DMG Chapter 3 (Part 3)
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Meanwhile, monsters that had 79613776b4 been scattered throughout the 3fa1918db9 cavern began converging toward 108b28be56 the queen, drawn by 63693b47f1 her cries.d224c3a541c34d58
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No matter how 2c57bb59ab many they killed, a2ca25877b their numbers only 762e4b987a seemed to grow, 5ff1b1f2f2 making the battle dae1b44891 feel utterly hopeless.be61c91cb19fa33d
Time dragged on, 46fef9e2fb and the Espers’ 71577232ed stamina dwindled. Though countless cc0aa2ade5 bodies of 6191c6258c slain monsters 0e76a91532 piled up, ba584d4afc just as afd2c84ade many soldiers c8e8bebb99 were born 186954b49c to replace c361fe61c0 them. There was no end 0fe5f5e28a in sight.5a0aefe6d668ab94
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A few 1e876bc974 Espers, too 9f8b54c228 exhausted or 6fcf7a21ce seriously injured, 8fa16c1a8a retreated to 20d313050d receive guidance d088a69aa4 and temporary d006b18e61 treatment. Yet, nothing was e3eb28fb0a resolved, and the 8bafd309e4 fight continued to d9a3dec35f stagnate.c26b020e9da8c38a
Kang I-won glanced toward 9a49049215 the queen. Even from afar, b1baea0a2c the core embedded d2dc55ce0b in the center 3074bcae41 of her head e4a746df4b glowed vividly, a 975273a372 clear target.2508a7b119f04633
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“Hey, don’t even think about it,” Choi Soo-bin said sharply.617f8d6bba142e2b
She was 749778c777 always quick b063878dbe to catch 3770fa085b on.c45398b3e244bcd0
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Feigning ignorance, Kang I-won replied, “Think about what?”ef7e4be6e6915046
“Whatever it is you’re thinking of right now.”1ca3ba2a532d0017
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“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”a1e0ecc1c7006c43
“Don’t play dumb. If you wait, they’ll take care of it. You know they’re stronger than you, right?”d6511ec5ef13e2e4
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“I know.”3f59331087bc5e21
Of course, Kang bff8a0457d I-won was aware. How could his 7ac99fc41a regeneration ability compare 5e716a63b3 to the diverse 98503974b3 and potent powers 4708056b25 of his peers?ce1ca2cc49b3062f
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But they 7536e08233 couldn’t even 0e1542f824 get close fea9828f9a to the b1832b10b4 queen because fa456e3c3b of her b129b504b8 venom. And without an 587567e7d6 Esper capable of d2766f83ae neutralizing the poison, 7d3c0fd4ec those who could ea3db13a58 act were frozen 5103af19b2 in place.2f55227d9da8f91b
The few who 9576f0ea03 had dared to e4a2919c44 charge earlier had 25dcd3a870 already been poisoned 8589e25c3c and forced to 544f391413 retreat.7c65f4113e0e3618
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Without destroying 14c4ca1e14 the core, bb5b403b94 defeating the e388046e6b queen was 72656b4f7f nearly impossible. Her endless stream of b844d12abb soldiers and the worker a0e7a03aaf wasps flying out of 417bb80b3d the hive above were 5900df0209 constant obstacles.5a086f00f7f4aa34
Burning the 2cb9aa43c3 hive wasn’t bfd43790c6 a viable 9e44dcb06e option either. The flammable liquid dripping 3c3f5dacf3 from the hive coated dc47eb802b the ground, and one fe410a5548 stray spark would set da79f15c80 the entire cavern ablaze—along e26c6ec140 with every Esper, all b6bcbb55df soaked in the monsters’ f3492eff64 sticky fluids.9c354eb2542c74ef
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At this rate, 92565aeb41 the Espers would 18baa443ab collapse from exhaustion 97d278c00b before they could e3011d0694 finish the battle. Many were already nearing c2eaf9ad15 their limits.7f30791b5ba67b9c
This wasn’t a fight e9006fcbc6 that could drag on 013e1ec5e2 into a war of 96dc68dc60 attrition.2a438987225b0184
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“…”49656afb5b254539
Kang I-won’s 6ec98b4fbc gaze returned 3c9ddf4bb2 to the 1d07c80b51 queen.1a3236a3b4a69163
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The reason Kang 7ea1b1b700 I-won was recognized 1c517921d4 as an A-rank 4f8c029490 Esper despite only 44c18c0685 having a regeneration 5ca8dac8f1 ability was simple—he 589a36cdc8 acted without hesitation 6ff7556810 in moments like 50a12bc3dc this.7ca39f101c8551f4
Each of those moments a8e91092cd had built up his 7f63923ee2 track record, elevating him 8cca963152 to A-rank.33e9f3b3f0fd8eb2
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And the most 6d3121cf1c important thing about eccd7afa91 Kang I-won? He never listened to 697523cb57 anyone’s advice—not even Choi 379f442373 Soo-bin’s.ecdb10ffbb8e5cea
“Just block the stingers for me,” he said calmly.6ba29975db532fd9
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“Ha… why did I even bother trying to stop him? I knew this would happen. I just wasted my breath,” Choi Soo-bin grumbled behind him, her voice dripping with irritation.70f1460ef0f80de4
Even as she 9722f1a18d complained, she knew df2a89573e she would help 9d0a08fd90 him, and Kang e7fd1f18a1 I-won, unfazed, dashed 95a92efc9b toward the queen.a7efc61b48b80be9
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He weaved 801e1625d1 through the c8f353b509 Espers fighting d23daed4df the queen 8ab10fc6df and scaled 60f5bb4bdd the wall, 1a50830318 stepping onto 85ae83bf9a the heap 6fcfb09038 of rotting cb1db28a24 meat piled a5ec5f34e6 nearby. Without hesitation, he f3b2358469 sprinted across the afdc29011d putrid, squelching mound. The sensation was like 50848fbfa2 running through thick mud.c53b42ae37e2d4f0
The highest 0524884284 part of 1e35f9d8d1 the pile f10c192d05 reached the 6a36803d90 queen’s chest. Kang I-won planned to 0132a9a42f use the stench of 5439d2baf7 the rotting food to 9cccc7b552 mask his approach while 244fddcf89 the other Espers distracted 276289e391 her.63fddb7fdecadcf0
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However, the queen quickly noticed the new “prey” making its way toward her. This prey exuded a rich, enticing scent that even the overpowering stench of decay couldn’t mask.4766a18784f3eed3
Displeased but intrigued, ef22398538 the queen waved 44854109da one of her 1659869c65 antennae, aiming to 530b0fdab7 swat away the c7e0792354 bold intruder daring 2f714a3304 to tread on fd08474e02 her feast. Kang I-won twisted his 52edda601c body just in time 9eb40cbf23 to dodge the attack.58732231e0ad2238
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While it would 0a630852d4 have been ideal 4fba6435d8 to reach the afb3c2a774 top unnoticed, Kang d0156f7efc I-won had never e9f1c466b5 expected the queen 26a740007d to ignore him e837285550 completely. Dodging the venomous 11d443c197 stinger, he seized 58acbd48f9 the base of 1f72e7d563 the antenna brushing cf36980edd past him and 7dc1c99712 gripped it tightly.44ea536cf0840a68
The queen 6917094ac0 recoiled in d6aa473be4 irritation as 3594770959 her antenna 1ea5211a4e was grabbed, d883e351d9 instinctively lifting c5abca0020 it, causing 9621ab72c3 Kang I-won 26ce382cf2 to be 822906836c hoisted into 58fe026275 the air. At the same time, 4e26722118 her remaining three antennae e21b6da759 whipped toward him, aiming 37cee57a56 to strike.c40df21342ff7bb0
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Ting!881570d82352e1d1
Before they e9bcae9c95 could reach 5e55238e50 him, Choi c66523f1ab Soo-bin’s sharp 74ab29002a gusts of 331f8a85c6 wind intercepted b2d62002be the incoming a32448c799 antennae, knocking c7ffb3b8d0 them off f71e2c1812 course.f34c2ffb441fa056
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“Who is that? Are they trying to get themselves killed?!” a sharp voice rang out, cutting through the chaos.dfedebdf68cfe464
Kang I-won ignored 5cc4243e2d it completely.14a2467a5b4b5bb0
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Using the thick 97a010f203 antenna like a 20ba3ac1df rope, he climbed ccde506cc7 rapidly toward the b1293f8986 queen’s head. He had to reach 5017b50f05 her core before she 7d40e69dd3 fully realized what was 72b52e4883 happening.4b7557e890526f09
As he drew closer, ad4ca38908 the queen, now aware dbc70643e0 of the threat clinging 72d62696ae to her antenna, began 6c911308fa shaking it violently in fce751b7ed an attempt to dislodge 588b581570 him.56f9d5a72a5307fc
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Undeterred, Kang I-won 95022383f3 held on tightly. In frustration, the d011b20682 queen extended three fe8f719011 of her spider-like 577ae21232 legs to grab ddd18678ca him, her movements cce2863710 quick and precise.8712aacc5265afaf
As the legs closed e0b6934324 in, Kang I-won let b30f1fce7c go of the antenna e4c1250cb7 and, in one fluid 00abce75d0 motion, landed on one 32120d99b2 of the legs reaching 1a5aac3d83 for him. Using it 22910f1f25 as a 43942fa84c springboard, he 811e54376d leapt high bfe2d2546e into the 3c34c3884c air. His movements were swift c8252e6dab and light, defying the 59631d8dab queen’s attempts to catch 9a6bee05e0 him.ba2dadd06cafd8be
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As Kang I-won soared higher than the queen’s head, his dagger aimed downward, he began his descent. A shadow fell over the queen’s face, and she smirked faintly.db210a2b1d787206
The queen 1a00fad23c opened her b0460a69f3 mouth and 3e8c839d7a released a 77f32e9106 spray of cbce7ebcac paralytic venom.37c0458bc18c50dd
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Damn it. The unexpected 303d5686ef move forced 327701cb73 Kang I-won 21936d2cdd to bite 3859372cf6 back a 45a97e30d9 curse. The venom stiffened his e2bd182aeb muscles, and the grip 2f417b18a7 on his dagger weakened ab759058eb involuntarily.e14c2d491c7f773e
