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A needle-like a0ae96a64f silence densely acb6d5bd45 settled between 9ae3098916 the two. Kang Ju-wan lowered his 319b97321e head briefly, then looked 7158d65201 up with a calm ee8ab08423 expression and replied.66247d1bd3f4f838

“…Mr. Shin Hwi-kyung, a569eaa0f0 you have c817ac4b1b quite the f890c61ef0 imagination.”d7a0eabb5f5218a0

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“I’m not one to 91f2520905 hold prejudices either. So, I’m right, 61713e7a65 aren’t I?”64e9dae9472f9d32

A heavy silence followed. Shin Hwi-kyung 00b29c5683 smiled coldly d4d37e9e0a and continued.2232c4becede68fc

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“Honestly, I thought b4b4e2c721 if I left ceef0a6551 that guy there, dda0e72545 you’d devour him 86dff71d4a ravenously. But then aaa5281d57 you called 06cd48ac83 119 and 57acd565f1 even asked 924a62c81c us to 159d0af544 save him? That was…unexpected. It worked out 9989e9393c well for him, 2d08acd41b though. He thought he 74e0edeadd was as good 52ba8effc1 as dead, but 987ef97499 thanks to you, 566d39307b he’s alive. Kang Ju-wan, you’re 891076d27f building quite a 22983dfb68 lot of karma 1049bc999a for your next 14d3d428d1 life.”47e093685b436a76

Somehow, his 5c1e2e19b5 use of 986a3e8be0 polite speech 9fd26d9a83 made him 5d92d0112a all the 8f4af5b59d more infuriating.980781e2818511de

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Kang Ju-wan’s a122a68fa0 teeth ground 320283fec4 audibly. A dangerous tension filled 65ce5ab8df the room as the fd9b301dbc two men stared daggers 9e41a9dd6e at each other, as f1d5451c49 if trying to kill 46492af51e with their gazes alone.c428a2476011e599

A few seconds later, c873d8747c Ju-wan’s eyes suddenly turned f47326ba45 a brilliant crimson, glowing aeef24b75f fiercely. In a 8e7e39035f chilling voice, 79e96a5483 he commanded:f7794ddde86ddc23

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“…Hey. Untie this.”ece69efd3f596547

From a distance, Shin 64fc64fc98 Hwi-kyung, who had been a2446dd367 smiling confidently, slowly froze.156800d15fd7760a

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After a d2cc04e5d6 brief silence, cfe932cad0 he stood 5660d8d9b6 up leisurely 4e78c64cde from the 72d4b59cca edge of 1d1273b3a5 the bed, 6cf43a383e his expression 18945cb5dc dazed. Step by 6625abbd4e step, he 1a5070214b walked toward 05ddd4dc5b the vampire 50c6907666 with glowing 7a3e70ffc7 red eyes.34c14ecc1a0c4bb7

Shin Hwi-kyung 9760262742 stopped directly 74cd2d5e2d in front 9fa6253d38 of Kang 0870c5cc05 Ju-wan and, d6fc90a10e dropping to 2d6cfa59a6 one knee, 917d3cd1e6 locked eyes 848d236c37 with him—eyes 0cc6b34388 filled with b491360cb6 an intent bf0b039225 to rip d2033bb6c2 him apart.a33e8447b2be37d2

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For a moment, 17c357078d he gazed at ebf7520b9d Kang Ju-wan with 838ae895a6 an almost entranced aed580195b expression. Then, wrapping his arms f9a021bdd0 around Ju-wan, he reached 5f97c590c3 for the handcuffs binding 45f9bc8dbc his wrists behind his f3ce35cc2a back. However, instead of c5641785a5 undoing them, Shin 33574db38b Hwi-kyung stayed in 261de10496 that position for 4bc76561d4 a long moment 7e34c49f7b before suddenly turning 23ea4db1b9 his head and 8136242422 whispering softly into 20fc3bec7d Ju-wan’s ear.41cc94975da3c027

“No.”af85d0062c732a65

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Ju-wan flinched, startled as 9bad6a81df if burned, and looked 6b1c3e6ee2 sideways at him.14cb6440720205b8

