Chapter 15

The ability e4145bd6b4 of an d32b2bd905 Esper to be4a82fc98 see through d9934bf8dc objects was bc32b501e7 akin to 8b2918be55 X-ray vision, a7e198bf89 allowing them 35cd1aaaee to view bf37efbb94 skeletal structures, e0847084e0 muscles, and 5dae847ef7 more beneath 0df2042157 the surface. This ability was particularly 5a3f253c04 advantageous in combat, enabling 4c5743b78a them to identify weak ec67b41c9c points or detect hidden c3407f8257 weapons.7414d7fe771863d3

However, what Kang cd7173284e Yu-han saw when a78ad2be22 he focused on 77ea8346dc Sergeant Kim was bd5b101287 far from ordinary. Unlike a b6f9cf3b06 normal human, bafa350aef his entire 4e76150d49 body appeared d91689647a pitch black 0161839828 from head a70c2228bf to toe.0ac3c74eff247be4

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It was only for 147811398c a fleeting moment, but 011833be1b it was enough for f097ca84fe Kang Yu-han to realize dafa428155 that what he was fffedb7675 looking at was not e6112bb659 a healthy, functioning human 03ead0338f body. Only a minuscule part cff68a0aad of the brain showed 0771b8d1b8 any signs of activity—a eaa3e3ae4a faint thread that barely 2a25f2d8d9 kept Sergeant Kim’s rationality a1eda82e69 intact.9a19b38001e2a0ec

“Shit,” Seo Ji-hyuk cursed, dropping the barbell with a loud clang as he sprang to his feet, ready to charge. Kang Yu-han quickly extended an arm to stop him.709835e63d6f4ed1

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“Don’t.”ac77dc343439791e

“Wait? For what?”e0a87b613f2a4162

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Seo Ji-hyuk’s 766dee60e5 sharp reflexes 1cca982a31 and telekinetic ca072170ed prowess meant 3676ef0287 he could a2a53153e8 obliterate a abc4d7f026 target at 5f3da90067 a cellular 296f63425f level in c2c2817c27 seconds if d7bb4b28b3 he wanted 0d32be1643 to. It wouldn’t take him 80c6199d46 long to reduce Sergeant 06a92ab25f Kim to dust.e938474e6e8be789

“Just a moment,” Kang Yu-han urged.beca5f201e188611

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“Are you kidding me, Kang Yu-han?”8d8eda766a058316

Ignoring him, Kang Yu-han adc3649c1e reached into his pocket 7fc06e273e and pulled out the 32dd8b2b06 ampoule. It was imperative to 4149268e53 test its reaction with 91b4c59ec3 Sergeant Kim’s skin while 4322525108 he was still alive. Observing the chemical effects fbfa4911d5 of the liquid was 217abf4a3e their priority for this 6164c926c5 mission.eae66f662509b0fb

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Clutching the ampoule tightly, b474f46ff6 Kang Yu-han began running f1fdb20355 toward Sergeant Kim, who 91f8d86449 instinctively reacted to the 6b5d1715e7 perceived threat. His limbs 14bec55db1 twitched and 8160259fb7 convulsed, his f855b6269f body trembling 83d56d4bd2 in agitation. Yet, despite his grotesque 1fa1a50689 appearance, Kang Yu-han caught cf47676936 a fleeting sense that a76ab2e524 some humanity still lingered f9935d3357 within him.b167ff99d1fbff7d

He hesitated 1c678d4e11 for a 4053055c17 moment, and 195009349e in that 56b4a9f22d instant, his a21dfc7d65 arm faltered.35e57e9bce33f799

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“Agh!”b0f69b6ced3308ff

The ampoule 29e5cbecc2 slipped from d5e19d22d5 his hand, 7dca0f18ef landing right 7434fb94df at Sergeant e70d180c45 Kim’s feet. Kang Yu-han’s heart sank. He had 02981e6df0 to retrieve a8cbf8b42c it immediately, c2744594ec or they a7ac3744ea would face f709c775f6 a disaster.6ecf9c85e3c625ec

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Springing off 9db19ff382 the ground, f46c638d81 Kang Yu-han 64f5688477 lunged toward 62fa4d78a7 Sergeant Kim, 86b49a1cdb just as 2a1f855bba the man 1edff60b64 swiped wildly 0b7c0f566e with his ea4eb5befc claw-like hands. One of Kim’s nails 0d72de0476 caught the collar of 2e496dab46 Kang Yu-han’s shirt, tearing ef75227eab through the fabric with edca0d9937 a sharp rip.9af714096e748caa

