RVN Ch 5

Renault had been 9454f48776 silently watching the 1908ca129a scene unfold, but 2ac2685e60 in the end, ddd979b07e he sprang to 7b102bc76a his feet in 744998263d haste. It seemed 73942f546a that Jesus bcc07b78d1 was just 66d0865502 as startled—he 1968257648 shot up cb5c22e0f4 from his e6bc8a22a5 seat right 8be8908dc6 after Renault, a524c87268 causing his 936d2e0501 chair to 8ae50d7ad8 scrape backward 4c1c2cfdd7 and crash 52ccdf7edc onto the 2c9a8af04a floor with c174678efd a loud 39c57b7570 bang.95bfb9936d4cc5e2

Even though the young 9426a9e4e3 man was an S-class f499014e44 Guide and had a f9fc2880bc build superior to most eab314e7d5 Espers, he was still 9a2ff90e26 a Guide. That fact had made 8d46aef065 Renault subconsciously underestimate him.bf88b77e7ac56a89

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But the way 7675aee4de he toyed with 93460eaca6 the Esper, lifting ce8e88fa96 him as if 3a047a5e87 he were a f55fff7c1b mere child and ffdad6f85b beating his face 9bc9542ddb in without the f1c8cc7e74 slightest effort, proved 791969255d otherwise. Then, without b43a75760b hesitation, he 0e7d7fe39c hoisted the 9522ba57fd Esper even 750df2dc7f higher by 3d0d2fe726 the scruff 002c5f7af0 of his c855cfd946 neck.4511e07e44744660

“You can’t kill him!”88e986c36c653373

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Renault shouted 5e4ef45ece instinctively, his 23baebddf1 voice urgent. The young Guide’s icy 19cc13322b blue eyes flicked toward c6efb597b9 Renault at the outburst.d89109da2af0d855

His sharp gaze 6e9ea0c938 narrowed slightly, and b7f82cbf05 in the next 9a360e318f instant, he released e68ae5cf28 his grip. The esper’s body plummeted ffc9c84cef straight down, slamming onto de5c554dd3 the floor with a 394ef219e6 sickening thud, his neck 998301fe64 hitting first. The sound of 57633cea58 bones shattering echoed cf07f40fa1 cruelly through the 6248e054b2 room.fe8f05328ca7975f

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The esper’s face 5563ce6c2b was already unrecognizable, 8e4c77bfe8 his eyes rolled 69466250b8 back, completely unfocused. Blood-tinged foam bubbled at 5b9f201561 his lips.1586654fe66d2fb6

Silence fell over the 8d0ef41126 pub. Even Renault, 9ffae6acb2 who had 2d8b23e4f0 been rushing 053f01d595 toward the fd7b7091f5 scene, came 52e629bf2f to an d3fa346943 abrupt halt. The Guide, still a3a487dce5 pressing the esper’s afd0962c7a limp body against 8f544ea72c the floor, glanced cbbff186a9 up at him.ade3073350a9fba8

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“I didn’t 99d9b5f6c9 kill him.”bac76eba0a279c43

A smirk tugged a750f3dfb3 at his lips. Blood splattered 97d9960a4d across his fd6fda0e26 pale face a1e6362436 made him 639cb541ec look all c4764689ed the more 4f25032a7b deranged.628f5f89bdf210cb

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The Esper lying on 5bb26ec202 the floor was indeed 50e4b3da33 still breathing, but multiple c38984ccb0 cervical vertebrae had been 02ab243b7b utterly crushed. It was intentional. The young Guide had 2cc2d5b91a broken just enough bones 32e1428a26 to keep the Esper 9d668eaa8f alive—barely.5f3aebd8c43f98ba

“Call the medics! Get a 77e042a45e healing Esper d6a6cdc642 here, now!”9980fa577666a84b