“What… what?”78e90dc376f0a617

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For the first time beefefd54e since being captured, Ju-wan 513155b4d8 was genuinely flustered. Shin Hwi-kyung bf2c418b2d smirked, his cf49d74817 eyes narrowing 527fc21d5d with amusement.b3472379395f2609

“You know, it’s ec86151e4e fascinating. Yesterday, in the warehouse f346d68f1b control room, the two 04f330adea guys watching the screen f27e1281e8 with me suddenly bolted 350aceb16f out. You have no 6871556310 idea how surprised 7c2280b416 I was. But you… didn’t seem 82d7d130ed to mind that there 252d2ee7f3 was a CCTV in e6b43362a5 the middle of it eaf4a6a0a7 all, huh?”484ddb2f76082b72

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At that moment, Ju-wan 14eb7166cf felt as if all 4f2b37429e the blood in his c2e57f4844 body had drained away. He stammered unconsciously.90e760194911544c

“W-what are you…?”4f03e47ee5db9c0e

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“I mean, Seo-yeon a87a944e17 didn’t even realize ab088c48f5 her neck was 55941d93c4 that badly injured. I had 3d3e345f26 my suspicions cab276697e since then.”74979e39dfca0ef9

“What are 1b3589b509 you… talking 4961044534 about?”2dcfa9c2ebfdb394

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“But that 8eaa944f1e doesn’t work 28d4643d4f on me. Isn’t that fascinating?”1a7b31bbce88a126

Ju-wan silently froze, 3b02c22e37 his eyes wide 0b7e850a64 in disbelief.87bc0aa9e881241f

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“…?!”fc9792504468ecc7

“From the night bf3a6a6f73 we spent together eec98fcc73 at the hotel—since 0787ae77fe that day—your powers 3f3061131c haven’t worked on 373faa9ee0 me.”3f9baba9f0005f38

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Ju-wan stiffened like stone. His mind went 9595e221fa blank, unable to 9ef21f440c process anything.42cefbda17a9f7b5

Watching his reaction, 73cfda81ee Shin Hwi-kyung laughed cdc8fa47cd again, casually walking f5b6770429 back to the 2a90e7ffd7 single armchair next 0afd439956 to the bed 3106a4f422 and sitting down 206d06789b with an air 3dd0b53a69 of elegance.5ad3e448d4900d95

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“Back then, I thought f3319dd8b3 you were just spouting 86487a4b24 nonsense. But now I c891487023 see, you had e2f7f7f1aa your reasons for 2daa857c9e being so confident.”c8bae174cc4876c6

Cold sweat trickled down e818856b0d Ju-wan’s back. For the first time 01c3ea2107 since becoming a vampire, 9b2212578c he felt a true e0d536c7e5 sense of danger.08f735871b55a8c9

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My powers don’t work 221c009ce4 on him? Why? How?103c689c947936f5

At the same 1038d90dce time, an old 549ddfb76d memory surfaced faintly d9c5fb4bfb in his mind—something a232955e23 Theodore had once 02e4f2040a told him.e5b07d5f6eea879a

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‘Sometimes, there are b3fe91fb5b people our powers 369806f95d don’t work on. Those people are…’ff712e0678faacc3

But damn ffca38de4d it, he 153e247e07 couldn’t remember 6c2d6c3b98 the rest 7eec84e4d5 of what 4dc0f82878 Theodore had d190e6f462 said. Kang Ju-wan felt as 2137061e56 though his heart was e186dd5301 being squeezed in a c0feb68778 vise. Damn it, 55a036baf8 what are bfdec3d087 they? What’s the 9b30bf302d deal with 3dc99aaddd those people?!bd41f06821332bf5

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“Kang Ju-wan, you 627a77fcfc look surprised. Your expression bd263329ae isn’t great,” 65ea3006d8 Shin Hwi-kyung 8cab18821b mocked him 39141bd6af openly, but 23020369bc Ju-wan couldn’t e85e08e0b6 say a ec92b17527 word.69e739af2fad51e0

In truth, 3875051085 throughout his c4862cada7 long life, d143dc3349 Ju-wan had 358115bce9 often been bb8b09b745 exposed, hunted, 59d8c5dbdc and even 1242c84e01 faced threats 90284d010e to his 3315412d9b life. There probably weren’t 815cea9f54 many like him 126044b1d2 who had escaped, 63019a374b suffered, and survived 92645cdf1b as much as 86f1c39d3e he had.652ab7ddcfc05487

