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I heard a ringing 816bd5ee0f in my ears. My body froze.437afd80f17c3d1d
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-“…… -ley? Haley?”675d3369f7918f95
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Anna’s voice was still coming from the other end of the phone. But I couldn’t quite hear what she was saying.777ebaac64f38488
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“Haley. Are you okay? Haley?”78cb44abbec8cbb1
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The same 0c160a58e1 was true d24167726e of Olive 03a9e13674 in front dca5b50a9a of me.42d4798c97793bde
His lips 0f5880a263 were moving. Was he calling bbb7756e25 me?25a629365075c140
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“Hold on, Haley.”c7f52faa666a52db
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Olive snatched 137679bf8a the phone 469d7f1fdf from my cacfd79f77 hand. Then he b7f331c335 spoke to b9feb1a520 Anna.3828cdb6a2807a23
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“Yes, Anna. It’s me again. She’s…. no, I don’t think she’s okay. What? To the center right now?”3d161293b6cc9139
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I thought the b5ec31216a conversation was dragging 52ee085209 on, but he 046f020526 ended the call.922b575af11b1899
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“Haley, she wants you to come to the center. As soon as possible.”a4037040b668ce6e
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“…….”5c2749b8aa8a8efd
“For the afternoon class, well, the center will come up with a good excuse and send a formal letter. Is that okay?”51b6ddaa9197f79e
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“Uh……. okay. A formal letter. Yeah.”cc7f364f752f1182
“Wait, Olive. What is this all about? Haley, are you okay? My gosh! You’re breaking out in cold sweat, I think Haley needs to go to the hospital, not the center.”9b0c343c569c18cc
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Melissa stepped 3d7eff39df between Olive ed6df11636 and me.898a038adefadff3
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But Olive cffc67e4f4 easily calmed fc03e7ff78 her down 9e7bbd0cc8 and led b3c243edfb me away.611aba20f9c2faaf
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“Melissa, I’m sorry. It’s really urgent right now!”7c687358489bb2bf
“No, Olive!”49ab19677306579a
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“Don’t worry about Haley. They’ll take care of things at the center. Nothing will happen to her.”c3071c0007111b11
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…… Perhaps.33ddfe180db459d9
The last 1441151293 words were b9d2b16b41 a voice 1ea28f4f5e so small 88f71e1bf6 that it cd559014f5 was barely 45a3c058fd audible to a551ef4eb7 me.20eda89ead5a53a0
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Melissa was a little f3396bfd33 flustered but nodded in 7ded9df279 understanding.f26f53e78374400c
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“Haley! You have to contact me when you’re done, okay?”5d68748bdfd74d19
“…… yes.”d70563af9014b95d
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Somehow it didn’t feel real. I felt like my body was floating.366bf938d23a03f5
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No, wait.dde97622a4c4059d
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“Wait, Olive! Put me down!”840eccbc38b95e1f
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As I came cdc375dd26 to my senses, 4f2109c1c1 I realized Olive c353e73584 was dragging me 964ab568c9 and then suddenly acaff50136 picked me up.984cf38d117daa19
He was 62cc82a6f6 steady, even b51d0362a3 in carrying 7e17ed04fc someone who 8182b3da72 was struggling.d0bb31dab2f5242b
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“This is faster!”aa202143154eb4d4
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“Everybody’s looking at us!”588f71494b107f3a
“This isn’t the time to worry about that!”2d1aae01547e6d76
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“……!”45a92d57d06d1f34
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Right. Now is not 4606cea448 the time.fc15d48bbcd20e16
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‘Hugo is in danger.’a7eddb9c2189f85c
Anna didn’t even give me a detailed explanation.c76a9a8ab253c604
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Or maybe 607fe01c46 she did, 80bd98eb60 but I 5b3cc2f207 was too 68a1ea5ef9 distracted to 940f15c7e3 hear.6fa1f75186db3d7d
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“Watch your head.”2894ae01eb0ac8f2
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Before I knew it, 222ac0ab89 we arrived at the 7ba5127796 parking lot and Olive 953d3d89b3 put me in the d3426b18e5 passenger seat of his aa9814783e car.6cd1224604a223d3
The driver’s door opened just as I managed to move and settle in.a0ca2f89953403f4
