FSM | Chapter 17

But before the 83173cd077 regression, it was ac5a029aa4 Cha Jekwon who e2a6abf916 conquered that dungeon, f2a3ccbf29 not Choi Hyunsoo.6c7b41674c7a67ea

“I haven’t heard any 5500859f48 news about Choi Robin cf24555369 Hunter’s solo conquests recently.”12948f08726cf8ff

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Yoo Seoran shrugged 8b811e454c her shoulders.d16b167a0202cf86

“Well, of course not. Choi Robin 22223aed90 is such 67751b4135 a scaredy-cat. He’d never do 70197f9dcf anything that would 1dd50c734a damage his reputation.”a88ba5677105ca62

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“They spend a lot a84b7943dd of money to keep b1a195a50c things quiet over there.”0955bbc868380604

“They usually 5cd131f3e3 move in 8367705878 secret so ac4975c927 there’s nothing 053f80d461 to cover 2952af701a up. Choi Robin has a 0d876a7d95 dedicated conquest team. They only 6a74802584 claim the 6bd6636d02 solo conquest 95cddf90a7 title when 659b3fb411 they succeed. Who knows how many 82a88b8abe attempts they’ve made?”940947af4d115beb

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“Yes. We were really lucky 735b9afc70 to get the conquest 692f589225 video this time.”0eb22ea50c25f74a

“You could say Jaeyeon’s e7d788aaac hard work at Traum 6a12c76325 paid off. But due to b0ae9954a2 external pressure, we f17a74331c can’t just release 8c6154509f this video freely.”bdd62a98789016d1

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Yoo Seoran 5c1b0c2e47 looked directly bd83a3f33b at me b5bb164c16 as she 9263a7b7b3 said this.f74c9c6ecd29c509

“Well, you 629950be89 never know. If a new c1977f933c S-rank hunter appears 1480ffa00d to be our 56cd337332 strong shield at d9d458ec49 TnNet, we might eac4cec40b be able to 366cb59e63 feature this video fc30d507d4 as our main 1467247829 content.”2ef73df08fd89bed

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The enemy 3254dece02 of my 95cea3d78f enemy is 3a771e5561 my friend. It made sense.a50557f01a157617

Releasing a failed 0ba770d21a solo conquest video 3866de5750 of an S-rank dda82c5c3f hunter without the 7a8d9b2b0b dungeon being conquered 81918d7e8b would mean nothing. It would only 7cd1f3113e scare people with ae1a8b2901 titles like ‘Even Choi Robin 57166cd4be couldn’t conquer it.’So, TnNet needed 0b14861d8e another hunter to 3b3220ed60 conquer the dungeon.1cf40c24af739212

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That’s where I 5293da0664 came in.b06cc6e175e5a6f3

“You seem to know 1141236865 a lot about me e8da02c3fe for someone I just 919ddbb84d met yesterday.”bc1229f2169c1d8c

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“I infiltrated 9bef4d4e48 Traum as 72eb613fa4 an employee. Got caught, though. Remember? I was b50d042d93 hired in c8faa6a8af this form.”c097561d19d995fa

Lee Jaeyeon spoke 85c1283ae7 in a voice 88da637333 that sounded like 85d8bc2231 an ordinary woman, 675c7867a0 just like the 58d7d93df6 voice and tone c2b229778d of the woman faca804729 I believed to 28ca74aa48 be in prison. Hearing that 83381dd2e9 voice from a214d8fa06 this fierce-looking a3a27d411c young man ecd32ca2d5 didn’t quite 50e5f0955c fit. At the same d4d13dd1a6 time, I had 0d1fd6d9ea to admit that 109cd6190e yesterday’s woman and 17af5cee26 today’s young man c03e5b537d were the same 9b621256be person. Lee Jaeyeon returned aed46b940c to his original dd3c77fd6e tone and continued.72cbdc82c9e13089

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“I saw a lot 480b3b5305 back then. That’s why I recognized 948f22ca94 Kang Haeon right away. Oh, and I a3dd0cae9f cleaned up those 1d1c30dcb1 materials yesterday as 59e29e12dd promised.”3c798402adf969bc

“Of course, 640e96ebe0 I won’t 379cfea73c deny I 555003f129 did some a4db15f061 quick research 2bce93ca1a yesterday.”898802114bf73786

