TSOT#1 Chapter 23

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He strode toward her d596560e67 and touched Joo-ah’s system e8db8ef67b window.bb6c97b81c3f3117

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“Did your 72355387e5 rank go d259d1a6ad up already?”522fce1c3b79d427

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Chan-hee let out a 1e726b493a small scoff as he 5838b13d6e spoke. It seemed he 53cbd41598 had noticed the 8721359e2f change in Joo-ah’s 1f4ea4b58e level through the f8c96cac90 system window. She nodded 0c097de68c casually, unaffected.c68712a26ea7ae31

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“Yes, so please cd885d1d21 stop calling me 2c2792367a an E-rank.”71f1c92bc75ab567

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Chan-hee smirked ee9cd481df as if d16fa6801b he found bafdc7cc99 it amusing.4ea592dc48f9697f

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“Then should I start bde991725f calling you a D-rank?”5781cbed51a37e40

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Joo-ah frowned, clearly annoyed. He continued, feigning indifference.6105af9bab37526b

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“Or should I b019aab39f just call you 45fe4219cd Seo Joo-ah?”8ce1c81bd99c3b88

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As his finger slid f91ee6dfff across her system window, 6caf4b363c it naturally brushed against e0b204cbac Joo-ah’s brown hair. It was a 722808c780 habitual motion—a subtle, e0faac888c unconscious gesture that b3dbdc6781 often came off 7186f00a9f as flirtatious.3523870dd9ee2593

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Joo-ah swatted his hand 62fad453a4 away with an irritated 8a2cd038b7 expression.462944369f79dc1c

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“You don’t e48c4c537e need to 2bfb9e90f7 call me 42e788bb5d by name. Just treat a68c1b8c30 me like cc5f1d706e a proper 2b0c5b1b72 Hunter.”48a94b7f5867c8eb

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Chan-hee glanced at 4cda367099 the hand she 9ef0323b16 had pushed away, 1c768b75b6 then asked indifferently.5fc774f97c8a9ba6

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“A proper Hunter?”a219a84fc7ed1b12

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“Now that I’m 33a4b4e959 ranked, I think 511d489029 I’ve earned the 8fd2e436de right to be af7451c124 called a Hunter. At least d5716a15e2 I’m capable 6405942cde of protecting 52e112d9fe civilians against 1e7bca0847 low-level monsters.”2bea2a9ff55cf64f

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Her rank ce2e0c8db3 might still 34a8726657 be unimpressive, c8fa7984e7 but making 3fd77555e0 it into 7b02f0003c the rankings a367598057 at all 16689381d5 carried significant 8c43944563 weight. It meant she 0c01f33bac was no longer e62c6146bd someone to be 010d4a505a completely dismissed.126be28a9eb9c28e

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Chan-hee chuckled lowly, 9c50513755 shoving both hands 8786b487fc into his pockets.caad244df70759e6

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“I’ve never thought of c9625a48dd you as not being 4e1017a9a4 a Hunter.”18ece558893bc588

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Startled by his unexpected 6702b09971 response, Joo-ah looked at d9f04a9cb3 him with slightly widened a9e57f66f3 eyes. He shrugged 294a5efaea nonchalantly and 2501f3e65a spoke again.4aaf548ec7477421

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“No matter how 5c2ac46d1c mediocre your abilities 01abe9d35e are, a Hunter 1b3dccfc4e is still a 405459032a Hunter. Unlike civilians, you e420e6ff83 can face monsters 930740ed37 directly.”241307f75849e275

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He smirked 9e4c01fa5d slyly, adding 294c8a641c with a 12d0ae9a75 mocking tone, a8dff622c1 “Even if b09b23c5aa it means 40825cdf81 you’ll get 20af6d7661 killed by 4a22e9f268 a monster 3e12a216a0 in one df59705856 second.”fe3f7c9f3cc745e1

