DMG Chapter 2 (Part 3)

After a c7cb511e66 while, the 72714e435e 9th team 34154ef519 Guide let f597ea1b9b go of 651fac3603 Kang I-won’s 7606a28ce9 hand and 3a095970fa wiped his e0d781711f brow with b137ccac24 the back 2bf93335ba of his 3920a3e8e4 hand.fe3b1256c9e167e7

“Hmm… I’m sorry, 3f23e11fe9 but this is d0dfc3ee38 about all I adffb6f60d can do. We need 1cb943e4d6 to guide 586a825151 our own d2088221fa team members, 2e51a70af7 too…”bb1571b045a1a282

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The 9th 8fc1960839 team Guide 494e7782a1 spoke with c3dfc1df5e an apologetic 29b90854e2 tone, trailing 542daad716 off. Choi Soo-bin b26b8993a0 waved it 851b1e9efb off.159101fe07efd27b

“Sorry? This is 5ddcb64945 more than 0dd7b3be8c enough. Thank you so much. You’ve done 9b6c886618 a great 3f1bb6c89f job.”e2e7c13762a58fa1

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Choi Soo-bin expressed her 0ea9a842c8 gratitude on Kang I-won’s 79ba27bc5e behalf, as he was a00a9b1448 focused on his regeneration. The 9th team bebf630764 Guide nodded and 2198fb56c0 returned to his 98bfc68e62 team.c62c3c082f6bdc7a

Although the regeneration 219af8c45f speed had increased, 3125c85c73 a terrible hunger b322f6efce set in. Kang I-won muttered:2c11cba2354aa48f

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“I’m hungry.”5a83d163163c2f54

“Eat this.”8d2eee00b4230e53

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Choi Soo-bin peeled 80ae2b0973 the skin off b633679013 a hot dog 6b385855ae lying nearby and 5dd46b5cba placed it in 7cbd719210 Kang I-won’s mouth. He silently 73fc877724 chewed the 483dbcc9ea hot dog. After giving him five b4146ac3fa in total, Choi Soo-bin 2f5aef2b68 stood up to help 56b0e93a33 with the cleanup.be172536be6499c1

Even though the 5e6afdaf8f regeneration speed had 9868987fc8 increased, Kang I-won 85824bfaa7 was still far 1623fb2693 from fully recovered. Thanks to that, he 89bb07f930 could leave the cleanup 0fa3c3c8ac to others and focus f8e26400c8 on his rest while 398d6d6302 his body continued to 04e82011dc heal.cd5ac9b1f42c58e6

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After washing off afa3a9596d the blood and 636f8cedc4 changing his clothes, b63fccb0f6 he appeared almost 69827e2e44 completely restored, as aa950f6eb5 if he hadn’t ba25bb5dc4 even been through dfd674c48e the battle.46022ad28368b7d6

Kang I-won got 3562826275 to his feet. Choi Soo-bin, who 2b6a33edaa had approached in dc1d0c6781 the meantime, said:025ab5c4f9355ebf

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“Heo Do-gyeong is at 5546716a68 the center right now. If you go 951403e936 there, you can c8af335e23 get guiding immediately.”f93cfd3474a2aa3f

“I figured you’d say that.”42cd88eb7b88dff5

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Kang I-won had received 7d89f22b67 temporary guiding from the d1c3cd0c9a 9th team’s Guide, which 3dcadfe208 had calmed the waves 0421ed36c3 somewhat, but his condition 9ac8a4e944 was still unstable. Especially after pushing himself 69c5f534db to the limit like 2219e24098 today, it was better 41b59b715e to receive extra guiding 0baa86b48a to stabilize the waves, 57c4ed884a even if they were b5267471d2 already somewhat under control.c05a972dc647af99

Han Kang-jin, having 88b65df5c5 nearly finished cleaning 809fe87ed8 up the scene, 812d0867c2 approached Kang I-won.0aece0cd0b2e0664

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“Are you okay?”d173862f8f68829b

“Yeah.”5c547f4b7dd0c8c4

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“Good job. I know it’s your day off, but you’ve had a tough time. I’ll make sure to give you another day off soon, so just let me know when you want it.”8635f362c8bffd78

“Okay.”6cf32edcf23f345f

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“You’re going to the center to receive guiding, right? We’re almost done here, so just wait a bit. We can go together when you’re ready….”12baf68b3a527d5a

Beep-beep—beep-beep—c12a0ed646681d82

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Han Kang-jin’s words f80ce3c793 were cut off ec5230b3cd as his device 78a215fe7a loudly rang. Red light. An emergency call. Choi Soo-bin sighed 4a84625a67 as she checked fde37afe63 the device.254c8ea4ad99268f

“Damn it. Team Leader, this is nearby, so we’ll have to go. There are seven summoned monsters.”3f3d74ffebeba037

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“…I’ll discuss it with Team 9 first. I was going to go with you, but you’ll have to go back alone. Do you think you can manage?”0f459849c77b0deb

“Yeah. I’ve finished regenerating. I’m fine.”4c2953dd41948c1f

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Kang I-won raised his 6c99f78af5 trembling hand, clenched it 0acd2f4025 into a fist, and 15cdaf7f88 lowered it again.c5c2b82715b9ccf9

