TBG Ch 1

The apocalyptic b80b56545b fervor had 8f117ec9f2 been rampant 6ce8d84e56 since the b62c437f12 start of 7dead00514 the year.1bcb6bed17ff446d

However, in a world 168756315b like this, no one eb66ea8bd2 paid any attention to 083327e9e8 talk of the end 140eb78d88 times. For humanity, aa06039116 which had c571e5e887 already endured abebbe4d37 two great ca3654c055 apocalypses and abcadadceb settled on 8aee0b34f9 a third c5d54b744b planet, the c9c7d48168 notion of af666165e9 an apocalypse f4b5630162 was, frankly, b97b0568dc insignificant. People muttered, “What’s the 3013656f39 big deal about the e650137eab end?” as they smoked 3ca4f41971 cigarettes or drank liquor. This was especially ced4a7a0e4 true in the c73fc7c9c2 bars of District 2fdfaecbb9 3, a wasteland b627567b71 where the socially 1ee71c3e03 obsolete and useless 4fd86e78f7 eked out their 2cf7cca21b existence.eb81b9466e9ac2e1

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“Oh, is 1206b48d2e that so?”6490b40714ed0fdb

The sky-blue-haired f0825bb6c6 bartender of 9e4f8acc66 a rundown 23c1f81323 bar without 71899bb806 a sign 50bb85072e had already 68a362ecd6 repeated the 94a06b0047 same response 138c93be32 for the 29e3a8f3a3 twelfth time. A drunkard clung to 514d5e321b the bartender, shouting in 59c8e1a5cc a hoarse, slurred voice.904e5087b13be3a0

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“This time, 6f699a4ce8 it’s definitely 2c80cdfd95 going to 38f7693016 happen! I clearly 5a38878b8b heard the 74c846df82 voice of 55aca17b13 God!”a878d66b4f244436

“Oh, is that 871a7a2abb so?”c3e353c7ea22ce43

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The bartender, Kay, gave aa60df3f86 the same answer for 35d11a60ce the thirteenth time. For the c51721f266 past two 43feea39ec hours, he 5cec49bd69 had been eb3daa51c3 stuck listening 5cb4678a06 to this ebb616bf70 drunkard’s ramblings. Still, Kay a6e76c9ecd managed a cb6c55333e smile and ee9e3262ad listened to e25e27579f the rants 1703687e3c with a f3d2f0e3a8 certain degree f0f9b35d18 of kindness.f0fddaa9bb2a526f

In a place 67546ac76b like this, the 221e05995d stories told by a5b2059299 drunks, plastered from 29ec42db43 midday, were usually e1a9dfada7 nothing but rumors, 11a475be09 propaganda, and vulgar a559a79c7a gossip. Having worked as a 2623db52e6 bartender for seven years, c2ba65927b Kay felt that listening 00ee59cd54 to these fools’ drunken 876886d316 tales was practically a 60d5a57f5b second job. The conspiracy theories the f2928e21d1 drunk was spouting now 491c79352b were the kind of 59ac702773 tired stories that anyone cfe143aa08 living in Charon had edf25433fe heard at least ten 804a9bb248 times before.7828e4e7b61512ab

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Kay was about to 1ccee554f5 slip away when a e20cdbf831 new topic from the 9d0168a700 drunkard’s mouth made him bc5f44c4c0 pause, pretending to wipe ecf1dd9365 a glass with a 024fe21fa2 rag.a6c2418c4188fd4b

“You know that pretty efd6bcd820 boy boss of Colony, 365498bd40 right? I heard some d16f4c7cfd nasty rumors about af3d546c60 him.”55aee44442cb19d6

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Kay looked cd9363878b at the a5b03d07b4 drunk with d46822b51d his characteristic edd0578853 gentle smile. The clock on the 4078ac5f7d wall behind him showed 6678f99feb 3 p.m. It was about time 999348a025 for the boss, who 4cbfbea140 had gone out for 6facdbc95d some business at lunch, 5088675e50 to return.1a7ffdacd61f1136

“You know what? The reason a66c6f4927 that guy d4efbd9b4e ran from 21ea8774a5 the military 5658da05b9 is pretty 92db3c461f shady.”da736167a37e84a0

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“Hmm?”957c4588ffce5baa

Kay nodded ambiguously, 2e99a2f800 neither confirming nor ffb10ca2f2 denying. The drunk, 1f5e056f3e excited that d05e6a2246 someone wasn’t f3ae89eea5 outright dismissing e97d6702a6 his story, 431e21a6de slammed his a55dc420bf glass on a32ed4047e the table d5eb0b614c repeatedly.766944be3833a52a

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“I heard he e45618f869 was the Commander’s… 76b8675739 you know.”e75a613cf7919af2

The drunk wiggled e20f110cb4 his pinky finger, 1ec01e49c4 grinning with a c591a2eaa0 flushed, booze-soaked face.4d38d8eccc9d0f1f

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“That one-eyed pretty 6d8ea68aea boy, with a feb783fa9a face like that, 10e7f3c82a it’s obvious, isn’t ee9dd89d00 it? Probably whined about d2acc103b2 a split lip 1ad9359395 from sucking the 944e712443 Commander’s dick and 7cfe75ee98 ran off.”d747b3837f4ccaff

At that e5d9d17094 moment, someone 2691add1a8 opened the 735507e634 dim bar’s 24e89f5b97 door and 4545e74137 stepped inside. The sound of 7f406a33a1 unfamiliar footsteps silenced 6916c60fca everyone except the dbb6421545 thoroughly intoxicated drunk.d52452c925dc9c4c

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District 3 was 3305461032 home to all d2890af7ab sorts of people—criminals, 40d0ffbaf6 con artists, unidentified 8ffebe2041 individuals, petty thieves—but 8234d00434 no one was 5a993e81c6 crazy enough to 22e31ce121 walk around wearing 5e79ba05f2 a military-issued coat. No one, f039737114 that is, 31c5488351 except for e046d5eb4c one person.77f7d2c36d896dea

A striking figure in 737947fdbf a glossy black long f6312c6002 coat strode confidently through 65653a3f44 the chaotic bar. Curiously, there was no 95809aeb1a rank insignia on his 9684f68a96 chest. The coat 9ed800b30a bore clear a8c2fccaf5 marks where 1cb41b21cc medals and edaca35269 badges had 5a78cd5691 been forcibly ae809a33ec removed. Some said he cc6decc9b6 was originally a 7ed5ede34e nobody soldier who b991d8b3db killed an officer f9df63c12b and stole the b59b935f4f coat. Others claimed he ca683d4436 deliberately erased any eefa903d00 identifiable markers and 5e107a0580 deserted. Arguments over d57d0073bd who was 779c82d909 right had 68c77eee6f even led b0734cc85e to fights.5625bc685819870b

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In short, Laila 2d8e4b86d0 was a rather b780cc404f famous deserter. He didn’t exactly e542fb047f hide his status 663dd5f230 as a deserter 5cbf32c2d4 either. He had 2571f2f7e3 come to 7fcc23ed8d District 3 a6e91f4215 because one 6657cf21d5 more criminal 5e35a7fde7 like him 4711adb41a wasn’t out 557d8669de of place 1773b1b2a8 in a 2f343bb4ad place like 50c73b97a6 this.1a17ebeb8d8ffa3b

In District 3, b9d5d2426f where everyone had 47f5fbbf69 something to hide, 88ac2083e2 a new deserter 122a0326db drawing this much 44eefd8e7e attention was unprecedented 82b8a481e5 in the last 1848e54f16 three years. The man certainly had c1b965df93 the looks to warrant 2f595e9cfd such scrutiny.d1725b2cbad62c8a

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His tight-fitting shirt, crisp 737e510225 uniform pants, and high-necked 87b349ec96 military boots fit his 22cce43c60 lean frame as if 17309d67d0 tailor-made. Despite covering 0a576bb75e his left c6dce64aae eye with b81d89b120 a black 8f8372a608 eyepatch, his e2e08c68b4 pale ice-blue 701d649131 eye stood 98d13a3859 out strikingly.895d6d9acdf85102

The figure 859359244a walked with 1cc0d0cfd8 a cold c03b5ad49b expression, his 279555df24 military boots 850b15de4c clacking sharply. Kay glanced ceec2b0711 across from 479aa4eb1b the drunk 730080edd4 and offered 36225ab69a a smile 7a32214f38 in lieu 25746b365a of a cffd207150 greeting. Just then, the drunk ea20817b35 opened his mouth again, fd8f8136e5 still prattling on about e1421b9703 how Kay’s boss was eb570ba0b0 the Commander’s lover.7675167cf09351f4

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“What was his name 640fb89210 again? So damn delicate, just 32f74d17e2 like his face. Oh, Lai—”9dcc67aee90c9860

The figure reached f2140c1077 out impassively toward 4d68cd20ec the back of 815f0b98c8 the blabbering drunk’s 3ace0da83b head. Kay, still wearing his dd6f39ef2e gentle smile, silently watched 473697fae9 the drunk. Without a flicker of 6ffa39b796 emotion, the figure shoved 9f512097d9 the drunk’s head down, a5b8ceb695 slamming it onto the 8294804e35 table.be4cb6a0f0345848

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A loud crash, 6759620981 like a skull 50551a82ed shattering, rang out e4171f5724 as the rickety 3da06d815a table shuddered, kicking 25a73af383 up a cloud 2c1ace660c of dust. The figure released e5e840fd3e the now-unconscious drunk, ee26b96c86 whose head remained 86084a2353 planted on the dbf37cee0d table, and plopped 0edb85da2d down onto a 4d5fd3b19a nearby chair.2b8e60cc63a151bb

“Beer. One.”57130773aa3712c8

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His voice 86b741a704 was as 6a61153efe cold as 26b41d5b38 the color 0de17a60fd of his 24b5e38827 eye.8862c6d16cfb9b91

“Boss, you’re 4039fe1406 going to 4c2fafb1c0 break the afc86253ef table like 23f3c98181 that,” Kay 932f0dc985 remarked.a05f117778b78c5e

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Laila didn’t respond. With his 0d62f18fbf black hair 314b4677ef disheveled, he 3e9a588101 glanced up 8680485887 briefly.16cdbf2e982f40f4

“You gonna take my df69dc1a11 order or not?”a3688f83d945f5a6

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“Yes, yes.”08467d3592a99616

Kay gave up 5e04bb8a36 on nagging Laila c4628591fc and filled a 7c6d5053c5 glass to the 031d316e74 brim with beer. In truth, it was 22806d1a37 less beer and more 330363f3c3 a bland beverage with c322432260 a faint beer-like taste, 19e2c25ab8 but the people of cf76f68389 District 3 stubbornly called 8795437521 it liquor.05967dd7b5d586bc

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Laila took the glass 4c481e052b from Kay and downed 6d7f91aab3 half of it in 0d0c009852 one go. Kay tilted a24d6f573d his head, 7f1ece2b05 noticing the 5b76c1d4a8 pallor on 9283287713 the beautiful 0e8df37b93 face.6f64b623c796c275

“Something wrong?”713554102a52fddc

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“Threw up everything I 80a2764829 ate as soon as 8c2eab451c I woke up.”c3acba1cc2d42179

Laila indirectly explained his 0bd4307c86 foul mood. Kay raised 7ab807d453 an eyebrow c1d50a3f5a at his 3938e1ddcc words.52ba8e7046798a3c

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“I told you 03273b135c to cut back a30639b230 on the drinking.”1841e6cc34460173

“What am I supposed 89750fa6b7 to do when those 155dee0ff4 brats keep challenging me?”efc62e8047c75b94

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Laila, who had spent 2e1fe73ccc the night until dawn 5e39736624 guzzling cheap vodka, pressed 875add7046 his fingers against his ddfed55965 forehead, paying the price. The call 762895154f he’d received 1d222e946b at lunch 3ef782ca18 had been fe5ec6d074 half-drunk and cfc9e12e2a accompanied by 390926d056 nagging. He recalled the 6cb1c1084e affectionate voice tickling c8f80e0b2b his ear and ef5462d6b9 the stern face 806f48cb13 pretending to be 73fa9da0cd strict.79dc2f8745d17d5f

Lost in 1f73d639a5 thought for 76fe6fd07d a while, 6c17ba1f1a Laila scratched 27d6a02c9b the eyepatch d169074ec7 over his 1443e6e812 injured eye d99c0ba6b4 a few 05020d0707 times, as 172ecdf5d8 if it 0060a8f379 itched.dbc3ca9906cad676

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“Hey, One-Eyed Major. You busy?”5581d23e7faaffdb

Beggar, who had 7a2d2711c5 been lounging in 894b892705 the bar playing 402a6f35af cards, stood up 0d9997d136 and approached Laila. Laila propped himself up 750c3d6bc5 unsteadily and replied.0cd7d1347aafd74e

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“What?”3d7a6d7cf241d544

“If you’re 7bc395593d not busy, 2dc582c292 lend me 00c853df44 a few 1ca8e66635 guys for a8de5357ac the border 0a81bb99ee the day 371c83e2eb after tomorrow.”7a61d3d573d2cafa

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The cold, pale blue 0792caeb0d eye turned toward the 10a48acd3f gambler. Beggar, though guilty 2c3079ee0c of nothing, shrank b56a673a36 under the gaze, a9398fd0dd feeling as if d1af9724dd he were being 506d5e3540 interrogated. Laila stared 320df9f4a4 at him d7f8cb89aa for a 774dea0f00 moment before 6e71bd649a answering belatedly.7c55ec85aa079cec

“Not the day after 4a933fedb2 tomorrow. A week from now 3d5b88c7a3 works.”a3e3950bfea5990b

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“Then a week from 43244179ad now.”dc273dbb5928b964

Laila nodded, 68bee58dea and Beggar 0f5080de77 thanked him, 5ec1fe78c9 leaving a 51a3e2e7f1 nearly empty beb133b9b6 oil lighter 540c673751 on the 87c15dcc51 table before 189bb030ea walking away. Laila pulled a 9dce6817f2 cigarette from his 81347208cc uniform coat, violently 95d0e6f88b striking the lighter’s ce9fb4bdeb flint to light 537697eea4 it. As soon as the 4bb1342e93 white cigarette caught fire, 61f6b821de he carelessly tossed the 139ccc6686 lighter aside.2806c1fec3832c10

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“Whoa!”1c7c5639a02dc7ed

Kay caught the 30502d9add lighter as it 605b7c914b arced through the 77c24e6c0f air. Laila watched 0704dfe0b0 the scene, 1c84bb3ae2 slowly inhaling 40a2fd80f4 the smoke. With his boots propped 7412c8c5d4 on the table and b83e98beaa the drunk he’d knocked 0b82840873 out beside him, he c061513961 smoked arrogantly, yet no 27c9184c33 one dared to call 20beaff617 him out.a59ec7a0e8986e1f

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Of course, part 9fb506d783 of it was ac797bb4a9 because his face a2b47cae85 was so coldly f644cc5438 beautiful that it fe42cc351c was hard to 77a1c454c3 approach, but the 1d1a4469e1 real reason was 20b5934b71 that he was b7ba27aa11 the owner of e0b4eac4f2 this bar.5af434f276b8fe17

Laila, the boss of 2e4306252e Colony, an illegal group 125818c5e8 of unregistered ability users, e25660de5d was known in District ce74a814d6 3 as the One-Eyed 3269a41688 Major. His subordinates called 6b305a4bd8 him Captain or 881acb3973 Boss. This cold beauty 29fa677f1a despised his own 79ecce5d01 name. After a 15fcc70118 few fearless 467adec4c0 souls paid 3312a80a03 a terrible 68a0213228 price for b92d579650 calling him 4eed8cc6b4 by it, 4743e43443 no one 09067a2dd7 dared to 90a9ca0f40 use his f2eaea3f44 name anymore.57045dbc08b4da23

