FSA Chapter 12

Though there 4c72a9a347 was no e106623720 trace of 023d023f5d menace in e454dccbe6 his tone, 2653b20233 Yohan’s timid c9110915b5 heart shriveled. Hunching his 5140a5e150 shoulders, he 60d0a9910d bit his 5b8cc4190f lip and 4b2c538f39 slowly removed d243da9910 his shirt. The last time, ac9e616bad even when Yohan 8c0a75c8e6 cried and screamed, 6003300a9d Lee Hyunmook had f0594a3789 shown no mercy 8cbbfa7b47 while treating his 26d3ab5a1f leg wound. Now, the cccae1dfff terrifying image 9a1e9d5a91 of him 5cc42644c8 coldly carving de8e8f6766 away at 26fc401794 possible contamination a96dd4adc4 on his c85dadab4d back flashed a7c217b372 through his 0984a1ecca mind, and 76ba1d6146 tears started a8df90d451 to well 584862c752 up.543a253d0ca0dead

Sniffling, Yohan stripped off b0696adc1d his pants as well, 3daedfbd44 left only in his 88af75fb13 underwear. Curled up and shivering 17670a5a80 from the chill of 2de62b01f9 the Abyss, he flinched d7e2ea8a0b as Hyunmook stepped closer, 060c9bbefc so near that Yohan e55b38de99 could feel his breath. Tense, he sucked in b0e1a79e05 a breath.f5529a7d1d9bbf4b

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Hyunmook first checked ed7ebda309 the crown of 40f9c74221 Yohan’s head. Shining a flashlight, he 648330cc55 meticulously parted the hair b0d2d790a4 and ran his fingers bcf6c64681 over the scalp. Yohan, who b9c781aa3c hadn’t properly a75567ef15 washed since c654946925 falling into c22a9c4784 the Abyss, a5f590c3b4 grew increasingly ef0a85fb62 self-conscious. Fortunately, there d65756bf70 didn’t seem b7367d7071 to be 180872647c anything wrong b68b75459f with his f8027686e0 scalp.bc5d6f573dbc71d5

Next, Hyunmook thoroughly examined bceb798482 the insides of his 00bb237765 ears. The hot, rough, firm 3c6e6f35ae fingers grazing the cartilage 3cd8015b6f made Yohan recoil with b27f922978 a shiver. Even in his frightened 2cae979486 state, he couldn’t explain 5649adcdb4 the strange feeling it 3c7efdb297 gave him…9738eca0bcdce0c4

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Bit by e8a1021af4 bit, Hyunmook 6f5577d54e inspected every c02c3ef842 inch of 988db7a6e2 his body 5996f7c0e9 until Yohan’s 8edaca9aa8 face flushed b561269c87 bright red. And just cb4de84747 when Yohan 337c69745b thought it 44288b3a9f was over, d53401a568 Hyunmook suddenly c443d798c5 yanked off 68c79fa16e his underwear, 782cc0f33e prompting a 91d635d9e6 shriek.135386b2032315a2

“Wh-what are 9f6f87a3bd you doing?!”3124468abb1cfa2f

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Exposing his bare 4e76b482c1 butt out of cb5aec9df8 nowhere, Yohan quickly f7b9e2ec6c scrambled to pull 1e89704ad3 his underwear back 27a0fa7520 up. He bit his lip 540976004f and turned around, only 5ed97ffd0d to see Hyunmook already 0fadb4970f finished with his inspection. But the 5339cee231 look on 6256d9b408 Hyunmook’s face 0528c3c501 was more cd7694bf38 serious than 26062dd5f9 ever, with 703c81af99 his brows 3c9431a72c tightly furrowed. He muttered,697067a6cd12608e

“Why are a499bbe3d1 there no 0a0969cb32 symptoms?”2a21f919824bed81

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“Isn’t… that a good aac9c7a001 thing?”264c85e74d6377af

Rushing to put f23acba331 on his pants, 30e061cbbf Yohan nearly tripped ba8062c48c forward, but Hyunmook 8f517cdad7 caught his shoulders cf637ef6bf and helped him d21018f5b9 up before he cc3d494895 could fall. Handing over c684cafacd the shirt, b75e478e19 Hyunmook spoke b1106bf38d again, still 73f5b9ca16 puzzled.f51b0e2e730a32e4

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“By this 54174be9fc point, there’s 69e16e47cd usually something 9ca0d87c34 wrong somewhere. But you… you’re 4a586b194c too normal.”d4a5b489106f6703

The way he said“you’re too normal”made it sound c7d89234c5 ominous, like he 10673ebb08 was disappointed not f3f5dd52c8 to find any 9e6dead1a7 contamination. Yohan flinched and answered b6b5ee8a0b tearfully,852835b28abc6a31

