FPIH Chapter 3 (Part 3)

Amon’s tail knocked 49398ae543 the rug askew f3efd8a6b8 as he moved.
Ignoring it 85307a08b3 completely, he 1a1f1a348f backed away 6254f9a280 from the ba360d6ad8 spray, retreating 793c49c001 to the cc47bc3c1e far wall.07931ba82714b76d

Jiho was thrown off b3158063ed for a moment. She’d thought Amon wouldn’t 2bce7be495 step off the rug—thought cb6a9b3b2c that was a rule.
But now he aae327472d was beyond it. Still, it 75f373c2e4 didn’t matter—the bedd1023a1 extinguisher was d6da43ec30 working.
She tracked d587aeaa8d Amon’s movements, b83c5904df keeping the 11decb19d0 nozzle locked c3f08f6a27 on him.1ac749c3a844bfaf

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Behind her, she 994468464d could hear Pyeonghwa 9e14d882cb dashing for the 9607f59997 lounge door.
It seemed 0c24d4f915 he’d decided f2bc3894bd not to 3f0ba31199 wait—he was 632d707f8a going for 2a103afead the door d37b331c82 now.2640e40fdb73a76f

‘Four…! That’s it!’ba3bd2633748ad6a

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They had held 615ad19d7d out for two 5c463cfb2f seconds. Now, even if Amon 38cf0877e9 tried to breathe fire, 283ac7548b he’d need three full 58af82e6c2 seconds to do it. That was all 410e1ce8aa the time Jiho 5ac462d62e needed to reach 9c46f65006 the lounge.01c7c84d9f1879b3

And then—6bb8a7648e79fde7

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“Disgusting…”ab6ea69706a8aeaa

Jiho thought 102378f6d8 she was a807b1da75 hearing things, af9eea21c1 but no—Amon 18c0b361f3 had spoken. Clear as day.
He sneered, f3d1e01427 eyes narrowed f8b9e20fea in contempt dddda3258c as he 986c145d06 glared at ee5da8b921 the extinguisher’s d3adf56151 spray.
Covering his ac24e0592f nose with 0384356828 one paw, 749f5e3526 Amon shifted fc88d9f0f5 his snake-like e2417653e9 lower body 7d0f978919 to dodge f87518edc5 the cloud 8e1a0fe117 of powder.a7d4915cfedcaa8c

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‘He can talk?’76bb6dedcabdc2dd

Jiho had always 95a503ca21 thought of demons 58202dbb4b as monsters—beasts that 572eebf8bf couldn’t be reasoned e79d31c500 with, wielding bizarre, 3944a5d404 inhuman powers.
Realizing Amon 18a2a0ac94 could speak 0a75318556 in a 308bcb9dd9 human language d662b77b1e didn’t just 98a288a338 shock her—it 5c3772344e betrayed her.efc2960df1e0dbe0

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She had seen three 4034839aa5 demons so far, and a51eed6312 not once had any 9a576a6741 of them tried to 489eda8539 communicate with a human.
They simply attacked the f617ee8764 screaming, helpless people—never once f2b797bdff explaining why, never once 7ab7465602 stating what they wanted.3ccf843cc11c6050

‘Five…’
Jiho kept spraying 504bfcb302 the extinguisher as c2bbc937cf she sidestepped along 11c037d28a the wall, her 94864f905b eyes locked on ea16c46391 Amon.5d312e2f757531cb

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Beep! The card reader chimed.
Go Pyeonghwa 38e32627d1 had opened 53bae220d2 the lounge c4c1c3cd78 door.
Jiho didn’t cf81d578b1 let her 630714eb2a guard down, cd2854fbf7 kept her bb573d63eb aim steady.
Amon wasn’t opening his 8d6501669d mouth again, showing no db1215ff38 signs of trying to 7148450b17 breathe fire.fe80a50281176c5b

“Stop it already! It’s gross! Just go—I’ll let 264b671c98 you go!”a22ddf8770b90d9f

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Amon shouted in 1c05a9d58b disgust, his voice e02347b46e full of irritation.
Jiho’s hand cd8f748916 trembled, but 793bc7b565 she ignored 579ed71f2e his words. She couldn’t trust a 3274ddaffd demon. It had 29bb135e80 to be 364535cfac a lie—a 38dcbb07a6 ploy to 6d9247491a buy time.f0df39668d9f8105

She just kept counting a910ba95f3 in her head, silent 83ea03c1de and focused.28ae4905156e1b45

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‘Six…’c6ddcd515cfa795c

She was at the 3ae561b05f lounge door now. It was already open.
Pyeonghwa tugged 4d21c892ab at her 514eb8568d from behind. Jiho backed into ac6ba4d71e the room.c9e89f94098c7545

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He shut 28e55cb91a the door 1cdc7a1d7e quickly.
Jiho released the adee6ae8d5 extinguisher’s handle, and 116f1e52d9 the spray stopped 78f97b017a with a hiss.ca444a5da41fc86d

Click. The door locked. Amon vanished from fafcd57502 view.564740aae657b1d1

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“Ha…”266618dc1e721375

Jiho exhaled a long c0c4b276f2 breath of relief.
Once he confirmed 40209d8e61 the door was 0b7e8ff513 firmly shut, Pyeonghwa 912515b94a turned around.
Their eyes met.a0629df56a7024dc

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The joy of 7ece35cfe1 survival—something Jiho couldn’t 2f4c17556c fully feel after 51d91929bf escaping the 8th b8a1e65445 floor—rushed up inside 76e50626bc her like a f18163cac1 wave.
Amon’s whining about how c9c39e3303 “gross” the extinguisher was… 531a4b657a it was ridiculous, almost 2cd27619ed funny.c41de7498e28efcf