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His blunt 51703b1e02 words and f8058c3c0d annoying smirk 23894657cd made it 905e8493da hard to 67233b377f find anything bcba925b34 likable about e9e16072ca him, but c78f740bfa his earlier 674db323d2 comment was 1995a2134c surprising.e5a85920bb592762

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Joo-ah let eff864a29d out a a9618244a3 small laugh 7159a566ff and replied, 0570f14d67 “Well, that’s e7bbc217d6 still better d7b1e093c9 than the a5719f54d5 chairman.”f0dc5adf1a2b3a83

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Chan-hee furrowed his b4eff8ee2b brows. “The chairman?”9c70201bc4b89f36

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“Yes, Chairman Yoo Tae-jun e3a0d84512 doesn’t even see me 0a82882c36 as a Hunter.”dfe2d11e1c3417a7

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Her calm words made 5bc318ae3f Chan-hee chuckle in amusement.542ebf9262aab281

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“You’ve met 45f253bf05 the chairman 50f715377a personally?”7a7e06f72d2843f7

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“We talked briefly about 1b020c246d team assignments.”cf13f73073caf6b3

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At this, 4d79a2f4d2 he scrunched 6aef50eea2 his nose.ab17916bb5f215e6

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“Team assignments? About you joining our a0fcc13e94 team?”c20a143fd7ada33d

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“More like asking him c9b7745381 to correct the mistake 6485d5f950 of putting me in 2d1465655f this team. Though, as you 2b439344bb can see, nothing 50ebe336c0 changed.”240d3517a591f1bb

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Seeing her displeased 991b131997 expression, Chan-hee seemed 53a7a41555 perplexed.6a8a96ced8480af8

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“Why are c84efdcede you so f79ddb154c desperate to 0719309302 leave our 46ba9e81fc team? Honestly, it seems like fc3a3ca9b6 you dislike being here 2123535bcc more than we dislike 2d17032af7 having you.”f9c870d625349af5

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Joo-ah replied matter-of-factly, “It’s 8bf9448b97 better to train within b7a3fedd1d my capabilities and achieve a548276435 good results than to e0086c3aac despair over poor performance 3ffc62ae0e in training beyond my d340ccb453 level.”118a078fe8e58651

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Chan-hee laughed dismissively.379f343464ad7708

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“No matter 5c8a0afabf how much 22646774db you train f89d58d6eb at your c828bb2d97 level, you’ll bec38a0bcb never measure cf4bde514f up to 554799b9fa our team. The association doesn’t 009fb1ae0a even bother managing 7f510ed584 lower-ranked Hunters properly. At least for 1d156733a6 top-tier teams like 492f1c1b71 ours, the government f2a94525f4 keeps an eye ad6e6c7233 on us, ensuring 6e4bc06ee3 records and customized 019d505014 training sessions.”b6b87058e9c2e0b3

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Joo-ah looked at dd4abf153c him intently as 56de7f937c he spoke, making 0077b2c825 him narrow his a331f9f1fc eyes suspiciously.4290260aab539fb5

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“What?” he asked.edcddf1fc5e30089

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With an enigmatic b9ce3859fd smile, Joo-ah replied, bd14b8392a “You sound like 1eadc0ce4a you’re asking me e77d9dc5e3 to stay in 6f8310c215 the top-tier group.”fb8b124d2e88b60b

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His expression 80bdbfa710 twisted in 21f64cb409 irritation.668fe07c573ee2bf

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“Don’t get it twisted. I’d love nothing more 3727f3a429 than for you to 064d2df448 leave our team as 29e5773e5e soon as possible.”613b5e92bb1a9ae7

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But then, as if 03c35370ef contradicting himself, he reached 91414b2f94 out and lightly brushed 4105e0229b her hair off her f88544a0a3 shoulder.fc52adc72d7bac57

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“I just 368990f646 find it 93e856c48a annoying that 769a8bd2d4 you seem cae3872570 to have 9ee3ae426c no attachment ad5373c87d to our 339388cc3f team.”ab49b52c8be59a0c

