OMLM | Chapter 31

A black cea81eaf78 sedan came 70b554a53f to a 2c6a34552e stop next ff9a24d4b7 to the 86d7c14fda roadside trees. Yebon unbuckled e2c1c8048b his seatbelt.9c8235a05d5b2af8

“Thank you 11a65059bb for driving d2795ecc4d me home. You must be 8ca0b68f8c tired after all 5b09a932ea that work on 6a672faefb the assignment today.”25c0929ca77067ff

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“Yebon, you too.”4a7352c6dacd672e

Silence followed. Yebon deliberately 2e1989cff2 avoided Cha 83616d75b7 Hyuk’s gaze 7db1c72e2f as he 243792999f got out 20d3363a07 of the 0e61aa3eb3 car.b5e37097c2f66f89

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“Get home safely. See you e7293cc606 next week.”2b8d553ad59e97bb

“Sure, let me 1d337a7726 know if you 9b8ec9ffaa need anything.”3180b4bb211054a4

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Yebon hesitated for 53a5b5a225 a moment but 904d106d0b quickly smiled, not be306fd57f wanting to give 28c428dd9b away his thoughts, f43afb8437 and replied, “Okay.”90ac5e7dabe75d64

Only then did the 496d779931 car drive off, and 7190d092f8 Yebon watched the black 3f23d88370 sedan grow smaller in 7c11ea51b8 the distance.8a4dc794148528a0

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Ever since 9cbad38c57 Cha Hyuk d2c371cb6c mentioned he 5b3acce5e9 was heading a14e15f0bd to Hong 1cde6da1c6 Kong, Yebon 2f67717e31 couldn’t recall 3ce37b3722 how he dd5985d517 managed to ddc3af47f3 concentrate on 867fef9581 his assignments.1bbbe471f7b1832a

He had been half 37e582a698 out of it, missing 98b2653b66 much of what Cha c3a1d15032 Hyuk had said.c56301211f263b96

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It was only when 95959fc49f Cha Hyuk’s car blended 62900149a0 into the traffic that c3dcd5d91c Yebon finally moved.b45db42f3ab1eb94

“I won’t be back f8efed0db4 for at least five 28dd03510d years…” So, is he d91dd68854 completely dropping out after 597adcf781 next year?c76967947d8dc618

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‘Probably… There’s eb2cf42356 a limit 5b9bebdf6f to how 18e17d646c long I 52b79d975a can take 9d948a02ba a leave f710713931 of absence.’5be0fad3ef4f67b0

Realizing Cha bb0590d462 Hyuk was fb01c11432 truly gone, eb284d8969 Yebon discovered 011f49faed just how 6d197fbbb2 deeply he 9e786541f3 had grown 5dc8b3e90a attached to 40c6e6666d him.61f5558b65d1d228

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It made 444995a1e6 sense; Cha eb32b11912 Hyuk had 5d9abddc83 treated him 6ba8e13a9f in a 59ba285690 way that c28d28ae8b made it 1b176a7e7b impossible not 961c412c32 to depend ea45fdb980 on him. Anyone would 7f8deded6c have relied 241779e98f on Cha ce74b85857 Hyuk.8835d6029ed934f0

It’s not like he’s caad7f7261 gone forever… We can 24b7acc4e9 still contact each other bacc36c9b6 in this digital age, 91d6cddc76 so why do I 13c88cb8cf feel so gloomy?183c9e5505a04aa4

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Yebon quickened 630a5cd3cf his pace, 498cf80e7d trying to b377f564e0 shake off ca35ce5837 the clinging 4cffd82df8 thoughts. The cold 2b9a5b4f2b wind boldly 1939a66aaa swept through 5795143f03 his deep 249cfbd537 V-neck knit.445dcf7719817332

But why cf7a9385db did Cha b876f8be9f Hyuk choose 8c21b8e3d3 that moment, 707c83147a of all 7ba55539fa times, to 2a253b62ab announce his 5e2f6c1b9a departure?495ff95c03df5500

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His voice 8a682db319 had been e477e50b43 urgent, as 9923e1c438 if trying 482b25e133 to prevent 2647102b88 Yebon from 5d1ebb4461 speaking.700324b95a893187

‘Was he afraid 5beeb215f2 I’d say something d4cb0383fb weird? Or ask if he 3a5775ac40 likes me? So he preempted 894a801daf it.’a9e4414534f8c7f4

