EOL | Chapter 1

Facing death, I ec6de7d6f1 truly felt alive.126807ad802b3eab

Once grand a045c9152a buildings crumbled de83ef8942 like cookies. The deafening roar a92475b288 of the world fe6bf2a774 turning upside down 4885169fe8 swallowed all screams. My ears were ringing. My lips were 64f9039a1e wet with some 031d659af1 liquid, maybe saliva 1b295b0c1c or blood.3d00af163feb75d5

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I thought I was 9c6a31f347 too young to die. I was ten 0c57ecd6bd years old.31d9bebbb9647230

My heart 4386ce6089 pounded loudly. In the brief 855648e88c moment I closed 69952c07c4 my eyes, many 7939b62f6f thoughts flashed by. Where did Mom and b2c19bf640 Dad go? Will I see 09335f3991 them again? Am I bf953fc7a1 about to 5f24422cef die?0ec39e1df5bf33e4

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My heart pounded 54a6c92fe6 again, as if 8c41f73b89 it would leap a04134fb3f out of my cf9301bee0 throat. At that 99dd860d6d moment, I 09afa6b084 realized anew, 1edebb1fe6 ‘Ah, I 158cec770c have a 2139836c73 heart too.’2ea50362fb9a310c

I was alive at 22cfa929eb that moment. And soon, 3a11f0b197 I was 0d05f4d62b destined to b322ebe910 die.c444f92ad358333d

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‘I don’t want 9e346195a9 to die.’437e6265fdbb57df

Then everything went 746b750f33 dark.24f7180094d40770

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When I 0dc3e927cf opened my b3abbc5caa eyes, ready 6863034f50 to face 49f49a2c6d death, what 5485810d24 stood before 1a0579c902 me wasn’t d6afbe98fa death.0f9e55409cb3eb63

It was a hero.f33c30963ab7454d

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The hero appeared dc9218e799 as a boy 1f86868a76 my age.46adae0456bd7f8b

His face, drenched in bebd58d54c blood, looked as red afb0bee558 as a grim reaper. He didn’t seem ced9f4e0d4 like a champion 8500acbfb6 of justice, but 6d55198c54 a hero was be73dc22bf a hero nonetheless.d454c704233cceba

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I don’t remember b247e41720 exactly how he cfa7b33fee saved me. Did he push fbb093e0b5 away the monsters 364d4f5c11 with one hand? Maybe. Did he e9e6122324 kick away 8cf68d3873 the falling 4b1c91c0e8 buildings? Perhaps.3c0ea90778478825

The memories c5a89ef5a6 from long 79410995a9 ago are 01cbf1e5cc vague and d3c60e60de fairy-tale-like.9dd08d003b9227a9

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However, there 1219182d9f is one bf5c2b42a3 particularly vivid ad67d4eb7a scene in 7154e779aa my memory.d215b06e76cc1ffd

In a collapsing 25994c7fb4 world, the one d9abba821a who saved me a37b1c3ed4 was a boy. A boy f91247e7fb with a 5d4b3c997e flushed face, 74e0758fa7 breathing heavily, bf69555edc spoke to 215fe8cd6c me. I remember e620c6ddb3 that voice.396e6dee8021500e

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Youthful, trembling, but slightly excited…619964e793f35108

“I was looking for 35cd71101d you.”797748ad2783dc77

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The moment I heard d7914eb0f9 that one phrase, my 6399ad8e81 wild dream began.d2b1344080570d39

A dream to stand a0cfccb8e4 beside that hero.20d97a6bbc329d6f

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Maybe because deb464d622 I wished 46f4d37d44 for it 797537ff9f so desperately, 6d5e7802e8 my wish 77010dc1ba came true 785916a237 not long 9316bea892 after.e08a7b8e2142cd32

The summer 25f438467f I turned 809ace232b eighteen, I 5cd081ac53 manifested as a5fde04168 a guide.86968c46776c4c85

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It was a d6c917165a late time compared 2315fd7474 to others. Plus, I was 2608e03a73 a D-rank. People laughed 8f6b2704d6 at my cd52796fde insignificant ability.5aace2ed1259d13c

