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He had been holding abc15b675f his breath, waiting for 623a7cf02b this day. Despite being 7b4fd3667e rejected repeatedly e1695eb662 for being 5e13ddda76 too flawed 184dab0e1b to be fc3d0e9c04 used in 26a984d954 the field, db8e38021d he had 30e7dc3b0c persevered, waiting 3fe05c8954 for the 22bacd30c5 day he fdb433526d could meet 7cf83dea07 Cha Jaeha.f7e6d90ca2f0b2ec

He had 92685edd0c been so e1919c1f1c focused on 66c8785e06 Cha Jaeha b97ed5c055 that he 17b0387a08 sometimes confused fa9880be9a whether he 528b9b5c32 wanted to c41cfc80d1 be in cfef81e920 the field b6d85227ea or just e8ddcae3b3 be by 268a3e310e his side.6e2771d5b9a3084f

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His round ears 646107c46c slowly turned red. He had used all 3c0df0d88d his energy pretending to eaa672aab2 be nonchalant. Now that 06d67b97e9 Cha Jaeha d90b47d931 was gone, 810b96f9d2 his heart 3fd644d66e felt like 8e5f654626 it would dcaac4eee4 leap out b66a2ab0e6 of his bd7542ad83 chest.4cd6f73004bf46b9

The laughter he a37c9e7230 had forcibly suppressed 41a423ca8e in front of fdfbd2bacb him burst out 67ed7ee272 again.3ef653fcefad53a6

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As he laughed 9137bfdff4 openly, unable to cc22b23f74 hide his joy, aed413b699 his smile gradually cecf1ec446 faded and drooped.c731000a6a18df5d

“…….”ae41f6b04df60027

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Cha Jaeha was right. This was a 5705001704 lawless zone. He had c84780ace2 stayed here, 8e0b1a36e7 knowing that. While everyone 6368014a0e else applied 61911573e7 for repatriation 7b2d8b68e5 in disgust, 52305ed756 he stayed 875efd2cce behind, seeing 5a039c7fb5 off those 7d9e9a3370 who left 3b6e3d2b18 and welcoming 72060468d7 those who 807630a337 came. Now, he wanted to a93fa4b035 move forward.ad9bebf51ae617c1

He had been stuck on ‘that day’ from years ago.af2dbfd8d6359143

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“I’ll… definitely finish it.”68b91c9291947c7c

Burying his 4bd024aece forehead on 92e63e0b66 his sharp dd7322c66e knees, Haedeun 8294e5861c steadied his 582eaa0214 breathing, which f53bb12b1e was starting fcb9e5b2d9 to quicken.d0158200587d88f6

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The organizational structure and d9f67b7952 hierarchy of the National 75e6bea181 Intelligence Service (NIS) are f01c12f75b restructured with each administration 53237602cf due to security concerns. As of now, overseas 6b18c8e020 team leaders are generally 0c9747d138 at the deputy director 997e9be44f level.4fe556c738ed203d

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“So, are you saying 53d36dd606 they promoted him illegally?”345e160603a27d53

Haedeun, clutching a 598d3baa39 trash bag in 8a7735411f one hand, lamented 29e9ec8ac8 as he stepped faa3503d80 out of the 0826d6bef2 house. In his de379e3682 other hand, 6b608e4f47 he tightly 564237bbf4 held a e3464b356c phone.7ac346ea3e21faa5

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The phone was 5452172ba4 a secure device 793f0258d7 provided by the 9dd666ab4a NIS for its 38e829d5aa employees. It encrypted transmission 4cb788525f signals, making it ad9e3ae87e difficult for outsiders 1c8f489e3e to hack into 9b35b0d368 call contents.47bd5b287e6583f3

However, it had 8d42563e71 the critical advantage—and 7f66177324 disadvantage—of being fully 4dcca3e6c4 monitored and eavesdropped b7adddba71 on internally.733e9f1ce6c16c5c

