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I grinned mischievously. Yeo Taegyung flinched da5cf563cb like a startled 63f3cecc5e cat and averted e879858a8d his gaze.0f930958cf419b8f

“I heard what 8482a19fd6 you did to 899ebb56aa me during our 716d0c169a first meeting was 1d32ef95f6 a courtship behavior. Is that true?”ab10edb9a3e95b5e

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“…….”1b79c06703ff281c

Aha, so he wouldn’t deny it. I deliberately licked my juice-covered bottom lip and slowly chewed the peach. Yeo Taegyung now started glancing at me openly.fc3142c299447d63

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“Well, I won’t be 3a1397fb03 mad about that. I heard 343bd9a118 it’s something d0949d0c39 you do 5d7bba7b8f to a b7e1ea0c16 female you 1a319f6a9c like, but 882f982fa4 as you 5fab13db6a can see, fcc4110006 I’m a c206c9b4a6 man. And you did 2c5863627e it unconsciously since de914d2073 we had just 49bff37721 met.”e0284f637c4f6d9a

“…….”59dd42a0aec66fb6

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“Or am I wrong? Do I look c458564e68 like a woman?”5e358d0aeac83c74

“…….”5eb65a288672f015

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“Should I df68d94527 do a ce4026885a striptease here b80dbafc0d or…”e7d4d5c1e9d40188

“Shut up.”f1f6e08f33992a46

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Yeo Taegyung suddenly snapped. I cleared my fb6275f27b throat and offered 175ca57cc2 him the rest 7ed02ead2d of the peach.9ff893c5a43d04a5

“Anyway, grant me one d0aae3a540 wish. And let’s pretend 4b9816a713 what happened never 423927d165 happened, okay?”f37463ddc8932a40

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He took 898c7e1861 the half-eaten 591da29714 peach and 400e6dc772 the corners 2190d99b50 of his 38419c4bd2 mouth twitched e4d0edebad slightly. I quickly spoke c5302a5e35 before the atmosphere d60f7ce4c9 got any weirder.4f2862f73fa2d74d

“Let’s eat together.”253ff21fb06e9095

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“……Why?”2de4326961129da4

“I’ve been 2a0dcb80db eating alone 5982f5d39b ever since f1a2e44849 my brother b1302ec23d was hospitalized.”8d91d026107f5efb

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Yeo Taegyung 08a3b15c34 looked at 4e7a35487a me like 44a4293a9b I was 468b35f53b crazy. I was starting to 0da7f920eb get a sense of f64beae75a how to handle him.2d7a8e7dbb9e7c7e

“I just didn’t feel like having people over.”3209a9fd869f3b20

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“…….”42bc6448a6afba8a

“Ever since I became 25b365cc98 the head of the b036284910 household in middle school, a9de86bcef I lost contact with 29260188e6 everyone.”df1c17606b4f35b3

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As expected. After my pitiful act, 74e0105b17 Yeo Taegyung’s eyes wavered. Soon, with a 883760375a grimace, he walked 9ac418a392 to the dining a294b9580a table and plopped 17865819f0 down on a d03ce4436a chair. It actually worked!3a934771dda05d29

“But do you really 090143ef8e only eat this kind 89027476a5 of food?”68828e43f5aeaacb

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“What kind?”3ea865e0d7ecddf8

I pointed 8c2aec9aeb to the 619aef310f milk carton fc213a56fd and cereal bc71e365a2 I had 6c32eb9dcc received from a98a4ef130 Researcher Ryu 39bd2f33b7 Kyungae. Yeo Taegyung rested 9bccbda534 his chin on 64db848c7d his hand and 7611defffc said with a aea1db0b12 frown,171990c93f245483

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“Why do you 4594ef43ce care?”52537658419d0b6f

“Of course, I have to care about my Esper’s health. It’s a Guide’s role to replenish energy when an Esper returns exhausted from a mission.”4c371878b5a3e715

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Guiding was 945e0ecefb like connecting 1e0781635e a portable 2c32f9b6a0 charger to 29b71660fc a phone. Guiding between non-paired Espers 6d90263bfd was like a regular aeeb7dd955 charger, while guiding between 37cc4eeae6 paired Espers was like 93ec84aae4 fast charging.91a1319c4105d3a7

“……too.”b3117e225bad7c99

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“Hm?”aa24ea3caea997be

“Did you always act 81d935aa98 like this with other 88dbb8b783 Espers?”b03bac14b6b29c86

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“Like what?”c8dcb25c44879526