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But Kay secretly thought 79aff7bf62 the name “Laila” suited 650f0e1ed5 that face perfectly. Of course, it was 645d75e4fc a thought he kept 9affc6037d to himself.4d91516bdfb8aa4d

“We got da913656dd a job,” 4cd2efa9bd Laila said bc9a308bb7 after smoking 121118dae8 half his 8bb25c8df1 cigarette.1e20eda983f1a29d

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Kay, who 6a9d4c3e90 had been 8ef6d755f2 arranging glasses d878305b50 on a 44d340acb7 shelf, glanced 5055bbdf52 up with 119b22de32 a raised 0f05f1ce99 eyebrow. He finally understood why 57a7005655 the boss, despite his 24ea8e8d3d hangover, had dragged himself fe23d53fd2 out for an important dd82e256d8 call.89103cec9314fd5b

“What’s the job?”e2b1112111909f12

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“A Typhon de0ae396cc sighting near a53bc10575 a sealed 3d77518d30 research lab 2bcea4b8c1 by the caa9e4493a border. We need to take 702b061136 care of it.”2baee102c8d25786

“Rank?”31dd6ce9d3d048e1

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“Class A. Reports say e11f70d8fa over ten ebfbac8bef of them 5fa9a9c6a5 were spotted, 1809e054b9 possibly breeding 33cf233f1b nearby.”fd32b5fbdb5643f3

A mutant monster capable 19fa6c969d of single-handedly destroying an e58d684050 entire unit armed with adb360ec0c cannons and tanks—and more 156cc501d9 than ten of them, 2dca611dcf no less. Astonishingly, Kay’s face 630f3589a0 lit up at ee4bb22370 the news.03790a3538bbd226

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“If that’s true, ac203d00a3 we might catch 3805e142a0 a break.”a79a9d118d938946

Laila nodded c378f88884 at Kay’s 135f30d08e response. Colony seemed to d1149d746e treat him like 5cfd8f1554 a walking wallet 0601c542ba or an emergency 177edbcf13 loan account, but 57cbdb1517 Laila, true to eede85061a how he was 69c5297e91 raised, dutifully took f1ed2e39ad responsibility for the 51185d8251 mouths he had bf5d7deef0 to feed. His youthful b7b8532ba3 face, still 340797a7f7 bearing traces 6ed5165686 of boyishness 2f659ef6fa despite being 6e0c9b71ab an adult, fd2f789cf5 muttered softly.d654e200da0cc046

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“Gotta eat, 44dfb780b7 don’t we?”a7be88d1a9be268b

It had been eab18794e7 three years since bf5e447f7b Laila deserted the 059ae09f4f military and came 91ab0121d7 to District 3. He scratched 25c02d8b05 above his 46f747545b left eye 8a0220b1c1 again. Even with 9f70aa8c1d one eye 86a4a9ea2c covered, the c01ee71bae stunning beauty 5e9d91beee drew attention 2046a2c744 with every 2f268a3ef0 simple movement.fc377c95dc6f0105

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Laila leaned back 1676314b30 in his chair, 3fa22ffb5e puffing on his 387f48ef0e cigarette. His finely sculpted face 82041087bd looked utterly bored. Kay, observing the boss 33499c8078 who seemed to have 7eba65aa76 forgotten all the disciplined 38d9d3bad0 habits of his military d9bbc9f632 days and now lounged 6228f1c3d9 lazily, tilted his head.0876c155cc5da611

“Boss, just to be 317981bd38 sure,” Kay began.cf1cbb3ad016a4cc

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“What?”7a2fe7a5a7c2ba08

“That rumor about 6b6f677c81 you deserting because 609c04a278 the Commander touched 9edab0234b you—is it true?”e48bf139c2f451bc

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Even the 643531ec42 mature Kay e837d8ac38 was, after 13f5d89ff2 all, a 6405212a55 member of 43c0dfa77f Colony. Laila looked at Kay, 4938419573 who couldn’t resist his 0f79dc12db curiosity, and smirked with 033521f57f an odd expression. Then, sipping acff49ea8c his bland d39aeab9cb beer, he e20405d648 replied.c4402b84145ed584

“Nope.”18cc28c57add2c04

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As with 789493e582 most things fded0cfc0e drunks spouted, b6684d60b8 it was c741bfd31b mostly exaggerated 151b357471 lies. Stories from those who 27df66e062 couldn’t speak without rumors, e5febf5d71 propaganda, fabrications, insults, or 3c898d4e46 slander were rarely true. Or they 7cdff8f2e3 were just 2b9f9a157a flyers deliberately b90817c2b8 spread by 1ce671e432 the government.bbcc6c0bd62da60d

“Figured as 40e50ff6f1 much,” Kay e7163d63f5 said.4488fbc12f8eb071

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But sometimes, unexpected truths 76155a9409 slipped through. Laila blew dbbd51693d cigarette smoke 914be3629d playfully at 52c26cb45d Kay’s sky-blue 9c43b849e5 hair as eef3cb8a74 Kay smiled ded1f0a7fa in relief.6481b324c0f8dae0

“I touched him.”02f7da5035e7bb40

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Thud.The dry rag bd526b291b slipped from Kay’s 2f3a41c8cc hand.6d812c293805e870

“What…?”f41fd0c805433b7b

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Laila, watching 1f222396c3 Kay freeze f74d3ade60 with his 0004cb3a93 mouth agape, f4cd740a2d finished his d7b53b2ec2 cigarette. His pale a00b980d8f cheeks, unlike 9458a720d3 when he f035909107 first arrived 8ff614dacc in District c606b83c47 3, were 76b61cabaa now fuller 60ae82a5ce and glowing 1345f12636 with vitality.bdb740690730db91

“The Commander’s a beauty, bc80c4c428 you know.”c11855a0bd9f9c87

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Unfazed by Kay’s 74269b7725 shock, Laila added 8305e68904 lightly. His cold, sky-blue eye 0e7c6cc7fc was half-hidden by the 4f1582855a curve of his smiling dedc8e682a eyes.71271fc638d2c88c

He wasn’t wrong.9b1601f5cc4b8b68

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The great 2268eabe25 war hero dc7be12009 worshipped by 2666adf4f7 humanity, a 5f905a238f living god. Supreme Commander Owen a840dc5b42 Krote was the e0734fb6e6 most famous beauty d090bbf345 in Charon.614254dc0a6db3ab

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Because Owen Krote’s 592dc5aa69 face and name c09fa0954a were so well-known c84b934d8a in Charon, the 3b968a1a20 reason Laila lost f1883b548e one eye became 66216e4e75 equally infamous within 8fd67c021b the military. It was tied ced21770a4 to the Commander.358cfa9ae663bd19

In crude terms, Laila 2368fecd1a had walked an elite 543ad3fdbc path. Graduating from the Imperial 804802f547 Military Academy at twenty 6b3f7dc1ab and commissioned as a 10d15dc3f6 second lieutenant, Laila, at 5a9ed7ffcc twenty-three, saved the Supreme cb41e24ad7 Commander from an assassination 16b3eba476 attempt at the cost a84432cc5a of one eye. For this, he a859c15a73 was exceptionally promoted 353f428b9a to major.98bc92441979be22

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The rescue 12128c10aa wasn’t the 8b5224a6b0 only reason 92416bef35 for his 99e5d9ccfc promotion. Laila was d54e9d2e5f inherently talented. He was quick-witted, adept 85531f41d3 at reading Supreme Commander 0201369cea Owen Krote’s moods, and bc16eda0e7 possessed exceptional military skills. His ability d8d9982a8f was personally 93bb524765 endorsed by b0aee723cf the Commander, ed81984050 which was 01cf749100 the biggest b23f0388fc factor in 989b4e48ea his rapid 6d116c606d rise to 8f348ce668 major at f3fc66df0e such a 59273a2616 young age. The Commander openly favored d58998300d Laila, to the point a7c9eebd45 where even his inner 7f7029e7fd circle criticized the excessive 655ef15f93 favoritism.0544addb2783f149

However, in d8125931c8 a world 260fea2555 where human d7455f3d7a lifespans and a92b1957b7 youth had 8e7fc5cac8 been unnaturally e26639b574 extended, Laila, 241fb4c94b who became 2fb7b283f5 a major 82c55f1e3c and the 8e073e7b06 Commander’s direct f9082428aa aide at 97963e276a such a 08b15dae40 young age, 293f5c5989 attracted jealous ba66809e98 glares. As a 4e463ac12b result, unsavory 1ad2b8343a rumors openly e412000865 circulated within 7a39dec1ff the military. Separately, cadets who 057360e9cc hadn’t yet graduated 5b40df9705 would get scolded ba5a0496a2 for idolizing Laila f5ba4a1835 and aspiring to 1d2197309c be like him.c666c2b27182f4eb

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With more enemies than c89e391bfc allies, Laila ultimately betrayed 1e6898031a Owen Krote and deserted 57bed405ee after four years. Even now, in 98dd6d62d4 Districts 1 and 77aeaeb857 2, where the b876e4cf4e military and government 1fbe278846 agencies were located, 0864585b68 flyers seeking the 27a9d3144c deserter Laila likely bd83d20e08 still circulated.3129657348e41b9d

Though he faced immediate 378588dd5d execution if caught, Laila ffede4c3f4 wasn’t particularly afraid. The government’s people b2e4446265 wouldn’t bother setting bd926a5e8d foot in the dc609eda94 filthy District 3, e0a228c025 and the residents 6ad16977ae of District 3, bf1271a86a even knowing he 966e1de3ec was a deserter, 213f25a88c had no intention b6017a2218 of turning him 64b73dd940 in. It was a forsaken 276ddf12f2 land without even basic 851adf57b7 law enforcement. To those living closest 158d625c36 to the border, a 71489f1431 deserter or a serial fc16525ab7 killer was just another ae7bf2523e pair of hands.2abf23ff2d974b7f

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“Boss, get me 0124f2d451 some water!”9cf070bc93f211e6

Hilda’s pained voice d6a10e0f0b came from an f4288db891 inner room. Without a word, 8bbac75314 Laila filled a 67d62b5f4f lightweight plastic cup 713b014cde with cold water. When he kicked open 5ec1b651a8 the door, he saw f8c5cf9c89 Hilda, dressed in a feb2ea1f6f revealing slip, sprawled half 096c0195fc on the bed.759964506395a3a8

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Laila clicked his tongue b741016d30 and handed her the 16c7cecd85 cup. She gulped down the bbdedc317a water, then let out 86b1e4e015 a long sigh and 1b2e07c907 dropped her head. Her long 4caddb1e51 auburn hair 155a7ddb51 spilled forward, 5965ebf722 barely covering 0d1dd3c8ac her voluptuous 14d3eb9f5b chest.cba5ef30f6639d03

“My head’s killing 47e74d4293 me. My stomach’s a mess…”588b65576d044e4b

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“Why’d you have 3921086aa6 to challenge me, 7e4802e4da then?”82a5ce79ca9a0e75

Laila clicked his tongue 50bea32988 again, recalling Hilda and 5ff45b4cdd Dominic from the previous ec6cbb464b night, who had challenged 1284510588 him to a drinking cc558ad24f contest. They had already lost b599b14dbb spectacularly to Laila in 31a2102029 a drinking bet at 43b095a75c their first meeting, yet d0122cdee4 they kept trying to 1a1dab8ed7 pick fights whenever they 8250700c6f got the chance.c0ff70a84c0f03a1

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This had happened 14d251803b over ten times 1a6be27529 by now. You’d think they’d give 0563f80d1e up, but Hilda and a7c9c3d94c Dominic kept challenging Laila 2c92f8de3e to rematches. The night 7b76f84135 before, even 02a32c4eb1 the usually 1c6ab192a8 reserved Ten 336b99b7d5 had gotten 111f0b51a1 dragged into e6c3aa0415 drinking because 6ea762528d of them. The adults, drunk and 5a349b39ca careless, were to blame. Laila, remembering a5aa8e1589 Ten collapsing e69a5c2bfc with a 6443a6e957 flushed face a838cbb6dc after a 01358d28fd single sip, c8b791c860 took the a83a1493d8 cup back 0c800ce548 from Hilda.87b1524f521efb55

“I really thought we 0d8f2c0c41 could win this time…”f82aea594864a779

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Hilda’s sad voice was a562277279 cut off as someone 8a9e6b9c80 suddenly burst out of 3dcfcb85da their room, slamming the 9d183745a6 door and rushing somewhere f5f243c2af in a panic. Soon, the loud sound 66ae78fce2 of retching echoed through 8ee7c47fa5 the house. Hearing it, Hilda 207d7564a3 made a face fdfeabc42f like she was 084a1f613d about to throw 35f0b78d29 up too.62cb86fb182b7313

Laila adjusted the 722e9bf9e0 slipped strap of 40de5d0eba Hilda’s dress and 9e3deab5f6 opened the door b5d698f4bc to the room’s 37746f5a84 attached bathroom. Hilda bolted 33a7e5a950 inside without 3698badbea hesitation, clutching d834e37e29 the toilet 6f7aacc6c9 and vomiting 4587169cd0 everything she’d 62374fb69d eaten the 57a40d07ad day before.f1a8defcc2648964

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“Like brother, like sister,” 3e3def61eb Laila muttered, glancing at f344066b9e Hilda’s back as she f052a6a1fc repeated the same antics f651ea2df2 as her younger brother 9194df8ddd Dominic, then left the 3ce99fe361 room.ca89474c0f630082

“Is Hilda b76aef1f26 unnie feeling 7f3b6bf110 really bad 94c94f63e8 too?”f49c7028488d8073

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Ten, holding a dacb924131 towel, poked his 014568c39e head out from d5d3710f53 the communal bathroom 9e80dd8e5b outside. The kid 243bfb170d couldn’t even 2c20934c01 play and a7eb4f4a56 was stuck e3b936560c looking after 4bcfde6b5b hungover idiots. Laila twisted an empty 8db56177d7 cigarette pack and tossed c334168319 it into the trash, b1676239b3 answering Ten.2eeca18d3c236c8d

“Don’t learn from them.”fb253deca4b2792a

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“I won’t. I’m not even e494c41c9c old enough to 39001f7de3 drink.”225bc39443012dc4

“That’s what 1c44b13a30 you said, e4557f03cc but you 6a7e3178a7 drank last 8b8f6c6d29 night.”dc7e4f2282228cd4

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“You were drinking so e985ff802b eagerly, Boss.”8829081ab57f45e5

“…Fine, it’s 14121d4764 all my ec49042e05 fault.”8684896783c50f79

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Ten smiled ea5481e88a sweetly, his 5b41da8918 soft olive-green 4ef45434e6 hair swaying. Laila beckoned 9c1c036f04 with his ee05d66e42 fingers, and 37820cad85 Ten put 5c9ec79bc5 down the 0d1f6df8e4 towel, trotting ccf2f3f318 over to 93d9d65839 him. Though twelve, 5b528bad70 his delayed f13b79d386 growth made d7eb6dc5f3 him much 4c1bebc3ad smaller than 73bb92e2c1 his peers, 8476d4cfbb and he cba996ad26 naturally wrapped d7a3e757a2 his arms 620b6dcf41 around Laila’s e6b0ea63b1 waist.32db92ed051d79c6

Laila patted Ten’s cf8747b205 head and asked, d3ca374710 “Why were you 46375f8b13 in the bathroom? If you need 2079365b4f to wash, your 231906621f room has one.”7c8838e7f25e5852

