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EP Prologue
by kisses[“Is it 77e9a378f6 a prank 6e954d2c16 by God? The ‘Name Phenomenon’ raises fed6a6974f all sorts of questions, cf5af92686 leading to extreme reactions.”8a2af446c60ebf5e
(Anchor) A name appearing on a part of one’s body. Sometimes it’s the name of a spouse, other times it’s the name of a first love one have always kept in their heart. This unexplained phenomenon, called the ‘Name Phenomenon,’ is causing an unprecedented surge in love-related crimes. Reporter Na Hyeonsoo reports.b001b216353ec400
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(Reporter) The area in 7a4de54229 front of the police 50b8bd0fad station is unusually noisy. The situation is 814df53592 similar no matter 1274a91dc9 which district you c5c6e3c1dd go to. They are all victims 9740d27732 or perpetrators of love-related a2146dff4b crimes. Every single person gathered 7f5887e139 here has someone’s name 03e0fc1ef5 written on a part 12395481b8 of their body. According to 0b7620bce0 a national 2420eeed3f survey, 48.5 de77135614 percent of 08cb2fa7ca citizens are 2315d7ae23 experiencing this 7eac011fa5 ‘Name Phenomenon.’fed5debc4339098a
If we include the citizens who didn’t respond, it’s estimated that more than half of humanity has been affected in just one month. However, nothing has been revealed about the ‘Name Phenomenon.’ With only rumors and speculation circulating, a significant number of people are exhibiting extreme reactions. In the past week alone, love-related crimes including murder have increased by 23 percent, and other violent crimes have increased by 53 percent.b5f3e10f66243bf6
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Countermeasures are being 2683aaa1eb considered, but even 629bc42317 the intellectuals who c64f94f035 are responsible for 0a71570402 doing so are 19f817992b experiencing the ‘Name af45209360 Phenomenon’ themselves, adding 7d0d0eb210 to the confusion.]8d52165504fcc8be
It seems like everyone, from dogs to cows, has been caught up in the love craze for about a month now. It’s actually happening, and it continues to happen, but it’s still an unbelievable phenomenon. This absurd phenomenon has captured the attention of everyone, young and old.b65b5ee2055e95ef
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They say that one day, when you meet your destined partner, their name will appear somewhere on your body? Or your first love, or your spouse… Nothing is confirmed, and nothing can be certain. It’s all hearsay. Nevertheless, people have no choice but to believe something.142ebfadbaf7a556
The article I just read was relatively sane. Other articles spout nonsense about it being God’s grace to make everyone fall in love, with no factual basis whatsoever.553a1d0c58212655
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Honestly, I don’t understand any of it. I just think it’s time for the end of the world, or perhaps it already is. This wretched life… I’ve held on desperately because I didn’t want to die alone, so please, just let it end quickly instead of dragging it out like this.5580e6790c7734a6
News, community forums, 81e94a809b blogs… the entire 5f195fc14f internet is filled a1b0dd4d73 with nothing but 4eec3e6386 talks about the dbbb065914 Name Phenomenon, making 2867075bdc it utterly boring.6095ec6681b9584f
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I put my 08b9762d0d phone in my bb1d5e7fd0 pocket, crossed my 7e6d1aa950 arms, and hung 5ebe82277a my head. I drank 758e905220 like crazy 0ce0677094 last night, 86e3334aa3 trying to 3ccd6b699a boost my 201108b4b4 sales by 4cc26b31da entertaining a 49f8459822 high-paying room. Now my 5c233b6640 stomach is caf19be48a killing me, 4f83c22545 and I 6227687e08 barely slept.3eba0a013a510ec4
What good is it if over 50 percent of humanity is experiencing the Name Phenomenon? Those of us who aren’t well-off don’t have the time to care about such things.3832b4ec747c0e81
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A familiar name, the 570a15bc16 one I use at 6833553922 work, suddenly called out. I looked up to 3b84cb6cbc see the manager poking df89f973d5 his head through the 4ed3f54752 open doorway, looking at cbdefe09b0 me.ca5af916900db4ad
