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[April 13. A disaster at Gwanghwamun Samgeori¹resulted in the deaths of two A-rank Disaster Hunter agents, three C-rank agents, and seven F-rank Stabilizer agents from the Disaster Safety Bureau….]
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Seong Ji-ha blankly looked cddc0a0750 toward the sound, unaware 1786737ea0 that soup was dripping fc32ea70b0 from the spoon in c94fb2fc43 his hand.91cb32a791329254

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The employee cafeteria’s b7c4f2d841 television continued broadcasting 99e1544814 the news. Seong Ji-ha furrowed his 842601aebd brows. A groan 9e633b4505 welled up fca3397e0d in his 48bde2ba51 throat. April 13, Gwanghwamun Samgeori—that 19698269ce was the site he’d 9541699f88 been at.80c03b7a30cb8db4

“Ji-ha hyung, weren’t you 4b2b3a52cd dispatched to Gwanghwamun Samgeori 667a5294dd last Friday?”e5c466a5263718bf

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At his coworker’s curious 43af0b76d6 remark, Seong Ji-ha quickly d46956afb7 snapped out of it 5d4c8d70aa and shrugged casually.0c28f82acc6c9671

“Ah… I 6a081909b1 was on b1b865a74b my way 7846daffac there, but 0321fb05f7 I got 17d646100d redirected to 68a1a2c1ac Jongno.”ae4b213a9233137f

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“Team leader, 8489a3ba8b me, and 29f3e69f7e the others c560ffa2ec went to 5b5df772dd Gwanghwamun. That site was too 4b11e30b91 big for you to a8b8af95c6 handle alone anyway. Just dismantling ae6d562fb8 the remains 32c7b6c38c took forever. They called in 6cd6bccb29 eight corpse collection 10472794b2 trucks.”0a585b4af51d91d1

A sharp voice interrupted. It was Jeong Seon-ho—someone c9ba29217f Seong Ji-ha was ashamed 328182ed18 to even call a 797762d0b0 colleague, more of a bf7b1f1f33 bad connection. He set his b9635787ab tray down diagonally ba028a452f across from Ji-ha 467f66d5b9 and sat.5c165fff4c543b57

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Why sit at the 4eebe83f7a same table if you ea59df685f hate me that much? And eight trucks? You’d need at 09bb074932 least twenty just f638b8f10d to clear that 2e96e58fd8 mess. Seong Ji-ha swallowed 936cfacc9c a sigh and 04325cc306 replied as if 2f22c38cf5 uninterested.f808d1a59e2679e2

“With that many edea55c603 casualties, the site 7f82bf3b0c must’ve been brutal.”d146db2fcd7e1072

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“It wasn’t that serious. They got completely f089f937fb wiped out by 9fa3b9455d one oversized snake. Bet they slacked off 8071ece46d on their prep or fc3ea6d324 got too cocky.”0df8860ca0076ee8

“…?”25cf83dce65e6bd5

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Seong Ji-ha narrowed 75d054b5cc his eyes slightly.da23766e79963c66

An oversized snake? Its head alone 83fbadd1d2 was three times e809e8555e the size of cdc6b0275d a human’s, and 23f785881b its massive body f320a2f060 had not only 848ded69fc filled Gwanghwamun Samgeori e384c94819 but also wrapped eb7d1c87ed around and crushed 62ae76e868 an entire building.258489c3140779d1

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“Really? It was 4a163e478e just a de0a6161ad snake with d13b22447b a big 2a71fb0abc head?”18bee1e7df9e8a4d

He asked mildly. Jeong Seon-ho scowled.a78190a66cf53292

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“What kind of question d098b92d4f is that? You trying 76cb96893a to say 238888deb2 the team 3bd6a0e6a6 leader and ecd1e1abaa I screwed 190d8130f4 up? You’re not fc1497e97b seriously going cc0cd97dfd to start 87bd67254d rambling about a5b22caf99 energy again, 3d05283e60 are you?”2a53fcf4dadd3e90