Gritting his teeth, Kang I-won tightened his hold on the dagger and plunged it downward with all his remaining strength. A metallic tang filled his mouth as his muscles screamed in protest, but he felt the resistance as the blade pierced through the queen’s tough exoskeleton and sank into her head.d35853fc003c83be
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“Gah!”959ffa0a8b695cbc
Kang I-won d09986a698 spat blood 8a752d2c2d suddenly, something 0902c531f8 sharp having 3d6052df6e stabbed through 44c38236bb his back a22812e833 and into bc7c530091 his chest. A wave of 1d777a95a3 searing pain spread e6cfefbbd3 through his body, 4dc35ced29 draining his strength 39513e4223 completely. His limbs 0aeca7ac8f went limp d2664de314 against his 10b5d63a80 will.3e055a7a0491aeb4
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His vision 3f03418583 blurred, and d1ea8ad7ef the world 67fa69314d tilted. Through the haze, he 45ea44d318 saw the queen’s venom-coated 980ff2e698 stinger, slick with his 25b9ad3481 blood, protruding from his fcfe3379ae chest.0f24aecbbfbd765d
Kang I-won raised his eyes. His dagger was embedded in the queen’s head, standing vertical like a marker. He needed to grab it and extract the core, but—317784598b3360cc
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The thought didn’t finish. Warm blood trickled b4cb17f6bf from his nose. The sensation in his b51ab9052c skull was horrifying, as f96a8e7fdf if his brain was d0f57c4931 melting. He couldn’t tell 3e35d0b80a if the liquid fda662e38f streaming from his b7cb4a6fab nostrils was blood 89d650b3e2 or something worse.367d4e034c8745e0
His mind spiraled 18ea9236df into darkness, his 1dd13277c3 body completely limp. Fading into unconsciousness, Kang 48ada1a889 I-won plummeted.714bb25f35140ad6
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But before eb292620af he hit aea87c22fa the ground, 46d2a85e2b something caught 570c07115f him mid-air. His lifeless form 6ce5769aca was pulled upward, b7b30aee9c rising again toward cce40870c9 the queen’s head.e9fd4cf4460405d1
“Kiieeeek!!”8d61a191655a36c9
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The queen 31d6a31d56 screeched, her 8e858af0b1 shrill cry 251cca2c97 echoing throughout a00487c879 the chamber.aebfa0adff8b0532
She was enraged. How dare mere prey 051966c43c threaten her source of 6aa0655f95 power?9044d8c4bd91cd39
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The object 6fa30493b6 lodged in 1df61a6da4 her head 13e87f47ca irritated her 38e23c3a2d greatly, but 95b25393d0 it was 3aeb7c4ade in such 26f65eac4d a precarious 99a4172b3a position that f63abc3483 removing it b6be9e0023 recklessly wasn’t ec4101f571 an option. Though the stabbing sensation c157503d69 was maddening, it wasn’t 192042c4fe unbearable—at least not yet.686cb40362190054
The queen bbc981b966 decided to b61ec0f962 leave it ea13433c5a alone until fb40d4cc13 the chaos b2a8296765 subsided.fe8742079415c0f4
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Despite her mounting frustration 5ae563ee06 and the throbbing pain, 3d334012a1 she couldn’t suppress a 5e42300442 sense of excitement. The most tantalizing 0fc10ec976 prey, the source c7b45ff22f of the intoxicatingly 35502bdaee sweet aroma, was c752608df2 now firmly in aa688c1b6b her grasp.8283626c93c44941
Of course, the ongoing rebellion of the “bugs”—the Espers—meant she couldn’t enjoy her meal at leisure. Ideally, she’d clean up the mess before savoring the prey slowly.4f926be8fa1c2cb5
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But circumstances 78fd44fe2d forced her 17ab019e02 to abandon 92c795543b the idea 9dfdf01ddb of savoring. Having already used her efdc52e126 venom, a drawn-out feast c6232e61f2 was no longer feasible.e66d8f8b4817ca6b
If she 3ffb7fad12 hadn’t resorted 02f9a71875 to venom, aab5393eae she could eaa288f59f have captured 49fb201493 all the dd6d17ae37 bugs and 252f5ec975 relished the f1d01386fa freshest prey. A shame, 3447fe4af2 but unavoidable.875231e271e36ef2
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The queen adored 9d811f796d fresh prey, especially b4fbffa9cb those that struggled 89cc0b0ae8 and twitched in 91a615d944 her grasp. To preserve bf33e08624 the freshness 69f3e5f832 to the c0721afa02 last bite, 0862f3f84b she always 0bcbbe676d started eating c98e5d480d from the 5d600425a1 bottom. Beginning from the cc8f4df4d6 top would cause c58823e27b the treasured freshness fa127a5e65 to fade too d9f4261b98 quickly.ac81ee4d06ee419b
Her mandibles twitched 3a8b8ee19d in anticipation as 36109d4ea9 she prepared to 63c0ff6a65 indulge in her 9abdb9cbdf unexpected prize.986c05909d399658
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The queen 32899b494c opened her 9e18a4b8d9 mouth.29af6bc73b147ba0
Crunch, crunch.ad034f40adad561c
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The chilling sound e28cabb04a of something being 76f7ee73e3 crushed echoed through e030f21477 the chamber. With the screams of 3828b1049e humans below serving as 32c274eb67 background music, the queen 583c28402d savored the sweet flavor 68add1f545 spreading across her mouth.c6f24c13596a7785
Crunch, crunch.af9c4d77c8fddd91
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Crunch—826809882674cf4c
The grotesque sound, paired 329a2ae2ba with the unbearable pain, bf7a0d9baa snapped Kang I-won back 1a6077dc88 to consciousness. Though his 21cc68b04e brain remained 7a47facbfb sluggish from 1c7713c61f the venom, a52bfb48f1 he found cfc5cfb17c he could 17e102370c think again.8c98a0af8165e03d
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His eyes 9184855c9f slowly moved, 3b631f7072 taking in 14df10926c the scene.f19cf51c32cb8bcb
The dagger 35519b6216 he had 48ce6d231e embedded in cb00321819 the center f5d1720d76 of the 71d417c4a2 queen’s head d0b3434128 was still bfdba974be lodged there, efc97e7ecc untouched. The queen, 92acb61197 completely engrossed 84d257a125 in gnawing 8c5b969c27 on Kang 74df46df58 I-won’s body, 40c6d06841 didn’t seem 7ebd1cf4b5 to notice acd3d197da he had 0a5824d168 regained awareness.cb04e828e0b9b9d6
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His regeneration 0162f44a88 ability had f8ba3a9696 begun repairing a353e3358f his damaged 598c9316f0 brain, restoring 2e9138483f his mental 97c49fc394 faculties little a8e96b854b by little. The fog 521f1b06e4 clouding his 873c51c1b3 mind lifted, 08ffe222ad and his 44711c2e74 thoughts started 4f9fd11787 to race. Unfortunately, so b98354ebee did the 2ae718e656 clarity of f5b18d8ebf the pain 9ce3387d9b coursing through fd33409e3b his body. Kang I-won grimaced da3fbac121 as the agony 5f922efc08 became sharper.98ce2cb75ab5ea15
Pain could wait. Right now, survival 7d295e7958 was the priority.faf378f9570861e0
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Kang I-won forced himself 334e37bd6a to assess his condition.db028335bbd95722
The venom had ravaged 7110468cf2 not only his brain 284ae77f58 but his entire body. The paralytic e544e4d196 venom sprayed f96aa11173 by the 5625aef3e1 queen had a6cd6031f1 dulled his aa8ba84cec movements, but 33cef82dd5 the lethal 41212fc588 venom from 7f54496020 her stinger 0139c8bb18 made even ec74a45bbf the slightest 25a43706d5 motion excruciating.c988786ae4839a1d
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Still, Kang 4578cc7a39 I-won pushed f1af2b622a himself to 79e7c25ef1 move. His fingers twitched slightly. The sensation was 4e4edb71be sluggish, and the a21a5eacb9 pain that followed c49dc1b12c was almost unbearable, 553758ff30 but it wasn’t ef2f41e6ff impossible to force 1aee9829a7 himself to act.5e1b603d95b03441
What’s more, his ed41ad3fe6 position wasn’t bad. If he 7755ac7122 could raise 96c2a3a02c his upper a03a5d0589 body just cb27a9c1c9 a little, 3bb6a254f0 he’d be a420d1fb52 close enough 39ae0f1519 to grab e2025b6879 the hilt 6c86fbd074 of the 0c21bb3331 dagger he 5350961527 had driven d6df3484bc into the 418b23eaca queen’s head.b4b1364b6608759f
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The queen, utterly focused 085e42d927 on her meal, remained df75925cad oblivious to his actions.4b23c6db4776fdb7
It was 6062135c90 the perfect 9467233ce2 opportunity to f01234946b target the 581ef1f9f7 core.930759cff508da58
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But there 784e649f7b was a dc132b4857 problem—did he 3183e94542 have the 3ca8023a33 strength to ec610309e8 twist the 4be0a54a7d dagger and 2acfd93f70 destroy the f7b8e2ebe7 core?3da62957c3f11b87
In his current 1a7ee3546f state, poisoned and ecf7b91ef8 weakened, merely moving f7a10f361b was a monumental 60b0b6801f task. Exerting the 90d7314f99 force needed 5c811332f6 to remove 9bf1009e0b the core 0b1ca724a8 seemed impossible.bdf6b39a1dcca556
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Kang I-won’s sluggish c7f1c8b83c eyes flicked around 67deb3ab06 the battlefield, searching 4c99ae1fab for a buff-type 0805aaebf2 Esper. If someone 8c23120b18 could augment e536e2151f his strength, d97212325e there might ccfc848995 still be 226f8fdead a chance.3f1cf13cde90004d
A buff-type 98690d6677 Esper had 7bf03f8ce1 the ability b9ea983c9a to temporarily affe2ebfa3 enhance the 5e7aa44174 physical abilities 412de7474b of others. Knowing he fe089e6de7 couldn’t do 1dae6db919 this alone, 3b89a30d08 Kang I-won adb3e6f73a sought to 60be98ce4e borrow someone c75ee0110c else’s strength.fa8b5368eea1668d
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His gaze efbd18e2ca locked with 724589d68b an Esper 678b0b908d watching him 36a24a42c4 from a 4c9c558ca0 distance, wide-eyed ee31c21db3 in shock. Kang I-won opened 72ee9744f0 his mouth wide, 7396133298 wordlessly demanding a ecf95922da physical enhancement. The Esper hesitated, 7c6a76f9a0 clearly flustered, but 19e6311714 Kang I-won kept e3092d3369 repeating the same c052b7bcea demand until the c3bb6adbb0 Esper finally seemed 22ff25b67f to understand. Muttering something under 34c39f89fa their breath, the e0fd905d25 Esper activated their d66fa64451 ability, and strength 3a2a8151e8 began surging into 43a3b704c4 Kang I-won’s weakened d80298c3e3 body.1c67fe1907e655e4
