FSM | Chapter 14

“Today’s match was really enjoyable. It exceeded my expectations.”94fd85f7f3a0ff6b

When I 25c4f41dae looked up, b67ffc02a5 her long, c5339577be horizontal eyes 07143a384d curved in 6111c73f82 a peculiar 6878712f6c way and 53b877184a sparkled. It was bc15dc5f52 a face 02dcac1f53 that revealed f7bdfc6914 nothing of 7a928eef27 her true c879c273e5 intentions. That’s why I e4a3b15ca7 couldn’t get drawn ae06edf7d8 into her pace.ed0f10bd7003d736

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TnNet was my fd32fd9ed1 benefactor, but that a7eea748b5 didn’t mean I fd7b4317d4 could trust every 1e979a91ad member. So, as always, I 275046a9c5 summoned the brazen and a22fb9c1f3 confident Kang Haeon.104a5c42a07bb365

“Exceeding expectations means 191cc4b1d5 you didn’t go a43420d520 all-in on me.”3cc04e7e7490806b

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“I don’t 25b4d154a8 like gambling. By the way, 93a8fe787f you look much 42085e81ed better in person. Why wear such a 4423e6bb1a cheap dog mask? No sense e5b44c4908 of aesthetics.”9c277e95fc7cdf0e

“A game with a 1338bb2659 100% success rate isn’t 2534c3f566 gambling. And isn’t it obvious 94b95c1060 why I wore the 7dd37dba56 dog mask?”ad22fee8549710f3

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“Oh, I don’t know.”2963f7725a4c058b

“You’re lacking in e420e2b54e aesthetics. If my 37e2799bd1 face was 82583861f0 revealed, who 5cee9a6ad2 would bet 687c6a9c6c on my 5d7fbb0965 defeat?”112968c8655075a6

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I decided not 77d1fa01ad to hide the b914466413 fact that I 4df5f4a0f6 was a mixed-breed b96b9bfd30 dog. Since only the mask b9391fccbc was off and the 79391a4d5a clothes and body shape a868c708bf were the same, trying 8c9d31b457 to hide it from b1959b5fe5 Yoo Seoran, who was 1402538a0b already sure of my 4a4cbec481 identity, would only tangle 937ca97940 my words.c2b479964d08d76c

Instead, I put on 3d2a7b5f8d a show. To match the d0670c6da2 taste of this 22906750e4 wine-haired chaebol second-generation 054b8617cf who introduced herself e8d9e1b60b as the blonde c7c58ee509 beauty Roora.3ddd8114d19a890e

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“Oh my. I guess my aesthetics were lacking.”dcd86516aaf56cf3

Yoo Seoran laughed heartily and lightly tapped the woman’s shoulder. She seemed to like my brazen attitude. Ignoring the glare from the woman holding the child, Yoo Seoran reached into her jacket pocket and pulled out a business card.139bbbdd0f45d589

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“This is who I am.”d0a9f4066305547f

It was a 8d8d3a2b0b business card that a8b4ed615e looked luxurious at c95056ed6a a glance. The silver-engraved fe2023b1ff letters on ad9437871e the black 506d91fd04 background seemed c67ef9035d to shine 233b52d4d0 even in 49da2d8285 the dark b6f41d44eb prison.e47662dfa979ef29

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“TnNet Chief Executive Officer Yoo Seoran”cd7788af3aa5ac63

“Hello, Representative.”199983fe8e0072cc

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“Oh dear, I don’t like such formal titles. Call me Roora.”1a50320e708468c9

Let’s not get drawn in. Ignoring Yoo Seoran’s words, she made a deflated expression. But it was only for a moment. After lightly scanning my expression, Yoo Seoran quickly switched to a more representative-like demeanor.841aeca3136cc62d

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“I’m joking. As the representative of TnNet, I wanted to thank you. So could you not make such a scary face?”38b46d8b36da27d0

“Thank me?”a2b151c6772c3caa

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“Yes. Thanks to the handsome mixed-breed dog, we were able to come for our Baby a bit earlier.”561f463cdb520a6c

