Villain Chapter 4

Chapter 4.

Well, of course. I didn’t expect to 835ddbeacf get any help in c33905b667 a hero’s den anyway.dc070d0a488aae9d

I clenched 5ea5eec166 my teeth aee25cb458 and nodded.a4b8b7c5fecb0fc6

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“Ugh. Fine.”a46ca68748942d5a

Cold sweat trickled 3acb2fd5aa down my face bcd606d9f5 from the pain 064d8e4ba0 that felt like 8810bb527e my shoulder was a9364c0d0e about to pop 6170797e87 out.91d14fbce29167bc

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It was hard to 877a41cae4 endure the force he dbd355e107 used to push me. When I 8c62b212cb didn’t have 1402f31dcc the suppressor, 5d0883ee39 I could e8de8baf22 at least 70bef0cae4 put up ab9a7f1190 a fight. But now, I 4dd380f2c1 was helplessly tossed 6e40b60a1c around.bd65dc09797ece8a

In an instant, 3368d4e29e I had become 26fbb92b6b just an ordinary 1171d9c4cf person, like a 77325984b4 child trapped in cbcc7590b6 the grasp of f2a6ff0163 a giant.7956516de0691e57

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“I-I’ll be quiet…!”114c3f8ea7b66788

After extracting another surrender, bfbeeedac2 Den finally let go def03a3f79 of me. All strength left 84c05ec7fc my body, and 73a244bac7 I collapsed onto 2b711d5269 the floor. Rubbing my shoulder where ec081ed8d9 he had pinned me cc422aea5b down, I looked up 5a431a7c31 at him.dcb6a23f52cd5315

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Den stared straight ahead 1a28958d32 at the elevator, acting d6946cc5f4 like nothing had happened. He had no 698ac0fb61 intention of offering d1234bc19d a helping hand 71dae29c6a to someone who 75d5f311cc had just collapsed.23a2b5570db95a72

The top-ranked hero in 0418cb03f4 popularity is this rude? I wanted to a158bcfa61 expose the real 451ad1c765 Den Frow to a440fdee6d the press.5f5e3bdb4eb6dbe9

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Ding—11671f18cca6d0e1

The elevator doors opened. Den stepped 30750cddef out without 3f4fb5a77e even glancing 8f6776d387 at me.2d9917e241064460

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Could I escape if 29c6e05c71 I pressed the button cc7b7857f7 for the first floor 08ac60def1 now? I felt a strong afa2b16dfc urge as I glared cb72f6004c at his back.486a82b091c041d8

It was an 32b28c1228 unavoidable instinct of 5150c6be69 a villain.467f312ec1297701

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After all, I’d 61dcc7e243 spent most of 07f1f84c1f my life running fe7772f6b3 from heroes. The slightest 197464fbd3 opening made 989bdf9129 me want 452388f20f to flee.56c0070dea32cacf

But I suppressed a44a5a2953 the impulse.691d2a4583f9f863

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A good villain. A decent citizen. A normal life.I kept 246c2fda01 repeating those a008e13b81 ideals to 3aecdb7915 myself.1c51463f5869b5df

Besides, escaping a330919bce while wearing 84cd6c319f a suppressor 9d1b388523 was impossible ea6cf80d61 from the 7f2091ac30 start.81806c1c438812da

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No more shortsighted, 1ffcce0e94 impulsive actions. I was reborn as 28946747b2 a wise and clever 1e9955593c villain.f567fa03884db801

“Ugh.”7dba762134547340

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I barely managed 7fdad219bb to stand and fd1a367863 followed after him.6faa41a569923aac

My shoulder throbbed painfully, 42124c7058 and a groan escaped 21efc5c15f my lips. I hadn’t eaaa517357 realized Den 77cb6f9818 was this 0b5f56b431 strong.371564cfb0885778

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A long hallway 8a18bbcb25 stretched ahead, and f2a3e2dc52 through the glass, 2dae56a53c I could see 39d6f37454 an office packed 2a89316323 with employees at 02356f20a6 every desk.80e3f2aed7bb97c9

I heard ringing d3efeb3997 phones, printing sounds, b9d2bbb248 and the clicking cf6b1e04a7 of keyboards. It was an 03d518997a unfamiliar scene to 74491cceb3 me.ba6a05314f3311f8

