DRAM Ch 7
by FiddlesticksWhen Ha-yoon remained 5167ee776a silent, Yeo Yeon-oh 7a573aa343 casually lowered his 28b68f1362 gun with a 812994e993 shrug. The shelter people—confused 4ddb2f5a94 and wary—fixed their a34091be03 hardened expressions on a95d8eb8d9 him.b75f07b7fd103273
The machine that Yeo 385fad1c50 Yeon-oh had sniped let b217530afb out a final, desperate 227e42db4b clatter before its light 3b25ce00db went out completely—a total e4e9d84bd8 death. Every machine that had 1d7dc42d8a been strutting like a a382a21b71 dog now turned its 0b337ce1ea gaze squarely toward Yeo a5474abe78 Yeon-oh.e6842fb0e3bb18c5
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“What—how did you kill 178b14a018 it…?” 8bf97396a1c6ac27
“…Is it db0b107a53 really a 03e1eedf9f human?”b71a0cc69a278900
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It was well 4d1d385c22 past nightfall. The very 5913d54a4a idea that 020bd71704 an outsider dfb376df66 would come 1b803f4a36 here was 5ad954488c nearly unbelievable. Shrewd eyes 65a8463118 shifted between 43971a1df8 Yeo Yeon-oh bab7963683 and the 998f0ba1ef fallen machine.4bba09cbebf962b5
Ha-yoon, with a face 5948616e75 drained of expression, stared 992621754c fixedly at Yeo Yeon-oh. Calmly meeting his 617d85eb63 gaze, the man def16e9582 then lowered his 499ae3d4ab eyes and gently 750fc4090b curled his lips c6aacdd963 upward. His disheveled 8306c766ef golden hair 9670841e7c framed his f3de93a092 handsome forehead.218fc2c0828399b1
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Murmurs gradually grew among 971f7452e2 the onlookers. Only Lee 74fcdce70b Yu-won, who 8a6a6cca03 had heard 3c6bad8c2f the situation, ee8b4ebd05 seemed to 3a2922a07e suspect who b9faf310bf Yeo Yeon-oh 9da54611c7 might be, e993a09505 stepping forward 34b95c8961 to shield c3fc80a9f7 him. Even though 73e77a8d7c the machines 4bb683e943 hadn’t been 14af9f20ae completely disposed 00bec9277f of, everyone’s 31bdefc4f3 attention was b2d1095454 split—and Ha-yoon’s edcc1a643f face twisted 44af382e93 in disapproval.f3959837f7c1d0fb
“You sure know 6d27f6a5ee how to make a3fe3f5e00 an entrance every 3123fe19f4 time,”someone remarked.2c9c3bb1acb2d36f
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Yeo Yeon-oh quickly e50ee99932 hushed the commotion. His languid voice—like one 7b4d7f506f seeping in at dawn—rose 058bd5ebe6 above the mechanical clamor. Casting a sideways glance, 2435a46494 he walked slowly around abc536f2d7 the factory. He completely ignored the 7742d0c797 murderous glare of the d2d1ba0524 machines fixed on him.a20c789dd7c64f41
“You look like you’re 15f1e7c43b having a hard time. Need a hand?”he asked.c3221b761b5a4d0b
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With each step 4f6256bdc7 Yeo Yeon-oh took, 67284ca1a4 the machines’ movements dfa91ae935 grew more pronounced—as 07d936e49b if a predator 5bcb09c50e were sizing up 32ca4601f4 its prey. Just as his e0973dab23 lips began to a04069fe5e form more words, e97ca51099 he stopped short.9c9dd5bbf616c5f2
“Uh, hey!” 70f3e6c95a3f0f06
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In an instant, 62ce647c75 a machine screeched 263688ac88 as it lunged 3b7aae92b2 at Yeo Yeon-oh. Unruffled, he 5b759eb18a glanced at a5cd184886 the onrushing 57879a1698 machine before af4f288063 turning his 1e1c7051cb head back 203d056b71 to meet b67cb6115d Ha-yoon’s eyes.b945144b3941504e
