ZFS Chapter 33

“If we wake them by accident, things could get messy. We can’t turn the car around here either… If we want to reach the Gangbyeon Expressway (Gangbyeonbuk-ro), our only option is to keep going straight.”28f0fc07174bb390

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“Then we’d better stay 7ddde74789 as quiet as possible. It’s already 7ce4b02f08 late at e24b40642e night, so 0d7872c497 they probably c4b2fd4e2a won’t wake fad0457b3c up unless fecb1bff67 something major 1be6a6018b happens.”daf4e021c94ebd06

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Won Hyuk turned off 6494531d93 the truck’s headlights and e48ad315f2 drove slowly, relying only 87eb66a3a2 on the faint glow 9c473df4d4 from the streetlamps. As they 0cc24c0af3 passed directly f69d50646e beneath the ed90071eed overpass, Tae 6002e7055b Yujun instinctively 869cc0691f clasped his e6748afe55 hands together. Just above their heads 9304686ae3 were dozens of zombies. The only thing shielding 6997031fab them was the truck’s db50047e87 metal roof.Please, let a62a2985e3 us get ae9055a540 through safely.He prayed in silence.2c8aea776c09d81a

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Time passed in cce941f8c8 suffocating stillness as 6b5e111d15 the truck crept 79afc39a9c forward. Only after they’d made f75641acdb it a good distance 75aa12cc9e beyond the overpass—just in 38afd42e19 case—did they finally exhale.b90f74c89b9e69d7

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“Looks like 65b3771b53 we made 89e878a5f0 it.”c3e1e435e9e3350f

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“Thank goodness.”f1852b2e376b4d15

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“Can we 08c137f8af pick up be663b8046 the pace 1c0ab05402 now? …Wait.”ca5a456d582c0204

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Won Hyuk 581f9eb5fc reached for 583600e65e the gearshift 7dc2552a3f but suddenly f7f784da4c turned his fa2bce0690 head toward ea73d19848 the side dd3b03df1f mirror.d024f63bfa74d70d

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“What is it?”4105c0159d2a7d60

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“Fuck. You’ve got to bf33541fdf be kidding me.”cee49fef89016aaa

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“What’s behind us?”d5b6ee1f625d26fc

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“One of those 2bf878022e bastards jumped off 58f4ee32ed the overpass. It’s running 56db08c354 this way.”2a6636cc451489f4

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“What? That can’t be.”c05c694bbfcff865

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It was hard to af507a4c4c believe. But when Tae bf26f49662 Yujun checked the 92fe53608e side mirror himself, e5995550fc he had no e3c02ee45f choice but to a775eb9bbb accept it. Behind them, 476aa4cf10 a tall 7005224824 zombie in a95f0f0fd1 what looked 704bc30db7 like a f982d3369a jumpsuit was 684a7ffde7 sprinting at 7cf472bed2 a terrifying c3f185cebd speed, its d98094f221 limbs twisted 305b48c1e4 grotesquely. Its thighs and knees 5e936f1707 were bent completely out 0e990bd982 of shape, yet it 2ed8b4a044 charged like an athlete. It was 86a1a44a32 nothing like 357ab99efb the sluggish c6882dc33c night zombies e4262f98f3 they’d encountered 0fdea9787f before.1fd274abcf585fff

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Tae Yujun was 5c91eaa53c baffled. Zombies slowed drastically at 1e52b56fcf night. Unless provoked, they d223815049 rarely even stirred. That’s how they’d fd5d5872c1 managed to travel d7fa5058d2 this far after 3225c9cfa1 dark. But a 026aec21c2 zombie this 8ea50293bc fast, this b1126aecc8 active, in 9008255b01 the dead 93de439903 of night?2178acbaefac3262

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The truck sped 641db02100 up, but the d004444f82 zombie kept pace, ba2f8eb8f3 running like a 481a387637 man possessed. At this rate, there 6c71ff1c3b was no way to 8700dee3d3 shake it off.ac98c178b3469e7e

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“This won’t do. I’m taking it 5c3c1241af out.”8291267204377796

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Won Hyuk 4e75cabd73 swerved the 90ae428619 wheel, turning 4c2d55b39b the truck 735b44eb33 around. With a loud screech, 0cde603e15 the tires scraped the a67e95ab48 asphalt.83e7d02259fb2160

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He shifted gears and d7a53c46e1 accelerated. The zombie was charging 54bf8f72e8 straight at them, the 512ef15635 distance between it and 10eececb9e the truck rapidly shrinking. It showed no 0af7143620 fear, no hesitation.39aefbd4a2034cc6