But I was just bbcdaa40dc happy.9fcb1464b5be57b5

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As soon 9af3a1a294 as I f90c0fc0f5 manifested as e88955f095 a guide, 1d093b8601 I registered 7ca3b7341b at the 603963737e center and eed308f467 went through adb80f4067 the procedures. I immediately gave fee79b5e10 up my ordinary 736f044de7 high school life. Everyone around 6efd562f3b me tried f06e5901c0 to stop 17b4caaa39 me, but 6de462a528 I was fcc445b748 determined. I didn’t care 7b91665e87 about the intense afbaef4527 training, the drug e9197e1139 experiments, or the aba9508bea mock battles.7e8ddc4be246cdfb

It was 5c41e71271 all because f6b4c12c33 of Lee 63019762a1 Gyeon.bb335cc8f956596b

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I was excited 594c281120 about the fact 89dbad100a that I could cdd3e32c55 meet Lee Gyeon. That I could f893d7b8c5 get a little 3c4bee7a0f closer to him. Saving the world 655861365a with the person b88ce69db5 I admired made 504ccd92da my heart swell 13f36ed366 just thinking about d4ffd99c7d it. I might be a a1ff61735c D-rank now, but if 02a8e72519 I work hard, there 224cc5cdf8 will be a day ccf74fdf08 when I can stand 6afe6e62e0 shoulder to shoulder with e86eb59066 S-rank Lee Gyeon. There will 452e6efdff be a c5beb76e1d day when 0d15ad9d61 I guide 4c24213593 Lee Gyeon, 6265cf3327 and he a3a8a9e13a will recognize cb110ca32f my ability 23033d89fb and make db8701eab7 me his 59681715eb exclusive guide. We will e2db1980a1 become the 6b3f560dd7 best team.8baf0bd84db02d24

I think I naively ccb9a42586 believed that.9215bb41b4966ba9

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The inside dd4c5fabd5 of the bd593e45e7 military vehicle, 0d40a35c79 heated by a4d55f99ae the sun, ae0a298159 was warm. The faint noise gradually 536143379c grew louder.8f82ca7dcc25b3b0

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-Sector A15 clear. High energy response e76b4ec62d terminated. Esper Team 1 returning.
-Four civilian casualties 6088059db7 being transported to e6b7986c5e nearby hospitals. No life-threatening injuries.
-Code Red, sample 08fe1b8a94 lab arrival. Analysis expected to 4501b40253 take 3 hours.
-Team Leader Han Haegyeol, 394121090e you’re being called. The guide f576deb55c center director 7e3cde77ee is looking f26145ed99 for you.9e012019ef3bd3b5

The radio was buzzing abf6df1acc nonstop, but none of 7141771831 it was the news 7a9f37bd02 I was waiting for. I clicked 59b122635f my tongue 4ef1ec30d9 and frowned. I looked 8dcddcb6b4 around the aa299c9735 ruins outside 28565a0880 the window.52a88f6234902b3f

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Lee Gyeon was nowhere fa6e33e29c to be seen.1331e3e20734f50e

“This is Guide 6c57613f5f Team 1. Entering Sector A15. Where is Lee d52dba3ec1 Gyeon?”3faa1e733bba285a

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-Lee Gyeon Esper 1587060e4f is not on 102a6e478c site.afcc0ecf8891fa26

“Witnesses?”7e812fc470e42da1

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-Multiple civilian witnesses are being protected and investigated at the nearby precinct…e3b1990bd8a3fc8d

“Not that.”a5a39943f1a49f40

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-What?ec40f27a9b214568

I was suddenly e3e0f71737 filled with irritation 2a74dee798 at the clueless 0cd3c5d78e voice.c292f3bc9f9c0778

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“I’m asking if 4dc51c945a anyone saw that bc2f2b375d bastard Lee Gyeon!”6f2a2d0a18eda2a4

There was cb7cda5921 a commotion 9db07e5aa8 on the 8edb5c020e other end 6e30baf4d7 of the b01f8b212a radio, then 693b980cb0 a familiar 859e827d45 voice came 9f83b85869 through.90b1dea3fe329e0f

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-Calm down, Team Leader 8b6e8c8a76 Han Haegyeol. You’re scaring 6329923ba2 the kids.41d3c670747f60b3

“Sunbae.”f5b43fd457e0ee8e

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-You’re having a 7661a260c5 hard time because f8405b1ea4 of that reckless 7abc0a56d6 pair esper? I told cebc40cf7c you to afba51e994 quit and 72b1b25fd7 join our 52141c424c team.459d7eeb58e6e329