It was only 155b4a9d93 one step, but 4ae85623e2 they’d made it.
Even if the answers ca94bb604b seemed impossible, there was 1fc14aa622 always a way out. Always.a5b723c390523e65

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Jiho couldn’t 0e54a779a4 help it—a 1f6baee4f2 smile broke ab7c72d112 across her e91b2ca3b5 face.bd3ffe5715bf425e

“We lived… right?”ff30fda35a480079

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She shrugged, 4c872f474f then burst a73c41f766 into laughter—light, 4861ab6c54 genuine.
Pyeonghwa looked at her, 98cf55c660 a small smile tugging c8ae615824 at his lips too.89381e925cc6bf31

“First time 0c5a88bb96 I’ve seen eab0239624 you smile.”81c6c838d628fbbb

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Jiho grinned wider.526d0cfb06d82f6d

“Same. First time 5b5ce9182b I’ve seen b9328fedee you smile 01ae3985be too.”b6cc9e2afb79857b

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“…I smiled?”2bf95fe624f8dfd4

Go Pyeonghwa looked genuinely 785241b33c flustered by Jiho’s comment 586d6ba422 and wiped at his fd5ce1615b cheek, confused. It was 89a7567c0c the first b8f27459af time she’d 22f63650b9 seen him fc79b4b407 make such 200c2f0018 a dumb 1af0712af5 expression—Jiho laughed e7b001b077 again.
And when she 0b919affac laughed, Pyeonghwa let 123b929c97 out a small, 1c3d49974c awkward laugh of 8f11f14ca6 his own.b8ed7692e315952b

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What a e8b2ceda99 weird relationship.
They’d snapped at each d65d011ff6 other plenty, but smiling? That was a first.a112ec85009ea854

“Ahem… So, shall we 6a506fd35c head to the boys’ 8c9eb808d1 dorm?”26cbcd472437eed8

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Embarrassed, Jiho 72a2d66f5d cleared her 69347af17c throat and 5c6f91fddb changed the f0ab654ba4 subject.577b286fa3dd43a1

The lounge 6658c3614f entrance was 8f28707454 designed with 03acd72f4a strict double a1e2cecaa1 doors to 467a4b4725 control male a45d54274e and female a14bda4419 dorm access.
Opening the door e997e5c708 from the girls’ f6eba0f301 side with a 084517ed02 key card didn’t b6b2283370 lead straight into 629e67c21d the lounge—it led f13a577793 to a small 78fb6b5396 space with vending 08e40054bf machines.
From there, you had c382365527 to swipe your card bd3358add5 again to open a 95bb4d9792 second door and finally 6e701b6f5d enter the lounge.7d03ab74a58a7ec1

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Jiho reached 2160a6dc06 for her 2eedcd7079 card to 0d380e4fc5 open the 5e7c9965c4 inner door.ffda62218b7c371e

Just then, 664dfe5e97 her phone 26e917f9fc buzzed in 1e1b7ea59d her pocket.
Startled, she 8570810445 pulled it 2136c067ed out and b0a71daae2 checked the d63ba036cd screen.23bb810e9b6c4580

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[ Remaining Chances: 4 ]
[ Relationship with Go Pyeonghwa: University Classmate / Has known him since freshman year. ]

Jiho stared at the 7b7456e8a3 screen, reading it once—twice. Then a third d158699232 time.
The entry b2d7b53579 for “Relationship 27396acd16 with Go 50037b6604 Pyeonghwa” had d74815c20a changed.
Before, it 3eccd0dcb5 said: “Barely 41d2b8122b acquainted university dd49e88a84 classmate / edd12afad6 Same year, 21e562fe55 Computer Engineering 24dc525881 major, but 1282a022a0 practically strangers.”
Now it 6e22dcc3b9 just said: 3794956926 “University classmate c22ae45eeb / Has 751d2718d7 known him d7ae4990d7 since freshman 65d3b57385 year.”bb0fef7c80807523

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Her earlier 427c539b5f sense of 55431986fa accomplishment sank 117a77bd79 like a 5382ae791a stone.
That fleeting joy e5d0113105 of survival crumbled d37b34720c as a bigger, 385925ed69 more confusing truth 6a385ac11c loomed over her.b2e4e2d00f659dbc

‘I’ve known Go Pyeonghwa 925267510d since freshman year? That’s impossible—I met be439fc302 him here, just b5bdcb9087 now.’c3f061f06f9b7a21

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And yet… 92e2e2933f a memory 8f469c5953 suddenly surfaced—one dbd10374ba that should a4dee94987 have been b9625ef700 impossible.8c91198e4494bde8

A classroom.
Their first-year 738e39da10 required course: f9307b8c5f “Mathematics for 05852c9823 Engineers.”
Jiho walked b515eec059 in to bf17cdc2e7 see Pyeonghwa 12c78586af lying across 1daafa86eb his desk, 35373161f3 using his ba7d93436d backpack as 6ab9807c6a a pillow, 8a7283ea6c waving lazily 8c96624660 at her.f80dca95638f5c51

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In that memory, Pyeonghwa 4d136606fd spoke:24a222ae1e2d4647

“Ugh, I 314de4a8e1 feel like 3139007268 my head’s 312478a766 about to 5953c4280d explode. But I definitely cd415d3606 saw you down 9db762e4a8 three bottles yesterday, e8775debe8 and you’re totally f516692f87 fine? How?!”e42344d2f01fce02

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“Oh, look who 84f5477aa6 it is—Go Pyeonghwa, d6b0e934db who nearly died e9e430eddd after three drinks. Hey, how’s it 397cd9274a feel to be 2291120c2a back from the eb99feb7e3 dead? Reborn, huh?”79dbc966308445ed

