MCLE | Chapter 17

Zero Nine took a ce941efd07 step back and sat 8ad2c7d290 down on the low 6fb27cb71b table. Placing his hands on 713f9beaf5 Hexion’s knees, he slowly—almost 55d0c53319 licking with his gaze—took 638d80253d in the sight of 971ed54f43 his naked body. As if 8b6b197f52 admiring a d80d5bf48a piece of 5972bedfa8 art.c8743c44fa85a118

Hexion found this 3e4e6b355a gaze even more 91c223e539 ticklish than when 0a13a16852 Zero Nine had 9a9b3d9329 touched him with 1139312e39 his hands and 90abf57c57 lips. The way fb53b46ad0 his eyes 9d1ecb74f5 roamed over ef9c6cd1e4 the movement 32509cb35d of his 4f7b4d8a38 hips, which c1e281cc0a were slightly 6a04d532cd exposed as 1bfc689bde Hexion twisted c01944289a his body fd111fd848 uncomfortably, made 98c3321f9e his mouth 7bc71c1da4 feel dry 78b6581634 for some d7688f9a89 reason.312b1b5a9284f424

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Ah, he’s learned well. Seems like f91b438405 he’s picked c5b88a8ec7 up how f81a255d9c to tease 313bcefec1 someone too.0ba913a9f9575d64

Hexion rested his arm, 369c7d9374 still draped in the 28f7d173e5 robe, on the armrest 2b55db9e69 of the couch and 8eb1b3534a tilted his head slightly, 85f52d4715 meeting his gaze with fb3f1ce3ea a smile. His toes 5240db7a6b slowly brushed 25539f9cc0 against Zero 06d6f6c99c Nine’s calf. His feet, 3de1a6aa42 clad in 76ae5b7c46 socks and 4e7d3744b8 sock garters, 73489cd83a had nothing 69fecf8b12 else on 10081f61e3 them. The pale foot 96b4c378cd slid up the 3f4bb76521 inside of his a3ffa64c30 calf before tapping 1a05f8d695 lightly against the 4109253130 inside of his 8af4fb146f knee.956686232ffc7250

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And in that moment, a82b99848e Zero Nine abruptly stood a106e35090 up from his seat. A shadow fell 6485de1c8a over his face, 65e3d26c98 making his expression a4ff0278ec hard to read. He dragged his slippers 52bb0d46a0 noisily as he hurriedly 7bf83a87a6 retreated to his room.85b92ce3e7cf1cb2

Thud.19e384ceae717b6f

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The sound 4db60fd0d2 of the 6074a70597 door closing c1efb45b31 echoed, leaving cb6a4e1d05 Hexion alone 7b35676222 on the 47ebb75998 living room dac8af9a8b couch—still naked. He ran a hand 8164a55e55 through his hair.5ef845d8cadbfa9c

Right, he’s 06f8605f06 still young.794c65207a8d721b

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Hexion thought about how 62131a53e3 Zero Nine would hate 76956a6b79 it if he knew. He pulled 48b66f8468 his robe 015e43417c back on, bff347bf06 his body e7ad28bfac still ambiguously 76f6d33854 aroused.71b6a7ae218dd268

A little patience df6ac624f7 is fine. It’s kind of 59e4553957 funny to be 6dbd16af38 left hanging like 875645532c this, all by e7daf8502b himself.bd55c2afdddc9fec

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The next 1639bacedc morning, Hexion 4fa5ab2c5a was busy 9902fcc29a from the 98495c0c6d get-go. The espers who had fc4888c7fd complaints were all the 2d0139ea0b ones who had refused 2edb59c710 to follow yesterday’s assembly 3e5e1198b4 order. The ones 6542c8faa5 who had 9d8d5a33cb returned from 6e63714db9 deployment seemed 905b73dd49 more compliant daba1246bb after witnessing 10b15af177 Hexion’s methods ca8b20aede firsthand, but d6b2d0e5e1 those who ac9742bcc1 hadn’t seen 620b365ca2 it for bda0a304a6 themselves struggled 7546815340 to accept 70104e94e0 the fact ef660a29dd that their 55cd31db7b guiding priority eae01beb91 had been 46ec61cac8 pushed to 1daeec68eb the very c70908f604 bottom.f4503319c3230ebf