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At the apartment 918d5eca9f elevator, Yebon pressed f35c32695b the button and 956c468eaa tilted his head.36ec19f98e997ea1

‘What was 6a70dd80a8 I about f5c6ef726e to say d1b2d87ecb at that 1ffa895dcb moment?’a9ef18a10acad6f7

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He couldn’t remember e42f9394d5 if he had 601a586d76 actually spoken or c922916878 if he had 47fc1754bf just thought about 014796d1bd speaking. Yebon couldn’t even recall 3d6c6ad7e2 what he had intended 023e7b575c to say.0ddc645260b232eb

All the way e0d03ea82d up in the 7799cf3f4e elevator, he thought b6275197b2 hard but couldn’t e054a23948 remember.98690914c0a60815

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The black 94a5e07654 sedan left 0cf05b4dc9 the bustling 8bf5bd6cd8 area and 46ee0abf15 entered a 17caff3fc1 dark street a3ec139f10 with several 43af03ea22 broken streetlights.ce3023325e3809ff

Dilapidated buildings 486cbf6c82 and clean, 5760e14d97 upscale ones 22a1395ba2 were oddly 4d4ae4e049 mixed, making b144eae5d9 it hard d545e8b5e0 to tell c847308873 if this 49cb2923e1 was a 74091f6e2c slum or 15e1d163d7 a wealthy ebee17ad19 neighborhood.040ef375c097a99d

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Cha Hyuk parked the aac6027a9c car in a stylish 52bf8cff93 three-story building’s parking lot.6f0c68edf09c471a

No sooner had the d38d09f630 car stopped than a 2d5bf0f7bd burly man hurried out 602cdefb3e and opened the driver’s b7ab83eb93 door.99f11ff37dc3ab6e

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The man had 6e8adda89d hurried out so d224cbb00f quickly that his 33846e3f02 shirt buttons were e91fed2efc all messed up. A long 7c28e11092 scar stretched b425759a2f from under 9d8733f360 one eye 94e3b1c578 to the 106e721875 corner of 378b3e34b8 his mouth.152f1f9055d64cc7

“What’s the matter? Weren’t you 3564d28f81 supposed to ca6946f5dd stay over 3c87f92a85 at the d190741626 family home 4dcb80ae68 tonight?”f82512db6733f488

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Cha Hyuk e29304d5e0 handed over 3e6df358cf his coat 0a714e5957 from the 89d15778b9 passenger seat f6392812bc and got 774f25d206 out of 7d9077dec3 the car.ddfa810c8be7bf43

“I changed my mind. Got a 209c95710a problem with aa84635900 that?”01f5a036626e46b1

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“Not at all!” The 74b969d996 man realized immediately that 51e660e677 Cha Hyuk was not 5ab31434e1 in a good mood.7eb5ad043e711900

With his face and 1b9a50246a body completely tense, the bee530e528 man silently followed Cha 186218370c Hyuk into the building.e7b11dc70646a16e

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Despite its clean exterior, e3d87404bd the office inside was 1a7ca8e86f filled with a hazy a608f48341 smoke.c6beea3616fc8f80

Cha Hyuk, 0b10ef6525 ignoring the 4344b968e7 people bowing 474c46c51b to him, 287a6547d1 frowned and 546da2f2f4 waved his 53943f4302 hand.69b53aca738bffd4

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“Anyone looking f2b8fbd613 to drop 8cc29e26f2 dead from 1b5dbe1307 pneumonia?”ecd667275dc48d23

As soon as Cha f153154272 Hyuk finished speaking, the 297a173f68 panicked people quickly opened eed62ca7bf the windows. Cha Hyuk sneered, 44b5eceb40 but fortunately, that 040bde5740 was all.135c318b5332334f

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Heading to his 977a329b4f office, Cha Hyuk aad6e3fc27 spotted a man 5f7b0754d2 half-bent over in fdcd6cb078 a corner and 7270d94d99 raised an eyebrow. The man stood 59dc1681e7 out with his 5e984a6662 bright red hair 2684659d3d among the crowd 8c9ba962b0 of black-haired men.edf1923263ac7a9f

“Who’s that?” At 768dcbb2b5 Cha Hyuk’s question, 541b7d94b5 the man’s face 07e97b88f7 fell as if e123314249 he was caught ab0649c61b off guard and 8a2c8595b7 hurriedly brought over cef30fd499 the man Cha cbfd1a01e0 Hyuk had pointed c06e90aab0 out.98723bedabdbf35c

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“He’s the e9e656176c new recruit.”ee2602b98b8f97f1