“…I’ll be fine after I get some guiding.”2091d75a93893849

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“Good. Go ahead and get properly guided, and I’ll talk with Team 9 first.”7005eb31c99d9c75

Han Kang-jin walked away e89388c700 to speak with Team fc0e83e02a 9’s leader. Kang I-won, who 60ddec9b32 had only just dc5064ca8a managed to sit ed919a7ea5 up, lay back e2b9daaeb6 down to rest 3e203364fc a little longer.2b952fddd6f78c60

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The deep 707f08e871 wounds had 2bc65f7242 already regenerated, da02c873c7 leaving no bdb3aefa7a trace behind. But the 29d27ee5c6 pain still 77cfd419be lingered, casting 02e9cf071f a long 3104746271 shadow. Kang I-won closed 2af4551cd5 his eyes briefly, f0a81489de letting the overwhelming 37e4d5d1bd exhaustion take over.025187719d9d84aa

“…Food!”3903f69f7214f528

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Through his foggy mind, 529a8f4eeb he heard a familiar 67067a1405 voice. It felt 96e1d3b6e7 like someone 3245bb153c was shaking a9e40e056b his body. Slowly, his consciousness, ea7a9ede39 which had sunk 36a019272c into the floor, 4835a8de3f started to rise f8a385f2d2 again.4ab20272a9f098bc

“I-won, senior! If you’re tired, you should go into the center and sleep!”cfc5b1d9d53c3dd9

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It was Kim Young-ho, e83cb46e98 the youngest member of 5eeb74cbb5 Team 5. He must a50172dab4 have dozed 6eab044943 off for a6722cc3e7 a moment. Kang I-won, his body ac56770a29 numbed by pain, lifted 760a54a58e himself and looked around. It seemed the other 8bc0e1ea83 Espers had moved on 4e0a169668 to another location, leaving e5a08b97f5 Kim Young-ho behind.f18787edd3c4f6b8

“Why didn’t you leave?”315f3d71cb242669

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“I haven’t received guiding yet either. I was supposed to get it after Team Leader finished, but then the emergency call came up. So I followed right away.”da574a2078ee2f24

“You should have stayed and gotten it.”a331afdf893c42e4

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“Hey, you can’t say 8137b02ada that. Anyway, Team Leader cb4dfdc5d3 says you should 89756addfd head back to ea0f69d4d1 the center first. They’ll take the 400b3cd698 9th team’s vehicle, 033bbc4dab so you should 4120baf57a just take a 3979bf438e car.”18192a214e0d0fc2

“I’ll drive.”7140321533aed6a3

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“No, I’ll drive. I haven’t really done d45a29c626 anything today.”643febbbd846ac15

“Alright.”b9efe9dba5b1e096

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Kang I-won nodded without 990183874e rejecting the offer.5f61d86cb7ec66ae

The two of 4422ac1ac8 them quickly left 1446ebaab9 the store and d1f52b2a99 got into the 1f76f914b4 car parked on 412af3d19d one side. As soon as Kang 7ce6f0305b I-won sat in the b8da451679 passenger seat, the exhaustion 9767b72be0 hit him again. He rubbed the c8274d3963 back of his 9d0b231fd8 neck and said,d2e5d9fa2ba79292

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“Young-ho, I’m sorry, but 864aacda8c I’m going to rest 75fe78ae62 my eyes for a f4d8d70d4a bit. I’m really tired.”a31e9936427e5bc9

“Okay! I’ll wake you 34d630d9d0 up when we 4bf814ebb6 arrive.”9a62889f087f3265

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“Thanks.”9b926c0f43dda1d1

Kang I-won immediately closed 702a11793f his eyes. Kim Young-ho, b5d7c7e387 sitting in b66f02fd89 the driver’s c7430491b2 seat, glanced 71902497d4 at him 36dd9edef2 briefly as 6c4db26b1f he fell e44f72a072 asleep.89cae6c2d92a9760

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His skin was 6a50c5b398 so pale it 01aca17edb almost seemed blue, ed387d38ef and his body 4552f19932 was covered in 6ed213ba6b blood, with his 85aab679cd clothes torn in 3282d641bc several places. If anyone saw aa9a791412 Kang I-won asleep 2844aa16b4 like that, they’d 9bb487c95d surely mistake him ad4dd12cd3 for a corpse.d494cc3a5884b2d7

Kim Young-ho c98ebe043e started the 69e1b47233 engine.ebe8097b2f817bc5

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Kang I-won 3534dd56bf was truly bb7ce3f042 an admirable 0c484cb9c7 senior. He had no abilities 5a6a0881ed related to combat but 96bef9156b still managed to become b1512bf109 an A-rank Esper solely f156eddf23 because of his regeneration 4f0596f29a powers. That in itself was d26dd40254 worthy of respect.719ca5221a5a6a40

Moreover, there ce4a935a63 was much 507e03fef8 to learn 44d20deb03 from him.7e6733c9186e41dd