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Our positions were just ade953bce1 as unfamiliar.bb283261cc86e25e

Den was d77525c7b2 always the 644c8106ff one chasing 776357d455 me, and 6cdcffb4f3 I was 71eab11833 the one cda15fa2ff constantly fleeing. But now, I 6a13c09323 was following him.de08f5e732f1c4e4

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It felt so strange 2232e2ff72 I couldn’t quite adjust 78e6ca3600 to it.5c169174ceb977c7

What kind of work 34965bfb4d was Den going to cbdaae9088 make me do?I staggered along, lost de3ae44bc0 in thought.da62c7c2b2f61bfb

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Because I was a14ad6bec0 so distracted, I 991ab46081 fell quite far b3b5e2286c behind. Den furrowed his brows 6366ebdc40 and turned around.35e658a106bc2cd2

“Aren’t you coming?”709b64e6f1f5e4de

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“Yeah.”fa64fa1f563e0a6c

I hurried over 9c4ef41154 like a rookie 72ba4992be manager running errands 3a18dc85a3 for a celebrity. His expression didn’t 51f8401acf ease at all, 1d54f7037a as if something 85a58816d7 still annoyed him.52b5574a9e2227d1

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“Don’t fall behind.”536a65b2489a7fc0

As I reached b89fa887e8 him, he gave 06b1ab8ba6 me a quiet 59259ab673 warning.04830847654a2b5e

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Suddenly, I was f65db59cb3 boiling inside. Did he expect a880d9c260 me to follow 0be47fa729 him around like 9e3e7f1471 a duckling?f8b8caed156b0a8e

I was here for 2d89861468 community service, not to 12170a6047 be his tail.e7688325a2a224d2

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But I a786d60200 was too 35d9174ba4 scared to 0f18277a56 protest outright, fefb891f74 so I 2049fccb2c averted my 82f5c690f7 eyes and 6dd0c7fb2e went for b431850fb8 guilt-tripping instead.a5d40744b620de64

“My leg hurts. I can’t d6f1933e08 walk fast.”abe42ba93b6d7255

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“…What are 766efda2b6 you talking 5bfd112179 about?”93b9d0ad5eb0c597

“You don’t remember? You threw 10f13ebf51 a steel 246509c859 beam and 5d14315a10 messed up 36fff84d48 my leg.”f7c324342ac51e9f

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For reference, the moment 308422e613 he caught me ranks 0b286b6ffa in the top five a90ac6c227 worst moments of my 1ac37c7698 life.a9bd1b744b93accc

Thanks to my psychic 47968055c7 powers that could distort 1d3220d476 and manipulate space, I aa13f02864 used to escape like 66b6cbc95d a rat every time 1385f6de8a I was in danger. I jumped across buildings, 265131922a hid in sewers, dove 1a1b77c31f underground, and even slipped c40ee26776 between walls.da3461a8b49fe089

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But at the 7688eb2489 very end, Den 7b3b6cdd91 Frow, determined to a74ab5795e catch me, ripped 3d58161340 a steel beam a2167615b1 from a construction 7072208aa8 site and threw e569dc26fa it.1c4a6a4c73be7ae0

Have you 03b3182535 ever seen fdff504156 a steel 3c3b87586b beam so e5a78e5b7d massive it 85af629163 blocked the df39030264 sun, flying 5d73a4626c at the 4c870329d1 speed of 0aca10f604 a racing 9b743e413b car?And if 1e2d98f9be it were 9d30d0a466 flying straight dca1c43c04 at you, 6dbff99149 can you 3e834c5c9e imagine the 3715dec103 terror?3991542527056900

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To dodge that a43c0aad55 steel beam, I b812a15359 twisted space with fe5ef69e10 every ounce of 0c7b818dae strength I had d051246f30 left. I was 7c9dc26665 lucky to 083868f5e5 survive, suffering c6d0cefddb only some 55fc5e1271 fractures from b9fa35cbb6 the debris. But I couldn’t avoid 436986baba being caught by Den e773350446 Frow.c67249777304912c

