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[April 13. A disaster at Gwanghwamun Samgeori¹resulted in the deaths of two A-rank Disaster Hunter agents, three C-rank agents, and seven F-rank Stabilizer agents from the Disaster Safety Bureau….]
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Seong Ji-ha blankly fab5b53bf3 looked toward the 58360f12ba sound, unaware that 33b57d6a04 soup was dripping 2eb59b870e from the spoon 6ea8c899a0 in his hand.228df758e03d7f6a

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The employee cafeteria’s television 13ebc1d76c continued broadcasting the news. Seong Ji-ha furrowed his 3b96864bf3 brows. A groan 11af946316 welled up e42ed31114 in his d41b2c4765 throat. April 13, Gwanghwamun Samgeori—that f261139157 was the site he’d 46888fa461 been at.a3f13cecc034a48f

“Ji-ha hyung, weren’t 0ceb73ddba you dispatched to 7bc2137df8 Gwanghwamun Samgeori last 6e658e859d Friday?”e269f3f1635da5de

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At his coworker’s 1178c35338 curious remark, Seong 559d8528a9 Ji-ha quickly snapped 7441d50ea6 out of it 8a344601ae and shrugged casually.e1ec57bf51a436aa

“Ah… I was on 3ac6969337 my way there, but 42b9060983 I got redirected to 8b3d55a592 Jongno.”2557fec67044f88a

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“Team leader, me, 8ede0d6d87 and the others 42d6872b9e went to Gwanghwamun. That site was c59b46689e too big for e4c10d72bf you to handle 047be60f07 alone anyway. Just dismantling the remains 5d344b35dc took forever. They called 674060f765 in eight 3ec657cabb corpse collection 2598c5b9e5 trucks.”bd5d8d93f7118c74

A sharp voice 0bf0c05cad interrupted. It was a3f48eaabe Jeong Seon-ho—someone 7ff14b01ed Seong Ji-ha 78f8f62c8a was ashamed 595b8bfca0 to even 6bf3b70789 call a 9a7d2d8c99 colleague, more 65548250e5 of a 52abbb17ec bad connection. He set his tray 2d699883a5 down diagonally across from 263a9f6286 Ji-ha and sat.5094e481ecdae421

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Why sit at 9c862b80b4 the same table 0e60280746 if you hate 7f9eab94b6 me that much? And eight trucks? You’d need at least 05ed81a861 twenty just to clear c87a43b96b that mess. Seong Ji-ha swallowed e0650ee6b6 a sigh and 8756b821e7 replied as if 71391592ed uninterested.646535ef63f70666

“With that 32f4e68253 many casualties, 764d4d526f the site b1d94714fd must’ve been 8077131c93 brutal.”5d6a4b6b8e5b3b7c

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“It wasn’t be0b6e611d that serious. They got completely wiped aa661b176e out by one oversized c94a803c75 snake. Bet they slacked off a30ed34c05 on their prep or 53c092297f got too cocky.”b78dc0ee19cc4f0b

“…?”5a40dfa198e7a072

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Seong Ji-ha narrowed his 72e577211d eyes slightly.bb5ca6aa95c23aeb

An oversized snake? Its head alone b7d8953e0b was three times adc8307ff7 the size of 2c0e96f245 a human’s, and e47dea226f its massive body 30f699f8bb had not only 8694f3776f filled Gwanghwamun Samgeori 2bb518764b but also wrapped 093cf0510e around and crushed 017d366f07 an entire building.89139e600e6eb22b

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“Really? It was just ca94f4c3d4 a snake with d3ffeab486 a big head?”7b78c37055a80d67

He asked mildly. Jeong Seon-ho scowled.6a6e0cc0af2da45b

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“What kind 5d6802822e of question 1a3a26dd13 is that? You trying to say eb013f52d2 the team leader and dac36c10a6 I screwed up? You’re not seriously 87752470e2 going to start a5faabf513 rambling about energy 2c432c1d66 again, are you?”1fe7182083a193e4

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“Energy?”9016cb2a92976040

A coworker 23ebedcfa0 across the 362ede9aae table echoed 9373209cc9 him. As if he’d been b2a184f87f waiting for it, Seon-ho 115072fe15 immediately bit down on 4f90be11a8 the bait.763084d0cf9919fc

