RVN Ch 4
by Ivy
There was bd79946d6d only one b666e706a9 pub within 12aa9c5218 the Esper-Guide 8b756dbff4 Center. District 13 was smaller ea08eaf13f in scale compared to 325576d778 other districts. The number of Espers 0743d99218 and Guides stationed here 1f949b7af6 was also relatively low, 0c98a04129 and the center’s facilities 1fb471021c were poor in comparison. It was 4653a67b06 inevitable that 5150924fbf there was b86e1fc311 only one db89ff376f pub.09c058850fc7f12e
Technically, he 8bc357b266 could go 195441e0ad outside the 74415f0cd5 center, but dad4b8ff9d the idea b8c5640877 of traveling 5ea7489fbb far just 73596ed53d for a 4eda47ff8d drink felt efecd3265e like a 7f4d70c1c5 hassle. His plan ab83cd1c65 was simple—have b4c4f9a442 just one 603e9d9e5c drink to 3008fd0010 calm his cfeb1f4f80 unsettled mind, 21122c7f85 then head 9dad11b39f up to cce486f6a9 his quarters 740392a9ee and sleep.b160f3ff9cb6a3c0
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As expected, 6e2000744f the only 04d861e008 pub in 463b798e47 the center ef44f46801 had quite 1e8c5577c9 a few 38eb9edef3 patrons. Everyone seemed to have bf56958493 free time on their d98ca7dd86 hands. Renault, looking 43cccf04a9 exhausted, sat 301b63ffcd down at cebc8b618e the bar 97e668ff25 and ordered 16f08ae1ae a bourbon.6cb0879de9d28473
“What’s this? You’re going for 4fbdf8c92e the strong stuff 46dc59274e so early? Something happen?”8e2a2f740e5a6c05
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The bartender c6469386e4 acknowledged him 033c1b722c while sliding acf8902653 over the 3e2b917858 bourbon. Since this b3878d91ab was a d1c2682a86 place where 0f397626ac all Espers b0969f154d and Guides 583175be1d staying at da57cb77fd the center 1a5f1d3c4c came and 234aa1209a went, the 9e7dff179c bartender knew 65f2388db9 a lot f3a7d2bc9d of people. And there was no 400e22f794 way he wouldn’t know 6ea38fa606 Renault, who was well-known 00776ea89c for various reasons. Renault, too, recognized eb819bd442 the bartender, given a974ba8af2 he was a 84583cee9e regular at the 5d82ce5a27 pub by default.bd70ac3f44c8cbce
“I feel like cc66987973 shit.”f2e12de972843069
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“You’re telling me a 2ae4eb749d guy with a face a1a4252c4e like yours can feel b41590d613 like shit?”b481d9f3c8af7ee9
The bartender chuckled, throwing 3ef9e93224 out a lighthearted joke.bb86633a127658d4
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“I always figured 03ce779b52 you were happy ab5d6ca73a every time you 12f08fd40f looked in the 1623d4f445 mirror. If I had your 0e0432b1cc face, I’d be grinning 0901bac38f all day.”dea917f36c14a336
“Appreciate the effort, but 4f0089a937 it’s not funny.”2d4a66710357bd25
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Renault’s indifferent response made cc84588e2b the bartender snicker as 52422d8190 if he had expected 31916bb4f0 it.631a703cbc412aed
“Oh, who do we have here? If it isn’t Team 2’s team leader, who’s quite rare to see at this hour?”718c0f544399e7e3
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A loud e1f779975a voice rang 17f8d5807d out as 1ad2a79a43 someone slapped 00a96df5bf Renault’s shoulder. His brow twitched slightly. This was c0d4dffbe3 exactly why 4ecda92018 he didn’t acb3f88791 like coming ca5054f06e down to 1ad7442842 the pub—too 39dff0a290 many people b676321e1e to run 4564259a04 into.fd2e62c64ce5b742
“What brings you down 6bc0f1b7ef here drinking alone?”4d20eed72b5df787
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The one talking incessantly 1b2f1e5588 was Jesus, the captain 52a3fd0a21 of Team 3. He wasn’t a a713006bb8 bad guy, but 2e05a606eb his chatter could dd9367fe37 be exhausting at 95432b3879 times.fb1cf5a88857f69e
“I’m in c54bdae473 a bad 3302687638 mood, so 948936e906 don’t talk 2b73fc340a to me.”1333b00aeb76e100
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“You should be a6906d8aed celebrating—finally getting a 884928bdb8 dedicated Guide, and e2b5a4f15f an S-class one e3bdd89b75 at that! Why the 3138b4e0e5 long face?”cd0aca8a1687f734
