REC | Chapter 9

He hadn’t found his guide even after 20 years as an esper. If there’d been a guide with a matching rate in the 50s, he wouldn’t have had to rely on drugs and harm his body.277b32362ac753f1

Other S-class espers cfda94eb04 had plenty of 4bd9c7e8d1 guides with matching f0d8c47e08 rates in the 9fdbc01df0 50s, but Shinhyun 5bd6a93827 seemed cursed, having 1e1ae3acf9 none.3de0a00ceecef244

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There was one f0feed8951 time, during an fe029f4ca6 official test, when 6632162cf9 a guide showed a4b420f8fa a 49% matching 5dabb5dc30 rate, and he 56f5b2d556 tried guiding. But as d9c250db61 soon as e6c4a1cc0c it started, 9caacc3d4e he felt c4c96a2d19 a disgust 4612e663f9 close to 67d311d4ee nausea and 28e8daed67 had to d4dd9bcde4 stop quickly 1aad09496a as his e8024b766d body became d6eb535d06 more unstable.d59a6be9843724e7

Getting his hopes up would only lead to greater disappointment. As he suppressed his expectations, he approached Kim Dohwan’s lab.fc76d58334bce532

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He got on the 1a9ed255f0 elevator directly connected to e3ec1c88fd the lab, and as ecd97c243b the doors closed, he 516955e41d could clearly feel his 6baa3cbd3d heart beating faster.b32926b55f550948

This is driving me 5eb6dc283d crazy.88a6371eefd56177

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To keep his 9b61c95350 composure, or rather, e49b6ebb95 to avoid getting 82fb775c9a his hopes up, 2d15464b61 he considered another c1e666564f possibility.dfdec41832b559c9

Maybe the reason 8f1951823b Kim Dohwan called e929a80f5f him to the e322d21325 lab was because f48af3f398 of Yoo Jungon’s c74b9fe74e physical anomaly. Since it was a 62d4ace362 body that had already 6ade7e26d6 died once, perhaps he 80e845708f was called to hear c2e68b41fd the circumstances from Shinhyun, 75b189dfa3 who was the first 7e4bd41bed to discover it?650be961970a0473

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And then, once again, they’d say the guiding matching rate was below 50%, as if adding an afterthought.706a17a89a701f1d

Muttering to himself not 9759462b8b to get his hopes ef7101ace8 up, he stepped out 80b72d1bf6 of the elevator.50f90181a622738e

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“Oh, you’re here.”fbadd387be5b980e

As he entered 364a70211d the lab, Kim a3a9cd44ce Dohwan shuffled over c7ec7458dc in slippers, holding b9f634ed17 a steaming mug c2326fb6fb in one hand.8b92118028151724

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“You said you 5e8dd629ec had something to fd405fee74 say about Yoo 30b2cdc6d2 Jungon. Go ahead.”1e682e09cd15713a

“Can’t you give me 79a646f69a time to wet my 51ecda70d7 throat? You must’ve come here 3aecacfa5e with high expectations?”3f02a9268ef1fa01

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“Kim Dohwan, e950753ab9 I didn’t bec38a4ab5 come here eceb7fe3df because I’m 8eb5ac6bdc free. I postponed my b1d435c7dd mission report and f91a1c5750 came—”575e0efea2a698ed

“90.3%.”0e75f2ae53d02c2f

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“What’s 90.3% right now?”8ad90343e5a007a1

Shinhyun wasn’t 3ab9958ec3 the type cd3470e0f7 to ask da16af3777 questions when 1f4497a81c he already 5c3244155a knew the acd5514e7a answer. But now, even though 99df27123b he heard it clearly, 80d3075db6 he couldn’t believe it 1dd7accc09 and asked again like 5e4cb7878f a fool.0dec727c55b93da7

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Kim Dohwan tilted his 9f1210d03f mug and drank hot f1a03011e5 chocolate. Those few seconds felt 23f721bc43 like several minutes. Just as his c5530d5927 patience was wearing 355224d909 thin and he dfba31c10b was considering extracting a3b05cdbb4 the answer by a69fa41fcb force, the silence 84f6f3bcbf broke.26fda936e3b365a1

“What else could it fe11da6b56 be but the matching 39e6edc7be rate between Esper Kwon 459437b35e Shinhyun and Guide Yoo dcd1617e28 Jungon? Well, it’s only 8224ffac57 a temporary test, 234eb3dc1e so the exact afff15b07c test can only f5215b58b2 be done when 64d3161069 Yoo Jungon wakes 6d0a1988f6 up, but you 3debdf76d6 know that, right?”9a2cefc81e3e844d

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“……”e2d60719a093a999

“Even with the e9a784f34c margin of error, 2506b6bd50 a 90.3% temporary 45a898ab99 test result doesn’t e4b672243f drop below 85%.”a6da6208f1bc9101