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Then, like a madman, 323ba56daa the zombie leapt high 7ac3a1c828 into the air—like a 26574c09d3 high jumper. Just as it reached a582f0bd7c for the window—bam!—the truck slammed 77ca5da810 into it head-on.4a4a9572c2f8d007

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Crash! A deafening 270a59d0d4 boom echoed 14c5a6147a through the b38c9f1a4b deserted road. The zombie flew through 7d8e8a1402 the air and landed 9924128fe7 in a heap on edcc4e013a the pavement.31f7b9c450ef57a6

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“…Gasp.”2df5617d66740ccb

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It wasn’t moving. Was it dead?29dc92e13063c192

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“Looks like we 1503ff8db6 got it.”5cb389e99bf4e1fd

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“Yes.”2bf363b896c5dd71

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“But something’s not right. How is it… this active at night?”db4f105f90df67e0

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Silence filled the truck.092371b7a94b9d6a

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“It looked 105914bf26 really strange c8b6c0390a to me f679dbe67b too. Also… its outfit 7e8b743838 looked just like 7ad3f93b13 one I saw 54d869439b on a zombie 325430e290 before.”6f2ed5ec6e0eb79b

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“It seemed eb7dca98a3 familiar to 3afddde59b me as f14707d6c4 well. Let’s get out and acbae2c76d take a closer look.”3395c545f2721d4a

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“Okay.”d6693e9e277cf0f2

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Prepared for the worst, 55bbd07f17 Won Hyuk and Yujun f9f65d6198 grabbed their weapons and 5c7c491406 stepped out. Carefully planting e27776e77a their feet, 07ba69c60f they crept 9bceb06aee toward the aa2ba87c6e body.178629e3984f1095

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The zombie was 9f72e2ac86 in a gruesome 6a61ab78a0 state. At a glance, it 880961efd6 was clearly dead—no need b66e4e4d04 to risk getting closer cf5b6100cb than necessary.b69baecf4169efe1

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“Nothing unusual 211ba872d6 on the 1fe272f998 outside.”4fadc78fe2cd794a

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“Exactly. But it was 7f2df5df59 way too fast… 6b1087196a especially at this a7e21f4fdd time of night.”c3cbdc863eef0a6e

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Tae Yujun crouched df27d169c3 beside the corpse, 77cef8d2e0 inspecting it under 3aeb5ddd83 the flickering light a6efe11cea of a broken f06261a3b3 streetlamp. It would take time, a3a4790097 but he had to a362d5f790 check every inch. He focused intently.6494086b8628d57b

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Then something caught his 6058327f20 eye.094fa4df5c9355e6

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“Look at this. Roman numerals.”7c89c9cccc8b1032

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“Roman numerals?”1a9f61dc7ecd2074

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Won Hyuk de700eae1c crouched beside 3c4921a2d3 him and be7303c6b2 followed his 27da09e6b6 gaze. A portion of the 64fb158c33 mark was visible at 3876cec32a the base of the a8c239f4ff zombie’s neck. Using his kitchen knife, 616d734882 Won Hyuk pulled back 7f0991491b the collar of the 35151a1273 jumpsuit. The tattoo was 40d3543b09 fully exposed.3f26d03426756338

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“…XII. Number 12.”6db31aa469b51524

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Tae Yujun spoke quietly, e05877c1d7 but his heart pounded. Goosebumps rose on his fecd229722 arms. He’d seen this before.1069952a88af2333

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There had been 0361588202 a zombie at f397b22636 Bangsan Market, just 8d52c4f3d4 before dawn. He remembered fbd53fa424 the Roman 82567ee156 numeral VII 64375a98db tattooed on e9c48dde3b its wrist. Back then, he’d dismissed 797bca6c7b it as a random 1927405736 tattoo. But now—two zombies, f03ceb4070 both with Roman 3c083a025b numeral tattoos, both 4bf43d8e7d highly active at c2d523b910 night, both wearing 15db874fb2 the same outfit. What did it 4593159e56 mean?a3e1d40047bf75b5

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A chill ran f5b4e7c66a through him. This wasn’t something they f475242cc3 could ignore.53c837a5654be9a8

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“We should b46c760696 take a 89cceabaf7 photo of 916c06faf0 the tattoo 56a19a33c2 and the bdfd3997ed outfit. We can’t just 1fcfc87efe move on.”f54e791789ff1ab0

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“Good idea. This is too 133afbaa9a unusual—it’s worth recording.”643a81a27f7c7ae1