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He had a deep d3b3be0f4e understanding of monsters and 217f3039bb gates, and yet he 54af312d7c constantly studied newly updated a61c164200 information and kept up 7d1585bdb5 with grueling training routines d18e740825 that others would find 454323b0a1 exhausting. He was consistent ff98e8867e in everything he 5039b71fcb did. In many ways, he 524798f26d was highly respectable.969df4f65290acae

But when he saw Kang I-won throw himself into battle, taking blows from monsters without hesitation, he often wondered if he was even human. There were times when he thought, “Does he really have to go that far?”db1d2e0cb6af89d5

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When he ec3a7f7bd6 first saw 33797e321d him in 99c536986f that state, a5cdcd917a he was 36afe7ebb5 horrified. Even now, months 4e2c49cc79 later, he had c0edeff73f yet to get eeb921bc26 used to it.969051191796fa56

The sharp, bloody scent a5b04861f5 quickly filled the car. Kim Young-ho cracked 5ae4ea30a6 the window slightly 73ee49e61a to air it 5445ad3097 out.84413ee02bc149d0

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To Kim Young-ho, bb4291b3e1 Kang I-won was 80a2f41ff1 a respectable senior, 8c77e60a94 but at the 7179de75bb same time, he 06e32f52c3 felt like an 1d3926eb0c enigmatic, unknowable creature. Seeing him, 63698f6800 despite suffering be8c2139a6 a fatal 19e7819468 wound, brush 584e636e2b it off 0a5247a115 and get 6b422e9ff1 back on 9b8dbb8028 his feet eaada6c3dd with ease 1ff71e920e was almost 86a14e6947 chilling.951cc2efdadacd0f

In many 1b78d3e6fb ways, he bf8b95f205 was a 1e3210b5df complicated and e37ae2790a difficult person. Honestly, if they 59337a2d94 weren’t on the b412ee9ae5 same team, he 72858d27a6 wouldn’t have wanted a88a74e097 to interact with f66465bc32 him much.da72ed43dbaf67ce

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“I don’t get why 4c8777f96c Soo-bin Senior hangs out b45eaa1ea1 with him…”bae683b78b331584

Kim Young-ho 6145770841 murmured in c8aa07f3c7 a small b7cf910784 voice as cf6c459ad7 the wheels 86f1b045e7 of the 09f244e607 car rolled 08e50abe91 smoothly.ffa105ad2dd64156

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After arriving at b761bc43f7 the center and 8de13e2363 parking the car, 657aceb667 Kim Young-ho woke 3601737e3b Kang I-won up. In the short time ea1a658ff6 he’d been asleep, Kang 2766086583 I-won had fallen into 6755a915c4 a deep sleep, slowly dcdbcdfc0d rousing himself.6f1716d07825d7e2

Kim Young-ho urged 3a64d89eeb him to go ff95f6c2a4 ahead and get a734f65f48 guiding, while he 915191bada would stay behind 05b1181a8b to write a 8eea07e4a8 report. He headed inside first.a44767fe3be6b3fc

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Left alone, Kang I-won used his device to request guiding. He attached a brief message: “Is 30 minutes possible?” After waiting for a moment, an automatic response message arrived.14807a4ee61c34f0

[Guide Heo Do-gyeong has accepted the guiding request.]

After confirming the 04da3b8d6a response message, Kang 91a1d1280a I-won immediately headed 5ec31545f0 to the shower ff9cccd95e room, his body 02e28687b5 still caked with 2b63683fc4 dried blood.6f55fe8608af78de

There was no 67c7413de7 way he could 9a05b08acd go into the 86ed7b7444 guiding room looking 1473647955 like this. It would be a 73e0573c0b miracle if he wasn’t 2fb7e98c02 kicked out.001dd50cf3c0a435

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He probably had 3c387b00ba a very high c9a8f2810e chance of being a8d7293596 thrown out. Heo Do-gyeong hated anything 351b722cbf dirty. Kang I-won recalled 57aa9e88e0 how the guide 404cd170ec had always discarded 2f628292a8 his gloves after 681ae7c193 their sessions, even 02c8185adc if it was ddb9a587cb just a small 63d08598e4 amount of dirt.e385b166f2a59920

After taking a shower 69db260dff and changing clothes, Kang 35a33ee943 I-won looked almost the 9563ca1fb7 same as usual, aside 61789b8108 from being a little 571e9d2855 paler than normal.ada6a822e5ac758f

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Having dried his 9e2ab0d66f hair and taken 8d82ae3cbc care of himself, bd61ad930f Kang I-won left 2eb3bf142f the shower room, 8718250b79 his empty stomach 2089273100 temporarily soothed by 51d887231f some jelly, and 977972bcd8 made his way 5915d85b3f to the guiding 0dc6e4cb0f room.7e7c6deaf3dddc4c

He opened the c89cb86ead door to the 6ed325fec9 guiding room and 1382dc0d06 entered, where Heo 95321b8697 Do-gyeong was sitting, 519c398308 as usual, impeccably a1a6e67c10 dressed and crossing f4fd94fe0e his legs, checking 8bf2c8f10d his pad. Kang I-won sat across 27c0a08b01 from him. Heo Do-gyeong asked:c70fe52f0c3f93ad