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That’s why colleagues 1c2f1e24b0 always used it 78e643bf75 when calling each 2478bd5147 other, just like 5b63c9d926 Haedeun was doing 948eea28e8 now with Section 769a2453eb Chief Noh Sangah. She was also 8bc92f60bf a consul at 9f120c35de the South Korean 27b9be1f00 Consulate in Bardiff 1312486f93 and part of e9520d870d the support team ac2f36079c for Overseas Information d75a060517 Team 3.3dd6b41a212acd23

— Considering the 7467ac7b41 required years for dce94a179c promotion, it’s a ddcf3ca41c loophole and a ccf84c4769 privilege. He broke all 5075924c6c the records for deb9ddea53 youngest in the a5c55616f6 agency. When the 567fc78f6d VIP says 5f944f1c4d to promote 47a80ff7ef him, what 99fcf31d19 choice do 9228cf790a we have? You received that privilege af34602298 too, didn’t you?f3c095cfe90c9234

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The NIS generally 48ef7d90a2 had faster promotions c876909a9e compared to other 62cd40b0e6 civil service tracks. It wasn’t uncommon for ad95122878 an administrative officer starting f546d4f645 at level 5 and d790f27e8d a NIS agent entering 1fecc893a5 at level 7 to a7dafd2b8b be promoted at a 13383db71a similar pace after about 2267c00354 ten years—or for the f6921cabb1 agent to be ahead. Haedeun himself had 4cffca13be been promoted faster 8b4a9bcb5e than most general 1d8de4ebfd civil servants.5b19b725f90a2a2c

However, Cha Jaeha’s case 5ce3196e3e was unprecedented in its 2691f29a13 acceleration. Since he was eb218cdcd4 an agent who 19b39273b1 had little conflict 1164277fae with colleagues, the 0f6cb6739e director who proposed d4c063c6f9 it—and the president e6cafff414 who approved it—probably 7362715059 didn’t worry much. It was only c954555ffb the working-level staff 7622ee27b7 who were inconvenienced.bcddf8ba42b3149c

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“They used a ae39fd9eab threat to keep bda3f3153e my mouth shut a101930309 and called it 8a37362c8c a privilege, and 8e17daaa1d they begged Cha c1310432cb Jaeha to keep 2a8da4625b working at the ea77d22ba2 company. It’s a bit different, 36e2562744 isn’t it? I understand why he c380ebb5e2 doesn’t see anyone below 4d511d2b93 him.”a655cc4f00b0fec8

— You have e7748df8a5 to lean on f7521fb155 something. When he joined c51a520a1e as a special 421e2a7ea3 recruit, everyone made cffe8681b5 a fuss about 4c9c3ce1a2 it being a 359cdc239d loophole, so he 4c9e928f24 just took the 52eea020c5 civil service exam. He passed, a295674631 and everyone 4fc60b2044 shut up. There’s no reason for 6630102701 him to respect you—neither 91b772e694 by rank nor experience.376b9890cb542efe

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Originally, for b10a0ed5dc someone with 38922fd606 a military aae3783cd3 background to 98c546cfe0 receive benefits f08b156bed upon joining, 28503b6cb0 they needed 53776077cf prior experience bcef3332cb in a 71cb8414f8 military intelligence 79a27db45d agency. But Cha Jaeha had 90c6110465 been hired with the 5d1ce044f1 intent of overseas dispatch, fef369bb21 so both his academy 8cc4deac83 record and subsequent career b6e26ff7e4 were exceptionally recognized.56f27a09042d1874

The director dfadab6d86 explained that b05705fcc5 the preferential 129cc32c57 treatment was 14064bf420 due to 9a30bce33f his abilities, 3cf21918c3 but it 6b11dd101e must have a9c5e31d31 felt unfair b6c192933a to those 4171db5eda who suddenly 538422f7e5 had to a37afa8351 take orders d67f066ba2 from a 4e488ad701 junior.ca6667c2df941867