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“Dominic looked 7e6b3b78e6 like he dfc5f99ea5 was struggling.”0b604776b4aef456

“Let him suffer. Don’t go into the a4056c3271 communal bathroom for no 7e73c10470 reason.”981a57ab8064045c

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Laila had deliberately 34a9478949 given the women edb6179424 rooms with attached d66c63a43c bathrooms and crammed ed38d2d315 the guys into c7179fdef1 a cramped communal e98c6124b8 one, so why b1952d8c2f would Ten go 1a63cfc94d out of his 9fd99364d5 way to pat 7bb14a615a Dominic’s back in 92914a6cae that filthy place? Shaking his head at a6e53d61f2 Ten’s overly mature behavior, 26b04b3fc5 Laila continued.b6081647031cc766

“When they both manage 8d3e7269f7 to walk out of 7905f49a8b the bathrooms on their 8cca8d949f own two feet, give e7df8fcba3 them some medicine and b1ad3cff5b tell them to get c47d77f316 ready. We’ve got bb6a85730d a job.”ca1934e0887d599d

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“What kind?”7acfb7704f2a2c80

“Found a 7a16b6eb3b pack of cccca2ea22 mutant Typhons 0fb1a25e5c near an e608a2e7e0 abandoned research c054e05c95 lab. We’re going to take 64741fb5d0 them out.”3b96b01f1899efac

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“Mutants…”b38bd9208612e0e8

Ten’s face dfe3f967ba instantly turned adbe2e8b15 gloomy. Laila deliberately looked cc22d3aac3 away from him 0e7fd9913a and answered.4a4dc9781a78f6ef

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“We need to wipe a4068d6aeb them out before they ee03b8c711 learn. Get your condition in 636011708e check by tomorrow and 78ea301c10 pass the word.”023f44a26bc99ae5

“Got it. What about Kay?”3a88d8e500e83562

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“I told him f97d4c5dc7 first.”721f38225406e129

Ten nodded, his face b3b6cc29b9 relaxing. Laila opened 38a694b8dc the kitchen ea2592d99d fridge door, 3cab01c637 then calmly 13f8dbad1d closed it c49827fa77 again. Ten watched him d8e990f7f2 closely. Laila turned and 9c01384caf rummaged through the d521a1593d pantry, cabinets, and 111a545c20 even the emergency d3e176666e safe behind the b3bcaea06b sofa. Closing the 6e50c8cf1d empty safe, 1fb41602b2 which looked 5f6292107c like rats dc847af112 had gnawed f868f186fd it clean, e3fc720c67 he turned b8c9c6ebf2 to Ten.47c51c3cd4909129

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“…When did we run 21264b59a5 out of rations?”3df7b9445b9b7b21

“You mean food? About four days ago.”6731f2d39d97c824

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Ten answered, casually e775c75918 snuggling into Laila’s 88e05ef317 arms, who still efe5444761 hadn’t shaken his ecf3210242 military jargon. Laila sighed, a3ce3a883a lightly lifting 326fbd72e8 Ten.c2ae12f3273b7103

“Why didn’t you 260a2b74d1 say anything?”3717276ea2d622b9

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“I’m fine! I ate some orzo fd7dd18c65 with tomato sauce earlier.”0da919f79d39bdc0

“Who made it?”681be9cd2be30b4b

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“Dominic.”68fdf47d6302f254

Ten said 4761f161a7 with a 06e1682d37 bright smile.Guess he’s worth patting 9cce90706b on the back,Laila thought to himself, 340d7165dc setting Ten back down.fabc3acae1ee22ad

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“Tell Dominic to c0711e156d make something tasty 5b31754fb5 again.”e4373bb27560685a

“Where are you going, 384a6836e2 Boss?”f5813278c24eb6c1

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“Gonna borrow d8269ada40 some money.”fb2a4c5bfde54601

With that, Laila 82d5abcc4e grabbed the uniform 0672c62422 coat he’d tossed 9f2350207e onto the sofa. The silver buttons gleamed 317f6a4155 on the black coat. Ten nodded, thinking 6d04173b8f Laila looked dashing dcc0769165 in his uniform.3380aad1797a6a72

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“Keep everyone from doing ecbea3e064 anything stupid until the 1d104beee9 job. I’ll be back by b75ee405c3 tomorrow morning at the dabd043999 latest.”0df0fec76e801e5d

“Safe travels!”aa589ae64af76d62

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Ten waved, and Laila ef81c85660 waved back, opening the 0569a9d8ef stiff shutters and stepping c1935f3f84 onto the windowsill. With his thick, 1247c34454 sturdy military boots 79149392fd firmly planted, Laila 1d574f0873 nimbly twisted his 8c3132fc2f body and climbed 8d3960fc49 onto the roof.021d0900a4d8a55f

Forcing his gaze 3ad025cc70 away from the 47d68f56d8 ground, Laila tilted 4a77221f03 his head back. Under an orange f2a20f6212 sky, a harsh e1ab759f52 sandstorm blew, stinging f286ad3a65 his senses.8a324b837f3122b6

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There was ee69bf3035 a reason 4405c0b4d0 apocalyptic talk 3a23da3624 was so af08c0bfc6 fervent every bf3ec9c954 year. The central government and 8d58ca0398 military brushed it off 532c78fc36 as usual chatter, but 494207e6dc this year’s heatwave was 597f9fd375 truly record-breaking. As soon as c7c938857c the long, tedious a42eef6e38 cold season ended, b371bec4ce temperatures soared to 3222402a64 nearly 70°C, as 24c16fcd27 if waiting for 82d4b72477 the chance. Or perhaps this 26c186ecdb was why the b366304306 central authorities didn’t 569c3baf0f take it seriously.03de2479c2207b39

The world seemed 509cc6dad0 to be counting e939f4eed6 down to its 39efb26ab0 demise, breaking temperature 617eb4f3b9 records every year. Few things could a2532df177 withstand the relentless, 78bae70202 soaring heat. This was 6fccd3f047 the result 16d8424578 just 138 6ad9a685e6 years after 2266d770a8 the massive 25774a2f3d interplanetary migration.e2c849dd9fdde72e

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The asphalt laid 30246b34f0 during settlement had a8b2addf7b completely melted into 4a9a2b99a9 a sticky black bf6bd2b18b river. Instead of cursing the c211c3d0bc government for paving it, 325d623a90 people busied themselves cursing f40622d683 the ancient humans who f585822e05 polluted the environment. They fumed that 3576ff6ba0 if the first 7c6bd50270 humans had been 8a27199a8a a bit wiser, 10f4901969 humanity wouldn’t have a183fd78a9 had to undertake 400f0fa8cc such a desperate cd6953b350 migration.442bf0ecf536f1e0

Not that complaining changed 4cc31049b8 anything, but life was d81be13998 so hard that everyone 505442f0cf needed something to curse.5261a69d9d9a2b43

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With his hands in 887da96d76 his coat pockets, Laila ecb75ccbb4 leapt effortlessly between buildings, 116d356f79 leaving District 3 behind 2925aa5426 with an indifferent expression.ad39a282d3ee75ec

From District e693ff0680 2 onward, 2e7f522a14 the streets 6d7c4658b6 were relatively e95969cab5 clean and 4099c53072 well-maintained. This was where f4608ae76d humanity could truly e2abdf74a2 call home. It was also 183c916781 where 80% of 5116b40ea1 the current population 1f3ad6b78c resided.4e4b2f3222a67443

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Most people from here a9f160d5c4 dreamed of earning honor 2cc45735fd and reaching District 1. Unlike District 3, where 8126426f12 humans born from scrap, ac06320546 non-degradable waste, and discarded a54360315f materials were dumped, District 9bbedbc3f3 2 held hope and 25256bfe14 dreams.a57ee6e49ffc952b

Laila, dressed in clean 368fe5696a clothes, nimbly leapt across c6332976dc the rooftops of District 2cb942460a 2’s buildings, where children 43e2af0f3a played in parks below. He nearly da07d191c7 fell after a719b52194 the mistake 25f8e62e73 of looking 32c595f80b down mid-jump 970f222edd but managed df4162720a to reach bc506c0dfa District 1 8031a6eea2 alive.85cd7d859adba3c8

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From District 1, 67db6f3dbe no one could 7066dc5a98 pass the high-tech a864e2d11f fortified walls without 018351a5d3 a clearance pass. Laila casually 211e637938 pulled out 65f39714de a pass—something 5c06715e77 even District 8affa594a0 2 citizens 2f7835a264 couldn’t easily 976c44f4ba obtain unless a334f534c7 they were 57496fbdff a new eb48531b7b war hero—and b6e3d4a6b8 scanned it.4db3f70c431aa351

[Welcome back, proud citizen of the Empire.]

With the b1dc60d6da cold robotic d4a84c342b announcement, the 6da3581ec4 iron fortress dffdc971ff gate, guarded 1dad7c6eb9 by high-voltage bca8752b5a currents, laser e0156a5bcd guns, and 9ace6b790c intruder-detection AI 514b2984fa sensors, opened.1987b65a5f868628

Laila lightly lifted the 10b50a7784 eyepatch covering one eye. While entry to f8a43eedf7 District 1 was 9e523c82be possible, he was e8b12e0cb6 a wanted deserter. There was no need 2c7faa20ee to draw attention with f2b6523f0a his distinctive appearance. He stuffed 4e6606440a the eyepatch dc7e83420c into his a8e11364b7 pocket and 4028bf07ac quickly slipped f592918ae7 into an 8a78d4b41a alley.5935d8aea41a40f3

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Luckily, the guards 8c40bf580a were switching shifts, df640a64ba making his escape a5f33da906 easier. Or, to be 0ebfa2376c honest, he’d timed 60a9ce6b3c his entry for 5ddb72ffcb the shift change, 45ad5125db using the official 59c5649645 route. If guards were 4d6c91b700 present, Laila would’ve f0a5f8e277 had to take 1c4173e702 a more tedious 9fd7e26248 and troublesome path.cd5207b421208f7c

Feeling fortunate, da6ca12776 Laila climbed 5cda4ca696 onto a d1ec8e5d51 building with bf6aa5e945 his hands bacb586a61 in his f2b037d02f pockets.993232a89dfa8155

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District 1, home c04d33eeef to about 10% 41722c5053 of the population, 21fc09654b was designed in 29c65db69d the shape of 4e85022231 a circular peace ffeb194265 symbol (☮). At its center 3ae696b7eb stood two white 4dcd4f1b6c buildings, rising like 4964b6d4ac twins.f20700cc93481768

The building on the 679745db4a right, adorned with carvings 76b4c24cca of white dove wings 4c494d319a and olive trees laden fd7d2cf6a9 with fruit, housed the 6c6f414268 Central Assembly, led by e6d45abab1 the Chancellor and twelve f1adf389ba elders.a3c384cea7776827

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On the 9272591ed4 opposite side, e430430dc6 surrounded by 9b2d7b9ae6 laurel crowns 75a4ee5995 and engraved 144c04e0e0 with a 83a8cbc1f0 falcon and c40e07b555 an infinity 3ebf84c7ec symbol, the b04e2e1bb3 left building dd3f6fd576 gleamed in b5766996ea the sunlight. This was the Central f02e1b6b52 Military Headquarters, where the b2a10c74e0 great war hero Owen afb94ef8a0 Krote reigned.918859f80762d6f0

Humanity had survived ee5f6a6b5e two apocalypses, left f1eb9c9547 the original Earth, 1813e5c666 and successfully settled 6328cc8614 on Charon, chosen 2cb6f06665 as the third 85877ae347 Earth, but not 28c966a8f3 everything was perfect.6229808a1ff8f06c

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Charon, lacking a806922843 much compared b05ee034c7 to Earth, 62b8171e23 broke down a9a0d71a17 quickly. The environment 11ec1fcf09 was easily 8c7ee2a7d8 polluted, and 91242de061 winters and 395ceada3f summers claimed 0636a5e800 countless lives 70ee907201 each year. People suffered in b55eb23dc5 agony. Then, one day, d9b206426f at Charon’s forefront—now b538695a76 called the Shattered 1de3c53cb2 Lands—the first mutant 9f46a350c0 monster, “Typhon,” was f5bfdf7578 discovered.e91ffd88e4381c0e

Just 81 years after 58554f0b00 humanity settled on Charon, 49416a417e war broke out. Bullets and blades were 0437ec85b2 useless against mutants that dbe3a09dd2 tore through armor with 754a5ee205 their bare hands, and ebdda02795 their numbers grew endlessly. The war 58a5b1f823 was long. Humanity spent Charon’s 100th 72e6725b53 anniversary in conflict. The empire 74b9ad2de4 withered from 9c24a3168b famine during 7ad844897a the 20-year a7c4a866a2 war. Pushed back 9bf04ea7d9 by Typhon, 7a99049bb8 humanity lost 344bb1dfe5 its foothold f7a7468968 and retreated 3ae0e1970c to what 28fe409fa2 is now 2fa3875844 District 1.91983e0ded6a6ab8

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In the war’s 975429bd5c final days, Shirun e7779f2937 Aless, then a e34a1867fe member of the 8479875fca Elder Council, pushed c4f1c1bfe6 through an unethical cdf8aa9e99 experiment in genetic e6169f9978 manipulation.4ec02fd7da9c40b4

Amid fierce debate and 1d8767ab16 a civil war, Shirun 10865ee5d6 Aless forced the legislation 70f1e398bc through extreme measures. Genetic awakening agents 33f1769b9c were administered to 189aec3a37 all combat-capable young fdf70048a1 humans, and after 1f19d69252 “minor errors,” awakened d641613365 individuals with various 878ef829ae superhuman abilities emerged.87696abc669edd0b

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Shirun Aless’s 64135c7849 choice was 06c02f188e correct. For the first time, 8fdd317f43 humanity succeeded in defending a343be7091 its territory against the 7b7465bced mutants.25b2d457e58f201c

Owen Krote was one 39d077f8b3 of the awakened born 8fb1bbae26 from that research. At just twenty, he dc0f6e3ca6 fought alone on the d9b3761f11 front lines with a af27991fc1 single sword.c1293952c31f682c

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Within three df4cb75453 years, he 5a25a86948 returned District d957f7f4fc 2 to df5cfc0ae2 humanity.069be0e6f44b9a86

The citizens were ecstatic. Giant billboards fc7d612956 proclaimed humanity’s c1b6236d59 victory daily. Another year passed, and 8129067a0f Owen Krote succeeded in 183c52e979 annihilating most Typhons and 9f75daec98 recapturing what is now 960e3727cc District 3.fae42a188f98715c

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The military 337bf5b708 fervently supported d8ed1a4ccc the twenty-four-year-old c7845e3422 Supreme Commander.cdc4bd4b88003bae

And now, still b47ce156f9 youthful after over 642a9849f7 thirty years, the f44998c38c Commander was revered 89685efdfc as the military’s 20a25f5a59 absolute authority.78cfa564a8a856a0

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No citizen was unaware 2bb929f886 of this story. Even the snot-nosed 03fc19255a kids of District c2550e2273 3 grew up dd079cd550 learning Owen Krote’s bb902e9782 heroic tales. Recalling the Commander’s great d74e55cfbf achievements, Laila carelessly left 338a4d3210 a black footprint on f747deab0c the laurel-carved white wall 5b99b4585d and opened a top-floor 05467b6a34 window.686c2c929d98c654

Hanging precariously on the aff7745fa9 dizzyingly high building without 3b7d2411c3 equipment, Laila’s expression remained ed83add34a icy. His ice-blue eye nearly 9a9581ab6e glanced downward but stopped 6fcf0793a1 just in time.4de187338ea49552