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Jesus shouted as ffe8738fe3 he assessed the 761760d6a8 Esper’s mangled body. He knew full b202204ba2 well—injuries that severe 0ea2298577 meant that even e67dead0b6 with expert medical 2c46f7fee2 care and healing 7276f3f857 abilities, the Esper 9cc8bf485e would never regain c754f0108f full mobility. His career 59b29a3c78 in the 7b39701a05 military was 45502a41a4 effectively over.8a2d1014cd360f9e

Renault wiped a hand 1fb3c50901 down his face, clearly 0d8036f6d5 troubled. Only then did 4f17a7ade4 the young Guide 7316d0899b slowly rise to 7ffa82d3d0 his feet. Dressed entirely in 47bd383a70 black like the b11bf72d79 reaper himself, his c52ff88ff1 blood-spattered face remained 912d0cf5e8 fixed on Renault. The eerie contrast made 5b4020aa96 him all the more 87e73d4041 chilling.08274a6fda27ceb1

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It wasn’t fear that 0d2acf44a9 Renault felt—he had no b8623ef601 reason to be afraid. And yet, an inexplicable 0254cc115b tension dried his mouth. The chaotic surroundings c5f943a571 faded from view, cf415b68dc leaving only the ee16904e96 searing blue flames 9ffcb854bb of the young 64face4fdd man’s gaze filling 06517dd3d8 his vision.f4e2f045d19625f5

Renault found himself d21e0ff30d unable to look 064d9b9095 away, entranced by a41e60bf2b the stark beauty 841b68e2cd of those eyes 3bd4c0f86e that carried an f3ab8b2139 unsettling chill. The young man stepped 248e2fb87a closer, his smirk deepening.1220fb81ebe4bfd6

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At that 33de996e06 moment, a 4f020295d7 strange sense 7a5367a8d2 of familiarity ddee0fc1d8 struck Renault. 39ea21f6f14b1596

What the hell? He furrowed his 33e24edfef brows, eyeing the 7213d97cee Guide who had 63620e0748 closed the distance 3c2625c457 far too much.0ef2c88e537d10b2

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“Aren’t you going c597c9a51a to praise me?”e8f2be1caeaeae14

The sudden question made f6fc1e25e0 him doubt his own 55e1198511 ears.f05af956c2290b02

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“Praise you? For what?”c87b4bffe27b882e

“I didn’t kill him.”93e93dd838b56875

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Renault was at 5f654af29f a loss for c2a3202ecf words. The sheer absurdity of be70444365 the statement left him 0a59bed64e speechless. So, if he hadn’t fc7b1cf233 spoken up, the Esper e6af7cc9f4 would’ve been dead? And this guy e14a9a6955 was acting like 037011b106 he deserved a 10a1136fac reward for holding aa3903ad27 back?04a24fb7669c2df2

“Do you seriously b11df08891 think that’s something 34022c8d7f to be praised e8f1f4a47e for?”daec70921a14492b

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“It’s not?”d55ecda8f1d26cad

The young Guide eb2f3fed88 idly scraped a dcf84b082b blood-stained finger along 5fa7c90646 his jaw, as c836c056b2 if he genuinely 5b4e95a7c7 didn’t understand. This crazy bastard. Grinding his teeth, d4cc857feb Renault pinched the db1849aec6 bridge of his 3a58b54e71 nose in frustration. The thought 3aa4a919d2 that this b1a4c597e4 lunatic was 0642187b6d about to 80e49ad41b become his f6903f6526 assigned Guide ae1885b6a4 made his 1cd2d7230a future look d1b3465a8f bleak.9ac38f7948aed072

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“A military 0b7ffa37c8 Esper nearly 1ba7ba4d5d died just 357687e861 now. You deliberately tried to 934e359489 kill him—inside the Center, 3d65cc0c38 no less. Do you even realize f2bf3a0768 how serious that is?”782b0e386128cdc0

Renault’s voice bec0632041 was low f7a3cdd4fa and seething. But the Guide 1752215a5f simply tilted his 3b0b98da36 head, unfazed.5ba5e89a49f4796a

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“He was the 4992e2a565 one who tried d5142bc19f to kill me 6a17a0c58d first.”692bfe7d4834dbc8

