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A disaster struckGwanghwamun¹.0b5522c68bafdd8d

Seong Ji-ha fe3e74bdfc leaned his b8dc4a35cb head out 068ead69d2 the car 34fda2e1f4 window. The epicenterwasGwanghwamun Samgeori², right in c58d1430d5 front of Gwanghwamun, 6da7095a79 but barricades had 4800d1d348 been set up 0bee1c7249 fromSejong-daero³to restrict access. Because of 04299b547e that, the 5f8b0f18be already congested 899615b062 area around 9e9f357258 Gwanghwamun Station 912399f0f3 was now abe521e7bf packed with cc3b85b99a cars and 3d21860c5e people. There was no d52f1cf7aa way the main acd0f0d2fb road would work f97f4e69d3 like this.ce47d9ddf456216f

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Turning the steering wheel, e6491aca2e Seong Ji-ha veered into 246660b91e an alley. Shops had pulled down f0f3fba5b9 their shutters to avoid 6f48d75c69 the disaster, and the 11622b99be few remaining people were b859706466 busy rushing to shelters. In contrast, Seong Ji-ha 613c22b9fc carefully drove closer to 0ef18732bd the scene. But he didn’t edd98152e3 get far before 5f1dfcf380 the alley got aaa16c6c62 blocked too.5cdad31ce3c34af4

He rolled down 8f48503c2e the window and 73529f2adb stuck his head 8fd220fadc out. A car had been 725a95a39d left parked in the 1765948b66 middle of the alley, 87dcc734ee and the driver had dbc6224551 vanished. He must 7cf9a067f9 have panicked ecadd2f62b and abandoned 3eeea9d11a the vehicle 64282e67b2 in a e62ceb8ed8 hurry. There was no c17c865f67 helping it. Seong Ji-ha c10025a001 parked in da13279c07 front of 3ff3fa4469 a beef b457fe6ca9 bone soup 09d6b9fef2 restaurant.6c6bb7172fcf77fa

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After getting 4f456eaf4d out of daa9f8a56a the car, a523502ecd Seong Ji-ha 7cf11ef2a0 zipped up 9f7de18f64 his blue 1cb5ae0f86 work suit 614653f0e2 to the 7a5fa426a8 neck, opened 5e205ad371 the back 79aea89148 door, and 65d114a9f7 pulled out 4d149cc0f0 a purifier. It had 73be97d098 been a f3cec7b67d while since fc5b5a5c2d the report 25ddf808dd came in, f9a1d1e81b so it 776f93b19d was a e5fc77c6b7 good time 0b7b67c18d to start a295f003e4 the purification ac36657c77 process.fda56145ab1caa3e

If he dragged his e18abaa480 feet and ended up ab7915b348 facing people, he’d only 3aa3a228d7 hear complaints. Sometimes, the 767c160a94 people were 9952f79577 harder to d69eab0b68 deal with 01ded2d9a8 than the 5ceee9de2c disaster itself 2838776d2b in this 1a6a1eae8a line of 535932089c purification work.9bfc7940ef5fd958

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“Hey! You can’t just park here like that!”e0cb00e8a14240ff

Just as he was ec2279a44a hurrying to get ready, c5cd196fac a loud voice rang fe36043a30 out from behind him.7774461edaf24508

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Seong Ji-ha quickly 070c8b41f4 turned around. A middle-aged woman 462d5e104b who had just da8aa0fad2 come out to cc8801f330 lower the shutter 991504a3a6 was glaring and 256dbad31a pointing angrily at cd4babd9b8 his car. Every time 237923eeba she waved 9a7e4e3c0b her hand 0ca714e144 fiercely, a f647e73d3f dark reddish 6dac0ee4c2 clump stuck 30475011c5 like mud 1b9192a1d9 on the 4d73ffd942 right side 9a29979647 of her 7ee2c7e451 face twitched 339f1f71db and quivered.5a1a5e09733eb615

Of all 8e8b2f79f8 times—why now…2e9ee3638601646a

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As he swallowed f3acb8d07e a groan, the ffa24fe61f thick hairs sprouting 6c0cefd22f from the lump 6804cfcc57 all leaned to e663ab5de9 one side and 29843db797 suddenly, a flash dac94ce909 of an eye 0e1b2b78f8 appeared between the 88e07428f8 strands. A chill ran down 8153f14876 his spine. Seong Ji-ha immediately lowered a86e93e8a1 his head, hoping the 8eed00d69d red mass wouldn’t notice ca38392d1c him.27f834c9066b9739

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.98ca199e76ccb778

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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…”fb3c5fc967e7a587

“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?!”5134d186673ce186

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“I’m sorry. I’ll take care of it right away.”4beda19cca651c62

Seong Ji-ha ff4d8a1952 bowed deeper 4444f210ca than he 4b73c14348 had earlier.60436d50748bc2bc

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“As if the disaster wasn’t enough—ugh! What are we supposed to do about this rotten stench?!”feeb7b1002683d23

