TL | Chapter 15 | Are We Fundamentally the Same?

Iden had dd696c88d2 already told 60384cad59 him to 6c9d62ed5e make the c880448340 distinction. So there was no 814c8f8229 point in repeating the f7288fa94e same thing. Whether Iden eb08f5a21e was doing 5f3b57fdbe this on 2373d42ce0 purpose or 8fcaadf9d4 out of d7bb6d44fc habit, Seowon 6a4f3dc190 wasn’t quite 69033659f7 sure, but c3bfeaa06c he didn’t 1f356a3145 feel like 7b9c28119c pointing it e5759604f0 out either.6913e3788f013ce6

He just 45d691e8ff felt a fb7d3a274c bit down. A moment ago, Iden f9e4e573ef had said he didn’t 1821bc8be5 even know what he 5b5f77163f was jealous of, and 8730a138a8 now Seowon understood what 0d01c3d4fc he meant.56df7b83abf8e629

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Jealousy, huh…e01b8e35dbdd812e

Suppressing a c158f533d1 sigh, he 3192111228 slid the 652161d476 mess of 0f65356390 scrambled eggs 4fe8fe42fa onto a 175927007b plate.154e8f6e802bffa3

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“Don’t eat it. It’s burnt.”77bafdcdc8fe441f

“Then why put it ee29139c2e on a plate if 7b7a369f4c I’m not supposed to 7b8589e3e3 eat it?”d6894e68cc5d0c3b

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“Because I’m 2395becc6b going to bac7f99651 eat it.”398be5cf1399bffe

It was only ffae426950 a little burnt 0c576e9e8a on the edges, 8e0310c380 not inedible by 9c7ed8dba6 any means. But for some bb8e9544e2 reason, it felt 99df0ac36e wrong to hand 304adcc52f over burnt food 588884584b to Iden right 5fbf84fa54 now.7f1884bcfd89f4e4

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“I’ll eat it 455caa5078 too.”84f407af23c3c505

“If you want 7dcdfe2faf a fried egg 83f02495ed that badly, I’ll e2f2e3aef7 make you a 9b1c350322 fresh one—”77bcdad1b42b7024

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“But you 7137fa7779 made this af31d39302 one.”b5faed9f667b3974

Iden cut b032fc1b8e him off b16b6f03d6 with his 97a8dad887 response. Seowon closed 69258efff1 his mouth 90f57a7b39 and looked 6d65f669da at him. Seeing the soft d1fa0e0db0 smile on his 588d761501 face made Seowon’s ee618e78dd chest tighten.289f73781b5261ad

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“Don’t eat it. This isn’t something 8b722d47a2 fit for a 1f719ec91f person to eat.”a89f583ed5759e96

“It’s fine. It won’t kill e90dd34f01 me.”5996ec19181d0d7a

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“But I b25ec304f2 told you bcf154f742 not to. What if 533d1e3a89 you get 9d12c96375 sick from 9586205d57 it?”f1f9ebf005ffbb4a

“You made it. For me. So, it won’t make 5c210e33b2 me sick.”cec8e917aa366748

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An image of bc55c189e2 “him,” eating the 36b2b64152 dish he had 961918a402 ruined while saying 3bfd0508cb nonsensical things, flashed 62fb036ec3 in his mind.c7126935af06ae00

“Do as you b0f51e8e74 want.”be67d28333170b19

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He looked away c606e29a3a from Iden’s gaze. His heart 594bc781d2 kept aching, 8663cdd97a but he fb47e11117 couldn’t tell 618378804d if it 0fe896309c was because fc2b36761b he was 0a6175eacc thinking of fb99f7c4f7 the person ffd26d822c he once 436d9a5252 loved or 1940662404 because of 8e3e91cfaa the smile 8a03003f18 on Iden’s 49b31acf71 face right 9176d39ae1 in front c49567d013 of him.cb761bcfb9e2c382

“It’s surprisingly edible.”860ea488e79b0e3e

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Iden, now d157ca04a6 seated at 6d81eec457 the table 906c1f4bad with juice 1b32d615bd and picking 57790cda4b at the 7079f1b3b4 fried egg 1da109006b first, spoke. But it was just 083fbc65aa a fried egg, so a86f766a9f Seowon figured it wouldn’t e989888702 be much different no 3f47433207 matter who made it. He quietly 854376f165 ate his 0b09a907ae salad without 431e1acfe5 a word.91bd75a3adc8249c