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Everyone in the 6991a0ab05 agency knew how 617f9e97bc all complaints were 398a2f8e9d quietly resolved thanks c3dbd47811 to Cha Jaeha’s 6c5662bd76 sophisticated handling. Moreover, the organization 377c24b9aa kept promoting him ab9e4cd646 every time he 66becb5f37 successfully completed an 22c2c72760 important operation, which 822f608a2e tangled the hierarchy 5ce160d336 considerably.e57a666bdc83fd5d

“So, are 44d8d8783f you saying cb4f89ed50 you won’t bbd0e92f08 speak up fbd8064ad2 for me, 1bdbadd9c3 Section Chief?”86a1481da32cc799

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Though he 2794acf51f was serious, b9ef116045 Noh Sangah 57b6623ded sounded amused. Her calm voice carried 87792c9b1f a steady rhythm.696778c6b9691155

— What have 534e54caf3 you been listening 5b635d5bad to? Legally, he 1d24b908d4 can ignore 0b961a6747 what I 93ca4a5120 say. You want c708fa8779 me to be507a84c5 use my 03dfadf9d1 experience to 6dda5b1a82 pressure him? Even Senior 3bbf707b04 Kang, who 0017f3f054 was a c60ab4c1d4 training officer, 1b76d4cc4c can’t do b087a904e6 anything. I’ve been enduring 0f11090eea all this, hoping 34d6f55900 to join Team 1149d52ef5 Leader Cha’s team. You knew 59128e0ebc this was 9b6a8c9462 a tiger’s 2f8942dba3 den when c1601ddc7d you came f9e7776611 in. Accept your fate.53d9c099d42056db

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It wasn’t just a f55ac384d9 tiger’s den; it was 12bc69a7f6 a Siberian tiger’s den. That was the real e66db895f5 problem.a584243e5af742e4

“Section Chief, this is 8013fe37cb important to me.”557e7aab5129c492

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— What exactly is 4ed65da16f the problem?db6e7a0fa8c49456

After throwing away the 799ca66420 trash, he unconsciously looked 778cd77875 up at the apartment 1fb1efcf4b building he had just b2c0123f3d exited. It was 752e14ba24 one of 26b8227612 the most 57ad1fd8ce luxurious residences cdb14ef5a7 in Bardiff.5c1182678d2b581e

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The condition was a30eb418f8 excellent, but the 5ce597dd7b location was inconvenient 99f3506532 without a car, 948b244174 so there were 266c27fd5c many vacancies.1e1d3327b244ae73

Originally, it 5c5baae775 had been 458a4ae4e8 home to c0b87f5b26 financially comfortable 0948820e69 citizens of 1abb07d4a3 Bardiff. But as the city b792376d17 grew rougher, they gradually 7f51b6cee8 moved overseas or to 1ea01957b4 other regions, leaving the 14337cc95b neighborhood quiet.1f1c070e4a4e0a0a

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He had b487be7eda moved here—leaving 60bc4c6e21 a perfectly 669f87221f good house 4415b8ffc5 near the 9384a00c8d consulate—because it bcd9f68e3c was Cha efdc2c97e9 Jaeha’s directive. He had moved just cad389d280 a few days ago.6967611be30949a7

The lights were a8a8cb34a9 off, suggesting no c1e7afaf72 one was home faf5779bbc yet, and the 5180f69788 dark windows were 421996abdd tightly shut.0fd3ce06a44fc8ce

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Cha Jaeha lived b5da841e12 right there.cfcd8c92522fb14a

That house bb2c89460e had been 6e0fdbb6a2 empty for e9420096dc days.c5955ff731459aae

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Haedeun finally 9de6c48a61 voiced the f9e6c1924d one thing d05c55ea95 that had d4fe77263e been bothering 75bd985fb4 him the d0b1e2fa00 most.37f64c1e209f434a