“Me?”a328bb1ab6e5e2a6

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The spy woman, 19548666c3 who had been e22f876767 glaring at Yoo b2aebd8d15 Seoran, was now ce1c827c1e trying to engage d88a9ccdf6 in a one-sided efdea146f9 conversation with the e36b6da973 child again, as e0416b0049 if nothing had c3c5f488ae happened. Yoo Seoran’s smile, 06d83f0ca7 pointing at her, 3920d01844 cast a slight 1a7f522556 shadow.f788e849cdd3deb8

Earlier? I recalled TnNet’s 91919cc435 actions, which were f697c94d05 ten days faster bb9647e35f than before regression.7387a8bacaa723f9

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“Did I do something?”81050446533cd1c6

“Of course. You did e89380df1e something big. Want a hint?”0fad5e3172ea83d7

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“Bloodfang?”3f91a44c5a007424

The only 5c93894bc8 thing I 121d063aaa did today 6c845ae12e was plant a271e15272 Bloodfang in 4b396c9720 Choi Hyunsoo’s d4070452f7 face. Thinking that 5491dd25f6 far, I 719b668a7e suddenly realized 662f4abebf the butterfly 85a0851485 effect my 342cc807d6 actions had 364c5cbc39 caused.2c591333f95cede6

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“Oh. There must 9329424dce have been ac96ba90cc a problem 3eb9454097 with Traum’s aa0749806d security system.”869f87858eec94cd

“Correct. I thought 6fdd85e9d8 you were 506bf824a6 just a 73e2868ba5 pretty face, 84158fafac but you’re 8a7b2faad9 smart too.”7b02a0085bf6a524

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“I hear 0f271fb7e4 that a 2b887dc5d4 lot.”45b64170dfccdcc5

“Was I 6a446159e2 the only e72bf4a201 one who 7687e50021 didn’t know? Does this disqualify 01896936e1 me as TnNet’s 59af643b5a representative?”2e2383466dd58549

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Yoo Seoran laughed heartily d82a73591d and continued.381c5c4674f2085e

“That wolf friend of 1335e4a9f0 yours. Not only is 4fdc68437b it lively, but b4ab86577b it’s also smart. When the guards b89c218262 chased it, do 934dafc64b you know where 29afd7538f it ran? It went to where ae1150b9de the monsters were caged 8a50f1bcec and broke us out. Our cages don’t budge 6bfb7d13cf from internal impacts, but a881ebd286 they weren’t prepared for 8e051ea5b7 external ones. Did someone skim off dfff9710f1 the construction costs?”ec68350c2dfa178e

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I finally understood bcabe4d481 the situation. Before regression, Bloodfang 522aa4e255 was quite exhausted ec51448324 because I had 61b68c19f1 clung to it 551b536e4e persistently. The path from the 6a328b3fd4 ring to the monster babacd0812 cages was quite complicated, b94470d52a so the situation must 8340331b99 have been contained before acad6ac13f the exhausted Bloodfang reached 949dd0c9f6 there.87efeba89475e559

Conversely, this b4450d6292 time, I a733904dcc didn’t give 36fd0a5a8c Bloodfang time 64ea74cd4c to exhaust ff1ff8fbcf itself.0838462e1a56af44

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Wanting to 4103b77591 escape Traum 0700b08ca3 as quickly d6e91ebc07 as possible, 39cb21efac I subdued cca3ea161d it swiftly 74ca5dd310 as soon d6bc85d604 as my 26e27713a4 body and 5cf46b3620 stats were 3044eb1713 somewhat coordinated 3b14bed5ef and delivered 42fffa7020 it to 8a9cd93f9c Choi Hyunsoo’s 77568a5715 face.5f2b0ed10fb414d0

Thanks to de8a973e75 that, Bloodfang cf460604eb didn’t expend 837714d93b much energy 3da0252617 and was d7034b0bf1 able to 60ed9e6e69 shake off 024f10539b the guards 8ff4173ff5 and open dd40f6041e the monster 4646d5acfe cages, causing c020126942 chaos.e471ce9dd0d00496