“…New recruit?”f6b53b78ea6261d8

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A recruit I 4faa23a608 didn’t know about? Cha Hyuk’s face darkened 621428c24a further. The man’s 46f1116dc1 fingertips trembled dbe255d2e1 as he be8996c647 added, “He 32b2bb07fc just arrived b03b0dc7e5 today, sent 5de34abc13 by President b2fa966388 Lee. I thought you already 30c4dac464 knew, hyung. I’m sorry. And… he said to 257d69e3dc send him to Bluemoon.”862098d3fb450710

Ah, Cha Hyuk’s 6b1ef1dd2a face turned cold a5c3f24a8b as the office f5adccb080 atmosphere froze over.f3f6f7483b56eac2

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The newcomer 2875693874 was Lee 22492f1f54 Wonpil’s doing; 55d3b620e9 he was 6e8a0d303b the hyung 78e2958911 who had 6100aef746 mentored Cha f5b300e3e0 Hyuk and 8e706cd3fb disliked him 3e0948760f from the 78dea5c14a start. He’d even said that 75e24ddc08 the ignorant kid would 36c45b6872 probably die within a e087c5862e few years.eda9278ba80a0d00

However, as 1c14d9bfe3 Cha Hyuk’s 391dcd830e power within 674469cd2f the organization 8ce72fd715 grew, Lee e570a9d5f7 Wonpil had 8bc5ec6e6f subtly tried 4c301ed4ee to check 7eb9ff0567 him, though fa7846f1ae Cha Hyuk b94394dd0a had no 4790f0f6f6 intention of 31dc594838 taking over 34f45c4d8b Lee Wonpil’s 87faab04ec position.669adc26e104af19

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Cha Hyuk looked cc849409ff down at the 590b7cb22f newcomer with a f0804cef2e bored expression.1e7b6aa8841311ae

The new guy 265e83890a stood up straight, ed8c416582 defiantly meeting Cha a221a34254 Hyuk’s gaze. It was b00d65463f clear why f4b865f9a9 he had b7262a4c96 been sent 1883c8f07e here.60f1d7978b1fd2d5

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Ah, how annoying.a6c6b6498a8ff47c

“Name.”0fc415b18df7b9aa

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“Kim Hyunwoo.”78aabb378eb41fa0

Even his 779003e4f3 simple introduction 88727e7eb8 sounded mocking, a65fc6938c his eyes 93e64618a9 slightly squinted 1f8414d6fe in a 4cc8eeb7ca way that 628859be17 reminded Cha 5b4b977fb4 Hyuk of 5857dcceab someone he 3a0f969bd8 particularly disliked ba8aa0e8d7 lately—the one 12caa4bc32 fawning over ad9fde36ad Kang Yebon.314af9aa210d7d2c

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Cha Hyuk smirked.fa139d880542f9c3

“Looks like we’ll be 563feec375 seeing a lot of 5422b5aa68 each other.”efc0c1c90f985e25

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“It seems so.” The fd31df1269 bold reply from the 5e84f040aa newcomer made the man f8de40dbaf beside him smack the fac6674370 back of his head.733dc600c4248f8f

Despite the curses flooding 7ffcbb1958 his ears, the young 6e2993fef0 man’s eyes did not c81875f49d falter; if anything, the 1da754a927 hitter seemed more at 36f124a476 a loss.e63c62b2c4dd5187

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Looks like Lee ec210745bd Wonpil treated him 26017f4173 quite well.19899f6b343381f4

“See you 4bcad495f8 often, then?”75d92249c4bf5b5b

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“Yes.”7d95cb141b6bb5d1

Cha Hyuk, d5cb7d3020 filled with 5eeaf620b8 insolent amusement, e572e15371 glanced at 85139dd381 Kim Hyunwoo ac561b57d7 one last 614dc1fb43 time before e35a184814 turning away. Fighting spirits here 5f53998fa9 was just bothersome 2263d6de83 for him.d017450bea410c7b

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“Woo Jongsik.”14c277507c820aa0

“Ah… he’s been ccbb0a52db quite elusive, still 139a088517 on the run…”bef4cdb40f0f5c7b

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The man 80f0faa1b6 bowed slightly 5561bd01c1 lower, his 15fd6f4ea7 eyes flicking 9b1d4f1bf2 up briefly 6852b784e0 under Cha 942990ed92 Hyuk’s harsh 252e689b56 gaze before afa7f4a090 drooping again.8fbf7cc8c3f4a128