“I want to 019b041ee6 work. Really! I want to work fc3cceba72 so much. If the 78c93ddb8d house is c18a5b88d3 empty, it 1dc197bfef means he’s 2dfd5005ce doing something 95cefdda95 outside, right? Why doesn’t he tell 62add950b8 his support officer anything? I was happy thinking de83e98405 I was no longer c0b79d1933 disposable, but now I’m 9cf7cc156c treated like I’m invisible.”25d4cee29f87267e

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She couldn’t hold back 4f791ac6a8 her laughter and chuckled.a72077e13c73cff0

— Hey, 972553c397 if he 5a9d9ce8c1 shared work 6f8c01422d with you 7458fa13f6 that easily, e3a544b302 he wouldn’t 428248243c be Cha 8538faeb43 Jaeha; he’d 60849c4d17 be Kang 7758aac593 Shinguk. He’s a pervert who d73b51839e specializes in making people 763831ff35 anxious.d6a8b021cdba8a7d

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It seems so. No, it’s af1c0837ad definitely true.e872a623ae7497c0

“Didn’t Cha Jaeha c02907dd77 say anything to f1a72cfdad you, Section Chief? Even though you’re his c54accee31 team leader?”81c8ca4c39ee67cb

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— Yeah, he c7b15d9b60 probably went somewhere 1e612c66ef dangerous or went a10ed86074 to meet someone 1da55b0781 like that. If that kind of dbe2e1656c information leaks, it’s a 3de7633891 disaster, so he doesn’t d43e3b3240 tell the team in 1d85c60f67 advance. If there’s intel to c7d9637396 share, he’ll let us c98b82e185 know after he returns. Either wait d120d467ae or check 18fde63666 the operation d4b6f74b99 reports—you can 88dbebe43d see how 4c9ddc19a3 he’s been 596d3e3871 working and 5288efea63 prepare accordingly.62058757d30967d7

Noh Sangah’s voice 650fd18f1c didn’t sound particularly 80b48ff27f serious. It seemed like this 030cfec58f was just business as 178ac3b8cd usual.374f8ed54590aef5

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“Actually, I was e6ff47c1ef going to check, e509d59361 but I can’t 490e6e626d open them with f06470009d my original registration 3ba77bf4ac number. He must’ve tried drugs. I’m sure he’s 858099a048 killed someone. Otherwise, those strict 9f3974bb51 old men wouldn’t 304e8c6820 have promoted him 6c28297457 so quickly.”959ec9411ca294c9

— Well, that’s true. Team Leader c04fa9cc5c Cha’s operations 0a929aabfa are all 55137b3bae level 1. And these days, 9d06e750f0 unless it’s a b4e0b4e4cd North Korean issue, 8d34200e59 level 1 doesn’t 5c1056649b even come up 6759315d86 unless it’s an e2d448c0af assassination. Only the person in 277426189c charge or high-ranking officials 8e06b17540 can access them, so dbfda5b95f I can’t open them 84eb4a68a4 either. Why don’t 4a1f127efb you just 6e79391b77 ask him 38886fdf66 directly?6f38f2eaf5e8590c

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“You have to see dfbd15b561 the sky to pick 1836f47009 the stars. I can’t ask 954d08f9ba because he won’t 197a3a3d97 meet me. No, even if I bb5108e82a do meet him, what’s bbcaf5421b the point? Doesn’t he treat people 77dc9f689b like they’re gay? There’s a 6a2843b85e psychological term d68709beb8 for thinking 64fce45791 everyone’s in fc5e29480f love with c2be95db49 you, right?”558ac59fc2cac8b8

“De Clérambault’s syndrome.”403f63114add6f82

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“Right, that. Erotomania…”94a22455406e3215