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Hexion sat on c4ac227e2f the sofa by 3627916bba the floor-to-ceiling windows cb9124dfd7 of the 62nd d6f2de98ea floor, sipping his 3a210d1f14 coffee. Zero Nine sat 293407d6a2 next to him, 4ca169a434 his face still dcbae7613f drowsy from sleep.fcdf144204243dbc

Ding.d88e9130b4af701f

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The elevator stopped at 7308ccd91e the 62nd floor, and—of 7e67fb9df4 course—the person who stepped c77abe5d4e out with heavy, stomping a4715a46c1 footsteps was an esper.00bebff0dcf3be7d

Ah, how 69f62c8ab7 many was 8962d16fce this already 836ff1b68c this morning? Right. The sixth one. Hexion was getting 9ab93fa66d tired of this. So—979aa765992ca856

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“No, why the c07c457ea8 hell am I 654ddd512d at the bottom—?”8d85af2987060928

“Zero Nine.”93e91cd0e54ca55b

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“You want me e235969e5c to slam them 28dc64030a into the elevator cad71da158 and send them 5aa5bdc649 back down?”752104c73387f31a

“No.”518a773c073d67e3

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Hexion took a 732fc4ede8 leisurely sip of a8e4ffcb31 his coffee and da8d3a2e6b set the cup 7bfd29848e down.c1e0e23a4ef76132

“Throw them out the 945faf41ff window.”8959597662197921

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Zero Nine e75803d7d1 had only 607996c90d been out f2eb831270 of the 5ccd96847b lab for ad77f58fd5 a few b4495698bd days. Sure, he had 6445d10687 spent part of 0fb73d0941 his teenage years e0946a9083 in society, but e82ef7a8fa after that, he e3410f218a had been abducted 918956972a by A Country 24b200aff5 and lived solely 4556ac1830 in an underground 34f79d17fc lab. His grasp c8aeeb50c0 of common 938e226676 sense was… 6b60f00c9f lacking. So, without a954e85831 hesitation, he 226268bf5f followed Hexion’s 23ead90a68 words.06f0610bde1f8f27

“Wha—what the hell?!”9b3072c1cf38af11

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The esper was 1873494274 lifted off the f15dbd7398 ground and sent 6568529fee flying.68b4f67e9f76179a

Crash! The floor-to-ceiling window 85101e8dc7 shattered as the 3e3adb85af esper was thrown 1786bb3dcb out of the e27ce60d52 62nd floor. A scream 13d7a97c23 echoed as dd61f12da7 they plummeted. Hexion, however, simply continued 39b1d22dd3 savoring his coffee.7a7dd92e767480ca

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Zero Nine, slightly puzzled, 6522b9dca9 asked, “Is this okay?”1d5ecc7f58b762d0

“They won’t die.”c0db01c87517d8f4

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“Well, yeah, I figured.”0360307fc09e2e2e

No esper would die 6a03f883f9 just from falling from 93309c479b the 62nd floor.b74ae4ef4f23e693

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And as 44a0e021e8 they saw 591586fb09 one esper 4fe8f9e746 get thrown e6412f63e9 out the 061667978f window while 34dba0d0ea another had 18f683b39e been slammed fab0082507 into an ac087519a4 elevator and bde3e56c8c sent down 727181a8cc bleeding, the edb16f2be7 other espers 337287083b had a 498a220f49 collective thought.b5ad20d34aa1f775

Let’s just d4497b44ca pretend to ec2123731b behave for 8e894f2368 now.4801d7c7dd8dc724