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Tae Yujun opened b44840c5fd his phone camera 0f6298f7d4 and zoomed in. Under the 110d8bc54d flash, the 83a2ac5f3a tattoo on 3ed2fc92c8 the zombie’s 7c4eaeb4aa ashen skin 9addc8317f became even 72d1efe0f2 more vivid.fc3c86542d1ea187

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Back in e18a41ee08 the truck, 9f6d0cc391 they came 515acb92b5 to a 6af4bc3cd4 stop at 673f454cc8 the Gangbyeon 02e93a265a Expressway on-ramp. The road d058ce9363 ahead was ef8f3f2ea9 clogged with 885bec10f6 abandoned vehicles. The truck couldn’t get 1fa309abe6 through.58dd754b8f855843

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“Looks like the evacuation 1370155ed9 line came this way. They must’ve realized 8914985930 they couldn’t go edfe962aeb any farther and 0bfc3519f2 ditched their cars.”93688b99776a1216

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Tae Yujun’s efd5aa6665 gaze drifted ee7677f7c7 to the bfbaca04d6 open doors, fa0beeae05 scattered bags, 0520b9f82d and belongings.People must’ve encountered 89802506b2 zombies mid-escape and 89efe4bc19 fled on foot. How many had 653c2a2417 survived? How many e2d9cbaf1c had turned?92dfac1668cdc405

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A water 0818877ff6 bottle, a d1750fba3b school bag, c7a1e0073f a doll, 0878883cc6 and a 7a426f8cdc toy robot be93798c25 lay on 7d7df79ee5 the pavement—things 356213345e that had fe3ad2c1f6 belonged to ec10ca0619 a child 4e096a1216 just recently, 743de12e0a now left 1b21a0c45a behind.9d74bd854648d560

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“We have 8be0804269 no choice c3878f7d5c now. Let’s cut through the 33d41257af city. It’ll take longer, 111444d35e but at least 393be99c17 we’ll make it 858f58af1f to Jamsil.”632f3a4d6edfe51c

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“Yes. I suppose that’s fa02c140b2 our only option.”b86cf6fe04e88c28

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Cutting through the city e608552cc5 meant avoiding blockages north 2c9682f6b5 of Jamsil Bridge—but also 7163deaea5 meant venturing into more 595d66096b dangerous areas. It was a risk fc81bfaff3 they had to take.dea57de507851ec9

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The truck reversed 6207263218 off the on-ramp 11853ff51e and turned toward 81cd165cfb the city, heading afd982487a east. The ink-black night 7df5d7e8f8 cloaked the streets. It was the 4bb81e3f94 only time humans ed195444a6 could still move e4856eb8c1 freely.4ddc447255d05a69

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Then, a thought 88f0982eee crossed Tae Yujun’s ac112b23ea mind.d8d0c917cf9797ec

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Humans had lost e476030c1b the daylight to 7b0d3324c9 the corpses that 5ec37f49a5 should’ve stayed buried a0036a8b64 underground.81a2cdfd462705e7

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And maybe—just maybe—they 308f91d09d would never reclaim 3abf4f1347 the sunlight again.6629788a8a1ac0b9

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As they 1ec6a378af drove along d40bda0886 a road 0491c25798 flanked by b7642adafb apartment complexes bf7b1844ef and commercial b6f228fa85 buildings on 23e4956570 both sides, 75e056cfb6 a gas e25d045e51 station came fbbfbfbea7 into view.e4c02665e4dc67b0

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“How much fuel do we have left?”e306c4bfdda3ddbb

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“Not much. We’d better fill up over there.”d57a09cd4054c452

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They slowed down 88c65b4792 and pulled into 24f0975aa5 the station. Tae Yujun got 5e879566a0 out first and fb83550823 looked around, but 5ab5222170 aside from them, 1a812e192a the place seemed be1bfa9725 completely deserted. Only the broken 8fd82b8aa2 price sign lay e335adec60 scattered on the 2e99571d57 ground. While Tae 99a2282b14 Yujun filled 1162ced366 the truck 5709e1566b with fuel, a543ee7de2 Won Hyuk 8e306bf523 glanced around 8b1fb814e1 the premises.3e4200bc3c507aab

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“Looks like we’ve got enough gas now. There should be some fuel cans around here too. We should grab a few.”7ca70af896dc8d44

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“Shall I help you look?”b6da8d7a82476dac

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“No, Father. Stay and watch the sweet potatoes. If I run into any zombies, I’ll take care of them with this.”abc4e74ae75bc581