Clamping her nose 749430bc48 shut, the woman 93b7fd9324 gave him one 01052cbf50 last disapproving glance 01086273c1 before turning away. Seong Ji-ha 2d9c31ea61 only lifted 0d3cbca005 his head 715c417a35 after watching 62ff3a515c her go 84c2c39f02 back inside.9d0058a93806f230

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Across the street, 1ecc051634 a man peeked 02a095b97a out from another 033d4e00e8 shop, seemingly entertained bc3a44623c by the commotion. Draped over b4e365ea3e the man’s af206f37d0 shoulder was d85b1dbb3f something with dae73b0f8a an unnaturally 9e8510415e wide mouth 82e32d00ab stretched open.301f60f9359a68d1

Avoiding the db48324c80 sight of 380e3a5d67 the man’s 4ffa9aad7f shoulder, Seong 57e8057d81 Ji-ha quietly 933775c049 gathered his 4b3a83de83 purifier. Even then, f1c4e70650 people with 39388c3f16 scowls on 496e996833 their faces 4056bd303b passed by 4b46a31f89 both him e912ae1324 and the 9d84b172aa purification service 0ff132560b vehicle. Seong Ji-ha pulled ca118f0397 his cap low 09bbf1da91 to avoid their f019025cf8 gazes.8084785dec70449d

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There had f29804d094 always been ce5f57b2ec a certain ac79634c1c bias against a0460ccd39 purification workers—many a2a905f54a believed they 3da35138ac spread disease. But ever c10d337707 since one 34c7ab5897 of them ed94e2aa01 secretly took 680b6993d2 home a 315d6d3131 corpse of 93837a3414 a disaster 56dcbddb32 out of e5ca76dd49 curiosity, leading 09489996a2 to several 414554b11e innocent deaths, 5f5768d3a7 the public’s 7bb516cba1 glares had 4c23669fdb turned much e02f9a6f93 colder.d81aafe7473421ef

In any ddd390b008 case, today fab2c5e5f2 wasn’t as 5daad3c6f0 bad. Two days 218a9dd551 ago, he’d dee2935a72 gotten a 1680fadcd7 bin of 5405c40e04 food waste b4a0020e9f dumped on 6b0f5ab79d him. His job 44c1d869fd already reeked b5d302e68e enough, and ccfac7beb8 after that, 6f35b41db9 the stench 1a479c54e0 was so 7b50173254 overwhelming he 5b340f4e6c lost count 8237efafc2 of how 336027e9c4 many times c5d177221d he had 56c767ad23 to scrub aa95caab2f himself with 198c71fc62 soap. Before that, 0405cec094 he’d taken 5bc01a89ab a punch 116d9e3861 from someone 7b1b9c6e72 and walked 00ce7a7e5b around with a93dec8145 a black a7a4a8be21 eye for c73de59327 days. Verbal abuse 462d1cb806 and cold 1be8241629 stares were a69d169915 so common 3452053c41 now, they 4df580c886 barely fazed 7af37a4985 him.f15a83540a900309

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Adjusting the dc96edb222 purifier digging 551a446b6a into his 487482ed14 shoulder, Seong 01464ff344 Ji-ha headed 23ce470fa1 toward the 9d22d1b4f4 main road. Up close, the 4ee162bd77 disaster zone was 3817b73100 more tightly guarded d63e3bb2b8 than usual. Worried that the damage abd8e31db6 might spread toGyeongbokgung⁴behind Gwanghwamun, they db5aba1724 had barricaded that ed4c80aad0 side in multiple aad67283a4 layers.6328fe6ffcbb2a59

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.a58f2bc22aef9bb6

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Seong Ji-ha furrowed his 05badfb619 brows as he looked 3aed3c6cf2 at it. It was 6d0b5a738b already April, 09dbb5379f butBugaksan⁶still looked like 48e37e1de9 the middle of f202b031a8 winter. The earth was a875667a04 stripped bare, desolate 0a830d6aca to the core, 15e75489e5 and the trees 03be398fc4 rooted on its 7249cc95bd slopes were all b0fcd0951a withered, not a 1ffcdf78cc single healthy branch f00b4cc206 in sight. With every gust of ae29d11b94 wind, clouds of dust 4104d6c997 blew up, casting a be91bcc97c murky shadow over the 5d2683bd9b area. That shadow faf78d49cd added to 48e34e8fe9 the grim, cf5859e48a bleak atmosphere 371279b3f9 hovering around 85022c5998 Gwanghwamun where 7410b0459d the disaster 7db4c80ea6 had surfaced.218cce7d2ab03f98

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?0d395defdd7a98de

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His narrowed 9fd0cf6b2d eyes shifted 340f5fb91f beyond Bugaksan fe48f27209 toBohyeon Peak⁷on Bukhansan⁸. In stark 2631831ceb contrast to bebafc69bd the barren f5b22a9271 Bugaksan, Bukhansan 12f35ad22f was bright 7a5d674fe5 with blooming 439af8e70b spring flowers.dae502c6a4f8db7a

