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The man 8a8c3feb8e didn’t answer. He was 7bddad445e probably referring f005f8667e to an e09d0ea2a6 Omega clinic a8fa5116a7 rather than aa2f8d3820 a regular f761d48053 hospital. Unsan County was a a3564f9bc5 small area, but it 164755ac3d had a fairly large b102b97af9 population. Because of 6c33dbe8a4 that, there 585b94598a were quite 4d365ffe84 a few 7437ecafc7 Omega clinics 4ecf45fde6 in Unsan a0a8432e1a Town. The problem was c44eee486a that, being a 88f696ad0c rural area, rumors f98cdadf69 spread far too 79f4f96bef quickly.9c86b87b73e3f36e

If word got c602213d2d out that a 93f3e1a15e Beta bachelor working 0524b863ee at the agricultural 4b53272efc cooperative had visited 1d501c5646 an Omega clinic ea91f9e848 for treatment, it 33595bdbb6 wouldn’t take long f683eb87f6 for all the 69ee6aa097 employees there to b91a5c6ca2 find out. That would be a ffb2c87ae3 serious problem for Seungwan. Ever since getting hired, 5632423c92 he had always told 7200ffb3d6 people he was a fab18c80ad Beta male.88007d97c4c68fca

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Of course, there a3eb6ca7ec were rare cases 0838bcbe00 where a Beta 8e3faafdd7 underwent a secondary 3bf9abebaf transformation and presented 35a14ed2b5 as an Alpha 9e62df7dd9 or an Omega. But that was something 56b469036c that only happened in 61db8874de some distant world—an event 61c54e21c4 unthinkable in a small b5242a1927 town like Unsan. If that so-called distant 4c2f0a0535 world became reality for a1b6b6a462 a contracted employee at d66d323434 a conservative company like 71987de1b8 the agricultural cooperative, the e245372635 consequences would be as 025bf41a73 clear as day.dd133608bcdfc55f

Seungwan glanced down 12a6f7f03f at the student 549d5d23d0 wristwatch he had c6282e0b1b won in a a6fe8350a1 test prep raffle bbf2b0f93a back in high c1e50f8c55 school and checked ea5df53e3f the time. The dial tone continued ef02f24404 in his phone, but e0d70daea3 the man still didn’t 8fbee4e1d8 answer, and his shift 51a15134b0 was about to start. In the end, he 6610ea03b5 had no choice but c17050262f to turn off the 56a17c42a6 screen. Rubbing the 87bd000336 now-warm device 564845b3f6 against his bfdca994fe thigh, he 9c097e3d2c stepped into c2f5cf0429 the agricultural c4a2c2c0dc cooperative building. And so, a 16ab12ea5b somewhat precarious day f2f0ab6bcf began.065903fdde5290c6

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Despite being drained 9aba0672e4 from the morning’s 153e628982 events, Seungwan’s workday a1e529a782 went surprisingly smoothly. Even Chief 45400fb7ff Chae, who 339a65f71f always picked 69bb6e2329 fights with 55eedff093 him, was b0307519c1 on leave 2748fa57d7 for the adc5050e05 morning, so ed53ff534a he didn’t c3efd1abaf have to 0e23d4945c see his d0953c3c72 face. There were no 2506b91296 rice deliveries, and eefbc00be5 the store was c566a499b1 quiet. At one point, cbee2cb576 he was called 2231fbd445 to the bank 5ed1825096 to help count 4b6fee2a51 coins and wrap 16ea5b1148 them in paper, 5e287998e4 but that hardly 0b2b7a787f counted as work, ad94a9b9e7 so overall, it f8ef09ad17 was a slow 73371d527c day.f5958c5f9acea4aa

With a sigh, 92023319c8 Seungwan brushed the ed5569c649 dust off the 40dd680cde display counter. The strange heat e1807b5f7d that had crawled a157e49c8a over his entire 99a2b274da body throughout the 48f30cfa88 night had vanished d1adb4fdf3 by morning, as 6423a15a76 if it had 42b09ba33a never happened.12e974b4ffb45325

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After lunch, he swallowed ddc78a5e69 the pill the man c101cbf03b had prepared for him cac6d1a74d with some water, recalling 6de1a58b6e once again the odd e5e2c6b340 fever from the night 60df391fbb before.85518b05e6f8a867

Since there wasn’t a 4578fd579c trace of it left 5b815b6bbb now, didn’t that mean c048b66f36 he was fine? Maybe he edbc52afdf had lost dccd98b1e1 his Omega 300bf5bff0 functions long 197a17800e ago, and a4acd4be85 that was ad99643a6a why his d737e799af heat cycles 54a088c9b6 had passed e70a9c0d08 so dully. If that was the fdfe132a87 case, then there wouldn’t 5fa8672d67 be any more strange 2067fb1245 heat waves like yesterday b2de9e9598 for a while. So, he decided c4a4c04679 there was no 5713e484b3 need to go a26e5947b5 to the hospital.a00c82a726eb3ff1