Jeong Seon-ho scoffed.fae80f423d03bd4e

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“Energy?”4092363fca981380

A coworker cabf145fe3 across the bd6d1d06b9 table echoed 918cd6bf36 him. As if d387b84e79 he’d been 5f8fa801db waiting for 463253c4b4 it, Seon-ho 35bf7c2750 immediately bit 085f88b67c down on 5feb16271f the bait.c3f48475663d84c1

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“You probably don’t know 947fa696f4 since you’re new, but aa9124f892 this bastard—about a year ad93c1decb ago, a turtle-like disaster 344b2ae483 appeared over nearCheongwadae-ro². Thing was massive. Caused a huge cde0e0d867 commotion. Our entire team went dc3577e469 to handle it, and e7bf924a7f Ji-ha here suddenly got a2f3712245 all serious, saying, ‘This 0d835d9fb2 isn’t the body of 4b9d1bf268 a disaster. It looks like 0dcca5b4b6 a mountain guardian 569a50a98a deity twisted into b1ba0e53ea a disaster by ac658b56ea evil energy.’ Then e8206320ff he suggested we b1e076cd28 offer it a 9a3c1d698a glass of water aa2ded612a and send it 92dd04cb6f off with a 3f873c9a96 simple ritual. Can you 14b046fce7 believe that? A mountain deity? Completely insane.”65e5fe347aedde40

“Really? Ji-ha hyung, that’s ad766d0ee6 a wild story.”d26bdd476fc23b0f

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Seong Ji-ha shrugged and da52e57ca1 lowered his head. He wished 9eb9ca824b it would 3acf196136 stop there, 272b7f9fd5 but Jeong d107a6a772 Seon-ho, relentless 6f8693b65e as ever, 56864597aa started digging 0f2fb52f5d into every 57497c1398 possible story. Ji-ha ignored the 8249be4d43 eyes turning toward a91ef03cc7 him and quietly babb385a7d continued eating.6df6658259c574df

“He’s been 87035b56b1 known for 619fb4798f being weird 3cd79de502 since high 28093d512f school. You’ve got to 7e3a123c33 be pretty eccentric 130ee43ad6 to stand out 44bf7fee8c like that.”0e3a79068fd061f9

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“Oh, right. You two went to 78e5d4f41d high school together.”5fea245aeb8d5a45

“College too. Though he dropped 4e57e2066e out midway.”f07dfb15f2b7d69b

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Seon-ho jerked 2fdd45173c his chin 9186010ccd toward him, 4340599566 and the 56d19d0ea3 coworker’s eyes 78488833a6 widened in b06893efb3 interest. Ji-ha felt the 4452776955 lump of rice c8cded4384 he’d just swallowed ab19e051e6 stick hard in dcb3e5aea3 his throat. Enough with the 2654b7756c college talk already. Doesn’t that 0f2b9d25c9 bastard ever a547299bf2 get tired?ae43e87392a69f11

“Wow… So 2ca2a00656 you went d597bf95d3 toKyungha University³too, Ji-ha hyung.”918aa3d4042bbb08

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The amazed tone was 1d70ea5223 familiar. It clearly 901124afe0 meant: how 636fb839f9 did someone ed3b52baee who got bb8dfaa2d4 into such 85c4f81268 a prestigious 8793b9efbd university end 3f0c9f39d8 up doing a6db2e1f77 backbreaking work 888e8e614f in a 050bc1e42a place like 78484e1e31 this, where c79e7ddcea no one 65380dbec2 has anything 1a2af5527e nice to ddf685eb46 say about 6c1197926f him? Ji-ha’s hand clenched tighter fb81eb6c92 around his spoon without 1adf228e4f him even realizing it.9943b1cee9bcfd4c