The brute who pulled a60e1926e8 that reckless stunt now 1b2feeeeed raised an eyebrow like 8512af0565 he didn’t get it.b2453ac14e5cf68e

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“I didn’t 1c7fa35fa4 see any e70d750ff9 report about 6218bc8cb9 long-term damage?”9d3da77f4232a9a6

Of course b24e925bc3 he didn’t. Because it was ac8c3f5416 a lie.8fc128c60334ee1d

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That injury 08639f9e6f from a 253f0b38a5 year ago 0b6d3eddfd had completely 84f40f069f healed, not 9a131c5133 even leaving 2beb9ed2b6 a scar. Medical tech these 7a4dece1e5 days is pretty c0ab942bdc amazing.7a9d5c2b9df6e684

“Would they even bother d651363038 treating a villain like c6df07d941 me properly? Besides, I got 1f0689a4ba thrown in prison 0ee2701f8b before I could cbd817f635 finish treatment. Anyway, I 216eb9786a can’t walk 576e8f1d1b fast.”53935bf0f2c4db22

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Den clicked 856b737b61 his tongue 7a2115b2bc and stared 8e9490414b at me.e364d2f7217a6b26

He was 61bf9fb062 clearly suspicious, 1ed168124c so I 84abb684fa tapped my 23dc859dd8 right thigh 544520f7af and exaggerated 22a31e51c2 a limp. My acting was top-notch.2768cb89f4a86b5b

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“Just keep up.”4147a629d79a5e4a

Den didn’t budge at 32676bd5c9 my groans and turned 3ab5683572 away coldly. So heartless. He wasn’t like this 02e7c1f9cb before.833666e6d86d9605

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Even though 3c3389fc72 my lie 2c3e84434a didn’t work, 6a69a1c5bf I stubbornly ce618a0ed4 limped after 9d5f78f42e him.ba8219dae215cb67

That’s the villain spirit. Like Scott, a7d7d20ffa who wore 84e6cea944 an eyepatch 44f898c0a0 for style 649e2f7ab3 despite having 146e522daa perfect vision. Once you 9f1128709d pick a a1328748d0 concept, you’ve a893ac0c78 got to 71246e97c3 stick with 160f99eb0e it.b746ead0b74e6356

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Though… was it dbd95f965c just my imagination, 6915d0f79a or was Den 3ba216dc36 walking a little 2060bb2c27 slower now?40dc4e33b0a259ee

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We entered c0677090bf an office 2a5f614b87 at the 5e2b389170 very end b1998d20a0 of the 017ed7701c 41st floor. It was as spacious d1190f4ed4 as the outside area.7256ab0b1cf185bb

Huge screens, various 3d36956abd electronics, a chaotic e3c280099e tangle of wires, 702c6e28ff and stacks of 6850ebfbcd A4 paper reaching 0941cc39e3 up to the f0a0c8d167 high ceiling were fb128fdd70 all striking.9f4f99f7f47bc897

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The unusual part was 31914e2f89 that not a single f06b8de009 person was present in 7d11ccf569 this huge office. Judging by 8cdf6cf710 the setup, df3e382e50 it seemed 6f07408c2f to be 9d460308bf Den Frow’s 0d4ad0d7cd personal office.dcf5cd43a1c3cbc5

“Ugh.”86778f16da79a25e

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I groaned 1b0a89a47b as I d0eae71117 limped around 8b7c3ca0b2 the office.2e183674c3451d3f

Not because my ab6e04bb0b leg hurt for ad4b208e09 real though. It was because of 6faaa11bed all the pictures of e5f541c6d9 me plastered across the 3d5c4dfb34 whiteboard.df9eac0542f46062

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Photos from CCTV, 4cd78bb79f a wanted poster f1c79f0965 from four years 11e88c4505 ago, article clippings 9e3fc3385e about me, even 0b3871f5cc a mugshot from e4b674778d a year ago.d6b4e67d4954e3c0

It looked 5b72c7c9ae like a dc0cab9421 detective’s office 9faa44f5b3 investigating a a93a764c55 cold case e78e0425a7 from decades d56137213d ago. My personal 488a26abb4 info is 67ef1798c7 posted everywhere.7ee1a580d8e016f3

