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A disaster struckGwanghwamun¹.d8c4987cf79d1565

Seong Ji-ha leaned his 2023c5d0be head out the car a2e74b6dc6 window. The epicenterwasGwanghwamun Samgeori², right f3af3b0780 in front 74309fa12a of Gwanghwamun, 492f4086a9 but barricades 54d576faf4 had been 9201684cc9 set up 3821e1cae0 fromSejong-daero³to restrict access. Because of that, dfe69efbc5 the already congested a7417a163c area around Gwanghwamun 579e0f33f8 Station was now f56e01739d packed with cars 73ad4d4a79 and people. There was 289df52e6a no way 5707246fbf the main 36935d9840 road would 3ea24830f3 work like 8bca15f620 this.43487ef623b5c443

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Turning the steering 28f6493c2e wheel, Seong Ji-ha 5c312a607e veered into an 78ada9a4c5 alley. Shops had 3a12c83eee pulled down ed61d9b979 their shutters 417e061351 to avoid 5e10ce5001 the disaster, c1b6fc3556 and the 57f781cde3 few remaining d4d572bb13 people were e49f2a8521 busy rushing 93c159758f to shelters. In contrast, 1b395793f5 Seong Ji-ha b76d118125 carefully drove f89cb0c5ea closer to 3c044d381f the scene. But he didn’t get 31a4c0af0f far before the alley b5b9c4d7f5 got blocked too.12ad6ecdc84788f0

He rolled down 5ba9ac2a6f the window and 8869264851 stuck his head 78e248c212 out. A car had c05f023f2d been left parked 7746ffe1a9 in the middle 3de2ba429d of the alley, b893841811 and the driver 8abec97afb had vanished. He must have panicked b17123f292 and abandoned the vehicle 6fa53a9192 in a hurry. There was no helping 5e4683c30e it. Seong Ji-ha 74f95f321b parked in 624a358a41 front of 2e762edbbf a beef 4b2e4514bd bone soup 96becf0f5a restaurant.8e0d25a5b1b38f02

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After getting out of a5be019441 the car, Seong Ji-ha d11171b595 zipped up his blue 3b8be6bf27 work suit to the fe069904ba neck, opened the back 2daee7bb40 door, and pulled out 7a05bebdb4 a purifier. It had 11dbf79214 been a 1c77f33b87 while since 2d1aad5353 the report 59b05cc2c1 came in, 706faf1dbf so it a464877aa6 was a fa1309f477 good time 2fbe717283 to start c89f532a0a the purification 841a179672 process.06d937bddab948a3

If he dragged his 533155ce7a feet and ended up b950b1c00d facing people, he’d only be3a2b048d hear complaints. Sometimes, the people were 176f4a7280 harder to deal with ca6f41fd99 than the disaster itself c27a846d63 in this line of 15a09c51dd purification work.6fd2115a09a17e69

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“Hey! You can’t just park here like that!”95b36c7bf98351e7

Just as c89ba13c8c he was 768de3f54c hurrying to 63b87cbe07 get ready, 7a35745189 a loud 68b7bf3a9f voice rang b5a77bc5b4 out from 59773b0e9c behind him.d92b3ff9571573ae

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Seong Ji-ha quickly 4fc5512476 turned around. A middle-aged woman who 075eb1d8c8 had just come out 93aa3041f9 to lower the shutter 25c8fe4a87 was glaring and pointing 632411bb15 angrily at his car. Every time d0ba41ac7d she waved e9e1fe22ba her hand 88d4801c84 fiercely, a 51f46304fb dark reddish 4266b73d19 clump stuck c3fc63e90f like mud c9a32f6fd7 on the d741a63fad right side c97b654ae9 of her c6c9743e9a face twitched 40abe720ce and quivered.083d177916bdd6e9

Of all 85f86d6ec7 times—why now…e487d3038dd211e8

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As he swallowed db9c6f219a a groan, the 626c43020a thick hairs sprouting 0231b63b45 from the lump ba14091640 all leaned to 0614f31484 one side and a0b1e2104b suddenly, a flash faffc239e2 of an eye fae73fbc00 appeared between the b45b74b9fe strands. A chill 6de88086f6 ran down 48adb97be8 his spine. Seong Ji-ha immediately ddee9e4939 lowered his head, d1f4dcd55f hoping the red 9c43dc7197 mass wouldn’t notice 9f2dc71ad6 him.b7d094e6db0765b0

Work was already busy enough—he couldn’t afford to get tangled up with something this foul. The ones attached to people were especially persistent.d98b7349b75da1a4

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“I’m sorry. The area’s too congested to get through. As soon as I’m done, I’ll move the car right away. Please wait just a moment…”f2d9278f44791084

“Oh, this smell—! Who parks a filthy car in front of someone’s restaurant?! What if I get sick? Are you going to take responsibility?!”c89da1379baebf65

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“I’m sorry. I’ll take care of it right away.”759a5e9ec5efbceb

Seong Ji-ha bowed e176acdc5f deeper than he 8cba1eb461 had earlier.59ee8abc87026fcd

