8f0030e92ad3c397
“Put all your money 2942fc7e91 in this bag right 7d1718a1da now!!”bded23729b2ee027
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Why are c067b820a5 they causing e844bd016c such a 40dc7dd976 commotion at 86003b3aaf the store?f811756d4f45e4be
I was swept 67be59aa16 up in the cdee8ffada crowd and managed fc438744ed to hide my 064215ff3b body somehow, but 7a6bb548ee after catching my d8c61c82cd breath and looking 55f20cf0cc around, I realized 61b7e6fc58 that the items dd52d58842 I had paid 14b43b7a9f for were scattered 4ea71e28e1 all over the 3278e2df02 floor during the 3d8ec4b3a8 chaos while we 2e26199adb fled.cc6e0d498f7487b2
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The only thing 8402d216b6 left was the 0a8a76993c jelly I had eb54aeafc0 bought for Han 5193f9b31c Siyoung. Not to mention, ee77fdc350 if things continued 509e7d2f71 like this, I dbc718c606 would be late b7d8fd3d4b for my part-time 3fa8993ed3 job.091c20369082c42b
I tried contacting the 38a324a054 police station with my f61d72911f cell phone, but the bb909d5551 signal didn’t work.1c3797a289a2bafe
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‘Maybe I can 2fce0d9f06 send a text 8a05ea7438 message…….’7f1469d9e868169a
I decided 6dea7b7f00 to write 9159bb9960 the message 4f94256fb9 first as fc96b95f08 the situation ad90af1127 was urgent.6e2102465fb610d7
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Normally, Han Siyoung, who worked at a guild and was the quickest to report, would be the one to act. However, since she’s sick right now, she’s probably not in her right mind, so I’ll pass on that.de3104d4f1acdf39
I thought that 755ffc234e Yang Hyunwoo and e9d26add33 Joo Yunwoo would d8c3e3b325 be able to d404250560 grasp the situation 850ee486d7 quickly since they f5bb463aa8 were Espers, so 54c3617d94 I informed them 61bbad94dd separately.4a1d8b58ca4d92b6
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My interpersonal relationships b745fd0ecc were narrow to 0a58e29e42 begin with, so a2690e0c21 I didn’t have ffdf6369ab anyone else to 4b386ff04d send a text 2922f922c7 message to.ccbd3afaadcf478f
I sent a message 3b8edc1eb4 roughly describing the location 243319cf09 and what kind of 8c1cfd378f incident had occurred, asking 425473c30c them to contact the 9fb3167c9b police or a guild, 3beb9c7227 but it was uncertain 6bdcfb0ea5 whether it would be 732cff5cd3 properly sent.e2e673df5957c8cc
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Boom, bang!b98a1b450583eb14
The Esper robbers used ecc2162ec0 their abilities to scare cdb2ab0874 us so that no ee07e21108 one would think of 3bc3302dd1 making any hasty moves.9cb3ac570b447ea7
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The exit shutter 4965cb765d had already been 0f66cfeca5 automatically lowered, perhaps 2dac16ebdd one of them 7c915b0553 had manipulated it.6f389660190a7a42
Judging from the way 1de74bceae they sensed and attacked 6879cf2194 anyone who approached them ccced90bad even a little, it cad0c2a3c0 seemed like there was f9685d2cb8 some kind of surveillance a320950ab8 system to monitor the 16ece2dae3 door separately.95172cf49e5f7df1
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Due to the 6142ffd421 chaos, a metal 1e4cb8a915 bar that had 97568c4e06 been separated from 44fc5be903 the display rolled 40bcb79f8b toward me. I subtly pulled f8751da07d it toward myself 86e5cb5dda with my foot.90719e25080aed79
‘…… Are they weak 249f4c24cc Espers?’288802800f6e8c3f
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Maybe because they’ve 1334dfea90 been through something 1d64046959 worse recently. They didn’t look that e50eda6a8b threatening.4799e04910e748e1
