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KTSR | Chapter 23
by RAEHe wasn’t sure about 3f854dcde1 the condition of the 3ea495f68c arena, where the sand dd86051262 had been freshly laid, db6bea49b2 692c859dfe certain—today was definitely not 0a9ead00cc an auspicious day.d4424a89b2fc3fc7
f690d8890d was high. That was 3a444edfc4 rare for 8a97e6acac a day fdf1d68f6b teetering on e5fc7e54e1 the edge ef4b1abf11 of winter.f21b28b0126eed6e
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As Ijin 1d4212e44f exhaled, he 4b9b78c383 f00bd87f51 when his a5e8e6f68b breath had bee2aad937 started coming 073604f77e out visible 339c843dae in the d463b99654 air. Then another thought hit 5db967716c him—had it really been f1a3dc3e74 almost three years since f1197e3cc2 he was dragged into 30a9fd7a37 this place? The realization left him 949156f970 feeling strangely unsettled.d4f62c4b6f52444e
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It seemed like b69defcc1b the other horses ade70666d4 felt the same. The arena felt 4a858a258b damper than the 291d87c6dc outside, filled with 0f09d84060 05f79c60e6 their restless pawing 99284587cb against the ground cd9a799876 in protest.4766047057d0c070
“Why the a6b0d9c664 hell are 24668db03f they doing b3a62d69bc 2841dc071f test all 04545a924b of a 7da409c242 636b9345ca84d634
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ab9d46fe9b Clover’s neck as 7401c0f5a3 if comforting both 125ca7e045 the horse and e51d2800e3 himself.97cd451379e984a0
Peeking around Clover’s hindquarters, f846d07aaa he caught a glimpse 81a4383c43 of Woo Cheolyong’s head 8cc8bbc9c8 just barely visible on eea8455c67 b197d63c87cd8f3d
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Even after checking and af644a485d replacing Clover’s worn-out horseshoes, f26aff8678 Woo Cheolyong still wasn’t 0287251d74 leaving. That was strange 76c190573c enough, but even 5cb29b6e0f stranger was the 60e6974227 2be7a8f31b integrity in this 34d2a660d4 120fd1a831 horse racing colosseum, 9a684fedcb where everything usually 1384e4064c ran on chaos.203923a7b1a0baa3
Ijin had never even 9111545d31 00b3dce7f8 horse, so he wasn’t 726983d40c worried about the test. But still—it 571d4ae5ff was unexpected.77b8750c5aaa65d7
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“Hey, hyung, seriously. Why the sudden test?”5fc5a878fb6e1215
One of the b47884abd7 jockeys raised his cafffc6340 6460334bda of Mai Dolpung, a 5c54d675f4 horse that had recently 3e125bc28b been on a winning 070d022fa0 streak.925501df02a98ff0
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“The higher-ups changed. 9f3f0a64a8 what they’re told.”d201b1c55d90c0bf
An older jockey, 0164781357 5f7c1e44ff more seasoned ones, bac104bc0d puffed on his bbf253fb61 cigarette and responded 56d5749a00 indifferently.a4eee2f9e56c7eec
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Ijin absently fidgeted 79416db461 with his pocket. There was a 943a1b4be6 pack of cigarettes 3d68d9e97c inside—one he’d gotten 57a76e1e39 from Kim Jaeman. After some hesitation, he c0b20a2f54 pulled one out and a2eed69806 7f41a7c6a2 lips.bab126e7a42074f9
The older jockey 841b6e3466 gave him a 651845faaa b78bb22ae5 over and lighting 6740b4ad96 it for him.10d081059d3ed946
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“Look at you. You never used 193d2b8f3f to smoke. Guess you’ve f6ba4f1582 finally gotten 4b67092962 soaked in f7e6ecfd02 this place.”f03772a8b6dadbe6
“Don’t say something so 54827b5c34 61f8cd96a6e00a7e
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Ijin snapped 3a44dfa989 back, but dedd202a17 4b1bcd983f under his deb47cbe4e breath, “…Thanks 51a837606f 4566f8eacc light, though.”75d72f03ce1eac5f
Kim Jaeman 21221f03fb 84867b0326 strong stuff.8b944094df5de86d