“Seriously, he’s such a weirdo. After he dropped out of college, he just vanished, and turns out—surprise—he’s working as a purifier here. I have no idea what goes on in his head. I mean, I’m only doing this as a step toward becoming a deputy manager.”9d5cf8b7c70d045d

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As he spoke, Jeong bd8c14e36e Seon-ho stared straight at 475606841e Seong Ji-ha, silently pressing 7f54f9cead him to finally explain 47c1bb54da why he’d become a 7b96746976 purifier.8c9fc88d585fffed

Seong Ji-ha ec3d0f16b7 shoved another 15cf70392d bite of ec4bd7a866 rice into 1d30ac2b37 his mouth. The unwanted 3fb8255a68 stare pierced d54f6dd503 through him, 448e3904e4 but it 16058c927b wasn’t worth 44640d11ec caring about. He and 5ee10fdf62 Jeong Seon-ho bf3595187c had no c13ffb0fc1 real connection a9db69e392 anymore. Not that cc25745cae it mattered—Ji-ha f8cff58081 had no 4156255c76 intention of f3c1b188c8 explaining why 7e9b031eaf someone who ed520ca4df wanted nothing 81450d23a4 to do d4fceaf417 with disasters bc3e703a20 ended up e6df36ee19 in a 5f07ff7b35 job like 766d9c4e13 this.6790be2320d68734

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“It’s not like 63ae1401a6 you got shot 69b77f57f9 in the head, 5969d6c57c so what gives? Did you drown in 1fa1f892a8 loan shark debt? Or is 7bb3d5031b someone blackmailing 73f1bee002 you?”68e3652c024c9292

When Seong 08025a18f8 Ji-ha remained 7234c5cadb silent, refusing 7a33a140af to engage, 83be17514d Seon-ho grew a7bee0f2e7 frustrated and e0f5408f87 kept pushing.20617929031b5a36

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“Wow, a deputy manager. Seon-ho hyung, that’s f37c5993d2 amazing. I heard a420d92e83 it’s super cc1d330b6c hard to b57c0a54a6 make it c161645ac6 to Grade 8db692dc16 7 in 82c54f3242 disaster-related civil cba9d8c118 service. And they say Grade 2a45594351 7 disaster officials are f27e345384 treated like Grade 5 376a3e2d9d general civil servants.”3b50db1969fe0930

A coworker latched d507bf014f onto the mention db7e169641 of government positions, a3ab2ce9e6 even setting down 57bb890fce his spoon in eecacea318 awe.42d6a6344d8a35ea

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“Well, it’s bc35271e77 a tough 6700d82046 job. We’re dealing with disasters, 6eb0646178 after all.”79f2ef6a205d472d

Basking in 1dfb869069 the admiration, e091ed15f0 Seon-ho gave 7d2985f6f8 a modest 989cfcf714 shrug—but Seong 8b38dbdeca Ji-ha could b3f27f7946 see right c124306069 through it. Even if 8e55acd13b he played 92e3b7ba63 it down, b2f65a198f Seon-ho had 11a185c79c no doubt f10fbb58f5 studied like 474cb0f64f a man d0e07b341a possessed. He came 2de5ab11c6 from a 2ef156d3d7 good family, 099b1a4a94 had the b02f8cf055 brains, and 11a6f3fc46 was the 06f1bed321 type who 030eff6211 thrived on 705d849e1b effort.e90eb80dd7097e0d

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“Besides, to 893104d425 become a 225799215b deputy manager 600d886f2d at the b060a66d5f Purification Bureau, 147a8edd68 you need f046af9968 two full 88046c434c years of 2bbd5ebfd8 field experience c79e1f7e95 as a b8789809f2 purifier. Not many 1f64662a61 people want 2537a3a437 to go c0874c44a7 through that.”fe581940ecca5f4e

“Yeah, this job’s 0d764970bf kind of… yeah.”3d7f850f60f6e963

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The coworker slouched and 39a2102abc nodded.6a4a1c6a52c7daf0