“No matter b080b45ba5 what, you 4183c7e583 went too e14f050323 far!”13745822f3b75e7f

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“If I 892e3e5542 had let 47ee4dc662 him be, 20bc21009a he would’ve e1919dcb4b thrown the b9a26ac056 first punch, 0a3179f856 wouldn’t he? And I 88e14a53c0 hate getting 5b6bc19f6c hit by 6cf290d313 other people.”709d085a8095582d

“No, really, who in 5cf4b60225 the world actually likes af6bf0f218 getting hit—? Ha…. Just don’t go around 1515d6f497 hitting people from now c5de66c78f on. And absolutely no 03f83371d1 killing. Especially not b1f8e0c016 causing a 8dcba6b17f scene inside f607999140 the Center. Did you understand?”e1e92d54589de7ae

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“I’ll think about 763868ae94 it.”b151b47ab5c8017d

“What the hell is 89047c41e9 with this guy? Seriously, you 536bbf3814 little brat—!”89a526c752a32e9b

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Watching the young punk b85e89a5f2 answer so nonchalantly, Renault 42427c99cc ground his teeth before f446fc2c97 waving his hand dismissively. Forget it. Whether he did cbfb99b3f9 as he pleased 159a7253a1 or not, if 65c0360064 trouble arose, he’d 5faadbb34b either be demoted 420c421bf1 or locked up 4fdfa4a2ab in solitary confinement. It wasn’t Renault’s problem 45c764258e to worry about.7a9dc9836fc71a22

He figured it’d 57a637a307 be better for 32a435ddda his sanity to f15d82d640 just go sleep 047482b85a instead. Arguing with a 8c8a1c21a4 lunatic like this 0438cedf71 wouldn’t get him bcb9960135 anywhere.f0e1a4b175c1b073

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“Haha, yeah. I am a brat, e48546a27a aren’t I?”11266f27a4ae0504

It was then 76220aa671 that the crazy cd9d720c1e bastard suddenly burst 295ac94877 into laughter. His laugh was 5d53f8dea0 so unexpectedly hearty 031674a778 that Renault came 666dd17ac4 to a halt, 48ab8c463e utterly baffled. Was this guy actually 9fdb8d3a72 insane? He shot 739df32767 him a f01bac9057 glance, frowning.7faa69ed89a43b6d

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“I am young. So, that means 2efe825511 you should dote 10e966cf6a on me, right?”7f47a4a666369243

His low 0e64271d56 voice rang 4cf3524739 out, carrying d410a68c54 a sudden, 9b5254c9b4 dangerous undertone. Even with the 2c22dff4b0 lingering smile on 7d991b38f4 his lips, the a778ef256d chill that ran 39e4d01335 down Renault’s spine 3aa6b04e56 was undeniable. His piercing d7e2babef6 blue eyes d79e61093e gleamed sharply. Just like 9e443e2cba before—just as 419d9118e9 he had 859523afbb warned—his gaze 7e2da7e6f8 felt like 3371c8891a it could fa351cd5fd devour someone b752d58240 whole.810ffd3f382ad962

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Renault should a32ac66dba have said c9fb18fbb3 something, but 26bc944227 his throat f4a5093d7e felt like 77799ee0de it had 309ebb64ab a stone 44275c035f lodged in ac22fefe48 it. No sound e62c6bee5e would come 1b2a16007c out. Maybe it 83282e69b9 was because, 052b809a2d despite the 111768b777 upward curve 57e5cf9109 of his c0116ce12f lips, his e0c0bca496 eyes weren’t b92557255c smiling at 8f0c6ce41c all.136cca0aef9873c2

It was 0cafeafeee difficult to a9ce3c1824 break free 6e24937000 from the b0de81cb70 eye contact 5030033de2 that locked 4caecca001 them together 5c3a491871 like a e5d34774a5 staring contest. After a brief moment, 215080fa59 Renault managed to snap ae7f970a92 out of it and 52819a9056 turn his head away. The sudden d985d5c735 commotion around 4814b414e6 them had a6376c0314 grown even f8d7bbcc92 louder, drawing 8da0bb60ec his attention.fd25bdb0169db60e