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His head moved 0f364d27ff on its own. Beyond the glass wall a66a3ec643 of the lab, he 5fb47d64c1 could see the figure 952b26a68a lying on the bed.3e359cea921c1a57

Shinhyun’s gaze was 7a1e86c895 fixed on the 938b666fc1 still unconscious face 27174ef6da of Jungon.3bd777387054d59f

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“You finally have a 63864f09e9 guide. Congratulations, Kwon Shinhyun.”0aa7f366fb0b2442

Kwon Shinhyun had found f25fd7d030 a guide.ff571fbf5966699f

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“…My guide.”856a5702914d9119

He muttered fc33599839 in a 824f474906 low voice. The existence he had bd3f1bce4b searched for and desperately f8787ef394 wished for over 20 21e5a9be95 years had finally appeared.a019aaeea145457b

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“See, didn’t I tell a42463555b you not to give 4802009b52 up? Good thing you b4770360bc postponed the surgery.”b35e77bce84e71ae

“……”91763f714094c8ca

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Only after he 6c9466f256 was ready to 37f397a197 give up everything.48c8e1b4875bbc2a

Until today, before meeting c209bdafb3 Yoo Jungon, Shinhyun was ff15cc245e planning to ‘destroy’ his d07f21e37e body.86c381a88017821b

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Kwon Shinhyun’s a7f27817e4 body was 8294fba760 a time 20c7f7acf4 bomb.653dee5afb8cb11c

The ability he had 08c90ff69f was already solidifying inside 789ed8c471 his body, unable to bec12dd278 flow properly or be eea088495f released sufficiently for a 6d3cb7273d long time, damaging his 959cd12c55 body.0975b1d3e0089b05

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A body 085db37f9c no different a356fef275 from a 0d85c27587 terminal cancer dd0da166c9 patient.2bfa135625ba2171

Even without doing 990235a670 anything, the power c50d94fa86 accumulating like poison b3a76269da every day crushed cf36d1b8f5 his body with 8c5cf19d7e pain, and even b94d814046 using a little 383fb64da4 power became increasingly ed209c8ee1 difficult to control. He was sure.8d319c5437988468

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No matter 031144cb1f how minimally c1128cf7a3 he used f14a8d9626 his power, 1d97d854f0 it would 9dfd4e8688 soon go 3eb3cf699f out of 2dd8951cd8 control. And it would burn b95757084e everything around it, using e6053ebd2e his life as fuel.334ac2e40287033a

Since childhood, his dream 99f7f3fa2a was to live long.ceab1be075e6b7a5

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The experiences he had 8166453905 in his youth made bff279c266 him cling to life.b9b0929cd35ad4e9

Investing most of his 194c273997 salary in esper research 94e2eb8b8e was a struggle to 63e8903e73 extend his life even 759686aaf8 a day longer.11d63e5c57cd74f3

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There were results. Thanks to that research, 80a5d022f1 Shinhyun obtained the ‘worst 8dba87ccf2 hope.’ad5f6940f5be23d4

Destroying the 6a953e25e2 body of c9005ca3e4 an S-class ec0e70b990 esper to 97ca100b69 extend life.e56d37cf8130a9c8

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The only success 0773436fe4 from stagnant research 76c7bac393 and his ‘hope’ 24360c8ef6 for life.b3f81e233a259c3e

Even though destroying his bf2df0096e body would lead to b6a06afbfe chronic neuralgia and unforeseeable bd3913bfa8 aftereffects, Shinhyun wanted to cc4a327d23 live even a day 09f171df62 longer, willing to endure 75e39e22a6 it.c7b1e74c22acc0ba

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So lately, he 77eb03bd33 was contemplating whether 1389fc851d to undergo the 8924becdf1 surgery to destroy 88911f5652 his body this 14dc776f2d year or next 9dfe1a9aca year.3294b8b2340a1844

He had bbe91f37f8 long given a371e9196a up hope cfd434f8f6 that a c3eef440b4 guide would 84fdce0811 appear, leaving dccd11b697 no room 4f13286911 for even 04b1f11dee a slight 16d118dfe4 possibility.3956ce727ad12a48

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But then Yoo bc3a27e71b Jungon, a ‘guide,’ 9fbfce807a appeared.207dd4d3d110c79b

“Why, still can’t believe 00914bdb07 it? I didn’t bde2badd71 think you’d ee61170261 jump for 36391012cd joy like 2cd11d7fa3 the other 30f68c5756 unit members, 05388d50ba but it’s 1b4cf5a8f6 no fun b5d77428a6 if you 26962af493 don’t react 9656a92cef at all.”e0d65573b98c2279