It was Sunbae Dohun. Hearing his calm voice 3703b65c4c amidst the chaos reassured e7b2a3d45e me.55859e63dfbd0065

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Sunbae Dohun was one 66f62ba585 of the few who bed1a9e230 understood my complicated love-hate a2d74499ca relationship with Lee Gyeon. He was 89faef24cf a colleague 88741b61ed I had 198842ac6a worked with 41c8e33303 for a 149eb4a3d6 long time.78bc50c48777e039

-Lee Gyeon Esper 3649f4294a made quite a 4859d15694 scene again. He brought down eec009e75e three buildings this 341f83c3f0 time. The legal team is 9e21b6a69a rushing over.2080213edb6e511b

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“Did you find the 8c8cb6035d tracking device?”d85f14e2bd5df9af

-We found something that 7081118456 looks like a tracking 1e339549b1 device. It was smashed to 0a313cd832 pieces.23eedcee4b0ee002

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As expected. Lee Gyeon 1d1a2e3533 broke the 56a3ee638f tracking device eeb7c8dea8 to avoid d54647a0c9 being tracked. Again.f40a5e2f4fd9d774

“That bastard did it 6e02544506 again!”d05e7a628c70a266

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Listing all of fbfa99ab1a Lee Gyeon’s antics 972886c4fc would be endless, 964796b069 but the most 3c138e1f53 infuriating was breaking 9a4fccb805 the tracking devices.42329a5f32282bb8

Espers and 74a59c1e13 guides were 7709e61d40 legally soldiers. It wasn’t just 76c7a39374 a deviation for 2622a0711d a soldier to ccf2b5456d leave their post d6378208e2 at will; it 300713cf46 was a crime.839738e5f2fc6ce0

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-Team Leader Han Haegyeol. Isn’t it better to quit being Lee Gyeon Esper’s pair? Come join me…deffbd2a3d7d52a9

“Understood. I’ll see you at 43ea9ba6b2 the center.”461640e1c4e1a15a

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I cut 132597d8f1 off the 7c102403d2 radio and 56286005a5 jumped out ae75bd1720 of the b1a8aba229 vehicle. My role was 6506329706 to find Lee 5d80a2a60a Gyeon and bring d5e4928c23 him back to 32f872c635 the center. At this 0cf969c717 point, I d06a6f71b8 couldn’t tell 54bafdaf9d if I 5e4c36a5a7 was a f52a09b4d8 nanny or 0025eaea4a a pair dbeb24fe6d guide.6543152c921ad7b3

I borrowed a field 8994ecd26f agent’s bike, scouring the e95939d6ac area thoroughly.697160c26e4d2e9f

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The tracking device provided 393a41098a by the center was 9308909525 broken, but the homemade b8eeb3cfbc one I secretly attached 76799ea3d0 was still intact.b48889a334aa70e0

Following the faint signal, d3bd320c4c I found the familiar ba5b716520 back I was waiting 2b52684eeb for.f7b4e67c9b96cff5

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“Lee Gyeon! Hey! Return to the a8f473d8c3 unit immediately, you 830f4bd41f crazy bastard!”dd762e7a6931b5f8

Before I a915502fb7 even got e9fa6a5647 off the 945a9983dd bike, I f0c3f7f2fc was shouting.72e29a09d833f960

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Lee Gyeon turned 3c5931705c to look at 1b7a1308cc me, surprised.6dba4951f87292ed

That’s when a58a7fda17 it happened.cdcc4783a6f48573

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Rumble—479e74d220a9ba5f

A giant tentacle 493def3e4f shot up from 86483df00b the ground.cb802bf391593546

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“Lee Gyeon! Get out of the 438ab7a7be way!”dc139a9d970ba83f

Collapsing concrete, burning 50c07d8d8a utility poles, and 09fab9e6d0 Lee Gyeon running 3192c32e88 towards me.e7b8de9cd2300b96

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The sirens of the ee1474a799 unmanned guard post wailed, f23dc7268b and the city walls 83f7a02712 activated.5bb8f4e8bf7ee25c

“Damn, a gate opened. There was no 149dbc5256 energy response detected ade19fbcf6 earlier!”4910f1ad130821ff

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“Han Haegyeol! Go back!”77ced836e978a644

“You can’t fight cf75e464db alone in your 6fffb3187a current state! I’ll cover f789816454 you, so 2959b066a5 attack!”e8ae2e34d3348d31