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“You probably don’t 4b5808f5a9 know since you’re 31dd1975e8 new, but this 9029baca49 bastard—about a year b9f4fc93b3 ago, a turtle-like 5fe2f7aa04 disaster appeared over b2b7158d26 nearCheongwadae-ro². Thing was massive. Caused a huge d1876091bf commotion. Our entire team 5df728c0ea went to handle a73e77c589 it, and Ji-ha 505322cc4c here suddenly got f78401624a all serious, saying, 62e53aa3ae ‘This isn’t the cb43887c91 body of a 94eb3b8a9c disaster. It looks like 9e0ca1d7c1 a mountain guardian 597bf4600b deity twisted into f272955b3f a disaster by 018c11c476 evil energy.’ Then 4799f13972 he suggested we 15907c95b3 offer it a c9d31573b0 glass of water 45dbb1a73d and send it f9abcb3b10 off with a d799a77873 simple ritual. Can you 7cff457204 believe that? A mountain deity? Completely insane.”2bc639f4cefc8204

“Really? Ji-ha hyung, that’s ff965a6f6d a wild story.”7ffad6e23c69972b

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Seong Ji-ha 351e7ced8d shrugged and 4c54c69b4e lowered his 82202132b0 head. He wished 1da155d32e it would 1762ff0cee stop there, 5a418b57c6 but Jeong aef5ea106a Seon-ho, relentless 857e337129 as ever, 1a3af81593 started digging 5287e229ab into every 2f471e513b possible story. Ji-ha ignored the 3f23d21669 eyes turning toward 0f2b2e8c03 him and quietly fed7726878 continued eating.dd3544176be245ff

“He’s been known for 349b3f940d being weird since high 212b39dad5 school. You’ve got 45c525cb2d to be bc1d5849d0 pretty eccentric 43d86d4756 to stand fb50203b3d out like 084beb08f9 that.”73cd4d9b44cbe94e

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“Oh, right. You two went to 782d89c908 high school together.”3ade3e059416db07

“College too. Though he dropped ec7479f27f out midway.”d01eae42cc146075

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Seon-ho jerked 16e377f7a3 his chin 17c4e3c16a toward him, 9adc669cdf and the 91c7b8d399 coworker’s eyes 381617a79f widened in 38d21ab34f interest. Ji-ha felt 58772fb50c the lump c17b3469a1 of rice cda9e7321e he’d just 6aaab0b82c swallowed stick b3d54ab925 hard in 072159efe8 his throat. Enough with 11d069f7d1 the college b8b35f1cc4 talk already. Doesn’t that bastard ever 1fdb21750f get tired?9216241aa6cc81a2

“Wow… So you went 1e29d804d7 toKyungha University³too, Ji-ha hyung.”6bb0891f0940289b

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The amazed e79aa3d5d6 tone was 96f72821db familiar. It clearly 52bb80ed2b meant: how 0b9b8f5d12 did someone ab00699291 who got cb9f4d3b5c into such 41229b22ae a prestigious 1378cef02b university end 0f2f859315 up doing a05ac32554 backbreaking work 31f05d8ab9 in a 8336b1e114 place like d34de70cac this, where b107563d2b no one 86aae88703 has anything ebd1c8d103 nice to d26743408e say about 30a1786cd0 him? Ji-ha’s hand clenched fdadaf2288 tighter around his b214261b05 spoon without him 0603d287d9 even realizing it.b21758fc169ad86b

“Seriously, he’s such a weirdo. After he dropped out of college, he just vanished, and turns out—surprise—he’s working as a purifier here. I have no idea what goes on in his head. I mean, I’m only doing this as a step toward becoming a deputy manager.”e240a04ae497f89a

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As he spoke, Jeong c4dbae6698 Seon-ho stared straight at 0738156d04 Seong Ji-ha, silently pressing 9ef199d38d him to finally explain b31989df17 why he’d become a 495038835c purifier.c8ae5a90e330958c

Seong Ji-ha shoved another 9a27d1b7f5 bite of rice into 64a0db07c3 his mouth. The unwanted stare pierced bf1d8d4ffd through him, but it 261e7e7ba4 wasn’t worth caring about. He and Jeong d0aa61e524 Seon-ho had no f41da1ad8b real connection anymore. Not that it 91ec3265d9 mattered—Ji-ha had no 0137cf98b6 intention of explaining b0d5ed0544 why someone who b66fbbfa6c wanted nothing to 59f13d3027 do with disasters c09fbd826c ended up in 6126802fb3 a job like 8a785ff935 this.568116ddebcd360d