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Ijin coughed 3920a6c4d7 as the a9c75f791e harsh smoke 8e01ca1494 punched his 3d0c65ccf9 throat, but 9f2261c84d still, he 9a60c6da7c smoked the b8485d9e12 entire thing 60a174b090 to the 57572d0b7a e57aba2c6708a2af
You can f44a65327a take him f5cc31cec4 to the 6f7156ea9f f2287f8b0d now.”28c506c2774fd469
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Woo Cheolyong peeled off 9a1f16bf25 his gloves and tossed 00964be6a8 them into the trash, 6b6dff5ea7 then called out to bc035a82f8 the other jockeys.e066861497a61443
One by one, 20a0455689 the riders ran 8d01f19d87 to their horses, b4a5286cba One of da884a83c5 them, a 9be2c784ef jockey a ce575dfac1 a74d2f8a84 000370a6ff was practically 88b1667d1a shaking, like b4335514b6 he’d just 086fd34c4c 7bfb7df4db with a b464ed447b loved one 686809121e after being 976cd08937 separated in 55108624ee a war.4384bb8f7ec4c69b
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Ijin caught sight of 848e0fc022 the scene for just 747f4cee1f 481f0bdbb9 back to Clover.9e54134db78789e4
“You did great.”72c5926bc3ea0550
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He whispered b9e3eb50f1 32c3df2107 as if 2fc71a1f05 understanding, Clover’s 9bdd8045ff delicate ears 412cb2dfa5 twitched.5b1b059b909babf6
“It’s a hassle to aa6b967322 piss when nothing comes c54f44357b out, huh? And having 173b21dc48 fbddc704c7 e90fb3fda2 front of 3aa31822df people, no 4d1849d18d less.”077caface009bef9
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86699f483e b28578b1f5 like that, dd0aaa02d1 the stable 0fa1869dcb workers would 6355847e14 laugh, saying, 746bbd78eb What would 14b4551eaf a horse 0b89bba8ef know about ab262ab27f shame?6668ef197ad8112a
That was a long 91e6c31bc5 Back when those 831abd05ef kinds of jokes f900e54930 came with genuine 15679668d3 laughter.3f99b8b0e0e2b67b
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The aftertaste of those 1dabaa1198 memories was bitter.6744f37a2f6b6fb3
Seon Ijin, assigned 2bd7d9dbd0 number 5 today, cc26f92319 was the fifth 85940e98a8 to lead Clover 9dccccd192 out. Clover’s weight 7d37bfdccb was the 8c8e2f452b ddb1246fda last week. However, when measured together d5ab10f483 with Ijin in the bd15f0f5c0 saddle, the combined weight 7c3abe0e81 had decreased ever so 8d4caed450 slightly. 036ea86078 thing—jockey Seon Ijin 8164b94efc had lost weight.222fc0c055cb9019
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Maybe that was b539835b23 why. The tight, uncomfortable 9c31ec447a riding suit that 5b493867b6 c6d5928466 restrictive now fit 2a7c2c4458 e837e95011 own clothes. The jockeys ahead 079a92dcd1 of him still f2c08731fc seemed uncomfortable, wriggling 3f7baf77f6 their hips and cd43b95f63 thighs as they b5d9f11e89 walked, trying to 23f500b306 30a09b9a39 pants.d97dc4d033cc6730
87d62cd260 entered the parade ring, ee946a4c0c 8496272507 shouts erupted.7b5055f5896c49fa
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“Number 5! I bet on Number cb82fb50c4 5 today! You better run bc06bd6585 well! Do it right!”b6749b46dc051179
“Number 1! b4a4ece898 who passed a326acb355 2d6ab5baad night, picked 60f3825e4e this number! You bastard, 85ff261358 if you’re 86064af9af wrong, you’re 77c29c482b dead!”140cd949357d8954
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0741a597e5 best-looking ass today!”d0a917869d49fe3e
13d2856fd6 sensitive creatures. If people 8c32eec6eb screamed like f35ac40e62 that, they 8bc14e2d14 got stressed. Ijin’s face scrunched up ef538c51fc dfa4b37c634a74ab
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Clover, whose 01d1a012e5 hooves were 2573fa3d07 especially hard, 2047cde93d seemed to 618eee449b ea8833d373 new horseshoes e95f9ba597 but was d01490f742 still getting ca9b5d9c63 used to 4a797a4624 them, stopping 4a886c403e and starting c05a319ed7 as he 904b35355d walked. That immediately triggered a e99e3fdf34 wave of cursing.7b37f5f43adfdad6