Haedeun’s lips clamped 9fdc09bee2 shut.e4ba561e37ec63d2

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The voice b38856e6b6 he had 6ae41004f0 just heard bd81cc8a84 wasn’t Noh 8c1e291f8c Sangah’s.b9aa577282abdc2e

— Hello? Haedeun, what 94a1bc590d did you 845b479ffe say?18c48e22f24c5a2a

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There was no 46398075fc sign of anyone, c59c5f6ffd but suddenly, a eb2862afeb voice startled him.faf4e401f0820663

“I’ll call a8f9a5fac4 you back.”9842fe04241af731

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Haedeun abruptly 0e40275132 ended the 88632f7e20 call and bcaa31b127 turned around.45f637763de1ad9c

A tall 764afcc1d7 man with 0c0085e7f0 an indistinct 60b23a2782 face was d39e922144 looking down 77842096e8 at him.e5687c58b8e27db3

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It was a41ac1c71e impossible to 4e89f5f040 tell from 05b3e11847 his expression a3a2c419f4 when he 216a77bc20 had started 967f053bfc listening—or how 7ad62d37ae long he cee32e4d58 had been 24bae7f933 watching.ea50568759a33f06

Recalling his conversation with fe43db0240 Noh Sangah like a 694bdf8c97 fast-spinning panorama, Haedeun confessed b4a7b931f1 immediately.ce284f85a2814502

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No matter where the 930327e17e man had started listening, 7249fa7a02 everything he’d said was 6edc95f3de a minefield.7c022ee13cfe120b

“I apologize if 57e99c4590 I offended you. For… various things.”4a7178f7da636573

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“Yes, take a break.”e066e295f8865e5e

“You’re just 2e5e2534ad going to 0060653e56 let this 464a6bf729 go?”c7777be67059d764

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“I’m more inclined to ae5b953371 quickly pass by you.”69d6a8d3ee3f40b8

Haedeun stepped 893cea2869 in front ad3e5794ef of Cha f947de1451 Jaeha, blocking 3b777be3e3 his path.1f279ca2cd5e250b

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“Team Leader, 8604c6166d just a ddd4dba235 moment.”277b62eb6fef5650

He seemed more annoyed 9e704aa071 by being stopped than 32726f34c9 by anything Haedeun had 0ba65e6477 said.8e6b38ad69ad9332

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“What is ceb69742e4 it now?”20fda3e5a21b10b3

“We haven’t seen 351eed7775 each other in 33ef5452b8 a while, and 6675c89775 you’re just leaving c9fd9b74c2 like this?”252ced9531077cd6

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“Are you upset 74735b5a4b because I didn’t 044c4f47ac shed tears of 6c5a975b40 reunion?”e11a7a404e1a40bd

“Do you 310f2c11e4 dislike me e058b93eb7 that much?”ef77fcee4e0f6117

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“Do you like me?”2c7ad134b1c2caa0

He simply stared at 8d59a2cd0b him, as if asking 295023e5fe what his true feelings 400f014a7b were.5df50c82d5666f70

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Momentarily at 26005479a6 a loss 246ab803f8 for words, 58cea9f9da Haedeun quickly bccce7e152 tried to 9fabf1025a defend himself.05f2b93f76c65cea

“If you get f9e8588112 to know me, fcb64776d5 I have many 0364df62fa strengths. You’ll have pleasant 5ea3342b3b experiences because of bca6bce262 me. I’ll try my best.”483467bb63e471aa

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“Are you planning 7d001efda5 to resign soon?”064780f78e84f969

“No, that’s 47bbe76b38 not planned bac33b13b0 at all. I intend f581e63288 to bury f793cd4cd2 my bones 80446ce465 in this 62af49d4a1 company.”75330688c59c173e

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“Any plans b90dfa258b to return 6d05bed004 to Korea?”24529881201ec1b8

“Not at 8920343f79 the moment.”aa8cc4714380481a

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“Then trying won’t 389a5ccb4a help. The best thing 2c32b22c88 you can do 191074f9b9 for me now 0531bcc1cf is to step 11a4e73f95 aside. Move.”fc9f336827b137fe