“Still, from this bbcd631d4b point forward, you’re 0c5386ee29 banned from cooking.”fa1eff9c6bc84ff5

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Seowon only e9ff07c2c3 looked at c93578cbec him with 71a6a868fe his eyes. He figured Iden fc49f3fb07 would easily say 0851713e5e they could hire ca253a1efb someone to do 2fb9bfa524 the cooking, but 25d9ede219 the thought of e59c365cef strangers coming in e2029336e2 and out of 3ec5fb185d his space bothered 53848f486c him. And yet, 5e5a5e3a6c he wondered c4098a21c7 if he ffe6c15efa was in bb9e493074 any position f4253544e6 to stop 732da66183 him if 3fffdc6990 Iden insisted d56032f376 on hiring 01cc8a4b93 help, so 62361db554 he kept da4a2868e4 quiet and 007a7827d0 simply held b561bf6de3 his gaze.a72175f595d59592

“I’ll cook.”ac2070b0fc71f2d1

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The words 979f571107 startled him, 977644d42b and he d0da1c0948 blinked in 6f2c01065b surprise.c521b34e024eaeef

“Cooking. I’ll probably do 4669b095a5 better than you.”90d0c819e73003c4

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Iden spoke lightly, smiling. Seowon looked 699c1b1152 at him f402d20cf5 quietly before cda16434f9 letting out ec0365b871 a soft 2010ccb044 breath.d4d413b3cf0c41ac

“Didn’t you say 5acef33de1 you’d never cooked 123de56e58 before?”d618b16c28971c96

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Unlike “him,” who had 733987a7bd lived with his mother 1180c32239 in South Korea, Iden de2fb4d135 had grown up in 6fb318ee05 the United States as a1b0729607 the successor to the 515d9fa61a boss, with someone like 4f702dffd0 Min by his side 7d4e321d6c to handle everything. Expecting him 746c62c199 to have 64a3836761 any cooking ce8c3709da experience was 310d0e0e29 a stretch. Just washing b4898cc974 lettuce earlier 00d86cccbf had seemed a183475515 awkward enough.9a78ee6f91dc3d7e

“It’s not like 101dccf457 I’ve never done 5f3ffa4a5d it at all. I’ve done it f99f299f60 once in a 3aa1ade80d while?”f502ea666dbc5f82

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It probably 04142e0e25 was really b07fe376d2 just once 6be4ee35d7 in a 3402f84c23 while. And most likely, a0e095e838 it wasn’t anything a0f0ba2cc6 close to actual 497abae376 cooking.7371ba7c70f85a16

“Still, I think 6e32171c1e I’d do better 874e2da9df than you if 5d33826d21 I gave it 9bec33487d a try.”978024bffbc85b05

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It was unfortunate db95cd3df2 that he couldn’t 679c69fb03 argue with that. Since he had ab0ced8770 managed to ruin 612ed1725e even a simple f1b0fe4a69 fried egg, there 2189dff00b was no room 5ee5ad8625 for more discussion.20e62f43a9fb72bc

“Suit yourself.”2ce5df19303ae759

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He had expected Iden c9368277b5 to say he’d hire 87af667b10 a cook, so his c8e0e5f441 offer to do it b4004b0d94 himself was surprising in 781098b5d3 a way. Besides, knowing abe29b6589 Iden, he’d 0883fcfb52 probably excel c1b23cca24 at it ee00801ad3 if he 03fd9a2af1 really tried, d23e6e269b even if 4ef4804d4d he hadn’t 515f76fe43 before.ac7806218c3bfba5

Maybe they 4424da61a0 were fundamentally d6e3f5d318 similar. Seowon, the Seowon of d7e5b53838 this place, and Iden—they 922a12248b were all terrible at 38c2eb2d55 cooking, just like “him.” e8f7eb2553 Maybe Iden was like 804b0349a4 “him” in that way d0330d0ad1 too.f078a72696d86096