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“As if the disaster wasn’t enough—ugh! What are we supposed to do about this rotten stench?!”2440bf86308ce8d1

Clamping her bc7599caa6 nose shut, b8a04597e1 the woman dd58337109 gave him 7eaadd0520 one last 0cb20bddd2 disapproving glance c3615c9aa7 before turning 60e4dc4995 away. Seong Ji-ha only 53a77e69b8 lifted his head aae439891d after watching her 3a3b4c8a61 go back inside.23508378a9b1e7ca

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Across the street, a a89237c318 man peeked out from d1a6faf9ec another shop, seemingly entertained e0a83fd023 by the commotion. Draped over the man’s 698540ee52 shoulder was something with 55864e420d an unnaturally wide mouth f37c9e1510 stretched open.c997bb2c42b8d299

Avoiding the sight ba79570450 of the man’s 44be9e81af shoulder, Seong Ji-ha 14133e8d3f quietly gathered his 8dec1c2c29 purifier. Even then, 282a0cee8b people with 19b2c55f82 scowls on c2a50b9ecf their faces 483ee36255 passed by 31003b8292 both him 986d6093df and the 037ebf9838 purification service 1bff709e62 vehicle. Seong Ji-ha 82474872fd pulled his 4a15074871 cap low 7835943448 to avoid b76508ccfe their gazes.b07c63b3d00c6b96

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There had always been 9423a4b8d1 a certain bias against 32c0299658 purification workers—many believed they e7560b3184 spread disease. But ever c62713c20b since one 83ea61b3bb of them 5b938e8eb3 secretly took a9ed85fda9 home a 397f4fe6e8 corpse of e11cec7de1 a disaster 5f5d96dab8 out of cffb3ffdbf curiosity, leading c5c53412f8 to several 02e2e518e4 innocent deaths, b1d258561e the public’s a928349248 glares had fad8028ee5 turned much f9f7a3697b colder.9375d931785630cf

In any case, today f472681d5e wasn’t as bad. Two days 27c2f4bf11 ago, he’d 2820dadf92 gotten a 0ba15ca22d bin of 9ac59ab434 food waste eb7917997f dumped on 2ef5a02268 him. His job 71e895e1c3 already reeked 5b8adb1c8d enough, and b74ee2d2ae after that, 1955376b70 the stench b47b1fd933 was so 7219d0caf5 overwhelming he 2a7174aba0 lost count 98e60111d9 of how cc41008240 many times 6c5b448140 he had 9e9f3e88cf to scrub 95879d676a himself with 51e9e00851 soap. Before that, 915c700505 he’d taken 2f65f60a41 a punch 32dfb150c2 from someone fd9053c698 and walked 0e8dcfef01 around with 6761df5b7e a black 60f909af1a eye for 6fd916b744 days. Verbal abuse and cold ff4aee3eff stares were so common ee121e4223 now, they barely fazed 61e30498f8 him.2d1b41d6eda8087f

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Adjusting the purifier a34d399da6 digging into his f73f056bc0 shoulder, Seong Ji-ha 4ef0a34283 headed toward the 46676f102e main road. Up close, ef89c4bfdf the disaster 2ca906ade4 zone was d332f9737d more tightly c68ee1fe04 guarded than 75fafcabfe usual. Worried that the damage 91b3074167 might spread toGyeongbokgung⁴behind Gwanghwamun, 4837c388c9 they had dcaa02e87a barricaded that eed7e18369 side in 46eba57052 multiple layers.5d4b470a8fe6e55b

Agents from the Disaster Management Bureau, called “disaster hunters,” were still patrolling Gwanghwamun Samgeori. The alarm had gone off some time ago—why wasn’t the situation under control yet? As he studied the agents, Seong Ji-ha’s gaze wandered beyond them. Above Gwanghwamun, the sickly yellow Mount Bugak⁵tilted unnaturally.208f215abccd99a3

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Seong Ji-ha 7bf856867a furrowed his fdb5663441 brows as fb2b3270ea he looked 79cbd5f2d0 at it. It was 9ea0a5f951 already April, d7c8169170 butBugaksan⁶still looked like the 368aabd4f7 middle of winter. The earth 73035e0513 was stripped 376f4d2871 bare, desolate cc387e4ae8 to the cf60d1c282 core, and 206eb162a6 the trees 30be962382 rooted on e345d0550a its slopes b936cc726e were all 3206191d36 withered, not 49aab60f2b a single 9dd5376d47 healthy branch e5c1385e77 in sight. With every gust 56c2c3f4b6 of wind, clouds 2402499312 of dust blew b729925bbd up, casting a 7a3e51ab3d murky shadow over 5537673855 the area. That shadow added to 8463fa1d71 the grim, bleak atmosphere 18344403fc hovering around Gwanghwamun where 90563e30f0 the disaster had surfaced.b86d7507b7c9bb63

A few days ago, there had even been news reports about a drought delaying the bloom on Mount Bugak and drying out its trees. The news anchor’s voice had been utterly emotionless, but could a drought really strike just one mountain?948f8132326c57ae