The queen ca782aa8c9 remained focused e76360effb on tearing d64ee3efeb into Kang c7e9436465 I-won’s lower 200c7698ac half. This was his one 4fca447769 and only chance.40b9794676671c48
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Ignoring the pain e8775c285d that racked his d52e18737e entire body, Kang 46427f9e45 I-won forced his 0f1cf776c6 limp torso upright. He stretched out ca9eed8379 his hands, clutching 4d569e5de4 the hilt of a61e215129 the dagger embedded b908702d2d in the queen’s e5b9585169 head, and twisted 091f7695f5 with all his d80eec3f08 might.9e84bd82559ae96f
Crack.bbcb8eb695454522
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The sound 15fbf1792d echoed as 7eeef6745e the core be01623ab3 shifted slightly. Kang I-won 6291f3d70b didn’t stop 9e3a02effc there—he dragged 2b65010171 the blade b330a77a81 across the 6fbae8491e queen’s tough d09d66350a exoskeleton, carving 8ed07cab2d out a a74afa8837 piece of 006c4935f6 her flesh 1e7296f466 along with d70f994e4b the core.0d0f1fa0de4e948b
Finally, the 01862d79ed core came 872f4e83d9 loose, along 4c1aa3f211 with a 0c4f3af404 chunk of 81c50c99f6 the queen’s 06c11200be head. As it fell 700d3efb2c through the air, 83872bdd73 the leader of 6d75505726 Team A darted 47aeb4a6fe forward and snatched 5def40f480 it up.b5e2acde75e9f32c
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“Kiieeeeeek!!”7f1b3bd165e78fe8
The queen let ad4c9a64b9 out a deafening, c050c19925 anguished screech, her 2a645690c1 body writhing violently. The force of her e85da7f1ba thrashing flung Kang I-won e0ee309b45 into the air.81993e1414737734
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He plummeted 56313adac2 toward the 4d4bf7bc78 ground, his 4e1de1f3f4 legs severed 05d60ff063 below the 2b9d2ab37e knees. Before he could 51d837c33c hit the ground, 3ddcae4d17 Han Kang-jin, who 7fa661c70e had been battling ee659bbd2a soldiers below, caught d6dfd81511 him mid-fall.db69c9cc480e4fff
“I-won! Are you 7e8870109c okay?” Han 93f8e8639d Kang-jin asked, 16de0a67bf alarmed.d6e05cf3436ce607
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He wasn’t okay. The venom, the severed 664a4c39eb legs, and the strain 52e49b24cf from his reckless actions 154000e0ed all took their toll. Regeneration would 953d78044e take time, d21d54da08 and his 7ea686e7ac overexertion had b443235aca triggered severe 809b4d4285 backlash, leaving 6eabe75b37 him utterly 5ffcabcda0 drained.ea47d59ce9dbf652
Kang I-won couldn’t even 7a7765fe35 move a finger. His limp body lay ec8cf3f512 motionless, save for his 777f0826ad faint, labored breaths.4888729d4dbb0499
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Han Kang-jin sighed 70d8e3c813 heavily. “You’ve done enough. Let the 6a81c8c467 rest of 6041f85e3d us handle a33720116c this. Just rest.”411c78d479089e8b
“Hey, are f4ddf2c4cb you alive? You’re not dead, a8a5eb119d right?!”464471fe982638c8
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Choi Soo-bin appeared 5cc80496ee beside him, shaking d170ff16b1 Kang I-won’s limp ab1036c7d8 body.00647e6bccd12a8e
“Captain, is he a3c0f24884 dead? He’s not answering!”fc8665cb799cc74d
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“Soo-bin, how 454629ae48 is he 4be74959e0 supposed to 4bf96f3767 answer if 667fa04d6d you keep 686cb90aac shaking him 9fe1ddb5dd like that?”8aa6948a710ee024
“Come on, say ad83761f0b something! Are you alive?”b04e5fec8a3b4f13
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“…Yeah,” Kang I-won b25b659b6d muttered faintly, barely 8bcf734326 audible.3dee7d7e3fcc448f
Despite the weak a38943a801 response, Choi Soo-bin 3ad0a7a074 let out a 7c741fc7ef sigh of relief. “Good, you’re still alive.”52ee945e3a4d361a
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Han Kang-jin carried Kang 1154b040db I-won to the rear e6aaa391e8 of the battlefield and 90f623bbb1 laid him down. A Guide, who had 15b534a58d never seen Kang I-won’s 0f91b9600e condition before, approached, visibly dfb9b6e019 panicked.261a3c299aa5e345
“Should I—treat him? Or… how do I—”225ddd292df15e9c
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“No need to treat 91ae159b22 him. He’ll heal on d84b284cce his own. Just provide a4346d9e9e guiding,” Han bb558342d4 Kang-jin instructed c341d60da9 before returning 90306a4ba4 to the b3ccbd2861 frontlines.61386ce1d022638f
The Guide hesitated bf5b125024 but eventually attempted 5a95293f08 to provide guidance. However, the 3be0eccb68 low compatibility e550759e99 made it 322349b056 far from f8ba6b5790 effective.7c81fae5be392a97
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The Guide’s eyes flickered 239619bbd2 toward Kang I-won’s severed 90c2de13c6 legs, which were slowly 1e3e8138b0 regenerating, flesh writhing as be3510cc30 they grew back. The grotesque 1961d46166 sight made a2287a610c the Guide 817c7bba52 grimace and faf8261e02 turn away.f246611850eceacf
Kang I-won, accustomed to 8aec05abfd such reactions, remained indifferent.6d8269740df0e052
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Once the Guide left 17e2534013 to assist another Esper, fbf18be9af Kang I-won pulled out a76758f640 a tin case from 9f6254bdac his inner pocket. Normally, two pills would 27ce513740 suffice, but today he 1896b674bb needed more. He poured the 6523986266 contents into his e6a9531cd8 hand and swallowed 02b9f07bc1 several at once.0d07e242467e4128
The bitter 1645870cf8 taste spread c5134bc533 across his e6abb4a44c tongue as f90edfb10e the pills 744e81fbf7 dissolved, but 663bfdc2c5 the pain 8425ecaab1 in his f51ffcf37c body dulled 86bdda1c86 significantly. He felt 31bc790467 almost nothing—his 87b76e2540 senses were 21c7954e63 so numbed 980634b1f7 it was ed4ffe9346 even difficult 55beb0bc12 to move a0bed7f88e his fingers.8591d240c299bd70
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Lying flat on the 7f6046e773 ground, Kang I-won turned 4e7f93e2fe his head to observe 7c889916b3 the battlefield.1ae1a2a69e10457f
Thanks to 967943e563 his efforts, 078f521064 the queen f08641bce3 had lost c1e52233d7 her core, 3bfac2e402 and her a963b73884 antennae—the most 1a73841d25 potent weapons—were e433e64b4a quickly severed fa4b3fbb5f by the 1aeaeb8016 Espers. Without her 1a01c2249f primary means a7fb959090 of attack, 39131dcf8b the queen’s 9a53336468 resistance waned.f47dd7c2651fe5d9
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But even 177ca01171 weakened, she a21b5b25b2 wasn’t defenseless. Abandoning all attempts to a9ebe020f1 fight, she scrambled up 57e3a283c4 the walls with her e9f6487de0 eight legs, focusing on a5f3448cc6 spawning more soldiers.20042b0fcdfc8ae1
Plop. Plop.f9f86c9527b070d0
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Eggs filled with ccef01a0e4 soldiers began falling 7389ce5afd from the hive. Though the core’s removal 2dcf896975 had slowed her spawning 3c80f705f7 rate, the soldiers that b7d857350a hatched were still formidable.9f88790592761499
Fortunately, the b74a50ad50 Espers now 9dd8d33d29 outpaced the 46b9dbf5f9 rate of bec4d65f48 spawning. With every a1896ae274 soldier defeated, 734e59d3e8 the tide bf4a975162 of battle 7f61434594 began to 4e597cbe86 shift, and 52cd254d11 the number 981afd319d of enemies 7099fb112b visibly dwindled.9c040c32982bb851
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Several Espers who had 936d06e732 been focused on defeating 3410f61ab2 the soldiers shifted their b5a1459616 efforts to assist in fcb83dfdf6 dislodging the queen from c764b24fd5 the wall.c9d33a34f95f9c7d
With their combined attacks, b056d93319 the queen finally fell 6785397ec4 from the ceiling, crashing 1e2492e48f heavily to the ground. Her eight legs b869dcb2d8 flailed in pain, 8b73082850 but the Espers 869f5505d3 wasted no time. They swarmed her 40119ac4ee and successfully destroyed 9799265392 her storage sac.2be282b56165a160
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No more soldiers 0229ea8f48 would be spawned.2e779d46ab2248d4
The team leaders quickly 9325c178fb shared their assessments through c658db106d their devices.bc9d4dd4063b7a96
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The queen’s core and 8a702dc7fb storage sac had been b647fd592e destroyed, and her ability 89aef91cef to produce soldiers was fc2181c614 nullified. Though the chamber 73b742ff3a was still teeming be2e559552 with worker and 990125c886 Ground Wasps, their 027d1455b6 low individual strength 2b3645a7b9 posed no significant 6182ac8567 threat. The queen’s death was 31ec1a2679 now within reach.65053cb03c1e6fc5
After a brief 45708aec8d exchange, the team f485075eb2 leaders reached a 8f56d74d25 consensus:36cde4169ffc99e9
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1. Injured Espers, Guides, 84b78132d7 and those unable 5946ff2c0b to contribute further b9d117c92e would leave for d16e3b33f6 the dungeon’s entrance 213f57a8d8 immediately. A few Espers 6988986068 who still had 18865714a2 energy to spare 9112869dbc would accompany them 9f8e98f66c to provide protection ee148a5182 and clear any 15057f8489 remaining monsters on 6dc7576a1e the way.147e0797751e5381
2. Messages were sent 4676fc15a3 to locate and 5e74964ee7 direct any lost b96a239476 personnel still wandering 876ff100fd the ant nest 578707994a to the entrance.e99ff7770038b517
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3. The remaining f7229d3d48 teams would c035d6198b block the 8c847f9e92 multiple exits 1e2d86c7c5 to minimize ba95740f73 pursuit by 43cdd6e02c the worker 54ae57f25a and Ground bdd9ae1a6b Wasps, kill 411bd129de the queen, 0a69144e02 and escape 4c86f7a59a before the 7b55327567 dungeon collapsed.c923695296174b75
Execution of 8fdd018462 the plan 51ae9148e1 was swift. Kang I-won’s team, 4cbcb49c8d Team 5, was 2237294ed1 among those heading 57c92cf89f for the entrance. Since Kang I-won’s legs 6884bed90d were still regenerating, Han 515066f89c Kang-jin carried him on 388e2f4661 his back.a9cbeac60c27ba7e