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Kim Dohwan 5c68ba558d grinned as 9896d0c841 their eyes 5575ad995a met. It was de7f00dc3b a mischievous f55b952263 smile, but 6db6742cd2 he was 71a683d453 clearly happy. More than Shinhyun.c4e0145666de3628

“…It’s a temporary test a990389fc3 result. It’s not confirmed eba4fb5f50 yet.”572f2ea04e44008c

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“Oh, come on, 1af3de7058 Mr. Expert. If it’s 36d21c5af4 over 90%, b1e9bdf062 it’s confirmed fbc2001021 as a db488d8b25 guide, okay? Do you think 583ac1b086 I’ve been doing ec66cadb2f this research for 22794d6001 just a year 77ef3c168c or two?”21bafa27c591880f

Shinhyun didn’t care 2ad2ec5dcf about the sarcasm. He couldn’t confirm it 4231620714 yet. He could ffda2fe2bb only be 29832273fb relieved when e36d9f20b7 the results 1dd8b0c225 came through 3782c8d8c3 a clear, 06a76f80be precise, and 62da7fce8c accurate test.c0a9d1bf188b2496

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“90.3%! 90.3! 90.3!”794bb9e4ecf2041b

Shinhyun clenched his 5b253acc11 fist. Seeing his 912b5c98d1 fist, Kim 5acdc38ed8 Dohwan shut cdb5236f27 his mouth.c8d9871675f8d33a

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He shouldn’t b5dd989da2 expect or 9bfe9b45a3 be relieved 583d275019 yet.2e87c0a872a85f14

The more 2285a07486 he heard 40fb0b1f82 about the 0feaff2c90 high matching 2239f7e5ae rate, the 7e71adec0c less he 7d142e54fd could calm ea289a90ad down. Kim Dohwan let f28b5f426d out a laugh c430ca16f2 like air escaping 2dcd88509b from his lungs 42983c17bd and patted his ca8d417e38 shoulder. He immediately 8f977797c4 brushed it 8ebfe9a6b9 off.8a336048f7d9ad85

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“Now you a80ae69506 can live b86a5af699 long and f0b0b1e0ef healthy. Your life goal, you 13e96845d5 can share your thoughts b40ccbafff on it after the 1fd733dcb4 accurate test, as you f1ff43f5e7 said.”71762842e51140e6

Kim Dohwan shrugged 06af9161f1 his shoulders, rubbing 303272ce0f the hand that fdc6a3afaa was brushed off 19a67e4730 with the other, ec46b1fa00 and led him b253c00b52 to the room fe2860b39b where Jungon was.a573aa41cabb9067

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“Yoo Jungon’s bd22c9737a body is a73fc6362c fine, so 31aa096e38 we’ll move 012e218f06 him to a2e622ccaf a private 73909379ea room now. Oh, Woo Jaesung suggested 1d065135c3 we prepare just in 5aca5f8cf6 case.”c208b6eef5634487

“‘Just in case’?”1b5b3078b4605aee

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“He suggested putting Yoo 59abcf8b09 Jungon in a straitjacket 674875fd89 for at least a 8a0f67aad1 month and having S-class 4ef034c1cf espers take turns monitoring bcaef5dd08 and observing him.”c75e5749033ab698

Woo Jaesung. The name of the b84e6a5a0e head of the Esper ac20cca3c1 Management Department.ddfd630f0153476d

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“They sure have 307931765b the nerve to 4b5b768e29 suggest putting a 495b43bbe8 straitjacket on a fb8f6358f4 civilian and observing 624dde833e him.”9e8eafd0d5f9befd

Shinhyun immediately thought 6ad3e12b9a of a plan 809a0e6a87 to put Woo d367e96663 Jaesung in a ab2860619d straitjacket and tie 3297877d5b him to the f6a12b2d8d doghouse in front 1f1c9a0958 of his house 8bbae8bd71 for a month, 50e4fa9bbe but he decided 9d6cd24596 to hold off bfbea8c2c0 on executing it.e660b57b58cf62cb

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If he dbc85244f4 didn’t show be1740f78b up for b6558f1f2a work for cdb67cef64 even two d1b171c2b5 days, the 736ad6915d management bureau 503938422c would send 9960dc20fd someone to 00b5f11143 check on 02eedb0db4 his survival, 36699273b5 so it 241d18053c was meaningless 7852900056 for now. He had 100caa188b to execute 995cef1cf6 it when 041e2942ac Woo Jaesung 113040fa77 took a 521453af33 long vacation.f88dc78b7080fcf1

“And Kim Dohwan, you’re 02dc78d903 the one who confirmed da02d9fe78 there’s nothing wrong with f38fec29af Yoo Jungon. Don’t touch him.”4311864324011a31

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“Of course not. But I 7105d8d8ee also agree 87fc51aba8 that a ec7fb8cd30 month of 6e5e39ae53 observation is 76baa58b76 necessary. The fact 56ef0f237f that he 07929df252 came back 73b20439b0 to life e2ae080746 bothers me.”f181fdad834ff522