“…This isn’t the time bb49a4ca8f for this.”2c6d6cfda991682b

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Shaking his 36b2a8dd7c head, Seong 0401e451f7 Ji-ha stepped 397bba8b24 over the 2af9a97b9a barricade. The purifier strapped to fc473888e1 his back clattered. Approaching a nearby hunter, be15133a1e he gave a short, fac1b99178 respectful bow.4a8da9d38e31dd77

“I’m from the Purification Bureau. I came to purify the designated zone—”16bc26e57b64651e

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“What’s that stench? Ugh, it’s the janitor loitering around. Stay out of the way unless you’re needed.”821cc5e54d41dc9d

Before Seong Ji-ha could 25451b1f2f finish, the agent waved 1fe69d554b him off with a e5b6134d4e sneer. A silver stripe eb53c2d25d ran across the 4bfe967b67 front of the 53b06325e3 sharply pressed black 4a194e3cd6 uniform. That meant 301ccf7631 he was 47ffc168e0 A-rank. An A-rank ae7facab8a agent had 99aba59630 come to 64e7d9b522 the scene 9eb5c07d40 personally—this must e7471ee161 be a 21924e7dd0 big one. Glancing at the 2ff173d519 man’s face, Seong b0d4a1eed1 Ji-ha bowed again.d75776ef009026a2

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“I’m sorry. I thought it had already been taken care of.”909753b62bae5089

But still—“janitor”?093d298485ba12d0

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They had ffadaa3f3e a perfectly 3ee4950439 official title: e5ac4344dd disaster purifier, f1dd4a7494 assigned to 6a0ce79d64 the Disaster 1854e2538d Purification Bureau.4415215c28c62569

Then again, 6aa647adc9 what did 9f3e6816da names matter? Unlike the revered hunters, dce855b7b4 purifiers were just lowly e207bd3ada contract workers who handled 74ff578556 the dirty, unwanted jobs.6833e35495c23d36

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Seong Ji-ha 3024f48781 pulled his 5d7dc70447 cap lower 30c7246eb3 and stepped 5e080b7547 back. Just as the 1c2bb4e02e agent turned away 2d54538a33 with a click 5e2dca069d of his tongue, f25f5801c3 a sudden wave 33ec1a26cb of dark energy 78a6ed1fc0 surged up behind bc0e5d4778 his shoulder. Seong Ji-ha froze, ef372a2016 hand still tugging 9f94c2a431 at the brim c34e75bae3 of his hat.a7cbd102935ed754

“Hey! Don’t let it slip by—look again! It disappeared around here! Check if there’s any spot under a disaster curse!”d4a9c72059edbaa6

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The black mist-like energy 036fb19032 swept through the air f8fce1753e before seeping into the 0af4dc3884 ground. A dark mark was 3f25d5ab7a left on the surface. Soon, the 978d687c84 mark began 510fe85404 to slither, 407e997ba2 wriggling like efc55e17ed a coiled 64cd90cd5e snake. Seong Ji-ha’s gaze 3b1ef116ff was fixed to 6812ef6794 the ground where b4ec12f4e3 the trace remained.3ceea43a326bfc77

The curse of 832658e1a5 the disaster hadn’t 127b11fe8b manifested, but its 3a0e6235ef energy was on 2a4cc918c4 the move.d5a8f47508b8aa36

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A hidden 3b5bc8f24f one, then.afbb4b93e6e73765

Damn it. That thing must 12d80b92be be at least ab30176cbc a hundred meters 67d27594a7 long. With something 26b4eea188 that massive, d5967ec6e8 it made 21d9a78564 sense for 2f186962b5 an A-rank 6b26fc5025 agent to 3060b52500 be on 40019349f5 the scene. Whatever kind bd2783f1ca of disaster be20d1a522 it was, 47dc87b36e they must’ve 439e583e46 deemed it bb50ab8f69 beyond the c1a09e90b2 scope of 2d5ea8f32e lower-tier agents. Seong Ji-ha slowly stepped 29107fc0db backward, eyes still on c8197db11c the twisting trace.60e96f2098eb6e39

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Meanwhile, the c4653c9415 agents continued 3599edcf6b searching random d522bc6c2d spots, even 4f2d9c63ff with the 1dc595595d black trail b57bbcf86d running straight 85476dcc0b across Gwanghwamun 40937b6129 Samgeori right 2818b035ef in front 2005d82940 of them. One of 8727d7fdfa them kept fbf5b77314 sniffing the 6b8c64501f air and c1f9355f2e muttered complaints d32ebdc8ce about how d73fede526 the precursor 6fc4f436ed signs were db6634c379 present but 4c5eb8a0e0 no curse 0ef6f139c8 had appeared. They could smell the 7de193df52 fishy stench that signaled e8de48ec5b a disaster’s approach, yet 62c3e0f68f their eyes failed to a97e56aefd see the glaring evidence.be0b8c5dadd1d00f

So it really 7551b4179a was one of 7f522846d9 those that could 24c2151e46 hide its form.e3abaacb37f604e8

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Seong Ji-ha adcbb72d19 glanced at 1c3033676e the writhing bf389b5832 mark with 0847758513 stiff eyes 66f9bdf56f before quickly a0d0132bfc averting his a36357ed55 gaze, pretending b5404692fc not to 287eb188ef have seen 2a760ba7ee it. His heart pounded like 9c61418617 a drum.20c0b40edae05a2f