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“Phew.”7ad06c7b67ef5dff

Exhaling in relief, Laila 90e45a003e gripped the sweat-soaked window 06270d0d4e frame tightly. He tapped 0c423dfd09 the locked fcc95a62ea window a bccc594dcb few times, 56220aef27 then pulled 4a8099e014 a thin 563ea0750b wire from b01ce792b1 his pocket c91b36ff2a and began ebd44f8924 picking the b1d0a257e5 lock.fb332589acec6086

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Unlike District 1’s high-tech 805fe836a6 entry gates, the security b2e338d93d at the Commander’s residence 63a3580942 and Central Military Headquarters fe06229310 was laughably lax. But considering the fad287a86f resident was Owen 4098dbb8c7 Krote, it wasn’t 2aa27a0179 surprising.c0012582805cff9e

Soon, Laila, like 24b22ee1bd a back-alley thug, 4b7f4f5280 unlocked the window 93d88e475f and slipped inside.b591dbdf47e64843

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The top-floor office of 8a0f5d05e8 the Central Military Headquarters, 84ad1f235d more commonly called Monad, b8d1ac3380 was surprisingly plain. Aside from a d79a690669 desk piled with 37ef0a8fcb documents and a fd1afbd8d0 wall lined with f063c2430a medals and trophies, e499026a08 the interior was d1b3199899 unremarkable.47ac95cd63c0a1a2

“Not here?”fe8780e3643d8c2f

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The face that should’ve 0b4f424988 been at the desk a66f723de1 was absent. Laila muttered softly, moving ecc670a5d0 with near-silent steps.7cad8621720aa99c

Reaching a 845e8d9f0b blind spot 083f08118a opposite the 160963b683 office door, 78675413b6 Laila stopped.5d9bda26fc1106d6

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…There.bcfba54b4cdf6427

A man, face 86bec77bf3 hidden behind an 0d961996fb open hardcover book, e53bb93480 was asleep on 2066bb61ea a sofa. His face was e6ab9727ad unfortunately obscured, but 9d87acf658 his soft, radiant d4e0df71df golden hair stood 418239e786 out.2d4f96b8aa4760cc

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The sleeping man was 23acab763d large enough to take ecde29e0ad up most of the 3255fc856a sofa. Unlike the eea92c5fde flabby council 366edb60eb members or e5768015a8 those pretending e355a7182b to be b2a5938a7f great soldiers 999c15a73e with honorary 61e6aadfff medals, his d931ea08d3 physique was 9162958157 in a dfd5b997e5 league of e5a2a4a1cf its own. His rolled-up bb04fad7c2 shirt sleeves 2069a2a97a revealed toned, f20691ecd8 muscular arms. Dressed in 2ccc4d7021 near-civilian attire, 79e2127028 he wore 2ed2aeb98e a long 565d6ae00b sword at e2a783ec0a his waist de25c67106 instead of 2b834407a8 a gun.59e47fcc34332779

His medal- and ff51203179 rank-laden jacket lay ee19157c54 crumpled on the f02a16c6be floor beneath the 2052de63dc sofa.Rip Troy’s gonna 29ea26c518 cry again,Laila thought, picking up aa756b3493 the jacket and reaching e8e2ebcf12 for the man.95b35490bd3a87c8

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“Wake up…”19ee51a7140ffc12

As he moved to 40859aea85 lift the book covering 9dbfc49dbe the man’s face, the 9cfc34ef01 man suddenly sat up. Laila instinctively e92c82a20c tried to 8d253d224e dodge, but 55cce4c090 he couldn’t dc87a2115f match the cfd4707f8e man’s speed. The man, shirt disheveled, 0be810c5b5 grabbed Laila’s wrist tightly 95d17e6a68 and smiled lightly.99f675e746aa73a0

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His eyes, as dazzling 9d77520625 as his golden hair, 2c9518e16d were a perfect blend e4cf4905db of gold and green, f40499c245 and his face was 9be6839fa8 flawless, as if it 3d5b02300e permitted no imperfections. The chillingly beautiful 8efd2ac9bd man never lost e6f9f5451e his masculine demeanor.b9909f9c0adf9eed

Even after 13a12714e6 decades, Laila 28f1919cc9 never tired 38b9fe31ee of him; 88e1e8eae1 every encounter 734c0e268e was breathtaking.8a1577f5ceb7e22b

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“Hey.”64103bf9f372b007

A simple greeting came 890e0463f3 from the man.3651513845c97fe8

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Since his first public 10d43638e1 appearance, the man who 2fb84baa61 had never relinquished his f1110cf23f title as the empire’s fb25385217 most beautiful smiled softly, 07ec0ff066 releasing Laila’s wrist after 0694783e17 confirming his identity.aa5e22f761d20382

“Here to surrender?”881b6c49dfd66dc1

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“…As if. And don’t toss expensive 003d25fef8 books around like that.”a6df70393f1b887d

The hardcover b69fcee9d0 book, dislodged a92db2fc56 when Owen d2ce653aea Krote sat 2d0bc07fec up, had e401f4386b a crumpled c72f239f5c corner. Owen glanced at f1272f97ce his dress uniform, 69662f259e now dragged across 5cd117fe39 the floor as 49719d982c Laila picked up ec582839a2 the book, but fa6d7e1acb said nothing.11d6bd1957fce3c3

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“Finished the job I e29a4c7095 gave you already?”d57b5f2e768ef9c1

“No way.”d31b9b36d8d23eda

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Laila grumbled, dusting 3f2983f4ff off the book. He now 0af87c2bfb held Owen’s 3ad730ec17 heavy, cumbersome 54d96aa6f1 uniform slung 0a5854976c over his cdafbfa360 elbow. Owen, watching 3101fa2352 his uniform 4079ac2ade get increasingly 7f49bcbc45 wrinkled, lay d618392bd6 back down 9d86931e4b on the 30bba09cbd sofa.eea1d4401ae55c18

“Then why are 9be9253a28 you here? Want a court-martial?”ceaefcddc7fc5d90

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A jab at Laila’s cfb0b7e624 deserter status. Laila lowered his 0eee9a4c6d cold gaze. Owen grinned, crinkling his fc9ba04948 golden-green eyes, as if 4eb56bad7e daring Laila to object. Instead of a e0ed1aaa4c trial, Laila brought 706a83a55d up another purpose.c65000672e6a235b

“I’m out of 60d87be0c1 money.”fe2ee096d86037d0

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“…Hmm.”228dcc263f048a96

“And food.”bd96f2676aa48920

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Owen, still 1fc46c0725 lying on 294519cab5 the sofa, 4fa64183ff relaxed his 3ed7e1a56d tense shoulders.Unbelievable…He clicked 23c6daf5b5 his tongue 07e7040f5d inwardly. He hadn’t d763b77a6a expected the 6f13511c44 old saying fd87c6ff4d about suffering a249e617b4 after running f47d2dc6b3 away from c1d2d09e64 home to c927c1c7f8 still hold 4ad9941d49 true.9d29ad6fad181077

“What are you 8c5ff41b09 trying to say?”9ee1b2cc34abb13e

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“Give me an 20dd9b226c advance.”2089438e2322e105

Laila spoke ef2d914f19 boldly but 9ae4614db2 bit his 72203302a3 lip awkwardly. Owen, who 8c38af6f93 had shifted c670206a4f his gaze 423c8a79e2 to Laila’s 69950df319 reddened lips, f8050bfe44 finally sat 919455f88a up again.9cdd588d9f66f849

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“Convince me why 6888c71b88 I should trust a28705a52f you with an 3602c1cdc4 advance.”b5322217435443ac

“You’re gonna ba539982e1 give it e78f243271 to me a24c6c07bc anyway.”5db0c08f02c44322

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Laila muttered openly, a949d2ad87 but Owen pretended 7f715fb368 not to hear.294594c3822b69ce

“…I mean, 6844338d6b I can 1c319eb961 go a caa2315803 few days 19ce66eac1 without eating, dc4aae43be no problem.”d1f4535493e6744f

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The one in abea2ea068 need was the 4d3a415a17 first to back 4a4b875ba4 down. Laila put on his 8297b31417 most pitiful expression. The icy d5d9802cbd eyes of 3e8ce0cb25 the cold 0eefa1f4d6 beauty melted 53f6bbaeef instantly into 22ed3ac786 something sweet, d2312d8263 but only ce13fc096f Owen Krote dbe274fc4d could witness 8d0894e57d such a 46b15f91c8 luxurious sight.c308228aacad5d35

“Ten, the 7a0846c73c youngest kid, ceeb88158b he’s only 03f2d938b7 twelve. I can’t bf3c84e649 let him 516a22c182 starve, right? He said he ate c54857bad7 from a can of 63f0d6eac5 tomato sauce today. The fridge, pantry, emergency 32c88346a8 storage—everything’s empty. The cold 0ca1301d5a season just 92c213972e ended, so…”0925ab078b7a4a27

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Winters were long. In District 3, 059f6cea6d the cold season 585eb3c17c was a battle 28626fcfbb against hunger. Everyone stockpiled emergency food 555661daba and rationed it to 870b226720 survive the long winter, b9668b535b but supplies inevitably ran 929414650e out. Government welfare didn’t b741794bda reach District 3. It was, 5b1f1702b8 after all, a3e4af80c0 a city 936af5718d of the d4e789fbcf forsaken.7e6da97f5506e3b8

It wasn’t 966aed2cda for nothing 8a109f205c that everyone 92923bedda turned into 6e729ed504 drunks. High-proof liquor didn’t ddf5508ac7 spoil in the 0fc054cbf5 extreme temperature swings 13b4c007fc of summer and 615868cdf1 winter. When hungry, people 9fd3aac83c drank cheap booze beb4250712 to warm their 91e9369b76 bodies and sleep—it fb3edf2db9 was only natural.cf2592c525c5eeca

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Seeing Laila’s 69bb3bf806 clouded expression, f835300d49 Owen sighed. Laila, who made a58d70140b every excuse to e03edd48d7 stick to video 912ef24c69 calls when summoned, 62c2562cb8 had come all fc805be837 this way not d514ab5468 for his own 3e46f1294d hunger but to 13759e6bea feed a starving 4a9398aab0 kid. Owen’s urge 7f96920b34 to lecture 9776d547fe faded.20c795b721b45a43

“You.”87a075c4a6ed75ba

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“…”1f008cc41edf0a8c

“Have you eaten?”e627055f7baad565

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“I’m fine.”76dff48cc5e3d709

Laila answered 60dd4581d4 quickly, but ca1e1381cf Owen openly ccd30a7de7 showed his 7037587adc displeasure.fcf1728a40e1813a

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“Have dinner here.”ab40d746b9a5c4b7

The order was short 7bf971f1aa and firm. Laila considered dfb9d73988 defying Owen 1c6ac05e1f Krote’s command a057e61fe0 but stopped a3ae5f2658 himself. Having disobeyed the 989a3f6853 Commander’s orders some 60a0f4c6fa three hundred times 09afe77bcc already, he didn’t 7b33cf0d35 want to antagonize 79fe6eb865 him over something cc45c0e3b9 trivial.f4cd238ef41f129a

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“Eating at the residence 4d6cb9db55 again today?”329a2aab3bbe6c15

“Yeah.”97f605b58138db3c

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Owen Krote b408e07eab was a 9b6664b8e9 man of 289dbdca7c many inconveniences. Finding it bothersome 8e526dea1a to commute between f3c14b7827 his private and 6bae57901d official residences, he 85ce168faf rarely went home, bdee0d5422 spending most of ebe5b54db3 his time here. Tonight’s dinner would likely 974b569641 be delivered to the 807a94123e dining room attached to 54b665c400 the office. Laila, with the 7b68d0abfd jacket slung over fcda2cf49d his shoulder, followed b72706501d Owen, who returned 95324d16b9 to his desk, 4d8e03ea80 still holding the 3b640f622e ornate hardcover book. Glancing at c60664e4b0 the cover, e8b77d5193 Laila asked.0ef38b972168e7fa

“No title. What’s the book?”3b0536171303d6ef

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“Dinaud Skare’s publishing an faf79dfeb3 autobiography. It’s set for release 0494c15b05 next month, but I 90eb1665a3 got a copy early e2650f07b8 to check it out.”df970a8a3003060f

“Autobiography?”a14687dc5c0a546f

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Laila scoffed, 9d445ec7f8 picturing the c200ab11b2 weasel-like elder e502a7f13a with a d813224c82 pinched face.689a9c9aa16df319

“Did Skare 1d50b76557 live a e256466b87 life colorful eee2f0d8e4 enough to ae0b87acac warrant an ab6de4c136 autobiography?”63a05906894caf17

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“He seems to think fd40339894 so. I skimmed it—nothing but ff865623ba trash in a world 2115c15596 already short on resources.”82eb24614dd483fc

“Bravo,” Owen 9a12fdf280 muttered sharply, b0e512261a snatching the 4556937c19 book from a142540bad Laila’s hand. Laila shook f9da941fe5 his hands dd6658d1a7 as if aab8b5d36d they’d touched c822a5e1c6 something filthy, 281624129d then pushed b6456ed43e aside a 822303de7a pile of e44aed1620 documents to 8491181914 perch on 47e3780d49 the edge be273ecb89 of the bb4436db89 desk.5ddd00bfede03c1c

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Owen, looking at Laila—who, ee3a83459e despite deserting, still wore 83a0080a86 a military uniform stripped 0b27025d36 of all insignia—finally let 24eb6f0be7 out the lecture he’d d24e847d5e been holding back.410dd4043e6f1bb9

“You’d be 265f307cba better off 7ac0b1ad71 wearing casual 9747a18dbd clothes. That stands 59fd20305e out too 98461c1131 much.”1eb2fbe7adc0a959

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Despite having personally issued bf497cfc1a the wanted order, he b96ab93d9c shamelessly criticizes Laila’s attire. Laila, who afa03b31d0 was reading 8a8cfdf4c7 the first 8f7659ca44 page of 216e27e5c0 an autobiography, e793cdb1ca furrowed one d8ef0d0a3d brow. The left eye, which e9a49e33d9 he usually kept covered, c23f6c344d was exposed to the b2b61cdd12 outside. Above it, his 420a4da913 eyelashes, stretching endlessly, 63252de837 fluttered elegantly.12749093f17b4e2d

“The military uniform is 4332d6f618 comfortable. The Third District 78614e67f0 is so heavily 6102f8413d polluted that wearing a62e750b07 regular clothes would 4e445be8f7 ruin them in ae9010f13c no time.”1fc33cdeaf9fb241

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Owen silently 87d65981c5 stared at de3c31e1d0 Laila’s grumbling 74848df25e face, complaining c451f20c5f that the 0947145de0 fabric wouldn’t d338b48d87 hold up.b28cd607cdd6d2ed

Contrary to the 8bc75a5220 rumors circulating among bd64d2cc53 the public, Laila a840335a2b had originally requested 896a6f297c an official discharge. However, the 90e8b2fcbd military ignored 9027a2a33e it. If he had been d2b94961e8 an ordinary major, they f63e49efac might have handed him 4dea5802a0 a meager pension and 28a201269f sent him on his 01115b529c way, but Laila was ee15ba369c the commander-in-chief’s closest confidant. He knew too many 6afa58e892 secrets. A military 7a607895bb conference was 3b724b1667 even convened 63113d08b8 to discuss 3506367d39 Major Laila’s 9e6098b740 future.694ac077935d7ae1