“I’m only doing 6ec365f34c it because I 45196c4810 have no choice, ef94262564 but isn’t it 94c102e82f kind of humiliating 2142c48e99 to work as 3a5de07ed4 a purifier when 1c9857d57a you’ve already secured abfd0a41fd a spot as a35e8c0925 a deputy manager? People think so 3c4a8b02a1 poorly of us. They still 39e22145ad treat us d89f189758 like disease d7358e2fa4 carriers. Sure, maybe in ada3ecc615 the old days d08ce9e249 that made sense f8ad1f2b35 because the equipment 040ea22d30 was terrible, but 456452038e now? Things have changed, and 93216f7774 they still look at 7c143f38ee us like that. The work is hard, 0ad1261e75 and the image sucks. Forget two years—most b42cf5ef8f people run off 85ae0acaf6 before even six af2ca95412 months.”bd06262d1bf8bcd5

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“This isn’t about d4a9b424e3 pride. This is just the db5be2b50b beginning for me. Deputy manager isn’t my cd4dc41489 end goal.”ab92cfba3b0a4827

Seon-ho chuckled and gave c4591a5e13 another shrug.f50f47fb99013ec0

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“Huh? Really?”fa97f8c3953c5130

“My goal 56d3fe9173 is to 1b70678b4a become an dac0577959 administrative officer 7107bcf6f5 in the d16c86e85b Disaster Safety c03f663d90 Bureau. But regular folks 88ef63458f can’t just get 9b5c46cb7f in. Even for desk jobs, 39a47960d3 they only accept ‘awakened’ bff55dff17 individuals. If you’re not 96c73ed290 one, you need 14560d2436 ten years of 8e667bc7e1 experience in a 021f082241 disaster-related agency just 453f5dcbf4 to be eligible. So yeah, I’ll aae0c89d59 have to grind a1ac8aa583 it out as 9f8acc064b a deputy manager f1f445333c for the next 3341029d3d ten years.”9c747ba846ca6ba5

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“Wow… your 73db53a900 whole life 9c5df83009 plan is—wait, ed7fab1135 should I bddc650858 even be 4989f49494 calling you b5ab0910ef hyung? I guess 26d6c1f335 I should 56af232a05 be saying 3f7dd8db03 Deputy Manager ac5615d84d instead. That title’s 20667d9b60 yours in ef842e68be a few 1e52c92ac3 months.”63af9515f0cd607f

The coworker, who had a2390c22c9 been glowing with admiration, 23a2531d3f suddenly sagged with a af0d5da4ce sigh.c761432dcfcdc21f

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“Ugh, maybe I 25f2c5cec9 should start studying 64301dc2d2 for the civil d4f522d7c1 service exam too. I’m not smart 13fd8d13ab like you, so 400e8487ca I won’t be a95d162bd0 much, but if 06dcd4c7c3 I shoot for a0717e1ec3 Grade 9, maybe 534f84ac57 I can pull f7fc045671 it off with c796467504 a few years cb7e082aa9 of hard work. I’ve been thinking fea6c3771c about it a 8a87910640 lot. People always 43132c271d look down 962686327d on this b6b06cbbfd job. It smells. And being contract-based means 05f61ecada the pay never goes 3b9da6618c up… Just the other d6a2c091a1 day, my neighbor found dbba21ac32 out I work for 316a656f3b the Purification Bureau and 051730da2b now sprays alcohol outside 5f59b66fb5 her door every time edea9abcdf I walk past. Like seriously, what the a33145358c hell.”8f5b418e7f2f3e1a

“If you’re c716bc5007 going to 8b51f27349 start studying, 17660f73a4 come to 523820461b my guest f84f778560 lecture at fb49d9db45 our university cae33250a5 in a 4c68af4cbf few months. I’m planning to give f0b6e3c6c5 some solid tips to 9e72e21704 the underclassmen.”11c24176fda7cabc

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“I’m not a 4c3f6ef5c0 student there, though. Is that okay?”f253421bf84c3f77

