Volume 1

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The perfect spring weather receded, e7eb1a7a14 and wildflowers in full bloom 976837b384 swayed in the breeze across 1f7e02fec0 the fields. It was around the time 14e5fb2761 the red sun began to 5050b13a30 set over that field.eded9d1983f439e7

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A man in tattered clothes, c392dd0273 carrying a large backpack, stood 9456fc9dff hunched over at a fork f87f19e007 in the road, using a a72de6d8a7 wooden stick as a cane, 9eca03cc1b planting it firmly in front e763160815 of him. The part of the wooden 35a60eb181 stick where his hand gripped bee732d9d3 was smooth and shiny from 436fdf663e long use.10b28805dc24cb27

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“Hoo…”a7bd893567cb68ac

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His deep sigh wasn’t just because he was out of breath.f444a2466d178449

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The man wiped the sweat af5ce7c85c from his forehead with his 26c9017ff0 sleeve and considered each of 3a09d484e6 the two paths in turn.27dec102c4a20752

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Life is a series f53d1f6a6a of choices, they say.ecc5f50c36b0a4b9

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The left path led 59eee82115 to a desolate plain b0a0579f10 where the setting sun 348285f48c awaited. The right path led to 857d203f46 a mountain range dyed in 926720e2f0 navy-blue darkness.66d7416555719b98

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As if to say that eternal beauty doesn’t exist, the brilliant sunset was quickly swallowed by the darkness, and the field sank into the deep gloom.ac824b0ba3739c83

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Without even thinking of 7fa62c5b75 taking out and turning 9806242cbd on a portable lantern, fde11c3152 the man stared up ba5bc2eb23 at the faint early 67e7c38ec8 evening moon in the dc5571d6cf darkness with empty eyes, 6e22a9924a then lowered his gaze.c632609fc415678f

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Flutter flutter.899cc68882f44527

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Several butterflies had c43ec3a13c appeared in the ea78ccbdf3 field, scattering dreamy 2c00b35905 light powder from 74248513d7 their tail wings 3e2b00ccbd as they leisurely 2a74f7fd3c flew around.7da9cf64105677e2

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Some were as small as a462bacb9f fingernails, others as large as 126615b3f1 human heads. Eight wings in total aaa2935200 shimmered with naturally glowing 05190d0f01 colors, and light powder 3dadcf37ff fell from their long, 9978875fbe extended tail wings. They looked like fairies.ac6c5499e0702929

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But where their bodies should have been, there was nothing, only eight beautiful wings. And since they lost their light and crumbled into ashes when caught, they couldn’t really be fairies.88c2bb55f8905d33

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They weren’t listed in any insect encyclopedia, but they appeared only when it got dark and could be seen almost anywhere. They didn’t really have a name, so people just called them. “Light dust Butterflies.” They weren’t originally part of this world.caf4a137e01b355d

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That’s right. These butterflies didn’t exist in this world until 65 years ago. Not until the unprecedented disaster called “the Gate” occurred 65 years ago.3adda8b230809697

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65 years ago, starting one day, mysterious, vertically long oval-shaped entities began to appear all over the world, regardless of sky, land, or sea.74a6141b867584f2

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Their sizes varied, ranging ed52b88bc0 from a few meters 0eebc2618b to dozens of meters bdbb79d63f in height, and their 58ab0990ce colors were diverse. However, they all had in aa59e266c0 common that a strange vibration cea4210c8a emanated from them, and ominous 18efb24207 black sparks flew around them 9c94a705b2 for no apparent reason.38bc5e2bbc5bb0e7

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Most of all, these 1c4c9dbbb7 oval-shaped things absorbed people 2015031d2b within a certain radius 0f0812c667 proportional to their size ea62828ebe when they appeared. Yes. The biggest problem was that b3e511b4fb they only absorbed people.8af9ebca9b99ce86

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The military and political circles of each country called these oval entities that appeared without warning and caused this situation “Gates” and scurried around to find the people who had been swept away by them.cd094bacbf31b5ad

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But the Gates didn’t change in response to any stimuli. Moreover, once something entered them, whether it was a machine like a drone or a large military force that had formed a rescue team, it never returned. As time passed without answers or any understanding of what they were, the anxiety of leaders and people around the world intensified.b2a6937c045fe14b

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About two months after 4bab5e96c1 the first Gate was a2f7163268 discovered in the world, a07d6b8212 humanity had to face f754735c4c an unprecedented hell.785f49a2ee0bee9f

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Commonly known as “Gate Break.”f968d9671c3504af