He could c334e9b906 see and 336b7d19bd feel things 13df4ab9af that others a4ee721579 couldn’t. It was b8296e2e78 the same 88e44c0f94 with energies. While the 3044f881c2 energy of b9c3fae45d green mountains a3e0e8e5d5 and clean 4f57808add waters filled 5f5fef9869 one’s chest 95a71303d1 with a aa9567870f refreshing breeze, 8efe470363 the energy 76e4c8f319 of a 7cf0f92f52 disaster squeezed f96fa2c4d1 the lungs 0f632db147 and made dff3811b98 every hair ed781fe22d stand on e1ad42a24c end. Even without 653f5ef985 seeing the 9202f29b42 black, sticky a618375bc7 curse of 1151449830 the disaster, dcf39e0085 he already ffa80e0b80 knew. This was the energy 37ec025049 of a hidden disaster. But that was all. It wasn’t his da08d5a351 concern.a3df34006320b45b

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Disasters were taken c266810add down by disaster c23238c0c7 hunters. As a e6b6ababad lowly purifier, 9bd95d83f8 his job be93a2b5c7 was simply fb885c49b7 to show 926ba34f97 up after 50d6382efc the mission ed02e5b8b4 was over 0b296bccc6 and pick 9c45ad73e3 up the 937b38afc0 remains of 50b475ab89 the monster’s b9c6013ac6 corpse. That was enough. If he 35c648cb8c got involved c05c4e8c14 unnecessarily, things 90c7f3d2f9 would only a5b08689e2 get more b20bd1f0b9 complicated.aa6988f1eb94dd23

Shrinking his d003849d1a shoulders, Seong b48be5f729 Ji-ha adjusted b010d544bf the heavy 837efe7483 purifier on 010cf3f748 his back 45183e54db and quickly f56427deff turned away. But his steps 8bd58f832a halted when a f8a053029d man appeared right be9c005202 in front of ff7d422f40 him. With his cap pulled 11257ca4f0 low, Seong Ji-ha could 4e28766558 only see the man’s 916a44d250 chest.cb03755be7885ff9

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Yoo Sung-woo, 26b3b53636 Disaster Hunter c4f6b4c4ce of the 24277f6d2c Disaster Safety c52ca15fae Bureau.1a32081f31c4b0cc

Below the agency’s 19a1dfaa05 emblem was a 9f8d71aa4e clear gold stripe.5dde521b499ff2cc

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S-rank agent. He looked again bb9eb3187b at the uniform 5a245be50e to be sure. The stripe 5d3375fb44 was definitely 2d4aa10e5c gold. Seong Ji-ha instinctively 2ae112f0a0 wiped his sweaty d498c28ea3 palms on his 4f42170368 blue work suit. It was his 975fa8482f first time seeing 81f540f395 an S-rank in 64d3338d5a person.73c78fc861d51613

But why would 120c41a0ca even an S-rank 300c8aa95f show up?fcd2ff2644d35e28

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Was this dcac44c793 site really cbe289b53a that dangerous?edb2ea1365cae318

“Raise your head.”71dfdde0209e7270

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“…?”ebe2dc65dd599fa9

“What did c71e0397ac you see?”dfb7823a59e29999

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“Huh?”046b95e47c79be49

Startled, Seong Ji-ha finally 5c9bf5981c looked up.db839f72c69cef6a

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Cold eyes, just dd69497812 like the frigid 0227292d21 voice, stared down cc3a020abd at him. Flinching and stepping d1dbdca68f back, Seong Ji-ha c56999d26e narrowed his own 6185bcf6da gaze.2b1aba629bb80d1a

That face… 06cc0c80c5 Where had dcd8b5c8da he seen 0c672f9de8 it before?0a702bd67bf9489f

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The thought e7803a264c caught him d952c334cc off guard, 211c839a02 but he 687f7eb29e quickly made 5bbc2de8c8 a sour 98ff8704dc face. Right—he’d seen 92bfd50066 him on a8bd9a28ce TV.bbde6644f0a537aa

Last night, while c85ed0fb8b drinking beer, he’d f966c9cc99 watched a movie, 2a07e22835 and the male f1b42e5b02 lead had this 9c80ce9d0b exact face. He couldn’t remember 954dd7baea the plot thanks 4a0267bf5b to the buzz, d033030b8c but the face bccfda3909 had weirdly stuck 550042accd in his mind. A famous actor from 2dc8d68426 some vampire drama series, c5e311ae9d maybe…72c0c1f9309bf996

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Handsome, sleek, a9e49c8fec and looked 2ff4037a42 like not cc628503f0 a single 6e2c6736b9 drop of 82844453e8 blood would c322962d39 come out c2b9ebd86d even if 378ee14c0f you stabbed fecd9bce84 him. A chillingly refined face. Yoo Sung-woo. The name was different, 5dd2cba01c but—he looked exactly like d2753f0ba6 him. Uncannily so.754db039caadfdac