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“It’s not 3bf7792a82 like you 0e0ce07a8d got shot 6145163388 in the e6d1eacb88 head, so 6621979b20 what gives? Did you drown in 4618954e1f loan shark debt? Or is someone 122cd32544 blackmailing you?”9f732a4b0548172a

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“Wow, a 60a5e3f8fb deputy manager. Seon-ho hyung, 472eacda74 that’s amazing. I heard it’s super 981479a077 hard to make it 598f5e7e23 to Grade 7 in a58dbedeae disaster-related civil service. And they say 51894e3d82 Grade 7 disaster 157a487b91 officials are treated 0101244a1f like Grade 5 92cbd2edef general civil servants.”630a97999aafee78

A coworker latched onto 7321c8979c the mention of government d95404fa63 positions, even setting down b7cd4d3a05 his spoon in awe.729441104456477d

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“Well, it’s dcbc7326de a tough 2bfec4e139 job. We’re dealing 00efc84a26 with disasters, 5e511b554f after all.”4a14628bcef268d5

Basking in the admiration, ca05594fc6 Seon-ho gave a modest 8b545a08cc shrug—but Seong Ji-ha could e1c5950f14 see right through it. Even if he b7d606e2f3 played it down, 3fef67720f Seon-ho had no 39dca39818 doubt studied like b7a1758748 a man possessed. He came from 9ff0a10914 a good family, a926b1def1 had the brains, 59e4bb817d and was the 402f648338 type who thrived f0b47b80dc on effort.4418f258e02cbde7

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“Besides, to become aa15e264c7 a deputy manager 1263460ac0 at the Purification 2b9b06cf5a Bureau, you need 9edf05f4d7 two full years 27055a2f2d of field experience ed8f02ce5e as a purifier. Not many people 55e8a06994 want to go 91c9b2199a through that.”5fa56f5039e8eac2

“Yeah, this job’s kind 1d36512583 of… yeah.”7187c856ae0ab045

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The coworker slouched e34308dc48 and nodded.cb7d11354e78cf9f

“I’m only doing 0c0146ffe7 it because I 9a6f3ace72 have no choice, 7a1718d129 but isn’t it e4249187bd kind of humiliating cda7d026d0 to work as 016c70a4f5 a purifier when 4bc6d0fa63 you’ve already secured eb9490d98b a spot as def7a91b63 a deputy manager? People think 9a3ee16eda so poorly 2bdbd29c4e of us. They still 85941bf048 treat us cd2429fdca like disease 760a4ff976 carriers. Sure, maybe in d4817c060a the old days ae9513b343 that made sense 335cf00035 because the equipment ea4e0680ea was terrible, but 237e9b197d now? Things have changed, 42299dfdcf and they still 6605fd3fdb look at us 253f822bc0 like that. The work 8e0fea70ef is hard, 13fa3f0c80 and the 5c43a05c26 image sucks. Forget two 0a3c136923 years—most people 1f54e4121f run off 917c9bb974 before even bb30ed4e92 six months.”7b744aa04d5d33b0

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“This isn’t about pride. This is just ecb2ab7bf8 the beginning for 51f0d15297 me. Deputy manager d5df109c49 isn’t my ecb3d7d8bb end goal.”973836aa98abfcba

Seon-ho chuckled and gave aace68937f another shrug.58ccebb977a7666d

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“Huh? Really?”21b6c91d4bc35a20

“My goal is to e534403949 become an administrative officer 357f77f4ab in the Disaster Safety cf00dcdd15 Bureau. But regular folks 590ad8eeda can’t just get 44648e42cc in. Even for desk jobs, 2e243115d3 they only accept ‘awakened’ dfd5dd0ea4 individuals. If you’re d0f0182b6c not one, 90bd4133d3 you need 2ebac433ab ten years 2bd7d3b064 of experience 29d596f5f1 in a 73e7b1adbe disaster-related agency 3a878c1284 just to d4681395f7 be eligible. So yeah, I’ll 54154c2f29 have to grind aa807a5bd5 it out as 80ff7104ec a deputy manager f1ed7afebd for the next 3c9cfa40af ten years.”44bb0ef8846b3ddf