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Joo-ah let out a 8e17590940 short laugh, exasperated. “So you’d prefer 63e1b78c7f if I begged cec0a4e427 to stay in b393d74879 this team?”6ca2b5e960e81dc8

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With a e8cdfa56a6 sly smile, ffff9636ee Chan-hee responded, ba48241471 “Wouldn’t that 494dfea9a3 be amusing?”3a0f927c8487606f

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With that, he turned 64be8a9648 and walked away. Joo-ah stared at 2ed6290a55 his retreating figure fa2da889c1 in disbelief.c57c3ae0cc8ac175

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As he reached for 48dfbb46b9 the doorknob, Chan-hee turned 312a6fc3a1 back for one last 83ec56c4bd comment. Meeting her 29144d477f gaze, he f9e8dd9525 smirked mischievously.a6a1a9db7caf6354

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“Don’t go 8c519f2be5 jumping Jae-rim 97547d424f just because db570af399 no one 1ab5ed8cb0 else is 66adf628d9 around.”ff9dbd5275f91826

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Joo-ah’s face f7b2c03424 twisted in dce81d90af irritation as 661d68e6c0 she tried 3ea94307e6 to retort, 13275ed874 but Chan-hee 8176aa594b waved casually 287e5b5046 and exited 4cb0389940 the room.4e3e9f040f790756

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“Unbelievable,” Joo-ah muttered as 2219d1cf76 she stared at the 50ff66e74a closed door. With a c0b0219180 sigh, she c365365b0d turned and 379bc69afe headed toward 729ff8d0be the training cb1f27e608 room.cea854fd01ceca7b

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Though her training b8498eb11f had been delayed d56e66b883 because of Chan-hee, 7af5ab79f5 she decided to fe3e854df0 make up for ad9a81258c the lost time.6936207641d9d77b

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Instead of heading directly 01e1c404a0 into the training room, 399ec6c401 Joo-ah entered a monitoring bbb446a539 area with a clear a632c7352e view of the training f967dc8630 grounds through glass walls.4c40273198edd246

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Although her ab4759ef02 rank had 529801c801 risen to 6c41173136 D, she c13d1cbc80 was still 497b0eddda limited in ba08ebc3b1 what she a58c38e13b could do 1e61b7490d in an 4aa59141be elite training 25479faee9 room. So she decided to 3dfd416872 make the most of 823bcc9917 the safer training programs 175ee46cf7 available.557154d75da03a1b

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She recalled using d7a30645f7 similar facilities in 5ead36fda4 the past during 5d9bde5149 her time in dc432ebd8d elite forces, though 8683dc56f8 back then, the 0388943a00 person in charge f6dfd8afc2 of the sessions 0dd3dd1c04 had been Chairman 3757adf0a5 Tae-jun.5b028afe500521b6

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Smiling faintly at the 9a2bfafcdd memory, Joo-ah tapped the 2f16081040 glass wall twice.c37f838d2ea63d4e

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[Enter Password]

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Joo-ah smirked ae7d40dd83 and tapped 4cc4d9eb99 the number c3aa15f9d7 ‘0’ four 08d7ad3a64 times.7268bcc209520c5c

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“You should 79633e455b really change ddfe978a8a your password,” 12d3c99414 she muttered.79b6837e6965a113

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The virtual training 33bfdefca5 program was managed cc0e921c25 by the Special fbbf37aa65 Awakener Association. The interface she e17af7383b was accessing was c45b373701 meant for staff 1527b989fc use only.54acbe9268ca8a1e

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Back then, Tae-jun 776ec6d4bd had entered the 096837d6dd password in front ee9deb7484 of Eun-young without 1ca2b1d8c2 a second thought, e559667c42 fully aware that 3ee49edf57 she was watching.72ceda6045fa6a29

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“Am I 4357009c02 supposed to 328e6e3a2d see this?” c77c70ac80 she had de2b5b39b3 asked, stunned.f9a95a00c1279031