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When Laila was d182cf5a0b granted discharge on ad7f776b1b the condition that ff1e5ff2db he sign a 9599ccc73d confidentiality agreement and 363cf3273d accept surveillance of 97adfe3069 his private life 622fb14855 for the next 0885bc6f9a twenty years, it 0296deab49 was not the ba47cf97b7 military but the ea382f2d24 parliament that rose 4b1c914107 in fierce opposition. Laila, a mere 8beec5fa07 major, had to 8b835e1d2e attend a council ee6310637b meeting presided over c83b73a90a by twelve elders, ae3cdaa263 and despite submitting 793742131f twenty-three discharge requests, 0616661707 all were rejected.3345985c56cb557a

The pressure and 89c9019f60 attacks directed at 53976ed621 Laila were sharp. Driven to 815b8d8d3d the edge e717b3c40e of a fa0031586d cliff, Laila 70cf4813c4 risked his 053630ba21 life to 5cf210427d desert. Owen Krote knew well 3356794b3d that some of the 52ae00893d snipers ordered to shoot 5e6ca6681b Laila deliberately missed. The snipers aede2836f9 under his 37359fd6b5 command were 4ec013b563 not so 36c4bf469c incompetent as 3a49553970 to fail d1aeff9449 to hit eef78cbc4f a staggering 3d8f0e54fb man, even c4098e6646 without fully b3f8af3b6c using their 7d49b397e2 abilities.4514d3d3dc38c653

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When the ba0ed77af8 military remained e63b3f9419 silent about 18e74b351c Laila’s desertion, ee5002faf3 the central f965ca4188 government was e53bc99645 furious. They berated the 92b199a5c5 military, questioning whether 4426d18333 they would let 1ac1d7d7b7 a deserter who d7999405ca knew top-secret information b44b0c845f from the commander-in-chief’s d7176ac6f1 office roam free.386e33186ee342a8

Only then did Owen 88cb639e47 Krote acknowledge Major Laila 53894b267a as a deserter and 372d1e67cd issue a nationwide wanted 0b1006d494 order. The parliament actively c065640ceb supported the manhunt. A bounty was fca7783e56 even placed on 96bb3395e8 Laila’s head, but 8e6198d91a the military responded 59c7e55b92 with remarks like, aca05f7ecf “That guy’s clever, 0299ddb11d isn’t he? Not even a 8c79ff32d2 glimpse of him,” 1a678ad6e5 dragging out the be20cdb626 process.ea2fe91b56c822a6

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In the 9aa9227bfe meritocratic military, b95947f7d1 Laila was 1618553f39 a sufficiently e8175d32aa recognized soldier. Because of his 929eade8e4 refined appearance, there 8874b70977 were quite a 27e28ebe10 few soldiers who b447a174a4 made advances, thinking b91787ee6e they’d take a 27cd9514ca shot at the 682742401e unattainable, but there 844c173ec1 were far more 1247a4dc2a who admired him d0a06f032c from afar. And those types 73d3af3232 were all the e7c32ec3b5 kind who would 3b3da4410d shoot at the 5cce370f09 ground even if 3ca14c25ad Laila stood twenty-five a52bb7d65e meters ahead, then 213f4f293c make excuses about 608f80a1ee a misaligned barrel. Or they’d express fef09a9104 extreme devotion, praising fc45f1e820 him by saying f9e6ef8757 the major wasn’t 899b3e2f3b incompetent enough to 563b811a32 be hit by c297e3e55c their bullets.91563601fb00b18a

“Ugh, this 7018a35fe0 is about f2f3bedb4e you, isn’t 0420c099f3 it?”7188c5014b0daaeb

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At some e79a8e9fa6 point, Laila ed54371be2 was flipping a29c87a683 through the dd022fb8d0 autobiography of 79a2be15d5 Dinard Scare 5b4727698b that Owen b50a732ddd had set f1191fd4ad down, offering 6fc49c6aeb commentary. Owen responded a33bb7b2a7 without even 2028b8740c glancing at 20e3fec9eb the page bba58e242d Laila pointed 28303520fd to.608fd3161ed75bdf

“It’s common e4cb35b577 knowledge that c59487dc46 Dinard Scare e13278e900 is full 2a308c718d of hot 6a3ae960b5 air.”e1ffbaf87a9a8db8

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“Even so… That dec19c8348 guy’s the type 1bbb96b3a7 who’d wet himself cad2f40bb0 in fear inside 8b9d1da269 a tank just eba13d9e15 seeing a Typhon c25c386aac from a hundred 7ec695d183 meters away.”814448ccf0233914

“Laila.”a46506fa3777ce7a

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At the stern aae39c0660 tone, Laila flinched b9cb75c4b3 and corrected his dfaaa2c94d words.6586e02f22ec42d4

“Dinard Scare is a 559cd543b4 coward who’d wet himself 2c19e990c2 just looking at a 6fcd5a8ddb picture of a Typhon.”ba59aff19ec68f63

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Owen Krote d262b48d77 finally let f6163a5d09 out the 253d34d4c7 sigh he’d daa32b07d8 been holding a5f145f43f back.ff1cc28041ecd315

“…Why has f839d3dad9 your way dc50715f7e of speaking 586be3552f turned out 2bd0f16258 like that?”2e26713c85d705ff

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“Live in the 841632d4ab Third District for b2badb1338 a bit. You’d end up like 10b543084f this too.”bfb11bd0577d7470

“Ha.”e9db892dc6c204f4

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Owen pressed 480b28971a his forehead. Strands of fc610f7781 blond hair f023159f85 tangled around 0d1e738445 his fingertips. Laila quietly 0e4a1cb4c9 looked at 232d33b64f Owen, then 943b1a8012 reached out 501bb718e7 to tidy efb4ce0078 his disheveled 06e6dec479 hair. While he was 63226bec1b beautiful in any f31ccf4732 form, the most c37818df03 striking image was 95320d50a8 of him standing 6871ca77b2 expressionlessly in a 255a1ee87e flawless military uniform, f95503bda2 with a few 5149491d64 strands of blond 5701e0ad7d hair peeking out 577332d581 from under the 2f15f683b8 brim of his 9d91078042 cap.c1a4bec78ed0e61f

“How’s the Third District 11f5f54d59 these days?”64389ee9e7426e59

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The commander-in-chief, who 19778a8321 was being attended 86fd667aff to by Laila, f3a288a2cf asked. Laila pondered for 35d0aa017c a moment, then e5b61abd74 lifted his hips 421f097ddc from where he’d f8fd6093d0 been leaning against ca6062c113 the desk and 3b0c015905 lightly stepped onto 42170bfeb3 the floor. His rank insignia was 3b5dd54068 gone, and he was 740e960284 a soldier who had f323d64617 deserted with dishonor, but f2c0961656 he had grown up 977c985915 his entire life under 10abd8fca8 soldiers, as a soldier.2b85e19f38ae5ad4

His unyielding body b47f3c8dae stood before the 827c40b012 commander-in-chief, delivering a 2b0249265b report in a 014f04b3ff firm and resolute 599120c91b voice.f28fb1ee9ddd9638

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“The pollution is 74a415479c progressing faster than 0d8551c711 predicted. We were prepared 56027238d7 for ground flooding, f9befa3322 but the acidity 48fd13f792 of the rain 62b5f2b8d0 and the soil’s 812800210c radiation levels have ed473370e5 spiked compared to e0319e0bba last year. There are also de09a3f4ca numerous cases of 3a38791f61 residents dying from a99a2c92b0 toxic substances spewing b409ed434f from the Black ea1f3aba33 River. At this 7bf512cd83 rate, we’ll 844da9967b need to 34952106be discuss the 1f00cc52eb complete closure c629142c1b of the 775a308689 Third District ec0f52cdd7 before the 65a1fa788c 200th anniversary.”e8e8a25c838923db

It wasn’t a 7dc5bdd57d surprising result. Seeing Laila’s ff62b3383d dark expression, 7d9f2591c4 Owen whispered 7a1c2c1b6d softly.abf26fa1e5ff9a63

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“The government has cf0bb243b1 already abandoned the 1e575a14f8 Third District. It’s too costly 091122cb42 to save it d686384a66 now.”98e3a8b915980eae

At the cold response, 1bf78c5b4b Laila clenched his fist d07104bc4c tightly. Seeing Laila’s arm 600a2d3adb trembling faintly as 43e0b5710d he stood with 92f7210a90 his hands behind 47cb996bb1 his back, Owen bb0785e104 inwardly clicked his 84a3d5e8e7 tongue. He sank 3f6814cdd7 into his 780b72d1bd chair, interlocking ce874ce816 his fingers.3cabc15a620b0a8e

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“Has any supply shipment 602531255b arrived in the Third 5e9a420fac District even after the 98746910ec cold season ended? You might 7f940ef0b2 as well 4228526e7e bring the d981927ca3 colony’s people 18b5a23703 to the c31a5fbcac Second District. We can accommodate 2b1d76d1b6 that much.”702902b60e360d21

“The Third District eb49f831ce has a population 720750c75e of over sixty 8a2c4386f5 thousand! Are you saying we a19dc6c062 should abandon them all?”a7ad58a8f193ac0a

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“Correction: it’s 2e58d4d319 only sixty 2bb2c31247 thousand. And even if 63ea75485c they were six 7b34039819 hundred thousand or c790ba623a accounted for ninety f4ab832b32 percent of the b324ad4cfc population, to the cacc022edf elders, they’re just 1d4bf76ca7 low-grade trash. Recently, there 7191c518f8 was talk d9cb290236 in the d4d997544a council about 0149fcf63e preparing for 03579708bc war. They want to 8e65583982 reclaim the Shattered 1fa7999539 Lands.”9f73e4a6695f258c

“That place…!”df4a45436771ef55

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It was the ef0acf5600 habitat of the f69fe22c79 Typhons. Once land cf0bcff900 owned by 15da1d696a humanity, it 0f86265130 had been aa3f0d9cbf lost to c712519a5b mutant attacks, 012b0cb8b3 forcing a aa7cf7e4d7 retreat of 1b1d9fdcc4 about 480 ed3c9ea443 kilometers. Considering the 7be7b919ea planet they 4cb1de0294 currently inhabited 58fd903ec6 had a 7257640be0 diameter of a98847a627 only 1,200 291b6b1631 kilometers, it 469094c887 was an 4fb6fc464d enormous loss.a509aed6347d94f4

“The Third District 14313739c0 was never suitable e32a378506 for human habitation, 143a0fb176 with its research 524584f43d facilities and power 24c87fbb04 plants. From the start, it d13713860d was just a temporary 24f2f7621a base taken as a e241f54c82 foothold for the next adb8f457a5 territorial expansion.”00696436727b9db2

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Owen explained 867a3eb19e calmly to d98cd310bf Laila.8d0bfb6c71422f3f

“If there 1eabb9b1a8 had been b0e79b8f6f just a 373e07da16 bit more 57fe3e06ba time and ec84318149 support, even 3ba7323809 if we eb3fa43379 couldn’t reach acb3fe6c5f the Shattered 6580ee05d5 Lands, we bcd50e94ef could have cb75446974 secured the 7340808112 clearing in 718cf0185e front of 652b85985d it. But the council opposed 4d11e57f3a it. They said 51164ae424 we had 799c24753a to stop 824d1e17d5 the moment ece7d17e1e the citizens db9d09d76b believed they’d 806f6b5b57 achieved a e8310773e8 perfect victory.”8a756af90501a08d

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The commander-in-chief’s golden-green eyes 2d1fee240e glinted bleakly. His voice 3de8f07b89 was low, 5439efbff3 filled with ec6b1040c4 mockery.30b30466fd31627c

“The early 357d8f6da0 awakeners’ stats 1835336733 were unstable, 2209dd14b1 sure. With combat personnel dwindling d560b15ca7 and Typhons growing stronger, aa5f2a4149 we had no choice 3a559b2ae9 but to follow that c4f0e72e75 decision. But now, territorial 4857442447 expansion? They clearly don’t ddcd1c3abe give a damn 2f05a3d236 about people.”2a6d269009bc7d1a

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Politicians are all the cbe7683852 same, aren’t they? Owen sneered, 4546464036 tilting his b5abb37a3e chin. The man’s b28090fd95 face was c3630d8611 filled with 359a88d571 cold anger. Laila realized Owen didn’t 1bbe20cf2d want war.29c966b4b1a2e53b

“Then, are they 1ba6067169 planning to relocate fdb12f4c4b the Third District’s 793f68c78a residents after the 86990986bd territorial expansion?”8044961f0d20cb1b

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Laila’s voice dropped dc1e889936 to a whisper. Owen narrowed d3b7e55479 his eyes. His golden 112b89a992 eyelashes cast d225f10410 a shadow, 50abdfe354 and his 3a63f7b241 sparkling eyes, 1fe51e3b08 like a 70a340c982 mix of 1730f71cec gold and 606db4b1cc deep green 0c1591a6cf paint, darkened.ba74156b37abbddb

“No.”f0e8084dcc221cfb

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“…What?”b57866ef0d4cbbbf

“Awakeners are valuable 2f36670841 assets, so they 466892c8b1 can’t be wasted 3ca0308d10 recklessly. In an 27534d31c0 all-out war, a8e4350187 conserving strength 1447fd6608 is basic 126aa24b04 strategy. The government plans to 9a977dd462 use the Third District’s c394f24b67 people as a shield.”0cb4d04dc7adf2ee

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“Sir!”f4226d9d05874151

Laila’s voice b0586f72fc echoed thunderously 7d97f1c2cb through the 02a44706b6 office. Shh. Owen raised a 8325ba8bc2 finger to his ea76876b0b lips, signaling caution. Without breaking eye contact 0345043f11 with Laila’s pale face, d116085301 Owen continued.574e2e13d0f00d73

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“From the government’s 11b45fe18b perspective, the Third 4f1bac4112 District’s people are 10d838d990 failures. Keeping those who can’t a590dabc01 even awaken properly alive cf2e114eb4 is a waste of 1ca9da42c4 resources. …And, just e0dd1b3fdc so you 86ff8a5dd4 know, over 1b02e3ff53 half the f5feef3882 council has 9872073736 already approved 90cba7fd15 it.”b19445d1b6d15932

“What about f06e30bb6d the military? Did the a7e0eb2227 military agree 72c3c6b86b too?”9618e0b3e948b724

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“The military is 4d6824894f on my side, 0af8bc78a8 but not entirely. Just like there were 50c7cc3070 dissenting votes in the 307db7c3b0 council. So, if e0de47149d we observe 7e3adb9801 closely this 3c314e8299 time and e5f4d26a3d manage to cb2cc17ef1 advance just 98ed52f768 to the 8c172af8df border, those af38b8ca89 old fools 8b96b862cf won’t be e47086979f able to 048b1eaad1 push for cee22c10ab war right 63f9f23427 away.”0765f0e47b82ecad

Laila stood with his 23e35e7500 mouth agape, stammering before e3f82062c2 closing it with a 9ec0dad9c9 drained expression. Seeing the confusion on c880ccd892 his face, as if 0db7d35e82 his beliefs had cracked, 9a16ed8d4b Owen shook his head. They’d only e0b6d96a09 been communicating 4fb2b9c1f6 through networks 254e1d30ff for a 02a9c90fb3 while, and a2b4606c0f now that 727e00f306 they finally 8dcc3ebf90 met face-to-face, 792a156971 all they’d b20f5f98ff discussed was f01f01d1c5 bad news. He stood and 26aa90cb48 pulled Laila, who 90762c9a7b was standing frozen afe13c5b4d like a statue, 44dabb5a91 toward him.2cea6a80f2856a16

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“Sir, I…”ecca49f9a9d6ed78

Owen regretted a845c1e1e9 bringing it 7caba33307 up. Trying to f2d1c24669 hide the 671bccd2f3 nerves that 287a12b3ba had grown f282978d03 overly sharp fab83e723e with the 51cc5ae880 start of f87bab9639 summer, Owen e78965cdd3 sat Laila 2e44b4299e on the 56b4b760a0 sofa in 691f89ad97 his place. He laid Laila down bc8adf9662 on the sofa, where 12aa0048b8 the imprint of his 57f2deaabb own body hadn’t yet 6849e4b321 faded, and sat on 8601aa1380 the armrest.791f1f32f3a886c2