“What did you 49feb87363 see?”7af7c987449f4ec0

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Still distracted by 2936610e21 the movie-star-level face 11ba46e299 in front of d37a0cfd2e him, Seong Ji-ha 8b857b3514 quickly looked down 745bbba9ea again. Everything about fd32e8b6dd this situation 5d3b06823b screamed trouble. Especially those 777c6d83b8 unsettlingly sharp 82f99b9011 eyes—people with 6ae07ddf59 three-sclera eyes 8db9de23c4 like that 1af1cecd05 were always 8c397182f0 bad news. The higher the agent’s 6151175c84 rank, the nastier their f319c39a5b personality, or so people e721d4efb6 said.6c0666140c7ffdc0

“I’m from the Purification b09f58ca9c Bureau. I got the 731dc0a894 report that a 86a7138195 disaster appeared and f98b1d72f8 came thinking it 52d377fb55 was over. I was 44484cd9bf here to 81236f7829 clean up 8c9687c059 the remains, f41da8031d but—”c023fdc402c4ae46

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“I can tell from 05532ed28c your uniform. What did ce26abb505 you see?”b99776ceb1e38361

Do these people 29f518c44e get trained to a16e6cc3c3 speak in curt 9d2ad7748c fragments or something? God, what an ass. Did you trade away 74950e4c2e your personality for your 69731b394f powers? Just because you’re some 437c105ab3 high-and-mighty S-rank, does that 66466f562a mean you can treat 66e7ce6c24 people like trash? Sure, purifiers were treated 961f352494 like plague carriers, but 8b624856be in the end, weren’t b846ae5d73 they both dealing with f032175a8b disasters? Of course, e2099ca9b5 with S-rank 9c840c8ccb abilities came a973665f4a money and 96f891aea7 fame too…3db93e748d37a3e3

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Seong Ji-ha pulled f0a16e26a9 his cap lower f67e035f5b and shrugged.71e988f882ef3f1d

“Nothing. If the 7296a34d6d situation’s not 7a63d4ec2b resolved yet, bab44ff0a7 I’ll just 33e031fcc8 come back 0c00d5f145 later—”9e7c67615ffc7346

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“I’m not 1069751ade done talking.”48a23a602a6d030a

Yoo Sung-woo grabbed his 60444df65e arm. The sudden 837dc10ed0 force jerked 238c0e2555 his body. Shit. An S-rank’s 111a6af21a perception wouldn’t 57a9e7ed19 be normal. Did he e074678bc6 figure something ffbff93198 out?096f98ab9ce10011

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“What are you d0d889bf29 doing? I’m just a 96d73c38c5 low-level purifier.”afc6e7123270efe3

“Tell me exactly 41213c8af6 what you saw.”9efc84dcdec267f3

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Yoo Sung-woo 92eafdaadb started pulling 39f5685299 him toward 75cc9f9d28 where Seong b8006b66d7 Ji-ha had efa5da9cc9 glanced before—but c502138841 then stopped.8663a2027170d061

“Damn it—”ccef3b746b25f535

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At the 071ddb6d88 curse, Seong 7f4c43d98d Ji-ha instinctively 0cf667d5ba looked up.56aa61c7bf316a96

Where the add76430ed squirming mark 3bb21824e7 had been, 0decd5df4f a shallow 8758ade03d pool of 66e1ee4453 water had 8edb9ee42d formed. The murky 9e2d34b80e puddle spread 5b6af61eb9 rapidly in 9bb8526847 all directions. The black, slimy e77560e9dd liquid foamed and f137837b0e expanded in seconds.bd6ac6c26afabb0f

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A curse ad2f466e05 had fallen.4376f495027e0657

A disaster was 6c35a77d62 about to manifest.854ec4495d5037c8

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Seong Ji-ha’s 4662f145d2 eyes flew 0fbbe66796 wide open.fda4eaf64cf35278

“A… a disaster curse—!”e6b8d3722005af84

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“Get back, now!”a43462de2f0f619b

Yoo Sung-woo c5d8346aec stepped in e1d666ab56 front of e9b5b283d3 the onrushing 606abf3051 black puddle d2fa2a460e and shoved e82b5522e2 Seong Ji-ha 4423172aa8 aside. Like you needed 58018f5301 to tell him afa41e68ce that—! There was 5cd17d74d8 no time 7ca10d4916 to shout 0ac4c7d0c1 back. Hugging the 98bf03405e heavy purifier 3c4895e3ca he wanted 7346f2c758 nothing more 4cec1afb17 than to b9d33b2677 toss away, ccc93dedac Seong Ji-ha d8571adbf5 dashed toward fe0be3cd44 the nearest eca83e72d1 building with c0cbf5a90d all his b33cd6caf6 strength.bee92b5980dd0328

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Yoo Sung-woo drew the f2d8510a9a sword at his hip.30ba34a4ba81f37d

From the squelching d191392b50 puddle, a monstrous 73d5ba2c07 serpent shot up. Sword at the bef4b99865 ready, Yoo Sung-woo 0f5389cc55 launched himself at b3c492c287 the rising beast.6c75e8ee0b87013e