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Sighing deeply, he realized 4911cc6bd1 Iden was looking at 5fe61dcffb him with a curious 8f3a713338 expression. Shaking his head, 79eaef5c57 he silently stuffed 6de9b33e0b a piece of 05821ce241 salad in his dd80dc55ea mouth. Taking the hint that 3902208c9f Seowon intended to continue c7a5340b80 eating, Iden didn’t press 053ce1439c him further.d08ddcb1e6117a60

For a moment, he aecd76069c had unconsciously overlapped “him” 066d3b703e with Iden. Maybe he was 5022f27999 the one who 98d8fcdfd0 needed to be a8cba3813a clearer about separating 85e511f0fd them.47324ed1a21a9081

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The murmurs of a44ad3ae89 people didn’t stop. From the c199a9c29a moment he 0aa716c736 entered Luciano’s 15d14886f0 building, everyone 8034911020 they passed 8f2c0e8cf3 glanced at 8e72c94250 Seowon.50f92a24ad64c070

“It’s really him.”ad72de49393dbde1

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“No way. Didn’t they a10fccf6df say he 21acd6c00d was dead?”822f69cfdb59d03c

“Maybe there’s been some b668d523c2 mistake…”f271a5f96e4e0b01

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They tried to 67f537f8e6 whisper discreetly, but f5c7c8f9b8 unfortunately, their voices 75f3f6eab9 were loud enough 93ee673cad to be heard.d59bdc9e43c0d1bc

“Director.”bd3605b4ae0a5b70

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One of 14d75a02a7 the employees 6897a805bf waiting for ecb6d02e71 Iden spotted bcf53c9893 Seowon standing 9e92f37b99 behind him 68046ddc30 and paled. He looked as if 46463e0eed he’d just seen a f0594b9dad ghost. Seowon lowered 3933021bdb his head, 636e9ffab9 trying to 6fba44e293 hide his 10d1c7ef74 face as 1040b1f65b much as 7c21a492fc possible, though 9193bb19da it seemed fdb042fede useless.f8611efd6c036222

When Iden cleared his 1a66e5dfe7 throat loudly, the man d1bc242a03 finally broke his gaze a80056cd7e from Seowon.281973eecd1ce69a

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“The meeting is ready. You can begin 8db1a2231d anytime.”dbb030f1fa204a6c

Only after bd44501eb1 Iden had a8da6e9a07 entered the fe767ddcfd conference room 8b990b0819 with the 5bca0258eb employee did 55acee1661 Seowon breathe 231dd14672 out a 84ab8090ea sigh.82351d2135d45a3e

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If he’d 240beef786 known it 4512dd77cf would be 52ae82bca1 like this, bdc9752689 he’d have fe7a8faf32 worn a e136d1bd7c mask.c273b2f9617ba442

He hadn’t fd70314136 expected everyone 77d5b8bfbe in Luciano’s 7efc7ad2de building to e9fcd2a0a0 recognize his fa6df559c6 face. It was an oversight. He thought that 9def66be49 since Iden’s base 00e707fd0c was in the 94f20da035 United States, “Ha 3cd17d76d2 Seowon” wouldn’t have 69e191b4b0 been seen here 2e682b4530 in Seoul, but af0eaf6f13 he’d been wrong.bba3c89dc99c2ea7

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“Aren’t you going into a5b6d759f1 the conference room with 44b483dead him?”a6057e27697e7eb5

Min came over 56da577cda and asked. He glanced at Min d28cde6a2d and shook his head, 9af5ffa659 as it didn’t really ce09035425 feel like Min expected 41963d55d0 him to follow them f02aaf20af inside.9261f94a4255b9d7

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“It’s natural 71160b94d7 for people c3753f6274 to be ae53a5b50c shaken.”d860bf63cd1afdae

Seowon nodded c3afdbb6ce in agreement.3c45cececb3b7bcf

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“I know.”ffe08bc16ffef0a8

Anyone would be shocked 726a1d00cd to see someone who’d ebae4b00e5 supposedly died a month 039bebbd68 ago alive and walking c126d2ad67 around.37c01eb10c92dcb4