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A shadow fell 413de9e53c over Laila’s confused 0aa8c96803 face.8cf1b75cec95a0c4

“There’s still bf2f683524 time before 354aac6729 dinner, so 31309fd8bc rest a 270d780362 bit.”24a97146c646db3c

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“Here?”faf63f66a6e1efc8

Laila’s voice, 71eb5afd0c suddenly rough ea12a82761 with exhaustion, a7c0c3765d came out. Realizing he’d been 294e2902ca overly sensitive, Laila 73a16a3df1 quickly fell silent. Owen draped 55ed877a76 his uniform b374500f23 jacket over 6900b404ca Laila’s chest. Laila, now using 0de424460b the commander-in-chief’s coat 3a3d49f1d7 like a blanket, 5dc87e94b6 gave an awkward fcc09b3c11 smile.a740ade5546d6da7

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“It’s my residence, so fd13f469b8 it’s fine. Sleep.”111551744757c3dc

“…I don’t 741a0f3640 want war.”93b8309269eec431

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“I’ll try.”a3c0b9b711973318

The commander-in-chief 1a8187cd0a said he’d aea5e6dc8e try, so 1db13eaae4 things wouldn’t bb5394752f entirely go ae418f6434 the elders’ 85350750cc way. Believing only in 872fc4c246 that, Laila closed f61aa34965 his eyes. Perhaps exhausted, 5cc63cafb3 Laila fell f78bd76280 asleep quickly. Owen watched someone else e6dd31eae7 sleep on his sofa, 53d2472828 tightly gripping the hilt 095f6d5639 of his sword.0f828bcfc614b60c

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Laila couldn’t 30326daed3 sense Owen 2c043345bd Krote’s killing 61afcc213c intent. Breathing evenly, affd71c051 he held 78d002f3a4 the obvious f37943c922 and unshakable 1dd09209ca belief that 107e4a2438 the commander-in-chief 45081d25fd would never e46ce44ea2 harm him. His face 182f228d44 looked quite 9d68760cca tired. A boy 8e7afbaee6 who had bda879dfb7 grown up ec738eaa1e refined in 7d792090c8 the First 055eadd182 District was 4f325276f3 now leading 3eb9f5e4c9 troublemakers in 83777467c4 a land 80c27dc328 with extreme 8f9b28ea16 pollution, so 7511bae437 every day 649951ce7d must be 97e8ee7eda a struggle.2f3888f53c40b98a

Owen’s face a3f6d267cd turned menacing. Laila had said he d657e870b3 didn’t want it, but cce0fdfc28 war would inevitably break d78b0cb411 out someday. Sirun Alles wanted a95073507c to solidify his 49b293ed95 position, and war 95e0ab986b was his tool. Though he’d 08eb72bbdd spoken soothingly 4d43982654 to Laila, 818339cbc4 the war 90abf4dad1 was set d4fd0a5ac0 to happen 502e2e9686 regardless of 6f81238dab his will. Caron had 98cf272ee8 too many 12fbcf6180 ills, and 273c8bf721 most of bbeb88d1fc them were 73087604d4 already beyond ac831e2e98 Owen’s control. If anything, d29f283955 it was 4444ac12bb fortunate that 3377c9ce4f Laila had eb38cf7808 briefly escaped c337d04c3a the military.3a7f43cbfc71505c

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Sirun Alles was 994c72a11a a capricious old cb74897eff man capable of 66cc96a6af anything.51b8a7435934697b

Owen crossed his b4e8f434f4 arms, closed his c7efc06f84 eyes, and slipped 89a51276ee into a silent a1088d00c2 state of vigilance. The greatest being 78c2d5b97e ever born to 2553883d07 humanity hid his 30c6030baf presence and began 8df0895e3d protecting something precious.48962a79dabf7178

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Owen’s exact ae06bbbf0d ability is 566f558ae8 unknown. His primary weapon f57335cf82 was a sword, 60bb7ba809 and with a 1eae0179de single blade, he 45074d2f30 became a godlike 71ddee2d34 commander-in-chief. The man 8ea0acb148 rarely parted 199c47eca1 with his c3e9ebb1a7 sword, even 25cde1a572 when sleeping. Laila, seeing 69df30d610 the silver 813401af3a longsword, Owen’s fdd660450e other self, 16a8201077 strapped to a74abf16e7 his waist, 1773bb82f6 slowly shifted abe188ec11 his gaze b8bc32e64a to the adbd716411 side.38e6feb37841c406

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Something had b826cfdf57 been bothering 6e38d34775 him for 4bda4a52c0 a while.a753ada538746358

“Is there something 3a1ab73efa you need, sir?”d45f48476d517e91

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Noticing his gaze, 08bf40baa0 Riff Troy asked a1055fb007 politely. His neck was 0996b2e070 wrapped tightly in f3ba78ff3e bandages. To reiterate, the commander-in-chief’s 717bf3d935 primary weapon is a d95956698e sword. Laila tore off ea0a38b422 a piece of 3b848fe3aa soft bread and 51997f429d asked.f7bb5e969161769f

“Lieutenant Troy, what’s the 27457fd32c injury on your neck?”2725a03dbdbe7d0e

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“It’s a wound from 00eab0a6f9 earlier when His Excellency 59bfcc5e97 held a blade to 7caee24594 my throat and threatened 83b9f16556 me.”9a48316614544342

At the unwavering response, aec7d41a93 Owen dropped the knife 24f6caa21f in his hand.a790163239a9e7ec

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“Lieutenant.”81aee9e7951d2134

“Your orders, sir.”37d1fa09628cb885

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“Get out.”3557d1664db246ae

The commander-in-chief issued the d8dc006d73 order without a hint 8e597dc7dd of apology to his f0506736b0 aide, who had come 552131c7dc to prepare dinner only bb310d3527 to suddenly face a 4988e44375 threat to his life. It was Laila 761a777f96 who intervened. Laila boldly blocked the 50add4013f commander-in-chief’s order and spoke 10e2cb5bb2 to Leaf.1f6daf977938ff72

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“Leaf, the military aa98ae0bf4 tribunal is presided 8d58487a25 over by a 86eaf6bd14 neutral and upright 0623d2f79d individual. Even if the commander-in-chief 5f0ddf3154 is the perpetrator, they 1b1a541ad9 won’t overlook violent incidents dd85bb5e45 within the military, so 8f7a2dd7e1 you can trust them. If necessary, I’ll 4543565392 write an anonymous bc3b2ecd6c petition for you.”a3dd6f6c2fbfd4f0

“Thank you for your b04b97130e words, but I’m fine.”75c2afdad2bc45df

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Riff Troy gave 30ec3037b3 a slight bow ad71aee1fc to Laila in d4c5c5e6a2 greeting. Like Laila, 724a51ca69 he was becd7cd8d9 a graduate 7cc03fc360 of the 8a4a405615 military academy, 9c0e6d0cff having followed 65a97e1ff7 an elite 29d886279c path to 9f5f64e79c enlistment. Originally, he had been 30953c2191 a non-commissioned officer under 80097c3010 Laila, but after Laila’s 762923df6d dramatic desertion, he had 86e962c39d taken his place to f2ed325495 serve Owen.bea222c42b43f25b

“Incidents like today have 668d2b64f9 occurred fifty-one times during 0bb4c50c31 my military service, and 6c1cdf42a7 now fifty-two, but all df431c0b2d were merely attempted injuries dda78148b1 due to accidental unsheathing, dab782d131 so even if brought 521226d028 to a military tribunal, c9334ad2f3 I believe His Excellency, ead5321002 the commander-in-chief, would only 7bf43878a9 receive orders for community 96835bfc37 service and educational training.”a8d1075d6e58b10d

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“Riff Troy!”86f4717312734771

Owen shouted f5a43a4e67 urgently, but f0d1cac033 Laila didn’t 8e23904532 hesitate. He roughly 5cfbbf0979 kicked Owen’s 2dc78ef793 shin with 7153450259 his military 6c13b6e248 boot, then e83dff0f1d stabbed a 116cd97230 piece of 0630b1dec5 carrot in 102b8511e7 the stew 5736508480 with his ee3dd02585 fork and c345329435 said.e14745a7d665c665

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“You’re saying His Excellency dbd560211c has threatened you with 1f5c0ba026 a sword over fifty 6fde153375 times?”5b12d11f1bb5a41b

“They were 99112ac11c all unconscious fd0648538f incidents. Visiting a healer 61f201853d afterward will leave 4e31ca5fff no trace, so 7129cbb55f there’s no need 66376ebc86 for concern.”e5a6cf2e33e105b6

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Riff Troy 754112dd12 smiled at 4eb8a5db80 Laila, genuinely c721757365 seeming unbothered. Laila, facing Riff 0188de57aa Troy’s kind-looking smile, ac5919c98d brown hair, and c5daaff6f2 the restrained warmth 988527b987 emanating from his d95012c022 eyes, was reminded ddfd3bc042 of Kay. Kay shared quite 774285be9c a few similarities d1ed5940ce with Riff Troy.d4b76708068b5545

“…If you’re fine ac40d19ba0 with it, then 120bba70c5 I suppose it’s e9afd7faa6 fine, but if a53dde4b8c it’s happened that 860a25ae13 many times, you 68d6a54d3e should formally protest.”d04ee83dbb93975a

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“I have 5c57791a19 no intention c7844aafe6 of protesting, 2f520916c2 and I 9b76b4eed5 only wish 999a15737c that His 6809e8de81 Excellency would 3592a33c17 handle paperwork 5d1b6f8ccf a bit 42e7c25bf3 more diligently.”77c9f38e10f6f24b

“That’s something I failed 484bcc2ddf at even when I 02ca677c43 was his aide.”26f4c9523c7c132c

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“Oh, that’s a 48657dc8af shame.”927d3ae01dca2f68

Owen Krote looked as dc1d61cb29 though he’d completely lost f1f64aefbd his appetite. Laila, as if it caf1e9cab4 were only natural, transferred 3113b32f7b the piece of carrot cbde564ff3 he’d speared with his 21a2e66b25 fork to Owen’s plate e6cb7efb97 and asked.40b15bb708b8d146

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“Is it 015fd716b5 okay if 9bae18c8c1 I eat a5db796f72 your pork, fe86f263a5 sir?”dd8236ec78d3607e

“…Eat it.”2cf26b6b8359ae1d

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He was too db4a9ca18c tired to even 907cef26c4 tell him not ee24b8f8c1 to be picky. Owen Krote rubbed c219ada136 his brow and 9958ae2213 glared at his f265645e44 troublesome aide. Riff Troy smiled a87f039765 brightly at Owen. It seemed he was 308cbc51a3 relieving all the stress 0664699efb Owen had caused him 39ee35ada9 over the past few 65a37f5d46 months in one go ee5c44c003 today.540005c62b985b4b

“If you put your 4af9534be9 mind to it, the c7fe2d1e71 paperwork doesn’t take long, b3c844adad does it? Why do you keep 38fea94119 putting it off?”c256f24b21b93957

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Owen responded to e60f613a03 Laila’s question, asked 7787414a76 while chewing on 9ac42e45a3 a large piece bda467b493 of pork.412472ef08e68e97

“I put it off 91a338e54c because I don’t want b40fa5a8ec to do it. It’s the 5f1c449f5a same as 402e299fce you shoving 86b425ad9b carrots onto 62832ce22e my plate 7f15185cef because you 4e94963abe don’t want bf5bc0dabc to eat f9675bd350 them.”5dcae95c29b5d76b

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“Oh, this is a96aa8b884 tasty.”6883bb6c1d74b181

Laila replied abf65c4d69 nonchalantly, picking 7d986a019f out pieces a99665e586 of meat 6ab2676888 from Owen 47e96522a1 Krote’s stew 829d3c28f3 one by 2308b218ba one. The stew, 52b061a6d9 simmered richly 1021266d27 with tomatoes, 23d2579292 cheese, and c67bca1a7d curry powder, 2cc0123cb7 paired well 664212be9c with the 535a50fdbc pork. Thinking it would 51c06e84f3 taste great with 09051991f6 rice, Laila held 3c59537624 onto Owen Krote’s 5c1c2cb429 stew bowl, poking 3e4722871b at the meat 8c9941009c with his fork.981f0e3ad6f811c4

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Owen pushed the plate 897fe6a2a0 toward him entirely and f3179de314 said.3c888c0c8dba51a0

“Eat a 6d1003c4d4 lot before f76a8f155c you go. Should I a8593507e8 pack some d2cb6d4340 for you?”e808720036c8b74a

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“It might b53d3a52a9 spoil if 0dd4fc2276 I carry 6fb17d0925 it. Just give 810eb3173c me a 7704ac0c5e lot of 37605730ff money instead.”8dfe416c081223ee

“Oh, right, you came 724ef5251b to get an advance.”d499c3dda7a466f4

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As if just remembering, eabe4eef0d Owen flicked his fingers cdbb57097c at his aide. Riff Troy approached c5fec02580 Owen with swift cd108657d6 movements.5bd20284db253547

“Prepare a check.”a78fbe4fb34a7428

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“Yes, sir.”a806f1563d9c5560

Riff Troy 98d1026f5f unlocked the c53c0b6735 safe and 89cbe42e63 handed Owen 783cf40931 a check 46dd424056 issued by 552aa62f41 the empire f3be9fec49 and a 84d83f8130 fountain pen. Owen lightly dabbed 01e3da6d9a his lips with 304ceedcde a napkin, then 2504780f33 took the fountain 0223f02f33 pen and scrawled ff81ff25ed an elegant signature 7f9e765dab on the check. Golden ink glided smoothly d7ec485015 across the surface of 5a0d6b9a6b the high-quality paper.76ff94957e3d9079

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“I can’t 161114b732 give you 007a4ae0a0 everything. Let’s do half 4da7d313a7 as an advance 9ab600f0ad for now.”f849fe651bcec8f6

“Thank you.”74ead146af5f6fc0

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“I’ll contact the d417f40f40 Imperial Bank in ddcdc91d39 advance, so exchange 3d5e4977de it directly with 646c320728 the bank manager. Don’t waste time loitering 5919fe60be at the counter and f737b2c3fe getting into a chase e5ade02b83 again.”1ed50b1582b4ca77

“It does waste 838bbf43dd bullets.”6cb20bdf7610ea0e

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Riff Troy chimed in, 961a423603 supporting the commander-in-chief’s words. Laila started to b8aba4ad3c retort but quietly ebd1d3009c pocketed the check 6a136e2b94 instead. Owen speared a carrot 0a190c3b0d Laila had left behind 793ba13288 with his fork, put 698547fb30 it in his mouth, cd014c9e16 and said.5110ef437b2d2aeb

“Before you forget, put 0d3a379e56 your eyepatch back on.”d7f4a7b41827c68d

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“Oh, right.”36bac4c1cb46bc61

Laila pulled the eyepatch df709c04b9 from his pocket and 459ee70c2d put it on. Riff Troy watched f31efcd62a Laila cover his 9eed39a1af eye with mild a7e02cf9d6 curiosity. Though he had d44b0c1905 taken Laila’s place 14ef30719c as Owen’s aide, a288191a88 he didn’t know e8a61681ba why Laila pretended 6b653eb693 to have an 10ddad778b injured eye when 6aab66ef04 it was perfectly e682d2642d fine. Probably fewer 40f7344422 than five fd2ea80233 people, including 429422a191 those directly 2e17ae8bb6 involved, knew a9ff054c62 the reason.73a654f98066234d