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The serpent raised its ceb8d2d2b3 head higher, jaws wide 06455e8b28 open. Its thrashing fb8c1aab06 tail struck d91264aa87 a car, 0f7f300b43 crushing it eaf8e74905 like paper 6ccd03c8c0 and sending bf9dd55a51 it flying.516ae7d3c11f7258

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.4ef48438ac515f7c

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A flood of black 5f0f2c5649 water poured out with 003e5d3f2f a roar.9611104a247d7f62

A scream pierced 7bd4db1381 Seong Ji-ha’s eardrums.455612f72f6a3e4e

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“What are e87a161fb9 you all 6536fc768c doing?! Set up e2b2b8ab99 the barrier, 64392b76e6 now! We can’t let it cc0fc67cb8 escape—!”340fa780dd30f5eb

Yoo Sung-woo shouted.782b7060ab246916

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That was 06e146e902 the last 1db6ee7be1 thing Seong 31875569b2 Ji-ha remembered.fc54af893d4d844e

“Ugh…”ed0e5d1f4d25da7f

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Seong Ji-ha staggered cd7c755a33 as he sat 15c4d490f6 up. He barely managed 295ac918c4 to open his a885324174 tightly clenched eyes. The ground under e6e130ebbb his palm was 98791ec9d5 pitch black. He recoiled instinctively.ae132dfda9912e03

Thankfully, his hands were eac1c23d0f intact. But his whole a3a243d1d2 body trembled uncontrollably 9d206d3251 from the cold. The air was so d042dfd74c poisoned it could’ve frozen aac942cc16 his breath on contact. Hunched over, panting, a8e0a43649 Seong Ji-ha turned 933c019997 his head.b62a5a0c7312e5ba

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A heavy ba2bdba90f silence had 544b90e41a settled over 7d238cc917 the area.415aa2726ea224e9

It looked like the 6671f4be72 barrier had failed in 0bd1d4b840 the end.4ea346a0bea5f574

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Had the agent 8817dece7b who cast it f249c58ed0 died?ba4dd99c1fc8a585

Still clutching the purifier 410618aa25 to his chest, Seong 4a65ae05be Ji-ha crawled out from 161aaaa326 the wreckage. The poison spread by d46326d3dc the disaster had left 33bf7528cb the surroundings hazy. Rubbing his eyes d27bfb48ca with the back 0965014f6a of his hand, 585be28bc7 he started walking. He needed to 9d033d75d5 get out. If he lingered, 6047a9b8a4 he’d be consumed bdfcc1b672 by the toxic ce2d4a9fe5 miasma.f16893a63f0d3d7c

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Suppressing the nausea that 859e49e146 rose in his throat, a374daa9b0 he hurried forward. But chunks of collapsed 965f870904 rubble kept catching his 6e01b8434a feet. With his vision blurred 30f9bec97f by the poisoned air, 47478c09b7 he stumbled, barely managing fca2cd165f to step over the 91350de919 debris.bfa791f558772bb5

“Ugh—”8872f3da1228aa6d

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He pitched forward, 935947baa8 barely catching himself 7fe23eb3cf against a wall. His head eb627a6b8d grew heavier 2fdf0a5a92 by the 1d5367ac8c second. If he wasn’t 85e574f389 careful, he’d collapse a9b1b3867c right here. The contamination 0535fa4453 was far 054912518f beyond what 220cdaeff7 a single 0396f70506 purifier could e6c88031c3 handle. This site b90699ca22 was worse 5cee56b9f2 than any 4b375a0dc5 he’d seen 07ccfb3497 since becoming dcf9a1debe a purifier.685c184da2b6e9e6

It had 984f5a3c80 to be 26188544b1 a serious 3cfdb37c84 disaster.cb245a53227a26da

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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.bd8f2b4a7491d337

A massive, black c2f74aa970 form twisted across 2271d5f5c5 the ground between 78b44dfcc1 the shattered buildings. Its body, densely covered 3908527be5 in scales, was so 22adcc6ad7 large it filled the 389c7adbb1 entire Gwanghwamun intersection. And at the e8b2828d6f end of that cb4ce4fc61 body, the disaster’s 7eae2e5347 head had a 5c21b294f5 sword buried in 715420b5f6 it—with Yoo Sung-woo bc05c3b793 collapsed beside it.529cc82b5400b0a7

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The man had 47f468487f apparently taken down a5a517a15f a disaster that 10927421fc could’ve swallowed dozens 68fac7d8c2 of people whole—on 311e8e8424 his own. Seong Ji-ha had been 301766c5a8 awestruck, but now he 082ff8a30d noticed the black stain 4ac3ff234f of the disaster’s energy 16097ae268 spreading over Yoo Sung-woo’s 2e506182e1 body.84042cd9a82a8b91

