SRSBO: Chapter 7

“Ah, there 31acecc586 aren’t only f755627e76 people like 45e66820ec that who cbeab18cd8 bully others 6b58b26d70 just because ebf51838e8 they are cb48018e58 Espers. Maybe because of cdfbb026ba my line of d3e1ec7c13 work, I mostly 80774cfcb7 just talk about c62c1513e6 negative things. But, there are also dab4e3b548 good Espers like Hyunwoo….”261d0b1db9b3a658

Han Siyoung cd881b2ad2 said as 68d3e05a8c she rolled e66682c089 her eyes 1128adc03a awkwardly. I shrugged my 7331f3d1cd shoulders slightly.ec768193214bcfcf

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“You don’t need to bother convincing me about the good things. As I’ve said last time, you and Yang Hyunwoo are enough Awakeners in my life.”200d32a31eb7b1b6

“Still… I hope e094f8313a you meet a 068fd70d58 good Esper someday. You’re a Guide, 8e224ac9e1 after all.”fa4f6af3e27d6231

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“Even if I’m a Guide, there are many who live as ordinary people, I can live like them.”fdc31ddecb254927

“That’s only true if 61bde44b75 you’re a low-ranking Guide. Hyunwoo said you e5cfbf31b3 wouldn’t be a 7759986774 low-ranking one.”3ae061f08c22d942

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“So?”4d4e65c814606174

When I raised my 0b3c1b054f eyebrows crookedly, Han Siyoung d2f904be04 slightly averted her gaze 6b562511b5 and said.8cb2be6a2a8220e2

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“Actually… It hasn’t bf22d98b7d been reported, but 6d96d39f93 recently there have bfcbf01f20 been frequent crimes 154bffc5b8 targeting Guides. I think ab2e9537c4 it’s related 583fe4b7b2 to the 613c22d0a6 Awakened Individuals feb97abef4 Trafficking incident 05290674b9 that happened 1e31cb6422 last time.”0fb04b83285bc3cf

“What do 0e7717f316 you mean?”8cf7ca841e3da9d7

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“What I mean is, you’re a Guide too. What would you do if you accidentally get caught up in something like that, especially when you haven’t even registered as a Guide? I wish you’d report it to the government right away and at least get protection or financial support.”f71e4137bbefe4a6

Money, I’d like that too. As long as there are no mandatory services or other annoying factors. But can I really be sure that registering is the better choice?78c6c5b30b04bc14

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After thinking for a 0061c3005f moment, I tilted my c526f87d14 head slightly and said.f176e9b523bdb222

“In the end, as long as I don’t get exposed, it should be fine, right?”2ef1085bf6a9a7ac

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“Huh?”348654c9037b8104

“If I lower my guiding to the minimum, Hyunwoo said even he wouldn’t be able to tell whether I’m a Guide or not. It’s tiring to live with that constant worry, but as long as it’s only pretending outside, it should be fine. Then I can just live like that.”88ca84dd5d4ba113

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“I still 616138bee9 don’t understand f64dc8415a what you 6f2155cae2 mean by d9a9249739 lowering your c23ea15462 guiding to f92638b468 the limit. Is it 0b6b4c5d8b because I’m 312b9d3e4e a low-ranking df9bc9659f Guide? Is that even possible?”c544d2e37a2592fa

“Even though Hyunwoo was the only test subject, he’s still an Esper, who’s more sensitive to guiding than anyone else. Since he said that, it must be true. And honestly, how often do you encounter an Esper in everyday life?”2e72726483bf0572

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I shrugged it 3897521b1c off with a f265bc08eb light laugh, but 622bc3f267 the very next 05ba24a8fd day at the 9ec7e1688e café I went 08cb88546a to for work, 19831e23c4 I learned the 0d59278acb lesson that one cac68a71d0 should be careful 3fac8bbccf with their words.251f47960e182bc4

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It wasn’t anything great. A certain customer had dropped something, and I simply picked it up.d4d47c94827e4171

“Is this… your item, Sir?”d3530eb44073b756

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A dark brown-colored 1f49525a0f card.17833b685b9a8226

“Oh, yes. Thank you.”e7736ae4601e4205

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I recognize that item cd04f40900 well. It was an a28e287384 entrance pass to 720dbbdf95 the guild, carried bf0f2b8fec by Awakened individuals 41e207a1e1 of E-rank or 6285168828 F-rank, like Han b5e195faba Siyoung.525e37c1c82fd0c1