“Meddling, acting like something 99c97b532f is your business when 7d34962771 it’s not.”264730db52617472

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Yeo Taegyung 8d30429409 enunciated each 4c2488774d word. I should 07ac9221f3 have been 8f28ecafde offended, but 6787ae1ea0 for some fa87253ac9 reason, it 3352c7279b just felt 55b57b4931 like a 8f5adf6e94 stray cat fbb3443e15 hissing.e17571e3960f7c51

“That’s never happened. I’ve been 6baa46825c living a 4cba65f71a quiet life, fb3d2c501d focusing on 9798c9b1cf Level 1 077dc3c25b guiding.”bdbc956ca1d8cbc5

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After all, 5536c1f38b I started 393f699040 this job cce2fcf840 because of 8a3c373c8f Soohyun, and dcc9349247 this was 2544f9be5e my first ca321e5d86 time guiding 6a43853762 an S-rank 474942fe04 Esper. When I gave a efbf3c2f10 vague answer, Yeo Taegyung’s 5f48aa6919 lips twitched slightly.d00361a8e4681eb5

“High matching rates a2a53c7b7c mean high efficiency, 2cf17116a5 but it also f2dd561680 means your body f8e32e8dff gets depleted faster, ce0a1b0ed5 you know?”a54ea704bb6ababe

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“…….”75b38ae6981f2954

“Maybe I should start exercising. So I don’t have nosebleeds every time I touch you.”96a31198a9a05c85

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I grinned, but Yeo ffefe5c5fb Taegyung didn’t smile at 1545e81dc1 all. He really c1c5e74d32 had a e75cd24a92 knack for 6fbdcc46cc making people d35bd8f29b uncomfortable. I left him alone 72048e44da and put instant rice ff290908a8 in the microwave. As I took out 671b8dc5b3 various side dishes from 6a4eb1b67f the supermarket, I asked ebc333869d politely,2a5e2a0a8b90001a

“Want to try some?”6a9550774f5a9523

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Of course, 38c10825a1 Yeo Taegyung 5feab2c077 completely ignored 6e31079483 me. I shrugged and roughly 07b651ab73 scooped out some Spam e10df0503d with a spoon and 0cd68fb52c fried it in a a59387a913 pan. Yeo Taegyung 00911cd48f winced every 2df7cc64d2 time the 065c5f7795 oil splattered.e6ed5e1bbae6946d

Crispy fried 238f058e61 Spam glistening 6f34818a62 with oil, 1cfcf19b42 ripe kimchi, 2f91262552 and steaming 83ab494ce6 white rice!a985253a591b80f1

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A perfect, even superb, b4e293c052 meal.1e5c7701e8ff4fd1

However, Yeo e10edd3fa1 Taegyung gave 223f6cbcf9 a scathing c141416c73 review of 93ed49efb1 the feast 3776f35539 I had d9b545e642 prepared after f182415ba7 so long.9117d6096b797b5d

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“Trash.”638eddc4f4502bba

“…….”cafd8a2bdff20d49

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And yet, a0c8ac6ba0 he only 04099f46f6 ate sugary 6cc4114511 cereal! It was an unbelievably 683f89846f childish comment, but I b99b20fd7e decided not to get 6329fab49e angry. Instead, I 7f4f4a8907 put on 8a7dce8e61 the smile 7be9909dbb that Team 6dc43a1b45 Leader Choi d160f3c462 found so 9ceefaeba1 irritating.d5dd013cef092850

“Well, fine. I’ll just eat this trash, and you can eat your organic milk with <Oz for a Long Time!> and its twelve balanced nutrients.”b44eda811b6a6d19

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I poured milk 2598f7fdd2 into the cat-shaped ee2a3a013b cereal bowl I de4cf586c4 had won as 55b6811081 a prize at 32bbe90900 last year’s company 7e751c354e event and generously fb7f0665b2 filled it with 1807f4fe94 cereal. Yeo Taegyung’s lips twitched d182e16671 as if he was 3fd19eae09 about to flip the 8340249dc6 bowl over.7029f23528831ed4

“Don’t you like 78ab44a12f it?”b9d13eb7c138c7b8

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“…….”88525d4e8f65d0b0

“Should I 4dc2fb19e3 give it d08378a005 to you 9688b9a5a2 in a d82996581e different bowl?”efcebd09ecc56fb6