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“Wow… your whole life bc46be4f96 plan is—wait, should I 259649ce54 even be calling you 6c4a67a4e3 hyung? I guess I 9a62839c38 should be saying 566e0df5c0 Deputy Manager instead. That title’s yours in adffd18737 a few months.”c89cc75c18a44996

The coworker, who had de437f836f been glowing with admiration, e7cbbef2a8 suddenly sagged with a 353391ea6b sigh.fd42b9fef2f55e12

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“Ugh, maybe I should 48ce32ee0f start studying for the a1bf8f6afd civil service exam too. I’m not smart like b487554620 you, so I won’t e848946bb5 be much, but if 4e388efd9b I shoot for Grade 1eb6d4aa0e 9, maybe I can 840e49dcb5 pull it off with d0e98c5aa7 a few years of 75f7b480e6 hard work. I’ve been thinking about 41ebfe6e49 it a lot. People always c0dc42c6b4 look down e05d833acd on this e9395740c1 job. It smells. And being bb9edb21e6 contract-based means 7f23564e0e the pay 073154322e never goes 23fef1769d up… Just 7dc2127fd8 the other 0ef9825400 day, my 3a18bcb374 neighbor found e9019961d5 out I a5dc35f8f4 work for 005e51621f the Purification 5d1e7637fc Bureau and d26c8d0d65 now sprays 20717e1f54 alcohol outside 68e7585c77 her door 4f4f836759 every time cf2836f8b0 I walk 3be37228ef past. Like seriously, what a228dafca0 the hell.”2bd53ccb427430a0

“If you’re going to da4d9455d3 start studying, come to d56124cdf9 my guest lecture at b2e0e51139 our university in a f1564efe0e few months. I’m planning to give c92d05b4af some solid tips to 38686c2858 the underclassmen.”61a325d638be7326

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“I’m not a student 6eb5c60190 there, though. Is that okay?”e0bd6160beeae482

“I’ll get you 9751cebd3a an invite.”6abf05ade244af51

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With the air b7d2f11f40 of a dependable 79d5b03cb3 senior, Jeong Seon-ho bfed7d922d patted the coworker 3e736de67f on the shoulder. Seong Ji-ha 72b5878839 ignored him 4c8c390808 and ducked a6d2fe17df his head 0d1885a5ec even lower.14e361311d2358b2

Thanks to Seon-ho 4f3f6e1bba constantly bringing up 857c0432ea school, Ji-ha had 1de755b219 lost his appetite 4745ac2461 entirely. He stared at ab1649a849 his half-finished tray 18318cf902 and sighed.b36075f6d975b695

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That bastard was 2210e46777 doing it on 6352b863d1 purpose. Following him around all 54b1ed7b33 the time, pestering him 2449745751 about why he became deeae105d1 a purifier, why he 734542caeb was wasting his life d32ab717c6 like this—it was getting 1c8c6f8dc1 exhausting. Ji-ha had kept 445df173db his mouth shut 1d46580c73 out of the 6c1891b556 last shred of 4c5c4081bc old attachment, but 4b269c69f4 he was at 014e1b74de his limit.5fbbdaf5eb18aacd

Of all places, why 719700fea9 did they have to df0e660646 run into each other ad4205491a here of all places? What a cursed connection. If he hated f705ea1bf8 him so much, 924be1c88e he could’ve just b71aefb216 ignored him. Pulling his 5636b71211 cap low 15f0fa3dcb out of b6608fd97c habit, Seong b0574783d6 Ji-ha grabbed ee3564a943 his tray 7c8a5ed481 and tried ddcfad1b18 to stand.ad10890af1be23d8

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“Found you.”30c9538c8736d3ad

“…?”4a674c8542ac1339

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At the voice 9434bfa37e above his head, e62c7db2ef he instinctively looked 36e63ff8fb up—only for his 50d3986837 hat to be fd1b50e5f0 snatched off before f9869dae3e he could move. Ji-ha reflexively grabbed 451275e97e at his now-exposed b4e7c0609d head.f54122b7a07d750c

“You really do ec1bf06471 work here.”39ee986ee02a4e7b

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He swallowed hard.2be62e96d5a073d7