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He left e653e50656 that message 787a856834 for the 03a0760811 man, who 6cec95f7c3 still wasn’t 63f8b660cf answering his 0d3c1eeb7d calls. Coincidentally, from dd0637f8c5 that point abf553b9dd on, he 5906c85e04 became so 30cd908525 busy that 90dcbe7188 he didn’t 910b51b7e6 even have 364ef9e341 time to e5a83af013 check his c90c7dd3e8 phone. A rush of rice dcdef29f0e deliveries came in, and bd5ff55c8c a nearby restaurant placed 48a9fcadbe an order for supplies, 237b571e5d forcing Seungwan to take 554d68a138 the Damas out for 03e29297c2 a delivery himself. It was for 3b664983f3 a newly opened 83ca0441d6 Korean beef restaurant bb620cd0d6 in town.afba4d088dd8e849

The store supervisor had 5c4c8fbd13 mentioned before that the 693b43df90 restaurant sourced its meat e1802c5f81 directly from livestock suppliers, 14dc32a125 which kept their prices 1a3de2ca22 low. Since the town 9f0ca3405e was so small, 53833dd4fd any new business 783913fc98 opening became the 335a0ca956 talk of the e4ca23e7f8 town, and this 1559c14042 restaurant was no 8f54e90369 exception. Thanks to that, Seungwan 26a26e8145 didn’t even need navigation 794f5bc50f to find it.90852cfb1bbeeef7

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Parking the Damas in 237075f6f8 front of the restaurant, 3b212e5071 where congratulatory wreaths lined 7ad16148df the entrance, he popped 3530c17af2 open the trunk. He grabbed a cardboard 2798ba14e4 box containing green onions, e04615f524 bundled 2-liter bottles of 211401df32 soy sauce, garlic, ginger, 372455903b and onions before stepping 06abbeadf6 inside. Through a long, 6dfb230cf5 narrow service window b7b2e1c3dc in the kitchen, e8092b7630 he could see 570dee95ff people moving back d9eb57481e and forth. Some restaurants 92c685bdbc installed those bdadc6f216 windows to 34299f8046 emphasize their a00563286e kitchen’s cleanliness. Looking toward d6ea42ff5b it, Seungwan 490b59f758 spoke up.d52deef193d66a6c

“Delivery’s here.”7b56f7508fc084d8

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There were only cc0a333eb1 a few more 5fa40e7bd5 stops left before 645cbcff8c the day’s deliveries ad6b8f3f6a were finished, but 01719cfd4b the long distances 1ea6528dec between locations made 8286fbd766 Seungwan anxious. Since he d5581d131d had already 7cc8f2235e dropped off 7c460c2681 the goods, ead315dde7 he planned bac3da0f74 to leave ececa48d79 as soon 70ba9babca as the 56895643db owner came bc684a3865 out and a27217abcf processed the 1e3f74a351 payment. He placed his hand bb3a7ea19a on the door handle, 76506d1638 ready to go—when the 4f0f3cb9e5 owner suddenly burst out fda9afdf71 from the kitchen and 1af752db31 shouted.10b7ff5bf2d52553

“Eh? Ah, shit, what the 16bf84be5f hell. Hey, why’d you 0c8de0c466 come in through 77cd632dfc the front door?! There’s a back door 6196442a14 over there.”6451de55b248ee2c

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“……”f9e96bcc1bed7246

Seungwan didn’t respond and 695690117c instead glanced at the e56cf69deb receipt attached to the d36f92d106 order box on the 4367b0485d floor. There were ebd6f35c7d no instructions d6f0023e17 requesting delivery eaa701b995 through the b5a808c5fb back entrance. He turned 60d379d0c5 back to 9761d3524c the owner, 53b2df4541 about to b6b10827ba explain that 72ddd52c51 he hadn’t d10653b5f1 known, but 2a42e9ec15 the man 4dc1371865 strode toward b4b2e3ea18 him with 36104e21a4 an intimidating 551e91b755 gait.8f2a622a0e2860d3