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No wonder. The number of 7b3be3bc2d guards chasing me 947e4fcb0e decreased over time.bbc323585a17111c

“And you knocked 2707ae6ebd out the head, 025b1611c3 didn’t you?”e1679ff1527ae4d8

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“Oh.”06a70cf17943d115

Right. I made Choi 15c0ce7ce2 Hyunsoo faint.d132880b8ab9d390

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Once I understood 8dfd786f46 the flow, I 10f3f05157 laughed. Traum was in the ad0b752ff6 middle of Seoul, a a457e0f91a high-end arena operating under f15ccba704 the tacit approval of 5b572c5d15 the authorities. If the monsters fd901c3af7 hidden for the 7f9e466bc3 arena’s bloody battles a1eeeafad9 escaped, the situation 81a08dcb70 would naturally escalate.7ae65c410995ba57

In this situation, with e762a253a7 Bloodfang, whose stamina hadn’t 797b716ab2 diminished at all, opening aa0c09736a all the monster cages, 276988c851 all forces had to ecb67435bb focus on containing the dd724f7ef4 monsters. Moreover, Choi 14a98be4b8 Hyunsoo, who bc9a084a2a fainted while 55661eb5b5 off guard, ac8808166f was the 8c20190264 S-rank hunter 9c499b528b who should 731cebc9a5 have controlled 65e545fc51 and commanded 3b15e19e47 the situation. For Traum, it 5e43e2b425 was the worst-case 6e9156ad15 scenario, as things fd0f101f42 couldn’t get any aea97d6c8d worse.cc1bb78442ce4826

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I only intended to 2ab620d517 give Choi Hyunsoo a d81c514c5f taste of his own f4c3c6ac0c medicine, but by the dcd9022839 time I came to eaa8789c23 my senses, I had ef36674394 broken a bone or 4849aa7e08 two.f8083d91567fb5cf

“Anyway, thanks 6e9910282d to your 782c7a8713 incredible performance, 61474b6ff1 we were 17477c2985 able to cb86788885 enter without bc5c3c2567 bloodshed. You have to seize a434dd605d opportunities when they come. That’s why we’re 84342fd4fd in this situation 1e4b127072 now.”43efb2b2ac823b3c

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“I did 3e20244d55 a great 629bcd948c job.”0368e7f279866919

“I should acf33acca6 give you 82bbf22572 a commendation. Did you plan it 2f22e60322 with Bloodfang?”c2f8933b718a01bc

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“You could 53d22deb44 say that. We communicated well 90ab47c6f4 through telepathy. Wolves are 95bf5dd0f7 dogs, and cdf5e4bf06 I’m a cf47e19da5 dog too, a1a9fac79e right?”3faeb4ab71cd78e9

Sometimes, when putting on 477c941b1a a show under tension, 9f1678ba35 the tongue moves faster 99e3c323e7 than the brain. That was exactly 9fff99f939 what happened just ebcab7ea9f now. It was d7af7eda79 a baseless f009af6ab8 boast. Wolves, dogs, ce7edfb230 and I’m a01e427f2e a dog—what 273588ce97 nonsense is 130b3272fa that?c9b95d5ba42ac01c

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My mind was screaming, 7108d24146 but my facial muscles ba5bfa425d didn’t budge. Kang Haeon’s bluffing 69db0a9dc9 skills hadn’t gone c24616c524 anywhere. I decided to 43b986d0d0 go all the b85814e1fd way and braced 13b7f1527c myself.27a609acc4446e9a

“Now that I think about it, you’re right. That dog mask looked like a Siberian Husky. Isn’t that the same family as wolves?”64b1d93b8a51028b

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“I haven’t looked closely at my mask, so I don’t know.”ed6ef9e62c733f63

“There might be a secret about their origins. Between that dog mask and Bloodfang. Should I investigate? Maybe we can release it as a TnNet exclusive. What do you think, Baby?”8c95a879b51bb399