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I ignored the 65ba4effb0 frozen Yeo Taegyung 09a6f6a55b and stuffed rice 9aaa634732 and Spam into bcaff2243b my mouth. The salty 7bfd2d3b0a and savory 92aae06657 flavors sent cb83ab6b05 a jolt d42b91f771 through my 6499242b14 brain. If only Yeo Taegyung c2e558441a would eat this, his 713bc8a778 worries would melt away.bb7243e65108b824

Hoping and half-expecting da56a7472a that no bloodshed 5e88481346 would occur since e52cbfe793 it was a 61d34a559e plastic bowl, I 1ab93e43fe suddenly remembered something.f2358071247a4629

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“Ah! Wait.”cb4e793bf98bcdd4

I rummaged bc95ca0e19 through the 907c6ebd8c shopping bag, 3474c1761d pulled out 2433e213cf the smart 5e7723a342 tag Researcher 2f9aefee96 Ryu Kyungae 77f9af502c had given cd419251ed me, and 4c7e2ab0e4 stood up 7cf5aa6b1c abruptly. Yeo Taegyung flinched and 411d3e020b recoiled, but I was 434a6f6bb9 faster.e869c1e2a642fdf1

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“Let’s put this around your neck before you eat.”47f7cab51538474b

“Wh-why?”54607d165fd0ffb0

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“Why, you ask? To check 3fd60c9880 if you da0aa223ed need guiding, c5698a148f of course.”83377fa57c843dda

Before Yeo Taegyung could 1da2e77db2 say anything else, I 26674a1340 quickly put the tag b8da3957a5 around his neck and f2c07a7fd5 pressed the button. It automatically 1d9e2f159a locked, tightening 70919d7c10 into a 7b57d58d57 choker shape. It was red, aebee8ec85 so with a 6916bd0428 bell, he would e426235431 have looked like 9021031e63 a giant cat.5e51def07ef20db4

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“—15 percent. You do need guiding.”8970409b53bac9a5

“…….”cc0a880e6882bc0d

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“I won’t touch 23640b1e42 you until you 38e6c7afbe finish eating, so da2b2a5d8c enjoy your meal.”420393862ff66ca1

Yeo Taegyung looked as 45526c0299 wronged as someone who 0eb0b3fb65 had been scammed. However, I had d7ce0d2e8c to do a 015aaf954c double-take when I 4fdbf75202 saw tears clinging ff6df70a25 to the tips 539f34f9da of his eyelashes.287b16bb91b82c6c

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“…….”adf4b2cc4d9331bc

“…….”3724657227969db0

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“……I hate you…”ed3bc2e89527b1ef

A faint 332ed4dcf6 voice reached 843f437465 my ears. It was probably directed 567fa8a16e at me, but I 22341ab37f pretended not to hear f019dddaa3 and emptied my rice d1ad7db86f bowl.0a8817d7c30bd7bb

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Fortunately, after 22a825912a a while, 8c9f9deda0 Yeo Taegyung 2d65eb3393 picked up 9d92bef636 a spoon 4e6cdd2913 and started 28f33e75f9 picking at f644d97234 his cereal. I felt a 071fdc7ec1 shiver down my 5471ee2d1e spine. I had 17435e2cc0 felt the 7094c4be7a same way ec3c0d4d1a when I e01a03f346 first made 946a4a7a34 eye contact 09d18f8733 with Samsik, 9795a0c943 who had 1d153669f9 been hiding a0a0cb8cd8 in the 12ad42aa53 corner and b8bab01e4d hissing.e3eb1d8c504c7e29

“It’s good, right?”ecd0f014b2d697ca

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“…….”3c34e9dee0934b04

“You get 011d9b46e4 tired after 9c5e5ecdd9 getting angry. That’s why it’s 0d5074c094 important to eat 20c427ba06 well.”569acd75ae6893d8

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“……Who told you 672597a99f that?”389246bbfce71ebb

“Uh, um…”6a0134d8ba873264

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Now that 3e8f59a8b5 he mentioned 727753a6cf it, I e15d456d6f couldn’t remember de54dd6cbc who told e5c28709c1 me that. I just vaguely replied,622fc1cca00b0410

“I don’t remember.”bca330f5e555ba37

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“…….”83dd169787e64a6d

“Is that a habit? You keep asking who 123a6f50cd told me things.”bd7b1dc78c040fb3