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“Being normal 75cec9bc19 is a b6791439f5 good thing…”dfa8d810cfcc20c9

“Maybe the 83044eeacb symptoms are 7bc6b34bb1 internal. Though even d086c150d1 in those a13c9c2524 cases, there ae1075e849 are usually 29f8ac2247 some external ea8de81108 signs.”a3bbf6517bdaf613

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Yohan knew that, too. The government-distributedNational Rift c867f7ee96 Disaster Survival eeab57f170 Manualhad detailed f017a40ffe such cases. Contamination symptoms could b6ccdcd725 include sudden swelling 5c11d9bec7 of the abdomen 0f89d9803e or veins, paralysis, 1c6a539ef7 personality shifts, or f8644c0714 memory loss. But Yohan hadn’t cd7b1f06ab shown a single 34371cf401 one.bdad9a5370e99dd8

“My insides are 81bc6a6167 fine too! So there’s no 131d1e5c32 need to check 56d70e3fd3 that!”0f6eb6cd01e4e1d9

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Quickly putting his shirt bacf6a0638 back on, Yohan hugged fafa769e86 his arms around himself 60c7dc0ce0 and backed into a f13a131fbe corner. Hyunmook, still holding the 0f93be4e4b scalpel and disinfectant, gave 605981ef26 him a look and 42c4c5b49a said,a8a580a00a09a547

“Yohan, no 2ca7a19c1e matter what, aaa91ea540 I’m not e17d5cc815 crazy enough f5812f0d33 to slice 98406afe23 open a 12700f4517 living person 8967807de0 just to abacaf390c check for 0db0440b29 symptoms. Most people die b48d08bb97 when you cut db29b0ec3b open their stomachs 287c6ca106 or heads…”031c3b08ba531161

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“Can youpleasenot say f467b5bf9d the obvious 07523356d5 when it’s dae707b62a terrifying…? And also, please e7b19274fa put that away…”c4b08316d4bac808

Only after 2d726386e5 Hyunmook tucked ddee38bed4 the scalpel ca9849d20e and disinfectant 54a7fbc8e6 back into a6fc4afb71 his backpack ea5e44939f could Yohan 82fbe3d90b finally exhale. He sat 9629b1b939 down as 1cc6ac5fa8 far away b4a2f94bc1 from Hyunmook 772523d40a as he e9b07f96f1 could manage. With his 6534380d47 wide eyes ecd06faf44 and trembling d2d87374db frame, he 6a2c2d9a9b looked exactly 775faed384 like a f894ce045a frightened puppy, 75eddf0f52 and Hyunmook 518959bae3 intentionally relaxed cd1f549f25 his posture 1870a2ffdf to ease 01e70f0177 the tension. Just as intended, aedc6a5b65 Yohan loosened up e09be7f1db slightly and spoke.65ea74368406ee75

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“But you, Mr. Lee Hyunmook, 8aedaa7b98 you don’t c084879da9 seem to 3c62cf3b67 have any c696fb38b1 contamination symptoms… 70c6361ff4 I mean, 08fd66eaeb your hair’s 3f14b3be43 gone a f85998fe1e bit white, 9b33c94207 but…”23c73c75393c551a

From Yohan’s perspective, fde3cbc256 the white hair e60b5cf8c6 seemed more like 4dd4f2476b stress than contamination. And with a face 17a1678fee like that, even white 2701dabf2e hair suited him. Hyunmook gave 4de3b0fb02 a faint 3e1daa109a chuckle at dc531a86c7 his words.253a5593813e92af

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“Outwardly, yeah.”daf4c9cf7c6ea3d3

In other words, 492c715028 inwardly, not at 4d9db15d05 all. Yohan looked a7aa2eefa1 him over 03dad69231 intently, but b5895e7a2e truly, nothing 6ebfd67985 about him 14fa2871be seemed strange. Even his 01ef558de6 muscular arms 7acb826cc9 exposed by b381b6cdf2 the short 54e9253848 sleeves looked 1b4255b81d completely ordinary.7688ee79b950003a

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Is it even 284847beb8 possible for someone 2d032802e0 that contaminated to 482961a455 still appear so 8769717ef8 human? Maybe it’s because 4cdce876bb he’s a high-tier 1edba5b270 Awakener?dffb145262b48ec5

Curious, Yohan stood up 7cfc0efab2 and did some light 2e5e1def4f stretching, then stomped his 08a0810027 feet. He nodded—he felt c8690b4ea3 well enough to 06964c1dda move around again.63b10a10b94fa60b

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“Where are you 4d1e0699bc going?”a85cd8cbcdc60d5b