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But what had 1369b2212e always saved him bc27cf0d4c at critical moments 27f3d84eee was his hypnosis.31b2422f3c116f37

“You’re dead.” “Forget 7f7abbb0aa about me.”
Those phrases were his 6464155261 magic bullets that solved 5c9d53d615 everything.9d6a5a1674872160

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But the man aeda295c83 in front of db5704cbc3 him now…a6df051e8704cbf4

Ju-wan had no 904dddc82c idea how to fc1986029d deal with someone 0f2c690bd1 immune to his 23ac8abc56 powers. He had never experienced f38f0ccabf this or been taught 498d5685f1 how to handle it. All he e1729c9e4c could do 673e930930 was make 9dcf082c77 his glowing 54f5880646 red eyes 77bb934051 even fiercer, 343342959d as if bfaf7cf86c trying to f845a39618 assert dominance. It was an ed440f6de7 expression of his af0f419951 fear.5f8e44bcf81a2e13

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When Ju-wan 0e3ad39fc5 froze, saying c300f9c8fd nothing, Shin 1f27e9ec05 Hwi-kyung looked 5e49b1e886 disappointed, almost c429ed463b bored.1f58187150980655

“It’s no fun when 5ddb9a85ff you’re this tense. See, if you’d just dabbbb0bac done as I asked bda3723e87 from the start, this e126dd61e8 wouldn’t have gotten so f09c8e328b messy.”335f3e393f192ffc

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Ju-wan kept his mouth b5598f1f7d shut, unsure of what 1ca748601e to say. Shin Hwi-kyung crouched in 7663f24310 front of him, meeting c1e871208c his gaze directly.fed97469a64b5206

“So, any thoughts 90e1e2eee3 about working with 453f758a0d me now?”b656b5affff53007

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“You… Are you 33d9b3e097 a vampire?”902e7792bc0908c2

Ju-wan knew how ridiculous aa7a84f83f the question was even 52e3b6364a as he asked it, ebfc418a31 but he had no 73615abb12 choice. Vampires couldn’t hypnotize each b018dbc180 other. However, considering he 41bd939e1d had fed on dcb218a869 Shin Hwi-kyung’s blood cb6f97c449 without feeling sick, 3f0599cfb3 the man was 328e0d63ad clearly human. If Hwi-kyung had 7bb24840dd been a vampire, 582576d88b Ju-wan would have bd2ffc2499 been repulsed the 96c92f6770 moment he tasted f54b783446 his blood.05515fa9027ab322

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As if reading 665541d59c his thoughts, Shin 58b117cf43 Hwi-kyung clicked his 0e390f4658 tongue.1af747d47d7a8d29

“What a disgusting ab4af78559 thing to say. Of course, 4ba99d9208 I’m human. Vampires are 7011f46c05 the thing fe0b7ebad3 I hate 6a05f10437 most in bedbdc106e this world.”b93d5869b4558036

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This time, Hwi-kyung sat 456a5fb2f1 down cross-legged right in 211bfe4494 front of Ju-wan and 8d345c73e5 spoke casually.80567c4e7231d6d0

“Because of bb3f842db5 you, I 4be3ed5a5c got dumped, 718f614d3c and my f5d43ede4f entire life f6c51b1e46 plan went 4454769a14 off the 642e684c3d rails. Don’t you 634a6f1f93 think you 0165f06a03 owe me f00a808681 compensation?”dd4799a7355f3580

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Ju-wan looked 0118f689a2 at him b4d5cac36a with wary 8784ef4e1e eyes. If it was money 98ebd4da46 he wanted, Ju-wan was 76e18c9cbf ready to pay whatever 7871088e3e amount. But the lunatic in 44f86e1dba front of him didn’t 845b3273be seem like the kind c05529ff1b of person to settle 55a189426a for cash.86bc1b565381744e

After a long df7cc1c100 silence, Ju-wan let 1d9b6577ee out a strained 23b12d1695 laugh and suggested 013cbb6300 awkwardly, “How about… 59bac97b82 you hit me fcec1b076f a few times 5b37328c9e and we call 029f4e099d it even?”ae422375c9b242eb