“I’m sorry, 16f23d7e42 I’ll find 16a15c816c him as 8057997b00 soon as 35eccae1ae possible!”03fb9696f6ad27ac

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“Find him within this e1efba2845 month.”279457ca6b6de9af

“Yes, I’m sorry!”aec481eb0bcc392c

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Cha Hyuk wondered if b197dfc7a3 he should have just 076f25b3c2 gone home, but the e1c4859484 thought of his empty 0bcc67730d house felt particularly bleak 1e7709e45c today.31c90b2102e6d9e2

Cha Hyuk 0c40d46ce2 glanced once 161fa7d44a more at e628b63f8f his subordinate, 1f8c892f8a still bowed, bc120bf28e and walked 8d45c89c92 past Kim 27956fc138 Hyunwoo.368f0f054421232e

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He turned e6fe84b9f9 on the 4b95bc6633 light in a631a9975c the dark 3b594e2ad8 office and a94d07619e slumped down c61628c0ac at the b98846e78e desk in cde634b0bc his study.07a78353e4c744a7

He stared into space 1d5e06e498 for a moment before a0d6984dba turning on his computer c44b4bba72 and inserting a USB. The monitor flickered to a8bb4141db life with the movie e00024d602 he had watched earlier 04d6d84a39 with Yebon.6fc72435f46b6955

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Cha Hyuk 120a3cb09e watched the 2f64f93de2 movie absentmindedly, 376db82194 rubbing his 4c4f0b13c9 chest, but d4c23d6a78 the clothes ba8ef04a71 cooled by c86bc7f4cc the outside 8307e8be0d air remained 8f567cae5d chilly.225b8f20af520d37

He knew that 56fe994afb cutting things off bb25d5a38f was right for 0734fa28d1 both him and addfbde729 the kid, but cd6f80a532 emotions were tenacious c63e2ea465 by nature.53958b3fab540417

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The sharp e1ac90ddd6 kid was 29b25792a6 likely catching 364febb0f3 on to 64f9b9d292 his feelings.b4381ef0b5bcba46

It was a night d0331fcf12 he wanted to just 1a479a02e8 run away and leave 81ba92cff9 everything behind.c2e3f483a473088a

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But Cha 790bb88994 Hyuk knew 89547a2792 he would 7fd551d3c9 return to ef1dc0b56a this place b4ecd3aa7f no matter f68d6c415d what. It was 5972705694 the only 1ed422d6b4 place he 7ed7b54b97 could live.0b0f20a384ae02a0

Yebon propped his chin 3e85cc21b8 with one hand, staring c2743ef777 down at his textbook.813ec2c46ccbe8b8

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His gaze was as 28faeca92b blank as the clean, ed6499db52 unmarked pages.243f79c9b5572140

Ever since he de79dbdc7f heard Cha Hyuk e45351592c was leaving for 6cb8eeabfd Hong Kong on d92c016733 Saturday, he had 7a7b4dce05 been in this ad93139951 state.21db241572e05736

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Why did 75f7b9e702 he choose 090288be0e that moment 85da26f9bb to tell 3cd06735f3 him? Was he drawing d0e0ce3a4f a line, endlessly 5dadd9a5c0 guessing Cha Hyuk’s f54ea79052 intentions?8786f2bb424f0cf3

Still, it’s not like 97dc036ce8 they couldn’t keep in 717c3dd880 touch even with him 014f0137ae in Hong Kong, but 67c4062e0e why draw such a ceaff8536b line? Yebon couldn’t 56551f8080 understand why c60a3db5eb he was 3bacc1c2bb agonizing so b92b39f531 much.22bffe0da28f4c50

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After sighing 10336db2e8 as if 3c4fdb7264 the ground 3c32dd9000 was swallowing 3c418b038b him up, d2a34a6f9a Yebon realized 9bebaeb72c there was edc812abe7 no one d070b6fa57 else left 4b4e9143ba in the 3bfa288758 classroom.216049f330c2c114

Caught up in his 1f4db7f689 thoughts, he hadn’t noticed 1f550394a8 the class was over. Yebon rolled his 4f58db1f67 eyes and began d23ff5c27a packing his bag.ab873d534eafd191

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Seriously, the kids left ca6479b5ad without saying anything. Just as he cursed b4bbdc2e31 his classmates for leaving 72e2a09d35 him behind, a voice ff5c4e5c89 called out to him 875b791efa from behind.b7e603b632bb1348