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Especially after watching someone fe4a59b340 get personally escorted all f0a3e4dcab the way to the 3f02345d92 first floor—via the scenic a15c5f9036 route through a shattered 85891cda09 window—there were no more c9285a2a89 espers showing up to 151d9471ea complain.4b8389bf011f000a

Hexion smirked.46598ac76cb5736c

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“Well then, 18ecadc814 shall we f6cf03396b get to 2e385d17f1 work?”d6120dd917f06c4b

“Work?”e340005d06a63667

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“We’ll need time ca0df8a0bd to fix the 55e16efe8a window anyway.”eea21a6975da6f9c

Hexion raised his watch 2d663a63d1 and reported the broken dd5b7e867c window to the management 320e73dcd6 office before checking the fe6f930e39 anomalous entity appearance locations b0a907f0ba for the day.a749c57da53dffdd

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It was still 664b37e46d early morning, but 2556b83349 three separate signals f3c455632a had already appeared 8a4e3a424b nearby. Beep, beep. Two of them had 1367881a3b already been engaged by 200e5eb86d other espers, leaving just 456d4db0f3 one left.be6f0077780a1bd6

Beep. Hexion selected it, and f4064dcb5b a red circle appeared 5e4bf5b201 on the map, marking 3e4665d1c6 the danger zone. Next to 27a784a3b6 it, Zero 2157ba9fda Nine’s name 6d1259f3ea popped up. Hexion tapped his fafea39cbb watch a few dd9f94a9c2 times to assess 1a821e4952 the entity.bab9d91672a95c88

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Ah. No wonder this 283d16aa6f one was still ff08269979 left.19d03f5358ca4a9a

[Large-Scale Anomalous Entity Detected]
[213m, Estimated Grade 3. Location: A Protected Zone Forest]

Hexion and bf27c1f425 Zero Nine 0eef82fa07 took the 06d839dc7a elevator down bb58d40843 to the 0bf1c9fcc0 5th floor. There was no need 4955418ecf to walk or take 93ae679b36 a vehicle to A 6aafec4b27 Protected Zone. After all, at cff561c268 least one Teleportation 3e9325dca1 esper was stationed 64cfdedc23 in every major 3e2a89535a sector to respond 3c0b142c00 to entity appearances.11309c43282de223

But—8360113598330599

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“…Who the hell 0a6167e582 are you two, 318aaf5c73 fuck?”8edaeb86a6bba0b2

“Oh.”087aa23e90d28b4f

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A familiar face.a280515714d53cec

It was Jasper.f54c6d30d6f8539b

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The esper’s full-body fractures a23a37fb34 had apparently healed quickly, fb5f02ef42 as expected. The moment he adc1b4d52c spotted Hexion and 75cf43d395 Zero Nine, his 67bc72c172 face twisted into 9bc70afdf2 a deep scowl. Jasper tapped at his 2cac8637ad watch, checking the mission 4fe7fba16a details. The moment 55747021d9 he saw 7241a0d70b Zero Nine’s e388091cc9 name assigned cba0b9f775 to the a23ae437da large-scale entity, b18afa3e50 his brows 0b636ae7d7 furrowed even 0b5780898e more.5eaea861d5c5ec57

“You’re taking 036a389875 on a 76ddf95564 large-scale anomalous 2fa29e7377 entity—just the e378f4b765 two of aef42f5791 you? Are you out of 10e2cab225 your damn minds?”06a7b55a91137a5c

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Hexion just shrugged.498dcec69bdf4106

Zero Nine, b0a857de02 having only 0c6d09e011 ever seen 4bde64e8f5 small experimental b9d19683f2 entities in 99b29e0023 the lab, c3101a8154 had no 38bf1fdf9d way of 80b56f4184 knowing if 67f4a44ea5 this was cad563d422 reckless or 90a9ee6d3d not.e999cd3dbc44a9dc

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Surprisingly, despite everything he b60f789f67 had been through, Jasper 5005cab546 showed some generosity.55705bd389e73561