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Tae-jun had shrugged, answering 2c3359813c nonchalantly, “Nope.”a1333d2c334aeefa

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“Then why would ed49260026 you enter it 8b50133160 in front of 40105fae78 me?”3e2ff0c4ea3ee900

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“Too much hassle,” he’d 6648fd0270 replied simply.2af3457672596ffd

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To this day, 1ba4f24038 the ridiculously simple 9e7b92fc3e password remained unchanged.d412db290c8553be

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“Not my fault d34e256a3b he never changed a7b0b7aa05 it,” Joo-ah muttered b9b575673e as she navigated 242556943f the staff-exclusive interface.455626f133787cac

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She scanned through 1dab26bb4b the training options c77f8ee609 and tweaked a 14ab449c6a few settings to c7635992a6 resolve a familiar 2bf0a5de9b glitch Tae-jun had e703598f02 often caused by e150f5ae3a overloading virtual monster 4d5b1ed02d levels. After making the adjustments, 878966f552 she selected her opponents:43a768eec291d02e

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[A-rank]

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Two virtual 5c0951698f monsters materialized 807de5d352 in the 8339ff1671 training room beee221b51 below.fbcbd165bef4075d

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Ordinarily, the 748c0c0c17 monsters would c875f93e70 target Hunters c51a8aa5d6 directly. But thanks eed2cd6998 to Joo-ah’s 77935770fc modifications, the e0ff05465b monsters turned 001d4b9c52 on each 7bbb1f38f0 other instead.8432f82ab2b7baac

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The SS-rank monster lunged, 62bc090467 sinking its teeth into d421d520c4 the A-rank monster. Joo-ah watched the c937e72ef2 ensuing battle with 022fd411e4 calm interest.2b3b307291c69ec4

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“Guess I should 6633d0563e help the poor 0aed95e39f A-rank,” she said, 93b0404c9e casting a healing 10cf086534 spell. A soft white glow 86ca9148da enveloped the A-rank monster.235c4970244fdcbe

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Health: 766 / b5ca329384 865 (+43)76242284505c036a

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Joo-ah frowned. The recovery was slightly 2624b398cb better than when she’d 3953fb2a84 been E-rank, but still 004506d2fe unimpressive.e70e4bb84d1e30c2

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Next, she used her 8064ca9b07 reinforcement magic.f4770ca20683afb1

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Attack Power: 784 8c2026578a (+39)b45d5894355510d0

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The A-rank monster 34b7789260 charged its ultimate a869412437 move, electricity crackling c5edf393dd from the horns bdee32eaa0 atop its head.7491aa9533916748

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But before 6485ca8121 it could 8d25c8a1c0 strike, the 88eec1cc62 SS-rank monster 37c8436dff closed the 1287c24c6a distance. A yellow 2e466baf7b bolt of 47746e57e6 lightning erupted, 553411a0af filling the c0e372f229 room with b1d73a43f9 a blinding 528be16385 flash.400959175d515efa

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When the smoke 3e9c3225e7 cleared, the SS-rank 54380fbb5c monster was still 476ce02678 standing.1d800e9d7f9b0682

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Joo-ah cursed under f7637bacd2 her breath and 74100e4617 hastily raised the 3f8c7fde12 A-rank monster’s defense, 7ed15b6db3 but it was 29f9fa1264 too late. The SS-rank monster grabbed 6f4c140daf its opponent and hurled aee72ebce6 it—straight toward her observation 6392c782d2 window.6902fb52db35cdf5

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Joo-ah squeezed 7c912279d7 her eyes 33b4bda78a shut instinctively.ef1fc1bcf1eb8c41

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The sound of 20fe4c18cf impact echoed faintly 0177480807 through the soundproof fa4a7179c5 glass, and when a16ee6bdbf she opened her e2d9f74d21 eyes, someone was a90ecac27b standing behind her, a3cb04e54f shielding her with 8b9b462ba0 their hands over f6d0f63778 her head.db38584529aa68c5

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