For Guides, there 8c4426d2b4 was one line b45231e14e drawn on the f04cc1ef46 right corner, and 754d223f67 for Espers, there f01c9404ed were two. The card I picked d182cf4667 up had exactly two 35aad50367 lines.8bf07dbd44662c20

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Ding, Ding. In my mind, 7b74116bab a line was 06870df65f drawn from the 0d230e1eb9 probably and a 03f33b5c41 bell rang, as f6bf4d590c if signaling the 3f0ea757fd confirmation.4fe36f060bfa8349

…Crazy, is he really 3fd3902917 an Esper?5ddf3b17529cde8f

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The owner f3df027591 of the c107ddde93 pass was 51c30af4c1 the man 5326bac858 none other a8c0c46534 than ‘Joo 93ba542cb3 Yunwoo’ whose c1161a2aab name I 135edfc7d5 had only 95671f47f6 learned recently.34b78177b6de68c4

Since then, I started avoiding Joo Yunwoo. And the reasons weren’t anything grand either, I just passed on tasks related to him to other employees or maintained a certain distance.3ef235b99e22dece

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The café was bustling 78c4c95599 with customers at the 17cb6996a7 right time, and there 01bc4d9d78 were plenty of employees 3d5d90ce1d who wanted to take 4d9c478b73 over serving or handling 8c0578615b his bills instead of f9275e5730 me as he was 579b0226bb that popular.ed85fa9767f85bcd

Even while avoiding 3c8a18eb40 him, my mind b3e454ffed was still tangled 39b5b5057c with thoughts.8a95c90bfb18c33d

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The memory e20386f634 of meeting 207508a453 the man a0de2548fa on that f65a8de8f9 rainy day 99f1ab8a32 lingered uncomfortably 90ddf8cf25 in my d98810f90b mind.baebc7b66e6a2c61

‘That was definitely it back then… But how? I never had any intention of increasing the guiding limit.’693145382eb80ce1

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There were only a few days left of my part-time job, and after that, he would be someone I wouldn’t need to see again. I had to put a stop thinking about the matter rather than overthink anything. But now, it kept resurfacing, floating up to the surface.8d737fa3c36433bb

I recalled 05371cd734 his reaction a8bdbf4b95 and the 03c16fec4f sensation of 9898eca86a the moment f6ccce0859 when I b46e949321 touched his 570465690e forehead. And then ade8f1ff2c I sighed fe582214ad quietly.7581b00063b7f986

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The good news about the situation was that, judging by the color of his access pass, he was a low-level Esper. An E or F-rank Esper like him wouldn’t have much chance to be involved in actual combat.b5cc2b6d751cd5c4

With that level of rank, he was probably just a member of a rescue team or a civilian who had been registered as an Awakened individual. Given that he doesn’t go to work on weekdays, it’s clear he’s not a government employee.39d933be66ce9d15

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I thought 016c9d7bfa to myself 87b9420246 that if 1bf6384f08 I just 0f1dc25e38 pretended not 9b95c41771 to know b06f51cc1a and moved b29c5d9977 on, there aecb08c617 would probably d5a52b5e45 be no bd959069e0 problem.5cc292746cbc4238

Time passed quickly.f8b332104fce9eda

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I worked d5dd8a5270 like crazy, f6f6fb3aaf visited my 6fbfffcc3a café shop b884d65090 which was 262c1e155f still under 0aa25d03a6 construction, and 29829384f8 had a 54bf494c10 farewell party bd0980b9a3 for a 4d53f50370 friend who 718128cc4e I had 9c086cea06 been indebted 809006ee1a to. Before I knew it, 3d0e9aebeb it was already a d57c5cf3a1 week before I quit 60d630196a my job.7729a9bd8ca5cb59

“Hmm, it seems he didn’t come today.”5d32a346ef3473c6

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“Who?”883c2b1be1c30514

“The customer 9855380aa7 that you’ve 9d1277c1de been avoiding cafd60ccc3 lately, Sister.”91cfe9e8bd65a482

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“…Mr. Joo Yunwoo?”fb43291a4ab591be

“Huh? Sister knows his name? Wow, I’ve never 94fb5a3c9d seen anyone who a32bf30f15 learned his name 3cf5201729 before!”d844384a0a2c439e