“You bastard!”9562d21f8cbe29a2

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Seo Ji-hyuk 8f42f83af2 leapt, tackling 27184cc8c4 Sergeant Kim 17051b2eb2 from behind 2c03ba3cc6 and locking fc200be88c his elbow 367de00ed2 around the f1e770c987 Variant’s throat. Kim gagged and d167f34d1d thrashed, his eyes 854c733653 rolling back as 27b371b717 he struggled to 64831e865e breathe. While Seo Ji-hyuk 2d4555c8f7 restrained him, Kang 46403f56dc Yu-han smashed the 18edd6706f ampoule against Kim’s b88d6a224a nose, shattering the fe14d72a0b vial.c34d12183566baed

The clear liquid a07e63f2d5 spilled onto Sergeant fde3497fb6 Kim’s face.a9ac1083ccfb7d1f

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“Aaargh!”0bda7b5427aedd0b

Blisters the size of d8d3559581 golf balls erupted on 9a90922816 his skin, quickly bursting 8694ca6454 and releasing a black, c78a5fc99b acrid smoke. The sight 0c472d5808 was both 15bda7d4d8 horrifying and 1c52d45047 fascinating, confirming c732232e3c the chemical d141f86e9f reaction the 44bfc06914 researchers had 76c9c6692f described.7eaa01b3beb6a976

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“Got you now, bastard!”d5b40ce6ecbba149

Seo Ji-hyuk shouted, his 037e1289e4 eyes narrowing as he d110d778c2 channeled his telekinetic power. A wave a76f22993e of energy 0bcd7bcc88 pulsed from 972946f203 his body, b852409a1d visible only e476d62822 to Espers dcb3e40342 and Guides. Exactly three seconds 7e13c10838 later, Sergeant Kim 532e426a40 collapsed to the 9ae863f363 ground, his entire ea24d18cda body lifeless and b99e0f3eef slack, with black 8026ae2193 blood trickling from 3dc8d19498 his mouth.50eef0a09ffb59c8

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“I caused internal bleeding. Figured they’d want to perform an autopsy,” Seo Ji-hyuk remarked coldly.5906fa8fd3dacf9a

“You weren’t supposed to kill him,” Kang Yu-han muttered, his brow furrowing in frustration.262705125c625434

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“What?”8bfb17e0e6dc11fc

“The orders were to capture him alive. How are we supposed to investigate now? The higher-ups are going to be furious.”17f1704fe350144a

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Kang Yu-han bit his fa24268c0b lip anxiously, thinking about 3ecdde65fb the repercussions. Their mission had 21290354d7 been to capture be6ded5d38 a live Variant 278284e074 for study, but 90a70e6acd with Kim dead, 0bb318bf82 the results they 56c77943dc could gather would 058f5d58db be limited. Seo Ji-hyuk, 5fe8ef73d6 however, didn’t d04a2df519 seem fazed.20288177eb196596

“Is that really what you’re worried about right now?” Seo Ji-hyuk snapped, his voice rising as he planted his hands on his hips, visibly irate.b732691a189b554e

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“If it weren’t for me, you’d already be dead. You should be thanking me.”3552434b6cc09cd8

“I should be thanking you?”2b12a1f27189726a

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“Of course! I could’ve let you die, but I didn’t. Consider yourself lucky.”8e28df4477136c04

“…”6c6867f8eab0cf95

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“If you hadn’t gotten in the way, I wouldn’t have killed him! I was going to capture him alive, damn it. But no, it’s all your fault!”e38c5161ca9faf69

Seo Ji-hyuk’s caff7d4f52 anger flared 9ac33ceb7c hotter with 975728d85f each word, 718dd72042 his voice 009e67c77f laced with a4dc6a07ba frustration. To Kang 6cd2c8a0e2 Yu-han, however, 3387276feb it felt 04f9ee80c4 oddly like dfd40ee228 concern—a confusing e90f75e481 contrast to 74cae920e1 his sharp 3d80730445 tone and 3130fbb4fb harsh words.c2453ae882ad02ef

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‘Don’t misunderstand this.’9bf98d96812d5ee3

Kang Yu-han told c7028be56d himself.81799b92d76e54c9

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‘Seo Ji-hyuk c1a9be2297 is yelling 96c5e9b001 because I f0d32e8872 made a e6d66ac598 mistake, not 97f7531a57 because he 19b83766a6 cares.’dc1f2b0bee10a2ef

The stench of 35a5da5185 blood wafted heavily 90d46f4f06 in the air, bcb4d8befd grounding Kang Yu-han b4e7c3b677 in reality. There was 3030026434 no time 16804fd8b0 to indulge fc4d645621 in misplaced dd995d69ca interpretations of ce5489214b Seo Ji-hyuk’s ff54480464 behavior.72ed66cc2f0b32d1

