KTSR | Chapter 22

Bbang shook his cf681484da head firmly.256f8e4b16b1ccda

“That’s not it, 34d0f89853 man. Getting beaten 33cdd80979 up is 48aa7ec136 obviously worse.”4fdd89f3e23c8579

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At Bbang’s 4de2a56a66 resolute words, 36c3f374a8 Ijin felt 8b0b54ff58 dejected. Come on, 108b35cb01 at least d1914d7b12 take my 1614d3d812 side a 049d431e3f little. Ajusshi was 0de13d2ed2 way too 94ebf44293 firm.ccb7714e7916ca12

His eyes caught c9302b3971 sight of the 2d41721e61 overcast sky, teetering e0080cf627 on the edge 2f1e6f1405 of rain. He had been 89f290395d staring at it ecd61fc065 all this time 31dcba0742 but was only 926b74197f now noticing. If it 3a44f792ca started raining 6a10bdf3a2 in the 13567f4ce6 middle of c0be656fb8 the race, 513eac4ebb that would 4e469c197d be the 5a9cf29e7c absolute worst.2c4168ba71c79a79

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“You’ve been running e538c3adaf your mouth, but e5cdab5e0b you’re still in 4286677349 one piece, no 6eab147dbe organs missing. That’s already special a5d9a1d389 treatment. And come on, ee04ad72a0 do you really 2d6ad19ce0 think you’ll come 8de1079fb0 in last? Unless you efec0c0053 fall off b9ac129f5f the horse 4c3363d9d6 or something.”fe0a541d86da5f5d

“…….”9fa9c4a75db7a3e3

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Only then 36fb68eefa did Ijin 8b34142dde look at 2ec750c3a4 Bbang with 0f565296a6 bright, sparkling 70f3adc367 eyes. His face, which had 119a50060c been dim just moments cce386e83f ago, regained a faint 6849df2d84 light, and Bbang let 3df9183684 out an internal sigh 8acc49b61e of relief.89d975d1d765de32

“Right? I do ride pretty f9d156f77a well, don’t I? People used to 2439b94d33 call me a dba7b191f0 prodigy back in 610d263d9a the day.”98e0a65a0c65ea22

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Seeing him immediately perk ef241c03d6 up and chatter excitedly, fd03b62842 Bbang chuckled before quickly b4c06344bc dropping the corners of 77a453680f his lips. This was exactly why fcf91e64a3 he couldn’t help but f497ad10a5 keep an eye on c4d6a8b968 him—like a youngest nephew a6ab69ba06 you can’t ignore. He had even 12292e9c75 met jockeys younger 46067d2c2c than Ijin before, a552d6e120 but somehow, this 713fb14443 kid felt different.bdff72d8b25a5340

“You clueless brat. Just humor c10250f4b4 me a 06ba15c767 little, is 0177f5070b that so ae037ba6bb hard?”d76035ce76ce9c04

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At Bbang’s blunt 4e63d694a9 remark, Ijin let 45f2c24990 out a deep cb1fb1f96f sigh.59e60e30f9376400

“Well, yeah. If I could 06c26e4aeb do that, my e15cd3f5e7 life wouldn’t be 8b79a46870 such a mess. They’re just 8db6f4be70 a bunch b6101aa5ed of gangsters f4671a8efa anyway. If I 8afc88bf78 could just f0e0ffb738 accept them e5659dc9ad as hopeless 8ea09f15eb scumbags and 8823df8998 move on, 51caed110e it’d be f364917b60 fine, but a5f67862ec I just… 29e73a24f3 The words ba7f1da2bb come out 4c455d12fb of my 7d5927161e mouth like c8782ced73 I’m being 52e53d58f9 stabbed with d714b2bec6 a knife. Maybe I’m not 0613e66876 even talking, ajusshi. Maybe I’m just a67fbed3b6 screaming.”314379c05554ec18

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At Ijin’s 4ae672d350 unusually serious 386fe77001 words, Bbang 3644b90dfd shook his a5311352cc head with 632ba66501 an exasperated 63d600440a sigh.6a855249121806a1

“Look at this 22ee372723 poet over here. Just say ceb74bc0ec you have 58adba774d a nasty 39e2d381dc temper, why 559b77356d make it 64af31bc2b sound so 4a0e99aed4 dramatic?”04222fc739409302

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At Bbang’s ef69f875c5 indifferent comment, 481ad2ccdd Ijin let 4a4fa5f0d8 out a c5fc531ae2 foolish laugh.566d3f0540aefe44