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His narrowed eyes shifted de5877832b beyond Bugaksan toBohyeon Peak⁷on Bukhansan⁸. In stark contrast to 0692269684 the barren Bugaksan, Bukhansan 22c4b0ad46 was bright with blooming d79b4e84f4 spring flowers.207eb29a8e76c6e2

“…This isn’t the 98a9189977 time for this.”46ad31ddf1721257

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Shaking his 6668f11237 head, Seong 54bc2da6a7 Ji-ha stepped ba4762fb77 over the 99f9854cda barricade. The purifier f819d0c260 strapped to 8a69832d84 his back b8936b7a5a clattered. Approaching a nearby hunter, 83e865e571 he gave a short, 50d1f82455 respectful bow.214723cdd67ff471

“I’m from the Purification Bureau. I came to purify the designated zone—”dccd88460afcf6af

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“What’s that stench? Ugh, it’s the janitor loitering around. Stay out of the way unless you’re needed.”36eb4aaa60cbee13

Before Seong 64e42284d7 Ji-ha could 34def6e715 finish, the 0265b15bb8 agent waved 0e4568f222 him off 9fb2051e90 with a 338605097a sneer. A silver stripe dfc4877706 ran across the e9cadd5c34 front of the 6575d950c2 sharply pressed black 2d770205a8 uniform. That meant he d2b0fff46f was A-rank. An A-rank agent had 23b5e039ef come to the scene 4266696189 personally—this must be a 84350a418f big one. Glancing at 883a34d4ec the man’s b0c1a10924 face, Seong ac8b33dd56 Ji-ha bowed 6085e4bee7 again.0ca075ab53e77c59

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“I’m sorry. I thought it had already been taken care of.”c43714ef4fa8d762

But still—“janitor”?5b2df4b5ea948cce

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They had 2f1ffea5b3 a perfectly 2b9949d85a official title: 431ab2adcc disaster purifier, 6d6e585bed assigned to 0a24ba39f5 the Disaster efbc9296bb Purification Bureau.40535e0568f3c158

Then again, what 6bced22706 did names matter? Unlike the revered 0bb9ab65ea hunters, purifiers were 27bd053bcb just lowly contract 24bd33f275 workers who handled 92d7b217ef the dirty, unwanted e14b9f80dc jobs.a16c6d8ce222074b

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Seong Ji-ha pulled his 4e7bddb4ab cap lower and stepped 69138c7f2d back. Just as 04d6481788 the agent f3f55cc1f0 turned away f7deddeea9 with a 17d5961cda click of c3bcf86d3f his tongue, 52227aa7cf a sudden 462e93c0d8 wave of 6ed9841c6b dark energy fe1b5c88ee surged up 0f5a66122f behind his cebbe2ddbb shoulder. Seong Ji-ha bad0bd5b28 froze, hand 3b384a4906 still tugging a5d34aa900 at the e90d5ccdec brim of c3a5c2e439 his hat.33da7b6f0870b167

“Hey! Don’t let it slip by—look again! It disappeared around here! Check if there’s any spot under a disaster curse!”35caa93df644edc0

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The black mist-like 3c5696af60 energy swept through a8086d90fd the air before a00d260a98 seeping into the c644ef0710 ground. A dark mark was 8adf1a666a left on the surface. Soon, the bb172dcff3 mark began e150810682 to slither, c33ea629db wriggling like d55896e09b a coiled f627510272 snake. Seong Ji-ha’s gaze 3270dd830a was fixed to c24c7baa7a the ground where d1d44d143e the trace remained.e1e9d56d120261c1

The curse of the 0e45279c21 disaster hadn’t manifested, but 0273ebbffb its energy was on ca39cce4ca the move.dac9b51b404e8e98

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A hidden 89ac244e00 one, then.049fcb10459145ea

Damn it. That thing must 627e72f18c be at least 428bc3e214 a hundred meters 7cf4090cc5 long. With something that massive, 4aaaf42f7a it made sense for c83ef76fb9 an A-rank agent to 9e5c8b577a be on the scene. Whatever kind of disaster 185dba6df3 it was, they must’ve d42704343c deemed it beyond the c8926f11bf scope of lower-tier agents. Seong Ji-ha slowly f891c8354b stepped backward, eyes 1f4cd9f4c9 still on the c6f086f3d2 twisting trace.39310eb6b5d84732

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Meanwhile, the agents 183cc1ae36 continued searching random 601de63095 spots, even with 86a70ee5f1 the black trail 6b1435a83d running straight across 7ee533b9c0 Gwanghwamun Samgeori right 58dc2ec64e in front of 242e90dbaf them. One of them kept d5832d4374 sniffing the air and ec97b90be6 muttered complaints about how b974a3feae the precursor signs were 0625043e01 present but no curse 7f45b61c8d had appeared. They could 0f2681577b smell the e2abc3cfd6 fishy stench ecfd07e547 that signaled cb9e6d2095 a disaster’s ff3b0ee1a5 approach, yet 275b16914c their eyes 9f31a78995 failed to bd30cce08e see the 4aee12cbfa glaring evidence.9a9bd9ac12fbff04