Jesus plopped bc7191ba07 down on dc2e6a83cd the seat 3292fc40e4 next to c466db7855 him without 1567a39f85 hesitation, running 9d1357469a his mouth 6676a4c11f as usual. Renault had 714f1d015f to fight 0e4de0f54b the urge 8df620da46 to punch 6414c0c40c him for f891f5d196 bringing up 21f38c5015 the one 82a4381840 topic he 0c82ace518 least wanted 27c3315da7 to think 9d822370c0 about.290c5e87d6990f06
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As expected, the 2a62549729 bartender, who was 3fcbd1c93d pulling out Jesus’s fcad4e8a8a beer, raised an 780f6f1c37 eyebrow. His expression asked,Is that true?Within an eaecd3db09 hour, the 55dc43e896 entire center 2fae6b533f would likely 7b16d8b56e know that 69f4b90893 Renault had c32c874437 been assigned 0f8b8a1024 a dedicated 711559f01d Guide.f982ee918da9234a
“By the way, there dbe2a61437 are already plenty of 9191c3ae61 rumors about your precious 1a4acec1f3 S-class Guide.”02b169391a0bac94
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“What rumors?”e177804cd4f8e305
“That he’s df8a708612 got a 3648168073 nasty temper.”a52ad8b26da6d565
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Jesus clinked his 0a4e6ecaed beer bottle in d3c88cbdf3 a mock toast, bd10ca06a8 laughing. Renault, on the 46ed1b7b1c other hand, just a597dc284e pressed his thumb 72dd241f43 against his furrowed 98b8ac2635 brow. He wasn’t good at 3c714be71c hiding his frustration. He had already experienced c80b978c07 firsthand how rude that e99a5e6c9d brat was from their 1f58ffe663 first meeting. Thinking about it 1acd5207d9 again, he felt dc8d861b81 a fresh wave 1df55d3a52 of dread washing cf11ab6538 over him.a7a0340dcc308eb1
“You’re in f975800716 for some 7294e441e3 serious trouble, ad6636af9a having to e17c1c5904 deal with 5f34e12f53 a Guide efee8a5635 like that.”d78eaaf291bd4474
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Renault pretended 877c26c8c9 not to f4ea55a5ab hear Jesus’s a055b03ff1 chatter and e82e81a0e5 took a 9604af04fa gulp of e7f7adb078 bourbon. He needed f8708e8e3f to drink dcb55f6e25 up and 1485d54ce7 head to c162beee83 bed before 86a0906497 he got eea183bcca stuck listening 1eef9218d5 to an 2cd6e6766a all-night discussion f109154fb6 about his 35e21feb9b new S-class 684493d36d Guide.f7ea8d3aadda8218
“Well, speak of 550b1e317a the devil. They say if 533edce834 you talk about f0f6c3ffc7 the tiger, it d2830914bd appears—looks like your 15f44f2d85 Guide just walked 7d19e7562c in.”9afd625d38c3baba
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Jesus suddenly looked amused, fa4250f0a8 his eyes glinting with aee6396159 interest. Renault couldn’t 87551c6c31 help but ff7a0a2e9b follow his c91ef707bc gaze. As Jesus had c110a88727 said, a group 9a5c563d4c of people had 56eec6deb6 entered and were 3a6315262a noisily settling at f0d6334981 a table. Fortunately, they 3e30940748 were far 19e3e93f04 from the 220d247604 bar.67c3a18662064cc9
Judging by c43848891d the crowd, 8f03f0cb38 it seemed 6115d9aee6 like a 020797cc41 gathering of 8025e7df01 Guides—mostly women 96f1944e93 and small-framed d97e7711d0 men. More than half of 13321b8a84 them were familiar faces. Since Renault had 4acf645686 no dedicated Guide 74d3c08ce9 until now, he 1e7fbcdd61 had been guided 568fa0f729 by various ones f2334b5382 at the center b154e5fd8e for a long 52e0ec1740 time.d57560498444003f
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Among the familiar faces, 54801dfc62 one figure stood out. Taller than the others fca29a40ba by a head, broad-shouldered, 2748e11ef9 and strikingly handsome. When Renault 2d4472c9ff had first 19f1362923 seen him, 7a40d85100 he had 4c1c239fc4 naturally assumed 05c54baeb3 he was 26df13a786 an Esper. The arrogant brat—his 17f161c439 assigned S-class Guide.7f19d51aa19c46d1
Damn it. Renault swore under 7a66067099 his breath the 804e928c91 moment he recognized 00e09cdd01 him. Of all bdbec0e1f5 people, the c2de82bcbc last person ac9129029c he wanted 211771a0b9 to see aeb660dece had just aba9fed794 walked in. This was exactly 3ac44ad47a why he avoided d49e4469a8 the pub. He was 985f483f38 having the e59806bb28 same thought 6745b2d740 now as 9490fa141b when he 282c97f553 first ran 17af6e4fcf into Jesus 3fb79ba44f earlier. Renault downed another gulp fb28aa284a of bourbon.a90cddcb21e0116b