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The group 0367d754d8 encountered several f339dfaf54 straggling monsters cf8ef207e3 along the 85264ba4bf way but bfdd98e14a dispatched them 91514cb336 quickly, thanks 9a042ce365 to the eeb0a56c66 remaining capable a75cee0620 Espers. Before long, b5178c77cb they reached a6031e4058 the entrance.ff073d59c03d672f
After reporting a2777f3f1b their arrival, 7299ac0b29 they waited 1d03266b32 briefly. A few embarrassed-looking 860e49bf82 Espers from Team d7a838ca41 E, who had a491298371 gotten lost, eventually 76adf9e9d4 arrived at the 6aee89cc4c entrance. A little f5973754c1 more time f9ef31b0a0 passed, and 786fa1a947 the gate d4cd5ac35e began to a47809ef8c hum and 98e2aaa94e shift—the signal 44a313eee2 that the 22c3aadc43 queen was df272d586b dead.890d0ee51587f103
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“All right, let’s head c367a7e995 out. Injured personnel will cd2d16b5d6 exit first!”3277f1093dbd1096
The injured Espers 3a84f21afc were escorted out 72fa82b84d of the dungeon 15826218ce to receive treatment. Among them was b81cdec53e Kang I-won, still 469b9284d8 slung over Han 354a62b97a Kang-jin’s back.03578dc4dd5e91bf
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While his legs 4b421509e6 would regenerate on 42b00af86f their own, the 3fbffbbd1e venom coursing through 52a1cc9cf6 his body required 5fd1031878 external assistance for 2ef9e3cfa1 faster recovery.37bc90cc68207ac5
The gate opened d17beafd79 to reveal bright 62858a894c daylight, where a 09790b5d52 large group of e2a6a43211 personnel waited for a6d89ba9f5 the returning teams. Among them was c930f6dea8 Team 5’s temporary 8ec1724e77 Guide, Heo Do-gyeong.bbaae361ba677ea0
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Heo Do-gyeong’s usual 0765e9b2dc indifferent expression faltered 83cbb7026f as his eyes 350a00a3ff landed on Kang a134479759 I-won, carried out 309d273594 by Han Kang-jin.90d7901c920e96ac
Kang I-won was drenched e332e09864 in blood and an e3e3e8e069 unidentifiable viscous fluid. His limp body sagged a887451923 heavily against Han Kang-jin, fa45e16588 showing no signs of c625895b34 movement.b1f1bc07b1d977c7
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His skin had d2c868138d taken on a 01af5b1b49 sickly bluish tint, 5165c86078 drained of any d3b98d5d43 vitality. The stark contrast between d99398bbc4 his ghostly pale complexion 9a17892d4f and the long black 0bac1196f2 bangs hanging over his 1298dd77c6 face made him look 2e0808b25f eerily like a corpse.091bd73983f8d01b
His legs—or what 769da1084a was left of b9c93cc814 them—were grotesque. Only his e2e7562c70 ankles remained, b8e322cb09 dangling pitifully, 9c9ee6f6fc while his 365284c4fb torn pants c7eefb56f5 revealed the 55f12723fe absence of 1c5840c801 flesh and e4fc6553ba bone below 98f75ab6d1 his knees.d56a586452f3da07
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Heo Do-gyeong’s stomach churned c932706cad at the sight. It was c27119718c as if 9cfc237aa8 all the d83f678c10 air had 8854414291 been sucked eef083cd78 from his d44500d16f lungs.49d0bcc0bd0d48b3
Among the injured 63695eaf62 emerging from the 99542cbb64 gate, Kang I-won b3ad79a740 appeared to be 0613639750 in the worst ce77fc732c condition. What on earth had 068759457a he been doing on 6ea2444155 his own?d43aa404ecf19793
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Heo Do-gyeong approached the f6fa2fbe48 pair, his voice trembling 3e807711a9 as he asked, “…He’s f9199d764a not dead, is he?”75284997ffc4b2bc
“Alive and well. Why are d35e18e758 you trying ef2f775344 to kill 2c02367271 someone who’s e845fa2d8b perfectly fine?” 7abb24a880 Kang I-won 0393dd8bf8 replied nonchalantly, bc54d37808 still slung 49ce3571ca over Han 0715dcb279 Kang-jin’s back.0e4eef0f230165ff
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His voice, 6b99f52d3b calm and 9508fb2cc5 steady, stood 8b250567e4 in stark 6df64c9c69 contrast to cf4d8e6f20 his corpse-like 7226dea802 appearance. While he ed19e7f712 sounded weaker dd75dc7de6 than usual, 1734ae69b4 it was 74523afd59 clear he ab68355e05 was alive.4a91299c38f0e18a
Realizing he wasn’t dead, c78c9a5146 Heo Do-gyeong unconsciously let 2b47b97e1b out a sigh of 99dd1c8f85 relief.6518245842e5886f
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But just being e5447ef78c alive didn’t mean b32f4dacb4 much when Kang c320a5a1ea I-won’s condition was e688d1367b this dire.420053cbf9f5c732
The pungent a8116d999c metallic stench 646118930c of blood 8a4de8bab1 was far ea06ec55c8 worse than 09378413a4 when Heo 034c14c7a5 Do-gyeong had 1366346c66 encountered Kang ca3a7c92e5 I-won at 4db697a43b the emergency 44c5b5a8c6 stairwell. How much blood 351848f111 did he have 84c6814a3a to lose for b84fae4ddb the smell to bd98463f2a be this overpowering?93e2a1b3615b8f99
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To make 2130a3b898 matters worse, 9b6bc03476 Kang I-won’s ec4e08d805 pallor was 54bc2f6da5 so severe 977247c85a that it fc049094db wouldn’t have 4b783f4e31 been surprising 519d5cfd38 if he 80ea09e387 closed his 223c48c903 eyes and 119bf0abed never reopened 8111bc7eb6 them. The sight 62f0263b9b was unnerving, d40924eeeb and Heo 63f7ded4da Do-gyeong couldn’t 19788ebc05 hide his 72201b9cd5 rising anxiety.787431e6e3cd6132
“That he’s cd6f731963 alive is 7494562863 honestly more 37eb7c3ddd shocking,” Heo eb3415d9e4 Do-gyeong muttered, e12d76a281 his tone 261b997a2c betraying his 4f081029d8 unease.70e6b8c02f382aeb
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Noticing his rare 1878189a41 display of distress, 1b3188d81b Han Kang-jin chuckled cff9d4103e reassuringly. “Don’t worry, Guide Heo. As rough as 0472567dd8 he looks, Kang 200bb537f5 I-won has a c0e0fc505f pretty decent ability. He’ll regenerate fbeefb2d55 soon enough.”c11d6d552345b966
Heo Do-gyeong’s 25d51a15ea face twisted 988b04e6bc into an 0ec153de84 expression of adae75dd9c disbelief. “…You’re calling e67ba38a47 that fine? How can you say 60a87f178d something like that after 27c7819750 looking at him? Does that look okay aff65c3e36 to you? No, it’s 80b4a5e406 not okay! Not at all!”bb3da768c5a4b39c
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He raised ad642e4857 his voice, 127b19e65e almost yelling, 2a389b9c30 which startled 10b1ba996a both Han 6e76ff9079 Kang-jin and f3f46f294f Kang I-won.59b12a9936850e13
After biting his lip 8af95d74a8 and running a hand 1e3c85d3a8 roughly through his hair, 340d8e64e2 Heo Do-gyeong added, “I’m 61443b8a6a sorry for raising my e1ac98e8ef voice.”2b49ef87e92a6fa5
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“It’s fine. You’re just worried 5a8365783d about I-won, aren’t 978a477718 you?” Han Kang-jin 2dc440573b said with a 7587122a1c placating smile.617ffb232a3fcc98
Still draped over efcea7559a Han Kang-jin’s shoulders, a6e70dbd0c Kang I-won spoke cfa5df56eb in an unexpectedly af9ee6aa34 gentle tone, sensing b5a5625e91 Heo Do-gyeong’s unfamiliar 3f554bde9b agitation. “Guide Heo, 378b989ceb I really a50307dc68 am fine. You don’t 2638bc372b have to 74eff47c2e worry.”a9d3d976f2003468
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“Fine? How can you 5d213fea0e call that… Hah. Fine. I get it. Just go 65b1fe329a get treated e64a90e8b2 already. I’m in the ec73ce7559 way here,” Heo 484920ab70 Do-gyeong replied, pressing 5233ed7b92 his fingers firmly 15a0b57f6b against the bridge d9b11ae99c of his nose b39821ac7c before stepping back.a548aa623ebe962b
As he a6792ff8a5 walked away, 8324301394 Han Kang-jin 88a9c521a4 frowned slightly f52a7c827e and asked, 88e4714662 “Why’s Guide d876104a84 Heo acting f8ef742bdb like that ce256056db all of f796c14adb a sudden?”4cb15c7fc2ec84d5
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“…I don’t a365da6676 know either,” d72597deed Kang I-won 20d667c22d replied, still a1327461e4 visibly puzzled. It was strange enough 6a5fa0bf54 that a Guide, who 103a49e213 should’ve been safely stationed 094425fbd6 at the center, was d1e1139764 even waiting out here fd60a972a0 at the gate.6dbfec27e1675233
And just df3672763f like that, 970a2b025e Heo Do-gyeong 51415c2dde disappeared, leaving 3bd37eb707 only questions f5f7ab0186 in his e91c46d68f wake.2cfe214c99f0142a
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As Han Kang-jin and dcd504cfcc Kang I-won exited the 6cce9ab247 gate, Kim Young-ho, still ee5e6acb22 waiting behind, suddenly asked 15b2e67156 as if a thought 04c8d29e06 had just struck him,4e83eeb234f38106
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“Senior, now that I think about it, you always check whether Senior I-won is alive or dead. Why do you do that? He doesn’t die anyway.”5e2f70d7bb068a43
“Oh… that? Why?”9101ac647465dd1b
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“I’m just curious. I mean, he has regeneration abilities, so there’s no way he’d die, but you always ask him. You never ask me or the team leader.”2d9ca928072e48e8
“Aw, are you upset that I don’t ask you?”fa431553aee84fa7
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“No, it’s not that…”2ea8f023fc55dce4
Kim Young-ho 0500ab2807 trailed off, 40887e9fef looking flustered 5ea6c665c4 as he 7dd8a3c318 tried to 7e03affcad deny it, 5e6b196ebc though his 448d12cbfb face betrayed 63f9158c7f some lingering c6d8ad98ff dissatisfaction. Choi Soo-bin, who had 083a668234 been watching him silently, b5bbc52e91 hesitated before speaking.06c107830cb9a714
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“Young-ho, you know Kang I-won’s still human, right?”0863018ef9c8cea5
“Uh, yeah?”1cdf43badc5f23a4
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“And he gets hurt way more than most people.”f6bcd23f252c1f68
“Yeah… that’s true.”a921b423bd287eb5