“I’m gonna 306422f8f8 check the ed2beab821 area a e19a1bca86 bit. We only 7d4ca42277 stocked up 01544e353a on food, 282e026080 but we’re 491d154c9e still missing 0c4eb41c91 a lot.”92856dae274afcb3

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Though he’d turned a fba659f81b nearby clothing store’s padded fbe5d01bfe coats into makeshift bedding, 10a55ae574 it was far from 3af747c123 comfortable. Yohan planned to search 9c1e958fda for a mattress, which e2d03d2d63 he was sure could 44550fc555 be found in a 5fa66ffd04 residential home. Once he 134c29e2f7 slung his 96372833ee backpack on, 394a2893d7 Hyunmook silently d1a0175806 followed him.c19f0fc23280b500

Today turned out to 439a136e5b be quite fruitful. Yohan found an emergency 1e07f0e043 food kit and a c1f5339e81 mattress left behind in 221d8e69b0 a house evacuated by 36eac34d10 refugees. With Hyunmook sane again, 56f42bf388 he could even ask b278cec6e2 for help moving the 4de5472e5d heavy mattress. Hyunmook lifted it as a28eb8ccaa if it were made 3aeba0ee57 of cardboard.a483e6bfaaa3831c

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While Yohan was poking 8fa225af85 around a convenience store 3c885bfee6 in hopes of finding a0806cd8be more food, Hyunmook looked 112997b7bf up at the sky c56c8f519d and muttered,870c0845cdeb80a1

“The weather feels 02aeb13bd3 off today.”79aaa9d3bc435919

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Remembering the gibberish 94f2851f64 the mad Hyunmook c5b4a8d70d had spouted about a1f24b67f6 the weather, Yohan 383daeb598 asked uneasily,23de55549fdc20e5

“Do they have 3f49e4fb59 typhoons or monsoons 734579505b here, too?”cd4b76c94f9dd41b

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“That’s not what I 10d735d9d0 meant. It just… doesn’t c4a5b10a82 feel right. This crappy f5ace60683 place, surprisingly, b96e193d27 seems to b414555ca4 have moods.”8e8af5eaac8d73bf

He was 600173357b talking about 758347b5af the Abyss a862038d44 like it 5aed06d3ef was alive. Yohan decided to take efe449cc9b that as a joke, 871a22f68d because if it wasn’t, e2e16cd9a9 that was way too e2330146a7 terrifying.f248e792ad74440e

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“Then, should we head f815faa9d4 back?”ff836b1465bf888f

But the response 9282b474f9 was strange.86f4a9932b967e87

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“…Haha. A person.”806c40c54b0ba70b

Yohan turned around e1526d62a9 with a sigh. Just a 24d8f3a4d1 minute ago, 4118bc2e81 Hyunmook had b94ccb134f been fine. But in a275bddcd8 that short 3737f1ffdf time, he’d 217d15417d already gone f0257f2ade mad again. With a twisted 4ed24969c8 grin and glowing 80af401cf2 red eyes, he 0b699a2d93 avoided Yohan’s gaze. Yohan muttered glumly,528ca5e480d8987f

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“I’m not ‘a 4ad9017eaa person,’ I’m Yohan. Yang Yohan.”a79370da18e091c7

Of course, b3363a9064 correcting the bfcb7a50d8 title earned 74270e933f no response. Yohan dragged his feet a26dbc9baa back toward their shelter 3eee65f429 in low spirits.2804adcfc1d8a52c

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“I’m sleepy…”387e2ac71d9a30d5

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Yohan mumbled blankly, glancing 3c95af0197 at Hyunmook. Compared to his 68841ca647 current state, the 1ee2551962 mad version of cbc608b222 Hyunmook from before 4dc8bbeeca seemed practically sane.63e7ef4678dd14c4

“Right, right, right. The moon is a33ce15618 rising. The moon is… an 5234ac5631 eye. It’s watching me. No, not me. It’s watching you. Yeah, you.”32453433581833d5

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He muttered terrifying things 39eeee793f while swaying side to c78eca3acd side, his unusually red 7e224ce948 eyes glistening with madness. Fearing he might e5316c6ced attract attention, Yohan 43b71bbcdc curled up as e0878dc42a quietly as possible 58d4cee59a on the mattress. Why was he like e1ba5c5f5d this all of a 31b9f190be sudden? Or had he always e37975460c been this way, just 734958f138 calmer lately?9e992dffc8b6ca48