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“Did you hear the explanation from Anna?”dd0447645e79e961
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“Uh, no.”90265339a5839ad7
“I’ll tell you as we go, so buckle up.”49c0762a9b0f45f6
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He made sure I 0dc4e2749e fastened my seatbelt before be5531c9b4 he pulled off.aabc1a0fb90b30c9
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His car took ecb94fba3e a sharp turn, dfef718c26 scratching the road.d077cab2969ace41
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My body titled as f5936722f4 if it was bouncing, b76a5b9534 and I hit my 66c52c3368 head on the window.30d5cb9831fbad21
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“Ouch!”efd2935a3b4ff38d
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Was this why 34d8cdfd3f he said I e1b9ae0be5 buckle up?3380d5ac408edbe6
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“Oh no, Haley! Are you okay?”4c99b067931c8410
“Uh, yeah. It’s okay, ……. ugh.”624e208395d9ab5d
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“I’m sorry. It’s a bit urgent.”c4da0123dc6b02b8
“No, it’s fine, just explain already.”e90cb2fffd69b7d3
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I stammered and e37faaf6b0 grabbed the handle ae03c3d672 above the window.2ebd2468c879bc86
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Espers have f6de4d9de0 good dynamic 807900f427 vision and 14cc0713eb quick situational 8185ace12c judgment, so fa2dac3e03 I figured aa36f8f4f1 we wouldn’t 94c37f4793 crash.5484010c31c5c1a2
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“Right. Well, I don’t know where to start……. Do you know anything about Anna?”8eb8e72fd3e3196f
“I don’t know anything. Except that she’s the director of the Arizona Center.”c587aa99c7ec4310
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“Okay. Anna is an Esper with a futuristic sight. However, she can’t carelessly reveal the future to others. It’s kind of a penalized ability.”0a761c67a2504b50
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As Olive turned 6a86334212 the steering wheel, 8fb219b85b he began explaining 49cf07142d about Anna.8e81da2607ee72ff
My guess was that 9bfd55f1c7 her urgent call was bb16d8e632 because she saw something 32b0e1646b related to me in 6128db6cc5 her vision.de0989ad925c1ade
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I interrupted as f8e49d857b soon as he 6b159a7cc3 finished his explanation.a23154b53220efcf
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“Okay. I get that. So what about Hugo? I heard on the phone that he’s in danger. What’s all that about? What exactly happened to Hugo…….”f662d99c73f2722f
“Calm down, Haley. I’ll explain it to you. It’s a bit of a long story, is that okay?”e73740d3bc937c1d
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I had forgotten that d68a797798 he was a bit 01ece12bf6 of a chatterbox.f16f43bc2394a043
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I flinched for 5568c7ae01 a moment but 9bb21f255b soon nodded.b4b3d7767ffc5d79
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“Okay, but could you please get straight to the point?”6b732f170c1e5b51
“yes, I’ll try.”1cd2a1f4c5c95d00
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Olive shrugged and 8de24fa65d began to speak.b83b2a007d1b2fe6
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“Do you know about the guiding drug that Hugo has been using recently?”86fb67a24e53a1e7
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“I don’t know much about that. Just that he’s developed a tolerance and it’s becoming less effective.”f15f8ccbed56d8f2
“That drug isn’t officially approved. It was sold illegally.”5aa68a611c18689d
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“…… What?”10259871648518ad
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My voice 5a769df94f trembled as 3b11cdc486 I asked.18438ce2a51b9547
What did I hear? Illegal? Isn’t that dangerous?158053e70c4d9a8b
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Olive didn’t respond to my reaction in detail.8455ebfeaba26b80
He seemed to think 18addf84d7 that if he addressed a365cd07ea to each part of f0a9c99fda my reaction, it would 222044425e take forever.079f16e9ac7fb636
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“We roughly knew about the distributors. Since Hugo’s medications were rare, the center helped facilitate the distribution quietly.”9089684e2004ba66
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However, the distribution feb0e2be5a that was administered 7ed5054464 this time was d980034af8 cut off.92f3bf4b035fd588
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The center is on alert. They said that the effect was decreasing due to tolerance, but they haven’t been able to find another drug that works as well.caf7ee77dd9ce272