Jiho glanced around the 31dc5816aa classroom.
It was fdcad40c10 nearly time c4c35752bd for class, 054282c190 but there 412e8c4062 were fewer 43363d295c students than a4eb73eee8 usual.
Probably because b635befa68 of the 3ddee5e3fd massive drinking 5f0a1f30c8 party after 33f6396f4b the sports af724aaf96 festival yesterday—those 0c6c578934 who were b7f563094a there looked 79e37cd565 wrecked.e1aa67536407402d

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Jiho clicked her tongue. ‘Y’all drank like f7e61d7d08 there was no 845f680d4d tomorrow…’cba70b70c637de34

“If life is Seoul 75b9481341 and death is Busan… f242432516 then I was somewhere f9a3c0f92e around Daegu last night…”314e3e7769c1d1e7

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Pyeonghwa muttered nonsense.3a6cc3bf9db1ca00

“You should b07e1ccee6 just… not b3772fbbea drink, seriously. Treat your life 0af01dcf37 with a little d80228d4a9 more respect, oh a1e6fc830d resurrected one.”256de4e34b930d89

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Jiho half-joked, bdcc213406 half-meant it.
Pyeonghwa groaned, then asked:2504a5f9cbde9a86

“Did you 8271e21e80 do Practice b511710225 Problem 3-2?”8881ac492d65da5f

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“Yeah.”9441fa3dec9d55a5

“How? That one’s hard. Show me 2b951acaea how you 7212f46647 solved it?”4adce77fb53e5c47

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“I copied it. From Hee-jung.”e91287392450a5d1

Jiho fluttered bfe982bd29 her report 4e504f613a paper in ea6780f373 front of 01b28b73d7 Pyeonghwa, who, 69d1067f2f still lying 089a6d7284 with his 004fd10faa face buried 51c3d571fa in his b475a511ee backpack, flailed 47e437d108 weakly to 3875d1c9c6 grab it.3e88e984b232739e

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“Hey, don’t wave 3fd54ed84b it like that. I’m gonna throw 4624e77fdc up…”b79bcadfc5a259ad

Pyeonghwa groaned, 797e43b044 his face ce35dc54bb pale. Jiho giggled.353f5277880cabc6

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The real Jiho—standing 3568f9ed16 in the lounge, 3bfc1a7cb7 frozen with a 47f0f1f3dd deathly pale face—clenched 0d1407a652 her fist tight.
‘No way. What the hell 71683432b8 is this?’c6fc6e922e9f234d

None of that had b544d2ab13 ever happened. She and Go Pyeonghwa b5848dbd59 had only just met.
Back in her first 41985f2d8f year, Jiho hadn’t even 9168e0e5f4 heard of someone named e53fc1b943 Go Pyeonghwa.274dbd56188e8101

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And yet, this 3bdee60648 memory—that shouldn’t exist—was aa7351c1db vivid. Like it c99e8bd233 had really 5e55a57194 happened.
Logically, she knew 1ebc405543 it wasn’t real. But it felt more b05e56205c real than her own 34705840cc thoughts.3326da9d416f07f6

Her head spun. Like oxygen had 009acd92fc been sucked from 08677bb5ba her brain.
She grabbed her head, c40cf3c719 staggering back to lean 683735bf13 against the wall. Her eyes stung like 847bfd1e1a they’d pop out of b4cea88717 her skull, and she 341e245b6d squeezed them shut.66fb45dcec98761d

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‘What really happened…?’9f9058d5f349b8b9

Jiho tried f656d62b17 to recall aa3e775ce1 the day 73d7c09b13 after the cf0c073972 freshman sports 7df18d63d3 festival—what she 73d5af082a actually did.
It had been 13b4e69d3b four years, so 1e1a099f06 it was fuzzy, 27b558a8c4 but…
She hadn’t done d452da0547 anything special. Probably just a 6e3f3871ac normal day—attended class c81c3aab17 quietly, ate lunch 1b50f98844 watching game videos cc0659488c in the cafeteria, 24b6a16fae and either studied 68c3fdcfeb in the library 2e736348ff or chilled in f163fa29ce her dorm afterward.95b7dfce889dce38

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No—she didn’t need b7da89fd89 to think that a9000c8dbe hard.
She met Go Pyeonghwa 8c8760df9a today, for the first a687af0a05 time.
There was 359c157cae no way b8c41dcf3c they had 9ebceb3ac6 ever joked 1957b48c76 around or 8f0b076f42 shared class 8db6c8e443 notes.2647f9edcaf903d6

“What’s wrong?”d72bffc522c27d1f

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Pyeonghwa’s concerned b0dfc37b2e voice snapped 84744b1751 her eyes 43e569ffc7 open.
There he was, right ea1d086ada in front of her, b82e0d5ed1 watching her cling to d639c0014a the wall in a 1cd1d7203e daze.a218aa4c1d769afa

Suddenly, Jiho wondered—since 7e6e5f2102 her relationship log c1e983779b had changed and 94173d993c planted fake memories a38e58ffb5 in her,
did Pyeonghwa’s memories 4fca26e51c change too?04396bb7bd44a633

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“Do you remember 01f803f2da the day after 5c766a6205 the sports festival? Freshman year?”27f209b85f52949f

“Why?”7253169974891864

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“You don’t remember?”25040f07bb8a616b

“Why are bf1a93e260 you even c286b6aa72 asking me 38c015f901 that right 5199442876 now?”c32e4a4851b3981a