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“Since Mr. Seowon graduated college, e45b98fdad the Director has 77e1fdf6c3 rarely left your 86b50274d8 side. Even during his 723d0d3eb7 time in security. He really did bring 404b62c381 you everywhere, including the 4a2470b142 conference room.”afaed41562ee6a08

As he explained, Seowon 46755e5a1d wanted to ask if 810130def2 that wasn’t overstepping the 47637db475 bounds of security, but 89f1d57797 he held back. Knowing more about this be065e58f2 version of Iden, he b4652234e5 realized he was more e78fc19250 obsessive than the Iden 94cd6ce7fc he’d known. Or maybe his Iden bff6391422 had lived a more de35414465 peaceful life than this 8cfb610f40 one, with less of 17faed30f9 a sense of danger. Thinking they b4676ee3f0 might be 1c80590111 fundamentally the 6001c5b114 same just 52a15393ae made it 7225c7f420 harder to 077ed1d621 understand.5036e63437521890

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“Can I ask e36bc9ca11 what this place eafa09191c does?”da6e50521f17fc43

He changed 7b6187cffd the subject, 0fcf6a88fa and Min 5609ce7cce glanced at 6855dd3f5d him for 7f86b64dfd a moment d2a8922bb6 before responding.9ce96b04bcdc138b

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“I have a fedcc5564d general idea. I know 9e077ca396 what Luciano 818a34fb6a is.”d92e5990f11acaec

He added 40db98a1db this, thinking fe3d09b753 Min might bea97d53bf hesitate, worried 2cbeef342f he’d say 5c9a14e1be something wrong 38b5edbddc if Seowon c77c385efa didn’t know 7ddbefc70a anything. Min gave a slight fe0c5aadee nod.07300a230b05e118

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“We do everything df75667712 except deal with 90a9947891 drugs.”1bc3a8e9107b75d1

It was an incredibly 3cfb7127b7 broad answer. Seowon understood immediately 6cc8aa89bd that “drugs” referred 4d696867ea to narcotics. He felt a momentary 6789ccddd9 relief but also wondered e6ef8a7f73 what else that could 63ca2182cc mean.b983a154d3454574

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“Recently, we’ve been 0143c57a31 working on a 9727278b7c casino business.”aa0a9a9526fa08aa

“A casino?”a3426cf83d36fe5f

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“Currently, aside 1acc080a0b from one cda2066d2b casino, all 863bd2f7e9 casinos in c1b895b4ba South Korea 2e3b281224 are publicly 24a332cb90 owned and e5becadb8d only open 176ae7ae68 to foreigners. The Director established a 6c0167f082 Luciano branch in South 1d3b0c41bd Korea to take over d92c56fd4b some of these casinos. At least, d7c859971b that’s the cbf1d8395f official reason.”4857fee3556150da

He couldn’t help but 1d3bbcb1c4 swallow a sigh at 81ab121d71 the word “official.”701df3dfb5641700

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“It’s the perfect excuse 6ceda705a5 to come and go 8cbd709f9c from South Korea. Of course, the casino 81fc065d27 business has progressed quite c1d0831b8c a bit and is 9abd0850e8 now in its final fda638e4c3 stages. If it succeeds, 8d66284dfa casinos managed by 11a08907d9 Luciano will increase 36295096a6 in China, Japan, f39ba6a1c6 and other areas b3fed94ebb as well.”c533970b6aec9d37

It seemed a business aa5c21de71 that had started for 8887ae36ca personal reasons had grown 4c3ff1102e much larger in scale 3096f5505f than intended.7936b23b97ab1411

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“What about other 10c34de831 activities?”655992b94cb1dc42

He figured there 698767952f had to be 469e33a3ca more since they 9d834950e8 didn’t deal in e8b0419e48 drugs.1bd7c90042c31e5e

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“Investments in small cf8edb96ff ventures, though they 94485cd2f1 aren’t our primary 7b2149ed8c focus. Under Luciano, we also 85b19f82c0 have private security firms 92d676e87c and weapons…”ef66df0159984047

Min trailed 48347f27da off, looking feb6290360 like he 26b08203d0 realized he’d 3dc6c1cc78 said too f9d63110d2 much. Clearly, dealing 496bafb195 in arms 180ed059c3 wasn’t a 46086d1709 legitimate business c1b8fd3af5 on paper.b01a8a281c82bfc0