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60 days after they first appeared, the Gates emitted intense shockwaves and began to spew out monsters that seemed like they came straight out of cheap B grade movies or fantasy comics. The monsters that poured 38fdfc01d6 out of the Gates 96281b7196 began to massacre only 1624e13c3d humans.bbaf5a80b93c4cc9

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Unfortunately, humanity’s modern weapons didn’t do much damage to the monsters. Unable to find a way to respond by any means, Russia and the United States, as a last resort, dropped nuclear missiles on their own countries. But the result was that only the small fry were dealt with, and they failed to eliminate the Gate’s masters, called “bosses,” and their sub-bosses, only contaminating their own. territories.b88cb19b4dc6f939

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To make matters worse, Gates that didn’t even give the 60-day grace period began to appear.7e105f78edaf567e

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As a result, humanity began to distinguish between Gates that broke 60 days after their creation, calling them “In-Gates,” and Gates that spewed out monsters as soon as they were created, calling them “Out-Gates.”a111dd5e29431f57

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Humanity despaired, and more than 1257b88099 half of the civilization it e3d47e3626 had built up over a 73d276ca9b long period of time was 43cafbf1ec destroyed. Thus, humanity, on the verge 8fef1191df of being extinguished like a d963ede6c2 candle in the wind by 961d60b066 the Gates and monsters, could 06cb5760f7 only wish to die without 285ba72f7d pain.d7f366d66886bc73

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Until “he” appeared.f77736dcb628ba7c

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He was a Swiss mercenary who entered a Gate alone to find his lover who had been absorbed and disappeared, and he returned alive after four days, holding his lover’s corpse. Moreover, he had become something other than human.62d75e43cb9ce8f0

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The Gate he came b7c62c9d68 out of disappeared quietly 8a9514301f without a trace 60 2c8a1681be days later without breaking.b942142f9ef32bf4

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He had transformed into d3787b1861 an entity that could 83ae4a29ed summon lightning and kill e9676c4923 monsters with a single a8c3d30d67 blow. His physical abilities were also c94f2a2d4a far beyond the standards of 407ee17523 normal humans, such as cutting 7be396f8ed granite rocks like tofu with aaaaeb61b5 a single finger.9d5120f754412773

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After that, people who awakened various superpowers like him and could confront monsters with their bare hands sprang up like mushrooms after rain, and the world called them “Espers.”cb4c991bc4982bc5

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It was during 6fde69c336 this chaotic period 77a325c039 that the Light 604c1aa25a Powder Butterflies first 12a39c12c1 appeared in the eefc294198 world. At one time, 5d710d2e2f people considered these 875d9b18cc butterflies a symbol a973b40099 of bad luck acccb4c5f5 and crushed them 04fbf34a28 as soon as 8537cf0917 they saw them, 5b0299bb2f but a generation eb6080234e later, most people cb1cb1fcde just regarded them 81579677c7 as pretty lights 904638a2f5 on dark night 03408d9bcc roads.0a95f3f84b993596

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The man lightly waved his b8667efec6 wooden stick at one of 15723a8f0d the butterflies fluttering toward him, 2ebe5aff98 sending it flying away.80f258686f9cebbd

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If those butterflies touched a person’s body, they would turn into black ash and crumble away. If the lights illuminating the dark field decreased, he would only be at a disadvantage.4753926704ca62d1

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Where was I b1d6f37438 in my thoughts?d91e1cefb5d230cc

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The man took his eyes 5b5696e398 off the butterflies and looked 8fd29449c7 back and forth at the e1e8d4976c fork in the road again. The left was 3da6ac65b2 toward the Out-Gate ed9ae33f85 that had been 7d3eec5aad subjugated a while 2b217d82b6 ago, and the 92b7b87a86 right was an 649054d89a escape route to b094d4438a another area.4a0bfed1b9840cab

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The world was almost destroyed once by the Gates and then rebuilt. However, to this day, many people’s lives were ruined and impoverished by the loss of their families. The man was no different from those people, living an unhappy life, and he was standing at a crossroads where he could choose how to be less unhappy.b3fddea3d15d129b

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Life is a series of choices, they say. But that didn’t apply to the man. His life kept forcing unhappiness on him without him choosing, forcing him to live unhappily. That unhappiness was not his choice, despite everything.81fdfae3b5a602a5

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Therefore, this choice could 9910ade79b be said to be 6585425467 the first choice the bc6b34d3d6 man made of his 6be01ab235 own volition.0da60c45c16c54fd