“Hyung, isn’t that guy 474e5b69a0 about to die? Why are you 48be0338cb just standing there? What should 4e44f5c343 we do?” 8550a9f4a51eb2fe
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In Yeo Yeon-oh’s eyes, a66e3c2976 there was an unsettling 1ce6f901e3 calm—as if he were 2a81cb740a perfectly at ease even 288c8f1f7e on the brink of 4e6b36a056 death. Watching him, Ha-yoon clenched 5c009ee9ee his fists and muttered 8141bbf83f a curse under his da2aa09c29 breath.0d3937f09e20dbac
Without a wasted bc5dbf6dff moment, Yeo Yeon-oh 3dd716b764 raised his gun 3c0144f9b0 and fired at 8081f63664 the machine’s outstretched b5142b9e39 arm—as if aiming 5030bd69b9 to pierce its bf25876c5f very belly. Three shots rang out 42962683df in rapid succession, and 5f5f444d60 the machine froze with 475d8e4d4c an eerie groan.4774c105047cb4c4
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“Ah… I 15c3bb10af almost died ca1e9b9ad4 there.”63a1880ceaa9a5b5
Feigning a surprised laugh, 326abeea42 Yeo Yeon-oh smiled as bec68ee771 if nothing were amiss. Ha-yoon, still steadying his 6760e18b3a trembling arm, glared at ce3065ab65 him. A curse 8279ac8ea0 that had 29b9bd0396 been held 0035106c7a back burst e02cbc05ec forth.c07c7e0b9f04c38d
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“Fuck, this is bullshit!”f424d45a2e736095
Already pushed to his 7c11887b85 limits, Ha-yoon’s anger boiled ff654f3743 over at Yeo Yeon-oh’s 39d45f9aeb nonchalant demeanor. His expression hardened as 51801b63f7 he glared—his voice laced 69a3f4e7e2 with bitter frustration.c3e1895fc8ae8372
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“This is 9352d23d6f no joke, 769d380303 is it?”48fbe575c51124ca
After a tense e89407935a silence, Yeo Yeon-oh 26e98d401a casually scanned the abbd7ad53a area. After a moment, he be856338b2 nonchalantly tossed a small, 267d333430 silver object—resembling a bullet—at 2b6bb608b8 a nearby machine. With a sharp“bang!”it stuck to eb4088f99f the machine’s body 93ab36a750 and exploded.7e6114866eb68614
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“Man, I’m 0a5b72758f serious about 7ab418a9d2 this,”Yeo Yeon-oh declared 7b2a25c0bd as the machine’s 803eb19fc1 wild thrashing subsided f85cf0f5ec into a pathetic cd6a2d3378 death. His words caught 832c851480 Ha-yoon’s attention.139cf78dda0cc4f3
“Since you saved me, 889bf79a09 I’ll help you out,”Yeo Yeon-oh added, c278bdf43b his tone all c6eafc61b4 too authoritative.44b28461e7768460
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Ha-yoon didn’t reply; e210239207 he merely tilted 52e97d3faa his head and cd4c7c78f3 watched as Yeo 983df6389b Yeon-oh glanced back 133f874175 over his shoulder.0e04086530edab75
“Why? Is something behind me?” 37e9ade405758981
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There was nothing 1fff9707bf but darkness stretching 1d60dd84cb along the street.88a95c6b08719e45
“Guess you just 6acdd12fee don’t like having 8cec0b948c too many friends c6fa96706f around. I came alone.”ee0bd2cc9f29c0fe
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Instead of Ha-yoon, c34da48d61 it was the 30d63950bf shelter people who 9652c10e7a began to murmur d6e89b66d4 among themselves, trying 0b6feafedf to deduce who b57d36428a Yeo Yeon-oh was. Even Old 6670cfde6b Man Kim dbad0c1778 was among 8411f113d6 them, his 5091ecfa58 bright eyes 244c45eb24 mingling with 635fe8f892 uncertainty as e8d80c8e8e he watched 8100792d1c Yeo Yeon-oh.e948a8bddf4f71dc