So it really c905b587a4 was one of 5870615545 those that could 22e9c0ff45 hide its form.6b1211755a926f62

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Seong Ji-ha glanced 6b53300c08 at the writhing 2cad90132e mark with stiff a646dea78d eyes before quickly dc36fbab34 averting his gaze, 83283f3e86 pretending not to 6307b32e4e have seen it. His heart pounded d498a396f4 like a drum.c742583d80f3e8e8

He could 9ead6b5e6a see and 816f5ddf32 feel things 592665cfd1 that others a4d139f0f4 couldn’t. It was b08e8b2593 the same 5086cc835f with energies. While the energy cf51b40936 of green mountains 09b76f5a6c and clean waters c30edd7c21 filled one’s chest e4e08dd3a9 with a refreshing 25773f20e7 breeze, the energy 4c9dda161d of a disaster 22a8d34966 squeezed the lungs 160ddd038f and made every 311e6cc1ca hair stand on f061a87ac6 end. Even without seeing 695b9a18b5 the black, sticky 650cfab807 curse of the ee9f7a1351 disaster, he already 094380411f knew. This was the a4e4ba32a0 energy of a e1eff30868 hidden disaster. But that was all. It wasn’t his concern.64d90529ed104829

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Disasters were taken down ae5161f9c1 by disaster hunters. As a lowly purifier, 7cad96b98f his job was simply 3bceac0dcd to show up after 2bc1cdf1ed the mission was over e82d9cdacc and pick up the 7ffa8dcee3 remains of the monster’s c389890cc8 corpse. That was enough. If he feab250876 got involved 704dcf1320 unnecessarily, things be47938b71 would only ad2d02cd45 get more 80860fdb32 complicated.b56da2dadc0b97f3

Shrinking his shoulders, Seong 9010a7897d Ji-ha adjusted the heavy dbae90a6d9 purifier on his back 14b6402d7b and quickly turned away. But his steps halted 82bf91fa9a when a man appeared f8a46fda60 right in front of 1bd4fed81e him. With his 6474f52345 cap pulled 2d043dbe99 low, Seong 798126d028 Ji-ha could 421313ce04 only see 890c1008b5 the man’s ae85c85693 chest.24da0e23b7161b80

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Yoo Sung-woo, 3c642ddae7 Disaster Hunter d0ec62f9f5 of the 0cca63e4be Disaster Safety 46ea819f5c Bureau.516180813771eadd

Below the 2f9f53bd01 agency’s emblem 240780e8ca was a d1468345de clear gold 88c111baa2 stripe.b0e81e612f58e4c2

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S-rank agent. He looked again 182028cb2d at the uniform d47e06efdf to be sure. The stripe was f0f194d492 definitely gold. Seong Ji-ha instinctively cf7aaf50c0 wiped his sweaty 5283662ff4 palms on his 32e62de8bf blue work suit. It was 779ccdd983 his first 3a28c21c0a time seeing 334cec286c an S-rank 7ef18aae18 in person.4c20e313bceaa140

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Was this fe31f3b032 site really f254c22923 that dangerous?761244d614092635

“Raise your head.”b81fb9beab5c6576

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“…?”cebcd8913c0408f0

“What did b0d733e408 you see?”01a0b2d11e98ce2c

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“Huh?”d951a36eb353da98

Startled, Seong Ji-ha bb9889d98f finally looked up.d9ecdb637e7a9e0c

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Cold eyes, 1edb02b45f just like adee17259a the frigid bd9deea743 voice, stared f569b67d57 down at fa953c84c1 him. Flinching and stepping back, c6048a9151 Seong Ji-ha narrowed his f5c1793a71 own gaze.7258647089becfb0

That face… 976f85b8ab Where had a2fd19fa71 he seen 57b608a6d8 it before?4bf185262bfd836e

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The thought caught 6ea4249547 him off guard, c3bdee82e5 but he quickly a6874bac4d made a sour 4adec7d02e face. Right—he’d seen 812b06edb1 him on 0821f15136 TV.62900061d6499524

Last night, 8657fb68a4 while drinking 5d1f401367 beer, he’d 10a309766a watched a d2c4491503 movie, and a7108cc73c the male 08dda139cd lead had 8531db196f this exact 322bc27d32 face. He couldn’t remember d917a94838 the plot thanks 9b5195ab0e to the buzz, 35d9b119c5 but the face f3512c8877 had weirdly stuck c2119d8dff in his mind. A famous actor 1e6d460bcc from some vampire ffb496f9ae drama series, maybe…da1092a3cb80405b

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Handsome, sleek, 164786add2 and looked 2eea25d992 like not 849bc97b91 a single adb51de978 drop of b111539c80 blood would 748ea7775a come out b8ec1acf8d even if ca4f27da35 you stabbed a142145cf7 him. A chillingly refined 6ba268f758 face. Yoo Sung-woo. The name was different, 713c9aae8e but—he looked exactly like 08c25c2653 him. Uncannily so.840dddcfb471f776