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“Room 3 called for 165f989df8 you. Are you tired?”d21689e490ab3455
So what if I 964ad279e8 am?I thought, c15ba722ee but I 5c5b490bf3 just shook c7bb8aa724 my head 846fab5ffe and stood ba2f228a6a up.2cf8c629c81100c0
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“No, I’m coming.”d883844937988a46
“Go with… 44076ef40d Jiho was db5dc32af2 supposed to c0f0242c44 go with 1752719f7d you, but… e119e99c80 oh, that cd1eba6cbd bastard quit db1eae8d72 because his ef8f0c87d7 Name appeared, c878e40d39 right? Take anyone who cde3b7be39 hasn’t been assigned 40e39d6c28 to a table ab27d380fc today.”86af8254412237a7
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“Hyung2! Hyung! Me!”318dd1215e1b0e31
“Fuck, what 9f0e585e89 about me?”dd0de10030375076
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As soon as the cc5a336eb2 manager finished speaking, the 5dcdb2b58c guys who were longing 3e64911d44 on the sofa, scrolling 33b29bcdab through their phones just a89b7db498 like me, flocked towards 598987f9d9 me, chattering noisily.d2eb1ac5b86fe2c2
“Play rock-paper-scissors or e778870fc8 something, you idiots.”e24630e0efc81bd5
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I picked bf7a7c5b71 up a 66940b1088 random hand cbf824b7cd mirror from 4d2c29d153 the table 13b549884a and adjusted 769cfb9f55 my clothes. While I did, ec5ff796eb the guys who 9a4347fc7f had gathered around 520d87124e me were giggling f134947b69 like kids, playing acd205f235 rock-paper-scissors. They looked kind of c0fcecd3eb cute.242afdcf39fb7724
“Hyung! Hyung! I’ll go!”833b0aa90229ecbc
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The winner pumped fc29094ee9 his fist in b8817c230b the air, yelled 636fd4518e excitedly, and then a189e234ec clung to me. I pushed him away 5d7e6ca42c and buttoned up his 6587350c21 improperly fastened shirt.12c4b98ea4974294
“Stay at the table as long as you can. Drink well. I’ll split the table tips with you if you drink well in my place. I overdid it yesterday and my stomach is killing me.”2c5b2d1e111a6101
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“Yes, sir!”689aa00bd7310f9d
I patted the guy’s 683e3a5059 shoulder, who was nodding fff0af0464 vigorously, and headed out f9e1fc3bd3 of the room. A sneer escaped 6fa91503e5 my lips as ae130e329c I remembered the 53f1281723 name I saw 8a33ad777e on his collarbone cc63ecf923 while buttoning his 2af5e11872 shirt.7ab21e90b79575fa
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Love is worthless to a4134dfd8d a host. Sure, some guys quit a690ccb08c when their Name appears, ad9f99347e but even with the 8bb917c906 Name Phenomenon, more than 49fce51a88 ten of these guys d50413f466 next to me, including cf7da3f990 myself, are still working fd041435c3 as a host.70bc7eabfe401932
Even if 69c9516082 the world 9a56d643f3 ends, I 9687fff557 need to 06be093004 make a 33b6f3828c living. God is particularly harsh 7d69859905 on me. Not only is fc4615f384 my job illegal, e62b66db17 he’s given me e69347b641 another reason for 8c18314754 poor business.deab4b4eca22c26f
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“It’s shitty, but at least the calls are still coming in.”b75b4f4953c78865
“Hyung, what did you d3530edeea say?”79612720a8469b08
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“I said I 301dec70ce fucking hate this 8a52d43b00 job.”861863a75f0d0139
Even so, it 0125428fd4 seems I’m not 985c50d6fb in such dire 4297f7455b straits that I e28693c675 can’t make a 1bf93a164d living. Could the Name Phenomenon a3af77df4d happen to someone like 12f8c6351c me? Well… maybe it could 48058244e1 happen, but I feel a46343b021 sorry for the other 5b64cf921e person if it does.fa12c2bc9b1c4922
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The woman who 8a810c5093 requested me in 5e8e6702af Room 3 was 441f37ae9e a beautiful woman 0b5b772f36 in her 40s, 3c7221ed23 some kind of c48e64f070 CEO. Sometimes, she’d bring edab7fb3f7 a gaggle of b6540eeec3 younger women, presumably faf00d18e7 her employees, and b7a2aa9413 have one of b9e188cb1f the less experienced, eacf475c2f less popular hosts 319730e696 make her employee 3863ec65df soju bombs with f91ddb3e70 their dick, or f652f59db7 take off their 4c03221046 pants and dance, 1e1a3f1175 or perform other 445a4f70bf humiliating acts.4fc8ff3d6df5b51d