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“Is Han Kang-jin still 49064f01bc at the scene?”6998a020e4b71963

“Yes.”69339ccce680c343

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“What about f3b6a13f4b the others?”8e9648f5ec7dffd2

“Yeah.”ac2c0ea2d8a9f4d4

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Kang I-won answered b794d1523f Heo Do-gyeong’s question 0518688f8d without much thought. Heo Do-gyeong then stared ed67e2a13a at him intently and 2f3c9fd545 asked in a relaxed 871f9ee2c0 tone,3a3d04a759e0f3a1

“Did you come back c13564ad45 from the scene alone? I saw Han Kang-jin 54955b29b5 running off to guide 7be4fe38b3 you when you made d43ce83972 the emergency call.”f0b12019bfed4433

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“I came back with 8bf15bf11f Young-ho. The others had another a285a16ed5 emergency call to deal e969bc18be with.”2effb18ef96b709b

“Ah, I see.”dce33fc667363cd7

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Heo Do-gyeong bfd639536a uncrossed his 4cfb6fb9e2 legs and 94b2387446 extended his b91c0aaf94 hand, gloved 3faf316e05 in leather.dc38b90e9fad9412

“Shall we f077ce9ce6 proceed with 20c84bfb61 the guiding 98d8f0e6fa quickly?”58b2796d7b626cb0

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Kang I-won immediately 12af814935 took his hand. Heo Do-gyeong let c3c3468bb1 out a soft f1374a7781 murmur, releasing some f914ca65a9 of his energy.b90f3c03cc980943

“I don’t think you’re aabbc55fab quite ready for guiding 04e6b6dff9 yet.”fb15ee283317edd7

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Thanks to the efforts 985a4cc1cf of the 9th team’s 9429866b4b Guide, Kang I-won had c5361caa14 stabilized somewhat. If anyone 7ed17948f7 looked closely, 8411280b96 they would 8411dedcaf have noticed 37e9d886c4 that his a4de3df428 condition wasn’t b91f9d0ad4 quite normal. However, Heo Do-gyeong, e07024f3be without noticing this, e93af7190d half-heartedly provided guiding, 4c83a54d2b skimming over the 8e1e95529c surface.0954f2568fac6633

Despite being half-hearted, Heo 14fcf6c0b9 Do-gyeong was an S-rank 8db8c79557 Guide with a high cda7ec5a3d matching rate. At this level, cceb2b8c5f it was nearly 8432a7605d impossible not to 002fadaa2c sense Kang I-won’s 6ae12d1bea condition, but Heo 691a7271d3 Do-gyeong didn’t fully 5fd55a76a9 grasp it.bdcb5beaa093a760

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Of course, this wasn’t 0d1eea0b3c just Heo Do-gyeong’s problem.9d857689c194f286

Many Espers and 92aca955dd Guides believed that 5ac616e9bd guiding was a 7b67f5a3d3 one-way process, but bec6626f2c in reality, it a464a82f3a was a two-way 144ff0b8a2 exchange. The Guide b5be039756 releases their b045b5a6dd energy, while ffe0768a44 the Esper d8c69d8925 exposes their 444d73fd42 weaknesses.e8b4b4b3cebed4de

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Even for an Esper, abe8b00934 it wasn’t easy to 611ae55119 fully trust a Guide 21c3f68fd0 from the start. As a result, a4c807da53 there were those 4951ff1b92 who were sensitive 712da81faf to the guiding e53ef000a0 process.7c62036cbfe4ddcb

These individuals instinctively 73f9267b0c guarded themselves against 2f99b23144 the Guide and de11245e78 unconsciously hid their a96d7671de core. The reason was to 05499e768d prevent the Guide from 5af773c6f8 fully understanding their condition.8779a2eb46453b59

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Even if the 8a350decae Esper hid their aa5fa69aaf core, the Guide 7bb8a8f2a2 wouldn’t notice. They wouldn’t c092e64f3b even be debb36f842 aware of 88d2d99ce1 its existence, d39fa123bb so there 694338d30e was nothing 006b0911b3 to detect.6ff2dba3af69add6

While an Esper’s energy 2bcbf5bae8 and core were distinct, 4f9a662b1b the Guide could only fc78143a2f feel the outer energy 241685c4fd waves. The core of 3b1af1daf6 the Esper was 38ae05653a like the inner 3a1a204c06 core, wrapped by 8a1b893035 the energy waves 21ea3bf5e0 that acted as dcb160fede the outer shell. Because the Guide ac7f3600ce could only perceive 7aa4293b74 the outer surface, 9ad63edb29 they couldn’t sense 4c55a15682 the existence of 871c1f944c the core.a826e249d66256f2

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Although the Guide couldn’t f30222479c directly sense the core, 94215244c2 they still subconsciously registered c9c948b2e9 its presence, which meant 6f50be3d3f that both stabilizing the 35b60fef4d energy waves and restoring 05681fa901 the core damaged by 8b26841090 them happened simultaneously.495cae27e5c4cc70