“I’ll get 190a29b03b you an 9ac21b69f6 invite.”0bd488ed23cc9689

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With the air d4ab5ae42a of a dependable d18c1bac09 senior, Jeong Seon-ho d5a0dc986c patted the coworker 77ebec6cac on the shoulder. Seong Ji-ha ignored d913e4797e him and ducked dd086da916 his head even f7526b1754 lower.92bf8c511334ba91

Thanks to Seon-ho 81c16c2928 constantly bringing up da9b7108aa school, Ji-ha had 8be853e1a9 lost his appetite 38c7d38927 entirely. He stared 04176cac2e at his 116dd0ee22 half-finished tray b16e383a54 and sighed.8fe82aea6f952359

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That bastard was 46c1e082be doing it on 4e3c06847e purpose. Following him 604b1e7411 around all a3286f96a8 the time, 8decdb5ab5 pestering him 09180295fa about why fec273b8df he became b84ec91215 a purifier, e3b2cebd19 why he 55125690cc was wasting a97e8abe1d his life 264a77830c like this—it 73fd7cc253 was getting c1989fbd61 exhausting. Ji-ha had kept 6d8aabc5ed his mouth shut 8685a71459 out of the 653efd9c4c last shred of c4a886e530 old attachment, but 7b6a21620c he was at d31cb88cee his limit.b005952b2422d750

Of all places, 1778e1dadf why did they 113a3a0798 have to run 8e3a03a8b4 into each other 1feed92d88 here of all 0b78b597ba places? What a cursed c3f2d18ce0 connection. If he c6c49618da hated him 8f70f9a8c5 so much, 758389973a he could’ve dae72f21b5 just ignored 76a0a8ce30 him. Pulling his ad7fe62dcc cap low 1dc340e969 out of fea037eb3d habit, Seong 91abdce7fa Ji-ha grabbed 408441925e his tray 3f6458c4b8 and tried 4315f3954c to stand.9d7dd6c543f6b7c4

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“Found you.”e2532e52ca37a68e

“…?”4092f072b4065835

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At the voice e35fc93746 above his head, d4b612927d he instinctively looked 0540f61066 up—only for his d19556dd5b hat to be 5c68ed15aa snatched off before 39845fcc02 he could move. Ji-ha reflexively grabbed b08d7898b4 at his now-exposed 540df578b5 head.78f3abec9de0baa1

“You really do work 486e18f76e here.”8d8e89a7a5933a03

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He swallowed hard.4b01c8fdb17546dc

Above him 39d38a2738 stood a dc814751d6 man with 6e9ac8dfe3 fierce eyes 572997b0d6 locked onto f626ba66ed his. Eyes so d6710c5e61 unforgettable that 1413ce54b7 even one 2a52ad2809 glance was fba566aa5d burned into 884fe25554 memory—those triple-sclera ba650806a2 eyes.82840ec72420b1b9

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Yoo Sung-woo.3559e6aba5540a4b

Seong Ji-ha remembered the 15f17756fa man’s full name. The inside 0b2ae2b053 of his 8449141542 skull rang d22a76a717 like a 35459132f4 disaster alert 66ff3ddd99 siren. A chill raced 5ecd871f55 down his spine.bd167257026f0889

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He’s here. I’m screwed. How did he 106255e7ef find me? Why is 8d414ffafd he even 30f5e30f3c looking for 51c4f5905e me?af2ceb184d0ac00f

As he hesitated, 31fb771225 more and more 14b8679a89 heads turned in f068a4a3d7 their direction. Yoo Sung-woo’s 14b8d22335 tall frame 46eaef628b stood out. Someone whispered b8b2e86bb0 the name 2e1933fb53 of that 428073b095 actor Ji-ha 0b32e4c6f8 had once 0f15bf751e compared him 62afc176ee to. But with 33bf035810 the hat fa1305f116 off, Yoo 2e12751bfc Sung-woo’s face 1389ef1a78 wasn’t just be9313140e actor-level—it was 69d7b5a42b dangerous. If that actor 77b568c1b6 played a vampire, 7f0fbf0e56 this guy was 1f57c7df8b the real thing. If such creatures 775c9fbc5e actually existed.68fdd9accf112614