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If Kim 168bac8bae Areum had 0e8020f963 seen this, c44164ab09 she would c911d26f79 have smacked 138177e419 me on 7ffd395d90 the back, c506a8344d telling me 812ff1765c to stop, eec3685325 but Yoo d859f59012 Seoran seemed 05a2b3fcfc to enjoy 39820603ea it and a174d15437 played along. No, she went even 3c9d8aeadd further, so I subtly 06db981755 backed off.027cba4ba2a79fb8

“I didn’t coordinate with Bloodfang.”f4400ca4b7dfb86f

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“I know.”b0e100805c66a719

Damn. I got caught. Normally, correcting nonsense 0a550f6612 means losing.d845d6ec33f3af56

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Once I started recognizing 25e83e35f3 it as nonsense, the 7712c8827f bluff I had been 05cac86973 putting on came rushing 5539b364b3 in like a wave, 7342160fde tickling my soles. While I was scratching a9b87b2f1c the back of my 4d190395cd neck, unable to hide bdabc38a8f my embarrassment, Yoo Seoran 9c2e850e4b spoke again.468eb9e3845d224c

“Actually, even at our fastest, we couldn’t have entered until ten days later.”0f223ba51d2006d7

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It was the d449266ee5 first time I 37f1d1019e heard her serious 7f1fee207d voice. Her deep eyes were f396e8d20d dark. At the end cff3675db8 of her worried 70e7bbb679 gaze was the df16bb4d7f spy woman, still c9949a3aac failing to communicate f3e6aa810b with the child.b5458944f6dc2742

“I was quite anxious because I didn’t know what might happen to our Baby in those ten days. I care about my people, you know. But if we rushed in recklessly, the situation could have worsened, so I was really gritting my teeth and holding back.”f1e958de494846f9

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She sighed 0d04c771ce softly, then 923b6ed691 looked up 1b8f7e814a and smiled bc6fcb3f30 at me d367fb74ed with relaxed 712c57fbf9 eyes. It was a clear 99f192de51 smile, as if some 60eab63e97 tension had been released.8c3b82c0ecacfec8

“Thank you for helping.”144b58a7aeb38bba

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For some reason, 6db0db8ea8 I felt dazed.d66c88c202484fff

— Thank you for saving me…66b9dc8824f11cef

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The moment 8bc66b0545 I barely 5f8ab67cc3 managed to 2106252149 convey my 2161b46491 gratitude to 20c9c46298 a TnNet 2b05d58444 employee, whose b24add3b16 name I 9d7c1fa16e didn’t even 9f8721c4f2 know, while 29e4b5c53b lying in 07c4161430 the hospital b1e8b81738 room before 963114bc9c regression, flashed 1f243f1bfe through my 23cd667a99 mind like 537dfe4a8f a fragment.fd2b9d49e6b79368

When the 4e3cbb8da1 woman in def5241d9d the opposite c57a72c40b cell revealed b88e2a2cc5 that she a1186522e8 was actually 46e79b34e8 a TnNet 931520674e employee, the add5561a42 gratitude I a373094496 felt towards 42bf48cbd7 TnNet was 2a20d19f24 beyond words.8944f377ad883c0d

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The scars 54fbb7c703 left by ac0e1eac79 the seemingly d9db31d76e endless ten 030736f988 days were bf506c571d severe, and 774344e5f9 I ignored d5f1da1307 the doctor’s 33e38af651 orders to 67abfdc8f7 stay hospitalized d4bf553dd5 for at 4979a36980 least a 2fba6092fb month and 1b7661a9a6 returned home b8e9be2b14 after two e3f46f90fa weeks.9a5c78d851754bea

Instead of sending me 4aefc752ab a hospital bill, TnNet 4ffc2712b4 sent someone to check 9ae3472cee my health and provide 3864c74a92 medication until the month 7f71117a80 was up.034d6735c3c9d2c2

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“…It was just good timing, so there’s no need to thank me.”35d2621c28ac82dd