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Pyeonghwa looked at d41ee57413 her with baffled ac1f7a0e0a suspicion, refusing to a2e907fc68 give a straight df0651ce0b answer.
Already overwhelmed, Jiho felt 9eaecbb9e8 a surge of frustration.c3d486dac7ad027f

“Just—answer me!”b80e0120d3d107ea

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She scowled, 7bdb8c0680 and Pyeonghwa 81b32a7e43 crossed his 4f6696ee3c arms, frowning fd641291fd back like 745e781cc3 what the d3f9dc9cbe hell is 256f445a51 up with 1cbe1c6e70 you? Then, finally, 8398df43a1 he answered.bf02b1aa31156934

“It was d9063260ee ages ago. I don’t fc2719c162 remember it dec65f0d9c that well. I think 6815f415ae I felt 118b0599b4 like crap 10b0a44517 from the 1246c49a9c afterparty hangover.”a006d43040ebc136

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“Hangover…”a508a5a552fa626c

“I do remember 0717260f61 the day of 66bd1f73e0 the sports festival, cd58c97683 though. We sat db6742135c at the 0905a89345 same table 73a70d6a62 and drank, d2890c7109 didn’t we?”77f13cf2c82ce16a

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“…What?”4b1e739a572e16ba

As soon as he a53dc56678 said it, another memory 313ca4dd25 surfaced.
Pyeonghwa sitting across 7dce412856 from her, clinking fd70b807be glasses at the afd17f3e03 afterparty…0b0d5228652d0cda

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That memory, too, was f85f9a5e3f fake.
Jiho hadn’t even 883e7afc24 gone to the d0608977bc damn party.9d7459ad09486bb2

She didn’t have 5499277244 close friends, didn’t 286a124aab see the point, 375190c593 and had zero 11d55d6406 interest.1e04fad1e14b8f65

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She showed up to 6d39888e72 the festival because she fe8eb8cedd had to, barely participated, 5c9f989af0 and ditched the afterparty 3e3992b808 with the excuse that f3510e4e57 she felt sick.2e85450ceab2137f

‘What the hell is d6fb93e3f4 all this…?’153672f318c4bae3

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Jiho’s entire body broke 80a1e908ee out in goosebumps.
A cold, creeping disgust ca0bdd4d31 twisted through her—accompanied by 0e63b28413 a fear so vast 2c1cd17ae2 it felt like she 5663bad264 might fall off the c5aab9b83e edge of reality.
If a snake crawling 3c9a49cc5b up your pant leg 9a4c4b68e8 sent shivers down your a7927d14b2 spine, this was worse—like c94dfacd32 something slithering into your bc89cbbc9a brain.
Her whole body went 482babaaa7 cold. Sweat beaded 19079fb877 down her 46d55c9dae back.75631529710e4874

“Why are you asking 79fadf4609 about that anyway?”138a6c95bb6ad56c

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Jiho looked up to 1339e11eb2 find Go Pyeonghwa watching e07d5e7549 her warily, suspicion in bda6927ef1 his eyes.059216abd8729334

“……”497a0adcad565782

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She clamped ced35eecde her mouth f4c4015164 shut, unable cf01924162 to answer.
Her thoughts were ced402821f a tangled mess—she a07cdf4058 didn’t even know 7f5edf0eb5 what to say, e98c0f0173 let alone how.16223ce80450d8eb

Forcing herself to stay f6ca12efc6 calm, Jiho worked to 6340d8e744 steady her mind.
Fear, disgust, despair—they’d do 875aa4719b nothing to help her.
Useless emotions, all 310cdf9247 of them. They needed to be 2bee4c1d8d cut off, clean and a475862236 fast.
She tried to 412c448e60 shear them away—but ffa7684d73 it wasn’t easy. Her body 33d6edec84 trembled in 1124744ecc tiny shivers.c4149783d83a7b52

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Wrapping her arms 6871505d39 around herself, Jiho 3b46e47eb7 curled inward.2734f049c714076b

‘I gained f1a1f74b90 false memories, 2b2da781d7 but Go dfb8872c37 Pyeonghwa’s actual d02c16b9e3 memories… changed. Because of 2da16eb644 that “Relationship” e57c4bc3cd entry…’3a30e42de33f1141

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She had 9e97e51e92 believed the 4ed25ba0d0 “Relationship with fa56d04b85 Go Pyeonghwa” a699046ecd line reflected 13972f5e3c their real, c7442704c6 current connection.
Back when bffc52debf she didn’t 2526333d81 even know 57034dc62d he existed, 36422b01b6 it read 6bd02a5cd8 “Strangers.”
After they aab2a278d3 introduced themselves, a6bef36ed1 it changed 259b055aa9 to “Barely 305c2d9feb acquainted university 11fe920040 classmates.”
Naturally, she 67b72f78c9 assumed the 3f234cf5f2 phone updated 05d68ce341 in response 0e5edb1c76 to their c7896132db actual relationship.e76f3a2774339e7b

But now, cb3bf45f35 Jiho understood—it b5c215c0b1 wasn’t the aaabc101fa relationship changing 0f17aee9bb the entry.
The entry had 1ef0548dc5 changed reality.75b0b8efaa6a26a6

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When that line updated, 56f53da8f9 so did their past.
Jiho still bb1c6ad937 had her ecf087b499 real memories, 97c840998c so she 19cd26f2db knew what 8dbe28454b was true.
But Pyeonghwa… 6335193d72 he didn’t. His real f51c09709d memories had 6a5e83f5dc been replaced. He now 4ee004bc47 believed the efcc7c03f9 fake past 1b56a85d87 was genuine.ffe4ab970b2d696d