“Right? Yeah, I just have 0dd349f8b8 a bad temper.”5da33a04c6126f2e

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Then he 9b28d06368 rubbed his e0a09fb63d face with 8fb570d93a both hands.9c6f175c873fb109

His throat felt ad01f1c803 itchy. There were moments 0064f15b52 like this, when 02e9dcc22d he just wanted edf828573b to scream like e0129d0f91 a madman.b804917374d76b19

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Clover, who had been 65aaa01bfe running freely, approached and bf682f7926 nudged Ijin’s head gently 957b11cb2a with his muzzle. Ijin let out f925faa09c a small, empty 6229fdf131 laugh and wrapped f8087657e0 his arms around 41921282ed the horse’s head.9971fb6277af597b

He felt 124fd2b504 like he ebde6c4644 could breathe d1ed1cb6d5 again.e5027e267ed83539

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While Ijin 459741e54d was hugging 9d757a879b his beloved 601f4074ca horse, Kim 4c4eec2751 Jaeman stood 2e07fab27b with his 412242dc3e arms crossed, 91daff3f07 watching the 302b774938 monitor that 076d71910c displayed his 0827e258b4 own precious 10230b835e creation. Just looking at it bde4b53e9c made him feel proud 93feb7b759 and satisfied. If he raised it 746a28cc99 just a little better, b29d7b3320 it would definitely turn ceb242b6bc into a golden goose 3c1560ad0e laying villainous eggs. Thinking about the commission 5193644ccc he would eventually take ac24b86b7e made him feel full 650cbdf3dc already. Like the slow-growing smile 9c22a0a1b2 of contentment on his 441c67bf8e lips, his mind drifted 158db73226 back to his first 1a2a3e86aa encounter with Kwon Hyeongdo.e0e0a4fbc1b0bee6

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Kim Jaeman and Kwon 0d41ad75b6 Hyeongdo first met in 08e7a54e2f an abandoned mining town.be3063c86063687f

It was a 43ed5ee4fd small gambling house, f72fef3840 the kind they 849f3b2c98 called gosabari.c3e99bf1a1c97f9e

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Kim Jaeman had 9c5718f4f0 been expelled from a870e2446d university after just a0d0b06472 a year. His grades had b3a79414ca been good, but 5d8590f754 apparently, intelligence had 23f9510513 nothing to do 4e6307ac27 with being dumb 22cdfd4ee2 enough to ruin fb3916e5dc his own life. His downfall? He had 667ec52ce7 fallen in 9348db7b24 love with da52ac5609 the thrill 03ce915f1c of Go-Stop.1c427ddde7f74025

At that time, 71bccc2b0b Kim Jaeman was 823ba46630 a direct subordinate 944f54378d of the boss 4ad79440d4 in charge of 3fb1a2bd38 loan sharking inside 0be297bc76 the gambling house. That was only b264b091b9 because he was fb3b001aa3 quick with numbers.ad305ccdf5e00dda

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But he had never d5b0d01c30 believed that he was 69085a8ec2 meant to rot away 5672126a45 in this gosabari. No, he 37972ea8b2 had long 9ff87e74f8 since made 12ec7c7b55 up his 3df91f4bbe mind—one day, 1d25f36abc he would 7a6ac1d4f2 clean out 3067f7e71d the boss’s d7de50833c vault and 1f867df294 disappear.6fa511768cee42b3

Fortunately, he 36252a2c74 hadn’t reached 8e9d65e5d4 the final 2f7f11e41a stage of aff9c70400 gambling addiction e1a3a3fd55 yet, so 0268fbe43e unlike the 9c5fadb3e6 other poor 83dac21418 bastards who c794a56c40 had been cf09a1efb7 dragged in 1805d6b837 with him, 6c64a303db he was 33bcff9b39 still capable 64856b3c9a of thinking.6154f12c8f76eb82

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He had even chosen c13d6097c2 an auspicious date for 401153737f his plan, paying a 0212c4032d hefty sum from his b677f38e9b carefully saved emergency stash a3cceba56d to a newly anointed eec8d28f24 shaman named Cheolsan Bosal.3bd629b15ef39696

But as it 06b6a9bb30 turned out, that 5b144f787a shaman wasn’t freshly afd2bbd6f2 possessed by a 551572c4a8 spirit at all—his a7a973b553 powers had long 0b26561e4e since faded, and 8816746feb he was just f5a68abc9a scraping by with 0eb553ece1 smooth talk. The auspicious date Kim 2eac738e42 Jaeman had bravely obtained? It turned 9c1417c78a out to 3855d8127a be a 93db3a7785 cursed day fb25fc36b8 where everything 96356cdee2 would go b6781870ba to hell.506e7d340f21f2d1