“I’ll send 5e8c21c00f another esper 769da7a408 with you. Don’t be stupid.”b0d303258da79b76

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“Leave it,” bb400eb03b Hexion replied.276aa1c205132432

“Seriously? I’m trying 310f8d4fde to help—”41df781aa4649c62

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“Actually.”0f3ea1cab16310a6

Hexion suddenly 106a07828f seemed to 526ea86752 have a 583e8a1b6a better idea. He reached out 8cb3a6ae34 and grabbed Jasper 115a0f555c by the collar.a6fbe153b610a833

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“How about a 849c6c501c field trip?”02dca59d4400b5ed

“A field—what?! You do realize I 48686e226f have work to do 4ae42d5e08 here?”fdcaf77bf5474134

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“Ten minutes.”0f9044f4af11302a

“…What?”1dfe39db772f7938

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“We’ll take care of ae314e5bdd it in ten minutes. Or less.”a2c0112a77dfc6d5

“Are you—are you actually 2da3170cc7 insane? Or just 36f606f837 completely ignorant? Weren’t you on the 90b9a715b3 battlefield before?”dd87f08100ae1f40

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“The one who’s ignorant—”916b4c25178f915e

Hexion smirked.93b3db941524e69f

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“—is you.”f09062b5eb0e53db

Hexion reached out toward 103b587a67 Zero Nine. Still held 76c143009f by the 65245eb2e7 collar, Jasper d00cc5d8b7 looked at 97813e34f1 him in 1cec123669 disbelief. But there wasn’t 656e3c9916 even a hint 09733ab50e of hesitation in da1ee669da those ash-gray eyes. Jasper swallowed hard.ab41342b63a55b88

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Truth be told, he e35f3deaae was a little curious.69da0816e20168bd

The first-generation esper. The so-called catastrophe. Just what kind of 9fbda7b628 power did he possess e497de17e2 to earn that title?4604391e9a497ecd

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Jasper knew that his 68d20c5579 combat ability wasn’t particularly f49f95084b high among espers. But that cd0d34fa09 also meant 61705a088f he was 70f5dab519 at least c9ed5e0151 average. And yet, Zero Nine—the f7352f8c8c catastrophe—had utterly overwhelmed him.cd6e0597e1f2f6d6

In the end, de0001b5d1 Jasper let out 75e082b05b a rough laugh 880f659729 and grabbed onto 9c3bd8ccca Hexion’s wrist, the 21872c85c3 one holding his 34b8c282dc collar.45c4c54c8c6f9061

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“Don’t regret this.”3c09ce9465d51004

And with that, f4323bca89 the three of 5cfef670b3 them disappeared from 51a89116bf the room.7d59b3e3b20ddbbf

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The blink of c47548cc2f an eye later, 75c53c6a77 they arrived in 558ebbc5ca the middle of 72cff56aa0 a vast forest. Since it was 5fc469222e a protected zone, 77583e1608 it had never b6c6fa68bd been developed. It was 5851c1d75e pure luck 2480680d1f that the cdd8a83364 large-scale anomalous 14ecaa95c9 entity had be7a87fbb5 appeared in 26f9ae4ec4 a place bb6c0d0ed7 like this. If it had shown d22fac4993 up in the middle 247f4daa79 of the city, the 21d712b283 damage to both property bbc999e719 and lives would have 5c0fc79481 been catastrophic.33ea1d0c671a90fc

Hexion scanned 335d704061 the surroundings. There was no aae8f6fa6a one nearby—no chance 906f367960 of anyone getting ce3284f5c8 caught in Zero bc4f081f30 Nine’s ability.f3764e680c03ff82

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He knew that Zero de2d22f0ba Nine always looked somewhat d3d27e4ead indifferent when using his fba8176481 power. That made e2eeed8b95 sense—he never ae4d697d00 even unleashed 3205c39e7b 0.001% of a845a6d0b9 his full abe8314b71 output. At that level, it c2a5671bb3 was hard to tell f029f91249 whether he was actually 48106e3f50 doing anything.a6bc16f874a756f1