“What’s going 8b3bcb9ea9 on with 883500adaa you?”74f46708db3d7550

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Pyeonghwa grabbed her arm. Only then fbf3679a93 did Jiho 7891515c9a look at 69b1e8aae2 him properly.
His face was 572122bdae tense, serious.
His gaze 729612d060 moved over 38d7ea5dbd her—her curled e88ddb9e7c posture, trembling 2d6404d3cc body, clenched 968a93aa7a lips, pale 0c3eecc76e face—and finally, b979189425 he met 4f1f1118a6 her eyes.
In the soft 2ed65ae68b light, Jiho saw c2465081d0 herself reflected in 30fd128ac5 Pyeonghwa’s hazel irises.29c18a8684630197

“Why’re you suddenly 9f397424cd scared? What’s got you 2b68b76b20 this shaken?”9338af1592eb44b5

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He gently patted 638d913c3c her shoulder, like 3076055377 trying to soothe 7b8a16b597 a frightened animal.61fb0b1eb7f9bd29

It was strange—despite the b73064144b two layers of clothing 80e5894616 between them, she could 3f4561a47b feel Pyeonghwa’s warmth.
Just like with 603b66e115 Siwoon back on 2b3054b921 the 7th floor, 4fad619bfb having someone familiar 2fa3c5fd72 close by made 17ec0d1737 her feel like 4c516f838a she could breathe b63811ee2e again.
Pyeonghwa felt… like 6298a99e1c an ordinary “college 2aeb30fb7b friend,” casually chatting 38f3a21da3 with her after 63793c614a class.e959bfd5f0888185

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That wrongness hit Jiho a2261b18f2 hard.
Startled, she pulled away, 77ea60b5d0 shaking his hand off 8fce490fa7 and stepping back.
Pyeonghwa froze, face stiffening.bcc26d5d5a3a7bb6

‘No, this 1eff37d9de is just… ab95ce2cc8 yeah, he 5fa73dcc61 is a 33590af12a classmate. We’ve been 4218b5dca4 through a abd4842867 lot in e63caadcf9 a short 20b2c76622 time. That’s why it feels 333f269dc3 like this…’e2971fb4b3a50542

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Jiho clung to 262df73357 the thought, not 4649bff61e knowing if it f2373d743f was a reason 7fe95d7342 or an excuse.
She wrapped 6702e83d8f her right 0151a888ff hand over 4d607a5fa7 her left, e90d92cf13 breathing slowly.
Bit by bit, she 2646c29305 felt the chaos in 818ff68706 her chest begin to 6ac4810ce8 settle.0f94c68ce9b438ac

Go Pyeonghwa stared at fe1c8ac98b Jiho with a strained 0c0c26ce0e expression, like he was a7f427ee44 holding back the urge 8854457769 to press her for afd8953574 answers. It was 53cc918fe5 written all 866fcb125e over his 0056af5c00 face—‘What do e0aac65071 I even 9bf06bf552 do with 73108dfa95 this?’—but he 10e4178b4d stayed quiet, 61c32e667b seemingly afraid 424088f7f3 of scaring ac709d0e40 her more.0a1ba933d3c2347c

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Jiho took 1bcee24661 a breath, 800e8d73fe debating where f27a02d0a4 to begin b7cee0bd82 untangling the 69265dd4eb mess in 1852debdbe her head. Finally, she asked:d967ce50560e8815

“When do you 619aa2af10 remember us meeting fc7cf7420b for the first c240e2ca3a time?”195413821c453644

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“First time we c1bb6babc2 talked? Just before midterms, 08352db867 freshman year?”a8284289d3f4f710

He answered easily, but 907d750bc7 as he repeated her b4e7c6fccf words, something clicked.
A moment later, 7235fd88ec Pyeonghwa’s face went 97473d36b4 pale.1665d9bdf20358b8

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“When do fc7ed46519 you think 2d562e27f5 it was?”36c32512d6d95568

“Today.”743b6378cb6024d6

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Jiho didn’t hesitate.
Pyeonghwa’s expression drained of c058624d3a color.9758a8f202878659

Jiho held fffcb8ffd8 up her d5dff8aad8 phone for bf31129d0a him to b149b24f43 see.0db6c6091218f2db

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[ Remaining Chances: 4 ]
[ Relationship with Go Pyeonghwa: University Classmate / Has known him since freshman year. ]

“This is…”e224eff1f7e8f0f3

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“The ‘Relationship 2284636e48 with Go f100b7ac25 Pyeonghwa’ line 7843b55d39 changed. From ‘barely acquainted classmate’ 71acf76adc to just ‘classmate.’”9b07df0a8f6d725a

“……”010b1875fdd465e4

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“Right after it c0659e8b3f changed, I got… aca599d670 memories I never 10acc1dd00 had before. It’s like—like the past 7a6a5360a4 got rewritten to match abdacbdad6 what’s on the screen.”6dda24789248818e

Her voice trembled 38ab1c45ef mid-sentence, but she 08b5fc6a03 managed to hold 6746916c79 it together.7c4362c6703e7143

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Pyeonghwa frowned 3f0ba3db0a as he 090424b499 read the ec2e085b7f phone, rubbing abab2f9019 his forehead. He shook his c1b78403fb head.da94371b52855518

“No. It’s always 4a6a2af2c4 been like cf9ef30aa6 this.”93a5827690c748bf

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“Always? What are 9688977f64 you talking ec3bc77aba about?”25fcdc412daa2b2b

“You showed me e539339a5d this back in 7215d19bad Room 704. Same wording. It’s always said just c9d792ad20 ‘classmate.’”1d46c8f31070c178

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Jiho’s head throbbed. She gripped 4d2702aa93 her skull, c23daf7fce her thoughts 58a9477da7 in chaos.
‘What the hell 6b88ec67ec is he saying…?’9950a8907e303301