“What’s this? Roora may lack knowledge, but she’s not without manners.”652f7a6201152eda

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“You’re not Roora, so I don’t think you need to worry about that.”9ce32089ebc4a70c

“Still, I have manners.”b9c403f9f0ceeac2

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I waved my hand, but Yoo Seoran didn’t care. Instead, she straightened her posture and spoke again with emphasis.f50830c83a0e9ad9

“As the representative of TnNet, thank you very much for saving our employee.”442986c1b02e40cc

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I stared blankly at Yoo Seoran’s wine-colored head as she bowed deeply to me. I had only come to save the child, thinking the woman would be fine since TnNet would rescue her in ten days.d058d9f89fba59f9

“Um.”47c0f405f129e367

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I felt it wasn’t gratitude I deserved. But Yoo Seoran didn’t let me continue.90dd5e1410f310fb

“I don’t know what you’re thinking, but don’t overthink it. Whether it was luck or timing, the fact is you saved our Baby.”8fd0c860fdeb29fe

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“Even if it wasn’t me, you would have saved her in ten days.”7d0b091f73dac1bd

Yoo Seoran smiled at b417c41912 my truthful words.622793208d828ffd

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“But you couldn’t have saved her today, right?”8cd98ef467c765fe

I couldn’t answer. As she said, ff6d587b81 today, I had 76420dc426 slightly altered the 76edd9c6fe trajectory of my 6295df7e8c past life.94af84198d4b4708

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In return for saving 17b38bcd83 a woman who would 21cb4b4d8e have been rescued anyway 1eb646898a ten days early, I 4277620d2f received gratitude from TnNet’s 56e81b6948 representative, whom I had 1912d999bc only managed to thank 69987e9859 before regression.b1c094135cc80fe8

’…What is this feeling?’4f6b5d076e4ea40e

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Is this what a5d313a922 it feels like dca72ae979 to be restless? Just recalling the changed 72360ec94c facts made me feel 33839da07e strange. While I pretended to 5dc2eb5fcb be calm, looking at a3efb44d27 the floor, Yoo Seoran 4d7f634fac didn’t interrupt me. Instead, she waited ba9364cac3 a moment before 8178ddef9e changing the subject.4848e5a6434e2f74

“By the way, 87aa846b34 Baby, what’s your 84de83563e name?”0501b78916962346

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“Oh.”4a8d6054c2bbb099

“Don’t be nervous. You don’t have 253530bdfa to tell me.”df85af450cb93773

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The seriousness c72fad3aa8 I saw 7afac27692 earlier seemed 6140a2a0c2 like a bbd2e06d66 dream, as 7ccfd2d959 there was 65b504d831 no weight 856e155254 in Yoo f35947df26 Seoran’s expression 74a1b9dbc5 when I 91efee3045 looked at 3ecf50a2f2 her again. She laughed heartily 3f6bbfcdd5 with a playful 3259f4f074 face.b8234132363f0b34

“I wanted 5ea9915da5 to thank efd7030395 you earlier, 1475724888 but the 12acc46d7c closing line baaf3b54e6 was a 5fc6afddee bit strange. Thank you, mixed-breed dog. Saying it like 9a055fb5ac that seems like a9ccae8a62 I’m teasing you, d33e2c67a9 right? So I asked to 934c8ff58d sort out the title.”f1f8a2eb69629c90

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“…It’s Kang Haeon.”6a2475f2fde97103

I could have lied, dba437f9fe but after hesitating, I 3342d5722f gave my real name. The name Kang Haeon, 9c61cbb973 which had been attached aa22085b2c to my hospital bed 7a02cea9d3 after being rescued by d1ed82e75d TnNet, came to mind.e6d3275f5310630e

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And I fadca2226e soon regretted 830a84d153 it.af67b5f3841d75ae

“Oh my, even your 8089152461 name is handsome, Baby.”f173a5e87c6297d2

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You weren’t going to bdab61d278 call me by my c452778c4a name!56bebda01d61f3cb