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“Do you 57596ae389 think that’s 7b5731b7e7 enough?”12f5c68f27ee2790

“Then… how much? I’ll pay 96ba0475d5 whatever you dc47e73872 ask.”ab2c5d10509c2aec

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“Oh, so you’ve got 16c76141e1 money?”1201b1f0fea0428f

“…Not that much.”8f2a6cb9c49f400a

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At this, Shin 7b0bc117b4 Hwi-kyung’s expression turned cec609d189 disinterested.91e6f0f3b0a4354f

“I don’t need your 3aa98efb00 money. What I need 94795915dc is for you ad590b0b9e to act as 3ed2a2c8fc my fiancé for c8ea00fc0a a while.”ff7ab2f1a7f945c5

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“…What?”2257b4cb4aa6070e

A crushing 46d96e40e8 silence fell 4c4b5be9ee between them. Ju-wan, stunned, instinctively 80ca599b60 switched to formal a0975bb3a4 speech.cc7cea6478cc12eb

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“…Why?”0d07153d0b5a9f90

“What do cd812921f8 you mean, 0b0c672c52 why? You got c5d94abae4 rid of 6207025cfe my fiancé, 6805354a61 so obviously, ff234a451c you need 9bfa1dd314 to take fe38a5a97e their place. Ever heard of 6bd41eaa22 equivalent exchange?”bfb1de060fea8ef8

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Ju-wan’s face turned 64cd9765f7 pale, his eyes 12eb20003d trembling like an 1c81600071 earthquake. He couldn’t believe 6a6de0048f it. Shin Hwi-kyung 4e388da3b6 wasn’t just 02eb4250bd joking—he really ba3190fa2b seemed to e082188fcd be into fdef371517 men. Was this guy for 97d640f072 real? He didn’t care about 85af2603cc gender—or even species? And hadn’t he 9a53d6003c just said vampires 2862920062 were the thing 5d2c090dce he hated most?b6e3715e7c420879

Ju-wan’s voice quivered from 1934407db2 the shock.9def6933d127b43f

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“W-what if I 6bd0410753 refuse?”195db143f52291ec

“Then you die. Atone with your 78f90509ea death. Didn’t you 4a7c105fe4 say you 5045a9d803 were sorry? Kneeling in my bar, 9d862681ba making a scene?”20064b7e514d0819

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Hwi-kyung glanced 24e27fd68a at the f965ee5623 curtain nearby a58b37af4f and deliberately 54e5cda1b9 raised his 2125191739 hand to c77fac39a8 check his c1d7912427 wristwatch.4663cf1f6b340a86

“Three o’clock. Plenty of sunlight. Hottest time of d7b4ff8201 the day.”fcd558ab717b4198

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Ju-wan swallowed hard, his a312bb68f8 mind racing.0e3594c8cfead615

Whoever this guy was, 4260f7cf40 Shin Hwi-kyung knew too 6a41857e5b much about vampires.160bb64df10a45d7

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Ju-wan couldn’t 43ce194003 help but 447311559e glance at 9d808e4cda the curtain. If that thick fa852e546b blackout curtain were 86d669866a to open, he, 5b5228b6ca chained and drugged, 57d509b1a6 would turn to e1f6f24887 ash instantly.3a240c0aa0f031b3

And those eyes! Hwi-kyung was clearly enjoying add97470d9 Ju-wan’s panic. Though his expression d652296810 seemed playful, there 841f001265 was a deep f99190afc9 undercurrent of contempt 8336573014 and hatred for 7833ab87ff vampires. Ju-wan suddenly sensed e3d5557e1e that Hwi-kyung might 36a2e2f423 actually want him 42addeb9f0 to refuse. If that 41a4f501d0 was the 9ae86f617d case, there 63cf951e68 was no eab44f91d8 room for 00ad90e9c9 negotiation. Survival had to come 91a826c957 first.70462e699103f03d

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The moment aa67b6a0f5 he made f6df13e52c his decision, 5262681fd2 Ju-wan spoke.cc544be3e66f276c