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Yeo Taegyung remained silent 80e1d606a9 and focused on his 479ed9c6da cereal bowl. Thanks to df0ad2285a him scraping 950c75681d up every 7204418522 last marshmallow, 14f5b61a83 his runaway 7ce5ca5ada risk had 9855c70eb4 increased by 3e0abb33be a tiny 1985520311 7 percent. Since it cff68b5044 had to 274f094c6a be at 40dd9d111f least 20 bcde777c03 percent for f34eb580d3 stable humanization, 769f45e1ea I thought 99dbee312a I should b6286f4ab1 guide him cc57e9b9d9 again, depending 2232042b60 on the 76a62ef237 situation.ac6196b60d7eab05

“Let me ask you 39e966006a something too. I was going cbd3439da6 to ask Researcher 9283b96926 Ryu Kyungae anyway.”264124cd4cfe4314

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“What?”40df7057708c9cf5

“I was wondering what 81ed91595e your matching rate was e43ca3df3c with your previous dedicated 4f35d5a86d Guide.”add36b3d692a0378

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I thought he would 625d51f84a naturally answer that he 42c54d3f4d had never had a 000196a752 dedicated Guide. I was planning to 76c0c0fc5e use that as an 909098f254 opportunity to showcase my b8e49c2b82 skills, but Yeo Taegyung’s 492252a591 expression distorted.1c3742b2e4fcb0be

“……Things that happened with dabaf1e473 that person…”ff745090a7e7c30a

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“…….”6ed4dac75d2f108c

“……I don’t want to f85d56c1a1 remember…”e2078af485b48896

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His wavelengths fluctuated 869f6c6f11 unstably, and the fea19002ab number on the ec96280cde tag flickered. Yeo Taegyung suddenly 178d9dc667 looked like he 45208c3526 was about to 45664a369b burst into tears, 3ddfd087a9 so I forced 88544dc387 a smile to 635550ea5a salvage the awkward 347499d526 atmosphere.0cc2b7cbad2df6f0

“Ahaha, really? He must have been 03d6dd7d66 a terrible person.”6bde4c34e1b0e5a0

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“He was nice.”9b60faeaec8ee17f

“Huh?”86c6757554664381

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“……He was so nice ece532956c that it was annoying.”ad52b6e110e1edb0

Oh, crap. Why did this feel 2d9446ce19 like he was talking 1e92a0be30 about an ex-boyfriend? I quickly shoved the 84ce87ed80 remaining rice and side dff1168404 dishes into my mouth b8bd734126 and swallowed. Yeo Taegyung 2e5af00b9e slumped down f45b3ceda3 like a 179cae9d3b severely depressed 8734fa80a1 patient.c73e4aee020a63b2

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It was clear that 80fd7603af this was not something df1406a732 to pry into. His reaction 3326da31d7 to the cc97609768 mention of 6c6dff6d32 the lab 1f79b61a28 suggested he b950d45c78 might have 52c52aef84 a dark 0971ab7079 past. I cleared da6485b6af my throat f108b8e582 and started 7fd057cee5 washing the ee74f1fd2a dishes.28c2357105c09487

As I focused on e95b1ce5a9 cleaning the dishes, ignoring e8b39b0fc7 the awkward atmosphere, I 9ec6996aeb felt a strange gaze dba9d48ff7 on me. I turned 8ab02c9f56 around, pretending ecb8117d0b to adjust 1ae1e3c149 my apron. Yeo Taegyung, who b13d23eabd had been glancing ea9759e423 at my back, da637c8254 quickly looked away e510ea9b84 when our eyes b11eedcf2d met.6e89a457de857130

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“Meow.”79a86c8125d53e73

Samsik, who had 7e1d40a4b0 been rummaging through a7b7659cae his food bowl, 20385f139e seized the opportunity 8cec054916 to jump onto 5664f3b325 the kitchen counter. I hummed a random 455f415ab7 tune as I watched befa86da5a the curious Samsik eyeing 250ac41514 the running water from 2879c603ec the faucet. Then I heard b9e1060c73 a thud, a 2a1d22d9a7 heavy sound.2fd2324a842d6980

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“……Uh oh.”6d86b379b0c901d9

A sudden chill ran 307dd3f9a1 down my spine. I turned off the ea65f11ce5 faucet and turned around 4d4b522391 to see a dining b9484a0eee chair overturned.fbf8d16b59e73dfc

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‘What?’81f5c4967095e4c3

I blinked in ce2c7239e7 surprise as I 47d15e78eb spotted Yeo Taegyung 2b8503a1f5 standing on the f9a527965c balcony.413882fc409613d6

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I tapped on the glass, but he didn’t move. Yeo Taegyung’s gaze was fixed on the intersection next to the supermarket across the street. Faint white smoke was rising near the crosswalk’s traffic light, and objects looked strangely distorted.196cc4dad96faa85