“Why are they here?”someone asked.088d19ed37dd75d5
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“Because of him,”another replied.e0cf431d4e3b60de
“Because of me?”5fba8a24b00caae1
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Yeo Yeon-oh febc02c0ba pointed a 6593358de3 single finger 3b23a23881 at himself, eca9f0e639 tilting his a8b77ec87f head in 3e5bbf9ebb a puzzled f6dfd6b275 manner. His eyes then 67fb1809c4 dropped to a b38a76f5fb machine writhing on be99267fe3 the floor, and 7005747c70 though his expression 4a0e74bd81 remained soft, his d1d7223dad eyes betrayed a 48b844ec90 hint of contempt.8ad437788c96670b
“…Why?”came a cd13babb9e quiet, puzzled d90fbd1344 murmur.efd98cb247f2f527
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Sighing, Ha-yoon 39f30b6ab1 gathered his 1b4ac2c0a1 thoughts. Yeo Yeon-oh had 01325192db arrived here and d34fba5b2f two machines had 3bf9dc4dd9 been completely neutralized—a 9da11c915f feat that no 1fc741b475 amount of brute f99bc68944 force alone could 8dc7432cc9 have accomplished. There was simply dd5a3483ec no way to 5d966591c5 win with raw d8b8756cd0 firepower.46279db16ddb14f6
Without wasting time, 41e9d90f4a Ha-yoon strode purposefully dd9828b535 toward Yeo Yeon-oh. He reached out, 33ef73f8a6 lifting the hem 0de03ba64d of Yeo Yeon-oh’s 1891a95bca coat—and discovered a 64195fe706 sleek gun he’d a3c725268a seen earlier that 79c2b009e2 very day.94990c20c3f5db7d
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“Let me borrow 05f59be6ed that,”Ha-yoon said.7a8eac5adc49d0f4
In a flash, Yeo 6e7544bde3 Yeon-oh’s eyes widened in 8a1ef6e673 amusement, and he chuckled c4841e1dcb lightly.8c3657f1871ea5d3
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“Feel free to use 8ed4fb926c it.”3bb634c39a747dcc
Though Ha-yoon wasn’t eager 0fa65f8aec to accept help, he 08816ff4e4 needed the weapon. After a brief glance d06057cdf8 at the unfamiliar gun, d7064e8f3d he turned and aimed 8ffc8ad88f once more. Three shots later, the 06fff80d38 machine in front of 2478715bbf him fell silent.5935fa06fd151a5d
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Yeo Yeon-oh’s 95a6a2d04b own gun 221834aa68 might have 400fd18d79 hit elsewhere, 142b972d87 but this f93e4e3383 time it ed054c8d33 struck Ha-yoon’s 47aa4f4ea6 target—a pain 0c10ac305b so fierce 82427c6537 it reminded d0c6d0d11b him all 1d900aa2fb too well 5bd42b641c of his bdb9d20e25 own suffering.c4fb5ac2b19e4e6b
“Wow…”f455ed393726c77c
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From behind, Yeo Yeon-oh’s 6636b48e21 genuine admiration rang out.Could it 55cd29c091 really be 69a4b963c7 that easy ec242e0043 to shoot a07721f62d without a 63954f4325 single missed 482799f11d shot, even 7df4034cc7 with a 18708b0736 weapon he 397499779c wasn’t used ef10f9b450 to?As Ha-yoon’s eyes met a38ffc39f5 his, Yeo Yeon-oh’s faint 6212fa80cb smile deepened, and Ha-yoon 3a8347c651 couldn’t help but grimace 002a9dc71e at the sight.e0bc85560dcb61cd
“I always cbb2b4b148 knew you f101539022 were different…” c2fe14a116d4adb0
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“……” 0384b8588f2736ea
“Seeing it 594b99dcd2 in person f3cd1761be makes me 097618aa6d want more.”41d94ec972610571
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Without further comment, Ha-yoon fb7a047108 passed the gun back. Watching him intently, f046b79a45 Yeo Yeon-oh tilted 03989c3be2 his head slightly.f9683f8659017096