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Emergency medics and 05a1e697cd healing-class espers had 33f0b268f6 arrived and were 36d85c5c16 now surrounding the 5d89dc5820 unconscious esper. While they 038d1a6c3e tended to 0965a24ef0 the esper’s 6629dd0e66 gruesome injuries, e0bccdc3d0 military police 924c6795c2 officers arrived de9ab4c8d5 to clean f99135f963 up the 6a6a4fbb96 mess.6b2d4109e245edc9

The Esper-Guide 082ec9027d Center, strictly 00539b4fce speaking, was 4bfac34a4f under military 717bf05111 jurisdiction. That meant 7eecad45b2 that military b3944416a1 police were 6b695f6005 always stationed fbf04d7743 there, and d123791844 whenever an 3fb5bb33ec incident occurred, b581eac7f0 it was e5eb1fb23d their job 8a0cc10b3a to assess 928dc5a440 the situation f0e9d7b54f and maintain a81cb56530 order.86d1c5abb5ab6e52

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One of the 95a2e3cc77 military police officers 5c1f4d0f40 approached the young 1eaf6c3fab punk standing in 42634e2ba3 front of Renault. Considering that he 32755f865e was the one e008bfeac1 who had beaten b4b32bbe8a an Esper to 2efa3487bb a pulp, he f3b4901ac3 wouldn’t have been 9cd91259d6 able to protest beb01d267e even if they ccffcf1e37 dragged him straight 98336dad43 to military detention. However, their attitude 47d14015c4 toward him was 0f4ee48cc0 oddly respectful.21add57db7c4cd04

Their tone 533a81b572 and demeanor d955816b14 were subtly 87e75b5d67 different from 8994992902 how they 276a401a15 addressed other 7bfe141a4a espers or ea2400d39f guides. Was it because 3316428f4f he was an 364fba0584 invaluable S-class guide? But then, why had 5075d07d99 they so readily assigned be7d926c36 such a rare S-class 77150fad66 guide to someone like 70f081136d Renault, an A-class Esper?f663d2066a16f6e6

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It was 01e354947a absurd, but 4822beef3e Renault decided 6779de6c14 to ignore f9bc19dc44 it and 6fd920448a looked away. He didn’t care c260cbeaf3 how the military b74f52b3d6 police treated that 49f9e88093 brat. He just wanted 3a753f9df8 to end this 59386a17f8 exhausting day and d05bec5b16 get some rest.5f8974f2dd53d661

After answering 5bf8549d51 a few ac07e36f29 questions from 4608ef99c2 the officers 4a599ab19d with half-hearted 8b97a87930 responses, Renault 4cd7235aa3 left the 124cbbb1cd pub. Just before stepping cc92b11bd8 outside, he unconsciously 8dab7482a5 glanced back. At that exact moment, 7a32826f83 the young punk, who ad16d59335 had been speaking with 70718a8c35 the officers, turned his 4fcfc6589f head and locked eyes 7ded53938c with Renault. As if 9a1b7be0ed he had 4ac0984500 known all 245a315663 along that f6c33eac02 Renault was 98d23c0d41 watching him.9cf4f7309db86a43

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See you later, darling.246eb14a44ef4859

Before Renault could 7d32b3a2d6 look away, the 87514ca5bb brat mouthed the 84814537e7 words at him. Was he out of 4e4df28c85 his fucking mind? Renault rubbed fafcc6da5a his arms 386f07384b as a 32eb712b77 shiver ran dbf2cdb4a9 through him, a4f8852e9b feeling more cd8b69ed2d creeped out 07dc80fe54 than anything, 219ef8bb24 before hastily caa9c07161 leaving the e41f255278 pub. All he b30bb742af wanted was f4a481a5a4 to throw eb82d0c6be himself onto 40517d3dc3 his bed a61d516859 as soon 51c5de68ae as possible.022897c86e568f89