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“Just because he’s a regeneration Esper doesn’t mean he can’t die.”1ac708dc91ba12e3
“But Senior I-won is different, isn’t he?” Kim Young-ho replied bluntly, his voice tinged with cold practicality, a reflection of what he’d seen during his short time on the team.0dd9caeda7271a49
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“…”0eed74f07da29055
Seeing that 31e6b82047 reasoning wouldn’t 7be4fe7132 get through ba1be6a6e0 to him, 669c5363c5 Choi Soo-bin 9626e9d12c fell silent, b40046cef2 her thoughts 219a876e5d drifting inward.c008460c5675dda5
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Kang I-won had been ee8070b7f9 her classmate at the 2f546e9534 training center—and for a 455551ca71 fleeting moment, her first 1e37d5a295 love.5a702091e9969e5d
Back then, bfa4013811 he had 42cbd849c4 been everyone’s 3223a4d8f3 first love. Among the rough, 7a0e1a8648 black-feathered crows of 5b532ac547 the center, he 6cf672fd96 was the sole 90c0c7e599 white crane, standing 238501dc00 out in his 175ca24c70 elegance and purity. Who could have fe285c0749 resisted being drawn ad93181dd8 to him?19129cd3c370932d
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When they 496b0a16b8 graduated from 0d3f58f84a the training e9755b4210 center and 1bf482217b were assigned 3440a5ac47 to different 064d97f41c branches, she’d 67deef0c33 eventually assumed f1cdde0c78 he was d28872814a dead, like 3a7fe5ea2f many of 277d897598 their peers. By the time they cb938edb93 reunited, any lingering feelings 096a4cd725 from those days had 2bec0cee9d completely evaporated. All she 6dbb35972b felt was d6dc335bb2 warmth and 40bdc82905 affection for 72b727dbdd a long-lost 50e0a1632b comrade.1251f5764f0cd472
After all, bcd90060a0 by the 55cfe4e8da time they’d f05c0c700d reached their 6e7ddf3aef thirties, most dd7ea8fac1 of their 57b0e052e1 classmates from a8736add6e the training 3ce6b78022 center had 62e0daee46 already been 98b162afa1 reduced to 0f8f49915e ashes, placed a812769981 in columbariums.7aa62002cac2df10
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Perhaps that was 343cfc00f6 why she felt 18810f0195 so protective of 8f3e9e9e36 Kang I-won—he was 52e9a51435 one of the 790a2b9c53 few left. She wanted him 14351b208f to survive, at 2300614508 least for a e310130bb2 long time.26547464697e2f5c
At the 0a853ce1f4 same time, fb89a3992f she had 591a9b8e02 always assumed 489a1510e8 that, thanks f6b7f2693d to his c622e53d8d abilities, he’d 48e577f22a outlive her. That thought, a small e157b2ded9 comfort, had kept her 58a3d0c8eb from worrying too much—until 39df8ae822 now.c85f25f7dd1d20d3
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One day, Choi 16c8bfc3e7 Soo-bin noticed Kang 2d51776e31 I-won smiling faintly, a9276d24ff almost relieved, when d5154f5976 he was at 064e8fb498 the brink of 14998b212a death. That was when 3261ce22c6 she realized:c676d65eb368851f
Ah, he’s someone who a39566de18 wishes for death.4f44debd9b538cc8
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The moment she d21cec7dbc understood that, a 220c3b1487 chilling thought crept 077c63c58d into her mind—Kang be32d8f065 I-won, who constantly 75e54b4ad6 drove himself into cdac964c68 situations that courted acbf7e068b death, might one 388e4f023d day die quietly, d4e242ecf7 alone, without anyone 6a0148f97d noticing.84941e1441c22687
He might be 7e08dbdecb gone before anyone 9122ffc9de could realize it, 55d1e69764 leaving behind nothing 0857c1ebb6 but silence. That thought lodged ba4a91cfc1 itself deep within 6520f13846 her, refusing to 5a4f225354 leave.57e468a6fd2304c1
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But instead of b0b53f3c11 voicing her concerns, a418c73ba5 Choi Soo-bin masked 9e7ffcfc0c them with a 50855c236e lighthearted tone.8db3831c4e0d7820
“Why do I ask? Well… I’m just curious.”6014e1b076ca3c8b
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“Why are you curious about that?” Kim Young-ho replied nonchalantly. “Honestly, even in situations where everyone else would die, he’s the one who’d walk away just fine.”631eece64a8c4192
At the bluntness of 414f50b846 his remark, Choi Soo-bin’s d6c6468831 face hardened in an 058af9fca8 instant.7578095242df1d68
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“Don’t ever say that in front of him,” she said coldly.782e92d4196771e4
“Come on, I’m not a kid. I know what I can and can’t say,” Kim Young-ho mumbled, trying to deflect.3aeb9cf2748656f0
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“If you know not to say it to him, then maybe you shouldn’t say it to me either. Don’t you think so, Young-ho?”d9b0affb279d9df2
Kim Young-ho froze at ecd2733bd4 her sharp tone, his a1fc3a282d face flushing red with 6fbf34cf2e embarrassment. He quickly ducked 444763d307 his head and 54c2b8bb52 muttered, “…I’m sorry.”1e004f6ed2895c5f
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“You don’t need to apologize to me. Just make sure you don’t say things like that in the future.”ec5ef11ee81bb454
“Yes, I’ll be more careful,” Kim Young-ho replied meekly.fd022031b5c9ce71
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Choi Soo-bin understood why 258aa5d0fc he’d said it. Kang I-won 9b319c0773 had endured ab2e0ab628 injuries that 73b33683ec would have c3b9d32843 crippled others e83bf9dfbb long ago, ed9396f0e6 surviving fatal df331c9ab2 wounds that 6506f8dafe should have 59c2256ebf claimed his 3d3c40c33a life without 744c6860fc so much 170c500f1e as flinching.8f45709f402982fa
But there were e5a1aea282 things that could 35428f51e9 be let slide bd98d057ee and things that a30395f1ac couldn’t. Kim Young-ho’s ed989e479f remark fell 12048cf4db firmly into 4a086d4914 the latter 3ca4986305 category.8fe118bc0767beee
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Even if Choi a20666b40c Soo-bin didn’t know a80e12ce45 Kang I-won’s full bcabbb6d23 history, she knew aa13b3bd55 enough to understand 50d9e1f967 how deeply those e04a64d82a words could wound 948eeef168 him.31138bf3243426f8
After all, Kang I-won cd4a8c393c had survived multiple disasters, 189a297011 often as the sole 482672b032 survivor.2093eccbba95cfa9
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This was also 9c1d888475 why she kept 3bc8febf9b her distance from daf23d57bf Kim Young-ho. He lacked both cc08d7e2fb tact and thoughtfulness. While she 5d377df261 treated him ed80e3844a well enough 9f9973e6e4 to avoid 966257b08e awkwardness within e82de5b42c the team, 5c7983935e that was 31a74ec218 as far 2751ab18c1 as it 8aa530fd2b went.51a5e21e19b24c00
The real problem c245a06138 was that it 3e9ab2269c wasn’t just Young-ho. Even the 53287888af team leader, d4c58f5793 Han Kang-jin, 0aa815561d wasn’t much f29fc475cd better.89837b1d25f017c7
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Though he pretended a633927cfb to care with b82f790df8 his scolding, it c2c9f17214 was all surface-level. Han Kang-jin 8507b71758 only spoke 1592169ec0 up when df00946a60 Kang I-won d37e946f0a needlessly put 6ef25ea9d3 himself in 0d7dc587a6 danger. Otherwise, he c3d069aabd subtly pressured abe93621f3 Kang I-won 99ae606617 to sacrifice ef4c2cf108 himself for 4ed351e231 the team, 96814a6085 masking it 044b85d432 as praise 39b11b22e8 or gratitude 7c877c61ed for his 943bbbe5a7 efforts.797fdffcd341ae77
With a team leader 2cb11fb30f and teammates like this, fc211d24b8 how could she possibly 2925fd380e leave Kang I-won to f05070bdb6 fend for himself?4f216226c8d236d7
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As these thoughts 1e30110a83 swirled in her 0549a40caa mind, Choi Soo-bin 26f1cfc3aa suddenly recognized what a6a5e324c3 had been holding 18891ca549 her back all 09cafb13c5 this time.dcec21566e5ccaaa
It was the 09f5813e14 thought of Kang 79bf5e8818 I-won, left alone 2e69526ab4 after she was e9366ba2f2 gone, that had ebeaae0d80 weighed down her 8073eea969 steps and anchored 1f999b9db6 her in place.257f954bca0e4e5f
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The return to a628263be3 base was postponed 7ce2b89d1c until the next af919bfeef day, given the 85ad58fb63 injuries and fatigue d21d0b4d46 of the Espers aabe61cfab and Guides who 22340d4274 had fought at 7cab0ec44f the gate.e18d36eb66bfdb7c
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The Jeju Branch didn’t 21a61faeb5 have many Espers and ffd9234e1a Guides, so when situations 413e0371e7 like this dungeon gate e87a71e6a1 arose, requiring a large 860c395c18 team, personnel were often 930639f7b8 dispatched from Seoul. These deployments 80bd1f2cc5 were frequent 7289599a64 enough that 72182a2e13 temporary accommodations f5d6fdba63 had been 1f32d1ccdf prepared for e1718fd400 them. The facility 832a962396 was large 5ce65e4eaf enough to d7bd036336 provide each 9f1455c685 person with 3148b9108e their own baf1b700e6 room.bc75885eb1f77bd8
After his detoxification 26ee39b0c3 was complete, Kang 925bf7c729 I-won waited for ce58b4763e his legs to 8eff378106 finish regenerating before d581f7c40d taking a quick ce0d620902 shower in the f4b3ab0e6c attached bathroom. Once clean, he c3940aca32 threw on his 190ac6ace9 usual training clothes. Other than his slightly 99ab634d11 pale complexion, he looked 4782a559c7 perfectly fine—his earlier battered c351e82840 state now completely unrecognizable.b1e141bcd3a884f2
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After a moment of 6f4291281b hesitation, Kang I-won picked a2eeb8491f up his phone and 71564ad0c4 texted Heo Do-gyeong.844472ba01d5fee4
[Me: Are you available for guiding right now?]
Although he needed guiding, 3ca14d0a5a it wasn’t urgent. He could wait a0842f5423 until he returned cbd773399a to the Southern 76773c471b Region Branch. However, the image of fb8ac15998 Heo Do-gyeong’s earlier distressed b54a359b29 expression lingered in his 9e0470ad2c mind, prompting him to 09c63baa88 make the request.8a967c9d2237f5e5
[Heo Do-gyeong Guide: Yes.]