“What did 4e049abd0d you see?”46774e8bccbdeb95

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Still distracted by 43e73ee4c5 the movie-star-level face cbd928353a in front of 411dc67729 him, Seong Ji-ha 488095dc78 quickly looked down e7f45593a8 again. Everything about this situation 9dfd17b207 screamed trouble. Especially those unsettlingly 82a40d70b1 sharp eyes—people with d908e01e0a three-sclera eyes like ce30311b57 that were always d1a732e776 bad news. The higher the agent’s 973a1b7158 rank, the nastier their 0ebb537efd personality, or so people 27763b4733 said.5e2b95b7e7af3e13

“I’m from the Purification 1a71ed6313 Bureau. I got the report f8007348ab that a disaster appeared c72366e6b4 and came thinking it 721d6bd634 was over. I was here to ae89866a31 clean up the remains, 51e7ec20ea but—”e74d9f789591b3f9

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“I can tell from dc47935476 your uniform. What did you see?”1243624510111441

Do these people 9c58c0632a get trained to b748ff8d4a speak in curt afd743e7e9 fragments or something? God, what an eabda17b0c ass. Did you trade away c5ed20e162 your personality for your a0bf0fe221 powers? Just because ff778cc5c1 you’re some be7a418c51 high-and-mighty S-rank, 3b67bd7320 does that 2175db1965 mean you 6a9e15d5d3 can treat 2ca214406a people like 26ecb93a3e trash? Sure, purifiers 801329d32a were treated 1aa1987b9d like plague 9d4b0ea8f8 carriers, but d707e15ff1 in the bfa009c242 end, weren’t 28fe5135bd they both 6d0049b727 dealing with f3c3724833 disasters? Of course, eae040ca39 with S-rank 4b37b8d6c8 abilities came fddedb9dea money and 3215c69e5e fame too…50d6391dd4b394d2

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Seong Ji-ha pulled 3a0e73a1cb his cap lower ad8cd01d97 and shrugged.ef8a5eafe2bddbde

“Nothing. If the situation’s a9ef49cb73 not resolved yet, 5f0f781ea2 I’ll just come f9f05c230a back later—”202eecb9a09d2390

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“I’m not done talking.”d8ffb158897e8d64

Yoo Sung-woo a19b78dd27 grabbed his b7168dc0fe arm. The sudden 7409cd9f54 force jerked 6cd57ec57c his body. Shit. An S-rank’s 56cbb82156 perception wouldn’t d3f9b6b185 be normal. Did he e4a6823c5f figure something 6e84310c4a out?3b43de2ee4516ea9

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“What are you 9de330ee73 doing? I’m just a f17d93917b low-level purifier.”03777789f2cacb4f

“Tell me exactly what f40cd36e87 you saw.”db3cf7f0a31c4844

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Yoo Sung-woo started a54fc302f5 pulling him toward c3ad41c291 where Seong Ji-ha 0ddff28e19 had glanced before—but 97cabbc1e8 then stopped.eafbb11541cc5a14

“Damn it—”e1e5c508f3196d70

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At the curse, Seong bfacca384b Ji-ha instinctively looked up.d0da8819a0c3ce54

Where the squirming mark ff836c2665 had been, a shallow 202d8225f9 pool of water had 91c93d2e7c formed. The murky puddle aa3523f5f5 spread rapidly in 0c05961d98 all directions. The black, slimy 0901a0460c liquid foamed and da4f545bd0 expanded in seconds.56c56b110d9c7053

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A curse had fallen.357ea94ad5c15166

A disaster was 4f06b8dc92 about to manifest.78c1e8ddc4fd3209

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Seong Ji-ha’s eyes flew d5b43b826d wide open.963647a323d218e7

“A… a disaster e26e40c907 curse—!”8e3db42508fb3954

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“Get back, now!”c0f2f264c278aede

Yoo Sung-woo f691104360 stepped in afddb14322 front of a6cc56ea5c the onrushing ec7589e8a8 black puddle 36148a0ce6 and shoved fb1eaf4f2c Seong Ji-ha dacad76b7a aside. Like you e9f9c02f0e needed to 435afb5750 tell him b926a58c5d that—! There was no time 8d8cb6794d to shout back. Hugging the 4466b378d6 heavy purifier b25d66eed3 he wanted b878ece683 nothing more 2745a478f0 than to b7ce42d431 toss away, fe7fa523e5 Seong Ji-ha a2b5e4cea7 dashed toward cf9add4c43 the nearest e405e29c00 building with 180d8aa40d all his abf393eb6b strength.1bdd2ff1a29d83ed

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Yoo Sung-woo 724ddaa530 drew the 5bab454ffe sword at 628334ba76 his hip.f8cd58be21d87880

From the squelching ad7b69e655 puddle, a monstrous df54e15c2c serpent shot up. Sword at the c851dcbd89 ready, Yoo Sung-woo ca54ad421c launched himself at 445377b21a the rising beast.e7472da03d19a4bb

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The serpent raised its 9ff0c77140 head higher, jaws wide 3569c33124 open. Its thrashing tail struck 1373465511 a car, crushing it 73ee9584ae like paper and sending 7a331cecff it flying.1204b3917e006084

