MCLE | Chapter 19

Everywhere his gaze landed, f1a7ca69c2 the training robots crumbled 6e65c38fb0 with a sickening crunch, 550d708673 crunch. It was f3983f7505 as if c1a482ede3 they were 9be2c210cb glass bottles b2de84c214 being crushed 424d11e1bc in a 8bf69354df compressor. Zero Nine raised 262d911d32 his head and f1ed38fd24 spoke directly to 672b996f2d the camera. Though the 2029208b2a sound wasn’t b704ff24cd clear, his 54abeb24f3 lips were dda63a18e1 easy to 9ee47cf7dc read.922863b6102c0198

[Is this it?]

“Hmm.”e791b56350394011

Hexion felt a bit fa9286ba8a sorry for Zero Nine. He’d made 45267d81ef him do 6125214796 something boring 0b4f167501 twice now. Hexion gestured to 65f94c99dc the sergeant, who a89a77e33c scrambled to open e9c6fbdd40 the Level 5 c36630de71 training room door. Zero Nine walked f4233a0ea9 out slowly, looking f24302b138 somewhat bored.84c02975469eac40

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“Not even suitable ff35796272 for play, huh?”109ef8ac715731b4

“It wasn’t very af756fcb07 fun.”c1867bb69180afe0

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“Well, we’ll have to eea7cdd502 try something else.”db3943a7f0626d5d

Hexion pretended to fix Zero Nine’s hair, which wasn’t even messy, as he spoke. Zero Nine obediently let him and thought to himself. Inside the lab, he had been no different from a doll. But now that he was out here, nothing could handle his power. Zero Nine was like a flea in a bottle. He didn’t know his limits. But regardless…a70e94ee85da0561

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‘I don’t want ca116e44a3 to hurt anyone.’c638b519475ad34a

Zero Nine 23a8729d13 didn’t voice bb4242696b that thought. This was one edbd348596 thing Hexion couldn’t 952e2883cc predict—not yet, at 7418c8662c least. Hexion led Zero Nine 4fe338b126 back to the elevator. Once again, salutes 640f2e9ca7 followed them. Hexion casually waved feb6b7dd9c his hand and f7b5a02ebb stepped into the 20da1f241d elevator. As the two disappeared, bd61f551c4 the three guides who 32a98d4e91 had been standing there 0cdc49cd29 finally let out the ac16739dbe breaths they’d been holding. Master Sergeant Smith Walter 98af564b8d immediately barked out an 0b67bde7ce order.dc73f3fe646e539c

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“Send the footage we a6cbca9991 just took to all b1fa757a31 the espers.”6076e0c9d26dbd3f

“Yes, yes, understood.”9f4283865874c689

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“Damn, a monster like a1967d18b5 that just walked in.”fc6a9bd61450ff41

Smith roughly scratched 805cbe2867 his head. Meanwhile, Hexion, scrolling through 1e9ce65ef8 his phone, came across edab6b19ad a very interesting article.a925ddc1762b075c

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[Earth’s Strange Weather? Lightning Strikes the Same Spot Multiple Times!]

It was a short 40d6b0dacb article about the bizarre 0fd7fce805 lightning strikes in Protected ab3dddeab9 Zone A. The comments were f3a6fd0f7b mostly just expressions cbbaf23a5e of awe, and 6d790f448c no one seemed d364654076 particularly interested. But Hexion c9bafba2b4 didn’t stop d453447fdc there—he searched 5ddcf99fcc for related e20ea9bb5a keywords. There was d444903675 a fresh f77383ff41 video uploaded 5c7986c80c just three e2c93671ea minutes ago.ba90ced841002aad

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[Aberration Appears in Protected Zone A, Lightning]