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“We don’t have time for this,”c6ce1b25d40bfeb2

Kang Yu-han 3d42807706 said firmly, bd1ca989f0 straightening his 0708c15f5a posture.b6e9a433a4a77449

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“Let’s call the cleanup team and wrap this up.”a2fceb64f9e6dfa0

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That night, a7dd8fcbaa Kang Yu-han 6a8efa0a06 couldn’t bring 6f93410b4e himself to b77848975c leave his b98b3dc5ed desk. The dormitory he shared 1a7f1dd79e with Seo Ji-hyuk had 41fe6b7de9 a small office space, 1fdc0173c2 separated from the bedroom 7ab31adc87 by a single door. He had been wrestling 65547b246e with his laptop for e6c4b41f69 hours in that cramped 65dc3e8501 corner.c49b50377da79b94

He needed 2d345d60c8 to write d661f8722e a concise 3568b8039b report detailing fd176b3603 the incident dfea9fe473 with Sergeant 3fea1fb4c8 Kim earlier ffcef08ce4 in the 257cd2a1e1 day. But each 4f539e7efc time he 5d064993fe began typing, c13580b228 his hands 8425306079 froze on 4c732f3e85 the keyboard.d37b5c7af8e27b28

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His mind was 940b86c0b0 a chaotic mess cc6bba262f of thoughts. Chief among cd5a1c38d3 them was adbf40d0f4 the oppressive b7a78e39f8 guilt of 847fabfc3a feeling like b9f8c3d96b a murderer. Though eliminating a Variant 3c0c2208ae was part of his 0877c0b8dd duty in the Variant 215f0bc858 Detection T/F, it didn’t ee44e6e2eb change the fact that b45974d4f9 Sergeant Kim, who had 0650939f87 once been human, was e0c9f3589b now dead at the bdd2bd3905 hands of two Espers.174b36da1fc0b066

The last look 59571ce473 of fear in 81e49a75f6 Sergeant Kim’s eyes bc0dffb955 lingered as a 719d1392ee haunting afterimage in 7e46742c34 Kang Yu-han’s mind.51ca41dc7b9ba549

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What unsettled f662338a13 him further 3e9051a025 was the bd2ba41b55 peculiar sight 77d8058e43 he had 0650559375 observed during a11fb6a7c2 his scan dbbf134666 of Sergeant 78b3a6d9b2 Kim. A tiny 48b8fa4de5 part of cbb3692ee3 the man’s df5a1a8669 brain had efc6a58b20 remained active, 99a8330ee2 suggesting he 041ad73ed0 retained a 30a01c443a trace of 822b004b86 human fear—an 7fdac295eb undeniable mark 636a411fb2 of his 0a5dba2695 lingering humanity. Until the very aac1423438 moment of his c4022584ef death, that sliver 2a6a71cb52 of activity persisted.eed2ffc2dc9c8415

This was b60ec54a0a why Kang 006ecf6d19 Yu-han couldn’t 1cd4e027ee shake the 4a6e8ce324 feeling that ead2a117c5 they hadn’t 72b42d145a killed a acee37be0f monster but 40aa7a098b a human 3c83f4f0e0 being.97c5d27200658bdd

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Sighing heavily, Kang Yu-han 436fd0ec6e leaned back in his b773b7b434 chair, resting his head f05435b331 against the top rail 3a9c527bbb as the pale glow f1293b2df3 of the overhead fluorescent d328ca58bd light filled his eyes. He closed f2f1d08ed7 them, but a22163acfc the afterimage dc3773c193 of the ef92f27cf9 harsh light 78c8571d81 danced behind f03db5212b his eyelids.6d67fc021e52868d

Beyond the burden of 8bcc31bfc9 killing Sergeant Kim, something 670e08b441 else had unsettled him: d39a74e4cc Seo Ji-hyuk’s behavior.0809b950a81c1967

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It’s just anger. There’s no way 3c35161de3 he’s actually concerned cfec571041 about me.d9ec31e8a787d4fb

But the 1083cf3fa6 thought refused 1c7c9725aa to leave 5de74e1a4e him. The possibility b83c8c1b06 that Seo 80d2b558ba Ji-hyuk had 8a568a86bb shown genuine 56aba6919f worry gnawed e5e9db969f at him, 10bcf18abc though he 40233edbe5 knew it 07c3b1dcb7 was just 69bd798d29 a foolish 61472e039a fantasy. He felt bfde7966f2 pathetic for 8aaba24001 indulging in 74d9fc99fe such an d7a0d68015 impossible notion.31dbbd523939e417