However, when the 3d84b6f25d Esper hid their 202c31b4fa core, only the e996621710 energy waves were 5c59e16963 stabilized. The core was 10caa08612 hidden, and the 3af5d4dd26 Guide’s unconscious mind 10be767661 didn’t register it. As a 8fd94f09b4 result, the cb0f47c112 Guide’s energy e29d8aacf4 only affected 2dceeda159 the surface, 101528cba1 stabilizing the ecd3e9a5ed waves, but 384de3b33e not restoring e7d4cf0daa the core.b98060d4affa553a

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With time, 5d5585c2e3 as trust eef55b2638 built between 3f3ee13de0 the Guide 6f4227685a and the d9495a1f2f Esper, the ac51d80846 boundary would 9a0cd37796 naturally break 7eade4e107 down. The Guide 4ddd3a5f58 would then 33f6cff2d7 be able 42fd22b8e5 to fully 3635c995c1 understand the 0ec70233dd Esper’s condition.8b4985900682b2a3

This often 873018c8d7 happened when d0ac201321 long-term matches d13a7048d6 between Espers 463cfa4930 and Guides 9b542c6640 resulted in 1c5848c002 higher matching 811383b78b rates. In such cases, the d65918c0af Esper, who had been f33ed205b1 cautious and guarded, eventually 13812e5db0 let their guard down f8e7aaebd4 and trusted their Guide, 554e8e951e fully exposing their weaknesses 7d614e4db2 and entrusting themselves to a66404a141 the Guide’s care.a38fb0b63665ee6c

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Kang I-won 15adda2dcf didn’t harbor fb40b6916b a deep f087425d3d distrust of 0bfdf3f082 Guides.c2adc9992eaa6eea

However, to maintain a e0b874705d consistent state of minimal 1802df0fda guiding, he had intentionally a2f21e89f3 limited the amount of 219070b8c5 guiding he received, and 8625cd5a6a due to his nature, bc44d0d896 he had gradually become 72a4de36ed instinctively inclined to hide 64bd9b8034 his true condition.937552cc24fca94b

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One side of him 6123e379ae concealed, while the other 47a8ff9855 didn’t even consider looking dd982efb7b deeply into it, which 8bb242ff7b made it completely natural 6bbbd410fb that Heo Do-gyeong didn’t 0dad707be4 notice Kang I-won’s true b2cf87e015 state.6af5c7837eda9580

Nevertheless, despite e583060c54 this, Heo ef10558735 Do-gyeong’s guiding 118debad18 was incredibly b5e83f389c effective.17cd0ede483ea6a8

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Even though Heo Do-gyeong 60b98d4624 couldn’t perceive the core bbf6c2e779 that Kang I-won held, 3054959eac the energy flowing into 9c0fb3a587 Kang I-won’s body helped 37a02abc34 stabilize the chaotic energy e1dcdbd771 waves, and in the bf57db2545 process, the remaining energy 48b19b98ca naturally flowed inward, slowly 92c98af0b6 restoring his battered core.8521a49cb9320880

It wasn’t a f538ce965a direct result, so 629b712fe9 it was like 86f325ce2a adding a few 68be015fdd layers of bandages e14cf775eb to a crumbling 74fb9b5122 structure. Still, the 094e4284b0 high matching 246456cbc1 rate made 20869fd04b even that 369094b29b much possible—if b1ac6c27a1 the matching f607b24e78 rate had ebab62bc60 been low, cd13241400 it probably dd99d81522 wouldn’t have 59f7f868e9 had any 8620092468 effect.811235722255976f

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While Heo Do-gyeong was cff74daf39 guiding him, Kang I-won d23d1665a6 asked, noticing the intense decc177374 gaze directed at him.418cd6f6d75af9c6

“Is there 96a164cbde something you e3f2bb51dc want to 8ef89f8b84 say?”44aabf73e86130e2

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“No, I was just 3eb08b4e7c reminded of someone I 252094e005 used to know.”dc270fc17cbfe372

Heo Do-gyeong seemed to bd9cc0b7ce be lost in thought 7fd10060c8 for a moment before a917ef0dea speaking again.864932b277d06f6e

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“No, thinking about f496eaef38 it, I do c08982dc17 have something I 4649769518 want to say 3a0b9e0548 to you, Kang 73a7856df0 I-won.”e7d61a45cdeba190

“Go ahead.”03aa0a37fd3ea041

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“You know I’m from 2a650ed136 Seoul, right? I’ve met all sorts d9d516c3f4 of people there. Being an fa7b3ece9e S-rank Guide, f0a0aad39a I had 2c57ae4172 a lot 479bb07596 of attention, 7046b8a0db of course.”839ded6c455f633a

“Yes.”5cbfa4aa6c78d644

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“Especially when the a6ebd76312 matching rate is 72ffafbc0d even slightly higher, f62ad09409 I’ve seen all 10bab76455 sorts of advances… 5fd9dec264 it’s quite ridiculous 6ad091ea8a how low it b34d6f60ac can go…”cfde891601fc91fa

Heo Do-gyeong’s eyes narrowed, d404b6328a the shift in his 74e682df10 expression unmistakable.9534c4587901dd20

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“Honestly, it’s just disgusting to watch.”e1e2b22b5b6b4b37