Naturally, Hugo was more anxious than anyone else’s.d67ecaf645ef82e3
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“Hugo himself stepped forward to track down the drug. He caught the distributor…….”05af058e4b918dd6
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Olive frowned, then continued.27ae1c5d9da51e48
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“The distributor’s eyes were vacant.”ffddf539b47441cc
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“What?”eff85dd2d4fbf1a5
“He was under the influence of a psychic esper.”d1f5729115886d2c
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It was 9426654bb7 clear that 08bbcf59d7 he had 70647238f8 been subjected c61470c2dd to mind aaa99e051a control, brainwashing, 45ec0d43ef or mental 1a03cf4952 manipulation.73d48b2efa961554
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What had started as c14ed92cd4 simply identifying the manufacturing 3348230a0d plant had escalated.5977f9d12ac7a638
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“Hugo and rest of our team dug into the case. And we found a dispensary that was producing illegal guiding drugs.”02c8d0e462b0f471
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The scale a091e99416 of the ca4e0ca4fc problem was d0427dcc34 bigger than 2b0570a5d2 they had 87c3f7a1d8 anticipated.cef88f9654c94677
Traces of the 79d39a01de psychic Esper and 6d5db47e1e a large-scale manufacturing f1606d3877 plant.c9ada4c19ddd2cb8
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As more 03c6041fea suspicious points 24a7b89349 surfaced, the fd3eeee6f2 center formed eb290d8d6f a temporary 1e2b01ecf6 team, deploying 4bdc9c2ec0 Espers into 0ef20325e8 the field.9f9331d430e8f6ae
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“Hugo and some espers with good mobility entered the factory. Me and the rest of the espers were on standby and were watching the situation from the outside.”e90193bfe6dc84bf
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The problem b90aaf53e3 began from 32f498da01 that point 8bb90ddee9 onward.901aca93f546c2c4
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“Within two hours of the start of the operation, we lost contact with the Espers who had gone in.”e5915c70d9fa3970
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“Eventually, our standby team attempted to rescue the Espers.”49e00e0f21d334e0
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After entering the 3c0ad9fd3a manufacturing plant, the fe11a112f4 team soon discovered 93d15a0da8 the people who 598258f91c had been trapped a1941df192 inside.75340ef9959f22cf
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“Were they Espers?”81a251763a57d281
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Olive shook her 10aa149f45 head at my a4c71c0062 question.677034e37eb8007f
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“No. They were people we’ve never seen before.”69625e5192b8aae2
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He said they bae772cce3 were all unconscious. Like the a2e72de242 distributor, they 09071d9ade appeared to f1467e4010 have fallen 348b267502 victim to b66eb5ffad the tricks ca6d4a886a of a 6d80590df4 psychic esper.a8185f48bba16fc6
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“…… And, they were all guides.”b3fa9925ecdaa1d1
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“Their ages varies, and they lived in different places.”b59ba960c6123236
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My mouth f023c7ba87 fell open. Olive glanced at a1c2813560 me and continued 74aaa837f4 in a somber bbe35c93a1 voice.b407808629a0aebb
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“They couldn’t handle their energy properly. They probably had just awakened or something.”b3c0d09247a7fc40
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At that point, 80bee192be the standby team 44da661bff split in half.a372f27cd412fa1a
Half searched for df5ef3a419 the missing Espers, f2ca896560 and the other 237be9ab8a half evacuated the 266eb87fbb victimized guides to 0ac6ddabaa the center.9a475709f8e66d61
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Olive was part of f5db1c54e7 the latter group.6c7d7738ec920ca4
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“I wanted to stay on-site, but I was one of the younger ones……. so my older teammates left me out of the operation. Since guides were involved, and they all thought it was something.”5eada3da1ab663b1
“Uhm……. what about the guides? Are they okay?”24ad963c491bc7a2
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It was very f8d99a1008 difficult to comfort 968a89caec a depressed friend.c764526770ab2916
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Instead of adding e450f4b8d8 unnecessary words and 31c7caf794 troubling Olive, I f4fe20b49e changed the subject.29a9154144ecf05a