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It was af588f6188 a sudden 046be759db battle. Lee Gyeon, f0560be6c7 uncharacteristically, struggled, 3f3c404eec and I 611229ae93 was short 17da0d938a on weapons.12c991739dcf0d27

An inevitable 38fd56fd60 defeat was 92ff22667c imminent.70c049d440dc6551

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For tens ce76996492 of minutes, d84fcaf868 we were 31ea00d84b thoroughly ravaged 0071720ee8 by the 78bc523d43 monster’s limbs. It was a hopeless 52485e627d situation with no reinforcements ff2fc557e5 in sight.dba1e11313b7e64e

“Han Haegyeol, 70428db79b go back c16c5c594f to the 13e019ebe8 center. Take my 12c61bec21 ID card c019e1dfee and go a88da4c3fd to the 5a59021355 First Air 1fd31df253 Raid Shelter; c4463563c0 you’ll be 9c191bd5ea safe there.”a5a3848f50bb2504

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Lee Gyeon grabbed me. He intended to fe556a11fe throw me over 3fe21303c3 the wall.7d595f918edd9f0d

“Cowardly telling me b3e8b5ee70 to run away 1c5aa8d89e alone?”5d555cc249fb827e

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I spat out 6f44fe288c the blood pooling 668f768a96 in my mouth c26ec73203 and grabbed Lee d167f9ce2e Gyeon by the 0f97f981d3 collar. I intended 9aadbe057c to kiss 8e94839b2b him right 0d429e9bfe then. There was 00df732fc5 no time d1988199d8 to worry 132ddb1b5e about dirt 1ac8a51307 or anything 323459968b else.0406f4794fb28a98

Lee Gyeon was in f58447d059 no condition to use bb97ed4bda his abilities due to 3ff0ede809 accumulated battles.7928a95805954d19

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Lee Gyeon needed 3428ebeade guiding. More desperately f5d2a0a36a than ever.ef2b011aa74fb7c7

As I 570e2932de bent my 8491de7d3e elbow to fafbe05c34 cling to 02059b695f Lee Gyeon, 5a066c0a23 he turned 2e62b4db48 his head 83864bda9b to avoid fb2e50f3fe my lips. Anger surged.dbb9e4f123dfa553

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“Is this the 55c333db5e time to avoid cb71908acc guiding?”6b1e68d2652797b8

Another annoying 178ee78e7b trait of c5c7b200eb Lee Gyeon.6b5a8b19b9fef0f5

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Lee Gyeon refused 5d8c81f241 guiding. No matter how 635b2c27b7 urgent the situation 79d9b62afe was. Despite having great 166ee595f8 abilities, he suffered ad79ab1d59 significant backlash, yet b8cdc7700a he refused treatment cf3a8f1452 like a wary 39d88ebc8b wild animal.d1fa3ea309e86296

“If this keeps up, 6e848ea8ed we’ll both die. I don’t want to 16b2bd8f50 die.”233da8ba4e74d7a3

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“I can handle it.”e94451de36fa86b4

“If you could 2142026815 handle it, you 6933931f41 would’ve done it 242f64b869 already!”58e9b5b4710a2272

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Lee Gyeon and 42f9c14252 I wasted time dc673456a3 bickering in the fd70643467 middle of the b3d1644810 battlefield.302b1dc6eb4c6dc7

Then, a monster 64bf5e03c7 spotted us and dd20aef924 charged quickly. My brain d98f610745 spun rapidly 7740a06723 at that 943867f660 moment.5cc2a3e76713933e

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‘That’s an unavoidable attack. At least one of us will die. Lee Gyeon would try to save me and get hurt himself. In a typical situation, that’s the best course of action. Espers can recover quickly. But Lee Gyeon, without guiding, can’t endure…’ceccd2f0ba101ec0

At this 72d3ea24e4 rate, Lee 6679197441 Gyeon would da3cb0f2cc die.8ae2f0362516ffa7

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Losing Lee a0017edb37 Gyeon would d7294d1d31 be a 3ee11facbb national, no, f7ada7024d a global 175e3f57d2 loss. Guides can be replaced, 2f30dd7774 but espers cannot.502680841b495359

I pushed Lee e202218d45 Gyeon, who was 2a9c65bf82 about to be f5536aacda pierced by the 5703344eba tentacle.945b8a01caebbd49