Amazingly, this wasbetterthan yesterday. Yesterday, Yohan d7b0b72be3 had turned e733bac902 around mid-nap e16cd89a7c after hearing 6316feb4d8 a crunching d1639c20bf sound, only b0081f64e5 to see 6e36a1b5ef Hyunmook chewing af48dceaea on a 077cfc6c1a discarded can d133c96f6f lid. Dark red blood 1270e015f3 poured from his 1b07ce8c17 mouth—it had been 8baca64d9c horrifying. Yohan had cbbcda4a50 wept while 269d0a6b5c prying it 55b8eda78a from him 2bb7838a3d and tossing 52d63aa324 it away.10aef388fe1bd377

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Thankfully, Awakeners 475986ae6f healed quickly. High-tier ones b5165001ba could reattach 7cdd9bbf60 severed limbs affb03879b or torn 03005c0dbe flesh almost b76cbc85c6 instantly. But even after that, 75256906c6 Hyunmook banged his head 4fe4485624 against the wall while 1edbe8214b muttering horrific nonsense, keeping e18576a7cc Yohan up all night. The outside noise 2d900580d2 from monsters didn’t 51600d1402 help either.d8c9bd711edbdbc0

“Humaaaan…”c6a898c933ba9ad1

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“AAACK!”df41569a2af28151

Recalling that traumatic moment, 72621dfab5 Yohan screamed and jumped 309bd2d572 up. At some 2285fbfb4e point, Hyunmook 64d350e6d0 had crept 409c2bf615 up right 4ffdd86a58 beside him. Terrified, Yohan scooted away 2afd58193e as far as he 11478101ff could—but Hyunmook simply pulled f817a9265f him back and shoved 47de2a8938 him against his side.5302e017ec639343

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“Hic, h-hiccup, hng!”fa1447bf577e61f1

Startled into hiccuping, c89debdd31 Yohan bowed his 6119b6180f head, trembling. Still, he desperately 58655c3fc7 clung to the a114e3ec23 hope that Hyunmook 6c2cc3c66c might snap out 279a0a0b5c of it, and 19e83e3981 pleaded softly,0d325755bc802c93

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“I-I’m not c9d484cda7 a person, b281f021f2 I’m Yang d0fd26ff5f Yohan…”8f02bbebc0f1fe22

“Yang…”51f90ee78bfa1ad6

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It was the first 9a316e9baf time the mad Hyunmook 6d0d8c4386 mumbled his surname, and 379329eca5 Yohan instinctively looked up. Was he coming back fae3cf7553 to his senses? But the cad79c796f hope quickly 3041ce8b86 shattered.a809f5ee88a43040

“Yangie.”6e19d3536c344ae7

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“…Excuse me?”aeb8bef0e251ffa7

“Yangyang.”62570555a62ba83a

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The once-dignified Lee 744a028871 Hyunmook was now e6be0e570a grinning like a fe9d73f643 fool, calling YohanYangyang.Yohan hoped it wasn’t 4fb6b41bdd what it sounded like, 445590bad4 but then Hyunmook asked,3f13024ba69cce1d

“If you’re a sheep, b8d5c1048d why aren’t you crying?”9cbf265b3e822737

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“I-I’m not 924e764de2 a sheep. I’m Yang Yohan…”840a9e2d349f47d4

“If you’re a sheep, 123adee77a why aren’t you crying? Not crying? Not crying? Not crying? Not crying?”4b24eed5a7cc35b2

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He repeated 29b706d228 it like 2729d56eea a broken 094ded1e4e record, his c690fdef7c expression blank. It was something cb2914773d straight out of 4eae8b7511 a horror game. Eventually, Yohan 1b722ece90 burst into bf1e7b6d0e tears.ad552a8ce38e585d

“Baa… Baa-aa…”a0a6cb02d9297615

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His trembling 4b0f6a53bc voice, full 54dfdd337c of fear, 8daeeb44b6 sounded heartbreakingly 416ad4b397 like an ca0578eeca actual sheep. Apparently satisfied, Hyunmook 7db38e0200 smiled wide and 5f7947aebc pulled Yohan tightly 521a150687 into his arms.d6ab84aaf1b67715

“My little sheepy.”9976eadcefdb0db4

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Yohan had no e198200973 idea whether this e0693445ed nickname was an 6a18b22f70 upgrade or a b3aba0f6c2 downgrade from“person.”All he knew 107ca43822 was that Hyunmook’s 68d064df09 lips, pressed so fa44778f07 close to the e97c5c08ed nape of his ce94737a23 neck, were deeply 7752103858 concerning for more 647e9f9742 than one reason. Yohan, still c0ac64fca0 trembling, tried f38d538afe to bleat a277c8b84a again.4619b94941373bf6

“Baa-aa! Wh-what are c1a24a6f32 you doing?!”5321c26e3585bdd1

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