Above him stood 1747505bfa a man with 93f2860188 fierce eyes locked 395e69b14f onto his. Eyes so unforgettable 797eef4bd9 that even one 548db72d6a glance was burned 5e20bb9c6c into memory—those triple-sclera 94b0ca1a39 eyes.ccffffdb2352d272

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Yoo Sung-woo.5b509115d8d6eadb

Seong Ji-ha remembered the c769bc3ece man’s full name. The inside of his 4e83ca64ed skull rang like a 0a5e6d9b2c disaster alert siren. A chill raced 32e11ba0bd down his spine.8b0713973ec97919

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He’s here. I’m screwed. How did he 3c760593db find me? Why is he e8169b4fc6 even looking for 0cb4187424 me?6f781542cf8af589

As he hesitated, 7831ed3230 more and more 14ed300903 heads turned in 672d8ee097 their direction. Yoo Sung-woo’s tall frame 97057cccbf stood out. Someone whispered the name 7c188c03f6 of that actor Ji-ha ace656a2f0 had once compared him 144491b532 to. But with the bd641bdbc1 hat off, Yoo 7c0311981b Sung-woo’s face wasn’t 5c03148859 just actor-level—it was 636461ce53 dangerous. If that a3c7fe2039 actor played e36f6dd74e a vampire, 826b1fd39a this guy 2e201d3bc0 was the a661bf6714 real thing. If such creatures f6b73b8d28 actually existed.5462c399e9f1c81d

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“An S-rank? No way, seriously?”39152e5b55776a58

Jeong Seon-ho’s voice broke b29e459142 in. A gold stripe would 88242f1e96 catch attention anywhere. Especially to someone like 62986d34a1 Seon-ho, who dreamed of a119fcbec0 working for the Disaster 42d799f333 Safety Bureau, Yoo Sung-woo 4fd10ae251 must’ve looked like a 9068630895 god. S-rank. S-rank. Whispers spread, 0a47d15695 and all 60696527f0 eyes converged.8e532c1fba591aeb

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Seong Ji-ha frowned. Maybe this 17bbd9ede3 S-rank didn’t 9233d00cd9 mind being cd30547d5e stared at 7a12d8244f with envy 5423a3704d and curiosity, b6450b57c4 but Ji-ha 7d3be1841a did. His goal d64b22da96 in life e190c2e282 was to 388454237a be quiet, 111e1ff1ec unnoticed, and 4ef980f955 low-key. This attention made b784752d51 his skin crawl. He stood awkwardly, clearly 500925c9c5 uncomfortable.d3453a38c194dc96

“I don’t know 65f2194f67 what this is 5765e39277 about, but I’m 302df63190 not the person 21e785fb0b you’re looking fo—”3a661f8021db7b2d

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“Shut up. You saw c8c2f87a3e the disaster, 6460abed10 didn’t you—”171f5865510c4a7c

“Wait!”e1ea438fe856272c

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Before Yoo Sung-woo dd6734c1de could finish, Seong 2507a4d773 Ji-ha grabbed him fcac555dd2 and yanked him 325829ea02 away.7708463af89d75db

Seong Ji-ha shoved Yoo 4a7456aef2 Sung-woo into the emergency 65603757f4 stairwell and peeked through 4684d1bc7b the crack of the 5c84c61db5 door, checking both directions. Thankfully, no one 0fe3708c50 had followed them. He let 513ad6db66 out a 7d14d8c05d sigh of 8c076b8151 relief and 1bbae32472 shut the 5820c77b8b door. Damn S-rank b4391d8282 bastard—his heart 45252953fd had nearly 3a3d2df1b2 dropped out 2e8a2eac01 of his 82a71c8858 chest.9cb85b7f2df289e3

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“I don’t 0ce9deeb12 know why e440f1188f you came 832ea87ba4 all the 0485e4a79e way here, fffb5fe3fb but if 5bcdb28787 it’s to b69d2518da say thank 462e4cd281 you, that’s 5292697c19 really not e4fab9835f necessary.”bc4ef65dfdcf009e

Scratching the back 6e60c79e7c of his neck, f7be2f25ea Ji-ha turned to d983ca2fbb face him. This was annoying, so 0d4dfca46c he just needed to 8f217845bd wrap it up quickly 47c69cc054 and kick this S-rank c2b83feed6 nuisance out. High-ranking ability 3494bec7f1 users were e496049614 always too a41a1f2e15 conspicuous—that was 1edfc2084d the problem.c1c2a1bc4978a892