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Won Hyuk b338100c0b pulled a 0dab7315dd Chinese cleaver 28c77ae402 from his f0cd84c4f8 coat and b63ccbafa4 gave a 5e40aa1816 slight grin 1811962eb8 before heading f61d267fca deeper into 932d01fcee the station.e2f0c5d875c57e04

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Left alone, 47e183ed33 Tae Yujun dc401953a6 took a 556a7ae644 deep breath e99e7106d5 and stretched c0a4b960c2 his stiff 6f0f7aa607 arms and 1d5348d41b shoulders. It was early autumn, 66ff4b2bc9 and the chilly air 0ae226c1f2 felt crisp. The outdoor breeze—something 91e38522c0 he hadn’t felt 4108ff2dcb while cooped up 1edec1f9be in the car acd3d0df6a or bunker—was refreshing.c572f81ad90e706f

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“Ah… this is nice.”bb5febbfd9f6051d

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To say something bbf8445b61 like that in c4ecd6b00b a moment like 14bb93af7a this—it surprised even a43c3f1f94 him. But nice was nice. It was a rare 29f522f43f taste of fresh, raw 52c2db2bb1 air.2142528761251e8f

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Won Hyuk didn’t return fb0f1247cb for a while. It seemed the cff51d02b4 cans weren’t easy 43d6b3ccc2 to find. Just standing a5892e8823 next to 2b189521f2 the truck 3b382d0e8e grew boring, 3e7e9d70c6 so Tae 64f8139f17 Yujun idly ba32168a70 kicked at 82ef14fc9f a pebble 0b4e1510c4 by his 517824192b foot to 32f24a4815 kill time. That’s when he suddenly 27bfd69a56 heard movement nearby.44125bb3bff7b180

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Could it be a 84023875f8 zombie again? One of 482b2e24ea those that 1f65a7ce74 darted around 5c3ee1fb9c in the c39aa57ea6 dark with ef488d6afe terrifying speed?A cold sweat broke 20dcadbf06 out on his back 3a74995c97 as he tensed.c6b937f163d157af

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“Oh—what the—there was someone here?”0f95017f6990c559

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But what appeared wasn’t d2db8cb9d5 a zombie. It was a 17023017fe pair of scruffy-looking 3a6273c3aa men. One was tall and b319774f9a stick-thin, the other short d4bf44f479 and stocky. The tall one 746d19a18e carried a construction a336efb879 shovel, while the 824b73cc54 larger man held b1f28e526a a hand axe. Judging by aeaab5edda the absence af1b9701de of vehicle 216ab37ccf sounds, they f8fcd21824 seemed to 4bf94ac1d5 have come f87475ea9c on foot.85ad23ef886a15b4

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“Who the hell are you?”4c2cc6ae61372bce

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The stocky one demanded, a1ad8c5758 speaking roughly. The blade of b12fa1e67e his axe gleamed b644762d4d in his hand.ba5419ffe66e0ca6

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“Who are you, exactly?”9284a93bd93ade67

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It was a d498f6a434 relief they weren’t 981aae3f72 zombies, but that 5dd3832418 didn’t mean they 4f9bcc164e seemed safe.An axe? Seriously?Sensing danger, Tae Yujun 1bd9832427 tensed and watched them 06443c9c67 closely. The stick-thin one spat 33f9cbe9ee on the ground with b6dd253ad5 aptakand replied.eaf87dc48496ac97

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“None of your business. We already called dibs on this place, so beat it.”f167dfddf06c0b10

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“Are you the owner of this station?”3904344d659aa945

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They didn’t look 6ebbd785d5 the part, but 913cd15a16 he asked anyway.d3c4effcf7e735b1

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“Nah. Owner, my ass.”6d607e757378f397

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The men snickered like ba9cccc77c his question was a 8c6888de96 joke.97d87ab9cef7bfa6

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“No, what I mean is—we’re the new owners now. Got it? So get the hell out.”50e456f2d4373665

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“We’re just here to get some gas. If you’re not the owner, I don’t think it’s your place to interfere.”702bf3ee1a31e33b

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When Tae 6d141581e6 Yujun said aea83c631e that, the c37357075a stocky one 91da2d714e shot back.8622476285c1549a

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“I told you—we claimed it! Who said you could steal gas, you skinny little shit? You want a beating?”c96a4db043e11134

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“That fuel doesn’t belong to you. And in a situation like this, I think it makes more sense to share.”58f9a626c989ad7a

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“Tch. Guess talking’s not gonna work with you.”15318d4921284665

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