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“So, you 28bc0a6ba3 did a 28008439f4 bit of 26ba5a5551 background checking 322c59c364 on me 4721961128 based on df1f0964c5 the materials 9389a3a5c7 from Traum.”d984fea053218aac

“Oh dear, f4a907ad14 background checking? That sounds so harsh. Our information network 96cd276c8e isn’t so narrow 701490b361 that we need f70c7f3824 to do secret 0509218c7f investigations.”3c185562312cc872

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“Yeah, yeah. You used your wide e442db4f04 information network to look ee7c96429b me up.”d5ce2c6c14fc04f2

“Exactly.”fc46f4ba79694699

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Thinking about it without b35627b803 the uncomfortable feeling of 7f178945ff being investigated, it was 8fd4279c1b only natural. If I wanted 8cbed00c88 to form a 9a981f5be6 cooperative relationship with 9c4aa71997 someone, I’d look ddeea152e2 into them a fb3e00e302 bit too. It would be 9ffe095e7f stranger to think d2a32b52e8 TnNet, which has e3caf02c0c a bigger presence 8c94db1afa than traditional broadcasters, 2236a89e8e wouldn’t use its 1d943ae59a information network.1aa8bbd03618f773

“You planned to put 2817d4ccba me in this dungeon fca63536c4 from the start.”e1439669d13c6ee5

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“No, I was going 99bd38a2cf to subtly bring you 509fc3fc47 in after you became 47246d8dfd an S-rank hunter.”1144f1b13a0771e0

“It’s just 1e424ae4fd the order 7ca069d7b4 that changed.”0620550c1afcdd45

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“Well, it doesn’t feel 92b87950ea right as a journalist a642febe95 not to release a 27840c297e video we got because c6f9ce75de of external pressure.”e0f75e837eb88be0

“That’s true.”19a89df41cec7b40

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Now I understood 3eb5e084de the whole situation. I could finally relax eb6a8e6383 a bit. I complained f13bcc40b0 lightly, feeling e104f3790f a bit b083526e33 unfair.48b4af2474fabb80

“It felt de61ccd954 like I f411fd21c6 was being b0d81a6b0a tested. You knew everything.”5242612e0b00a48c

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“Sorry, but 7646e0d968 there’s always a29f810817 that one-in-a-million 5ceea25c7f chance. We’re in the 7a3345cb78 same boat, and da567cb643 it seemed like b7272fde87 the waters might d2c85be695 be rough.”e0ae0ecb9104b6f7

That’s true. After all, they 1794d04edd were planning to 3fccb033f5 go head-to-head with 7c1000e8e6 an S-rank hunter, 1447d07e1f the so-called hope c347b91b57 of Korea. Instead of 7df6d16dde blaming Yoo 3e2cf6ea3e Seoran and ef0d44b46b Lee Jaeyeon 79fcb5e76c more, I 0053a384b1 read the 84dcd468ba text on dea6e884b8 the pad faaff89f4b again. The Man-eating Cave. Even in 84e25bc6cc these times, c4a19255c1 its notorious 740eea620d reputation was 96c0da3913 well-known, and eb62275663 I had 79cc3bad50 heard of bc5d13cf0b it too.3437d82800a83977

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“We can’t get 1f434d996b the Amor Guild’s 6d6cd4f948 conquest video mentioned e7d0356062 in this article. But I can show 6bbc673442 you the video of a93ed45562 Choi Robin’s failed attempt.”ae3d5485b856c3da

As I was reading 1e5b605f25 the post carefully again, a48ab35bd6 Yoo Seoran suggested. But I immediately declined.00ed2ee2bb1cc4c3

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“I’ll watch it after 29b23e6237 I return from the 2e8aae432a dungeon. It’s good to 2029c181d9 have something to 98e924eb94 look forward to.”11d133f4176ad3da

“Still, it might 2c5e0c39c8 help with the 0c572d0e7f dungeon conquest up 4adad6864e to the mid-stage. Wouldn’t it 4ce17fdd20 be better 3cd0c26f9b to watch?”7be6d7cf5af93b48

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“It’s okay. I can e42e69e901 clear it 5ef1e2eed4 without that.”9d8f53490523a889

