Chapter 35

From what he’d heard 0cc6b57915 before, about 100 personnel e1ce9d6a68 were stationed here.a8cb55984d7392d8

Compared to Seoul’s 1,000 4fde8b90a8 Espers and Guides, the fc43a2ca93 disparity was stark.9e2c10ac350eb08b

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Such gaps 76a23d4a3f between regions 0dc78ef2ff were increasingly 9eae25fd20 obvious. Seoul had more people, ddc69058e9 sure—but Gyeonggi had far d11bd66581 more land.197835ee8e4a1fd2

Anyone with military knowledge 6804ea7afb would know that covering ce65913778 larger areas requires more 25e0cae47e troops. But the military no c8344878fe longer operated fairly. Resources, talent, power—they 39ed38c8f0 all went where 5c62f4fcf2 the influence was.b37b2c5adb87b69a

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Most high-ranking 6cba76b253 officials in 40215a8ec7 the cabinet a4a6ae3126 were based 203a2c1ca9 in Seoul, 334c1b5718 and using 39e99c9014 their clout, 25ef1671cb they concentrated 8711448c41 production facilities 4f40e78d85 and Espers be928dc69e there.6ad9a7a876f8a1e0

As a result, not a8c9a5f3f1 just between the capital 48ca521869 region and the provinces, 6a2dfcb075 but even between Seoul 83562c4782 and Gyeonggi, the gap 41701e2362 widened.354d36fbbb6aee75

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But something 53d81f4201 felt off. Even with fewer personnel, eca74aac5e the hallways being completely f3f58ecc3d empty didn’t make sense.30e12ddaab561d32

Peeking into offices as 5800f2f1ed they walked by, Kang b5839a9d8e Yu-han noticed vacant rooms, 9b703f395b papers and equipment abandoned 7c87ee18ea on the floor. These places 2343c88058 clearly hadn’t 85839a0d6e been used 33347d0b73 in a db45681f9f while.a917087e626bb67d

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Growing suspicious, Kang Yu-han e441da1f3b addressed Captain Lee.fcef17e253e86228

“It seems like 59c1b0a9cd the staff has e87078db5d decreased. Am I right?”9ec58c44b746c0dd

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“Yes, that’s correct.”f69c939e7b007466

“Something happen?”2fe4ef39e5aedb4c

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“…Well, it’s not 7274f0a944 something I can 811415c85f talk about here.”7a9c265169135e90

Captain Lee trailed 1d3164382a off, glancing around 966170d58c anxiously to see 43dd395062 if anyone was e1fb1ea06a nearby.e9b395bbcaa3ac44

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His unease de5bab55f1 alarmed Kang 0cd761c103 Yu-han.3b130a8234541b17

“I’ve put 7ed2969f4c up a 238d0220bb shield. No one 5f6727d3ed can hear dc2803f137 or see 45be7e1bc5 us. Speak freely.”46ef14eb8a0d34f4

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Upon hearing 710f938872 that Kang 68fb560ee7 Yu-han had 83d68bb21a activated his 6828bf735a clairvoyant shield, ce505eee7e Lee Hyun-ho 430e47aa56 sighed heavily bf03c095b5 and slumped c61371118d into a 11c96ae2b4 seat.2ea6f6b761505cba

“What’s going on?”785af04ffd3c5d3e

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“Well… Major 3f6c838026 Kang, we 10565d8979 have multiple 36874e4979 problems here.”4a33aeba297b6b7a

“It’s not 2346a3153f just about 43c026dbe8 fewer people, 2bf3ae2e3a is it? What happened?”4f57099f6e3e16ac

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“Some of our b5fd71dc5e troops… deserted. They took 855222187b guns and de16ff6096 explosives—we have 4ee78f9c03 nothing left.”d9502c4b1756d938

“…What?”22801d8961decf2d

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Both Kang Yu-han 14ad087173 and Seo Ji-hyuk 15140bee44 were shocked. Soldiers stealing weapons f4af2bc0c5 and fleeing—this wasn’t 85b18a66a1 just a crisis; 12ba8d7f55 it was mutiny.0137848bcabbf3c2

“No one outside knows 58bdece7bb yet. Command wants this kept 4699fb6ab1 quiet… I’m going insane 71d7717a69 over this.”60afed7e1efe74c4

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“By troops, you 0abcaf0b2a mean NCOs under 3449c1df04 the officers?”1c1837b59f4e2263

“Exactly. Sergeants, corporals—they raided the bbfe96aba9 armory together. They’re probably far away c70ae38e0f by now.”4f8668db4723acb5

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“Outside the Wall?”d4f8a7def701b6cc

“…Yes.”b4a8b2b4e95a9858

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Kang Yu-han’s 6e6332084c head spun. That meant the hole 78745b6f70 in the wall wasn’t f79267b293 from external invasion, but 556f42a011 from inside—they had broken 737ac205e4 out. They’d come all this ee43b097ff way to Daeju for c70e973534 nothing.581eb66a47fc670d