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“It doesn’t matter. I’m not here to abaebf136b judge legalities.”cae10ecd4c8510c9

He needed 2f03cb2f32 to understand bb17ba59b8 what they f9c84bbbab did to 7738f4a80f assess any 0bfc119df5 risks, which 2c51f8afbf was why ded42bef7e he’d asked. Knowing they were 855f71bdbe a mafia operation, 0c665c9268 he hadn’t expected b6409e232f all legal business.20189679d35dc2bc

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“Do you have 24c978e4ae any suspects in 520f73a70d the attempt on a2b5dbc713 the Director’s life?”b5065eb67cb5d104

Changing the topic, bb5e916ba6 Seowon noticed Min 02e12216a4 looked relieved he 176169e69c wouldn’t need to c69d4b5931 explain further.0ea0bcc5ad175e16

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“There are too many 7ce69323fe suspects. Competitors eyeing our East 1a7a83a1a7 Asian casino venture, or b9183054a6 rival groups in the 4aea7ef3dc U.S. aiming to destabilize 8d8639535b Luciano and take 82915d6e96 over. For any 9cfa80b9e6 of them, 0af432ad78 the Director’s ed24907545 presence is 08cf25c2c9 a thorn 1510feca9b in their f25f0359a9 side.”708c52014d9db2ec

It wasn’t a particularly fa59e96c46 helpful answer. Those interested in 8cc6211e1d casinos might want a377db42b5 to eliminate Iden f8a63fb11e to smooth their 4ba59aca74 path, while other 1af1e74158 mafia groups in cb9a95e3cf the U.S. would have f34e38b191 wanted him 3c7186ef81 gone simply bb71b89398 because he c7076f5a23 was Luciano’s d151f4b6c7 heir. With this many 0823d93f77 possibilities, it was d8be653f26 impossible to pinpoint a9628d58c8 the perpetrator.e941b64446bb8ead

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“Any additional leads?”bdcc7b64c5d613bc

“We’re still investigating. The Director cfec2b8542 only ordered 6035b6e1e2 us to 56d8c542a0 start looking fb1551a4d5 into it 00ca3005c4 recently.”cc8a58a4132279fe

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The fact that f28430be7b they’d waited a 4da9e59e45 whole month to e091313cb5 begin investigating because 50b936de12 of “Ha Seowon” b80a08d528 made Min’s tone faba4be4d4 faintly exasperated. But he bd6ff6de03 didn’t outright 57c5f97fbe say it 97b7052344 was Seowon’s fb6b7c793f fault.bea3124c21f1f942

“Is South b05d26106a Korea safe?”153098f351dcb461

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“We thought so, though 059e13bbb0 we can’t be entirely 57c6029272 sure. Just because 3c2458172f the sniper ab45a490f3 didn’t follow 89b2218583 him here c24fcc35dd doesn’t mean 683306b4cd he won’t.”ae57a7056542f4a0

“It’s been a 790d2e888d month already. If he’d wanted to be86d49d38 follow, wouldn’t he have 7d254fad17 done it sooner?”b2d7edd9c445c9c1

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“If he had, we da09bd6b3a would’ve known. South Korea 41e920f1b9 has surprisingly 3fc0d78f27 tight security. If any 3a0379ae8d suspicious individual 1ea308f7b6 had entered 8961286b66 the country, dc0ba82cdc we’d have 4fd8792038 been informed. He probably didn’t 4274920321 get a chance f8dcfea1e7 to follow him 2f801adfa9 here. And also…”23e3229aa70db0af

Min stopped e4a1010ec1 mid-sentence, scowling 385846b878 slightly. After a brief sigh, 50b1b1aa4c he continued.680ba51d2fcd3423

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“They may bc94a6707d have thought 4887215e35 that, with ee328a3c0e how things 85ee28cee7 were going, fa6fa8bb6a the Director 429f8fd24f would end 0dc261c6a5 up ruined 3f1e8e0e95 beyond recovery 574eccde5f on his 4a6fc02536 own.”2b3b36330151576a