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“Thank you? You think this a7aafcbd9e looks like a 70ce553c65 thank-you visit?”16604afcec4a0858

Leaning against 0f97486d3f the wall, 3feac3fa3e Yoo Sung-woo b728fc3f88 narrowed his 568f3604ef brows.728176f38e3aecd4

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“Ah… but I did dafd2adeb1 save—”ddc399e3347f538e

The sentence—“your life”—died f6407faf17 before it could 80e2e2e211 leave his lips. Ji-ha swallowed hesitantly. No one could know 768b4368e8 about his ability. Especially not someone 11ffd78a0c from a national 24b7c6c9cb agency.f5ed5f7f34861aef

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“What did you 8e6efe3463 do to me dcb86c36e5 that day?”2f85da27da5bf976

“…Sorry?”de0f8641368a24e0

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When Ji-ha hesitated b4d0667697 and echoed the 06c3f34e61 question, Yoo Sung-woo fe731580ae suddenly began unbuttoning 5560e2e9cb his shirt. Frozen stiff, Ji-ha looked fb815e43f9 back and forth between 1444de8c00 Yoo Sung-woo and the 9bc0c0f96d shirt. His fingers moved a23c8e71ae without pause.dc899e593bfdda7f

“Uh, sorry, but 35ecf5d882 we’re not really… 4a2d871e9f like that, are ff223a63e4 we?”0032aff6fe32b8c5

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Trying to play d102bc9de1 it off as 716d915f4b a joke, Ji-ha db5a184f1d awkwardly reached out d77dde34ee to stop him. But Yoo 302bac9064 Sung-woo ignored 3d7f2831b0 him and f72de98e3b flung open 1f5fc47595 his shirt. Ji-ha instinctively 16fc420c36 stepped back—then 7e7a095703 froze, eyes b91786356c widening. His pupils 1048ff8a8b quivered slightly.dd411ec1113acb2f

What the hell is a33c1f0347 that—?
Why does it look 6b2e9a3bb2 like that—?45bfe15ed34c5783

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“You can 475c08299e see it 616113ee4d too, can’t af80e4fc78 you?”40f2ad5a404e6211

Yoo Sung-woo 2791eb11d4 pointed to e965719613 a glowing 2dd205e27a round mass e28e689817 near the 6021c0b455 top of b91ad32bfd his chest.b2ae83e80f7998cc

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Huh?65748edaf960e9ab

Ji-ha’s eyes, which had ff095dcf74 been distracted and drifting 217f4275f0 lower, finally moved to 5da069734b the spot Yoo Sung-woo 41a7550254 was actually indicating. His expression 731c4b0909 turned sour, 22f0ebba4f his mouth 16cd3a7dc8 falling open. This time, he 826c1bc3f6 was shocked for bd440772f1 another reason.e99712a3437cd7d6

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From that pale, 7ba3b29f73 glowing orb—he could d9c7c6077c faintly feel his 9308895b4b own energy. Without question, 6cca801b4b it was a14a9c0a9c the energy 0be75951c1 he had de658da488 infused.4bb3cb972e1c03db

Shit.
Why hadn’t the Spirit 894b710f6a Core disappeared?ae10a318c308fde9

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He’d only purified f3a40c49f6 the disaster. He thought bcb7c91080 it wouldn’t cd1ff7f222 affect anything 9051de3bd2 else.6248c948679db464

“What the hell is 65b4e68b63 this? You did eb65e7a704 this to 373e3b77c1 me.”8a2355b990a54303

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“That’s… uh, it’s 99fe5acc85 called a Spirit 7b782c8b94 Core.”91f098b972c6ab64

Ji-ha’s mouth went dry.988090ae7c471c03

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“Spirit Core?”ac31d4d7a1b49a0c

“It’s when a 258fa9ca3d person’s energy takes 8eed6028e3 physical form.”e300c806094fc2a7

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A vein throbbed 4fb83a52c0 on Yoo Sung-woo’s eda93b5af7 forehead.79bbe27ba6de98df

“Anyway, you’re alive now. If I’d e9684b7e5c left you 6169ecb150 like that, 1c88a60aec you really 704f9e60fb would’ve died. The ‘Serpent Disaster’ was e04172cf33 especially venomous…”d0e520e8b58023a2