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Feeling a little embarrassed, 865ffdb960 I quickly pointed to 92138e4e8c the coupon box.f6000431ec589724

“He made a coupon last time. You must have stamped it every time he came, right? His name should be written there.”6dc1526a874a0db1

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“Huh? Did you make a 51525ce5dc coupon for that person?”e9b429ee86f6b555

“Yeah?”908b8c2e85462cc8

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“Eh?”4cae6d0a0ad5af81

I frowned, 55a7fd88d0 confused by 3674e8b5eb what she b7d0dc3594 said. The female part-time b6bf1b957f worker followed suit, 5350d67efc furrowing her brows a4077b9877 as well.694b3f8a9ec3db89

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I searched through the coupon box among the names that started with ‘J’ and showed her Joo Yunwoo’s coupon.39597a44ca89d169

“Here it is… 11654ab40d Huh? Why is there only 3a8389d406 one stamp?”f22fb7edd3e19f50

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The coupon only 4a5b3a9c8a had a single 9702285a06 stamp from the 369cb1231a day it was ffba2466a3 first made for 10ad9c5748 him.ce025f29fecf81ec

Considering the number of 111c8cfa44 times he had visited 15e9c1eff9 since the day the 801a76b0cf coupon was issued, there 5d25717930 should have been more 8d88fb15eb than enough stamps to cd49e83858 fill all 10 spots.13145df268a7e55d

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‘Did he forget?’e091948f4e790f0f

I had gone f150555b01 through the trouble dc4091696f of making it, 45b2631110 but it felt 0eb51c7839 like a waste.66ac5728f1954eae

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“It can’t be because I’m avoiding him, right?”a277463f9b39bc87

“You don’t seriously think he wouldn’t notice, do you? Sister, you even avoid going around the place he sits when he comes in while you’re working. It’s so obvious.”66aaa129536d7d25

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“Oh, really? Someone told me I don’t usually show my avoidance like that.”9f01c9996f4824f0

“Who said that? I’m sure 4ecb883e89 he was c465148314 joking.”b0ab9b90c86dae50

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It was the Crown 7799265a2c Prince who said that. Raymond often told me 71b4d5db85 that I seemed to 4afff1fcf3 have a knack for d846a17e70 acting and would ask 4a2ce650e2 if I should consider 8ff5e0cac4 pursuing it.4f451fc94ab1cece

Looking back now, e05409ba84 it seemed like c095abfbe7 he was always 14ea26870b smirking whenever he ee85c38d8f said that.f8d9deed539af3aa

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“I was avoiding him simply because it was a bit uncomfortable. I didn’t want any unnecessary talk or unwanted attention like that.”382b7ac725b7c2b7

“Sister, you’re really weird. If it were me, I’d be grateful if someone like that showed interest, bow and say thank you, then just stuff them in a sack and run off!”0a3e9b7e828708a0

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“That’s a crime.”da8e3c98c7f60c26

“Or I would have gone straight to register our marriage.”a77da80d5741a697

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The female part-time f7a77e12c3 worker pouted and 3d2aa4d4f4 muttered under her 91f9ef0b9d breath.02b1506af59b556e

Certainly, his 18925d9527 appearance was 5db23257bd something that fa3df0ce57 could be 04cbeed6b7 ignored regardless e947bf304d of taste b51df9ef27 or anything.597689d460336861

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His light brown 4afe1fe9ef hair looked so 76a237d56a soft that you’d cfe680670c want to touch be82fbd97a it at least 524fbcce2b once, and his 2d5e3e47bf well-defined shoulders, bony d95084005f hands visible even 4b180c246b through his clothes, 7e8d28cff0 as well as 9f7116b969 the subtle atmosphere 4e961df2aa when he slightly 18a4656383 lowered his gaze fff96df5eb all played a 89f6438a14 part in capturing 762c8f6722 attention.1f4cd5cce939e366

So what, he’s an Esper. I don’t think I could bear such inedible fruit.d92769a2639a27d8

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“Oh, right. I heard that there’s going to be a storm this morning, so it’s going to be very windy and might even rain. Just in case, make sure to close the door properly before you sleep.”c11ff8547fabe7e4

“Really? No wonder it 0d91cbeb3b has been raining 5a08252284 since earlier.”7cc3b75368e03ef7