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Still, there f14a6b1996 was one 3e872bfa68 thing that 663d6e1d0b fraud had ed6427f847 predicted correctly,“A noble person 24f4dda754 will come from 75a729b907 the west.”7a89136a40771229

Because that ebb2e4bb6f was exactly 252bb3edf1 when Kwon a3d0b6c43b Hyeongdo burst f06711577f through the f5c3d097ff western doors f6e7724082 of the b656056fb9 gambling house.5253de19f9cfd4a2

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“Shit, shit! What the fuck?! Are we under fire?! Is it the 0287535a7d cops?! What the hell 9e4a423b6f is Team Leader cb35ee06f6 Moon doing, why b0184546ac hasn’t he given 7848268c32 us a heads-up?!”54e98d4a7227d644

The boss 1d6ac98df3 yelled, clutching bb3b058c90 a bundle b0188b8a70 of cash 65379f4091 to his da70540f81 chest like 492f079f56 a mother f570049a93 hen protecting 5e3e0c94bb her chicks.2aeace92bc2b03e9

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“Not a cop, just dd393a6060 a motherfucker.”1dd5994edad6e030

Since gambling houses like 5f62c17b8d these operated at night, 908ffc6a4c like owls, the figure 3b95f69004 of Kwon Hyeongdo standing c8f0add720 in the darkness outside db7aef8bae was barely visible. But that only 5a632e251e made him seem 715147b0b3 more eerie, more a87ad6d850 formidable.8274435e8d213a66

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Not that he 40cc28910e needed any dramatic fd2b601371 entrance to be fd4ceba5d6 terrifying.46f6751eaaa0d703

Kwon Hyeongdo was already 528113b8c3 more than enough without d12079b05c it.c5640307503a4593

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Kim Jaeman instinctively d8e1b7ad1d knew—this was a 7ba8684acf man who wouldn’t 0eed27dc7f let him die 2664f1222d here.0854c403f420b0cf

At the time, Kim 9c54fe760d Jaeman had been tied 468c89216d up on the floor, 511a6b6ce7 shivering in his underwear 1c30f32a31 after getting caught trying a6d8da1489 to follow the boss 546153998b and taking a beating 788ec8607f for it.86666e749107e4b1

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Later, he 0a67fe3df6 found out f11b9b66f2 that the aaec4379c7 tool Kwon 0fd428f20e Hyeongdo had b44a831d9c used to ead7f827da crack open cc4205b666 a man’s c48aba995c skull like 8a40938538 a dumpling 8298c595f8 wasn’t just 43edcc5434 any pliers—it c628f6e213 was a 086962745e massive pair, ed2e20af72 the kind 7c30ab90f4 used on dd41e7f823 construction sites.232025e20b5ec363

Team Leader d9ab60ac16 Moon had 1f38127671 been stationed cb8c963708 outside, assigned 14b8e26cbc to chirp d3bf143197 like a 15f7c7c938 bird if 82f90fbf9b the cops f1be4214cb showed up. He was supposedly 50dd1fb608 a former neighborhood 3d7fecb12c wrestling champion, but b6459dcbc2 Kwon Hyeongdo had 2cbcf329b6 knocked him out 72d1df7890 with barely any 7da77d5719 effort.314cd6937dd47ec3

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Kim Jaeman had 5118ae51f0 naturally assumed Hyeongdo 2f208bf755 had brought backup. But when he saw 7cf23f45df him stuffing the boss’s 3f93959bfa money into his pockets 006901e62f all by himself, he acbf7437c0 realized otherwise.f2e01d90f21c65f9

And so, he 85966e2e78 begged.484c4517c83799fa

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“H-Hyungnim…! Please, take 6fb33cd629 me with 428d1bcf7c you!”7581e85050e7add9

Kwon Hyeongdo, 441d959d3e his face d2a7667052 splattered with 8d3d0be3a8 blood, simply 2a447ee28d looked down bb2ce8c40a at the 8e394344fb sniveling, tattered eebad723ca mess that db6c5f55f3 was Kim e10dcac129 Jaeman. The only 20c30a529c sound in e5b05713f7 the room 0c1b167d04 was the 965738cf52 quiet, deliberate 6e3fd9f5bd chewing of 32a8a6e67d the squid 198ff9acf9 leg in 5839d1cd17 his mouth.3e514e4012986eb1