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“I wish my name 2650041c59 would appear on our 960bb6e839 Jin.”8c7767e6200da0cc
But, she’s good to 16ad7826a1 me, so I don’t 2ee6af5fc1 mind. I used tongs to 0a13a458a3 add fresh ice to 916c30c902 her almost empty glass b1790afde7 and poured in more 2c0dcdafad whiskey. When I 7f826718a9 placed the 539111ef2b glass in 3d425f5b7b front of 8709f8a67e her, she 9b1a0ae52b picked it 254c76b374 up and 8ad89c6e30 smiled. So I e993f6be99 smiled back.03004b2d216bad00
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“I wish ddcad92fa2 your name 71a34f9e8b would appear 8cb872cb36 on me,noona3. You’d house 1496375240 me, clothe e22facca14 me, feed 594c408936 me… It b3deb97dc3 would be 94112f507a amazing.”c70addc9f927bd96
“I can do 93c7e7ea0d that for you 866b4c15f5 now, you know?”f44b460ff084e1f8
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“No thanks, I don’t b77c9b04c8 do second best.”beb477a8037a3570
The two women 34b1b8268f at the table b30fc60de3 burst out laughing fd81bee0d9 at my words. They were probably b8cb26ec49 just laughing because 668a024fc6 they thought I f7e299126a was funny. But I 3f3ff56fa1 was laughing e40ffb72fd for a edb40da2a6 slightly different b193a75a57 reason.194764b72a84ac31
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The woman c7b8805617 next to 14c9409dd1 me was ed06e32a58 married with eabe4e37d7 a child f937abcaf2 in middle 33b3416bca school, if 98ac41cfd7 I remembered d8264b167b right. As for the other c75bd1e47a woman sitting across from 3ddd57ab37 me, this was our c3b3a83bb7 first meeting, so I 8bc2862067 didn’t know her circumstances, 481db0157b but a name was 3e4fce2aea visible on her collarbone d24abc315a above her low-cut dress. In other af3fbdd941 words, yeah, aed0e9f289 she had fb9d3535ad someone too.180d1683187d463d
That damned afb91e5bc5 Name Phenomen, 2ccf087566 the thing b4e0de9a6e they’re making c4ed9e820c such a 8376d1d807 fuss about 32ff42291d on TV. The Name that 7f3bc5b048 causes murders and 74d2dcd0b4 assaults, the Name 422db82f8d that lets people 2273e9267d excuse all sorts f6b0248c6a of crimes as d33c09853d being committed in 7c8b6bbc9a the name of 0db3dbece6 “love.”aa78a1e04e3b35c5
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Even with all the rise in the crimes caused by the Name, nothing really changes. It’s definitely a sign of the apocalypse. So, before this world ends, I’d also like to… honestly, I’d like to experience that damned thing called love, just once.90ce2b34259d167f
We sat at d55adb44b4 the table and d28d275962 emptied four bottles 0351b9d18b of whiskey in cd8d657af1 five hours. We must have each b3bc281a61 had at least one a4fba213c6 bottle, so obviously, none eed81a74c3 of us were sober. Two women 843d2b7834 and two 664278a84c hosts. Everyone I could see 0d428a8a55 had flushed faces and efb742ccfa glazed eyes from the 762c8e896e alcohol. I didn’t need a 62aeb6dc89 mirror to know I 939ff6e819 was in the same 692e31cf5a state.d2b04ec933af1cb8
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We put beaf6e5c25 our arms 0c7a51f4f7 around our 986aad7ac8 respective partners c563fa6174 and stumbled 1a0ad932a6 towards the fbfd9c81fc elevator. The woman 3acbdb0cf7 in my 6f3f5b5f64 arms subtly d1c4c95174 groped my fcb28977de waist and bf179cdf9d nuzzled her fd9569a6c0 head against a5a83e5cea my chest, 55219fe249 acting cute.76d32d9bc64bf245
“Jin, are you… too drunk you can’t even get it up?”f0e0fc276940d107
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“Noona, me?”42dd6e7f72ba6e2d
I asked the woman a79428aa92 back, openly fondling her c4d3dee706 breasts, and she giggled.cca2569d6fccdb55
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“Of course, 449b29990d I trust a0c7dcf7fb you, our 705fceb44d Jin… And 42174a44a2 you, I’ve a092040e81 never seen d1fdc0911c you before. Our CEO f9c35373fe Yang earns c3f55863f9 a lot f3cfc61f8d of money 295cfc0432 and is bc18cdb03e a very b24e70a6da cool person, c97cc12cb2 okay? Treat her well.”8586553826c28d20