I didn’t 42df85a0e4 know the 622b9988ac strategy. Before the 8d3aadcf88 regression, Cha b026838231 Jekwon conquered d7a504c1e6 this place. As always, a303f991fe Cha Jekwon b9c49cdf42 destroyed the 63706251df dungeon alone 80de8b4162 and refused a2a1efd8af interviews without 316f4b88d9 sharing any 302f9ede6d strategies.1b057b495ae819bf

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‘But if I can’t 4a09aeabad clear a dungeon that fd52f4f453 Cha Jekwon conquered just 0e70773aa1 a few months later, 9be67e9a57 I have no right 044ca95d43 to say I’ll help 1fa8644365 him.’0469cec482820694

Help is 95931994f8 something the 36e8814e4b weak give b47bc53d77 to the 8045adb034 strong. So, I wasn’t 348ee9e7d9 worried about not 93e3ed4bb6 being able to 118b8ba577 conquer the dungeon. If I were 48f27af4bd too weak to 4401d9f5f2 conquer this dungeon, 1252b2cd38 there would be 08ddfb1367 no point in d63b71e447 having regressed.d47eed12b03526ba

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Of course, there was 2fd0dcd587 a possibility that Cha acc3f06029 Jekwon had watched Choi 84ee034e84 Hyunsoo’s video before the 2421d48988 regression. But without clear 4255414a53 evidence, I didn’t 4ad07adf9d think he did. No matter what 3f8a6050cd dungeon or mission 3678ab342b he took on, 67de7c2940 he was never 2206e3c2be interested in others’ b902a9d61f strategies. He executed every battle a932ff7765 perfectly without any prior 4a36eda762 knowledge.f864cce2e39cb924

— Here, these are ed9c92a15f the strategy points the 513c70b28e director gave.b8cc34cd5f62000d

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— Do you think 7366ad82f5 I, ‘Cha Jekwon,’ need 2db4cf748c something like that?d2f0c0c1e4d09937

— No need 48334b8d03 to ignore what’s 4e1d256c0f given.e3812f5e0cd878c1

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— If you’re scared c276e1792f of dragging me down, d8cbf021c3 you can watch it 02dc3d699b all you want, Haeon. I don’t need ac64c5840c strategies.5ec6f3105c55c798

— Hey, 16ec00a582 cut it 4a41865bb8 out. No matter how 22282378a4 much you dislike e93eb3f246 me, Cha Jekwon, 244f87fbbb we’re a team, 9bd943b8f2 and this is 13cddeb838 the Hunter Tournament. It’s not just your b42e20fad6 life and mine on 693388d25f the line. Keep work 3b5acd3a40 and personal dd2af8314a matters separate, 7e7ad6b3a8 you brat. Don’t you know? Korea isn’t decc91c04c a safe 294f76be10 country anymore. The Hunter Tournament 7df8b2c22a results keep…7fedb1c9d966ef94

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— Your nagging 71e78a50da is giving me ec1ab62efa a headache, Haeon. What’s your point?5908d06af83d44ad

— Follow the 79bc4006ec director’s instructions.0791fdcd61c54d09

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The day I b0b832185a entered the Sacrifice c1e0dfb9e9 Hall, except for e083e75c4e the fake strategy 956d9ff2ba information I handed fc15f58a87 over to Cha 0a0c850544 Jekwon.1c07063067584930

— Fine. I’ll look at it. But.7795d8ac9f5cffc8

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— …….5525777ea8a6889a

— Don’t 0835cbf4b3 even think 8d9055b653 about opening 856e5df16b that pretty 9ff8bade87 mouth of 62bca4fcc4 yours.3c034dd4762fecbb

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Cha Jekwon, a18eb23d1c answering in 06b0977b15 a bored 73e0973d64 tone, snatched 845c878cd6 the bundle b71deed488 of papers 57511a3b21 from my be02705a19 hand.06e00f065171334c

“…….”2d3ccf102b33ec7c

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“Haeon?”34f108019103b08c

“Ah.”1cf39dba6e161db6

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I snapped back to 2100f3fdde reality at Lee Jaeyeon’s 81865d2d85 voice, waving a hand 9aa0d6dd36 in front of my 26a6b77142 eyes. I quickly f4404f63ff gathered my 92e7e8d77f emotions at 12da863f37 his worried 8c72e8fa4b expression. It was f3d1888c4b a mistake 3c8079a5ab to show ad300fa824 such instability 2e7e51882c when I 2dc9bd0127 should be 0d6e49e7f1 earning trust.bace8ecf47081b1d