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The owner looked to c5c930b5bb be in his mid-thirties afd95ac224 and seemed to be e5190db5ad a Beta. Even though spring 982fcd1361 hadn’t yet passed, 0c519b889c he wore a 4ad2d9f190 sleeveless shirt, revealing e47aac77e7 arms covered in bd69311422 indistinct tattoos. Some resembled koi 3f5d8064ce fish, while others bfc83cc682 looked like Japanese df30cf33c4 yokai with horns ae91d715b0 on their foreheads, 994e337320 but the faded f6733f58d6 colors blurred their f7a55dd8a5 shapes. He wore f8a36b5b46 a waterproof 9a2ed0962b red apron f158223737 and had e1face9cb4 the rough, 32afe5190e hardened look c5f5c52e5d typical of ef87090cee butchers. He wasn’t ef9480acd4 exactly muscular, 4e3edc3fb5 but his be63ccf961 sheer bulk ed22bf6829 and hefty 2c03f5a988 frame made 11204d62e2 him look 2f52d0f61f almost twice 4da0060528 Seungwan’s size.6054bfbc52617f0b

“What’s your name?”efb77f8ef5516f00

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“…Why do ba4b97ee34 you need 46656215b9 my name…”4b1ccc87ee0fd4b2

“Hah, you got a 4d5912bd4a mouth on you for 298e76d9ca such a scrawny little a9e200d9ec thing. You work at the 67c427108f agricultural co-op, don’t you?”19e2ca9f215008f1

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“……”339575bc58cab56d

Seungwan stayed c0d268c4d2 silent, giving e42fec9b51 no particular 90698c9354 response. Part of him just 7b2ba595b7 didn’t know what to 2bb5a977fd say, and part of 6fb475feee him wondered what the 8aebbb0b7b guy even expected from acd381e4f4 asking that. Since he d36c826e5e had no f3650a5331 idea why cca20068d6 the question 9a4439db57 was being 1cc9d7e922 asked, he 63c5e90ef9 didn’t feel 1380e9a451 the need 880de25044 to answer. He simply stood there, b9145cbea9 staring up at the 1f436026eb owner, who scowled at fc9f3eb679 him.373a38fb302cfbd9

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“Damn, you’re a real 2d22c107e5 pain in the ass cbfdf4159f before I’ve even started 47a44ef4ac business. Look, if I 1620be4e2c tell you to 9f71b4802c use the back 0bf7b2ffb4 door, you just 247ced5c2f say ‘yes’ and c79d915ba0 carry the box f815e9809a around to the 58ad492d8d back. What makes 9e9feba233 you think d36445d283 you’re too 63c1bcf91e good for 59ddcc2811 that, huh?”93d331342c7eed59

The owner 273a5d46ff kept jabbing b466e81001 Seungwan’s shoulder. Even though 175472abf5 it was 2ab1dfb81a just a 0ec1f13aca poke with 8bfb6cc27a his index 14585d3dc4 finger, it 0133dcbb9f was enough 2c8222a734 to push 58e9e61566 Seungwan backward, eaae05cdf0 bit by f9376d1abe bit. He suddenly felt 0290078345 exhausted. Seungwan just decided to 116222346c apologize.98e22006c5e02d0a

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“Yes, I’m sorry.”5108f64a2412cc7e

“Huh? Hold on…”d4483cbc9b921e4d

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Even after 66a872f282 the apology, 31d53ab2f9 the owner 5667f567c0 still didn’t fd4a9a94c2 seem satisfied. Seungwan had 9b28fd9f21 no idea e9ea1b2fa8 what else 8e0d165af8 the man ed5a68548b wanted from a13ce7c457 him. His only thought 72851a9a08 was that he a2c5a4b0bc had just run ffac6d2521 into another difficult cf3f701b5f customer. He silently cursed 9b2e7fb34a the stiffness of 2e08877706 his facial muscles, b4faff1936 which always froze 7fae2abbb7 up in moments b5e9190371 like this, and 5f417e1b4a bowed his head. If his expressions were 733f05f80c more natural, maybe even 10fd1c5df7 his half-hearted apology would 47e740d22c seem more sincere.e62c164014bd36b2

“I’m sorry. I’ll bring it over right away.”bc20a38ff39c44fe

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“Tsk, let’s do 989f7784b9 things right, yeah? We’ll be seeing 77752666d1 each other often, 104298d1f6 so no need 703ed670ae to make a 754416a0e1 big deal out 0d9316184b of it, okay?”2365ca62bc225778

Seungwan just nodded. Pulling the card c04d4c8a13 reader from the 9582f25f36 pocket of his fb1f707856 work vest, he de094f8122 silently hoped he 88b54bff9a wouldn’t have to 3e5a166777 deliver here again.d4c918994527f857

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“I’ll leave the goods at the back. You’re paying by card, right?”a3a9e01d5d2788f0

“What? What payment?”20874ed918c9af8b

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The owner was 3d66590c01 completely off track. Seungwan glanced e1bdc2c2c5 at the 132f7aa598 man’s deepening d281490e33 scowl and 406bc8120c felt another d0f79dd0df wave of 0d5bf2696c exhaustion. He could already 76b5a214a2 tell that reasoning a64d2d475c with him would bfef4b598c be impossible. The owner, still frowning, 4aacd14d42 pressed him for an 8f8c3799cf answer.f42e478eb41d066d