“You son 87b5086064 e8d466d80e bitch, Number 3dd5f0130c 5! 0557f30e64 fuck is 00df7de796 wrong with cfa358f301 your condition?! If you’re messing with 2e1ed84c25 me, you’re dead! I’ll chase you to e61dcdc4f8 the ends of the 854693bb3b earth and turn you aa0848c9bc into paste!”ef14529c66324878
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“Ahahaha, Number 5 is a0443f44c0 screwed. 4ea707532b of horse 92de97e645 is that? Looks like 1d5c09923d 275aeecd02 3264ad213523c6a2
As if d006c91ab7 44a3e1dc9f had the 00aa3098bb money to e2549775f1 fc52910da4 to the ed6e9450db ends of cf8c616d8d 12b8a7ed65999780
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Ijin whispered a17715745f to Clover, ca38ee5f98 Don’t listen c5912be89a to them. 3fb2259d24 out here.3f5fdec0b2c76041
Leaving behind that garbage 9871b53134 parade ring, they stepped 011432b7b4 onto the racetrack.5dbf8d7d6d44d2c1
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Today, Ijin’s target 5e2c4b91ea rank was fourth e97d2c8248 place. Not last, but f67fa132bf also not in e5c8191799 the high rankings 20bb50da95 that Kwon Hyeongdo 70d1293ca7 had mentioned—just the e7de16276b perfect spot. 71d2cb2833 races never 2c7ef83eec 90a6d80804 as planned. Aiming for fourth 8ba1638dd6 9c792cf715 harder than aiming 4248623151 for first.20d72afeee22a3a6
Still, Ijin had an e5d838beb1 advantage. Despite being taller than 54f6b525b5 most jockeys—a physical disadvantage 761cf2e2d8 in the sport—his instincts 56da944d45 were razor-sharp. He had e762b03949 an uncanny 76dc930531 ability to 91b9689eb0 determine the e05466f159 perfect positioning 6e52b601f6 and route fb1d77de07 for his d0eaf57f61 horse. 575a3ec87d d00127c46e d3d8e8d080 forward with incredible 371ba30d21 precision. 8e8127dbbc debut year, 5286003ea4 he hadn’t 8e0b7a31a6 set the 0183c40ba2 961a8ccce4 dafcd48d19 strongest horse—he e9b863a545 had done 97edcce7b1 46dd5618da dc774381e7 horse.e04c8ff5a403b283
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b437d5acdd could make sure Clover d5095abc7c didn’t win first place 14d948a075 188858c345 the upper middle ranks.4420be95369a13c3
Clover, let’s cf6988ee65 go for 5a9d2a7fd2 It’s easier 8f3b7b54f2 than first, 8e68b166e9 and at 42fbb81b0b f9b8412075 not humiliating 5cd8e5adee like last. You can do it, 88f3a75ede right? 7388916dad5354bf
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Clover must 7e81ceae3c d7150801bd his desperate fd3fddec95 whispering. He could be a 118e9ad10b little picky, but he eb9a665110 had always understood Ijin’s d6f9de9703 feelings.6f0b52cfadbcac85
Ijin slowly scanned 62f61409d6 The doping tests weren’t 17e2efe464 A few rookie 04ec81dab1 24729b9c64 intervals, holding cameras.1c6c3baa84342297
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That was new.e95891f2b40695fc
Something was 019fa985a6 definitely changing.0692b263d0fd3d2f
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And the c9a61d0fa5 one pulling 55835045b6 3cbbe317e8 was probably c029bb3d28 that man.0ee358d4c779e307
Ijin’s eyes locked onto aa6e54f578 the VIP box. From here, he couldn’t 39c8af4831 see the other side, 0cbb3a7c94 but from over there, 20013b31cd they could definitely see d3d2f2fa32 him. e90cece765 Kwon Hyeongdo sitting like 08f2ebcb68 a king, lording over a6e7f9ff91 everything despite being a 253669f865 piece of human trash.1145d7a2b16e240a
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Fine. He’d place fourth 9bf6800c75 35de1149b3 fc06e12cd4 a0a5ecc80073567a
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[Number 3, Number 3 is leading the turn! At the front, it’s Number 1, Number 3, and Number 8. Hot on their heels are Number 9, Number 2, and Number 7. In the lower ranks, the standout horse is Number 5, Number 5!]