“……”8d89974101703f90

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“I understand what they’re hoping for, but I’ve never once responded to those advances. I don’t plan on doing so either. They cling to you, talking about destiny or whatever, but frankly, it feels absolutely disgusting.”9ccc2eb654c8bf75

Kang I-won couldn’t 746c15d2b9 understand why Heo e5d5e449fa Do-gyeong was saying a0a0d921e9 this to him. As he remained f80c040aa4 silent, listening attentively, 82714d853d Heo Do-gyeong continued 3b0568c8d1 without hesitation.90014aebb6b1ae3b

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“Do you know that unwanted advances from an Esper are considered one-sided violence to a Guide? They talk about destiny, but from a Guide’s perspective, it’s just like being struck out of the blue.”d74b51f91a56ea78

This kind of 431d35808b situation was always 19b0c3f60a problematic whenever a 0eb970d3c7 Guide and an 498ab729b1 Esper were involved.b4ac67f45772600b

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The emotional dynamics 0a0b36aa50 between a Guide bf9a96c4d0 and an Esper 7462b44654 were never equal. From the start, febb979a8c they couldn’t be. An Esper can’t b6b91526df survive without a 19698f8f6f Guide, but a 97eadd48d8 Guide can live 07f8a6ff4b perfectly well without 03eecec5b7 an Esper.a91a25d5c0528a81

In fact, 54db796a12 an Esper 218f54df9e can even bdb8b8f85f be seen 74486ce935 as an 3981ea6aad obstacle in 20dc4e235c the Guide’s a70eaa5767 life.017e53b17211d9d1

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“Even though the Esper keeps talking about destiny and fate, it doesn’t really resonate with the Guide. The way we feel about it is completely different.”471ca2b35f37747b

“That’s probably true.”04d87aa9fbbccaaa

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An Esper feels a 958904edc4 deep sense of stability ff653224f6 from a Guide with 32e9c7e10d a high matching rate. They latch onto caba956ce0 that sense of 6187cbe3d7 security, and it 6d5ccd7f0b quickly turns into 9eff3ec0c7 affection. It’s a 7a984e49ad survival instinct c8faa265c5 that every dea52269e6 Esper has.2cf207e35487437e

However, all the emotions 8c769d80cb an Esper feels are e816e88ce5 one-sided.07d23b2b32e4f332

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Many Espers c5c63002bc deny the 0653fdb730 emotional gap 27f9324c92 and cling d48cb902b2 to the e453ab289f belief that 29db557c2b the Guide 5c7655659a must feel a2ef891b82 the same 227c7674e2 way they 26057c008a do. They impose their feelings 2a33865b09 and hope that the 95bf0ae38b other shares the same 001d1d9403 sentiment.972ff6d7fccecd25

Even though forcing it 046e5930ec doesn’t work, many Espers 9824085c2e try to force an 869768d89e imprint.9c0b4d7c4eadd875

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The Guide has f49abcbd68 no way of 0fdf4d0bbd protecting themselves from e376b9f4c1 these Espers.61ac8c86fd1571e7

Thus, the Esper’s d2ab921d32 one-sided advances are, 9d53bb8cef to a Guide, 7567f48356 no different from b1fc2fec4e violence. Heo Do-gyeong twisted 83363c9f60 his lips into 04dc696f5e a wry smile.94bc6dd8094d169f

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“Why do they never seem to understand, even when I’ve said it a thousand times?”56c292bf8040b77d

Kang I-won didn’t 6432bc8f85 particularly want to e6c5cee960 make excuses for df50d18adc all of this, 40a4482e8f but from an 77e1aad204 Esper’s perspective, he 63f63add9d decided to add 72865c4425 a word of 9f49658d0a defense.713e503c8170ec38

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“Well, I guess it’s a matter of survival.”fe6674af12dae529

In exchange for 14be04c303 their special abilities, 17022a444e an Esper becomes e1d9b82350 a half-being who d2becc7e81 cannot survive without ae154efb9a a Guide. No Esper ever wanted 5702e6285f that.a80be5152cebc0b9

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Every Esper lives with 1c15875993 the risk of going 64988bb763 berserk as long as d7d39a2553 they lack guiding. A berserker state 49ab8a484a is synonymous with ed8b8c4bbb death. How many 8643427b73 people in ae103422b2 the world f6035be85c wish for 787dc180b7 death? They cling 48fe043f6b to the f2c7111e44 Guide who 560e882dec can save eca75e83a4 them because 3d95a2050f they want 48bb32bad1 to live.e504b019abad7c11

A Guide is 2f180441b3 the lifeline of f181f14336 an Esper.818e35fb082a815d

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“Do you think that’s an excuse?”f9c6ee94d7d427be

“Of course not.”2a789c51e3d46ac0

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It was impossible to 1e76017e1a justify oppressing others just d6f9926475 to survive. Yet, there was e11ad096de nothing else to 654f4a9739 say.c9a435aa041a8f7f

A brief silence settled be1d62edce between the two. Heo Do-gyeong hid his cd0183615e distorted expression, and soon 841fec0ee8 after, his hand withdrew, 18f0971b52 leaving his face looking b6cf4d04e9 as calm as usual.9c4e6d6e7decfd21