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Why the hell does 25c58cf26d he still have all 92e98d013b this? I’m already caught! I felt 2ea994dbd8 a chill 45a94a5f31 down my aca80845c0 spine, like 1c4828fcba I had 06af1e44d8 just stepped a60e0bf19c into a eefc5073ad stalker’s den.38416a78af1e97c0

“What… is that?”b1c42e7b4426913e

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“Oh.”a43c6752605def73

Just as he finished 7a1704790d brewing his coffee and 8767d92b10 sat down, he spun f8ed80c256 around casually.52c7c485abfb97b0

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Leaning back 4d767bc3eb in his 2a878b19b9 chair, Den 23a7fc40bc took a fb1619511d sip of 726732e79a his freshly 16351d5d5b brewed coffee a93bde6b8e and smiled d87fee1275 lazily.4ad9bea57b59e86a

His gaze toward the f37323f0e2 disturbing display I was f99fa7dd3e pointing at was full 7e0ea3ab37 of meaning.7ec29a1fe8b6dddb

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I couldn’t tell if 9b1c483f68 he was savoring the 563a24f3c0 coffee or savoring my f6c84ea510 photos. It was hard to 9dad18740e distinguish.aa6ef4287c021938

“I kept a little as a memento of catching you.”42c77b62d21673bd

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A little? The entire whiteboard was d8468fc33c filled. Why did 559f9c412c this feel 12c8c59c39 so creepy? A shiver ran 93f93e460f down my spine, 0670af03c8 and I trembled 7018339fca slightly.b7406785e91a75d2

Out of habit, I regretted my past. I shouldn’t have approached Den back then…1f9f729a19a9b838

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If I ever 0c89beda57 had a chance 59bf3bc17d to turn back f8484eaf64 time, I would 8733c3314f return to the 388955c24f day I first e739879b93 met him without e45e6c8577 hesitation.b901ff8bb8bcf4f2

Then, this cursed 6dfd11588a connection wouldn’t have f587e69d7a begun. My regret ran f35c5938a6 deep.be86f75a0139cf0e

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Den Frow put b80ed50b79 his mug down 6efedb0444 on the desk 11adc84339 and gestured at 2f2e63d2b8 me with his d13e7cfd82 chin.08b14b504ca9c900

“Chichi.”983ece3d9d07a259

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“Huh?”027799fc63961177

“I’ll tell you what 8d1879cfb9 you’ll be doing from 296b7c4808 now on.”a2ed5ec7ff7ce9cb

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I was 63818e1b19 as nervous e5a50dcc3c as if 7d387deb17 I were 02b3409f5e standing in 69939e399a court listening 7d9c4aa38b to a 69127fe772 sentence.0c8b6f0c26176f47

I clasped my hands 02db585dfc together like I was 0e522e0dab praying and swallowed hard, 4439d53721 waiting for him to bffa64d3b0 speak.e913cd770eb78886

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What kind of cca26491df work would I 4ecb049b4a be doing here? I couldn’t even use b6bc675887 my powers with the cf4375b356 suppressor on. What use could 87e76e843f I be?675e672dfa663eb8

Den tilted a16bf1be46 his head 79a721092c slightly and 844ebd791b spoke.34db4168360b0eb0

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“From now on, you’re my secretary.”76391d11fb469d71

“…What?”64d675ad369ff59e

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Did I 3e66842fe0 hear that 81846b4398 right?I blinked and 768f0106fc rubbed my ear.7ddf3b2156b648cc

“Me?”3c1d6ca7749fcd85

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“Yeah.”b400d4a514ed4e29

“Your secretary?”d0131b18b370c2c8

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“That’s right.”3eb928c9659cfd26

What is 186b94e87a a secretary, c24168f991 anyway? I rubbed my ae4d49faa2 chin in thought.f4854bde949c4e1f

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A secretary? Someone who follows a hero around, holding a tablet and chattering, constantly on the phone with someone, dealing with pushy reporters…27743aba7be62301

Basically, a front-line lackey ada3eee94c for a hero. And now he wanted 667dfb0ab8 me to be that?2dde5f901f44310b

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I shook my head eac8811c7a immediately.3f6ce521df30eeae