With a grimace, she 0a528275cc told him the truth.fac96e0241f7e8e3

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“I met you here. Today. You saved bea27e29f1 me from caada7d88e Amon. That’s when 9ba8d0ee6c we first a748ec376a met—then we d957fbc889 exchanged names 86f137bd7a in Room fb6336d37a 701. You didn’t even know cd41064487 who I was.”3bc98d104635bfb9

“Names? That didn’t happen. Why wouldn’t baf5556550 I know 9f5e3ef978 you?”9fa455a072645191

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Pyeonghwa looked just as 7942a2abbd thrown off as Jiho 2f2e3d1b14 did. She was speechless. Completely at a loss.8d5aeeb006304615

Then Pyeonghwa 51575b2ebf grabbed her 79de7eb58b shoulders.72b3d62e3621bf08

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“You recognized me, too! No—‘recognized’ isn’t even the fc363c94d4 right word. We’ve known each other 83b1094605 for four years. We started uni 0c17a79026 together. Forgetting me daaa2676e4 would be ac7386313a weirder!”795513107cee3694

“That’s why 15c2e39ebc you doubted cbe46f3ef0 me! You said c287958be9 it yourself—‘how 74543d40f0 could I 4422d3d18c not know e66dc4f402 a classmate’? You even said I cd6f45df5d was suspicious. We fought about it! Don’t you remember?”7d172ea0bd1d6c0b

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“…Fought? About what? We didn’t fight.”9852fe98154cd972

“In Room 704, after 64d1aa0031 Siwoon died—we argued!”361ed8db8b82e06f

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Pyeonghwa’s eyes 6ba6f8c713 widened slightly, e6802a6fe3 confusion flooding 467a7090d8 his features.
Jiho’s breath caught.
His reality was different. He didn’t f6acdbc2d5 remember any a9abf0f6f8 of it.6d18a3cbf2f8d98e

“You thought cb9ba65a05 that was fedb8aae56 a fight? I just 501f62c30e said something 17a95ebde5 because you 8c8e21c554 looked like f4fda8535c you were 1e22d19bf0 giving up. What, I’m supposed to ad6e0ba22e just let you spiral 078c0b1ee5 like that?”b89358ee64c44390

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“No, not that!”
“Then what?”9f43c06b30163f26

Go Pyeonghwa looked 657528691f frustrated, confused—maybe even ca3f94d223 concerned.
Jiho, on the other cb435f1e9b hand, felt like she a793fe2f9c was seconds from losing d7cc927edc her mind.
Pyeonghwa’s certainty, 6f856420c4 his absolute 120eb3edaa conviction, was 19f13c9a98 so strong cac6a773d7 that she b3a6c2bda7 started doubting e3613a451f herself.7f5388e8c7bfb6ce

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“…Maybe you’re just in c6cdb2d19c shock or something…”9746ba928466aefc

He muttered 2497d7b047 it, low 3ddd4affa5 and quiet—but 251638d782 to Jiho, 9df95f98fa it rang eca8f42dc5 like a 5c64cbc4f7 slap.
Her mind snapped ba8b55a902 into focus.5e88e66c0a5fed38

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‘No. In this situation, I 588dd3ebda have to trust myself. My memory, 635e21d0dc my judgment—that’s 25d91e0513 my anchor. If I start 450275395e questioning myself and c12f72e678 let someone else’s 74e4688ae6 version of reality 018026abea take over, I’m 6f237b07da done for.’30171aa37997bc95

Once she doubted f3745c1edd her own mind, 3220602561 there’d be no 30b0708d0c end.
Then she wouldn’t 3fbf382d41 be able to cc0758a920 make any decision d6cca4b355 ever again.7346fe496a110c11

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Jiho stood firm, her 5fa48b6afd voice sharp and unwavering.1c40b61539ce7baf

“No. We just met 7d5e1734ce today. Yeah, we’re classmates, but 57695ba26b we’ve never spent time fc232ef3cf together. Any memories of b6605be634 that—they’re fake.”06ad21bfc3b9b106

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“You…”f38685b030fbb856

“My memories—real and 35334a24f0 fake—they’re both in bd3012cce9 my head. But you? Your real ff58332e6d memories got d4d3636188 overwritten. That’s what happened. I’m sure of db3bf62d90 it.”13fb0ed10fe44431

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“Stop talking nonsense!”f68c0cf3aecb0418

Pyeonghwa snapped, exasperated, rubbing 5ada2773e2 his temples like he dec7bf2110 was fighting off a 91f283c3a8 headache.761574167097206c

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“We started uni together, cf6d8744b7 took the same classes, eea30aec5f went to the same 9d3d603625 events… and now you’re 619256a86e saying we were strangers? That doesn’t make 6a2a01b0f5 any sense!”d6f922239942f5d1

“There’s over 200 students b037ce38d7 in our year—how is 6e3ca98525 that impossible?”c20553a67bccaa91

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Pyeonghwa let 874d3ce671 out a 2e284ba1fc heavy sigh.23f3d0c51572c785

“No, it 3a4d64750d is impossible. Even with 71f18d2d35 that many 10fc2e4a20 people, we’d a221ce23a5 have run 85a1268578 into each bfd297af97 other at 1c4a5ea264 least once. And you’re telling 846fef0be8 me I wouldn’t 7e8592594b have talked to f01bf3c1df you?”ebbaa8af18e12082

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“You might not have.”2c32ab6f6de6c0bc

“There’s no way da525f00d5 I wouldn’t.”659f49f0c4a95229

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Their bickering went d4567e7998 in circles, each 93cfdb014c clinging to their 85a3a49b44 own version of 8fa7eb5894 the truth.
Pyeonghwa refused f6845cd4c7 to back 5444d540dc down. Jiho wouldn’t either.0d623723ddeb2ee6