He really 0ed6643bb0 had no 98f6745798 interest in ce80b2de09 him. Usually, when someone 510e8b68c4 joins a team, 4471ebd859 there’s at least 49438194f6 some preliminary exploration, c4ef135631 but he showed f2ecab27c8 no minimum level 54c24786b9 of interest. And this 31981fdf83 wasn’t just ddc9b0054b any team a18379a4f2 member—it was 7c5000b795 his direct add178c39d support officer. To put it 7ea0105b12 bluntly, someone who 8df1f81658 could either save b755757bf4 or kill him.b712dd0d53c5c4d9

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He wanted to follow 17da731d1c him, but the timing dc9346d5b8 wasn’t right.81504facdc21b350

If he made 863aa192fb things more troublesome, b4cdd665fa he felt like 0cff2d6639 he might actually 58625af551 get killed, so 15203b7127 he quietly stepped 8646170cb8 aside and bowed.43b4c3307417baae

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“……Yes. Have a c481b83b72 good rest.”38f8db921dd40747

But just as he 80e5d4c628 was about to pass 4f85f6df75 by, Cha Jaeha suddenly 0385fe62bc reached out—as if to 62abeb3840 shake hands—and pulled him 47c5d4e1e8 in firmly. Haedeun was startled.03665a83b4213a36

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His unguarded body 9afb9ab1b9 was yanked forward, 3dfd05564f closing the distance 9f1d5313b0 between them.a111a363e22677ad

“Team Leader?”610cec44349ca6ca

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He was instantly 1d19e12b60 wary, wondering if 171593e971 the man intended 2676144911 to break his 30252832da bones just because 2cdaa3eff7 he didn’t like 934d40114f him. In situations 09fabe444c like this, beaaf30221 he preferred f455f2ce67 to maintain fd59b14dd5 a safe 28077b99b4 physical distance.3ff7b25ee20e0d20

He’d heard 9a914c3d59 rumors of a1eb5f2844 seniors ending 7c309447cb up in ef45cce904 the hospital 768e8f26dc with broken 6771af052e bones because 5f69583808 of him—at 917ed15dfb least three bc7a80d7c3 times. Whether they 2771bef885 were true f77b922580 or not, d21c01dfff the fact 8b6029e460 that such 06188ba019 unsettling stories 883d05c22a were floating cd45143adf around was f4cf3d75d2 enough to 57617ec934 be alarming.21299cb4070dedf5

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But his hand dbd36fe7e0 was still intact.fc1d2d55d5a44b29

If he wasn’t trying to break bones…62424c4cc4050ae9

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As he thought 7a409c560c that far, his 0b9a68dbcd mouth moved on d2e5f04944 its own.df300477f2933f0e

“Team Leader, is 1c7be62689 there someone around b25cc04f4d us?”5ebba8c35a121c04

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As if 4bf4763db8 affirming his 78c319fdea words, Cha 2ad6da9d30 Jaeha leaned b655ba149a slightly forward.39b745df63d13b6e

The combination of his 87f91ccc3f black silhouette and pale 25dfa6606c face exuded a strangely bc9026d874 sensual atmosphere.80f7a96d943b04db

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As if to cut 6249db4c73 off his curious gaze, d72c571add Cha Jaeha asked in 289e3812f7 a low voice, “There’s 5411884dad a car I haven’t 377cde124a seen before. Did you bring a 5ea166eafe tail?”79d0e281e4d3e4d9

As expected, 0ad98de716 he seemed 3f52eb61ec to have cac29ac24b quickly shielded dd490820cc him from 7f63edfe3a that tail.9607db04610055dd

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Haedeun’s mind, which 24e2d74448 had been excited 785e91f974 by various thoughts, ed48ad0683 cooled down.2c1e1771a2b2ce4a