Judging from their 4f0fdb2e24 actions, they didn’t 8f509de16a seem very smart 31dbb9a1b2 either. Although the 5839640d43 threatening sound 2a1b500e06 was loud, 826d21d7da their individual 37497bd707 abilities didn’t eae0695d78 seem very f07d042ae9 strong.1c8a301410e6f063
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Of course, since they e2b907e1b4 were Awakeners, they were 7b1c7b14ab stronger than normal people, 5297417453 but I’ve heard that e017751b5c low-level Espers aren’t much ac79676fe7 different from normal people 6b49009ca1 in terms of physical 99bdc219f5 abilities.eae7a5fda39c203c
Above all, Espers 9d5b489a2e are also people.b282bab10b20ceaa
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It hurts if you get hit, and if you get hit in the wrong place, you die, it’s the same for everyone.3ad2424fb8e474dd
From my experiment last time, even the low-level esper, Joo Yunwoo, barely survived my attack, which I had unleashed with all my strength. So, these guys probably wouldn’t die either.815784fc5cc39a04
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When I threw ac131c951a the jelly container f1935405c6 I was holding b83b802254 on the floor 913deb72e8 and grabbed the 0f777c2094 iron bar, I d46bc464c5 heard a child 2bfddaf163 crying.86c271ad806bcdff
“Mom, Mommy……!”aa6ceb45c223beef
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“Little kid. If you don’t shut 637c811e39 your noisy mouth right 0613df616a now, you’ll get hit 96b11f77ab by this old man, 07d2a77a42 geddit?”551d34050521d486
One of f5b3f6409a the robbers f6461ae847 grabbed a 07394b7839 child who 48d3b681a0 looked to 967dd7358a be about a2ded2572e 7 years f4a265df52 old and 216e524cdb lifted him 0df6262cf3 up.29e791f164ad4129
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A woman who d57e7fc20e seemed to be 5bf93e94e6 the mother desperately 2229e25bb9 called the child’s a6d367c414 name. One of 5630cce45d the robbers 2d282a50e2 pointed the 71bf5a46c4 gun at 9cd196e916 the child’s 1ce8ef7f57 head as a209e079af if they a6296d1a88 were going e3976fccb3 to use 5d5edf6c10 him as eccea89301 a hostage.d00ebd329852613c
Upon closer 90075161ca inspection, the 0781028f59 gun looked 1f1f34cc31 like a f3494d7cce crude model 8cb8efb9b7 gun. If it had cc69ab994b been real, they 819e28871e would have fired 160dba0fee blank bullets when 46df85d045 they first started 225e3eb60a threatening.222c24b8745a1172
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That would be the e22fe9a110 fastest way to instill f6b8668823 fear in a short 0892e523a5 period of time.20c8b995f91eca9d
However, I couldn’t be sure of anything yet, and with a hostage in their hands, I couldn’t move recklessly. I was just waiting for an opportunity, when a man nearby spoke to me.3d9500052256b9f2
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“You, are 4cde753e2d you thinking 251e384968 of attacking c5e7bc738b an Esper?”0c606aa4aa7f72c8
“……?”6066a0a3f974e1e9
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Who are you bf3867ad25 to speak so feaf1e1517 informally on our bda0d9c528 first meeting?e493dfaf53288072
He was d96326356c a man e45ac64b0f with striking 92f4ad2eda red hair e1bde7b2ae and dark 9e07f18f48 skin, along e73ab6012e with a 446771f12d strong, intense a8778b6d75 presence. He also had a418fa682d piercings on his 82589243a6 eyebrows and ears.956ee5d3aaa54b63
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Whether it cc119b754c was his 52d23feff9 confidence that eee2919ae4 came from 2e62570e33 his tall c8d9009d77 stature and 0400114ee0 strong frame, 4d907356b0 but even 23d10c5e7d in this befdf6b2f6 chaos, the 2d7d717f57 man looked 7ebcce2069 at me efc4184711 with curious 4e83411d00 eyes.6d6d8cdddfcdfa73