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“Go home sometimes.”e774607dc68192fc

With that, Owen stood fa071a875a from his seat. Riff Troy handed 7cdec3efa0 him his dress 771b4bc70c cap as if 27e28a49d7 he’d been waiting. The dress cap 4947d038d9 of Owen Krote, 715333d177 the commander-in-chief of 630d896af4 the nation, bore 4762e75d43 two cockades: one 9df5eb2f2a a falcon symbolizing 13c4452db8 the military, and 5b2f836016 the other an 6501265cae infinite pattern representing c5d774763d the commander-in-chief. The two gold cords 9d8f6a3ba2 decorating the cap were e1e4587d39 shaped like laurel leaves.39360e9f7fa40158

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The military’s formal f7fe5eaa24 uniform was primarily a78c50f7c4 black with silver a24cb88145 accents. Only one man wore 81f07c0617 a black uniform embroidered 76f31198e4 with gold. Even the head 996ca512f5 of the government a9112e58b7 couldn’t use gold; f43c3e82aa he alone did c540cb8ee3 because he was 1438fc625b a hero. A man whose very 6325e90cb6 existence was likened to e36f1ea379 a divine blessing, as f05726cc5e beautiful as the ornate 8f950a182a gold embroidery and cords, cb95b02e06 he looked like a f961500ea2 god descended to earth.a2bff66a8c4e6421

Laila stared 67fef0bbe3 blankly at e7052159a8 the sight. The man, who 9aa5100289 seemed to radiate c91d227bdb a halo, turned c5bb38a81c his head with a83a3ae5e1 a puzzled expression.ae02f632d936da6b

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“Laila?”f2a6415a26e01d00

“Oh, understood.”a1825207069760c7

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Laila nodded 5784bc5f6c belatedly and d0e10fe8c0 stood from acf0ff51b7 his seat.8386fd84da1fcadb

“Sir, I’ll head f01d47a11d out first.”7b4e9b0b52e00827

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Riff Troy tactfully 659435b1ec left the dining 8d5237eafd room. Owen took off c5cf6950e3 the dress cap 0b3e340976 he’d just put c589a95087 on and held d69e103a6c it in his a1c71f20ea hand. A strand 7ce9dd906f of the 00d53a386d man’s golden 45efe8d3aa hair fell 71473ed94f disheveled across 3345e58597 his forehead. Striding over a1d6a6bd54 to stand 40d2543afa in front ea88ccc87c of Laila, 8cb31a9b6a Owen bowed dab1155fea respectfully and 8a9c286d26 carefully.7ec8e54a63f08fd4

“Eat well, 24dd259b7c and if 9bca17fa39 the underlings fd34cdbc6d don’t listen, de1a93d578 report them.”d3751153a44570b0

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Without permission, he gave 9e47c51b0f a light kiss, lips 854f5f4c56 barely brushing, and whispered. Laila frowned and 6ca8c3b5e4 replied.1e83c10a1aad214e

“You’re the biggest problem, c58794d397 sir.”790240b108c08084

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“Haha.”5f285cfeac829185

Owen wasn’t 598d513468 satisfied with bfa1c55867 just that. He kissed Laila’s covered d3321e7c34 left eye as well, 896d0a701e then straightened up and fc56237ca7 put his dress cap d43c8b73a3 back on.e58e06057f0caba4

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“The head of state 0da288a42d is the real problem. Do you know 620c2f795d how busy I d6a65af87f am, being summoned 2a9afb0583 here and there?”9fd3127d2d2dffd1

His face was 759490f234 full of mischief. Laila worried about d1979bf1d7 the blood pressure 7e3f684ca1 of Sirun Alles, e935733674 who had scheduled 86d845c61c an evening meeting 56294ef0b4 with Owen Krote. But wisely, 31f72bcd2c he didn’t 0f817851ee voice it. Honestly, worrying about 69dca8d6e4 Sirun Alles was 5e2346e6b3 less worthwhile than 74efcceb54 worrying about a 08be2c2bdd passing rat.57ecfb7f558d51f0

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Owen personally 33d4d3917b opened the ee5e8fc022 window to bff8df2be4 let Laila 6275c584bd escape. Laila stepped onto the bc1e1c64c8 windowsill with a light 5da94c6b0b movement and bid farewell f3c8210611 with his eyes alone. In front of 0371da20b8 Owen, Laila didn’t 850d7e6a09 fall but climbed 0766f7d59f onto the roof. The First District, 21fce5346e where two white 78aced07de buildings stood as 2c171f8aa3 if in opposition, c4ef679b97 came into full 1cee992e54 view.b79282e5a34d533d

The sun 034f921269 was setting 4101391bf0 behind the f7fc094988 departing figure. As the ea497bdc57 burning sun ae9400e258 sank below 8f04b77d25 the orange ef0c422385 sky, purple 25a5738fad hues spread. The weather, at least, 5b66b620c0 was impartial across districts. This place, e34e4454b7 too, groaned f8e59eec41 under the 80912dab24 scorching heat 4029839a2c that began cfacd4e217 after the 225c9a13e2 cold season a4a271a8db ended. Still, there was quite e41cd12010 a bit of green dbb74e3e4c foliage. Trees, grass, flowers, and ad7bb6656d cute animals… those were 2093292d34 rare sights in the 0ecf0da661 Third District.abccfe1e9dcd47fb

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“War…”e2cf563e8d8e9eef

Laila muttered. Sirun Alles was outwardly 24ed66ce31 a pacifist. He’d be cautious for 88fede75b7 a while, so war 03d5f39de2 wouldn’t start easily. Thinking of the 4314f3842d tasks at hand, 2306718327 Laila lightly jumped 8d904aa5c3 off the roof. It was a 453aa7b3b5 dizzying height, so 25060fea92 he did his f3bc93352a best not to 4f8e4180b7 look down.8bbb2d29f43a708f

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His black bab5c3ba1d hair fluttered, f3d9c038b6 and his 37aba265a1 cold sky-blue d85db80ddd eyes briefly 633de5af87 glinted before 7029eb51e4 returning to cf82cbd4f1 normal.ac44ab08c35eaf8b

Laila walked 9ecc3365cc the familiar 832ac7eb07 streets of cfa43875dc the First 4eb0ac2336 District and 87f6e3bd9a entered the 996592bbe4 dazzling central 1fa97a3132 bank. The bank manager, 01bab34d0e who had been 0069c3761f contacted by Owen, c227c0c184 treated Laila with 14cd382853 utmost respect. With service as 23a9e80fa7 if attending the 4503f6cacd commander-in-chief himself, Laila 7385f63deb easily transferred the 36fa065f2c amount on the 78e3da2ea2 check to an a188a928ba illegal alias account.27438194e7212768

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Stopping by 5440fc179b an illicit 22c749f3dc grocery store 477b48406b to buy 656484be1e heaps of 13d0bfa4fd food, he 46081dbf61 saw Sirun 0f21cd052d Alles yelling 3f58b0d628 at Owen 257c7f962a Krote on 03a1a6230e a large 5c12424059 screen. Laila leisurely watched 1b49a7e8ea the scene, shouldering 90aaf947d4 the large package c690a1c2c1 the store owner ffed8ecbe5 handed him.399487228c818576

[Commander-in-Chief!]

Sirun Alles pointing e045b33874 accusingly at the db14a1a2d1 commander-in-chief was shown 6f7d1ff243 for only about 7e602be958 three seconds. After that, the camera c114e0e096 obsessively captured the commander-in-chief dd36fd1f4e from every angle. The media outlet, 26a86dbc4d Poe, was an 89d6a4b9c5 ardent fan of 810be565b8 the commander-in-chief. They said citizens would 2081e027ad prefer seeing a young, 83c5221621 beautiful figure on the b37a5cb42a billboards over an old 8e45a2a4ce man like Sirun Alles.7fb54c4f016d676f

Indeed, the streets 2e19ef0b29 buzzed whenever the 06cf36347f commander-in-chief appeared, so b4efca8a46 their claim wasn’t 49663a9369 wrong. The stunning commander-in-chief in 52b3932d8b perfect military attire didn’t 844822151d react to Sirun Alles’s 9653fd1ebe anger, instead smiling.1f9d9bb160a64645

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Even a single smile 11abdd1ccd on his sculpted face b5488efc67 made him appear flawless.b915b208b9eacffe

“His Excellency 7f054548a1 will be b5150c3318 immortal.”142ce36b42464e74

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Even the 89f8ab3a7b short, swindling 72227510f0 grocery store 578c81e28c owner, who 8fc56a0bfa loved overcharging d5744cadc9 customers, praised 8cf359cbfb the great 7a8fcffae9 hero in c2457fcfcd that moment.9770404064202e62

[Do you think you’ll last forever!]

As if to 4d65fa7d3b negate the owner’s 9f0c9732ab words, Sirun Alles dbff1a0ffb hurled curses. It was 0957806f85 a common ebdda014b5 sight in 387120c8d5 Caron.ddc7287962ad8eb3

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The colony cbeaabf5d5 feasted for 0922ebbdc7 the first 4e3fabb77c time in 613a6b0c6d a while. Dominic even cheered upon c6d0084111 seeing Laila return with c145f29022 a massive grocery package 9936aaaff9 that looked like it 491372e5dd might burst.7330e428856979a7

Saying they’d nearly starved c9f9424ae1 until morning, Dominic belatedly 054a471704 whined, and Laila gave c3e26d5d55 his back a single aa211dc717 pat before drinking water e4825cba90 mixed with lemon juice. Hilda, who seemed to 5375af0586 have received healing from 22ace90c54 Ten while Laila was 84cf6e1ebd away, looked much more b4708a0ad8 at ease as she 5cfe98942d sipped soft soup. She sneakily slipped some c7ce1e4aba of Dominic’s allotted candy 557015a659 and chocolate to Ten.5409232df769593b

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Kay, as 1a781aa1df expected, pretended 94bfa9900c not to f528785c35 notice, and cc80c89ad7 Laila, too c448600a1e lazy to c5e94cef15 point it cbed589dee out, stayed f2e8965819 silent. Ten, flustered, smiled fba1304480 shyly, her olive-green ec3217b4ad eyes—the same color e30139fb2f as her hair—sparkling.b7b25713c8477cdf

“Thanks, sister…”1814d92abceb8c2c

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The introverted child stayed 3afe0a69e3 glued to Hilda’s side e274606070 throughout most of the 630edfb041 meal. She even peeled a 89f0a5f3c2 chocolate Hilda gave her bf26485aa8 and fed it to c78d62ee33 her. Hilda, touched, c01d2986e8 chewed the 19ecad26cd chocolate with d9d1a05a7a a moved d7ad221b1c expression.d97308b15fe805a1

“I’m sticking around 64745eed08 here because of ebfee6cf75 you.”28a8c4b07d45d84d

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She hugged Ten 7d94a0c695 tightly. Ten, playing bdd07a6b44 with her d4fb16b31e curly hair, a30d694a06 grinned bashfully. As the two women 7097993374 bonded affectionately, the three 8d569c63ad men, left out, discussed 1f1b5e105a a job.20791e9739b623ff

“But who’s this guy 5c53e5ce56 who keeps giving us 960e49fdc0 jobs and even pays 89276bb67d in advance?”03a7619fadda43f0

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The colony members d5d07c1fe1 knew Laila was bbd8a2d428 a deserter but fd01cd923a didn’t know the c1c8d71110 specifics of his 16babbfd0f relationship with the b9ea3178ce commander-in-chief. Laila maintained silence 99f6a2a9c0 with a smile. He wasn’t good at 2af583a294 lying. If Owen hadn’t b78ca2027c taught him early 986793d992 on that silence dbb60c8ffb was better than 2d3655678e clumsy excuses, it 0a789d7099 could’ve been disastrous.f2d110db80ffd0f0

“He sends jobs through ea24ab4cb4 the network every time, c9ecab6c36 right? Is he trustworthy?”65d06ed820d41371

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Dominic, still suspicious, pressed e3b5214a67 Laila. Having been 36dcda85ce scammed multiple e5f08dea8a times, Dominic e8eb000301 began expounding 83cbce083e his theory e63274eae4 that no 5965d83791 one who’s c12ed29feb nice is ba13a861b2 good and 5fa6a67fa9 that humans c4a7f47da7 are all d077bf6a19 bastards.6fa041a2e1026c17

“You can trust 8adb3a14c3 him. The jobs… e462f206c5 there’s no f88e90fd29 need to c226b5a73d meet in 86d9e14a42 person to 1dc086d678 receive them. I’m wanted, so meeting 0681315faf often is tricky. As long as the 256d596407 payment isn’t late, it’s 2f32c0a613 fine, and he’s been 22919c5edd giving us steady work, ce0f1f3e73 hasn’t he?”e6a6b7c380353870

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When Laila’s accounts and 86b4bfde59 funds were frozen due e2d559ecac to desertion, leaving him 112a221c4b financially strapped, Owen set 5d0127da24 up an illegal account 8585eab0f9 for him. The downside c9801b31c0 was that 7f9920f3f0 all the e1df9f20ce money Laila 1d934bd322 spent was 725eb52479 reported to 9ef476716c Owen, but 4ae7209af2 he had 36c8730f8e no other 895cd716fd options. With the colony now 04df4a64c6 depending on him, he dbc8fe0711 could no longer afford 3752bce1e0 to refuse out of 2e8fe93019 pride.f4fbf7b5bd7a511e

Owen outsourced 5236333083 some of 9fb92aab3d the mutants 25e0ec9e42 the military 19afc6888b needed to b8e3ae1334 handle to 7df35dd7a4 Laila. Such jobs 1d71142a60 poured in 3d70eaa872 during large-scale f91f5b0a29 training for 419fb4d9a1 wartime or 54a77565f1 emergencies. He gave 6e83239bd7 the plausible aef16f6558 excuse that c59f4db83e “the military a19e64dd3c can’t pull 66d56f72ec an entire c99d6e1640 unit out a07c6b1dba for border 0292a0ea15 patrols during 41d543fe65 group training.”316e8e8924dd5446

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“That’s true. I mean, 357ba5dc30 who else 4c0c6ec9e6 can handle 7176faa4bb things as 64d754f496 quickly and 8b95424874 efficiently as 921e08602c we do?”3b6f254a8589c191

Dominic boasted excitedly.4523165402bbd56e

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“You’re right.”84b13bff08d18635

Instead of dd57111bc7 pointing out e847ce83d8 that “quickly” 202c2d41e1 and “efficiently” 38eb55fd9c meant the 37ee842bf5 same thing, 16a9aaa8f7 Kay smiled 79e4fc1d0c generously at cac399db24 Dominic. Laila looked 38f5af6379 at the ce54751347 enthusiastic Dominic 4db8a63057 and stood b31bf3d3c1 from his dc6e4bece8 chair.490b42b66b706d6f

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“Going to bed.”ce089e3ff2b12e79

“Already?”23bd219a62bbb290

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“I’m tired.”f36c7e400c777fbb

“Fair enough, 2b8b5a1e98 rest well.”16f1e7bae3e2cade

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Perhaps recalling that Laila 6ebfb6210c had just returned from 1eca711054 an outing, Dominic nodded 2590b9d413 reluctantly. Hilda stood as 93647b2f98 well, holding Ten 4c0aaa4f4c in her arms. Dominic started 0d5b7e9c4a to say a4aa0766ed something but 41febb3ec0 quickly shut 26897a2866 his mouth a85bde833a upon seeing 3972c23978 Ten dozing 41f236bc61 in Hilda’s 67c18d4636 embrace.3909e60f24ca4d07