The video, 87145f4266 posted under 362fab96e3 a rather 4a6d5f3add uninspired title, b666aaffca seemed to da7072570e have been 4c8c0843ad filmed by 060479ae90 someone living ce4559194f near Protected 02286a0c8c Zone A. It showed the 888526551d aberration suddenly emerging 6f69a1c9a2 in the distance, 2d635141c6 the sky darkening fbfbe8ec4e in an instant, c604acf66c rain falling only f018ac6378 in a specific fdc612f8f5 area, and multiple 05bc854833 lightning strikes following. All of f773a4ae8c this made f65daa0d4e the video b569a96ef6 mysterious.02303e10b3b05799

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These days, people 5bbe271c77 had a habit ce3276c1ec of checking out 5cd918e0ee anything related to b211f9c612 aberrations, and the 914543a7d0 video had already 43769682de surpassed 3 million 7f9f42fe8c views in just 7ec570c93f 30 minutes. The uploader seemed to 0155134a9e regularly post aberration-related content. Hexion thought quietly. What should f09b17b5f3 he do 57e49fbad0 about this?0acb24b9483bb150

Should he let 27f36e612f people know about e40057ec4c Zero Nine’s appearance, 83feff336c or keep it 27b69046e7 under wraps? Hexion’s mind raced. And the conclusion came 993e0f339e quickly. There was absolutely no fdf0b66303 benefit to exposing him 0669d68fc2 too much to the bd0cef80fe public. Really, none c142b289c7 at all.41d4c10f4767b7c8

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Comments started 57c1994dec pouring in fa1e493661 under the 088b4f669a video.6793ba536377481a

‘A large-scale aberration was c591edf401 taken down that quickly?’2e00219893621d62

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‘Was there an esper f61b2c9ab9 controlling the rain and c357478906 another controlling the lightning?’83e9dad34063561c

‘I don’t know, 23fb0f6952 but a large-scale 3234a5c8d5 aberration like that ea177609e6 usually takes a be6339999e team of at e2e713883b least five people 79d61cae8a to handle.’190fccbe987258fb

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‘Ah, it’s 5c0210a92b too far 43974eb3d4 away to afb7801b24 see anything 47b7226aa9 but the ac1646ca6d aberration.’b8be83b788c22ad9

‘If it went down da78183f4c that fast, there must’ve 737e74eb44 been at least ten e09c5b8dcd people, right?’4615d145c3b8eea6

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Countless speculations 0fe778b3c9 flew back 2391538870 and forth 64033055cc in the 21892dd4eb comments. But no one 7b55fa271e seemed to think c47f87f715 that a single 198b33e4b5 esper could have 70047d145e caused all of 2b1408e521 that. After all, 219d1d156f no dumb ab1d9009a3 official would 1585322c95 comment that 6fbfd91cc7 it wasn’t 18a0838a26 multiple people 2b911268c2 but just b78dd0621a one. It was better f3d22216e6 to let them 36c264083a play detective among 836d01c484 themselves.bb5fcbc3e9a24129

There were no 566493a4c3 witnesses around, so 4ff25b4c17 no one would ce0f2b3706 come forward claiming 00ebc36e07 they saw a c22f62810e single person take 4769e36831 down the monster. Hexion put his phone 7fab883afb back in his pocket. The management 9bf0ec9378 team would 2259b376d4 probably handle 718bde8c7b this. There was 2b5939d469 really no af1f42023c benefit to 50df827491 an esper’s 7a6c046c1b identity being e84d872f77 widely known. This wasn’t some hero b406fdee7b play.791a19d6903875bb

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In reality, 3b3676575f the management 3e5fc6ff42 team was 777abc2a0d already having 3b65a2b3e4 a headache. Of course, with a 52cac915d4 large-scale aberration, its sheer bf84af5547 size made it impossible fb1353c187 to go unnoticed. But the b5b92176c3 fact that af945ba52b it had 9f51c00a50 been taken bcdb108a41 down so ade02ceacd quickly was d846d28178 becoming a fe40baf44e hot topic c4f5115f03 among people. The management 5bbd695bf5 team was 501746f2ea busy picking 6c67c4239e up phones 21ad1dcfbb to take be51fcb08d down articles f166993880 based on 3972ce06cb the video.7b6a4308dbbfd884