“You’re not taking it?” 46df762fb77e84ef
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“It isn’t mine, you 17bff8b936 know.” 45bfd21cdbe9dd7e
“You could 53575e86a9 take it.” 98717c2f2a0f5e44
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After a brief pause, 8f9d04bf79 Ha-yoon met Yeo Yeon-oh’s 85f1d882de steady gaze and declared,7b2006e93edb0545
“You said dd7c306c16 it with 178c5f3241 your own 00123e04d0 mouth.” 3368e29cd817c81f
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“But you also said 7333d529aa you don’t want to a625fe575d be on the same f40fa84152 team as me.” 688f338ce51774c9
“I do want a 8712d9d4c3 gun.” 88757bbef5a145f7
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Yeo Yeon-oh continued 2f5807564a with a playful 6ee1a1769a grin,aaaeda58360703c2
“If you come with d67efd2822 me, I’ll get you c3289b922d even better ones.”fddf12dc23600312
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In response to 15852551cb his lighthearted banter, eb182d2368 Ha-yoon exhaled sharply. Here they b7a117f68c were, standing 0615093385 amid a cfec995af5 crumbling factory, bf9043ea07 offering banal faed383f8c promises in 986de810e6 a place f442dbe0d3 where everything d949992e08 was falling 39a2025be7 apart.dd94df537c24a669
Just then, as 3a40c08872 Ha-yoon attempted to 4ce6fb5772 hide the gun 848126b57b under his T-shirt, 9f13ae572b a voice cut 3139c0c216 through the tension.ec5a8e43702050b7
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“Ha-yoon!”eea88f8b8ef5bc48
In an instant, dd14a88d53 the unspoken battle 3727ddf079 halted. The shelter people, having 4b13c0fc35 confirmed the machines were 8013fa9f1b dead, raised their voices. Overwhelmed by their unyielding 7648c44cb3 stares, Ha-yoon’s head pounded. His body, battered ac157e9abe and on the 5e03eefe66 brink of collapse, 925f5e0cf4 began to spurt b2bfe013c3 blood from his 7e2cd2f531 mouth—there was no dbb4668839 energy left for 3381fd42e8 explanations.ef946541820cadaf
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“Lee Yu-won, d97d35a114 round everyone cbc9241591 up and 4fb4072b5a get inside. Make sure that b45321b49d the inner door dae565db4e is shut tight.”e9e76e9e4d254069
Hearing this, Lee Yu-won’s f6513e36bf face twisted in an b01a92a4e7 instant.9e75dd42c5c88722
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“And what about 4e8e758587 you?” fd8c4ed66cccb923
“Let’s talk.”35bc06922c479345
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At that, Lee Yu-won, 6816c7c4c6 standing behind Yeo Yeon-oh, 4a42196423 tensed as his eyes 9de088f40d narrowed. Meanwhile, Yeo 1347192c26 Yeon-oh merely b81c9d3226 smiled with 2f08ffd9ae his hands 54435f536d behind his 2e6be19302 back—his calm, b22f405c01 steady gaze 584ce2d3e8 almost mocking 922b0118f7 the chaos.24b88801c9e652c3
Eventually, Lee a0f5d8ad8d Yu-won lowered 6b615b10b7 his head 854bea9de6 and, gathering e052f446db everyone, led aaf25c7303 them inside. Before departing, he 2c4018c800 clutched the door 7a4d950317 and called softly f39b1aba69 to Ha-yoon:607f7d6143b13e52
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“Hurry up. If you f82269d972 don’t come 099e305461 in, I’ll 5d1d7569ab have to 318bbb42ee go out 56b8545fb0 and look f8a6169c02 for you.”a87f3ded2977ceb0