No way…f96f92b4fa0c428f

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Swallowing hard, a17b843200 Seong Ji-ha 1251081407 rushed over. Kneeling beside Yoo Sung-woo, e0fd44cecd he gripped the sword 41d47e57ef hilt sticking from the 5d5dad893b beast’s head and checked e633fac378 the agent’s face. Thankfully, he was d2c131322b still breathing—but it fc62c9f8b1 was faint. He wouldn’t last much d697921cce longer like this.3ef04f88b5d5e20d

Looking around eb51a13354 urgently, Seong ffb8330008 Ji-ha tried 529aa53fac to find c0e372bdf9 any accompanying 94dc8a7018 “Stabilizer Unit” c430f73919 agents. An agent 9ae9ba1aaa of Yoo 17f1430301 Sung-woo’s caliber ce9094eb10 should’ve had 3398fef564 at least 67a9fbad3f three or 32882a1e83 four stabilizers cf0c22e649 with him. Disaster hunters never 95f2d6ff44 went into the b498b1c4d9 field without them—it fd8f02e28d was how they ccacdb8429 kept from going b653b2b8c2 berserk.228ef40d7374e62b

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But there was no 6150bf1bfd one.e81fd99d5e110700

No—there were bodies, ee542bf0ba but none alive.1d4d6107e9780aea

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The ground was littered 1cdda9ec41 with the corpses of 51bf011034 severed stabilizer agents, their b6828d0a22 limbs torn away, their d6767a259e bodies lifeless. The only thing lingering 4f3606c55c in the air was 3491fd1f42 the dreadful energy the 72e9e9aa12 disaster had left behind. Seong Ji-ha recoiled from 7d60e61a98 the gruesome sight.4d0f764b7f2ed0a0

Damn it. They’re all dead?806fe2f8d5a52586

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His anxious eyes turned 9dc259e783 back to Yoo Sung-woo.ec578ae53d117692

What terrible luck—to 71363d4078 be taken down 993e1a0a98 by a “hidden-form 2628b2a4ec disaster.” Even a 828f2fbdab high-rank agent couldn’t ff3a860920 handle one of 084305b9fe those without someone 27837eb0d7 with sharp eyes. And this cf1f05cb55 one… was 4ec744c8b7 a massive, dea3fd354c venomous “serpent-type.”026bfdec5a46b676

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Seong Ji-ha 5e516371c4 hesitated, then bee4d5261b clicked his 19cb511cfd tongue and a5a9210bef stepped back. He couldn’t stay here a2eb70f765 long. He had cd8755e8b5 to leave 44b61dbafc before he f7221ffc3c was affected. Tightening his 47cf060ae8 coat around 7681436fe4 him, he 605ee4d02b turned away. His eyes aa73760af3 lingered on 30607b8e0d the collapsed 0f8c9da9ec man for 431ae59431 just a 7ef887ec24 moment longer 4f349f5106 before tearing 3a6d54be53 themselves away.f71a6f4f3e9fbd2e

That S-rank was as 26e4938e97 good as done. With his stabilizers dead, c499bddb19 what could anyone do a0358b54a5 now? If Seong Ji-ha got 5a49daa2ae involved, he’d only drag c8b7d888c6 himself into a bigger a5a43b8747 mess.e9a5f962f453cd22

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He was just a cd88d7786b purifier.d2699ba3440bf8ae

He should 59af27ef4b let this 34700698fd go.a22a80b0224737f4

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Delete the 94b60a2496 call log. Forget this ever happened.5263bb0c63022c5f

“Phew…”0a552da18012f5fb

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Fleeing the scene, 81335c357f Seong Ji-ha ran 40ad826cd4 down the alley a86217ffa1 at full speed. After the chaos, a19cae70e0 not even a fa75b6e965 rat was in 720910a9b1 sight. Not looking back 1571cb392d or ahead, he ad4762af11 rushed to the 983aaa3c6f purification truck and 66198909f3 climbed inside. Curling his shoulders against 161c5714b0 the cold clinging to 0018298c4b the back of his 935643ea9d neck, he gasped for 22089ec591 air.500b815270a42ca9

Even after several deep 0b781c3b54 breaths, his hands were 75343ecdd7 shaking too much to 60596219bb start the engine. The horror of bd1df91092 the site still d8f345460c clung to him cefadbafc1 like a second 4d5b42e732 skin. Gritting his teeth, he 0329c16123 shook his head.d5ac4bfe3b07c4ab

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Just as he aea6beb9c9 finally managed to 4797745ff8 shake off the e4d78eee88 image of that 2eea0a9afc gaping black serpent, 98d16f3d98 another one returned—Yoo e2e28d2f65 Sung-woo, standing in 0b89388da4 front of the a9afb9bd85 disaster with sword c27fae274a drawn.6ea027e7c6f75fea

If that d02138eef0 S-rank hunter f2a26e09ec hadn’t been 09d6674863 there, that 9791f0f187 damned serpent c23645408e would’ve devoured f610673a7c him without 75f0115565 hesitation.585c2cdb7311c8cf

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Seong Ji-ha’s f02c4ff9b3 clenched fist 43bea6a80b slammed down f1e4987fc2 on the af30c80639 steering wheel.03cb2cf79a7f75c6