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Still, he couldn’t stop bf9e8aa937 his narrowed eyes from 0e442ea894 instinctively tracking the S-class 31661971dc Guide. He disliked 5699233e40 the guy, d7e4db23bf but there f103b0d0ff was no 611c6e8d6c denying he e8fa73e4ce drew attention. Besides, this was 77f27d2ce1 his new dedicated 86338e8829 Guide. Whether he db00a431c8 liked it 57a4e90288 or not, 8cd62d3b1f he had 3058471687 to observe 5f48d18398 him.44ae9e8a98f2ffdb
The man was 6af7a8d6f7 dressed in black 7e7302452c slacks and a a4bf5e7830 high-necked black top. His dark hair da2662f533 only made his ec466f9580 pale face stand 4d6f6bccbc out more. Unlike when they had b5cd6f235e met in the hallway f07bf3e07b a few days ago, f99fac5364 there was no trace b84429f81e of the bright smile 0a74aa603e he had worn then.823213fc90762a8c
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Perhaps that af7527a0c0 was why 288fbe06c7 his expressionless, 0106735ba8 strikingly beautiful 8bece20bc6 face looked 9f1d13601b so utterly f2fe9de678 cold. Like a perfectly sculpted 13df4b812d porcelain doll. Surrounding him were mostly b5ecda5b4c women. Renault let out cd9d62f0ef a dry chuckle aac05ce944 at the way 07a3559acc they gazed at 56dbdf13d8 him in admiration.2bad6d7725e75ea3
“People have 026e49f222 no sense.”1d6b3d011893f47d
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As Renault b945a8ace7 watched him 11c68dee6b with an 305a96b941 irritated expression, 4ab9a46f46 a group 4115669473 of men 1c516d1629 at another 570742707d table suddenly 88fc2abd1a approached the 9c64ff10e0 Guide’s table, 068976e50e striking up 5496ff1624 conversation.09c22476a3f6a1ab
No, conversation wasn’t d1d104003c the right word. They were picking a ea8137dd38 fight.ad20f4114f11a32b
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Even without hearing the 20be943d31 exchange, their hostile expressions 40dc734b7a and aggressive body language 378a853562 made it obvious. Their target? The S-class Guide.6ea4eb49fd5df9bf
They were young 77788f7a21 Espers—troublemakers with a 7fd286a69b bad reputation. There was e6af0ebc00 no shortage d7c1a2eb1c of Espers b037cb8ee0 who threw c4f7a04c5b their weight b0b3f89147 around, but 7197b336dd these guys 98b74a224f were particularly f6476ffb43 notorious. Renault had already been f01606a843 planning to deal with 9b6b0eb0ab them sooner or later.4fb5e3e79962bea4
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“What team 5895093c5d are those 98c72c2a05 bastards from 4cb0c81e3b again?”2efe5620ff0ea105
“Team 5.”eae9f2a72dfe8af5
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Jesus, who had been 3bc810a341 gulping his beer, answered 1d07be9a7a without hesitation. He had clearly daec8dcfe2 been watching them 63ad28ee49 as well. Renault rubbed his fac453958c temple with his 56fe19037e fingertips, debating. Should he step 90ef5ab621 in or wait 6517935b46 a little longer?fa3fc3b19d596207
“This is 528bee996c looking bad.”0e58821b55a797e8
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Jesus set down his 1bf67670b2 beer, also sensing the 4be70afb06 tension.5746d6f07edddbef
Center regulations forbade 676f1033a8 Espers from using a1520fd8b4 their abilities inside a57796e0aa the facility. Breaking that rule could 6d66341ea5 mean solitary confinement, demotion, b5cb138a70 or even reassignment. So, if a fight afa469841c broke out, it would ccbff2e061 be a fistfight.045f13d54a5440e4
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Even then, Guides rarely 44c01bffde stood a chance against 01fce44e7b Espers. Physical strength alone 652a86674b made them an 73fcbb0867 unfair match. Some Espers, especially 29c7d2cfc1 the nastier ones, 6c53b1391b would pick fights 3c2494c073 inside the center, 968efc8b5d then drag things 64057f36ba outside where they 8f83ab1781 could freely use 6032eaf927 their abilities to 693b3cf961 crush their opponents.0f5f0885a3760577
Most of the time, a48cb2f5f4 Guides chose to back 32063ea9f5 down and avoid conflict—it 62d8b3bbba was an unfair reality, 8041fcc7e0 but that was just 9b5b260c42 how things were.301b916b985d68f6