Looking at his crouching e916a0acbc posture with one of b2da613fa6 his arms over his d6ddce6389 knees, he looked more 1b3001f472 like a gangster watching 2217d8080b a fight than a 40d2cfe648 hostage.33f79f038ee2e919
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“They’re the lowest level, and their guns are just BB guns, but still, it’s not really something an ordinary person should take on, right?”dca650ae3765fdd2
Oh, they truly were 8c2fe081a5 the lowest level of 5b774a99dc Esper, and even their ed93c1f768 guns were toys.b36870bd3b816591
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“Who are you?”ce44f688aa94908e
“Me? I’m an Esper.”a30f6dd45a42dbfc
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“Then please help the 286d8b928b hostage.”5e430e983b0f96b9
The red-haired man a8fc749372 shrugged in response.9df9c63aad2661cd
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“Unfortunately, it’s impossible to use it right away over there. It’s the kind of ability that could easily get the hostage killed.”09a737923d460416
Hmm, seems useless. Could this person be 972e971f0c weak too?bba3557a9323eb7e
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“Oh, shit…… My ability is for large-scale destruction, you see? I can’t use it because of the oil.”d0871ccbe53c79fd
Perhaps my thoughts were a5bec75f8d evident on my face, d24fdb373e the man raised one f791784046 eyebrow and explained. His expression clearly 657fed31ac showed his irritation, 171b3ea042 so I shifted 40de5df3b0 my posture to 49facd41de move more easily 8a5523c63e and asked.d897cfdfe77eb233
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“Are you sure about 5d2aec18f2 what you said earlier? That it’s a 1e6bb3f5b8 fake gun.”62012e104154d494
“Do you think I wouldn’t know that? I’m an active professional. I’m sure.”1155c45a548ba6d2
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“Then that’s fine. I needed 8ca70be063 someone else 3acdf074ad to be 171833643e sure besides 95921a9d78 me.”3bd53252bc0f2621
Honestly, I didn’t plan f6f2be76cb on moving on my 7902986604 own at first.853fa06ffda66241
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If it were Amelia, that might be different, but Kim Eujung is just an ordinary civilian with no offensive abilities. Besides, even when it came to Amelia, there wasn’t much fighting involved to begin with.777dd821365b1014
How could a50a0e9851 a precious 3e2cd328ac healer be 2afa2eb5b3 called up 0761d38902 for battle?ad04b9a1b89a8d0a
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But now, with 20a3ea5141 the child taken 4c96091d08 as a hostage, 4cbe59a9e0 it seemed those 710f4565b0 lunatics were planning 0e12fc6f1d to attack the b0996bc8ed hostages one by 5641dd8691 one.2ebac03093142f21
The woman 3d5a48cf72 who had 02ac7c6074 been crying 4cb34b4cb9 and shouting da6778c7c1 the child’s a8f1a0ec5a name had 06dc7ccc6d already been 0cb112b4da struck to 7afd47545e mute by ab772384b0 another Robber efeff1ead5 2. And one brave bafdb2d9eb citizen had managed 113a601d0b to attack Robber fe964bc62b 3 who was dedb4a1646 holding a cell d07b0b681f phone but got a1b4d4d3bf pushed down and 3c69cc138c passed out instead.310c64be77edaafc
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In the process, 083033d138 Robber 3, who a42c58cab3 was surprised by 5ba41f365e the attack, dropped bb6368fb1f his cell phone. But Robber 2 shouted fc6c991097 at Robber 3, telling 3671c5470f him to be careful, 14625a4b53 as if the cell 5418ee10eb phone was an important 63aa9734f0 item.79ab28dd597b91b3
‘…… Is Robber 3’s f2a04ced77 ability related to radio 0b052cdff0 waves?’46381332f1fec2b9
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The fact that contact had been lost and that the store’s surveillance cameras were monitoring the exit seemed to match up.ff672616b5084208