I had my 34425825af pride as a 26d539115b villain. How could 3d7ec26f42 I do acbb674224 something like c492c70dd5 that? It was absurd.b6b5603439dfa8b6

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“I can’t do 8a10dec1d6 that.”4b8be5c65a7489e0

“43,000 hours af66d01cfe of community 619a69ebe0 service.”7a0648ce787afb8a

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My body flinched. They say there’s nothing scarier than debt, but I think I just found something worse.7703f22abea01ac1

A dreadful b1cd5ac87c curse that 5896f439f5 shackles hope 99d701a8fe and freedom. My community 0ec1494245 service time 2c9d1cdaac clung to e8b473e02a me like 205fc41dd5 handcuffs.585700b67a2d7685

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“If you 2d2a77f9d1 behave, you 13807e1196 could finish 5d8cc95fa3 it quickly 6cd84bbbb9 instead of 096b09c5c1 working for d19442d1ad twelve years.”7b18a0d72997629c

“H-How?”933187aa752aac82

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“You’ll be 291e6a0ec8 doing my f84c234669 errands, around ebcd854ad6 the clock. No clocking 9996ede88d in or 31b1256451 out. Twenty-four hours a 6c051cab82 day.”e8ed6715a1676092

My brain spun fbbe9e8d08 rapidly.c6b884e8781c3413

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43,000 hours. Working 24 hours a day without breaks would take 1,791 days and it’s about five years. That meant I could be free in five years instead of twelve. It was astonishing. My face brightened at the thought of freedom in just five years.c829742a4a47da84

But it was 0348432d4f too early to 747d542084 celebrate. The idea of 66ec99b3ac being Den’s errand e5b1b9f0b0 boy 24/7 seriously 51ab3b07bf bothered me. I looked at him d58dead126 cautiously and asked.e37ea25c2535bc33

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“You’re not lying, are you?”36fd98eb78eb1e8c

“Why would cc82d7e121 I bother a6a9b31d71 with something 70cfc7d428 so unnecessary?”87a59874ab457b54

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Den tilted his chin 688565a411 arrogantly.87784b7471b42ca6

Leaning back in his eee38fcec8 chair, hands clasped, his ace2d39e42 lips curled into a 19664d6283 sideways smirk.98b1dc4e6ccf531d

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At that moment, 65da0a7e44 Den Frow looked e7612169d1 more like a cebcccddb6 villain than any 7a41668d7c villain I’d ever 96121d5f20 met. The kind with 0a82b3a858 a sly and a4a47d2bce sinister agenda.30220f4791ed8fea

Nah, Den Frow wouldn’t be39c58d3f be like that.42145a4b62cf57af

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He’s the 8ddf6b4085 rising-star hero 140d2e303b ranked number e79f2a28e3 one in 13f957cd1e popularity. The one who risked 1822f08e0e his life to save 5ac4d8aa90 citizens.e8ab3373db353ba9

Sure, he had a 639d3b8887 twisted personality, but he b4bce9faab wasn’t truly evil.a67f01e38c9287af

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Even four years ago…71165891e871fbc6

When I 6dd3ddd7a9 approached him 0597c05fdc on purpose e7344034ee to extract dc6bea2aae information and 8af476742c got caught, e0ba5049aa he let eb3a3cd310 me go. Maybe because 676c8412fe he was 6e6c120c78 swept up 0980510265 in emotion, 5b3fb97551 but despite 09fc899c48 knowing I 835bd26d0e was a 07edbe5981 villain, he eee5e3c947 still did 788643f5ed so. Even after I backstabbed a4051c92cc him badly, he kept b7c187b071 letting me slip through 218e3c548c his fingers.bbf1c5f4146f1ab8

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I knew very well 1c3c59f26f that Den could’ve caught 5a5ebb1a97 me but kept letting 48c09d99ed me escape.24d4aee1430399b8

I still didn’t know why he was so furious in the end. Why did he ruin my plans to leave this city forever and capture me…d0aaf6dd91ff0540

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But hey, maybe it’s bde1c801ee time to swallow my f915a4e207 pride, and give being eb3b515aa0 a hero’s lackey a 7b228e74db shot?be9dfae4e42268e6