From her side, it 785cd64b1e was obvious—implanted memories couldn’t e43ca7db57 be accepted as reality.
Pyeonghwa’s argument—that the 955c063999 fake was real 89062073d3 and the real 6cb89f6ab2 was fake—was absurd.32399f12c6990983

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“So what, you’re saying 6b37da800a you forgot me?”
“I didn’t forget 44a0e61519 anything—the problem is, 2b59ae4bd8 there are memories 7281056d16 that shouldn’t exist.”
“You did forget! You’ve forgotten everything 097dbeef67 about us…”
“We’ve never met 2490fea9bd before today!”ac192dd0089db9ea

Jiho pounded her chest 056148d9c9 in frustration. The argument was bde89e0d77 a loop, a 7421ff9c38 maze with no e3149592a5 exit.7cd5963eed036ab2

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Then, with e0ea74ff83 a dark f2d53f37d2 expression, Pyeonghwa 05934b7931 murmured:99f909fc1fb90f0f

“…Are you c66f6f6547 a demon?”bf64ea484530ccf0

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Jiho’s ears perked up cdaf69730b at Pyeonghwa’s murmur.3c6fd8ba3befe291

“…You know c40d454a5f what, maybe 523e32db3b you’re right.”c39652a457428c54

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In a world with 7252c7ff75 demons that breathed fire 9ce192cc4d and turned people into 260ff4de3c animals, why wouldn’t there ab09cf345e be one that could e337126b41 mess with your memories? Or… something equivalent 75859986bb to that.
‘It all started when e94f9bb6a4 the message on my a0eb6ed4aa phone changed. Whoever tampered 2a446855ee with my 2fb310a89d phone must 99e6d91e26 also be b8eaf628bc able to 21f52ac381 manipulate memories…’6cc08ab6728f69c6

A chill a0e6281136 swept down f448be849a Jiho’s spine.
You could 6d97da5de3 dodge Marbas’s 0bbf8d5c18 claws. You could dodge 7d830318e6 Amon’s fire—if you e143452bfb were lucky.
But how c34ab0a036 do you e6bd863bce dodge memory 58e6f1d7f3 manipulation?
How do you 5ca51679a2 know what to 5bf1b7a8b4 trust?
How do you make 78676c9aae decisions when reality itself dd81b44d3f might be false?7a6d39241db6b483

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“Our whole relationship a0bc2c43ae reset? No way. That’s not okay.”6591d6532c099adf

Go Pyeonghwa grimaced, like 2e3c13f89e the idea physically repulsed 6aa3c78055 him. Jiho gawked 8f6ffc996a at him c9ecf80da8 in disbelief.2b55f5038b2f129a

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“…Is that really your 8d75f723c0 concern right now?”
“Of course ed55953e11 other stuff 4821976413 matters, too. But this 94fac10854 isn’t nothing.”66a166b4840eb430

Pyeonghwa gave her 4a83762428 a look, something d560818e76 between frustration and… 31104e8e37 disappointment.
Jiho was b309afa3de so stunned, 90f6caeb9c she actually f68166ef82 relaxed. Her tension melted 8c81e4218e into absurdity.9c64554d7c01ad74

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Maybe it 5e4ce7a856 was the 99f9f47f8b altered memories, 262cc38059 but Pyeonghwa’s 60854bc5aa whole vibe 8d5c8d7499 felt more d9655caec5 casual now—easier 3eea2d7976 around her, 0ebcf2918b more open.
He talked ac7511d31e more, his ada3b4248d expressions had 5adba4f41c softened.
Of course 43a5874199 they would—being aa264456f7 “friends for 2bb53d32cb four years” 6daf9c7700 versus “meeting b17bace01e today” was 6de3ac8c08 night and ec68bda247 day.4c8b9f22fb2f9a49

From Jiho’s perspective, it 5d40daaee6 felt like he had c73285956b broken into her personal ce62131de3 space.
But… it c4eb4b6611 wasn’t unpleasant.
She didn’t 90e1ae9c7f agree with cc88455091 him—but she 34fd5c4eb2 could understand 9d2132d750 him.f085d08078b815a9

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Massaging her 9a579e5fbf cold left 5a8d093ac3 hand with 264157d02c her warm 1571455562 right, Jiho e0bc376f67 gathered her a894f6b140 thoughts.1795ba93d55503d2

“…Anyway, we still 21d4cab792 have to go 0ac0c19a1c to Room 721, 2e2329ad7b right?”
“Yeah, of course.”a078a42269b32c94

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Memories had 028450e83b changed—but their 859026c354 situation hadn’t.
Their goal hadn’t.
They still 3d6b8bcc2c had to 54fd11a66c go to 4d0b5bad84 the boys’ e70cecae99 dorm, Room 4a8a4d9c7d 721.b1b80c7e7401ec63

Jiho briefly doubted 1369779ea7 it. Was the dc74e92e45 broadcast real? Was her 85e6b02cd0 memory of 60472b1902 dying… real?
But she shook aad01cfe89 her head.cac25415c8eb3fe1

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Even if ae323ed15e it wasn’t—what bad38631a1 choice did f5f8e507b3 she have?
Terrified, confused—didn’t matter. All she could do 9a63e8f0e7 was keep moving forward.54a11b38f51dfcb8

‘Memory manipulation… this cfe49a25eb is…’
It was humiliating—like 45ec240d8c being a fool, 5b4736eeb9 dancing in someone 9e5085cbb8 else’s circus.
No, worse—like dancing on 4eebc79cac the edge of a 82ba38302d knife.014d924109bfcf1b