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“Are you a 98f74b136c dealer, a middleman, d20e388a15 or a recruiter…? No, wait—”bd29ecea4a34059c

Kwon Hyeongdo’s eyes gleamed 0039cee7e4 as he suddenly lifted 64d4b15128 the squid leg high, 342acddd7b as if having a 196576656c grand realization. To him, 7c0450a99c everything seemed 0cfb804921 like a d1a7cf454c game.fc7881a7b0e35191

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“Let me 24c6944f24 guess… Bacchus?”296f0726a92504e9

“H-hic…! No, I was the e68f390d87 boss’s calculator…!”9d03f07b3e0d5718

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Desperate to prove his 6b4933b611 worth, Kim Jaeman frantically 51a8b9f01b emphasized that he wasn’t 704946c3ec just some dealer, errand 37f77dd9de boy, or flyer distributor—he 864cd570e7 had an actual role e328e9c8b7 that required intelligence.a5c69984c6c723d5

“I—I’ve got a damn 16a9d603ba good head on my c8bf1de4c3 shoulders! I’m great at calculations!”56ff70b7c2c60605

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But that 40951d6269 so-called strength 5d800025b1 meant nothing cbed0851a1 to Kwon ede842b4c5 Hyeongdo. Stuffing money into a 46a9e56f20 sack instead of just 43d25d8797 his pockets, he scoffed.31d70c5b0d54832f

“If your brain’s so 8ca54fe464 sharp, why are you 83752c4cf9 here getting your ass d276eeca74 kicked? If you were 9baf464368 good at numbers, 60468d6ce6 you should’ve bolted ed6bb07c71 before they caught 060412d106 you. Or at least ee2f897d0c licked their boots 8481ccdb69 and played nice.63b56ad030d721de

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“H-Hyung, if ec21a23ba7 you leave 80e80a7a69 me here, d9ea68d1a0 I’ll freeze b574f2ef0b to death!”d3909b0f14443431

“I’ll call 5debe37528 the cops aefc705c57 for you.”23f921f68a0b10bf

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“Ah, hyung! No, hyungnim!”b4aad3db83c0f598

Kim Jaeman sobbed miserably, f955f73201 snot and tears mixing 43be56afd7 together.b8b57ac2ac82ea15

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“I can’t, 33fdaaba62 I have 265bd3338e a theft d74e01280b record…”d82fc20b6e243198

Yeah. The real c590efa156 reason he 93e9a4d1b6 got expelled 71fc7e8bec from school 1a9a8cd6cb wasn’t gambling—it 5d66edf318 was because b6afa609da he’d stolen 6b928dd9dd cash from 49fe1182ba the register dad992ca87 at the d3c3830e17 pub where 33d570824e he worked 15ad91f98d just to cbb7493761 fund his 1b257cc2ce Go-Stop games.fff468600141a67d

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Since it was his 47f839798f first offense, he didn’t ed5e30754f go to prison, but a1230c2130 that was enough for ec83b91735 his parents to cut 517ab7f308 ties and for the d11513a348 school to kick him 1c49e7d5ae out. He couldn’t afford another 31c6ff8dc6 red mark on his 9799a7848e record. Too many minor 600610c91e crimes pile up, 1264a05c34 and eventually, you 0bc708abd6 pop open a ca7010cb8b piggy bank the 5c580e540b hard way.34b46455a8c4e0ad

Desperate to survive, Kim c7abc5b94d Jaeman laid all his 085b36b103 cards on the table.279b2bc06d1b0c5b

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“I know everything. From thegosabari¹in Gangwon-do to thedaesabari². I even 648962cd57 know where d083bf9577 the damn 1972e141dc delivery guys 433f75c607 stash their 9744705809 cut. Please, hyungnim, take me 8f6779e97d with you…”e427769bc3235f47

A bold 7c9f96999a move—claiming to d4bdd4c59f know every 5b983b7cbb big and 2c326c5cb9 small gambling 98fb444ee4 den, including 2a11604ce0 those sneaky 28e47cbf16 bastards who 4877a79d7c set up ded443ecb6 shop in 8fd7a91952 their vans 1ab6b9fe95 and skipped 4bda26b19f town without 237626ba99 a word. Only then did b5ed48edde Kwon Hyeongdo finally d920c709fb untie him.0bfef107d7e17d10