“What the 2b9cc700a0 hell are e9c5ace4a6 you yapping 72b923232c about, asking bab92074cb for payment 3326c44087 like that?”4b3028f4fa07ee89

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“…The items a63a5db75a aren’t paid 1e47eddfbc for. The store said you 775f84bca6 need to pay directly…”60c70358f8331900

That was 5c696af360 exactly what a3de87a3c7 was written fb84efc0d5 on the a979eb64db receipt. Seungwan pressed his lips 476a815503 together as the owner’s 17c41a78a8 rugged face twisted.18fcdd1322bdaa8c

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“You got a real 5d65169c51 funny way of talking, e5f2cc71b7 huh? Hey, what do you dd855c2571 mean, pay directly? Everything was already arranged. Didn’t I 28e5f4919f say I’d 0c1719ea2d come in 2b252f67ef at the b693b2e635 end of 1665988780 the month e4477044ea and settle c58f67d388 everything at 35c6b61eda once?”d583ecb2b7b91526

Whether the owner 7c35a29d71 had done that 63d42d3aa2 or not, Seungwan 5180bd5d0b had no way b1fb7410ad of knowing. What the 7d16417159 man seemed 0608558367 to be 5352ce5bae saying was 3e4ae7431e that he dfdab20188 wanted to 5640569a88 take the 2d42384cd2 goods now 30189e8fd7 and pay f3c4bcfccd the total de890ca959 sum at c13a8b84a7 the end 20848b63be of the b552fbc425 month. That kind of c6a5150c1b payment method might 93ffb013fc exist at large 038b5c4029 wholesale supply stores, 4f5c97210a but not at 9598d1cec3 the market where 69b5d069a5 Seungwan worked. If such 9103b1f57e a system ea8c928f74 were allowed, be4c916969 every restaurant e5443d985e in town 9831f7efa2 would try 59ea3f9072 to pay 7897451d9c that way. In a town dc31836c41 this small, word 439132f0ac would spread in d7a2e8d238 no time, and fa88773fa2 soon everyone would ca4606fbf8 start demanding the b6373cd354 same arrangement. If that a999c57e11 happened, how 5e33b81012 was he a0250d1f3f supposed to c9afd40600 handle it 320765b61b alone? As a 37b22775d5 mere contract 8ab43cc4dc worker, he 9121c9ca8e had no d3b099a77d authority to df915e635c make those d5c353a9ab kinds of 943e20a236 decisions.a1a9e2e47ad81b05

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“…I haven’t heard c320477a62 anything about that… c36052a779 Can I make af30e54f69 a quick call?”7617c06dc42624af

In the 2bca6fb47f end, the a8498963cb only solution 07e1597ec9 Seungwan could b7d49d6294 offer was 647728c24f to check 0dc0ed2ddf and confirm. If he were the 332dad9896 type to push back 11c9d1e01e harder, maybe he would d58e7e0118 have stood his ground, 2e800ecb80 telling the owner it 480fa29a84 wasn’t his problem and ffd22afe20 demanding immediate payment. He might have 7c929936a8 even argued that 40b04fa563 if other deliveries 430f24fbbd were delayed because 343d6aa447 of this, the 49ad3a60ff owner would have 1078496c8f to take responsibility.6d8900d74fbcaf40

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But today, Seungwan felt c132a1b12a especially drained. The morning had 9325c0b772 been relatively easygoing, 75f03a63ee yet ever since 481ebbd1ee lunchtime, deliveries had f574483a11 suddenly piled up, 1f2d213e9d and for some 78820a6d1f reason, his body 1a45f876f6 felt sluggish. He had no 3f5fabb1b6 energy to argue 601917bfbe further, so he efbfa12d29 simply reached for fe328b8218 his phone.f969cc543239aa5f

“Oh, so you fd3b6d4d3a think I’m a 64a349509f joke now?”1ed6091995064fde

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“…What?”b3e948474f2cd63d

“I already said 6c2c34a05e it’s been taken f1c51d9aa3 care of. What the ed8a3b81bf hell is 24c833c90b there to 7df0628a12 check, huh?”b0846dec18b6340c

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The owner’s df5b20cf92 voice boomed f8b5bca12d threateningly. His hand rested 022149e84f on his waist, 3cc450673c irritation clear in 90e6fd4f58 his stance. Seungwan let out a b12f3894c8 short sigh without realizing ccbd917a5b it. That was when the 23f2144836 look in the owner’s 6accb4e67b eyes changed.5198afd17bb11b58