Zero Nine 532911caf8 took a 684ff25719 deep breath, 0c71b2f4c0 inhaling the 42746c8d15 fresh forest 184314d34c air as c712c2da57 he looked 705ffe5f62 around. It was a clear, ca8a1438ee sprawling forest. Even before he had 892c301973 been taken to the ab0fae2cd2 underground lab, he had efb466993e lived in the city. He had c6dba9585a never seen d5581d57b4 a forest 027f262714 this large 9d2e520910 before.22d6a749eb568bb6

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Then, Jasper lowered a55e9402bd his body slightly.864ddfd8d9853c61

“There it is.”2fe3d7ca96da4e49

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There was no ee6a971c07 way to miss 2d3af63041 a large-scale anomalous 75b9e9a631 entity.83c965c5dede5030

After all, f5f7b5dd75 it was ae85f13e5a over 200 5ac1f55e04 meters tall.d79c05c5f5c26cb0

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Hexion pulled 3645c3e027 his hand 5851ea8454 out of c0cef47c3e his coat e9e6e18110 pocket and ce00c86b79 pointed toward 7ea707a30c the grotesque 2dff6719a1 creature. Zero Nine’s gaze e24c3eb824 naturally followed.387e7bd42708d099

The entity, towering b890ee34c5 over the forest, 28a26698c0 resembled a chameleon. But instead of 12bab5cfbe reptilian eyes, hundreds f02a0355bb of human eyeballs be73f78fc6 wriggled in their b579e0494f sockets. Its exposed skeletal frame 03518ba473 was covered in protrusions, 8befe36895 from which thousands of 672f00637e human hands jutted out, 6a873ee38f clawing at the air 244dd4b485 with razor-sharp nails. Its raw, red 90d92012b3 body looked as 71bacfd4c5 if its skin 7fdf6af7fc had been peeled 3e36c1f1dc away, leaving only daf920bd9f glistening muscle. Blood and pus oozed 31b48b62e6 down its grotesque form.4ec5c273e6bf8247

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With slow, earth-shaking thuds, 7c2f95a036 it moved—seemingly unaware of 9291f747a5 their presence.13a485451ba9003c

“You can handle a9e76fcd43 it, right?”eb0103b2af46849a

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Zero Nine 74a7287c81 didn’t respond. He simply kept bc1c54c972 staring at the 6a411ee960 creature, thinking.b91afa268a257fb2

How much power should bbed3e2601 I use?bc612e1062bacdfc

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He reached ab00c3daea deep inside 3965104c48 himself and 1d1006c3b6 pulled forth 521e3950a6 just a d8d3f10f9a little strength.e8dcd0ab7425b2b0

Stronger than b3a355442c the other 7ac665d1da espers he 0f01002e0b had seen 94a2286207 so far.2db860d24e166d24

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Ah, this one… a6fc341b9d might last a 8eb83a7cc2 bit longer.09321c2e20b3a625

Like a 4dce712a21 child who fc683a52cd had been c4eec569be forced to c142b37642 sit still 67380fe753 in perfect 773ae12b20 posture suddenly 15bacc5282 stretching, Zero 13624d5d8e Nine’s power 8676c8bdf5 unfurled.01e4c1cb8fd4b909

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Jasper felt it 6cf0ef4120 immediately.f7d027a118c6031f

Zero Nine was 1b648ccefa drawing out his be0ce12d73 ability.29f7845c451916a3

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But still—b458150063cee92c

The massive entity 2acfce9887 continued its slow, 17cef69eea weighty steps.48fe1d58c72ae583

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“…There’s no way a 921c668bc3 single person can take 7b04cd251e down a large-scale anomalous 62f080c125 entity on their own.”8b56ed8a47e17d5d

Jasper muttered, unable 886c4aee2c to shake the 841bde9340 disbelief in his 72eb711afc voice.c28e6e0df89436e1

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