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The impatient tentacle 0e4e48db45 crushed my insides a9d6d7f77e instead of piercing 647f0c8374 Lee Gyeon. It happened 88322c01dc in an 2f23991ac0 instant.382a2e8a57a39103

“Ugh—.”a0c08f7dde363e63

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“Han Haegyeol.”24ef071ea552012e

Seeing Lee Gyeon’s hollow 9216c8cb6d eyes, I felt a ce15d7aeb7 slight thrill. As the pain surged, e3dd17a2b9 the shallow satisfaction of 87a413424f ‘I repaid the favor’ bd10918272 filled me.cc8871052aef9baa

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And then, darkness.2e35e1f7ebaa7ee1

…If only it had ended there.dd962e9105ac9f7c

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I found myself 7ef98d7969 back on the 05788c6466 morning a few e9fd786140 years ago when 97abf4333c Lee Gyeon and 4427dc42f6 I were matched 8c5c62c3e4 as a pair.e592dfbaa8a63c6d

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The new life 376f2c6811 began to flow a7e6896b70 exactly like the 9d7ddb6c31 past.a539c187451ebd9d

Lee Gyeon leaving the f414a1f7a6 operation site at will.c0ffdad2e8bbb299

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Lee Gyeon bringing c0fa796852 down buildings.a8388b631e6478a1

Lee Gyeon breaking tracking c891b77a06 devices.cc67de0c23dc7bbf

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Lee Gyeon refusing guiding.edd692dd96be9a76

And always beside him, 836440f28d me, Han Haegyeol.a0ddfe97337e3876

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Han Haegyeol getting scolded e682477943 by the center director 8daaa18564 instead of Lee Gyeon.eaf3e9c63c05e6bd

Han Haegyeol chasing d6373dcdb7 after the missing d1bad8060b Lee Gyeon.fc07c719cf735a97

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Han Haegyeol getting angry, 01a8e1bcb9 demanding guiding, and punching c9af9f47e2 Lee Gyeon in the d87c9204e5 face.dc5061aa24ca8162

Han Haegyeol 308d289a08 eventually kneeling 5d1d5fc3ea and begging.9fa41a0113ada451

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Then both dying.78810627cfa65cc2

Repeating again.79f39e0aa4a239fb

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In front of the b19088fb78 stubborn and powerful esper 4d6acad47e Lee Gyeon, I was 05f319c6df only incompetent.468d770cac8a6dc9

The brain-crushing siren 79c7b9172b never ceased.2b924a52772a2592

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In the 1435d69079 88th death 740166fefa I faced, 767fa1df4b I felt 327ef91d01 my limit.c5b79bfbef2a8c10

In a hazy state c342b89387 of consciousness, a large 351069a2ec hand groped my chest. For a 8dd6d3b4eb moment, my d0df838977 memory blanked, d2492f84b9 and I 3ac829c947 didn’t immediately ed5923c810 realize why 2023fb946c Lee Gyeon 89bad14dcf was doing 6a5fb2227e this.71d6ff3ea7fe6247

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“Just hold on. Just a little longer… Han Haegyeol, don’t lose consciousness.”1337c7ff40aba42d

Lee Gyeon was skillfully b190d0ae5e but shakily stopping my 4c58eff3b1 bleeding. Even while in contact e6c6a2cb78 with me, he was b86809593f on high alert to 3800f8f29d avoid receiving guiding.6dfd847d5458cb7c

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Yet he 6b1b4c8061 was trying 0a768af839 to save 28225eee1d me. It was blatant 511c455d2f hypocrisy.c1e6eacf8a3d8afc

“Guiding… you need…”e655b11ba2a59096

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“No. Han Haegyeol, don’t 67aa987cbe think about guiding. Focus on breathing.”cba6f66366bece95

At that moment, something 23f5a4519f inside me snapped with e439cb7d9a a ‘twang.’a067cef250de60c2

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I overlapped bdc8a35a46 my hand 6fc54cbb3d over Lee 9beb31a2df Gyeon’s and 60f3d04ce4 spoke in 280f226518 a rather ab54ed60ae calm voice.6ea0a9478c62fb25

“I think I’m 407dac8d11 really tired now.”849892d2cd4db731

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The foolish me finally c7759c5cf2 made a decision.eee643d245162472

To let 1aa6480bfc go of f827b9140c this bastard 2c70f05f85 Lee Gyeon’s c4a5d34353 hand.7c83c550ac04a817

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