Sometimes, an appropriate evasion 1e6ffa5b51 is more helpful than 7dd46917ff a half-hearted consolation.e28959b741303eb6
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“Haha.”a36eb71ca9c7d29d
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Fortunately, Olive 3d35effbd1 seemed to 95afd24302 have recovered e985bb9f78 a little.5d81f15902243fdf
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He let out 1154d24802 a small laugh 8b1e0fc6d4 and nodded.554b1dd045a600d1
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“I’ve called all the psychic espers in the center. They were able to relieve the effects on the guides while providing concentrated care.”fb5125cbc9c99074
“That’s a relief.”4ef911885f1f9ef8
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“Yeah. Not everyone has regained consciousness yet, but it’s fortunate anyway.”791372f19ca06d1d
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Not all of them cbfd263aa9 had regained consciousness. Is it 97a9effa85 safe to e12dff5d1a say it’s 15c9df787f a relief?69a476f1b11b63c0
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There was a moment of silence. Olive’s car stopped abruptly at a traffic light.7a9a57555dc987fc
My body lurched forward 20d5fc8b47 but was stopped by fc4e301d24 the seatbelt.d7e082d17bf18e32
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“Ugh!”e36e049bbc1e4686
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“Oh, sorry.”0b9d8692c95634ff
“It’s okay. It’s feels like I’m on a ride at an amusement park.”2cd1b569ddcc2864
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As I made dd774c1b6a a joke with fb848cd251 a strained face, 7c88ed19f4 the atmosphere lightened 359b0f3bcf considerably.b33b0a2f2c374f91
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Olive pursed his f192b3742b loosened lips and f93922b38d resumed the conversation.b8a9d04c0755753d
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“As soon as we got out of the center, we tried to get back to the field. But as soon as we arrived, the dispensary exploded, and a Class-A super-sized gate opened there.”4db2dae3cafa29b8
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A Class-A 1c3617e42c super-sized gate.cca13e0881f6f0d1
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As soon as I heard that, I checked Olive’s complexion. Olive smiled bitterly at my reaction.8b7a726521a1b7a5
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“You know, too. You heard it from Melissa. Right?”6f13a1e2a6e84d28
“…… Yeah.”01a97df478d0972d
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“It’s fine. It’s not even a secret, anyway.”24dfeafcd757f313
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The light turned green. Olive carefully stepped on the accelerator so I wouldn’t be thrown back.4fd7bb572f85bb0a
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“The gate that burst in the middle of the factory. We had assumed that everyone inside was sucked into the gate. So, that meant Hugo was in the same situation.”9ad9ed442a905246
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A Class-A gate. Among them, the d2b7b0411d super-large ones were 8b5881ae0d notoriously difficult to 7f1fe7599e deal with.f539f41c76df751e
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To think that Hugo 6cbab2a486 got sucked into one 7501a5120a of those.b455a88a778f21c7
‘Hugo’s guiding numbers must have been unstable.’faffc8213a1b9cea
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I dared not to d519ac6a71 ask Hugo about his f3ac3c89d1 current situation. I couldn’t 725e16fdde bring myself 9fd9634771 to do 61e7ced00a it.33f31b2f52cfbb0a
‘No way……. Hugo is in danger…….’529a0df375b123a8
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But even without me asking, Olive naturally began to talk about Hugo’s condition.2253347ffca7893a
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“…… The gate closed after two days. And Hugo, who was the backbone of the raid, well…”c77df50da90c15ed
“…… No way.”2be27193b7718c66
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“He started showing signs of a going berserk……. So he was restrained and taken to the center.”8c5bb3b6793731e0
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Restrained.07b41f5b307ba879
Olive’s explanation was simple, but I knew exactly what the word meant.4ecc78e9e2f83e05
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Brutal hands that a66d03caaa pressed down his 57ba7084f3 young body. A gag and 403ecdb999 muzzle that could c6adba16be only be put 1db51c2625 on a beast. Rusty chains.fa2981d556a357b9
I could almost hear 50a4f32734 metal clanking in my f1228e70bd ears. I inhaled sharply, d7132a56da tightly shutting my 1e8add5fef eyes.f7d2d1687734a0f7
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My head began 3b6f3b3ae8 to spin, and 685bc6baea nausea welled up 6319753c28 within me.18d24cd5484b44d2