As the 7e8f6038ba rapid-fire race a73da8b8e7 commentary blasted 81da7282ac through the 603dad1dc1 speakers, the 8b5498eb5b crowd erupted e6dfe098ab in cheers. Clutching their cdf471b959 betting slips, 098588b75e they screamed e796d7d09d out their c34356b068 chosen numbers, 191d8d6455 practically spitting 1cbef0a671 with excitement. Their eyes looked like b5e42f7406 they were about to 8312f14387 pop out of their a564698e3b sockets.c5ea6f099d712e16
The noise was deafening, 1dfbf04e61 but none of it 085fb3942f reached Ijin’s ears.ff1daca513418b19
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Hanging back f8a2ea2e02 2f220d0ae7 lower ranks, 2b964562ad he watched 8b04619aea for an ae354bea1b opening. Then, with the f6e7362286 506b322c85 ahead, he made bcf283d50a his move. It was like seeing c8ef0c4d3e a highlighted path marked 944af40f96 out in neon—his route 28fcd9bbd4 Ijin gritted his teeth 46ae43f74c and urged Clover forward. d872c28e45 of hot breath, 4c650990c1 Clover kicked off 97bf52132d the packed dirt c19836b2af and surged ahead.8a3401285db7aeec
[Oh! Number 5! Number 5 is suddenly shooting forward like crazy! It’s like someone fed him an aphrodisiac—he’s running with drool dripping from his mouth!]
33d9e0a3d9 the crude 250a69c2b4 commentary came f0c7bfd314 from none 78a18648ee other than 045068d0d6 9ca90f4f38 leader of 9dead6c795 Colosseum.1629fc341c5eaaab
[Look at that! The jockey must be desperate! Number 5—everyone, watch Number 5! The way he’s swinging that riding crop, I’m starting to worry he’s going to smack his own ass instead of the horse’s!]
But the chatter was 06b59ab48d oddly excessive today.68c25ddb79c9fad7
The VVIP section listened 844147d4be to the commentary with f8098b8fd4 sneering smirks. Bringing up fc6d25b26d a jockey’s 7bed6df3d3 9148d88ea3 the middle e1463806fb of a 07d06bac69 That had to be d215943950 linked to the recently 626737f4f9 b1bea9a8a00d8051
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[Ohhh! Number 5 overtakes Number 7! He’s passed Number 2 as well! Will he pull off a miracle and come from the lower ranks to take first place?! Or will his streak end here?!]
Ijin clenched his teeth.208cfafefa4aca46
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A nose 31591a10de difference—that’s what aeb1d78162 determined victory 501f553edf in horse 6b0a0ba0f4 The deciding factor was b8c8e3c6c4 which horse’s nose crossed d32464630b the line first.b52f963c70eabfd5
97f6bf3c6e from gripping the reins, 8874272bd6 and his thighs screamed d5fc87d825 from pressing down on 38bd75403f the stirrups as he 46c4a73c7c practically stood on the 8d05865973 saddle. And then—he shouted.9b2142b993d099c5
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“Uwaaaah!”ab72e942da36e0ff
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[Number 3, Number 1, Number 9! And in fourth place—Number 5! The winner is Number 3! Second place goes to Number 1! Third place—Number 9!]