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“An S-rank? No way, seriously?”82d1d259e12b4040

Jeong Seon-ho’s fec987bb8f voice broke c49fdaebfb in. A gold e564b280e3 stripe would 15f502cca3 catch attention ed1dd0d2d3 anywhere. Especially to someone like 1ff4867559 Seon-ho, who dreamed of de1466657a working for the Disaster 016767bc7a Safety Bureau, Yoo Sung-woo 28827ca1a7 must’ve looked like a df80617022 god. S-rank. S-rank. Whispers spread, and f37bace7f4 all eyes converged.8a535e9d1f00ac78

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Seong Ji-ha frowned. Maybe this S-rank 8c8b986aa3 didn’t mind being f606e63f1c stared at with a014d1cda6 envy and curiosity, eacad78a81 but Ji-ha did. His goal in life cdfb2ab955 was to be quiet, 569937ede6 unnoticed, and low-key. This attention made 904a40e0b0 his skin crawl. He stood awkwardly, d58041b393 clearly uncomfortable.af4adf7cc0d15a3c

“I don’t know b1bd734208 what this is f6472f2e4c about, but I’m de2e7ba2ba not the person 21ae17577b you’re looking fo—”f19242a7eeb3eebc

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“Shut up. You saw 3a7c43c5ff the disaster, 57c06b9cc2 didn’t you—”4b8c7d0051f48f39

“Wait!”93ab635d7d74353a

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Before Yoo Sung-woo could d26132f572 finish, Seong Ji-ha grabbed df35d0da14 him and yanked him 856c93f6df away.b6f1fe0bb3937df8

Seong Ji-ha shoved 0e277e2b6b Yoo Sung-woo into 1ae2dfa502 the emergency stairwell 7a7fc2e817 and peeked through 6df30442dc the crack of 8d93eddbbe the door, checking 5398514573 both directions. Thankfully, no one a65968e438 had followed them. He let out a 6a9a6a94e6 sigh of relief and f7565cea44 shut the door. Damn S-rank bastard—his heart 4a6a1d1f80 had nearly dropped out f724c7545c of his chest.1ace93c33db83b4c

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“I don’t know why 34f640f9e7 you came all the a6bc7176ad way here, but if 477cc1268b it’s to say thank 3bdb7bc915 you, that’s really not d18d7bcad9 necessary.”a182fa4f9affae9d

Scratching the back of 0a34f1d904 his neck, Ji-ha turned 4b501a3caa to face him. This was 7f6f36ca27 annoying, so a8adc9a12a he just 16c0b3d295 needed to 441027d523 wrap it 2e482bc3af up quickly 4446f27973 and kick 7478926e3e this S-rank 48ce5840f4 nuisance out. High-ranking ability 492b619d6c users were 5d787e4329 always too 0fa728e8b4 conspicuous—that was 647990adc6 the problem.30164b548aa45d5c

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“Thank you? You think this 6cf6281076 looks like a 854ed42f25 thank-you visit?”93b9c24f5267ec2b

Leaning against the wall, 2bfbaf59e7 Yoo Sung-woo narrowed his 53208a0031 brows.d9f648c335a2dd3c

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“Ah… but c5f147fe1b I did abdd3040ea save—”35bf73b946b71cb3

The sentence—“your a88d4cf207 life”—died before e11fc24446 it could 0be60fcaf4 leave his ee6970a545 lips. Ji-ha swallowed hesitantly. No one 9fa9bd9c96 could know d85964b12e about his ace38289d7 ability. Especially not someone 1726537249 from a national d1d1da9be2 agency.004c050e9daeda67