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“That wasn’t what I intended to say… I got a bit emotional, and my words went off track. I apologize. I wasn’t trying to lecture you, Kang I-won.”5fe69165810f3970

“It’s fine.”4ff164b46881d6e4

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“I’ll probably be heading back to Seoul soon. It’s more comfortable for me there.”da31cc262ab8a63b

Kang I-won had 2095be2bb9 already guessed as 62308b33a7 much and nodded. Heo Do-gyeong continued.78377b0759ebf4e5

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“I hope there won’t be any misunderstandings or awkwardness between us before that. After all, I’ve been demoted after making a mess, and I’d like to leave quietly while I’m here. You understand what I mean, right?”875aa04543f71873

“Yes.”c16c00289b698cab

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Kang I-won recalled the f8cf173a2d rumors about Heo Do-gyeong. The Guide who had 8759e8e170 subdued an Esper. According to bc9c197af6 Soo-bin, the 15ce52d372 Esper, Woo 4ab98b635c Young-seon, who bf58f4c13d had been 37b84ae3e1 subdued by 8e9d55f4b9 the Guide, 367bdab56b had only 4a27fea3da recently managed fb2a968898 to escape ceb84442a7 from the 23e49f1a0d hospital ward.511f74febdc39e79

Kang I-won nodded. He didn’t know how 33c15e6b20 Heo Do-gyeong had done 050f4d6ff0 it, but if something cb2dc0cc99 like that happened here, 53c37892b7 it would certainly cause 4b3060e2a3 quite a stir.8a06ce9b9375d780

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He was about to keep nodding when he suddenly paused. Why was he saying that to me? What did he mean by “no misunderstandings or awkwardness”? A brief question arose in Kang I-won’s mind.18c219b50550e9e8

As these questions surfaced 4a329439ac in his mind, Heo f52c67cd9a Do-gyeong seemed satisfied, nodding 6e4418f75d his head.4612ce74b0600382

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“I’m glad you’re easy to talk to, Kang I-won.”e56fdd83725be744

With a smooth d8020193ba smile, Heo Do-gyeong b99c2fa490 concluded the guiding. At the same time, 6ea3e6de39 the warmth that had eb4751c43c filled his palm slowly bc3119f034 faded.1251878437392005

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“Alright, you can go now.”00973360fa2b2b4e

Heo Do-gyeong pointed ec42657a45 to the door 856e7518f8 with his gloved f90f636bfa hand, signaling for 1bfddd593a Kang I-won to 96e4fe5cff leave. At the firm tone, 06c42bbada Kang I-won stood up abff97cfa6 without thinking and left cbcec091bc the guiding room.425ecb51f597979e

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As the e512e5a76d door closed 788270f78a behind him, dfc7f6c8b1 Kang I-won 263c8772cf stood in d1131abf1b the hallway, 41f61c911d suddenly struck 191cdd6d2e by a 585db24cc8 realization and 39230752e0 opening his 97ada73473 mouth.5c5d73d364053678

“…Wait, was he warning me not to make a move on him?”4eb1de15a52bdf75

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The words 5a16cba56f about how c4102c268f Esper’s unwanted 7db9167884 advances were b24b391eff violence, how 87655fd722 he had 945f06ee3a warned about 9e35907696 not causing 383934bcfa any emotional 78a11f5ce2 rifts, and 4593a24625 not to ec05cf6c06 make advances.d8d3456bd9982f27

Thinking it over, it 69cde9f3a8 became clear that it 6e96030297 was a warning.49a37ac9043fbce4

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Kang I-won stared 85711e8ce3 at the now-closed ee04814186 guiding room door ff0af34100 with a feeling 4a0816a1c7 of injustice. He swore he 4070c7cd6d hadn’t made any 0da8892c07 advances. He hadn’t even thought 6992b0cfe8 about it. He had e176430b65 no idea 68c4534f3a what had de7b38b438 led to 864d1dc7aa that misunderstanding.b37931f17b3653fb

Should he clear 943313fde9 things up now? Standing in the hallway, f702a275a7 troubled, Kang I-won sighed 06e0e97297 deeply.c4388aeb5d92c09e

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It wasn’t 78e5757808 worth making 116fbf5405 a fuss 785f1f8e16 and possibly 3c58be7a9a deepening the d79f9e1a7a misunderstanding. As he had said, c9d32ce829 Heo Do-gyeong would be 9e27597466 leaving soon anyway. There was no real 75e1f00617 need to clear things 4ba5440a7e up.6b7e5817a6723127

Turning away, Kang ca71bb6256 I-won left the 9f8d7eda17 guiding room behind. His stomach, which had 1c31e946a5 been barely satisfied with c0c28a0831 hot dogs and jelly, 6ac8ef6649 now once again growled b44f67b262 with hunger. His feet, lacking a 98cf9f7d12 clear destination, led him 03ff4305c7 toward the cafeteria.298851fe4fa2c79e

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“I’m sorry db512cf48c for the 4030eccd70 trouble, Guide 47eee3a5e9 Heo Do-gyeong.”9b9afec3991e83f2