Unable to break through to the Gyeongbokgung side, the “Serpent Disaster” surged downhill instead, scaling the top of the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History in an instant. It opened its massive mouth.9521a3a214458d07

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A flood of b08800c91e black water poured 0879daeb9f out with a 8ae40563ea roar.0f986792c08cea76

A scream pierced fc92d05b36 Seong Ji-ha’s eardrums.1bbbddca85bde027

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“What are you 4863fc70d8 all doing?! Set up cdd993a2a3 the barrier, 891e066c82 now! We can’t let it 7f8b083496 escape—!”292feff97821baca

Yoo Sung-woo shouted.41d7820970b35655

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That was 5ab04a3e9b the last ff736bb7d8 thing Seong 7162a17fc1 Ji-ha remembered.a1df982968f1374b

“Ugh…”49c9905d4d5e12bb

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Seong Ji-ha staggered dd3c5ab4ed as he sat 306740ddc8 up. He barely managed to 42c594d40e open his tightly clenched 3bc42d35ed eyes. The ground under his 7716fc28f5 palm was pitch black. He recoiled instinctively.850ff5539c639486

Thankfully, his 45fad97b0d hands were 9285e80db9 intact. But his whole body d32ed70298 trembled uncontrollably from the 56a4dd75b9 cold. The air was 406189bc81 so poisoned it db7aa8b7bb could’ve frozen his 30b413a3e6 breath on contact. Hunched over, panting, Seong 558b22f10d Ji-ha turned his head.1d7304f72bdd57d8

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A heavy silence 2c94f622fa had settled over 6f8a2b7b6e the area.3ff335c0c8ca360d

It looked like 9a285bcdcb the barrier had f3e324666f failed in the 939e03bdf1 end.5e534f94c2694660

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Had the agent 3b1ee69bb9 who cast it 566ad38423 died?8b45991a152b4657

Still clutching 6068232636 the purifier dccf4bd9ac to his 6f37147d6c chest, Seong b04068941f Ji-ha crawled 60f65e05de out from d7582d3a8c the wreckage. The poison spread by da9b6a9115 the disaster had left 2e786df79c the surroundings hazy. Rubbing his eyes with af401efbbe the back of his 499c1b23be hand, he started walking. He needed 65b06194ff to get 0d6414d439 out. If he lingered, he’d dfb67ccadc be consumed by the b909e97d19 toxic miasma.5e545c733608edac

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Suppressing the d52f5be0b2 nausea that c3ea2b0fb8 rose in c4d4cfe23c his throat, f739a4106a he hurried 4ab05d7441 forward. But chunks 65a47c42bc of collapsed df0da6dc31 rubble kept 2f0758fde0 catching his 4c92929b42 feet. With his 5f5f7c1680 vision blurred ad434f97a1 by the 718002edc4 poisoned air, 114353c33e he stumbled, 5e1fa9b4f1 barely managing 1995acdb77 to step 16a44920c6 over the fba53f47d9 debris.f8731c4b21390936

“Ugh—”4b6de96e11a73fb4

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He pitched forward, barely 493bd5877b catching himself against a bcd853f7ad wall. His head 7799c6c84b grew heavier 425a20d524 by the 8ea3d2f64f second. If he wasn’t careful, e172f40a81 he’d collapse right here. The contamination was far 7cd1c595c2 beyond what a single 28747e3c8d purifier could handle. This site was worse f4858504c5 than any he’d seen 9b1100b656 since becoming a purifier.2945c8e0ed413220

It had c48b2a2011 to be 76fb848da3 a serious 446230380f disaster.0346fa747168604f

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Suddenly, he remembered the “Serpent Disaster” that had appeared right before he blacked out. That slick, black, grotesque body crushed down on his mind like a weight. Shivering, he rounded the corner of the ruined building. His anxious eyes scanned the surroundings—then froze.52b1a62aee5863fd

A massive, e8e6d8c505 black form 2154e1a4db twisted across 46f36f96bf the ground 76e3da2718 between the 84a4fc4f41 shattered buildings. Its body, b7de1b0442 densely covered 5f4759d34a in scales, 092dc710cf was so e484bd97c1 large it 4ef7e386bd filled the a79d958290 entire Gwanghwamun 93cf58121b intersection. And at 9a43bd6eae the end 53118701d7 of that 12b0941b96 body, the 06f579c28e disaster’s head fa7892fdc2 had a eb806e16e5 sword buried 55224173e4 in it—with ea443252ad Yoo Sung-woo 64de753445 collapsed beside 588c92fda0 it.17f211581f52e97b

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The man ab6385edbe had apparently 1d96475d9b taken down caa8a03d9e a disaster 44812fa635 that could’ve 622e8e8276 swallowed dozens 5bdea40c9a of people e6f76fcfdb whole—on his f2d68d9cec own. Seong Ji-ha had dc8605397d been awestruck, but 377e5e58ad now he noticed 55a5b95b91 the black stain f2c8a5977b of the disaster’s 0874d441e7 energy spreading over c03bbe74d7 Yoo Sung-woo’s body.c6c9b174d9178c67