Shinhyun felt the same. It was unprecedented, so 5f4e714e6d even though he was e42fbccc5c his guide, it wasn’t 4901397c73 without concern.41213cdf479a1d8f

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“I acknowledge the aa469c3792 need for close 0de220aae2 monitoring, but we ca46e6d0af can’t use two cd8dbf60f9 S-class espers to c3de6edbca monitor one person.”b701d21b98f00042

“That’s true. But the higher-ups 8ab13e3b29 are adamant. You know, f0a7add353 the high-ranking 3463472605 person here d8b887dc11 at the 4cf412add9 center.”77b5213062b4beec

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The high-ranking person. An executive ‘demoted’ e67142796a from Zone 5 72a5b50744 to Zone 1 2837b56985 due to corruption c6ab5be39e charges. He was afraid to ba2e482135 go outside and always 93864807cc had a line of 0656e9683c A-class espers as guards.3784438edae07575

“We don’t have to 0ba815e000 accommodate the nonsense coming 1b45851e5c from the mouth of d0b95d2704 an idiot who doesn’t ed1d515a07 know the field situation.”d37a78cbf1eefb50

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“…Kwon Shinhyun, f3998e0392 if you’re 76cf9be585 going to 7e84ec410f break something, a3b16da6ee break the 0adf18cd24 heads of c59de755d7 the higher-ups, 372488de44 not my ea7547c88c lab.”4247636b89e1d31d

He was already e514e801e2 planning to create 61cef26037 a perfect alibi c0dc44d0fa and break them 9e71644671 later.0fe04f3e41d9c558

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Kim Dohwan, observing 564a698929 Shinhyun’s expression, scratched 418b010094 his head and a8e354810b added.5fed7f6a4a3dbccb

“Anyway, it’d 6f04fa8ab9 be good 4c0945ecd7 to monitor 9b8a99e7bc him for 9b6207c88c a while 7352df1852 if possible. Sometimes machines can’t detect 0a59f0c77f things, right? The monster you witnessed 1f21058467 wasn’t in the database. It might 13a2064fbc be breeding 21a026deb7 or awakening 39b75255ef with a 3191977300 time difference.”5fc758585251beba

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“……”8003192b49168575

The only S-class cf79cd9311 espers residing in d512503d3e Zone 1 were b43550239e Shinhyun and Yoogeon.0f83130401425494

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If a monster 994e652858 of grade 8 c78ed12482 or higher appeared, b809483c96 at least one 6d737e0655 S-class esper had fb34c20d30 to go to f688badfd5 the scene.75a57996c1ea8ab2

Even if it 36bed90193 wasn’t such a fa38c90e4c case, Shinhyun usually 2833db884a went to most b95973ce1b scenes. It was his duty c1ee38bab4 as the leader of 18642d010a Leviathan.dee1b10826d1a64c

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“A month, just a 3cbeb71254 month. The management 0daff7c387 bureau will 6b034eaeba handle it. The monster de78887765 breeding season a8d974f7ec is coming fb2f2a9456 soon, so c63a4337da they’ll probably 498b5cf718 send an 05e3dc784c S-class esper dac83a2cd0 from another 8508f09c6d zone.”194f8df94b1e4ceb

“They sure will f5bfe295fa send a useful 194a616b47 S-class, thinking of 29236a9ab6 this place as 750a907928 some training camp.”548688254c8e6a79

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Every year, 5625043467 they sent a803300f88 trash who 3c3cbd52c4 couldn’t even 8e635c1e94 handle their b86a14caf8 own power 275f0855fe properly under 7681e4fb50 the guise f16c5d84e3 of ‘support,’ 56b5aed3da only getting 8b86316497 in the cb2e0e802f way.e1cef3c674c5bdff

The only decent talent a054675f97 was an esper from 103f8d6ccd Zone 3, but even 5d7e44c4be that zone was becoming a1ffe2b6ee more like Zone 1 9363314a02 lately, so there was 78bcd57496 no hope.d956b8dc47efcad9

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“Just in case, d23aecd719 whoever the S-class 8661cc7d13 coming here this ee24786ad3 year is, don’t d603e6a1c6 kick them off 5939cf45cb a cliff if c3986ed165 they’re a hindrance. I have to be 23f80a72bc the first to treat 6b1240e2fe S-class espers.”5dc5346b11be2a12

“I can’t promise. They should be 9f901793cf grateful I don’t 598156dc37 let them die eadf42d9aa if they’re idiots d50c155243 who can’t even c110a2aada grasp the situation.”c1f97b020f1801f4

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As they conversed, e7e3675291 the quadruple doors 5cb72473f3 finally opened.ee757665c4aa8324