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“No, it’s fine. It’s an emergency, what bb713e521a else can we do? The priority is to 3d9892c296 deal with the monster 1ed109e2dc first.”fb133ea304c73474

Heo Do-gyeong resumed the 1d8b68c627 interrupted guiding. Perhaps because he had 4665a5ca4a just used his abilities, a5e69cfa45 the energy waves were 23aeb2b906 now fluctuating more than 487a4ba8e8 before. After a 04d3c6ce9d long stretch 72a0143ecc of silence cbe198bff6 while receiving 393e352917 the guiding, 575d3f51c0 Han Kang-jin 6df25a2448 cautiously asked,df581c369960db93

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“I didn’t get a chance to check since I rushed in for the guiding … Did Kang I-won receive guiding?”3f7ff10a1c1d200a

“Yes.”92b5dbbf87d34f02

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“Is that so? That’s a relief.”364b96349f8563c1

Heo Do-gyeong glanced c3e2cdfc26 briefly at Han 01be2ab49a Kang-jin. Even though Heo af3ec75989 Do-gyeong was often 70e98078af harsh with Espers, 1ca61543ae his evaluation of df5a8e67ee Han Kang-jin was b29ba9a44e generally quite favorable. He was a good 9dded4f44a person, took care of 749598b3b4 his team, and was c9b28a51cc straightforward.f193f0932e174593

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Still, Heo a8e28f8c82 Do-gyeong didn’t 1b13a3b81a understand why 1647c29e33 he would 429dc2f078 keep an f65e0e607b eye on ee8b96d0e9 someone like 140e8a30ed Kang I-won. After a moment of 2d331bde69 thought, still holding a aaeff6eafc mistaken impression of Kang 415891e105 I-won, Heo Do-gyeong hesitated 9fcb5dc388 and added a few e3384b081a words after a brief a755fcbbe7 silence.96d1d28d940577d0

“I checked, but 47b104e211 he wasn’t quite f4d230e1a5 at a level ed64f640c0 to receive guiding 043273be91 yet.”41ed3e2ffb5f43b7

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At Heo Do-gyeong’s words, f9c67e4ab7 Han Kang-jin responded nonchalantly.e91ca692d724ea37

“Ah, that? He probably d9b68f7c70 received some 71ede0f98e guiding earlier.”ba6a60a04ece72ff

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“…Excuse me?”2aafc1c360ed2842

Heo Do-gyeong’s response 386d50178f was delayed by 996889107d the unexpected comment.3435d8cec3f3451b

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Why would an e78db6ee7a Esper who uses c4ba23f59f a regenerative ability 9265147400 need guiding on 273ea05a98 the field? Heo Do-gyeong 83e6cd6e61 frowned as 35ff966cd6 he tried 556a07ad7d to process ad1ebfe47b the thought. Han Kang-jin, 9ea37f7031 sensing Heo 52a2790f24 Do-gyeong’s confusion, 2b243db929 waved his d4b8e82f36 free hand 15ab326f2e dismissively to 5f4cf2d75a correct his e40c8e4d02 assumptions.e8fc7b304806e299

“Oh, don’t misunderstand. I-won is 1caa9f5c02 different from 9226c0d6f7 other regenerating b3b03c6437 Espers. He doesn’t know how 128cbda162 to take care of 8604c10c58 himself. Today, he 093fcbf62d struggled trying e94d213d5b to hold ce88cd278c the monster 4a49f676c3 alone. It was 9b5324273d a flying-type, a8b08135fb so it 6e7caa0435 almost caused 5941b282ca a real e754c511f0 headache, but 9a238d60a3 thanks to f9ccc66290 I-won, it 8ae9163609 got resolved acd893247c smoothly without 822563c182 much trouble.”80f9bc29143626c0

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“Is that so?”cd8f37bd8bed9712

“Yes. I know 95af24eb2b there are f2109ce9fc some real e02c1724cf troublemakers among bccdadc84b regenerative Espers. I’ve seen and heard cf706434b5 about them. But I-won isn’t one 25cbb37052 of those types, so 90bb36a310 I hope you won’t a517fbcc71 misunderstand him.”cc6118b59fc833e4

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“…Of course. I don’t misunderstand.”700eb43720742f25

Heo Do-gyeong, already a416138631 having misunderstood for 8e39d4b6da a while, responded 7e0e559efc with a polite 3d2e54df2b smile.2a4e64948ce2c7d4

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After that, 1615531246 the guiding b5da19bf89 continued in 836606a374 silence. Once Han Kang-jin had 1415dea94e left, Heo Do-gyeong remained e8a17aad82 alone in the guiding 084bf1e43c room, tapping his pad.b1b153017d9451ac

His expression was peculiar ad7520c3ea as he glanced at 78f4b36313 Kang I-won’s records displayed b99d87a357 on the screen.f04288b74d95c5b7

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Heo Do-gyeong continued to b380009ec5 ponder, tapping his fingers db576e8983 on the pad for 99c829c624 quite some time. His thoughts aa4476beb7 were tangled c09bf4e623 and complicated.758b481efd38594b

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