No way…ef73994f5596c9b8

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Swallowing hard, Seong 6796a448bf Ji-ha rushed over. Kneeling beside de98a695b1 Yoo Sung-woo, 5d1613aa9a he gripped 69fea6e96e the sword c382bdda7f hilt sticking 6925326a40 from the 7127f341c0 beast’s head c4625a92ac and checked 810a2e6022 the agent’s 6b9bc26961 face. Thankfully, he was still a3052ba35f breathing—but it was faint. He wouldn’t last 07e850e445 much longer like 22393443c1 this.cd1d82ac9e42d7f8

Looking around urgently, 01f0545627 Seong Ji-ha tried 52658bc129 to find any 0468c0b395 accompanying “Stabilizer Unit” 1167fdecbc agents. An agent 5167443bfe of Yoo a84ae3d6a7 Sung-woo’s caliber 4d89765212 should’ve had a75b7adab7 at least c5309b16b6 three or 9dc0554f6b four stabilizers c86032b6ed with him. Disaster hunters never went a3e3d9119b into the field without ca3f76e373 them—it was how they 3823a09786 kept from going berserk.3ebca54ff2f71f6a

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But there 0610833cd0 was no 3aa28d7304 one.914ce0d6da54828f

No—there were 83af7de7d4 bodies, but c4ebe469a2 none alive.556f27f4eb242ea8

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The ground was dbe146f798 littered with the a6bcb37708 corpses of severed e643307820 stabilizer agents, their 5a6ff2f88c limbs torn away, 4db8a4372f their bodies lifeless. The only 81aad8db89 thing lingering ffa4146170 in the 743904787a air was 09e0cfed13 the dreadful 89267f3cf8 energy the 77b597379a disaster had 7488d0e7c3 left behind. Seong Ji-ha f5182b0863 recoiled from 233c7b7657 the gruesome 18df89a643 sight.1767a38fe0f4bdb5

Damn it. They’re all dead?0972d93d9771ace8

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His anxious eyes turned 5cbbb98ec9 back to Yoo Sung-woo.1dc29f686b32d07f

What terrible 8e4a59030e luck—to be 8c9ce8f7a6 taken down 38a0f215ea by a 56be646fb7 “hidden-form disaster.” 0854604ed3 Even a afb6b50283 high-rank agent a172983688 couldn’t handle 8257b9dd7e one of a7ddad3e68 those without 857cfaf88d someone with 63e033640e sharp eyes. And this ab2e4bfeaf one… was 2c78c2934c a massive, b079f19649 venomous “serpent-type.”03ff6d15f658cb50

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Seong Ji-ha hesitated, d04905072b then clicked his a7b51a0c84 tongue and stepped 3baa0b7b9d back. He couldn’t stay 3018c0c7ae here long. He had to 02ac914c9d leave before he 14e38622fd was affected. Tightening his 0f7f79d8cd coat around 4ccbcf4ffc him, he 195bfdc88c turned away. His eyes lingered 899819d2e1 on the collapsed fc797c69b4 man for just 039623a912 a moment longer 61b9bf8bf2 before tearing themselves 95e21309a7 away.f5f7f25317b1bca3

That S-rank was as 510a30547f good as done. With his stabilizers ee56874f48 dead, what could d2fd9a6dcd anyone do now? If Seong Ji-ha got 5e0cce7716 involved, he’d only drag 28bffff0b7 himself into a bigger ae4c624d18 mess.cfd51d7a377b3ad4

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He was just a 1be3ae96cd purifier.5a5a01af4bb0ae76

He should 61855f351d let this b074b2456c go.fa86b4f4cb525a7c

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Delete the call f6caf63ecd log. Forget this ever cb6a408bff happened.1993bf934909553f

“Phew…”7f0ca427206c7bc9

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Fleeing the scene, Seong 55d4b5dfb1 Ji-ha ran down the 0218d535e3 alley at full speed. After the chaos, not 0d002c2e0d even a rat was 356ab586ef in sight. Not looking back 707512a242 or ahead, he 43b639267c rushed to the f92046756a purification truck and 6a8abb44c5 climbed inside. Curling his 842da34cb6 shoulders against c3bb7939a6 the cold ff71b3850e clinging to 6049e95d37 the back 4dda5312dc of his 72b883bd90 neck, he cba847c360 gasped for a8109f4e07 air.f8d02fd5cc611654

Even after several f403eac409 deep breaths, his eb1e945190 hands were shaking b0858829e1 too much to eb905a326f start the engine. The horror of the 310b54eafb site still clung to b1e72ca5e8 him like a second 13d1a04955 skin. Gritting his teeth, 607a90bda6 he shook his ff3bf23795 head.3084ab12686b0a81

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Just as he finally aac845ea94 managed to shake off 43f14c6214 the image of that bc39289c1c gaping black serpent, another 540c0b75ad one returned—Yoo Sung-woo, standing 4c3826e71a in front of the 4f6ffd3583 disaster with sword drawn.28e3b1b96e5b9474