Ha-yoon nodded quietly. Through the narrow gap 4b46c986a4 in the door, Kim 25fc0f5f26 Old Man fixed a aff28d8aee serious stare on both 540c667260 Yeo Yeon-oh and Ha-yoon. There was no time 7a71fe4283 to decipher the meaning 8712524442 of those looks. With a c83b0f07ef heavy thud, dd08bdb101 the sturdy e3e224fc8a door closed, ced30fc671 severing the e80bff10ce space.554537ccfe771fa7
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In an 8acfd03e71 instant, silence 597b41a264 fell. The long-forgotten chill 229633f7e3 of desolation quickly 31811f38f7 blanketed the area. A dead 8e11c35b3f machine lay b306a55bfc scorched black a9c328f64e on the 65debd471b floor, and 1690f5a580 between it fdc607ff9e and the 0cf5687178 wall stood 71ff6e5cd6 two living faaa6bb617 men.9aa2c33fa9d2153a
A few weak 6057a862d3 embers crackled softly, 71659de859 the only sound e7583d19db piercing the silence. Every sense d762292f8f was on 4659acedbe high alert 60248ca28d as shards 5b89f849ee of moonlight 81fafaab01 streamed through 9fb751be8f broken factory 7501383f47 windows. The fragmented fe0f1ced5f beams spilled 8feef47b63 across the d190269e39 floor, caressing cbdd68569b Ha-yoon’s tired 8e683a6892 body.286989a109a00045
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“Finally, I’m in 7dffb3be8b the mood to e5130886b4 talk,”a gentle voice 759ad97955 broke the stillness. Its sound 4c525b1f8c merged softly dda5e61d3b with the 0da7e0c4ec quiet of 629c89b3a3 the early 9755f25ac1 morning. Yeo Yeon-oh, his face f5520e0ea7 still bearing the traces a2a6393ea6 of night, smiled as 1cbb406149 he spoke. Ha-yoon absorbed a52aebc677 the scene fe21d82108 silently.5edda099ed36a17c
His soft platinum 17372688a6 hair shimmered in c05e8eb95d the light, and 972628a172 his dark-blue eyes—framed 486d369ccd by long lashes—held b181937edf a gentle smile. The perfectly sculpted features, 6eb7bb7fab from his proud nose 7c9d59ffa4 to the subtly curved 4902a83596 lips, spoke of an b8c1f44aad almost otherworldly beauty.6067247b97d4d8ba
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“Am I 385f1129d6 something to eda17b62a1 look forward 371c6b0629 to?” e9371fa9950b48a3
There wasn’t a 5af0db2adf single flaw in 265fbf7559 his features. His small face, with f9864ce56a every detail in place, 0a62f6a4d2 reminded Ha-yoon of a 0795d66e26 long-lost character from an d8bb90f305 old book. A self-mocking smile tugged 1871a5030f at Ha-yoon’s lips as 2e6cf4d38f he pondered.c4c2033622008d93
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If Yeo Yeon-oh 9df521c738 were the hero, faa34f5f48 then what was 9aa660847c Ha-yoon? Just a foolish, easily 2886d27bd2 beguiled soul?02ec18c8d2782ca3
“Why do you look 8fa6090513 at me like that?”73d601ac17ab4dee
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A soft voice c4a4a0e7d7 tickled Ha-yoon’s ear, e8b0e420c0 easing the tension a8f2c8d5b0 with its gentle 360516f621 warmth. The steady 1f952c404e flow of a36f0a4f53 Yeo Yeon-oh’s eb9a5d9a7d gaze carried 478ecd07e0 with it a2f1e9b4a7 a comforting da3e75d1ec warmth.2c02dc18d7d032a1
“Do you 3c52cab37e think I ba52f03d86 finally look 62b4c0b133 a little b83ab555d4 pretty?”2d3caa859e199d50
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Yeo Yeon-oh e717139159 laughed brightly 2f2457fcd6 as the 0a7d4e6d94 gentle light dab1773721 of dawn 28a0eeafeb bathed him. It was a 6b1aad8afd sight that stood f3fd9351c6 in stark contrast b03cedfbc7 to the grim 9a3f1c8377 ruins of the d3c4a26289 factory—a fleeting moment 3e31c0c01e of beauty amid c806901c4a desolation.eaffbf13cca5e7d6