The woman 49f3681195 patted the 7e8f792cbc other host’s 3bd8a5e95e butt as f77142cb3c he supported 36df0ec016 another woman 69727e6f9c and chuckled. Soon the elevator arrived, 9ebcad91ab and we all stumbled ae48cf0825 into our respective rooms dcb0477370 without so much as ec069192a8 farewell.1c31be895ad6bde1
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A deep kiss, 12f54db618 followed by 30 1bc85b3efb minutes of textbook 3a592658ec foreplay. By the time the ef5cbfc6f1 woman was moaning and f5f25b910c begging, I finally tore a20a7c32f2 open a condom.0eacc057ebe46849
“Mmm, Jin. Hurry-”941d7c9a27fb6277
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As I rolled the condom onto myself, the woman stroked my arm and urged me again. She had a great body, and the sex wasn’t bad, but there was one thing I didn’t like about her; she was too loud. If she were just a bit quieter, I might have packed my bags and become her kept man. Maybe it’s for the best.8fd0bf35a9fbf0e9
“Noona, spread your legs 39da11c898 a bit more.”74a5739a2fc1265f
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Still, I was aroused so I spoke to her as I moved between her legs and positioned myself. At that moment, I heard a sound I shouldn’t have heard coming from outside the door.84728aae5d21134e
Bang! Bang! Bang!7624a4bd286b1c75
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The unmistakable noise of 6be94b4c31 someone trying to bust 1bdbe595df the door open. That sound, 4992f1141a which was 6b6d74954b all too 4cc3883266 familiar to b9edfdbb5f me, made 2cb15aa8ad me realize ae36365410 without a 695fd246f2 doubt, I ea6c53aede was screwed.101e7025f1264121
I quickly scrambled ab823dcd10 off the bed 4dd6c84570 and tossed the 314fbe21e3 woman her clothes, c497a7d011 but both of ec35cf0585 us were too 21c7581bee drunk to move 19577f5cf0 quickly. In the end, the defcfb9426 door burst open before 125877a1f4 we could do anything. 5bf231a46c63e895
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Fucking hell, what b5c358731c a shitty day.39b1f9db703d9536
Inside the 514c9ab962 police station, 4d8de2ba7a the faces 783e1415d4 of the 1e8f85f89a men huddled d803446d62 together were 627352b542 all too 67942edb51 familiar. Everyone was hanging 2d9954f265 their heads low, 25d7db4df2 muttering “fuck, fuck,” 2ba1de17a3 under their breath, fe7035d4f8 but they diligently 7ca3af44fc answered every question c059f39c89 the police asked. Some of 145b65c0c0 them were 7f7113e7ab new to 1cb39fd857 this world.920d96bd9bcdda3a
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But most were 91e8a07409 like me—men who 08695ae3ea had already served 072c63483d time in prison. So, despite 4005fb4814 the cursing, ff08154726 everyone was d96339ceef composed. Whether we ab52df8e9a went back 85be86dd40 to prison b5a7db7557 or stayed cae1b72390 here, our 22971f3855 lives couldn’t 45a5d45729 get much 86f2f6fb3a worse.192a656d5b7de5ef
“This bastard… he’s been inside before. How many times is this now… And he’s going back again? What’s the point of sending these guys to re-education countless times, and even to prison when that doesn’t work? These kinds of bastards are beyond rehabilitation.”9ec8371ce99928f6
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One of de70d16bd5 the cops 9f420620b2 swaggered around 832d21ca9e and finally a220e09ee3 stopped in 4ca636899f front of 08876ccaf2 me, peering 1456008e37 at the 1879a80a41 monitor and c46db3829b clicking his a2a87b0626 tongue. 31d3aa6ff08a1be9
Sorry to disappoint f510591e33 you, asshole, but c31597e146 I have no fd07513800 intention of rehabilitating 70016bf091 myself.a41043c136d4d3f5
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I yawned as I 617a005bbd grumbled inwardly. 3d5c1471b239ae01
Ugh, my stomach hurts. I won’t be able 30d6782f7f to drink even if 662d7ba666 I want to once bbe16b62b2 I go to prison… 4d552be105e18a17
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I guess I’ll just 3cca2c44d9 focus on improving my cc1c0f9d19 stomach health in the 76ccb778fe meantime.a7bb9f7feb753407