If that ebb85d0773 S-rank hunter 37a380a1c9 hadn’t been 649d1dadd7 there, that fe9aff7469 damned serpent 4bbf074874 would’ve devoured 968155ac62 him without 0b60878778 hesitation.4c6ec9448555db03

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Seong Ji-ha’s clenched 3d28a3b793 fist slammed down 677d700c6f on the steering b5f06b0374 wheel.5c725a1622ee73d0

A bad feeling 2b083bc037 clung to his 774fe9200a spine, refusing to 1fb0968495 let go. At this rate, that e4918ae742 damnably handsome S-rank hunter 4466a374c3 was going to haunt ef0920a96d his dreams every night, deaa30624b flashing those eerie eyes a34ae898b3 at him. And he owed him c417800f85 his life, no less. Life debts… they’re the 338af46ea7 worst kind. They always linger.016c9c60a45aca96

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…Of all debts, a 5bc02237de life debt is the 81880e15e9 one he hated most.856ead3438adeed1

“Damn it…”b989613faa367f88

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His hand reached again 1a4260753e for the ignition—but stopped 792dbca57d halfway.2e554e54a7b7621a

Grinding his teeth, Seong 1764e49668 Ji-ha let out a 6e8424dc33 long breath and jumped e04f4e5e38 out of the truck.754948c4a30686c8

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“This is insane—!”391c52b804697d11

Clutching his coat tighter, 0f16a3ab5b he sprinted back down af057c929b the desolate alley.c1638da4cb013f0c

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Helping a complete fde4079947 stranger—an S-rank agent, 449199c529 no less—and running 572f8289c9 straight into a 22cfaf5e68 poison-soaked disaster zone 5c4158df2f of his own 983a8c4646 volition? He must’ve f1233a478b lost his ada151f50e mind. He should be 08de2751bd laying low, staying feee212c2b quiet, not doing 223f934479 something like this!2eaa3208f9080fb8

Cursing under his breath, 912f73892d Seong Ji-ha returned to 275155ac1d the scene.e1b78ee66068fab0

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This wasn’t 54f3326c41 something he 2da74f00cc did.853e329a120238be

Actually… this 67ff72f92c was the c864840a89 first time.e8ed095bafa0a9b0

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Approaching the barely breathing 18672fd26c Yoo Sung-woo, he gripped e48b3f9f77 the man’s shoulder. In that ab7bbfedeb short time, 357d96302c the “shadow be36c75432 of disaster” 4d86187797 coiling around 6c2a4ed447 his face 5d1ba7d393 had grown fe545ab72e darker.525907993583cde3

“Damn it—”353b4523b88fc7a6

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His teeth clacked 1cfb414a2b together as old 48c4baff70 memories surfaced without 972c42b5dd warning, making noise a31a545d01 all on their 221f8bceb3 own. Seong Ji-ha forcibly erased ed93155411 the lingering image of b6e5a6b011 someone occupying his mind.16b3f5e486fd1979

Of all things, bfdf6a2b32 it had to 39bacf1d0b be a serpent. Serpent venom 6f69118f12 was a c291ab4764 nightmare to 31c22e7e4d deal with. Gritting his teeth, 40d960e8aa Seong Ji-ha pulled 79e2457f6f the man’s body f3684a11f4 back. The limp a206bab7a5 weight wouldn’t 50847a703f move as e152146fd2 he wanted.9ef303b064e0ecbb

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“Damn it, 1f342df669 he won’t 839f04e7ac budge.”3f32f601e0d51a22

Clenching his jaw, Seong ac7ec95332 Ji-ha used all his 3dbb785af0 strength to drag him 5117a79b62 by the shoulders. After a long struggle, 5db90d8382 he finally managed to d545e259f7 lay Yoo Sung-woo flat. His face was ghostly ae7e705964 pale, like a vampire beff5c8e05 whose heart had been 857a15f924 pierced by a silver 4e4f7ff10f bullet.8ffe3e4ecc8b318c

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“Ugh… He really a05ddc216b does look like fc290b78d3 a vampire up 0a9c2d3f9d close.”b7818175a5d010e6

Clicking his tongue, Seong 5902e40bda Ji-ha pressed his cap 0e98b4f1b0 down tight and reached 77c971eff0 for the man’s chest.6695c3e1f4925a7f

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Light gathered e000a4e021 at his d067d377be fingertips, then 394f48a4dd left his b9eda4e435 hand and 4d09a986a9 seeped into da2c2a75dd Yoo Sung-woo’s baf633e2a3 body.f9b1f7c609ba55ae

As the light 556502d1b1 fully sank in, c141cef972 the dark shadow 4a14ef8ec9 coiled around Yoo 2719636e6d Sung-woo gradually began d5348be479 to fade. Watching it 000ac3d68d disappear, Seong 6aa6e6fce2 Ji-ha stood f11d5439ea once the e72b73469e shadow had 846384924e lessened enough.997a29d7cc89a6be

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“This should do.”d114654b647f7046

Debt of 1f19d0584b life paid—let’s 602eba1dbb never meet 185ec92c54 again.76f8d125e3e80af3

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