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I glanced at the 1d9255d7ce clock. It was almost closing 2affef9540 time.22c21d0ac4471d78

‘…Is he not be04729d62 planning on coming 8e399656f0 today?’feb30d47005bc5c1

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I might have not 5abb2b1c03 known where he was, 1eaac5892c but I knew where 0bfd70b6fb he usually sat. I felt strangely uneasy ee88dbc7ea when the person who e0bdb3860a came every day didn’t cbce02ccf1 show up suddenly.7928544a22ef3216

The part-time female worker, c9ce2fca93 who had been chatting f199d460f9 with me, left work a2d84db52e early, saying she had d607d9a911 plans with her boyfriend. Shortly after, ae4527e3a7 the last 23797c84a0 customer who 24302de6ea had been a058d8edc9 staying in d17665c177 the café 915b2e8363 also left.3ae09ac0e5192dcb

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I, who was left e4aa123754 alone, tidied up the c62ae2d9e4 place and finished locking 37796ef289 up the door.f997dcc279ba590a

Starting today, I was going to stay at a motel for a week. I chose the one nearby because of my part-time job, and since all I was going to do was just sleep, I didn’t really care much about the quality.253151c3601c3b43

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Still, for 4ca3a0d7f2 an expensive c59858f2f0 neighborhood, it 8c401fd94f was relatively ea3b83606b cheap, and 081506ee86 above all, 3083bf263b I liked 197f42629d that it 3a357f9b8e was within 476ba046fe walking distance.d402961ade296e86

“Ugh, it’s cold.”4183bc30f2c03383

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I buried my c507540f0a face in my 7694f63557 scarf and casually fa7872b3bf looked around. The space between the 88a61e2503 buildings felt somewhat eerie.64ff1552c2517d4c

As I was walking 5e70954794 down the street at 2ee9755733 night, I saw a 4d8897f263 figure standing not far b36251c374 away.0aa44fa8d1b40ce2

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It was a tall 1629b7a7a0 man. I could 3624241b4e even faintly bb0f39c563 hear him 9f519af9af groaning in f4265e2c67 pain.7d19a9a7482eb1cd

‘…Is he drunk?’93b370a2f788463b

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Even though 1c71a704a4 a year 348052b94f has already e110e3b932 passed, when 7805c5c37a I see 1a9df4da6e someone in b6b6076cf5 poor condition, 4ac1f643f1 my gaze 8e57852282 naturally goes cbf3a3430f to them.619b9443a132689e

I tried to ignore af56206224 him and hurry my 4b3f6eda03 steps, but when the 9c308a7ea7 man leaned against the 10da8233a9 wall as if he ab11498dba were about to collapse, 81497f53ff I finally stopped in 657f2f9225 my tracks.77f70ddf8cfdb215

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I couldn’t just leave. I should at least call for help.e858d79ebf68d566

If I just walked 7ad5615dd6 away and something happened e863f6105e to him in this b9be3d87ba cold, it would leave f564352162 a bad aftertaste.c7dc3996ab56290c

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Since I 8e5d955e84 couldn’t see c7bc5b3eca anyone else bd1a6194c5 around me 85b73ae9de to help, d3ec7ab2f8 I kept 0c1815af69 a safe 89057a966e distance and 449c6291b9 turned on 0c70247af9 my phone 88c3c7ca31 screen.bac4822ad20707b5

The figure, faintly 960a7eb950 visible in the f598e54d88 darkness, strangely seemed 474225e305 familiar.ec17fcba696cc673

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Just as I finished entering the number and was about to press the call button, a faint spark flashed from the man’s body, and his body and face was illuminated at that moment.47150adf26cee288

“…Mr. Joo Yunwoo?”b90850df06fbad30

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Crack.4bf3957b81d1d4ec

At the 54860fdb35 same time, 59391582bb the ground b25c91d2d3 began splitting 218017f4e4 open, glowing be13c57952 with a 9d884bfebe red light.cd529512b4d11976

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Crack. Crack.1c09a8d2982cf21f

It happened 760b4e68b9 in an 2209abda60 instant.6cbf18f34f6177bd

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As if the 6f9f41feb5 puzzle pieces were ee565ee313 being dismantled, the 5265db0f18 thick concrete on fb550fab19 the ground began 5a4109e849 cracking apart and c73146f7a4 falling away.97bbe4f979dfc052