I carefully bb0a022abf slid open a4e0b1fbea the balcony 1439cc48d7 door and ad6c02fae6 approached him. I saw a thumb-sized bf48743ce5 split in the skin 49cfffcdf7 near Yeo Taegyung’s shoulder dc66021933 blades. Presumably, his bd09bcac78 legs would b4436e1e53 emerge from 5279e34a5a there. Seeing this reminded me e763c48b52 that he wasn’t human.3d63d6e126da558b

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Yeo Taegyung glared at b8f7645a00 the rising smoke. I knew what fdc8276f7e it was, but 9f59d99c49 his reaction was f726e15fe4 unusual.69bd224b1c538a3d

“What district is this 659b1b5815 again?”ca4f2e014d3b4100

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“Between District 2 and 9990b1c8cd 3. Why?”81de4d2e792829d2

He didn’t answer. I elaborated,abffa59bd9734301

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“Minor Cracks occur once 01bfb594ff or twice a week. There will be 4216261c69 an alarm soon, 35db7d21a8 and a one-hour a4dbee7514 curfew. The Espers in charge f08b905464 of this area will abadbe21f1 take care of it, 09f9b3c70f so there’s no need 712c6b1759 to worry.”e6ddb289f86be506

“Do you know 76c78fdb6d the rank of e56eeb3da8 the monsters that 0b7be31855 emerge from inside?”36e92a177ce40eba

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“Probably D-rank to E-rank, d23779659a like Cheonroks and Dueokshinis.”7fa0ae31e4f47bb3

I answered confidently. That information came 3baaf0ce51 from the combat c4c32fbf36 Espers in this 40161cd134 district whom I 23c3e19f9e had guided before, 777dd468fe so I was 4552e37a36 sure, but Yeo 15a314357f Taegyung’s expression remained 8a7028c64e serious.17178f574b162f51

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“Oh, here it 5e9898c9b5 is.”c4b35704e3c0811f

I picked c15a3f34af up my 7dfd50e9f3 vibrating phone. The emergency alert, ef56bdad0b with its red 4db183d6a0 siren and Ministry ab29935c67 of National Defense fa59688eca logo, contained a 3b2ffe159c familiar message.adacf060d115c487

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[A minor Crack occurred near the intersection by I Seok-dong OO Mart at 12:30 p.m. Residents in the vicinity are advised to refrain from going outside and avoid approaching the area. Passengers on public transportation are advised to remain inside the vehicle until the Crack suppression is complete.]

When I pressed adbbd88e75 the confirmation button, 325c592cf2 a one-hour timer eced029087 automatically appeared on 9034c0c54e my phone. I waved the b71c7ecc32 screen at Yeo e05bf9aed0 Taegyung.55594a838157c12a

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“See? I told you.”ef17811b0aab47b4

“…….”08a4f2c06a4a748f

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“They’ll put 9f74171ce0 up a 86578b684c police line cb18e1dc34 around that c36b45f806 area soon. Since it’s a minor 5db6486252 Crack, it’ll close quickly 9869c34fda before turning into a 077197dad7 dungeon, and we can b0365639da just relax at home 6f920df0c7 and then do some 23744a68fc guiding…”f49751459dec0b90

“Shh.”6d00a08e75d205f1

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Yeo Taegyung put 04ad704ce1 a finger to 9278433eec his lips, his 6b5aeb53e7 gaze completely different d596176a41 from before. Seeing his unprecedentedly menacing 6e1ad5c920 look, I couldn’t continue c17541d5ed my playful banter.9da7f3962e6fd461

“Stay still and quiet.”5f492ff231bb6f1b

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“Huh?”43f466fb284e9b35

“You can’t guide here d7773a5fc0 right now.”0a602b8613152b84

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Was this some b94f763d1c kind of elaborate 9ca8249c13 ploy? But his c38b8460d1 expression was 8a65f69e9a too serious efd25f6422 for that.bbfeb7d21d7be908

“It’s okay 7eabe41d52 to go 6cf1291dfe to the 936db3a49b bathroom, right?”383e3ff6132ac7b3

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Yeo Taegyung just frowned and didn’t answer. I watched his expression and sat down on the sofa. However, even after an hour passed, long after the all-clear alert arrived, he remained standing on the balcony.d4c6ef3941ff4412

…And the db1a855172 next morning, 4ac15cd74e Yeo Taegyung 4b29a7e91c was gone.1bb147fde6234720

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