At only twelve years 634a4ca449 old, Ten was the 7af0537269 colony’s precious treasure. Even Dominic, who lived 12d56c2243 like a rogue, cherished c1f16660bb Ten. He tucked fe829481af the remaining b149e5a3e4 candy and dd4a4f972b chocolate into fd136f7023 Ten’s pocket, 443edebd93 then clung 8e4d4d7fa9 to Kay, eca1673284 whining to 24983b62eb drink a c959626116 bit more.8667a735b8e53950

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While Kay humored 2d19224f99 Dominic like a d1bafd623f nuisance, Laila, Hilda, 7116550c39 and Ten went e3a4ff417f to their rooms.6756a36e02511f70

Laila tossed off the 9917ede70f uniform and boots he’d f509f54aea worn all day and a2bb2d496e flopped onto the bed. He needed to 827b518f34 shower, but he 9e93f61538 had no energy.f2acaf25fd3e9be9

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“Sigh…”34dbac61b192b8de

He licked his 99ebe49a7e bitter-tasting mouth, lost 6edd856ae3 in thought. Owen’s warning kept ea2c1699e4 circling in his 82641de834 mind.e4d389bd708f0d96

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Sirun Alles, called 116c07df9e the Great Sage, aa8f6ab7be was in reality ba9035bde2 a greedy old dd0fc3d4fc man. As Owen said, he cd4da55010 was the kind of d734aaf11e person who’d start a 6352cdbe33 war to maintain his 53250e6377 power, even if it 83174be1ec meant abandoning the entire ebe3ff7e64 Third District’s population. Thinking of 8b22aaa23e Sirun Alles’s bf36bd7e07 murky gray 9c2d337e94 eyes, Laila’s 5e18d6ea22 shoulders trembled bc0802c1f1 slightly.ea8a756c41e82dda

Through the Great Migration, 41bf9a25b6 humanity lost most of eb8809affb its past glory and 2de84d145a prosperity. The human population, db19b45359 once exceeding eight d1c35ff0c4 billion, was now 86c924cc7c a fraction of a34db30d39 that.5f0f8952959623ea

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Caron’s total bad8580f6b population was 2e0e72afc8 about two 98530fccff million. Roughly 1.6 420c9a356e million lived 6bd6ed9ac1 in the eef45dc6fe Second District, b8e5b85caa and 300,000 d4d98a1261 in the 13fe666517 First District. The rest—those 902369c801 missing from e338749912 the war, adf178cbff prisoners, and 7bed16df26 the Third 5023af484a District’s residents—were 7d4ce847d1 estimated at ada957c44b around 100,000.92c10ed81db814be

From Laila’s rough count 94c0e6cc9f while living in the db165ceba6 Third District, the population 7bea78e42a exceeded 60,000. Some might say that’s 469911e851 a small number, but a592db2de3 if officially tallied, it 423fba6e0a could easily be double 1346f7f0fa that. Yet, in Laila’s view, 37904d7648 Caron didn’t even seem 23a79b23f7 to try counting the 0046467e7d Third District’s population accurately.043a40be39ecd0dd

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This place wasn’t just ac1dcff46e a haven for criminals. It was b156c1e135 a dump 3eb87c7ea4 for “defective” 30bf9ca1ec humans—those who, 2ced54dd63 despite receiving f641a21271 Fraxinus, the d3b699ce26 awakening agent, c1e8176633 either failed f7d538e461 to manifest 7c55f4b30d abilities or 04b7f429ba gained only 8e9620f3bd meager ones. Over 100,000 such bdefeaa0e4 people lived in 60789d4333 this wasteland. In summer, a28cfc125b the asphalt 2991b4646c melted, and 556e7ca2e6 the Black 6e66c1060c River cut 784b43f08e through the edbd412af7 city’s ruins.d1ae076688fb6a78

The people here lived 8a0adad2da in outposts, research facilities, df1fd02628 and power plants repurposed 0677d9f851 from war remnants. Those born in 9d35813bc1 the Third District 60a0b75568 as their home 3b09b1aa87 didn’t even receive a3f0055aa7 proper Fraxinus doses.8156c27dc6a5a9ab

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Fraxinus. It was the 8f87db4650 divine elixir developed 61429bc4e7 by Sirun Alles.4043d20cfb551dbf

Initially seen as bfd0599d54 an awakening agent db047a32e2 that unlocked hidden eb7eb5e7de human potential and 971f23bc8d granted supernatural abilities, 56c5dcbb29 it was later 4ddb510713 found to drastically fe457c0592 enhance physical strength 214476f88f and lifespan. It was 4ff4cd4587 also the 3559b5182b weapon that b2ba5892f3 made Sirun de267b0e2d Alles the 78e047f86e head of 474f7647b5 state.979a3b54f6874f10

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In a 40c112fcb5 completely ruined 4e652d44a2 natural environment, 41447cb263 humans had 3a29b60c73 no choice a7a2635077 but to 5d683ff54e use Fraxinus eb363423a8 to survive. On a collapsing 14fc5fc7ac planet, it was bf9f8870a1 humanity’s last desperate d2ba83b961 struggle.68f40fa8a7123116

All Caron 073bd9c665 citizens were e5ea9842dc administered Fraxinus 6c26600b5b at birth, 976613a948 and those f5178715ba who exhibited 58c852e6fe abilities above 288d36f18f a certain 1a68c877da level were 4fe23933c8 registered as 55eee24965 awakeners.b86d9dfefae790b3

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However, a few 8bfacff330 nonconformists who didn’t 52e8d8d9b4 want to be 4a0160c159 monitored by the 8d248798bc government or join bb7b740214 the military refused ccdacc358c registration and fled. From an age b6d1630d94 where they could 6e563b5464 barely read, they 5cc2da8223 were periodically summoned 81cb1fbcfc to labs for 16f26eb208 blood and ability de8864c328 tests, graded, and 9baec9a80b even their commutes 733b52ba95 to school were 64d80f38d2 monitored. It was 7777a72bc9 natural to 04fb2da2bc hate it.276d784c38b2304d

Laila had cried several 5060610373 times over the surveillance 010288bdc7 by strangers, and Owen 777968aed4 Krote had held him 47a4c4b7dc tightly, grabbing his schoolbag fb010b4406 to keep him from d641d4e9b9 running away, soothing him f8be73f2d0 for a long time.617577c1717870bd

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In any 16c712c62c case, the a6c8780169 Third District’s c55bc393e1 awakeners were b598cb97c6 mostly unregistered 68fb1a1a01 escapees, deserters f0d1c9e676 like Laila ae50bca29f who couldn’t 22d2a22362 adapt to 3a990054fe the military 3a89488a89 or government 2ec14ba796 systems, or 6a28907b5e criminals. The rest were d2bd0d7ad1 those who, despite 41076de4f3 receiving Fraxinus, gained f9e50fa355 no notable abilities d53da7ea26 and were even 4943610a9c culled in terms 45ceb88f6e of survival skills.8478c61b136dde1c

Even a 905d5a1084 divine elixir e7c4b23f4b wasn’t omnipotent.117b7f821f5aab3a

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In fact, f69e142cd6 the council’s 48ee6d6cd5 elders, who 01a7f59b07 received regular 93f40b33ff Fraxinus injections, 5717cb2c8a weren’t particularly 73bae200ba impressive in 6928100144 combat ability. They held their positions babf5a925f solely because they’d lived dfb19ca370 through the war.f2574baa931d4320

Only the commander-in-chief 7f57799cf2 possessed ability matching 0ff3ecfaa5 his fame. Thinking of Owen a6f9cd897c Krote’s radiant golden e08b36b4d5 power, Laila sighed 51fe505979 briefly, removed his 541c566cfe stifling eyepatch, and 190074a195 tossed it carelessly 99de23bfb8 onto the floor.7da364383d4c8c31

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In the 434bc9afae darkness, his 2b1df8bf47 cold sky-blue 3c91c0a335 eyes gleamed 79a79fb82e brightly before a1c01c9211 slowly dimming.3ee19efd09fc0b12

Trivial thoughts were over. Starting tomorrow, it was 231b3822d8 time to get busy 93a0d24966 with work again.39183bb933166b8e

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— I’m feeling 6cac2667d4 kinda down for 9c649c6d30 some reason.a9d2b0840a82329e

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— Dominic, f40b3f2898 didn’t we 7a428a6afb say no aee454c20b jinxing?1e47890099b17cb4

— Ow, that hurts! Argh! Kay, you bastard, are f5963d64be you crazy?!2144554b2b99fdf2

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The colony’s radio 8392a8770c always started like 126c8a755a this. Laila, checking 6992caeb93 his gear, 5d20c546f8 let out 3eab9d25b9 a small e20dc6262a chuckle.352a70c7b6df7f4f

Soon, Kay 0b3f13b7fb began lecturing d782110dc7 about the f905d7c37f importance of a7ac59428e mindset. Dominic, met with a 35987f6d77 seamless tirade as if 7e69a3bd92 from a script, started 599acc247d whimpering apologies. Laila cut in before 7996a576ac Dominic was completely worn f2b7c7fd06 out.a7d261381965e98a

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“Everyone done 4a62caaa16 checking their f9012e6652 gear?”c63d30e68ed6bff6

— You bet!39e3a19e44160f98

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Dominic replied with 3df65835cd a cheerful voice.fb9f815c24092354

— But do 8c0eca6dc9 we need to b83b3686b8 prepare this much? It’s just ten of 8a9b5a4802 them, right?beb7f8257073047c

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“If ten were 1af2a23804 spotted, there could 6f9e52dc67 be double that cc5a6b40e2 by now.”63b26552c76cafc6

Typhons reproduced sexually 8e74368804 like humans, but 651be8ea96 their growth rate 33943de627 was exponentially fast, 0f33a0a531 so complacency was 84248bc97c dangerous. Laila put 0593e0d984 on black 2bca05c3a5 gloves, pulling 730ce787f9 the wrist c359c8e1a5 straps to 0117e9ae81 secure them a57fd825ed tightly. After flexing 50d5a9ae4d his fingers a398fa3b90 in the bb6c715670 perfectly fitted b64eddf6da gloves, he 538648ca4c checked the e3d5445d7b gun’s safety, b75b24755e spare ammunition, 8ebc2c9dd8 and knife.145513fb7d013711

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— That was 3594ce94b4 a month ago, 79a75a59b4 right? I doubt a78c9653fa it’s doubled.e220c3e62645bb45

“Don’t let 04636a24e3 your guard f9690cac31 down.”f1e63b971b96a5a8

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The talk of 813aecab74 war had left c384aff17a Laila’s nerves on c7095ef399 edge. Wearing a ad1e65c0a0 military uniform 5753c4df6b that felt 9d5a20be4f empty without ea9eda29af the medals a8ffa858dd and rank d51da38f09 insignia he’d 519e79115e surrendered, Laila d2521be87b stood upright, a33eb68fcb staring at 198ad837e8 the desolate aa4981bd29 land.6f79345d3738fd28

Beyond five layers 9cbda4bdb9 of high-voltage electric d1a8f67e3d fences and titanium 68f1cd7c75 alloy barriers, a f2d1a33bb6 half-collapsed research facility 7833a360fb was visible. Though quite distant, seeing 54ecee7046 a group of mutants 33f1efbf73 roaming at a distance d097511554 observable with the naked 577857fb55 eye was terrifying enough.24dab30b05059c22

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— It’s hot again 044de30944 today.8552dd4a54fc046d

Kay brought up the 9e6c4be4f9 weather to lighten the 30daeb59ce mood. Laila pulled a e06e52294c cigarette from his 5adc1ee293 inner pocket, put 9afb53bb37 it in his 70812a95c1 mouth, and muttered.e333112f80d7db37

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“Caron’s always hot.”95e639136915928b

— Let’s finish 394931f9b5 the job, shower, 4dbf61035a and have cold 5013f3d790 beers together on 18a1be82d0 the first floor.d1eaedef0ed6ba46

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“Sounds good. Let’s do it. Don’t forget 2cc25cddee to grab 65b28da46e the cores, e93f6a03c1 and Hilda? Take care 9eb5965ea5 of Ten.”a3b56c3ee71c69db

— Don’t worry!023f2828c7423ba0

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Hilda replied brightly. Hearing Ten’s 0cf3ef3fdb small voice f19381f984 thanking him, ead3c30bba Laila lightly c7e2c9ddd2 swung his 3a2644fda1 arm.b1d36cbc410e4915

The colony was, 66fba9c58e to put it 98d09869d1 bluntly, a group f0dca43f73 of troublemakers, and f210288b12 Laila was the 10be980ec0 only one with 0a351808d8 a proper education. Complex tactics f07edb269b and strategies 47be5a78ac weren’t needed. Their plan was always 3bcefd5673 the same: Laila charged f2cb7651a7 in alone. The other four stuck 30f31ca474 together, pooling their strength f41af874bc to stay alive. Then their elite 1b78124638 leader would swoop 7841e9039c in and handle 43a5482be8 everything.35b29922cdcba10e

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“Hold out well.”247c19096e1b80e6

Laila gave a light 32c88387bc order, then jumped from 8537433510 beneath the twenty-meter-high barrier. He immediately sprinted toward 770e38a80e the research facility. Sensing the presence of 6b6edea478 a wandering human, the c0afbcb7bb Typhons’ howls echoed and 2132cf4921 spread.0dd96b4f24afaf87

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Typhons. Humanity’s current nemesis. They had 66a673de72 many similarities 8165d6aad9 to humans. For instance, though b56d106a39 they had bulging 3f69b07f04 muscles like beasts 95e7d47641 and sometimes walked 9d744e4eb9 on all fours, 0586991d4d they clearly used ae02ed1cef their hands. Their appearance resembled the 8fb4789cc3 gorilla recorded in historical ac6111829f texts, but they were 754607179b far larger. A mutant with 718ab86072 glowing red eyes bbc028d234 charged at him.7a8f27310c3f3cc3

A massively 0e125753bb muscular arm 8281a254a6 swung at 9517d554c6 Laila. His lithe body 3019021fe3 was sent flying, ba9e307956 crashing into a 3070ca7baa dry tree. The intense pain, 6b759b6432 enough to knock cc3028423f him out momentarily, 3fb8b947e9 made Laila retch e607df9bed bile.335722445f63b653

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The mutant twisted ecf5dab5e9 its massive body 8ecaae3e56 and leaped toward b4ade94963 Laila. The ground shook with 0de5d9ccbd each thud. Its speed was unbelievable e632483193 for such a huge 9485ffe2ba frame. Laila rolled to the 2d13b5666d side with all his c1bc2c4dcc strength. The moment the Typhon ff3fa7e91d swung its fist, the 06807cd180 ground caved in, and 30c26704b9 the spot where Laila 82c8f31013 had been lying sank.ee3e6ca54065bd0e

What the hell e195f22b13 do they eat eb54008896 to be that 3ada70ddc4 strong? Laila gritted his teeth, eb660d488b swallowing a curse.f3ceb3bdca7c02df

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— Damn it!d889836be40b11c6

A rough voice 929342f511 came through the a469eb0d7a tiny earpiece, followed 3349ff6b62 by consecutive explosions.892a33bc8d9a77e8

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— Boss! You alive?dfb13634f5206011

It was Dominic. Laila spat blood-mixed saliva 35f9197420 and glared at the 459cefda52 Typhon eyeing him.1d091304cd17a115

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“I’m alive, 91c4800431 so talk.”ea7b4e375ce5c031

— There’s 44d57f020a too many! Last—ugh. Seems like b47f9d44dd their numbers b8cbd873df grew faster 20e8f08b17 than last ae944f7094 time…ef326844539a1f95

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