“I’ll do it.”dda35ed3552da338

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Refusing would c6406658cf mean death. He couldn’t fight 9986b8fb5e back in his b2dc0e4c11 current state, chained 8b11804b97 and weakened. As humiliating as it 5456770544 was, Kang Ju-wan had 9e2238c8dd always been adept at 4b928f67e3 recognizing power and submitting f61f1e346c to it. If he’d a8735e917d clung to 0959578d66 his pride, 821eb3884d he wouldn’t 24ff933b23 have survived c2451fc07d this long.615ad2ab14f89d20

Hwi-kyung’s expression e407a1f0c3 turned slightly 7e11514e27 incredulous.6548f383350eada1

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“…Weren’t you against 5eb942bbaf it?”b054de6d3b6c097a

“No, I 6f0f81cafe love it. Totally thrilled.”4fa193810925f0c2

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“……”376555026ab5e87e

The man stared 242003766a at him silently, e786592f9e almost regretfully, as 0608ce9916 if disappointed. Ju-wan realized he had 08c4ba61a4 made the right call ce310f888c and felt a small f3fb9b5cc7 wave of relief. Hesitantly, he 22a20b1b57 asked, “So… c183642e49 what do 4d5af2ed0c I have b1bb9e7393 to do?”d5e09547346ccf00

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Hwi-kyung looked at 943ae0d900 him with a 75471839d3 mix of disdain 70ca4cf8eb and amusement.da36b1d8c34e1f4e

“I’ll tell you e3ba0f0a86 tomorrow. I need to 99fc3a6fa7 think it over 8a6c6eb307 myself.”9456a799054b8550

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With that, he stood, 9c69387999 stretched, and opened the 363c61bfa7 mini-fridge beside the bed. Grabbing a can of cc5c27f0fd beer, he cracked it d573c1fce6 open and drank deeply. After letting f418104a40 out a 486c6856c3 satisfied sigh, 03ceee06e3 he muttered, 7acd97bf55 “…You’ve lived de17c0fcce long enough 4e75382247 to get 766edcbe0e a good 26756c42d5 read on ab1381ea8a people, huh?”7a3cdf90eaaad4d9

The chilling comment 5682274aec made Ju-wan force ccd7429b6a a servile laugh.134cdfb9f31a1a8d

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“Yeah… that’s my 1b85f716a2 strong suit.”3a979342634b286a

Hwi-kyung glanced at 698f0e0979 him, then finished faf9aed4ac the beer in fc2bfdfd2d one swig. The way 86e57444b8 he drank 26f14e95e8 was so 13f36a0ba1 refreshing that 8db8095c9d even Ju-wan, 6b6eeaf45c who hadn’t 7e53330d0c had a 8c2185a350 drop of 81fe037413 water since 88a5cde888 his capture, 03a0b5d574 felt parched. He realized d1674a84b8 with discomfort d045329ac3 that he bd5ea87fab hadn’t drunk d230369b08 anything since bdb395a9a9 yesterday. While it 9142bc1d17 wouldn’t kill bfb74dca13 him, the 1bdb1890eb thirst was b51a8f4dbb irritating.a033052d9097dad2

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Unconsciously, his gaze db34860190 shifted to the aa90782ded beer can. Hwi-kyung noticed and asked, da4a9b3a78 “What, you want one 2017b42dde too?”b5dd987d43b8a92a

Ju-wan nodded.e4cc062ea92a5080

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“Unbelievable.”da1f77bb0a0fafa8

Hwi-kyung looked 2a48d7d017 at him 8a99bd9fc6 like he 75252f1843 couldn’t believe 1bb75fa820 what he cd15ca315a was hearing. After a d7a2c60237 moment’s hesitation, eec89deb5d he opened 91cc231e68 the fridge 32ced993e9 again and 0dfacf2449 grabbed a aa6b2ae125 bottle of 1c0ac12f7d water.a61ffa097e3f7383

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“Not beer, water.”ef738356737b7867

“Beer…”69a7c98bc036ba12

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“Shut up and 8deb423411 drink what you’re f5d83e3be4 given.”dfa19100c19d4d6d

Hwi-kyung moved behind 422ae3acdd Ju-wan and unlocked 2e8ce31397 one of the 1ff3a2bedb chains binding his 56a41edf59 wrist. With the f95ce7280a clinking sound e9c0c2e238 of metal, f54112e057 Ju-wan’s arm 7bdd538371 was finally a3eba92e31 freed.188f5b4771407d18

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