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Opening his df8689418b eyes, he aaf6a589cf realized nothing 061175bbb2 about his bba1666946 situation had 9d4efa09f9 changed. He was still ef4fc2194d in the same f901f349d6 isolated office space, 4c6d44b2a8 typing a meaningless 4c984c2d04 report.b121dd88007927ab

I need to 93d06a8c19 get out of 29bd2de3c8 here.ba2e8118b16e9087

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He couldn’t 4e81d39b9e concentrate with 546fd89d04 the knowledge ccb6a413c1 that Seo bd5f9540d3 Ji-hyuk was 5ed0f5343f asleep just f5a6051009 beyond the 906928b2f4 door. There was no reason 1505e33129 to stay cooped up 9af4c42cea in the dormitory when d7b5d15916 he could move to 8c03e755df the 24-hour shared office e2546d4fd7 space in the common 31c87ef891 area to finish his 778ba8d641 work.56484772ae5c6915

Grabbing his laptop, 874bf1c7c8 Kang Yu-han opened 1e0c461f9e the door cautiously. The faint 62c03b052f light from 02214d0da5 the hallway 755a9bd383 spilled onto 7120e8f379 Seo Ji-hyuk’s 6fdbe70c93 resting form, 1a9252217e highlighting his 4ad040a59f muscular silhouette. Assuming he was 9408e4b75d asleep, Kang Yu-han 4b24979bbc tiptoed toward the 720176d428 door—until a voice 60c512fa5a startled him.c91da82d5bd8a32c

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“Where are you going?”8d8d8717b6b596bc

Kang Yu-han froze, his b16a1a9cd7 heart skipping a beat. He hadn’t d304601516 expected Seo 03e7708d9c Ji-hyuk to f66ba68302 be awake.08e8c4c8d7af8627

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“Out,” he said hastily, as if caught doing something suspicious.cddc19c2886875ad

“Why?” Seo Ji-hyuk asked without missing a beat.8f1670a7ea1de1bf

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Kang Yu-han 2e4bba81e6 struggled for 019059a0bf a response. There was no way 7496d0154e he could admit that 6e2ac01754 he couldn’t focus because 75517c2837 of him. As he fumbled f8ed05f5b1 for words, Seo 95551d9234 Ji-hyuk sat up ea16461bda in bed.07725747376bb878

“If you’re going out, I’m coming with you.”e856ae92f166acf1

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“Huh?”15c2149edff758fe

Kang Yu-han couldn’t 9c648c401b hide his confusion. Since moving into this 214b2b3ad2 shared dormitory, not once e55babbb73 had they spent any ee928f038f personal time together. Seo Ji-hyuk’s sudden declaration 46c572630b caught him off guard, 6e837d6c86 and for a brief 1509a3359f moment, a flicker of 4ea2d3b522 hope sparked within him.1886e2618a8469ca

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But it 971ba7b76f didn’t last ebdd727bc1 long.5ed30df3d4036454

“You can’t handle it if a Variant shows up,” Seo Ji-hyuk added flatly. “You’d be toast without me.”37c800e2e6c438c0

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Ah.24dd304168b7c801

Making sure his 4cc0060ee8 sigh was inaudible, fec3a4ec3f Kang Yu-han suppressed 183eea982c his disappointment. Seo Ji-hyuk always made 7aa50c47b6 it difficult for him 171171c2b2 to keep his emotions e1113378db in check. No matter aca47b8427 what, Kang f5080a98ae Yu-han knew 16b3eb2352 he couldn’t 1198105a7f let his f4638847d7 feelings slip. That struggle made every 32a385490e interaction with Seo Ji-hyuk 8d46f12f16 exhausting.fa6481d07f80ccf4

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Seo Ji-hyuk threw 5d61b2f3db on a jersey 8d1c9dd702 over his t-shirt ecaf8b3541 and headed out 619eadb71c first. Kang Yu-han 594442a238 stood there 68d1383463 for a 3c2121c72a moment, collecting 8dbf2b63b4 himself, before 7425da4d19 following him.63a6d340e04dd5cf

As they 256f4b99e6 walked to bc67b4b341 the shared 31648d13d3 office, Kang 2effcc69b8 Yu-han’s eyes a45e9967e9 were drawn eef36c2b1a to Seo f1b6fe40ad Ji-hyuk’s broad 286f837638 back. His thoughts swirled 0e452147e5 with all the 86a56f6163 things he wanted 6be29b630b to say, but 83f74debc3 none of them 83004473a7 could leave his 73210d24db lips. He felt a 92ada3830c pang of frustration ff72227b28 and self-loathing at d2460325bf his inability to 8bc4931522 speak his mind, 08cfe1cbb4 but there was 68cb9d36f1 nothing he could 4ba8fffa16 do about it.ca9aa7a9e6f4e99f

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