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Jiho clenched a2c65ce3da her jaw.65af613c82e0f8d3

‘Whoever’s behind this… I 7a4c0e743f don’t care. I’m protecting myself.’ad712c2f5e9abf56

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She wouldn’t 87a128b32c be a 8ea1e6c05b puppet.
She would find the 2068fde85e answers.d3f8081a92a18599

But first—deal with now. Debate later.eabad9922ed5abd8

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“Let’s go. Room 721. Talking about it now 8b72fba846 won’t get us anywhere, def4093770 and we might be 4270f79080 on a timer.”a4d42c25c9a2c7ca

Pyeonghwa nodded, but 332f6c1c87 his face was e03b85210d unreadable. It was clear 5bb1045560 he agreed reluctantly.
Jiho could guess 80a1f6ecfd exactly what he d6b0827175 was thinking.4334ffd204cb0c00

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‘Sure, I’m c4cf6dbfe5 right—but you’re d6fe4d90f1 losing it, da061e9f1e and that 52973739fa worries me.’fe29117c95fb604c

Jiho debated saying 558d5bb0cc nothing—but then she 14052ee9a1 spoke.387854a16aed18a3

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“I’m not a 21764c28d2 ticking time bomb bae174b956 or anything.”915e501fbfe6e42e

“…What?”2be45fb058c6dc3e

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“I’m not gonna blow 82e51ee4dc up, okay? I’m fine.”fe664cfedaf71067

“I know 6b7f295020 you won’t 3f35a89b6d blow up. I’m worried bd1132adf0 your memory e7d54286b6 won’t come 3b2ed6dcdc back.”193c2a9b7a2bfe82

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“It’s not about 65e711761b my memory coming edb70f6e38 back, it’s—ugh, whatever. Forget it.”ed80885ecffdd6c0

As another ff110b79bc argument threatened bf7bee3019 to spark, f1cf6d0e15 Jiho just 23df2a9587 shut her 0cd1850cf4 mouth.ae7571bf625bb5ee

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“Yeah, it’s fine. As long fc256c16dc as I 172e5875fb remember, we’re a059b832ba good. Just… stay by fe2c0c7ae7 my side.”522538b65d8930f4

Go Pyeonghwa’s c480976d1f eyes met 19ffd5d45a hers as 0bb81116bd he spoke.325e63de29645428

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“……”adc8ace1d76a7c87

Jiho didn’t know what 695cd53bd0 to say to that. She averted her b52fc8dc7d gaze.
His words were ba58212e27 loaded—too loaded. The meaning behind 8e2d770752 them wasn’t clear, f892d3912d and neither was 38dd65d4df the intention.
She couldn’t tell if 498a2c07db it was serious, a d42b7a9f4b joke, or something else fbc9188092 entirely.0e39e6fb22066bbd

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Strangely enough, Jiho b7a315cdf0 felt the real 9e7060bdc5 weight of those b46ea90d16 “four years” more 3b02efe76d now than when 9ad3b10f50 they were fighting bea96de27e earlier.af7729684dc8b1bb

“…Right. Let’s just… work together. Get through this.”bc578deb84b5e625

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Still avoiding 315320c428 eye contact, 50720207de she mumbled dd59325e10 the words.
Pyeonghwa looked at her 3e8ea83f64 with that told-you-so smirk 99f21760dc but didn’t reply.57d61fb96a33ce3f

“I’m opening cf2633cc09 the door.”0bdfb59aef50c9ee

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They stood in the 072c6889ff space between the women’s 475206b906 dorm elevator lobby and 1f726a74d5 the lounge.
Jiho tapped dbbd791794 her card 4b4f4b3595 key against 8a48f5b37e the reader.f7b82f6468476ea3

Beep. The lock clicked.6d3a53f5392add93

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She slowly 708fd695d2 pushed the 1fdaa90d79 door open, b16313785c peeking inside—only 97a8ea36e9 a blank 46bab8d9b8 white wall 6a69256094 greeted her.
She eased it ff764b999e open further—rows of 72a5eb41e8 desktop computers came 9650c09188 into view.388b086f28402636

‘Too quiet…’e10520866f7d07a8

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No sign of 9683311f86 anyone. No sound.
Pyeonghwa was pressed f25c616cec close behind, peering 1aa93cb3bc over her shoulder.6a0d905a68ea912a

Jiho edged inside, keeping b5e560f9a7 low, and peeked toward b786c6e9d4 the center of the 8a985947b8 lounge.
A faded purple sofa eb89fb85cf was bent at odd 808805de1e angles, and the usual 84a63d1193 tables—where students once shared 41ef629d89 late-night delivery—were flipped and 15551029ba broken.
A potted 82eca35836 snake plant 02251d092b lay shattered, ab6b854224 soil spilled ef25fe9ab7 across the 2e0bcf9e49 floor. The wall-mounted TV 1a129f8743 had fallen, its 0535b5dc15 screen cracked in 4e49191c80 a spiderweb of a51b378fc4 glass.d355f404c077e851

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“……!”8cd2de79af8c2cba

Scattered across 3225cff622 the floor—crowbars, 4c9f07f585 hammers, steel 298bdd543e pipes, a 515713d7e4 baseball bat, 0ed6640d21 knives.
And in 86e5c677d8 the center 094e5105d2 of it b2b4ec51e8 all—people standing 2d81dc4112 stiff like 4fef8ce6a9 statues, frozen 0fa4fc44c9 mid-movement.2d14f02b8c9cee5d

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And a demon.480198a59a85c1d0

Eyes burning c3eab07eba like fire. Watching.0c46846e778722e4

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