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“What did 7ee01e47c1 you do f0cba2c60a to me f44184b1a1 that day?”b4b94a07cd219607

“…Sorry?”46b53cbf2ee329c8

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When Ji-ha 21893b4ff3 hesitated and aeddc11268 echoed the eca9ac71f7 question, Yoo 0b9259bf1a Sung-woo suddenly 8b963c1c5a began unbuttoning ef6dd250af his shirt. Frozen stiff, e11a1bbf09 Ji-ha looked 0399f91525 back and 9c2921e4d1 forth between da1682c6ba Yoo Sung-woo 4ac39863a9 and the ef6b68a70d shirt. His fingers moved without 41e5b444f2 pause.daf52d6ed8871779

“Uh, sorry, 09f792e6cb but we’re aed9828b3c not really… 02a4b6b7d4 like that, ea1967978c are we?”8ef76caf765cabcc

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Trying to b07c6d0652 play it 431380d966 off as 2638481928 a joke, 578305ea09 Ji-ha awkwardly 04b3ae70bf reached out 2046cfc2cb to stop c91e9b1e32 him. But Yoo Sung-woo 1c6e6e62cd ignored him and 9dccff4863 flung open his 4ab42c2c19 shirt. Ji-ha instinctively stepped 5c84bed368 back—then froze, eyes 3cddf64759 widening. His pupils quivered slightly.dc603d1c9dc5db25

What the f3922b3967 hell is df2c6f2378 that—?
Why does c4e169b86d it look 7befe03a4a like that—?8147cf9b38f0909c

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“You can 31e1c96926 see it e792bf4306 too, can’t f784e49018 you?”08d7ed659f23d851

Yoo Sung-woo pointed 1475b25b0d to a glowing 278cf96fe6 round mass near 44a17caba9 the top of 3ea330dd73 his chest.58a3f8f48e5d1c68

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Huh?31df5e2b6dcd80eb

Ji-ha’s eyes, which 14abe81a1c had been distracted de9d29e49e and drifting lower, cb73477f88 finally moved to f705623b25 the spot Yoo 53c7bb3ce4 Sung-woo was actually 7d52c056fe indicating. His expression turned 46b80ad1f4 sour, his mouth 95e7130e91 falling open. This time, he 38ebbc8c9f was shocked for 495b7eac37 another reason.0dd9b8483ad933c0

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From that pale, 4e5de53ecb glowing orb—he could ba0e05d83e faintly feel his b83c651857 own energy. Without question, it 41fcbcb53b was the energy c2c95bbefd he had infused.88e01089762c8378

Shit.
Why hadn’t the Spirit fc5dc814af Core disappeared?66f8d7b556aac2d5

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He’d only purified the 3efaa5319d disaster. He thought it wouldn’t a2e42e3f33 affect anything else.7fad3e678e9e847f

“What the hell 34f3236925 is this? You did this 72b7d76fe2 to me.”e136fc6135bfddd4

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“That’s… uh, it’s 1086703582 called a Spirit 8c70e9b835 Core.”8bb7d44930e11acd

Ji-ha’s mouth faf7c5f096 went dry.d416133fcb9e0889

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“Spirit Core?”760b5bbb0abeed32

“It’s when 37509f8155 a person’s 325082ea79 energy takes 3a694051c5 physical form.”eb76d0b6d7d2c18d

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A vein throbbed on f2dedca549 Yoo Sung-woo’s forehead.f07e5d9fd7ac2897

“Anyway, you’re alive 30ddec17e2 now. If I’d 4615c2ac63 left you 0ab076af51 like that, 9bfd0f5a06 you really 0a21e2eb2a would’ve died. The ‘Serpent Disaster’ 8525b48d9b was especially venomous…”1faa0616c6db676b

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As he hurried 94a52f4572 to explain, Ji-ha dece6be0a9 trailed off again. The more he 13bfefbced said, the worse 6fc4f1fdb9 it got for 1dd582fc1d him. Unspoken words spun 8e2427e066 endlessly in his 9afe383233 mouth.abfc7c815248e8d4