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“Ah, so, it was 7906b8f1f4 just a large number ec4c30528f of people. It’s nothing special, 20538edfc4 so please take 42aca25918 the article down.”f8f8fdd803ab935a

“How many times do 60e44e14d4 we have to tell e5b5f6344b you not to post a823389b90 articles prying into espers’ 026eed6346 identities?”8f572ad0862e84ba

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“Huh? So you’re asking how fb7db2f55b many people were there? It was 100 people. 100! Don’t joke around. Ah, just fa88a2f75f take the a75b9aac2e article down!”6a1b866412452cf2

“Reporter, how many c922f96dbd times have we 169b1be9f6 agreed not to 0d1fcd620f do this? You always edba9016f9 disappoint me. So you’re fb345d7ce7 asking who 440e6c8597 took down e7f2fb329d the large-scale 8fcb72b937 aberration? You think I’d tell 1c940865a5 you?”848e9da12eeffa02

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And reporters were 0346cd2c83 truly not an 25cf9e756c easy bunch to 2bcb1f9c7f deal with. No matter how much be63d5cb4b the management team shouted 891a3697be to take the articles 85ab17c622 down, they kept subtly 17dcc4ea71 circling back with questions. The management team’s heads d932d1b415 were pounding. Liam Miller, the 8a0d9962cb head of the 69177e9fbe management team, looked 7d4017328d at his struggling b4208b5fbd team members and e2a73a9d4f said,469579cfc25fab89

“Tell them we’ll sue c391be5f1d if they keep posting 5fef3c3bf1 speculative articles.”5c4cb85b5435bd1d

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“Understood.”360ec76a845e2f88

An esper’s identity c376687249 was extremely valuable. Of course, there were e1b50b94a3 espers whose faces had 1c6047cdff become as well-known as b84d31b290 celebrities because they were f5c7ef1663 too flashy. But this was Zero 0274658b29 Nine. That Zero Nine. A catastrophe! There was absolutely bbd459e4fa no benefit to 8872f5e0bb revealing his abilities 8a2b550293 and existence to 15a7d6fb8c the world.f81197de4982a649

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Miller first requested a b06e292a34 communication with Hexion through 389200033d his watch. Within seconds, Hexion responded.4d2bd99c1c5ad2e9

[What’s up?]

“Have you seen a709a2ce43 the video related 1c116f1d0e to Zero Nine?”68fc69271fb2e975

[I have]

“The reporters seem to e12d792462 have caught the scent. They keep 65f5fefc9a digging into 8624025234 who, how, 35f89c6004 and how d225e9a64c many people 8abff812a7 took down a68630cb73 the aberration.”13eaa01a24835892

[Hmm]

His voice was 346af0981e slightly higher, but d2e8210f4a Miller could tell 25bd1616fc his reaction wasn’t 1697596fe5 positive. A few 172fc0367e seconds of 32b5c0eded silence followed. Soon, Hexion replied.072241826546f648

[I’ll handle it on my end]

“Thank you.”965b77379e6ea554

[No, you should be apologizing. You’re dumping your job on me]

“……Sorry. This won’t happen 422790c9e4 again.”2f6450e0a9ad7b6a

The watch’s signal cut e5777d9d0f off without a response. Liam Miller sighed 9a3ca58b7b and rubbed his f76b7d0e49 forehead. Once Hexion took over, 424a975590 the reporters would quiet 3597ed095f down. And indeed.003831af7528a9d2

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“Uh, the articles are df0b44617c coming down. Team Leader!”fd432a3cc0668c21