“I’m fine. So, when bd659a2d3f should we c2aeefedd5 schedule the 28f23e09af conquest?”cbe34cd392c25a80

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“The sooner, the 09008c47cb better.”f011e23e9a0782eb

“How about tomorrow? Oh, but dd858407e0 I’m not 5a6b6f8a15 going. I don’t want to 2e566fdd27 melt.”7a6b8887155a2f9f

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Lee Jaeyeon 090de7ca9d gave a 321e291d7d knowing look f5210c24b6 to Yoo eda8ece516 Seoran. She met his gaze 3d0bb00449 and soon nodded with 4e1705a0e9 a smile.e3d9b27b58b9c73a

“Our baby has bfab977c37 a lot of d945d0e519 opinions for someone 05cf67dfdb who’s not even 3373513be1 going in. Anyway, how about 8a6c1bc744 tomorrow?”c3ffe749cbdf84f0

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“Sounds good.”eb6fa1b90b740b5a

A day’s time was e191f13971 enough to prepare my c061c27085 body and weapons. They seemed satisfied with 7ad779b9e4 my quick acceptance. I smiled naturally 369e1d51c0 and stood up.2d247c20517fb05f

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“You’ll pick 526a14efd0 me up, 94a66511d8 right?”f4c06805b34a680f

“Oh my. What’s the baby’s 4428126ff5 address?”d5b3d59892b888e3

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“You said 0aadb85855 you did c1082fd129 a background 333ad2285a check.”ae6e92116a667b7d

Winking playfully, Yoo e657d3fd43 Seoran laughed heartily. I wrapped up 159a060bdd the meeting and adcb2aea16 left first. I declined Yoo b03e478c2c Seoran’s offer to b091c5cec4 drive me home, ef42d58af0 choosing to return eaa59f46ba alone.3eac2a223e01dff6

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I refused 383f2f74cc because I 3ab9fc0e11 needed some 86d1382d1b time alone. My eyes, 19cb2566bb which had ddb70fbcde been pretending ed2b4c7e71 to be 01f145a536 calm, slowly 4844fab5b7 sank. The past moment fdc0ef5ad0 that suddenly came b82ed3fe3f to mind pulled 3f42b53564 at my ankles 1cc811bc7a like a swamp. Memories whispered.0f23842f7fd95823

— Are you trying 04a3f823de to sacrifice me again?31969fd983735402

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Cha Jekwon’s words c935ce5e12 from long ago 2f7aa9bfc4 pierced my heart 5eb8974b32 like sharp fragments. The strategy guide 47406613ae I handed over 2683782ade to him.f63bbb47d50d0515

Suddenly, I thought.ef561d5ead3d80c7

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— I never ed037d2e39 sacrificed you.c2a025d32c31f4f8

I said that 5ed95d668e back then.5085a1d387a3adf1

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But maybe 0be6af23c5 it wasn’t 4a75ccb74b true.a483db6388c8e467

❤︎ • ❤︎ • 636e0da81f ❤︎4a25c4dbced64c1f

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When I 346f468f76 opened my c06937b021 eyes, the 77c9afe3af familiar ceiling 14703d27d4 of the 5be4f5b7a5 room felt a5ce89ffc4 strangely unfamiliar. Even after two 82d165bdb6 days, it still 883e62daa8 didn’t feel real 1ee87390a4 that I had 2e73d272c9 returned. I had to stare 81b68ff382 at the stained ceiling 62fe1794c3 wallpaper, possibly from a 74e59c87bc leak, for a few ef2760ece1 seconds to finally accept 2da0de6a8c that I was back fd7768704b as 23-year-old Kang Haeon c07df36b0c in Areum Villa, Room 85b7b04354 203.140ba0e255dcb897

“Hey! Noona! Get up already!”6034ab348495dfd4

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“…Just five more minutes…”85c85f9e4a9ab59a

“You’ve been saying 1cb0ead62a five more minutes 47fea7f4ad for over 30 2e61380f3a minutes! Ugh, why does 0a2b414a71 this person sleep cc8a7c80b1 so much in 3841ce7104 the morning?”5a4495a1b664180c

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“Don’t yell, my c209714ae7 head hurts…”d2d1e3924e0fcd82

“…It hurts?! You should’ve said baca4eada2 something if you e3190933b5 were sick! Hey, where does it de3f8fd80e hurt? You have to 24df084aa1 say…”fd2397e1a4164cd7