Robber 2’s 3572772b72 ability control 6429a5f592 was immature, d896d886fd so as c4704f1c70 soon as f4e7e0fb34 he shouted, 321f2a46e8 the items 53133689d5 on the 13913a6cd2 counter shook, a913496ee4 causing several 5f49eb9bf8 people nearby bf30889d94 to be 4739bf9007 more injured.3126afd1ade9c509
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On top of that, 71bcbe83c1 with the sound of 741cd95db1 police cars coming from d91cdc467b outside, the robbers grew e94188d4ad visibly nervous and began 49a88ec140 smashing nearby items in 7aed3ed42e a frantic manner.48977ec6ad71309e
I was relieved f3fc70c882 that the report d972392421 had been made, 91f7675c49 but I couldn’t 85ce2bb408 help but worry 2837711cf8 whether we’d make 7e1cafb27d it through safely ea3c253530 until the police 93ad52465c arrived.9e8d7b9cc177278f
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The distance was short, and it was only a matter of time before we would be caught. So I thought, since we were destined to get caught anyway, wouldn’t it be better to try something while the robbers were off guard?de6c5c968c4df4f2
Bang.c1900492d6a44314
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Another loud banging sound a90f91c65d was heard, and another b692781ca9 stand was shattered, crushing 5860d20bf7 one of the nearby 1ba69304d1 citizens.558d0f027b0debb6
“You said you’re an Esper, right? Are you an attack-type?”2ff48b2bcbb4b62f
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“Yes?”4705b6454d35e10f
“Then, help 3f27af4d78 me instead ec83361761 of the a70766d80a hostage. Just move ba023d7a26 me a 799d5a8f9f little bit c308ba4be4 away from b4f4e03187 the gas 61f94ccaf8 stand, okay?”36ea5b7311197848
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“…… What?”b0125407b881224b
“I’ll give you 1149c85606 a small reward 06d05c80e2 later, so get f4f4a9c30a their attention. If possible, target Robber 30b67ddda6 3 over there. It’d be better a8f0ac45db if you could 86cc5b1119 cause some injury 3f873edf65 to him.”c03061472806cc19
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Since the man was 48f3e02de9 an Esper with offensive 0e97e47e87 abilities, it was better 4f18b10056 than nothing. If my 2d79869bc9 guess was 6c1822d797 correct, I 7bae356bf1 just needed a164c420d5 to be 6cacba8a54 cautious of e735518243 Robber 1 13ad3fe14f and Robber 6dc6a3475b 2 for 220ef6c2ba direct attacks.501dba5a229b4138
At that moment, Robber 8a68b5bbbf 1, who was holding 043e401222 a child hostage, turned 044b6fda82 his body the other 6ef8f267e7 way.39a2ede8717adf29
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Robber 2, who 1d456d95bd had knocked down 5fee767e7f the stand with 568dca18c3 his invisible ability, f163bbdee4 was threatening the a0160e2635 mart employee, and 1e6d2c5b39 Robber 3 was 983566b857 watching the student e8ffee7783 who was putting d9a55aa09e the money inside 344dc65392 a bag and 65c551e571 holding the cell f731307462 phone.5102b9d870f1f3ab
I seized the 8b5bc96689 opportunity when Robber 806c4dedb5 1 turned his 6080244bd9 back, kicked the ae49707948 ground, and ran 04249801e0 toward him. Before he fdba893f1d could even faa8de82bd turn around, 9564421f02 I brought 174ac6c853 the metal 1532c17a4c rod down be22a34bac hard on 47663faa2f his head.1259d2e18fa6ecb1
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Bam!ca6b144159aa66f0
Robber 1 6b6eb8e63b stumbled and 8c0f131dae collapsed to 258d643bb4 the ground, c40889cfd9 and the b9e37b34f9 kid who 293df3266e got away bae59683e5 rolled on 19c8b03c4b the floor. Just to a62575d54c be sure, 26b233b540 I swung 1a0f3cb564 the metal 305027960e rod down 840262564e on Robber 437870c482 1 one 1a1180dde5 more time, ab7b7de329 when a 7c97043111 voice filled 38b2cad357 with harsh faafb3a456 curses came df6a1ea4b5 from behind.17e228c0133aecf5