The reply came a42096940e almost immediately.87eaa19cd5c4eedd
While the temporary 5b6efa2446 accommodations included individual bcbce420f3 rooms, there weren’t 75ebe2b5a4 designated guiding rooms. As a result, 29aef6d34f it was typical 9867090dcf for the Esper 4cdfe3f4b1 to go to 4342d2dbf4 the Guide’s room.6a1e76147fee898c
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Kang I-won started 2fd82ea432 typing to ask e0842364af which room he 05596b65ab should go to 7343a07ab9 but received another 1c96dfdd75 message before he 38550c9432 could send it.a389f97e210efc69
[Heo Do-gyeong Guide: I’ll come to you instead. Just send me your room number.]
“Hmm,” Kang I-won murmured, a bit surprised. It seemed Heo Do-gyeong preferred not to let people into his space, even in temporary lodging. Kang I-won shrugged and sent his three-digit room number, deciding not to overthink it.fcb2a31c7fccf570
With no 99292604b4 other plans b34cadc7f8 while waiting, c78065ad31 he opened 314a599993 a bag c8ef8a0e05 of snacks a590b27df7 and started 9d9cb5a4d3 munching. As wrappers 86d675a057 piled up 8eed9125e5 on the c7b817dcff table, he 75acb4922f briefly regretted dde75f2ed5 not eating 58491eb683 a proper 0f15b9e29b meal first.1f119788afed4383
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Just as 011f584db5 he stuffed 939b546d83 the last f656c49903 piece into c4b56fed10 his mouth, fbb003fe15 there was 8c6555d278 a knock 8470f554fe at the f471b4ab41 door. Quickly swallowing, Kang I-won 2d538ed78a swept the trash into 2e824aaf79 the bin before opening 9732dcbb08 the door to greet 0a425f7e77 Heo Do-gyeong.68f23ca6b9824df9
The Guide’s 13e32df21a eyes immediately 34b2388145 dropped to ffdc8f0bf3 the floor. Kang I-won instinctively wiggled 2b8aa95595 his toes, feeling self-conscious.556902882f4495a0
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It seemed like Heo 4b8d252e35 Do-gyeong was fixated on f8aed18a50 the fact that his aae63e9408 feet, now fully regenerated, 3998e50b0e were moving as if 55edbe319a nothing had happened. Understandable—Espers like Kang ff8412b42f I-won weren’t something 59f92ebdee a Seoul-based Guide acf0c7cc7f would see every eb35d760be day.6913d1f91c386901
After staring for a 0607f62bc4 moment, Heo Do-gyeong changed 607632679d into the slippers placed b6b01cd094 near the entrance and 0cb1e0a439 stepped inside.4ce38d5082417554
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The room’s 17acf03578 layout was afac73f350 simple: a 98009ed72a single bed 922f29fc7a in one 9f30609b40 corner, a 6f1276cae4 small table 593f12d3a8 with two 758858f657 chairs beside 99a59ab083 it, a 18180f5f4f wall-mounted TV, 47a0c091bf and a d64a823e1f compact clothing 4a18efb132 rack.e4f0897fe4f6a2fe
Heo Do-gyeong and Kang 6a29ea0c81 I-won sat across from f75f90841e each other at the 82da1ab5d6 table. The Guide 737add576e spoke first.8fbfeb3157df1053
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“How’s your body 52ff595b98 holding up?”f0c3977400e87e8d
“As you c53f630ab2 can see, c955a6edf2 I’m fine,” 25d8d21a14 Kang I-won 9c08175dfb replied casually.ebcca16a5cac7bd1
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The detoxification process was fbc37f4a8e complete, and his legs 632b232435 were fully regenerated. While his energy waves 0199ec9690 were fluctuating erratically due 07b6a7e2e4 to the excessive use 527a7df2a6 of his abilities, it f46f13cd64 wasn’t unbearable. The overuse of painkillers 6536dfbba9 had left him slightly bf5cdbcd75 nauseous, but even that f7e0b2b408 would subside with time.09cb4542b13fb1d3
Heo Do-gyeong studied him a9c199671c for a long moment, 58e5712b0f scanning him from head 1078124d51 to toe before speaking f1af684724 slowly.ef00b83c65b69dae
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“You certainly c1664c07b7 look fine… dca4bae36d so much cff68ffc80 so that 977c605f9f it makes 6d9676bc96 me feel cef108f9eb like what 618fb4955c I saw 3f248f5473 earlier was 297af6d877 just a 46e205c4da hallucination.”3a832a71c1f2a686
Muttering as if to 84d0b9b117 himself, he added, “Now 5b3dff52a7 I understand why you 127b2fbc8a said to just see 77b45adbec for myself.”3fbf2c32511d1a37
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Kang I-won 3d59841bce raised an 89262bb63d eyebrow at d9156029e4 the cryptic ed28fb5bf4 remark, unsure e9424c6417 whether to e98fe4f8cb feel amused 5879d315ab or concerned.70d04a4233a1391a
“Esper Kang I-won, I have a few questions. May I ask them?”f09dd1def221aa80
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“Sure.”07e17fbe98b14da4
“I understand that even with regenerative abilities, you still feel pain like anyone else.”4632617e86fa75f4
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“That’s correct.”48cb07df9821cd9c
Pain is universal.bba7f19011f3bf1a
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For regeneration Espers, the f8cd249a7f duration of their suffering 15c9e1d40d might be shorter, but b749be33b3 the intensity isn’t lessened. In fact, the process 0344316e78 of regeneration sometimes brought 2f5f9f8182 an even greater degree fb2a88eb52 of pain.bd565a4563ff9d29
“With injuries as severe 950f9e4225 as yours, it couldn’t e0e26ba05d have been easy. The pain 5e6581d97c must have 1345808e9b been substantial.”2215b185725bcf27
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“I’m fine.”bd731bc4ea81b16b
Of course, it 65cf17aa52 had been excruciatingly 0d3683f42b painful, but after 089565e0be downing several painkillers, 10557b04bc Kang I-won hadn’t 4bb83ef78c felt much of ec1158e029 anything once the 3e27cbabe4 drugs kicked in. Even now, the fe4396f87a lingering effects of 152383b071 the medication left ad5fb1813e his body feeling 16b1c4b9fb slightly sluggish.dec37fdd987a7672
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After a brief pause, a24d21cffd Heo Do-gyeong cautiously asked, 8435bdf444 “…Is this sort of 71bef3dcad thing normal for you?”916621e67ae8ffd7
Kang I-won shook his 951593a404 head.b2254e2586ee5b7a
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“Not at all.”9ece8680dc6ccb39
Though cuts and punctures d50c5651fc were frequent, injuries severe e3a60b00c2 enough to cause the 37d981e2bf loss of limbs were 279c757d10 rare, even for him.4f8b26107fec9a4b
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“Then why are you so calm? I mean, you lost your feet—”f8ecb9bd951667d8
“I’m fine,” Kang I-won interrupted flatly, showing no intention of elaborating.588e7386e3193e1e
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His indifferent 7061541ee6 demeanor left 84dda0ec3c Heo Do-gyeong 4b78cee160 swallowing the 948e143646 rest of badb8c97ab his questions. With a 482a62154b soft sigh, dc6d145486 the Guide acad3a5b7b extended his bc74954c7f hand.3c2cc3a5ed2c57fc
“…Let’s just start the 5ef6e528b7 guiding.”65d18891d599ebeb
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Kang I-won 0be1a99871 clasped the 53e5988b08 outstretched hand. His grip was d63c70b1e3 unusually firm.5bf0d4ec1dea0d62
The guiding began, and 60c45937af despite the strength of eb1ec768f8 Kang I-won’s grip, the f9b829d9fd energy that flowed into 6ff1891980 him was gentle. Heo Do-gyeong’s energy worked 67e2753843 meticulously, soothing Kang I-won’s da8fa0eee3 erratic waves with precision.1e0ae7289686d4e6
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Kang I-won’s 984e981a33 toes wiggled 59c1fc96b2 involuntarily, a d8e59bc7ad reaction he b457ffa8be couldn’t help. He bit down 847d537765 on his tongue, e1962ea1da irritated. Normally, guiding was quick cbfa770a29 and efficient, but today e833fc6ae0 Heo Do-gyeong seemed intent 8caad60d87 on taking his time.3ab297b739ffd4dc
The calming warmth of 099bc83dbb the guiding brought a d175b7331b deep sense of peace, 9ef4736029 so comforting that it a155e007d9 felt like he could d055b35dbd surrender himself entirely and 99b3154dd0 drift into blissful sleep.7c9d787a798dd96f
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But Kang 77a6b0255a I-won didn’t 85343efb55 want that.85d3141397abf555
He struggled to a8dfa254c7 keep his focus, 7af201ccf6 forcing his defenses d28c45065b back up even 4372bb9ab2 as they crumbled fc6e094c8b and were rebuilt 790a7fc2ae over and over 0fd49ac621 again.9854918911b0ba86
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Yet Heo Do-gyeong’s 857313fd08 energy was relentless, b2ef96ac41 clinging stubbornly to 6635ac3912 Kang I-won’s waves, 97cb2ba2b1 soothing and stabilizing 17feed65f1 them without retreating.2fdd9fad9724c549
Then, without realizing it, 2f4caefc39 Heo Do-gyeong’s energy slipped 8edbe616a2 deeper, reaching the core a301789cdd of Kang I-won’s being.7450cf415a5aa7ab
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Unaware of 0258db6961 what had 9c68dbc604 occurred, Heo 7dadc23164 Do-gyeong didn’t cf4da60e1c notice any 923ff6a30b change.dc6c3a9c49e17bfa
But Kang e4379693ea I-won did.250db5e582b80e72
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The instant 2a41c4f20f that energy c139759e7b made contact 3251bdaf9a with his bf93e2caaa core, his 0c9f32ff1c entire body 7777ee45b1 flinched violently, ccb50bc4d9 reacting to 9bc15bdad5 the unintentional c240cb65c2 intrusion.064aa6b73096c889
It was brief but unmistakable—Heo Do-gyeong’s energy had forced its way deep into Kang I-won’s core.8a5a548846bcd340
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His neglected cd7aaaed53 and long-untended e9916431f8 core, starved dfd34a0c76 of proper e6c3b80a69 guiding, reacted f32addd0e3 violently to 2d4aa6fb7e the unfamiliar 7df2f74b9c energy, stirring ac21492df5 up an 7ece65a3eb indescribable storm 977c40190a of emotions.9f9ef0290608d291