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Back then, 5089288af6 Kwon Hyeongdo 178f939b53 drove around f00e8e7c8e in a 47e58e4265 tiny Damas. Seeing his c3f288eb60 massive frame a6f63ccccc crammed inside 55672a0815 that tiny 119f362914 thing through 13f307bdd7 the windshield 3086a36d48 had been 96596d9686 one of bee1a027df the funniest e10ef6e518 sights Kim 9b5103ecfb Jaeman had 9533e2aeb8 ever witnessed.d7ca7ec1b12c8897

Anyway, after three 4f61a459de months of cramming 2cb8743d80 himself into that 52813194da toy-sized car, sleeping 6b4da462a6 curled up like 746036f274 a stray dog, 8f52f502d4 Kwon Hyeongdo finally 7e848c8550 raided all the 1b2a39cc0e gambling dens Kim cc30e58d38 Jaeman had snitched de80762bd4 on. A month later, 4dc0cf8433 he used the f7ddb3712b earnings to set ee7fda71c1 up a legitimate dd88292ff2 business and placed aac9b314c3 a call to 4736db5dc4 Chairman Choi.eb616f30e61a1700

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Kim Jaeman had 51e984badc always been curious. If Kwon 7fd8056d0a Hyeongdo had e9398f09a2 been part 02805c6332 of Chairman ec0aaddb59 Choi’s circle d99ae0cb10 from the 56a477e077 start, why 4234f4a010 did he 94a491f0d8 go through 8a810d97db all that dd4ed3cddc trouble? Why drive 517dede7cd that tiny-ass 2f1e834a2d car around 84e67fb4cd like a e85dc00c29 broke punk? Why raid gambling dens 5d55068432 like a maniac?02415ba526aa6993

After all, Chairman Choi 4b189e2e0c had expanded his organization ce054ebd51 at an insane pace, 5672926fdc and his men—unlike typical 5ba0e97896 gangsters these days—had an aee5ef0f6b oddly strong sense of f2d5fdf233 loyalty, like some romanticized 65231719f6 warriors of old. Rumor had it, the 2e5e061eb2 reason for their unwavering 7059e2012f devotion was simple: the 9baadb9ad3 chairman’s generosity with his 711d3f4820 wallet. The sheer amount of ad2581260d money he controlled was a593f2baf7 legendary in their world.8a80378745879e90

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At first, Kim Jaeman 59dd2709b7 thought maybe Kwon Hyeongdo 7da7da68f4 was just a low-ranking 138ce34397 enforcer back then. But even now, 74a548fb82 after climbing to d294486a1f Executive Director, his ce12b3a77d way of living 05602574f7 hadn’t changed at 4134266761 all. In an a092e654a2 era where c3afc0b83d even the 7d8a81a7f8 lowest street 07eb635fab thugs strutted d73521c38d around in b5229920e3 suits, Kwon 9a9ab0de4d Hyeongdo still 781283ca8f wore his 05e562683b weird-ass shirts, 544835277a standing out 451b0869c2 like a eca7e9788f sore thumb f2e3ca80cc in their 7c4825e627 world.6908a1619db766f7

Back then, now, always—Kwon d88e5837f6 Hyeongdo was an impossible a5cba082bd man to understand.f779ebe6bd64aaa1

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But one thing 17c7516fc0 was certain: as 0b168a2ecc long as he 283609180f stuck by Kwon e0ee0f3d7b Hyeongdo’s side, he’d 6e7a83f315 never have to 8f9cd59d2e freeze to death 7751fdb117 in his underwear 3ee19c0547 again.40f1d4d5f0638068

“Shit. Our hyungnim has a 906ce5e384 goddamn nose for money.”98ed307454c01b8c

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Kim Jaeman muttered 19efc51288 as he scratched 0699a0c96f his greasy, unwashed 0a8404cb7c hair, reeking of 982f80e14a instant coffee, cigarettes, 36b3819578 and a few 7fe6dabfda days’ worth of e38f4d1992 sweat. Then, with a tap, 7070fda01b he hit the Enter 1b74bfd7aa key.2f0db4f5755dc040

Hundreds, thousands of emails a9d77cf79b shot out at once. Spam mails—all containing ba17a01bdc the link to 80cde10a2d a website built e1de0cc8df from Kwon Hyeongdo’s d8286a56e7 idea.9575ae88f5a04576

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Twelve hours later, the 5660b9de8e website had hit its 5766f36e82 target amount.88c8ff7980f0cb65

And just ecbb32e9d1 like that, 67d1df10a5 the address dae686d7a9 changed again. All off 262078f7d3 commission fees 599fc56b8f alone.7c62376f870dc610

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