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“What the hell is 43e1425ddb this crazy bitch doing?!!”757d7e51af99578d
They shouted 5d41e67da8 and immediately 372e5cca7f leapt off 3587313270 the display 330973db07 to run 5a8adeedee toward me, e014edc9f1 but just caa549f334 at that 10c1890c20 moment, the 52c8a4c361 clothes of 48fc8d465d Robber 2 413a4ab634 and Robber 2042a6e4e2 3 suddenly 3f1b13687f caught fire.b56f737526b9cdd8
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The angry shouts ed041b4de1 soon turned into dedbe17f93 screams of pain, 7796a423e2 and my gaze 274471ba6c naturally turned to f80f9021f2 the red-haired man.836cba03f05340a4
From a e45e684b29 little distance baf4079af5 away, the de55e87568 man was 4683ef218d looking at 24bb710e71 me with cbae3773e6 wide, surprised 95616f37d7 eyes.0e0e16a0fcdef03f
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“That woman! That woman e9e2584510 is an 5dcfd39406 esper!!”d23bd50cd5f1fa00
It seemed that ba069480f2 among the civilians, 699f65aa0a there was a ceed80264e comrade of the 75b0f5cb12 robbers.71485b6cc91f7927
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As Robber 4 tried 25edd7c3a3 to approach and help 97e2b05aa8 Robber 2 and 3, 55eaf7e2b7 who were screaming from 78cab00294 the heat, he immediately eb0d0aa062 turned around and attacked 2a46768ebf me.25994c2a2ec0f899
He was 246fef6ad0 definitely holding aac4741ce3 a small c004ddab1c rock in bfc058c484 his hand, a097b26c76 but in 14bf42f6c0 an instant, bee29cc336 it transformed 22d527124b into a 5bae43743e sharp blade c79a42b1dd that grazed bc2b2c08e1 my cheek 68efef2d50 as it e6e679c3f3 passed by.0a5cdb6056509d72
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Fortunately, he d09a485620 shouted before 92a60c1a10 the attack, 3fd87a4355 or I 6c8113e138 almost would e4cc559f8c have lost 6094bdedb5 my eyes.5e131ed801953a81
This was unfair. I was 7a5519252b not an 58ee12cb02 Esper, it b1e3b32d4c was that e04763c16d person. I have been 666ad6ae97 falsely accused of 05a568c8c5 being an Esper.b2619bc2d77b6751
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As I furrowed 73abdf2dbc my brows from 5038f74e0b the stinging pain 905db29d89 in my cheek, 5851f24482 I saw the cd7b58ea5c red-haired man extending 8241b2e3cc his hand from b3bd8e1c4c the other side.b516720ebaec9dcd
At that moment, a 5252fa4308 deafening sound, as if 904f88db8e the world was collapsing, e1e2fdfd15 echoed all around.0d93fd5d295eee2c
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Bang!!93980b2613d9c8ee
“…… Huh?”ed31e9a5c9af0f16
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Crack.59ba10e4b1907577
The chilling sound, as 28aaec1a58 if a gigantic monster 9b33afb7c2 was opening its mouth, d5704d4d22 made everyone freeze, everyone a3bee1be97 held their breath and a764652017 stopped all movement.9ad6ce589774a6de
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Me, who 3873e6d820 was covering f5f63bd894 my cheeks 6eb4c57bdc in pain, 7cd1f46804 the hostages fb7104cdea who were 3908884409 confused, the fe7c8cd54d robber who 2cc559f151 was picking 7cea60b9b7 up the 096a61e14e rock again, 9a68146caf the robbers 93dd8bc9fe who were a79f25b96f throwing away e0829a87e3 all of e73ec40cd7 their burning 0085747457 clothes, and 665b805a9f even the c5546157be red-haired man afdf35357f who was b3e1b07208 the mastermind.177e397bbf8d397a
We all turned b10be2af77 our gaze toward 4045480134 the ceiling, where 4e4ff9252c the sound was e0f21f3ca1 coming from.
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