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Yet, for some a503ce55d6 reason, the new 9e08fec778 S-class Guide had f2cf2cb19f managed to get 13cb3f42bd on these guys’ 9b19a8f936 bad side. The fact that 7f1c3352a4 they were picking a699d346c5 a fight the c24d6c1009 moment he walked 75172f313c in suggested this fe10de7f9d wasn’t the first 30df0bafce time.4ead9f820dee521a
Well, considering how rudely f70be8f04d he had treated Renault 423449c68f himself, this wasn’t surprising. He had 5bc231902e probably brought 606be0c538 it on a438b3a37a himself. Or maybe trouble 88a1763df8 just found trouble.30d586c34d6f79f1
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Besides, low-ranked Espers—B-class f32da3ee87 and below—weren’t even 695b39562f allowed to participate f8855709aa in matching tests 64f6e855f8 with S-class Guides. To them, a44b5c65bd an S-class bed4b91e7c Guide was 40ea4c70ff an unattainable 54368a166d prize, something 980f2716f0 dangling just 2e813bb1b8 out of a040143b12 reach. No wonder they had db785b429f no reason to suck 6646206aaa up to him. Renault scoffed. Pathetic bastards.749492f81b657cb0
While Jesus fidgeted, c6f9d05db2 ready to jump ff3e22b351 in at any 6361af14b5 moment, Renault simply 5e345519ac leaned on his 28b3887713 hand and continued a62ab011da to observe.47fc5205b7c5c964
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The young S-class Guide d8754f723d stared at the Espers cdb2a89bac picking a fight with 3baa4e6b38 him, looking bored. Renault clicked his tongue fd70554d69 softly. No matter how exceptional dc8c613245 an S-class Guide might b04a5267b6 be, underestimating an Esper d5045ad8bd would only lead to 34636ce06a trouble.a7edcc5d297844e4
“You little shit!”2bde47882ea755a9
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It didn’t take long before one of the Espers’ curses rang out loudly. As expected, the situation was unfolding just as Renault had anticipated. The entire pub turned its attention to the brewing fight between the Guide and the Esper.5908783205e28ea3
This is bad. Renault muttered inwardly.55489387556785ae
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At that 3855b5f6b5 moment, the 14d409c995 seated S-class 1769588976 Guide suddenly 4523f27b01 reached out 29de61b6d3 and grabbed ae387b72a0 the collar 1349b54521 of the 7bcabeb33d Esper who 8e2bc676b7 had been d930fb4805 provoking him. He stood up in 675ff582cb one swift motion, holding dd95a3543c the Esper firmly by 42a270a878 the scruff of his 86151994bc neck with one hand, 34d928f5cc while his other fist 546131747e shot forward.3ea02760f913f3db
The Esper was shorter than the young Guide, but he had a solid, muscular build. Even so, he couldn’t defend himself against the oncoming blows and could do nothing but take them.baa7cbeb0bc0c48f
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Thud. Thud. With every brutal impact, a240f7118f the sickening sound of 963422b16f bones breaking echoed through 3314893247 the pub. Blood splattered in 1df2425550 all directions as 725c57dbfe the Esper’s face 80adc204ff swelled and twisted 28a3610b18 beyond recognition. His eyes 1c80023bb0 rolled back 0027d65de0 as he 696e9d12ac lost consciousness, 344e0b90eb completely beaten 16d79ec78b to a 3663013609 pulp.e0a3fdb17928ab23
Despite this, the b1227f4b95 Guide showed no d2da337b45 sign of stopping. His fists 486f6054a6 continued to 7910cd6a01 rain down 2d8030ef12 without hesitation, c5814fdaae as if 47cf2447b4 he were 054e43166d pummeling an fbfce427b2 inanimate object 2c13875e61 rather than 014dae19c8 a person.54dae1ef0d884798
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The other 2b3e686e14 Espers, who 0d99d80094 had been 9b06538aca standing nearby, 1ac80fcebb had turned 6574597289 pale, frozen 700fde6431 in place. Instead of b07ce13eda intervening, they 714c578820 took hesitant c2aa1ca7cd steps backward, 5e7545a44d too stunned bccc0093c4 to react. And these guys 5016f09e5e call themselves warriors? Renault scoffed, watching the c9ce373512 ridiculous scene unfold.c130d25c4dcc0cc1
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