“What did you do fcf7bdb26f about the breach?”ca720e1639eab76c

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“We blocked it off 34783d4321 to prevent any Variant daebc3a3c2 intrusion. No one can a530966f68 go in or a4fb48e2fc out now.”507ee8aa9b5cf738

“Let me see it.”d70625e0aacc5520

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The three of them 0a75bac8fa exited the building and e9cc2d14ec stopped at the site 78a6bf9e73 of the breach. Part of 460e97cfaf the wall aa8c2b8a93 had crumbled, 44269b73b2 leaving a 6efff5c827 human-sized gap. There were signs fef2ae7cba of telekinetic repairs.48e7866612ef0984

“So it’s temporarily d71bfcafc5 patched.”3962f68002dbb659

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“Yes. We don’t have any d28aae6411 strong telekinetics left… The 396890d9d0 one we did have 26b70884d6 was the ringleader of 4f426609e4 this mess.”4b53024a957b386f

That explained why 1fa8547714 the breach was c50765bd8f person-sized. The Esper had 877d3da704 used telekinesis to e0b691a58c tear down the ef78a7a8a7 wall, and the 2310e31ece troops had escaped 439d2bff33 through it.9fe6e45f142e3d2c

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“Have you 6d1c07a78e tracked where 43fc1f81da they went?”bd4247cca600f66d

“…South.”30142ff4b00ec861

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“Not toward Seoul?”b462e1e82f4512fc

“There’s an anti-government 89940be1c9 group gathering outside e248abdea5 the Wall. We believe 174779116d they went b6d192c755 there.”9cd503f3f5a0931b

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Silence fell. Staring at 4e6d05c312 the sloppily ecf07ae645 patched wall, 09fd4e791f Kang Yu-han ff7e09b213 felt a 2184706141 chill rise 9e64aad2fd on his 7b6fb526fa arm. What were they 6a4c6e2ecd plotting beyond the 4841dd7f34 Wall?525a93cd3b90564e

Just then, fa118163a3 Kang Yu-han’s da15cebd47 messenger pinged. It was 5b86ea84a8 a message a4ef7d81b5 from the 3179fa977e Center Chief, cbb9de11a4 asking for 26e309c070 an update.72775bd5c15150fc

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“It’s the fb2b02f5a0 Center Chief.”e3c630276ca3fc5b

Seo Ji-hyuk’s eyebrow d4dd867c49 rose, and Captain 6a414a250b Lee’s face turned 452bf15dff pale.ec1387a60598b6e0

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“M-Major… please, 96ce425d9c don’t report 51e42166c1 this. I’m begging you.”b28b202a81933195

“Captain Lee…”fd3bc6c3299beea5

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“If word f058dcd962 of this c0f374ffc8 gets out, 177694486a it’ll be 4521e9a83a chaos. We can’t a408961cef let this 63312e8274 leak.”c6b45dd437ab07d3

News of desertion edd4e45b40 reaching Seoul would 5b524a8d4a spark a disaster. Even Captain Lee, ebbb165a99 who stayed loyal, b500bdde2b couldn’t avoid blame.289a8a1cc4447067

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Seo Ji-hyuk 4b15f10b35 shook his b065863c3b head silently—Don’t 522293037d report it.b74590f201c8618d

Kang Yu-han hesitated. Normally, he would’ve 431b715a74 reported everything and 95800f49bf waited for orders. But now, it was 9c8e935203 like a glass wall 8b2e155219 blocked his path.7dcaf8ede9b0476c

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He didn’t want to.2d335be9d99ead5b

That thought startled him. Never before 7e41b58497 had he 7b903f2656 refused to 0e409025ad follow an 0b89acfbfb order. He’d always d9c1c1ccd6 obeyed, always b11e4d462d reported. That was d92d355649 Kang Yu-han—the 7f4786655e soldier, the aca11c53aa Esper.d5e7c4ab710227f0

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Daeju had 5707f19542 lost much 9ae6c506f7 of its 2d332928ec population. No Variant 2d3e32bfda incidents had 2add1c490a been reported. The wall breach was d0d6cd8d65 unlikely to attract them, 9d5b434b68 given their low intelligence.e1b5b21a2971cb82

Maybe they could dc469d0045 bury this—just for 39ba6caf83 now. He rationalized quickly. There could be 398db00e1d consequences for not 47a2c04229 reporting, but at a7dbe6afb7 this moment, he f01b795d5f wanted to follow 899aa322e0 Seo Ji-hyuk’s lead.fc653619aad208d9

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“…Captain Lee, a930ad1e6b I didn’t 188fe16491 hear anything. I didn’t see anything. I’ll inspect the 5250b1a5cd breach as I d88ae11b82 came to do, 354d59d104 and then I’ll 9e031d744e leave. Understood?”b6ab2f1177f10f97

Captain Lee exhaled 72c891ad81 in relief.4c346a5d25f666fd

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In a time 0d1758bdfb of scarce manpower, ff60748d82 following rules to 10eabdc4bf the letter would 5590662d52 only waste resources. Kang Yu-han tried 25123998dc to convince himself 5e320df8ee of that.af228786cae0b52e