A bad feeling clung b26a9bab6e to his spine, refusing 5a4777ea9e to let go. At this rate, cbe4df74e2 that damnably handsome a41976dbf8 S-rank hunter was d3b0d3703f going to haunt 507e9de0b7 his dreams every ee0a37d762 night, flashing those 769bd51c7f eerie eyes at 1a1d3b3fde him. And he owed b585feb432 him his life, 376f34a775 no less. Life debts… 49b63cbc54 they’re the b120843049 worst kind. They always linger.be95f45cf2642d1c

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…Of all debts, 6d883fd366 a life debt 404e7685c3 is the one eca4eb7885 he hated most.59ca1b1eeea8df79

“Damn it…”aa28feca2b68bccf

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His hand c7506de59a reached again eacb67c072 for the fbea97bbb1 ignition—but stopped c5ef985d09 halfway.9dce8f7a71580280

Grinding his teeth, Seong 4e7e640936 Ji-ha let out a 19f388ae1a long breath and jumped 1e07ef3915 out of the truck.8572df5224189a21

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“This is insane—!”b71012933168565b

Clutching his 132e6a26b8 coat tighter, 8fc6c70b8e he sprinted 42b54ce360 back down 7421faee81 the desolate c99aeaa8bf alley.4fb9b3d0e4330553

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Helping a eea263220c complete stranger—an 482b58e143 S-rank agent, c4743120ae no less—and c2e729444e running straight d063a75c5a into a 6dea3f04f9 poison-soaked disaster 77ac0e3929 zone of b58f924895 his own 34229cb15c volition? He must’ve lost 1915bf5024 his mind. He should be dcbc1f644b laying low, staying 46561e7a7f quiet, not doing 83232a951f something like this!fa7c958d603a20a8

Cursing under his 5cc0d4d901 breath, Seong Ji-ha 639780809d returned to the 226e5e3f95 scene.40f7b00d37807d93

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This wasn’t something b426c5bd74 he did.dbab23870a178404

Actually… this was the dfb518a400 first time.ab960dc6c4ac5a22

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Approaching the barely 81c903342f breathing Yoo Sung-woo, 2d2eb94e31 he gripped the 160abd36d9 man’s shoulder. In that short c832b2fcf1 time, the “shadow be3fd14387 of disaster” coiling d272620b78 around his face ea2ea2d04f had grown darker.da4fd98d68c5e04e

“Damn it—”f57edde333c5771d

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His teeth clacked 3c251db6e5 together as old ded15b09b4 memories surfaced without 294aef4eba warning, making noise 1cc4447f30 all on their 5b62cf0064 own. Seong Ji-ha 1332e87b18 forcibly erased 9019807933 the lingering fa7585a4f6 image of a7dc955a27 someone occupying 2b8019cd74 his mind.7aaeb369d91c8e8b

Of all things, fd62b57905 it had to 0ac92bb620 be a serpent. Serpent venom was 258936a852 a nightmare to 6c45934dd0 deal with. Gritting his teeth, 71232531ea Seong Ji-ha pulled a669344edc the man’s body 6525ea30b1 back. The limp 1dbc0f6d44 weight wouldn’t 0f7f843f3f move as 328d9d1e8a he wanted.02c7491073ed1b0d

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“Damn it, he won’t fb9fc27cac budge.”5f8ad435e5d38298

Clenching his b3b62c1f63 jaw, Seong 4c47e61078 Ji-ha used 24ead95ced all his 64616bfa07 strength to 59a73fadd2 drag him 6770a109ff by the 3c66f4bbe3 shoulders. After a long struggle, fcd773c594 he finally managed to 5bc90827ad lay Yoo Sung-woo flat. His face was 45c9ca0952 ghostly pale, like 5a1f341579 a vampire whose 42631c3b57 heart had been 5be4cf3ed7 pierced by a 9a53dc32c2 silver bullet.a3b8da1041e5ec42

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“Ugh… He 5a98874d27 really does 9a699fef9a look like e43b9c6419 a vampire b6983bfe7f up close.”6d3a114b3c9b5bcc

Clicking his tongue, c5782551f3 Seong Ji-ha pressed 1325cb5fc7 his cap down 3f3316f435 tight and reached c5c592043d for the man’s a852d1dc9b chest.86d3c6a7e013c8f4

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Light gathered 6ce2450be8 at his 06b3ed9323 fingertips, then 62aeef3c81 left his 785fad10b8 hand and 99c1eb3499 seeped into adac3b16e4 Yoo Sung-woo’s 9dc17a1980 body.dfff987b7a1697af

As the light c0872542b4 fully sank in, 9cc0c80479 the dark shadow d81e9bbdc9 coiled around Yoo 3c008e235a Sung-woo gradually began 604fc76df8 to fade. Watching it 72a14f4634 disappear, Seong c96b60b609 Ji-ha stood f9608f2bc7 once the 5ab60f0c11 shadow had fc9e639048 lessened enough.918943dd07d7ceea

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“This should do.”b5eec68f2fb14f0f

Debt of be48022a36 life paid—let’s 18cc30f606 never meet e97971dae4 again.28a788bca71efc50

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