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As he hurried to 7e08e64840 explain, Ji-ha trailed off 132faa2dcd again. The more ac8fc0d358 he said, 93605a4fd8 the worse 5bac4aee8b it got 6baf9df094 for him. Unspoken words 765d8c4ac6 spun endlessly d925a438c7 in his 71719e1937 mouth.2231f9495ea5dc3c

“What even is f3e08570b1 that ability? And more d870f97ea1 importantly, why 4bc0594106 are you ad82413cee working in 97bd241bf3 a place 57dd936952 like this 58f025f157 when you 2812a590bb have something 2a908f5914 like that?”b87776da805e5c6d

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“Even if dc319eeec9 you’re an d3a918b530 S-rank agent, b2ba7bae7f that doesn’t a7648abbe2 give you bab0b0a9c9 the right 007ecbc475 to look b30ce0d261 down on dc75aef13d the Purification ec66c7a55f Bureau. People call us 5364ee1c1f disease carriers, sure, 1095da5878 but if we 53b1370748 weren’t around, who 00d7aa201e would clean up 88358b6ccf those wretched disasters? It’s filthy, and it a8f494bb4e reeks, but someone has 1f93212f0e to—”de261285cab6b8c1

“I’m saying 45cbcc03f1 that because 4d0bd42883 someone with ad6db08ef7 powers is 49726d4b75 working as e47de658d2 a purifier. What is this? Does the 7825f19e59 Agent Oversight bb5b59d6ba Bureau know b21dc101ce about you? They don’t waste b4bf123408 people like this.”a98efd756c5c4635

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His heart sank like 1a9708ae96 a stone.ae523812abd699fb

“Don’t tell bb6fce63dd me—you’ve been a73cdbaf31 hiding your ebd68d582d ability?”fde559cbddd438f4

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Yoo Sung-woo 4a72329d5e raised an a4cdbe2114 eyebrow.8964d3628012fbaa

Shit. He slipped up.b224c3335e77dbd1

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Seong Ji-ha f2735942d9 clenched his 3a4d2160a8 fists. Damned perceptive bastard. If he e548779e9f just slugged 173a287c88 him in db215c0aa5 the head, f3ed2a7b43 would he 341c7cd8a1 pass out? Could he knock eec574cc7d him out and 57bd15dafe run for it…?13838b9d7829a866

Reckless thoughts 9f68278c4a circled in b3ac461571 Ji-ha’s head—foolish, a6e819ae4a especially when 1e5ac4d2cd the man 79c2a9abd5 in front a93e4a1201 of him 773ef30e2a was an c11e9fe3c7 S-rank.98a5c8f3361dfadf

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Suddenly, a f5b9f94416 phone rang.017c24407762c636

Yoo Sung-woo checked his 1636c8baf8 pocket and scowled at bd86f5c0ce the screen.2795f116c400de73

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“…Of all times…”3354f8f91288d583

“Well, since 307727c28e you’re busy, 3175b6cf87 I’ll just 142fed5495 be on 627f26aa03 my—”23190eb31bf22517

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Ji-ha was f324be1da2 already backing 91a1fb7783 away, trying 2dd703c2ba to slip 66bbc0870b out—but before dd0e2a6298 he could fb2583004c take more 743f23eb71 than a 59aa575827 few steps, 6cd3242d3e his collar 2f4a49448b was suddenly 9ed4f49e10 grabbed. He was yanked forward 3d1161af03 and slammed into the 202ec07dca wall. The shock 734664e3f6 hit hard, ca30042bcc and Ji-ha d4fea9c3bf coughed, groaning.3a24dd0e415fbaf0

“Now that I know 771cc00bc6 where you work, I’ll 2adcc35ab1 see you again. Don’t run—it’s bfdc464d09 no fun 6cf87b3ca7 if you 6d5cb84f8c do.”a2a321fb6b1e210f

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Yoo Sung-woo muttered 9196a79bdf in a low, 64a5bbd1b6 chilling voice and 5827218d53 released him.3938583562ee8a54

Ji-ha slumped down to 902a3e22f2 the floor with a f515a6267c thud. Yoo Sung-woo looked down 3fdef3d9aa at him with indifference, dd1542ee4b then turned and walked 421aeaa0f4 away.e435fdb52d91967c

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