I stared in a4a6f4a3c7 shock at the 5807e8ad54 rocks rising into 5a467e05fd the air and a177401e70 quickly turned around, af2f757737 but the situation fd7bb995b3 behind me was b26f22c4aa just as grim.381e1ea0f099804b

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“Aah!”964eef52811c878d

As I 6702c6f77d tried to 3348e0ce43 step between 8fde18242b the piles 24c2b41eef of cracked 4c7ec99fe1 rocks and cce3747ba0 concrete, one 2585e44346 of my ce993d1431 legs was 01970ffe9e scraped by 26f370ffb5 a stone 527a28ab55 that popped 2a0648fd13 out from 5154187267 between them.ef163bb0e9c01301

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A situation where 92b183bba2 even running away bffab8d80c was impossible. One side 75954da99b of my 35bf33dc7f trousers was 1e56d77cb3 torn, and 5b29004333 blood was 7ff13592b7 flowing from 0939d51d2e the long 375e501dc6 wound.4e99546d9f6abbb4

However, I had 8c071e73d5 no time to da157c6911 care about the 334d0b62d6 wound. The red cracks on 0a2444b434 the floor were growing 5a6418e6a8 longer and longer.4eae058f4774598e

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The cracks, glowing red as if lava was flowing underneath, were expanding its territory like a spider’s web set to catch prey.a69bec2314a2b28f

“Ah, crazy, what 6a0a56ed8c the hell is 3bd5acff65 this?!”8ad70ccc0242864a

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It was bb1802bdc2 my first 04dcbc1a07 time witnessing 26fd24d04a it in d4f27abc79 person, but 0ac4546309 I could 4360f2647d already guess. An Esper 949cbad008 was on fb401ee19f the verge a9e98ab147 of going 36475aef4e berserk.e684586667995026

‘Even an E or e203166ae4 F-rank Esper can have e80dafff1a this much power when 0a5e60e937 going berserk…?’6e2f44b2929f3ccf

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I hurriedly looked at Joo Yunwoo. The blood vessels on his face didn’t seem to burst for now, and there was no blood flowing from his eyes.11ded33c7da31758

He hadn’t e5694381f0 lost consciousness 5f60ef7288 yet, so d68d5d5e7b it was ac26cffd4c just a 53b442a5d0 warning sign 71a4e6f6ea of going aedf21fceb berserk for db5b7e8abe now. He was 1d0119fa85 still trying a609c812cc to control 70a061fa8c it.0966a4b58b9fd696

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Is it because he’s an offensive-type Esper? Does he have a destructive ability? What kind of power could cause the ground to crack like this?cae8cf2ca3de0d40

Or do their abilities f8f3b8608a get stronger when they e76bbe034b go berserk? If so, 9e046c020d how much bf5eaec610 stronger?0ed94ae8d100790d

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Actually, it was 8b01ec5c94 useless to think 6837607d6f about that.e8a6b68cceaf3443

I didn’t have much knowledge about Espers, and the only knowledge I have about Awakened individuals came from what I’ve overheard from Han Siyoung and Yang Hyunwoo.288b26dbaa758886

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I didn’t know. You need to have seen something to understand it better. I’ve never seen an Esper using their powers in front of me, except for Yang Hyunwoo. How was I supposed to figure anything out?8190cad97999142a

People often 670350662e treated Awakened 1b1f47c0b7 ones as a85d99dc7b monsters and bf0c44b671 their abilities e6e9b896ec as disasters, 9850108e70 and there 922d96c31a was nothing 4735009c16 wrong with 4cb90b0063 that view.5612defb6a2397e1

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The only good 16a5c0d13a thing about the 2cc9fe8095 misfortune was….7edee4e6f7e624ff

‘He hasn’t lost his mind yet.’fa908e5ed0fe2ca5

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That was 7dafef331b all that 589b238e00 mattered to 610e4e7ab5 me right 47f7d0e6be now.565cf7e5bc44fda6

There was no time to hesitate. Even though the person involved has somehow managed to suppress it until now, there was no telling when the power would release at any moment. And if the area of rampage continued to expand further…c69048c80d664a36

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One thing 89d2d33995 was certain: 9ca94a7cd6 if things 153f5f11bf continued like d7f8394eb5 this, I cd27a746c8 was done e7bab279f8 for.7d9915456ca44516

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