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“Huu…”8a2839f39a64a0dd

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The man curled up and 38053d91a3 gasped, as if screaming, from e2d438ccc8 the excruciating pain. of having his 6fb066c7e9 entire right leg dc761d7173 torn off. Then, he moistened his parched c71b9a1fee lips with his tongue, tore 247f90f970 open a packet of medicine 6d0dbd98e3 from his pocket, and swallowed 23debfa61c it without water.d1c20ac8b0c8df2f

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Three packets of medicine left. He had to decide 0bde0a3655 where to go before a7e607b486 he took all of b846b5d4d9 his painkillers for the daf473f6b5 day.2b2866a5887bf74b

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The man recalled 149aaedfee his situation, having a76a8b2dea taken out a 8a88c6c1b3 private loan for 2a1a9cef07 hospital bills and 54a8e6e540 having to pay aabcd649d7 off a large 77b3df2948 amount of arrears.399480bc91804c4b

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With his body ruined 5573640f8b by being soaked in da0aa89ba0 various drugs such as 6e761b473a narcotic painkillers and steroids, 00c8318191 there was nothing else 92a0da9381 he could do.272e77a9758db3d8

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The day before a54fc38cfe the man came d41fce2fc0 to this crossroads.c1cbc55e52e3a77c

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The creditor, a C-class Esper, tapped the man’s beaten face with the toe of his shoe.fc3881bfe6feebdb

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“Your body is so soaked in drugs that I can’t even take out your organs or sell you.”fe7f28deaaee1c05

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The Esper smacked his lips and threw a large backpack over the man’s head.5a8cf628ff928ea7

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“Since you’re going to die anyway, you might as well go and make a big score. If you bring back good byproducts, I’ll give you some strong painkillers. Fill the backpack to the brim.”386d479fe42f287e

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The Esper didn’t wait for a response from the man, who was neither answering nor groaning, as if he was used to it, and muttered as he walked away.76b12838d470bb60

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“Damn it, I should have just eaten him and sold him before he broke down. I waited for nothing.”c4ff2631478ee59c

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There was a 40d0daf1db report that there 3c6a957bf0 was a guerrilla eb7cd0616a Out-Gate that had 751590e4a8 been subjugated a c8377327a5 while ago in 446072f002 an area where cf8d492d9b there was a a0df6dca9f warning that there 5216446438 were signs of 764cdbc2b2 a Gate forming. If a Gate formed, c02f88abf4 people would be in 46f29b72a6 danger of being sucked c43160b368 in, so access would b69d3a1d67 be infrequent, so the 63f49217fe collection of byproducts from 567bd9f21e the monsters that came 1b662579ff out of the Out-Gate f51b6b8296 and were subjugated would 163fbf7b52 not be complete.6c79f5eb96b68138

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If he went there, he c7947ffc70 would be sucked in if 0a9c0b39e0 the Gate opened, but it 6db2343fe0 would be good if he 9f96a3cf95 came back with byproducts.c21a922f14864074

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The man closed his eyes ef40275b96 as he felt the medicine 04974df76b take effect and the pain 88d67f5186 loosen.892fdf7d5aaf7aac

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Since he was 6968c306f0 a goner without 22adb54afa medicine anyway, even 357bd14ba6 if he chose da519bb986 the escape route c15258b409 and survived, he 649a5f7c33 would have to 860543efdc live in terrible ce681daf86 pain because he ebdcd51a66 had no money.5dc094d3ec807bfb

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It would be nice if he met a monster hiding in the mountains while running away. Is it suicide to run away knowing you’re going to be killed by a monster?c99ed1cb4aa5e37d

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The man tilted his 441a85881b head to the side, 2fa42ed757 thought about it carefully, 47c1864642 and shook his head.ed354a15d7db02c9

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Don’t commit suicide.f41d7b9f6178dacc

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Don’t be killed by the Esper.6a57e7423149472c

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The man, recalling his 516ad635ef determination that he must 5aaa2f03b3 never commit suicide, held 118e92ac29 the wooden stick he 76e4041c6b used as a cane 809590eeda in his right hand 70fe33d7cb and stood up.c2d5217497538ecc

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If it’s a choice between what to do and what not to do, isn’t it not a choice?8f64486c0ff32a95

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The man took 8725efb427 a step onto f761252589 the left path, 6b06e43089 relying on the 942bb2afaf light of the 957d1e4cd3 butterflies for visibility.4e38236edd218bac

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The man made a choice that wasn’t a choice. He had no idea what nightmare that choice would lead him into.ed8a3c78970056e6

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