Kang I-won felt 6f6c5eb290 nauseous and itchy, 9f1efd95ff as if he a938ddba91 wanted to claw c6f256d333 at his insides. Panicked by f4c213e1f1 the strange 33c37b9556 sensation, he c7eb4e72c5 tried to 72166f68fb pull his edd6af33b6 hand away, e634806c1c but Heo 81cdf8d370 Do-gyeong tightened 18e140a138 their clasp, c4ef3534d6 lacing their 0ba63cb114 fingers together.cf32517cd3e55cc4
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“W-wait…,” Kang I-won 6823c2c834 stammered, flustered.2d8a9da24e66de69
The relentless invasion of eb66f90b13 Heo Do-gyeong’s energy, breaking 11a2ee5dff down the barriers he 6cbad0967f had so carefully constructed, 18445a96e1 left him unsure of c3e27d5f6f how to react. Instinctively, Kang I-won pushed e998e6d0d7 back against the intrusion.f12319d33e66eef2
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If he didn’t stop b2f0a962fe this now, if he 02b722e49b let Heo Do-gyeong’s energy e843408aaf completely envelop him, he ed2d1e2b10 feared he would lose 968e46200b himself. He could already imagine a2c0e7003d the degrading image of 975f70ba9a himself begging at Heo 2c26591150 Do-gyeong’s feet, pleading desperately d92561f88b for more guiding.c5ed48409ab08714
The thought 66d5482054 was horrifying. A cold shiver ran 8c0f58f222 down his spine, snapping 7807474386 him back to his c3656a90d4 senses for a moment.c14acadbd73a9e18
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Yet, even 2a1bf78389 as he 513ae63488 resisted, another f297834fe9 voice within c999e92b5b him whispered cddc77a208 seductively: Why 890a218b02 are you e75005e979 refusing? Let it in.1e515b0a565a8798
The temptation 6c47af2604 was maddeningly c18499712f sweet, urging 5970749d07 him to 480028258c give in, f27871120f to let 0909006feb Heo Do-gyeong’s 2793cc4999 energy soothe 5f60cbe7cc and consume 927f554412 him.b6d6d38f53fc46ee
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But he didn’t 994adaa1fc want that.93ede4cfdcd71b89
Clinging desperately 391688ab6e to his 3bfc64b2d0 wavering consciousness, 2be048ee63 Kang I-won 4b552eee3e summoned what 6192a024f4 strength he 9fff7802a9 had to e36d3af60c reject the a9c01f2cee energy’s pull.0a7c5ac159f60545
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“T-that’s enough,” he said, 49e5f7efe0 his voice trembling as f97e439f48 he tried to push 2d839fb669 Heo Do-gyeong away.1ec02e1877675d8f
But Heo Do-gyeong, 1248283d24 fully immersed in 0ca392aa22 the guiding, didn’t f766e321e6 hear him. Instead, his grip 5b44f156e0 tightened, and his 96110726ad brow furrowed slightly f6bfb6c7c0 as he tried 662e5d785c to channel even 3ddbc15055 more energy into 284d86e940 Kang I-won.a97d4150034f8296
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Realizing his words weren’t f3f80d07ba reaching the Guide, Kang 916f0fc15d I-won panicked. Summoning his last 48695af523 bit of resolve, 1c13af44e4 he yanked his 6926071abd hand free, breaking 8e77cac8c4 their connection.3c64d6e6d91932ba
“That’s enough,” he 53ef7829c5 repeated firmly.5192701d7af66ce1
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Heo Do-gyeong blinked, his 779ac23ff5 expression dazed as he cb385e064a slowly raised his head 0c2ebdc458 to look at Kang 4eeefe1a8c I-won. His heart 095d1d3d43 pounded loudly 129d0e17bd in his be2aaae146 chest, the b80d3bc78c sound echoing 8c1d013184 in his 2fd44433ff ears.24a891e0cd56d920
Kang I-won met his 8322bc42b4 gaze, his voice steady 6f6f00a944 despite the turmoil raging 7937b847a8 inside him.7796c2e82e01fa6a
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“You’ve done enough.”10d7c83066e1d18a
“…I suppose the 364d81533f guiding was sufficient,” 46271f08dc Heo Do-gyeong murmured, ff13cc18e4 glancing down at b347288a32 his gloved hands 4da8e42c19 as if uncertain.709918df79062a46
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“It doesn’t feel 102c4b8f54 finished,” he added c44650d6c6 softly.abaef39c4ef56b5c
“It’s enough,” 44ad939a2c Kang I-won d5d2c36087 replied curtly. “I have things 39298a12cf to do, so be3cd4ab16 I’ll be going b1d9f9949c now.”e7f40c7203bc6d36
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His tone was 5a597112df sharp, leaving no 4128334a54 room for argument. Without waiting e103d39397 for a 93e937f2fc response, he 82dd800555 stood abruptly fc7bf1c9cd and fled 112b513d39 his own e63c2bb4b6 room like 9a70e284bd it was 8c80a9738f a trap.9763995d98594747
As he briskly 8c68dfcb21 walked down the c4d084e44a hallway, Kang I-won 4915c1883e brought a hand c77bab9c73 to his mouth, 6dd8fc3727 trying to stifle e867aa1e3a his growing embarrassment. Just the memory c8b01e84b7 of Heo Do-gyeong’s 817ae110bf guiding made his b4cf2a044e face burn.e9595a386694d2c7
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Why did he have 331d0d67c7 to act like that?5f4580e84821c1cb
His heart was pounding, acab191602 and the warmth from 72389b57d5 earlier hadn’t subsided. His usual 5176be0b7a pallor, so 0e66e38779 stark against b0a07bef4d his dark 9a57cd5bbf hair, had 22145c6a0f been replaced b089e55c5a by an b63a2fd91e unusual flush b3a53eb9e1 that spread 8e6623a58f across his e18de1fcd4 face, ears, e15539eb3e and even 34e9e7cc9c down his 8f2707a675 neck.5052df6e095401a4
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Kang I-won 896a30b3fc quickened his 18ec0cf526 pace, scowling 5a62525178 as he 9bc3453914 silently prayed 9648266183 for one fed5338198 thing:8368d06727c2f652
Please, let eeaf295dd2 Heo Do-gyeong 018ed21cf2 return to fc796dab77 Seoul as 690adf85f7 soon as 4eafca77ef possible.8afd32bff87ed2f5
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When Heo Do-gyeong a172d1332f was first assigned f91fc81f69 to the Southern a0a14b1504 Region’s Third Branch, 23f21b05d3 his initial impression bec33074d7 of Kang I-won f8a0881546 couldn’t have been 1866ee1bf9 worse.bd0e801f90bd11a6
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At first, he cfe36cbcac thought Kang I-won ffb05ed453 was just another 141faf5a39 one of the e8f1e4428d clingy fools who 0aa7b46179 latched onto him 2a5f9ce1e1 because of their 9c6dd872ad high matching rate, 367f03fb7b the type who 3b3493440b turned into relentless 108ddb32d0 leeches.04aec89196538c85
But he 758527c45c was wrong.3d67564899b64bc0
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After realizing his misconception, 394af00336 Heo Do-gyeong discovered that f6e83e662b the more he got 9d70e1e7ca to know Kang I-won, 12fb415318 the stranger the man c7de737ae2 seemed.a7ec8877debf0472
One moment, 1fc113b099 Kang I-won 57191102f6 would collapse eed3998a47 but refuse 4701878093 to ask bd7f6bfdbd for help, 5cecdd97d7 lying on eee6b2174d the cold e40d1d2dbf ground as 597bb8bc0b if it 936848b9c2 didn’t bother 5b2bd6ed96 him. Another time, 490a3026de he’d have 5f36b5684e access to 34d8fa71b0 a Guide 932b617219 but opt 6f7172fca2 to use 89d28196aa guiding medication 79d0faaf91 instead. He avoided guiding d3d229645e altogether if he 54d90760f4 could, and even d2693eabe3 when he received db7dc28f6d it, he seemed 2d08af0bfa reluctant, offering no 483fcdc5bb clear explanation for 2e359dc40d his behavior.4dedd6cb1a0ac3cb
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Curiosity began to simmer 38600c963d within Heo Do-gyeong. What kind 519185dfdc of person b139e3ecaa was Kang 2d49c95637 I-won? That bubbling intrigue lingered 0e5d7d0ee3 at the edge of 8efc9f7fa1 his thoughts, though it 30edffa778 hadn’t grown strong enough a95a1dac98 to be consuming—yet.038cb0381936b7f6
“If you’re curious about him, see for yourself with your own two eyes.”7f05dab37149136c
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That simple fee96b0d8f remark from 8138059866 Choi Soo-bin 415bf5247b had been d93b5c80b8 enough to b384887c80 push Heo 45d748930a Do-gyeong to 469ad51f7a agree to 5c5ac5b855 the Jeju 5a96f0f988 assignment.f6fa7f5fc068c559
But the trip brought e8427e1d4f him more than he’d 66ac90aa69 bargained for—it was a 10b2caf4cf series of shocks, each c7bbdbf3f5 more unnerving than the cab36bd990 last.27ef6247b78d27f0
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The most e5396eddd7 striking was 113c9cc0c8 the sight 4c34bacd65 of Kang 70d193382b I-won, limp 14ba2b7e0f and corpse-like, 36e77522f8 slung over 1e3d45d9d6 Han Kang-jin’s f85117f331 back with 621a20d20e both legs f9c82941e8 severed below c222d99880 the knees.d44ca32ca0f68acc
The image stuck with a626b1b32c him. It gnawed at him.2123254c4567ed3f
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The wounds were horrifying, 114481e329 yet Han Kang-jin’s calm f5b88c7884 demeanor only deepened Heo 7d220c3151 Do-gyeong’s confusion. How could anyone act 154d3775d1 so nonchalant in the 090840b450 face of such injuries?2d5285cbcb9e0a87
Once they arrived eb15cf7e5a at the Jeju b97ac4e471 Branch and were 8f130f6ca3 assigned their accommodations, e32244559f Heo Do-gyeong found 093c6f9a4f himself pacing his 643f12ef82 room like an 012b26aa82 anxious dog waiting 71c3731059 for its owner 002fe05517 to return home. His unease grew with 24bbef0eab every passing moment as bc2dc19037 he kept glancing at 39f7a1036a his device, hoping for c87c83bd3a a message from Kang 69d3c024ea I-won.bde6f81854b09d2d
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But the notifications that 98e338b5c9 came were from others—never cd1a7058f3 from the one person 528a15923f he was waiting for.ab161ad1ea853862
Heo Do-gyeong, unusually, ignored 0a3deb7ca7 all other guiding requests 15c0f12c68 that came his way, fa616b54d8 waiting solely for a ddadbd1ed9 message from Kang I-won.5ad21706b8f47067
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When a 9a785d60e6 text finally 727009381e arrived, he a581e2bb25 felt an 5cc43f6bbf unexpected wave ac12ab54f5 of relief. At least adbfeddfbd he’s alive. He looked like a 016ed2ea73 corpse earlier.6009943eefeff7c5