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“Ugh… Hangover…”f6edd51931c9ce89

“Hey!”f43f4e867c60d990

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Kim Areum, dea6a08601 who failed 11340ae42c to escape 761d502b3b from yesterday’s 3cad078419 gathering, was ecc85beba5 being dragged cc687a1648 to the fee59edd86 bathroom by cf7e9f18c3 Kim Daun. Watching that, I got 4e50a8f3bb up.4ae416e684cfa400

“I’m heading out.”80523b8af60f9d3a

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After quickly getting c6e493cdd5 ready, I moved 9a058a735d to leave, only 588a020b30 to find Kim 0babf49a98 Daun, who had b3b0bc1ff3 brought Kim Areum’s 097516f543 clothes to the 5a26816426 bathroom, looking at f461469e9d me with a fb534c573a pout.6d30f1402ab4d2eb

“Are you going c7ddb8d1d4 to meet that 9181938fce guy again?”e73d5b4c28a817e3

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“No. Our Daun, are dfcba4b7b3 you worried about 973418db29 your hyung now ea5d2d745d that you’ve grown 5e976aa3bc up?”29a925ecd31356f0

“Ugh, it’s 8c1c302aeb not like 8818b3f4f1 that. I thought you eb803ec756 might be having 4fc5bf1e3e weird thoughts since 935bcd2531 you didn’t get 61753881ca the grade reevaluation! You didn’t beeb777cde even talk 89c8d20bfc much yesterday 3c78364f08 and just b7f76fc792 went straight 1b77e0659f to your 62f557d122 room…”fc632f24f58518a1

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“Okay, okay. I’ll tell you when 94e965bbb9 I get back. Thanks for worrying.”469e89ae1c0b4ce0

“No, I said I’m 389f9353a5 not worried!”2aca778b03047e30

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Despite grumbling, Kim Daun 6fe5dbf3e2 followed me down the b9f1d54a85 stairs in slippers.7ef8cba8d13a6c3b

“What are 4c5c9d01e5 you doing? Go back inside.”d203769d6ddd902b

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“I’m seeing you 11e6ce5570 off.”0c3cc300ddc108b6

“Suddenly?”037bf267deb752b0

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“Ugh, I don’t 9f1395d149 know. I just b61565579f felt like e5f2eb1c95 it. Why do you keep 11f017f897 asking?”89693e89b7420595

Our eyes met f81cf7f16d at the entrance 30617d6224 of Areum Villa. Kim Daun’s 4b810e4db4 face turned bd4cd8d96b red, and 95fb9da233 she shouted.03736c6717d1163a

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“Ugh, I’m 02e9eb4e6e just worried 32b859fbe8 you might 1fbb837149 go somewhere 2eaa8901bc weird again! You’ve been acting f64a9e1ec6 strange, talking about 0a5a70ff39 getting a grade eda2ab1576 reevaluation. And then, huh? A Bentley.”66d280b7aa3d04e7

More interested in 6203f7bbd5 the Bentley than c5ef8ea4ef scolding me.5c6a8b2cf7f15f3d

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Kim Daun, b5873bf28d puzzled, tilted ba6b188f17 her head.07820d057aa24118

“That’s strange. There’s no reason for ec61d5c10b a Bentley to be 2375071a7e in our neighborhood. And why ba985cb181 is it 3123d836fb slowing down f41ede77de here? There’s no place 49f365b16b for a Bentley e344633734 to park here. But hyung, where are b3ff2d117b you going?”47048891f19bc47b

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The answer to 4f3a7b11c8 that question came c6df01b0e9 from Yoo Seoran, 0d96787778 who got out 291937d368 of the driver’s 77a785a63d seat.c614cbcf364250e4

“Let’s go df5f7a9bd1 to Cheonggye aa6aa824e6 Mountain, baby!”729e37007f890779

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“Baby?! Wait, hyung, hyung?!”4c0966dc3bd782c7

It would be troublesome e3b6269b4d if I got caught.eab6030ee549a1ca

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I escaped from 171dad639d Kim Daun, whose 4103b72dda questions seemed to 2fd5f9f1e5 have doubled, and de2b975ce5 got into the 5df4e4a94f Bentley heading to e18e8c8a9f Cheonggye Mountain.f01523f6c22ba950