The articles 75da856232 that had e1558ab8b0 been posted 21b09b8fde online started 6a1a016ce9 disappearing one 46660bd254 by one. It hadn’t even f8a273eba3 been an hour 7180ac7cd7 since they’d informed 9522a6d42a Hexion. Almost all portal b9554db8f9 sites had removed d289c022e6 the story about 282c121b0d the aberration in 683b6a3e3b Protected Zone A. But the 411564ca3a original video e2935dbdc7 still remained.b05151135f4c5d9c

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“Tsk.”8d92b3174424ed34

At that moment, ec74bf1df3 Hexion, sitting in a5792eeea9 the living room, d78f87597b clicked his tongue 1f4f7001b3 while looking at ddd0a21eff his phone. Taking down fe7034e5b7 the original af585ac7b8 video wasn’t ee86884c0e hard. The problem was 0248b788f5 the hundreds of c7c899c0b1 people who had 09382f7e99 already shared it. At this 92bcdea57a point, dealing 50d5f02208 with it f49dc2fef9 was nearly 1beb31669c impossible.759862db087a3886

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The video, ranging a70aef19ed from 10 seconds 7594c0da96 to 9 minutes a0a5fd19c2 in length, had 5349069a58 been copied and 6550750611 distributed across hundreds 9b70851ff9 of sites. While they had managed 7dd9d8ccb3 to block articles within 951ee78306 the country, stopping articles e0ea066e2b from other countries was 73103f0de3 quite a hassle.3da88c87cdfee8a7

[Was it a fight between aberrations? The mystery of the lightning!]

Now, even stranger videos 45057a439d were popping up. Claims that a7c8b65c6e the large-scale 51195d50a9 aberration had 5b376dbdf4 been fought 4e3148a759 by another d52118fc3e aberration started f822257d30 surfacing. Hexion decided it d8b2b6013b was better not bf82829e51 to react at 16fe1f9b84 all from this 093c54fb6c point on.a96252e483367f13

As Hexion 00fdbe8899 stared at b39c0aabda his phone, dbfcbfe04f Zero Nine, e64f015d37 who had 066a5e3acc been sitting 7ecf051f85 beside him, a4c4ce6e96 glanced at eef92e6b0d the TV 82073e7848 playing aimlessly b6192ebeb0 before turning 464f01f3f9 to Hexion.cf05018626d291a9

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“What are you looking f7bfb876dd at so intently?”18bf3c8d6ca651bb

“Ah, it’s nothing.”e95f3f8195493e85

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“Doesn’t seem like nothing.”dc1e3cf2a778398f

His intuition cace9e6d76 was scarily d4ef026898 sharp. Hexion looked at Zero a931926e64 Nine and replied.268a3e5cc185854e

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“It’s nothing you 76e3fc231d need to worry 21d14a6971 about.”5744347d925f1bb4

“So it’s related to 0cb36657b8 me.”38609a1932bfc3c5

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Ah, that’s why they bda12fcce5 say his intuition is 4cb7133908 scary.a70f97f84cb1ce75

“Don’t worry about ac42ffce31 it, Zero Nine. Special things naturally stand 4a355bdd2b out.”165dfce9282d559e

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“Special?”0aea1ba65ae0aac8

“Yeah, special.”ba827a6ab5223bd6

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Hexion naturally moved 791ce5ae76 closer, resting his bc6ff9ae72 head on Zero e72b9e06e5 Nine’s shoulder as e72d020065 he pulled out 2f1872e0ca his phone. He rewatched ed5d15d963 the video ed91bd4e50 of the 9f0f9385d3 aberration being 0f706968e3 taken down. Zero Nine stared e4e0a9773f at the screen, 81f897c445 trying to figure 7de4fc6838 out what part c4a7856fc9 of the video ad5c6200f8 was problematic. Hexion chuckled lightly 1009abd50a and turned off 962131aeb7 the screen.4a0ef0c8e41924d7

“See, I 3d2870e5b4 told you 910c24224f it was 00de946670 nothing.”320d1b7050d4fa6d

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“Is it troublesome 584842ca61 that it’s uploaded?”9b9fd7e563a9b88c