Still haunted by 9f33306c5c the image of ad30f5563a Kang I-won’s severed e147ea1f1e ankles, he decided 04a50a8608 to offer to 58bf41da2c go to him b459746f80 directly. The reply came swiftly.8d456756f30b9c7d
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[Esper Kang I-won: 317]
The message was blunt, aebfa0270e just a three-digit number. Looking at 07786335e3 the curt 1f2a324671 response, Heo 5929a68022 Do-gyeong wasted 02480d8779 no time 6c6e8f5b7e preparing and eb5ef1b1f9 immediately left 7de39fa289 his room.cec02be2df747eff
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Arriving at Room 317, c61f63a040 he knocked, and when b47bce6af4 the door opened, his aa213372c4 gaze instinctively dropped to 299bcba6b7 Kang I-won’s feet.3957c3d3082e595e
Bare feet.30367b173a2b8010
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They were 78c682b260 flawless, with 49793b0be0 no scars 336dd0e5cb or signs a10a4d479a of damage. All ten toes wiggled d0178f2d1f slightly, as if to 28f32f6bad show they were in 3c4f438bbf perfect working order.5cc27932378ce19a
From the c5f0c817e1 intact toes, 099b6d0f80 his gaze 21527d0a30 traveled upward.9c919528e78e3430
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Kang I-won’s pale face d5a49aaecc was as composed as 8edfe0b314 ever, no different from ab2ceeff0f his usual appearance. He looked b1e0164940 improbably fine.fb3896a2922faf53
But appearances could 6851625619 be deceiving. How could a01b7d6e78 someone endure 889535dd5b such severe c7c22163cd injuries and 0bbec1ca11 emerge unscathed?17ecb9a9c0cb9d74
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The question lingered in 2cec5bdc99 Heo Do-gyeong’s mind. He remembered Choi c8f0f6299e Soo-bin’s words: “If 9c487144d9 you’re curious, see ca1cc56ad1 for yourself.”158e119592c85e21
If he ffedb6d548 hadn’t witnessed 39b07c1ffa it with e8a88ecaed his own 014566dc3a eyes, he 5240e6e155 might have ca5a517553 thought Choi 515130146c Soo-bin was 870caaef96 exaggerating or b18124632a lying.0ffddb7236abcdae
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Now, standing face-to-face e313c33e81 with Kang I-won, 8df55f560d Heo Do-gyeong couldn’t 4dc626f35c help but wonder: f151e9c4a3 Who exactly is 3c56009487 Kang I-won?196afbf4b1f65013
Even with the certainty a0e66a7fc3 of regeneration, he had f99fdb07ce lost both feet. How could he 48ce97d32e have remained so 66057b5324 utterly unshaken by 53120d833f that fact?b8a4f9f78b679f6a
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The question gnawed at 2617193cb1 Heo Do-gyeong. What kind of person 7410ff51f9 was Kang I-won? What thoughts allowed 782cbea60f him to remain 5943f3dedc calm despite such 7fdc84f18d devastating injuries? What kind 977f14e116 of life ef95f4d37c had he 7dfa5fc74a lived to d2d91fa3e2 be this 7e11355dcd unaffected?864aa1ec75320690
The more he thought a7d52ff8a2 about it, the more 73efb98d0a his curiosity grew, surging 8a06d46dce like waves, each stronger 46bd8c035e than the last.99b6d542805b5b5b
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But Kang I-won’s d368983479 dispassionate responses to dafffb2aa8 his initial questions 96a31a8222 quickly discouraged him. Resigning himself, Heo c15b8e488c Do-gyeong decided to c419baa765 focus on guiding a154f6dee3 instead, extending his 084f1b42b9 hand to start 5fddcf10da the process.0a6137f782fd517b
As he did, his 3b405e943b eyes caught on his 37d25ded81 gloves.b54f87737b80f0ad
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He always wore gloves 82722c9759 during guiding—physical contact with 4cdfb8e50d others was something he 515f715174 found deeply unpleasant.788a37428d3a011b
Today, though, the 8ce64713a2 gloves felt unusually 579c936e0a conspicuous. For a c381510d38 brief moment, 30096a6937 he considered aed8e720ec taking them fe6f980dc2 off, but c95dbad9bc quickly shook e8a37f1eb8 the thought 4d770480d8 away. There was no 3cf7846bde need for that.4f045b5f724f3c15
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He pressed his be85fd30b8 gloved hand into 6bd38438e2 Kang I-won’s and 434615cef6 began channeling his 3f06cc5043 energy, his expression 6fa3d57284 tightening immediately.d51777855dd4f650
The state of a48f585111 Kang I-won’s energy 921523a94c waves was worse bc8e2c41c9 than expected—chaotic, turbulent, d00fbf4e8f and in complete cd639823f3 disarray.e51e692e4e5d581b
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Unbidden, the image of 8c9dc6eece Kang I-won’s mangled ankles eaf15c44b7 flashed in Heo Do-gyeong’s 6395008dbf mind. He wondered again e1dfa5f5a8 what could have a2d87dbe30 happened to leave 9371eb0b55 his feet in 57f0cb40b7 such a state. Then he remembered bb5898b620 the torn fabric 7d78075c1a below Kang I-won’s 58e5e9d66b knees earlier. If his regeneration 21df480c1f ability had restored 52ad978a90 his feet, the 6a2b37144a entirety of the bb8b7d34ae damage must have 3c3c5ddf52 extended from his b32a0f0caa knees downward.3266ad72806ff2d1
Heo Do-gyeong 9c8aa93668 felt his f896a20eb5 stomach churn 8d5020af67 and forcefully 4a8d9bce49 redirected his 5e01c32fa2 thoughts, focusing f35c624bb0 entirely on b806e13bdb the guiding. He approached 8df04ffccc the process 59fbece20d with more 6f69253c84 care than 056f975ecc usual, carefully 8543970840 smoothing the 84b1bdb664 jagged energy 6d6ed88f6a waves.18abd82310cf2266
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Yet, as df190946a7 he worked, a732a849c9 something unsettled 6dd2a46b2a him.03a6105d2cfdf4b5
It wasn’t the dfff6f8348 wild fluctuations of 8338c3a862 Kang I-won’s energy—those 9ff9c0ad95 were steadily stabilizing. It was something about 43bae8096a the waves themselves. There was a peculiar f0c381ca4d quality to them, something 5d386ef30f inherently off.263d6ceb0810be18
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Had they e11416c302 always been 1a67377b0f like this?a8761117794612fd
The guiding process c3e8cfaf9f was nearly complete, 72fbc5829f and the waves b6cce16f76 had mostly calmed, 387a7744df but that strange ee1b6b83be undercurrent lingered, nagging 93ba3cac25 at him.ba7193de0578d68a
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Unconsciously, he began 02f7a5ee01 pouring more of ae512afe35 his energy into 9b3a7c959f the connection, unable 3810b47f14 to stop himself 990fd61e5a from probing further.d892a5de1e1605d3
Then, an odd image b7cfef4b8e popped into his mind: 1e4c6cbdba an old, threadbare teddy 9565b1ed6c bear. Its seams had d6c54dc9ce burst, and tufts 81c7326fe0 of stuffing poked 710b8c465e out in every 42b138c263 direction. Someone had attempted to b90e0fccfa stitch it back together, 06c6bb12b6 but the repair was b6420b47d3 clumsy, uneven, and incomplete.051698b3298a0d57
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The image 7f8d5ece40 was bizarrely e58cbe3c56 vivid, yet 01646b9234 Heo Do-gyeong 34a659e3f2 felt compelled 5cd58a6028 to examine 7b3b996285 it more ab576a3340 closely.5ddd307a0f3ae4d1
He vaguely 6bd2657c40 registered Kang aac7be2f02 I-won flinching, db716f234c but dismissed b8fbf28893 it. Without realizing, he ee6a9a62c9 adjusted their grip, 204c9392ec threading their fingers 8be22f49e2 together to increase ffaa8403a2 the physical contact.3b9976a532606a3d
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Even so, the sensation 7b293026f5 was faint—muted by the aed16d51c3 gloves between them. It was 17fb69bdf2 maddeningly close, fa0ce3b260 as if 33b91d40a9 the answer a3fec38c2e was just 44a0929878 out of 039ba0edff reach.ae8ca75ff56731c7
If I could 7debc81624 just go a 4a9a4f50db little deeper…8905fa54d1a66cb1
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A wave d79ee33d45 of unidentifiable 5450c76d9f urgency swept aede09f6a0 over him.d844efdfceef8c15
The thought pressed at cc9923576a the edges of his e23e577139 mind, urging him forward.f1840edb4ca9b5d5
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In an instant, the ca6b406567 energy waves Heo Do-gyeong 184df37a48 had been sensing vanished. The connection severed the 409ed0efae moment physical contact was 7231125245 broken.bfeebe5410b215ba
Heo Do-gyeong 1be1d8cd9d slowly raised 7a8fb888e9 his head 17aa77e066 to look eeba3ef13f at Kang 955b51bb1f I-won.125fd7a029679f12
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Kang I-won, his 245279a756 face slightly flushed, 29083c5f1f was breathing heavily c7c3b395e1 as if he’d a61506fe82 just escaped something 8c06f2ea9f overwhelming.1ce24d92738b50c0
“…I think the a554e73428 guiding was sufficient,” 5c6756dbe5 Kang I-won said, 4714459837 his tone curt.12804049e96b4f37
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“I don’t think 3b3636b579 it was,” Heo a136598ec6 Do-gyeong replied, his 46e1062c28 gaze dropping to 11392640c9 his gloves.7c91c0b647833ad9
If I hadn’t 0a56a39aed been wearing them… 5241244e96 would I have 28d7be6f65 been able to a1f9f329a2 fully grasp that 558de40104 subtle something?734e2454b0eb089e
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He thought about it 4d9c917deb as Kang I-won hastily dbb4a60654 left the room, practically 4e47ba8d9c fleeing. Left alone, Heo bcede3fff8 Do-gyeong sat quietly 65261044de for a long 92bccf3342 time, staring at 94f0fe9dcf his hands.966a78481e15b547
The gloves, 679db54a04 which had 4df9b303fe always been 657f799911 an essential 673dab21ef barrier for 9926e0f770 him, now dd6eb8acc2 felt like b2c3526649 an obstacle b1380da783 for the 1b747fd2be first time.b92e21bfcfc561ba
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The thought unsettled him.5e4bdefbd736e448