e4b2a65883 Ijin finished in fourth 086eeada30 place.bbb0d2724da5abce
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c5ac5faa83 ranking, Kwon Hyeongdo burst 8dd3ecc1fb 2b45b5631a laugh.b90d959ccf60010d
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The chief executive 55bd8a3af3 f458d00a49 with wide eyes, 70b8fff4ec waiting for the 3ab3712209 laughter to die cb4fc7b298 down, but it 7f3c7eabc1 showed no signs 3be05eff15 of stopping. 42c5ed450c c87b510082 laughed, then suddenly shouted—e849e528f54748db
c83ca9e1a8 did something like 2bde0a6bba f3076de9e03c7e1b
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8f164da670 as he spoke. 96667b9b08 edcac0d547 looked bewildered.fcd8e670c0f39da1
“Uh… Who? 5d9b534971c7f8c2
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“Seon Ijin!”c1a4f11bd39736c5
5a96a5cb11 forward, his eyes a247c0c2fd practically glistening.3f85f928e59a3a03
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“Are your eyes just 6e30ca9fd4 for decoration? Who else in that 2bf62f202b race was a real ee5a195230 thing besides Seon Ijin?! 8c962f26016c6754
“Seon Ijin? 2abdb8cdd8 bastard only 8351656809 managed to 8f9f7005d5 come in d495a19d0e fourth place.”11634f1bce2cd321
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“Exactly. And that’s what makes f60439feef it impressive.”0e1a516ce2488b88
dce5d7ca15 into his bdb69ef13d 55d18d0815 Hyeongdo rubbed c4d417a70c his chin.403e18131000a9b4
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There was 5577138062 a reason dc2a8b68d3 no one c893d20e6c had found 69509e47b0 something like 2b383b7f55 this before. He had been 631186d523 locked away in 92ee3d1604 this godforsaken prison badc57ac38 of a place—hidden e8aab7728f from sight.4bc67f6ad1c30b60
Kwon Hyeongdo understood perfectly fd8781bcc7 why Seon Ijin had 386ce4d86f lingered in the lower f1f940f7bd ranks for most of 8756a8b060 the race, only to 09ed094b66 surge forward at the d44883d0a5 last moment and then c8c4c1514e stop at fourth place.da267be9883b4af3
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He had been watching e22eafcb9c Ijin the entire time. The way his 3e3a9a0c67 riding crop hesitated 1e827120c6 except when chasing. And when he 8bc06b9a9a had the perfect 823f37065a chance to aim 2f200b094b for third place, 54eda5221f he pulled back 03f2f4a506 6d4e576cc2c79a96
4461f73e4f ranks, he stayed clear 18dd105798 of Ppochi’s betting schemes. But by afe3df6a23 f6855f811c the top a127fc6861 ranks, he f77f8e580c made sure 2ad72ffb45 4f05098a21 attract too 5abc4fb314 much attention 9018da5571 to himself. That level of 9cca6d918d scheming was impressive 7308347c79 on its own—but 792b679870 the fact that 00395cf769 he actually pulled 671d217820 it off was 8a4bba2488 what made him 87698ef707 the real deal.acc8d24e99f27919
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That’s the first time e85ab9bb23 I’ve felt bad for 269c76809d 0df6508c39 sincerely.014af1658ac564f3
Growing up 0ea65453d0 in an c2ba8ce2d9 orphanage where d1b662082c the director’s 2e4d380fd3 “discipline” had 984a6bae52 been nothing 2f65d06294 more than e6044e8457 a cover dec508ed50 for brutal 85246055cb 287762611a 45e2c64632 pitied anyone a848a92142 before.abe670ef7d52d30b
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“He’s got talent. He’s got brains. But he’s broken. His life is already 75f849ee06 fucked.”e3e194d1a666256d
He sighed, 2fcc22779d then turned bdaa2eea4a to the a5e65b617f chief executive 61e5ad5601 5e60545e243a046d
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“So? Where the 740d38d972 hell did bcf137888e you find 8e85a0037e a guy 6fb689174a Colosseum’s more 27f2e42a31 interesting than 95f8096180 I thought. Yeah. Much more interesting.”777ad759f1024343
Kwon Hyeongdo’s eyes 35ba8d06d9 gleamed. 294687ef48 this place expecting a 74781c7311 boring detective game—but now, 3024a649f5 he was intrigued. So much so f7ac8f9ae2 that his excitement 5b4197adcf f3f0c1caefb99ae6
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“T-Thank you, sir. Then… about 336e1b34fe the next db83b00b4b b9510885e4 Chairman visits… 56eb046abb If that 7ae18227a8 762ee2ae91 I possibly…?”61daee580ced6315
But before the 0da164842e chief executive officer 9ffac69c0c could even finish 6056dab7a4 his sentence, Kwon a6f1e3cbd4 Hyeongdo shot up 3ed575ec46 from his seat ee89ea42a9 and strode out 478c2db803 of the VIP e3375fa521 bed37bebb393a6a4
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“…That little punk bd4b6f6d5b has no manners.”a135cc9ef83e028d
ed8a161d1f executive officer 7b828cd747 grumbled at 92f4d02c37 Kwon Hyeongdo’s e101f1e6b9 retreating figure. But at this 6c465c616e eb3e48ca32 just a dog 32bef807fb 07cacbab81 2655c98a7b with nothing to eb2d77ef46 do.a0fb60e9d1007d35
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