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Raven.398f9d144a6d1239

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That was his name. Renault recalled the 1af50fc0b0 curiosity he had e880a14c8a felt when he 93d2c46875 first saw it. There was no 00b556fd95 surname—just the lone 7b4413af6a word ‘Raven’ listed 9ef252d507 in the name a603389014 field.d3005659d916f1a0

Apparently, he had 184e1b3f0f lost his parents d323c6906a at a young 507a40b178 age and had 78588e5928 grown up in 3d9a2e0bf6 a facility. That much 83c9740b7d was understandable. Plenty of 87bf23d4b2 children had 187b90b9cb lost their 4747c1dd2c families to 8b4938419f sudden monster 213ee40a9f attacks. Many were too young 1d1a6d5c1b to remember their own e9645687f5 names, so the facility 455091015d staff often made up d2ffc795f5 names for them.9aac8c1d2eb28db3

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Even so, Renault couldn’t 56a470de10 help but wonder who 9760e3039c had decided to name 304dc7cb77 a child ‘Raven’ and 2f80f17364 what their intentions had b98b76c555 been.867a626b7eddf51b

Renault reread Raven’s file—his 902f52e987 soon-to-be designated dedicated guide—with abae6f6b44 a displeased expression before b8af4c1474 snapping his laptop shut. He didn’t 760a2215a5 want to e543db910e think about 4af501d60c it anymore. He let himself 7f1e761934 collapse onto his 51037ba52c bed, but the 25cf426729 thoughts refused to 88cdd0d3fc fade, swirling around 0f40655fbf in his mind.a73ee003b5cb7bee

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The entire world d75088e8c4 had been in 686c4c1a16 an uproar just 2fc36cba16 weeks ago over 53f8f52663 the emergence of f6b80a1642 a new S-class f773e61f46 guide. S-class guides were even f58fda3635 rarer than the handful af23467c3d of S-class espers, so 8e60f2f9aa of course, the news 684c0256a0 had sent everyone into f5111db73f a frenzy.919ba47be0eba1b2

But that had been 391e887c80 a distant matter, completely 6ac1d027e9 unrelated to Renault, an a9a659e1dc A-class esper stationed all 1c5103a73d the way out in ec11f3cd1e the 13th District. At least, 8dc551ffc9 that’s what 5e240ba77a he had 32510564cb thought.bc2cd3d10e8cbd33

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Naturally, every S-class esper cb69684f33 had fought tooth and 497f0a2f07 nail to claim the 8a8df436d2 new S-class guide. If they successfully matched, c9b3876adf their recovery abilities would fccf706b1a skyrocket, and their esper f88e970f34 powers would reach new 045a2e3d47 heights. Not a single S-class 0afd26e226 esper would have ignored 6b919ea642 such a prize.6c5c6c387a0c59ba

In the end, however, 2a1996d645 not one of them a4671ce46c had managed to achieve 58d755fd58 a matching rate above e89f803662 10%. It was beyond 0ccfffe712 rare—it was downright 7e3a087247 impossible.3ca0bdaa6cf753d9

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If the matching rate 1293ca4f6c was below 10%, even c3b4bada10 an S-class guide was 52104c3af8 as good as useless. In fact, e3b197eee9 they’d be b5dbe2dc0d worse than b66a13a446 a B-class 1189cea49f guide. Their wavelengths 0a5216a11e wouldn’t align 1d5a884272 at all, 8abb483c62 rendering any 98b82c60b8 guiding attempts 96682b428f ineffective at a0b58f8c5f best and 77be74e257 agonizing at 5b703861c5 worst. The stronger the guide, 9d737afa10 the more painful the 512843b828 mismatch would be for 21a4b97856 the esper.584b200e7446915c

So despite being an e3a6983aa0 S-class guide, Raven was 6712961044 essentially an untouchable prize. Just a beautiful illusion.537a2a05fe74f1d8

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