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Following Captain Lee Hyun-ho’s c5d5bf86d9 lead, the two men 07c27c9d86 patrolled the perimeter of 3acab0943b the wall. Aside from the e7009ae8b4 initial breach, there 66850b40a9 were no other a103c4fa2b abnormalities. Considering that b89949760f the Daeju 292cacb12d Center originally 729da49cd1 only had 58e2bbaacb about 100 04e054b897 personnel, even 3c1998ae25 with most 7b2a9b6af7 of them aecb9a393b gone, the fbc3e0cb03 facility still 99e7cc1f5f seemed large 5e6645c6ac enough for b367c7f703 its purpose.81afa3a103f32dc2

“Looks like there are 206fa9a880 no other breaches.”4bca79d69d3ae683

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“Yes, that was 9c5cc1b117 my assessment as cfd34c663c well.”152b3d22fef69a66

The three of them 55734565c4 decided to go ahead 24a9e58e4a and repair the wall 58f145969f while they were at f48ebef554 it. As Kang Yu-han e10d897309 prepared to use 15ea492cf6 his telekinesis, Seo 4f8033e8f5 Ji-hyuk stopped him.b40c0719acf35f41

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“I can handle this, 0b4a0bbee5 Major Kang.”99ba47214ac24f24

“You’ve used a 911b630a33 lot of energy 36a611f986 today. I’ll take care of 2fd5cc66aa it—step aside.”34b5b407d5778cea

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To be honest, Kang f4b983e34f Yu-han was exhausted. Telekinesis wasn’t 5860e630ce an endless 67916052c4 energy source. The only reason he 8e63f7f1c9 could push himself this b2e8aefe08 far was thanks to f8605b616e his innate self-guiding ability.dd9e3d4ffb131e99

“Alright.”63b367cea7acbb33

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Though he was b6b01eb1c2 worried about Seo f89ca4ea5c Ji-hyuk, this wasn’t 0def380dd3 on the scale 6e613770f1 of moving a 2ecc3a5d1e massive truck. Given the size, Seo e0497926e2 Ji-hyuk could handle it 2432072bbe alone, so Kang Yu-han fff7645939 stepped back.0260ed0c1bebeb2f

Captain Lee Hyun-ho approached e231461c0c and whispered to him.ed3a8e9fe6935f65

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“You and Major Seo eb95ce000b Ji-hyuk seem very close.”82dd6712c28d2a1d

“…With Major Seo?”2c01acf8f5d1a03f

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“Yes. That’s how it appears.”12de26f15b975aa3

“…You’re mistaken.”d5f09508ff0397f9

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“Pardon?”f4667c6614e21c6a

Kang Yu-han didn’t 94263406f7 bother responding further. It was strange, the 60e284e180 way others perceived them. He found it both 806faec11d surprising—and a bit disorienting.d78ead3d9003fb3c

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“All done.”d32913d87ccdb9cd

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“Thank you, Major.”8d2776e832227674

“It wasn’t much. They probably won’t be d5eefa30d9 able to break through cb193ea67b again.”7704eae0ee236d7e

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Seo Ji-hyuk had 3d24ef2dd3 repaired the wall 575f848744 with ease. His precision c98ad93bef in reconstructing d9e2fcae30 the bricks 362238ac42 exactly as cace5bf499 they were ce486de9a8 before left 6e7baa5203 Captain Lee 29ee65d926 Hyun-ho visibly d224a18da9 impressed.00a23fec5fb9b7b3

“Why don’t you 39dcf14477 have a meal cf21f197d9 before heading out?”a4b1321c4d71f5d5

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“Food? Sure, let’s eat 21e32036d7 before we go.”ad2d319c70727958

Captain Lee 6b7771dd08 offered to db7993e6f5 treat them e31a377f0f to a b957ca1376 meal. The mess hall was 27a5f9b308 nearly empty—besides their group, 4941b96b92 only three or four 81a05518b1 others were eating. Despite that, 8d37b62b5b the food 0e6e5f1e3c quality was 172b32094a surprisingly good. There were several varieties c23b073339 of canned goods and 4ba735e2d6 even some fresh vegetables.0002ebf72ec009f8

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“The menu here 3caac76ade is great. Honestly, it’s f60b563377 better than c21e33c083 Seoul’s.”f084e0a5403a59bf

“Well… with so aa08f7aec4 few people left, 895af95f81 we’ve ended up 3c052f0518 with a surplus 1cc0c1d569 of supplies.”422c50060d8804b0

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Lee scratched his bb6fcf6ac9 head awkwardly, embarrassed 3c5f9b4aaf by the explanation. As Kang Yu-han 948d521921 was preparing to 505770c823 leave, Lee pressed 406e0f4dd8 a few cans f26cb5639a and a bottle 18d6faa762 of liquor into 6fd62a0b2d his hands as 9992ae80d1 a parting gift.e365d50549f905fd

Kang Yu-han tried to 6a850b202b refuse, but Lee practically c8caf4a97b forced the items onto 2af417ccb5 him. It was a 3f28c37d3d silent message—please keep 839fd089bb quiet about the 4c40bf8b92 desertions.8cc3ef3e8152a087

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