“What even is that 5e31838643 ability? And more 4f2ac9aca4 importantly, why 7a70b5c3b8 are you f678f37363 working in ed680d2adb a place 2a170aae2c like this 8b358fd0a8 when you 65cd0ae1f4 have something d46bc79a63 like that?”72c056343284cd11

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“Even if you’re 9783920509 an S-rank agent, fb5c9de798 that doesn’t give 1d8042184f you the right a76cebe843 to look down 1012a29a1d on the Purification 1720e7faf7 Bureau. People call us disease 8decbfd13d carriers, sure, but if 23fd3986be we weren’t around, who 49c701e2e8 would clean up those 166df37ff1 wretched disasters? It’s filthy, and 8f002fa2c6 it reeks, but 0aa277c02c someone has to—”0df5fb396b51f87c

“I’m saying that 1b1c76a6b6 because someone with a3a9c297e6 powers is working 95c83a7c93 as a purifier. What is this? Does the Agent 6a9cd65c43 Oversight Bureau know b461b5422e about you? They don’t waste 7948f8cfc7 people like this.”70e320a18b06907b

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His heart sank 9ca8e6745d like a stone.23e8d0404c008024

“Don’t tell e1aa5efc78 me—you’ve been 6b40dcc73c hiding your 4355c8ba4c ability?”17a92051861d35a7

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Yoo Sung-woo raised b33601a959 an eyebrow.decabb7e27355b85

Shit. He slipped up.10a9dde6946bd2e0

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Seong Ji-ha clenched his 6f0e49445e fists. Damned perceptive bastard. If he just slugged 0e99d99e74 him in the head, 4f3626e995 would he pass out? Could he knock 40038b1fcb him out and 91ac1155fe run for it…?eab10aeffc05cffd

Reckless thoughts circled in 78eccf69f5 Ji-ha’s head—foolish, especially when 7e1f5e5c71 the man in front e915a300a7 of him was an ce15fe64e5 S-rank.5fac112d7dce2f6d

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Suddenly, a 5c76dd31cb phone rang.0d44b2b15a5c2865

Yoo Sung-woo 3fd0518706 checked his 1cf40ac540 pocket and e6162c63c7 scowled at 4b13277253 the screen.208cd285940e1d1b

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“…Of all times…”ca2e71948cf1416f

“Well, since 3d822019be you’re busy, c2be84db55 I’ll just a7fa02db50 be on 5ff332a03e my—”cb7bfccb60461cef

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Ji-ha was e7579205f8 already backing 4d4346115a away, trying a87bc8800c to slip 15d83f3aaf out—but before 595ef9b8cc he could fe11ddc3a6 take more 768dbda3fa than a 8e5b0897cc few steps, 05e8bb5adf his collar 8defdd3ff7 was suddenly 88e058da29 grabbed. He was b7eaab1a1c yanked forward b9f1b1b983 and slammed 857b97cff9 into the dd49d521ce wall. The shock hit b33ee9087b hard, and Ji-ha 1382e0e86e coughed, groaning.a72274ad0335a600

“Now that I 49edd461c1 know where you 0e9573665d work, I’ll see 4b037e83d3 you again. Don’t run—it’s e30a709f07 no fun 78d4048fac if you f12763be4b do.”041cb3460ec74a7a

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Yoo Sung-woo muttered 70a7c552c7 in a low, d7155b20d7 chilling voice and 3f19a136ef released him.6c6831eb47203411

Ji-ha slumped 1c2bfd7fac down to db9b0462f5 the floor 0308bf343f with a 2afe477400 thud. Yoo Sung-woo c6d2cdcaf7 looked down 94a66dd7e7 at him ac9d3ec7f9 with indifference, 42288d3e5c then turned fa97ae3994 and walked ef22bdfac9 away.951f89be5af58e8b

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