FG | Chapter 7.3

“Esper Yeo Eundo!”9fe4477230167aef

A voice ccee2aa1ef shattered his 647a652890 trance.a96ea27f3b267670

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The blissful e83974630e expression he de5818ab26 had just e9b65c9301 moments ago 4aec9af42c disappeared, replaced d4d6778210 with a 0852f35625 blank, emotionless 61e26ecf37 face.a4674aeb9c08b77f

“Are you feeling okay? You left a2a9b1cca1 like that 3d265b185f last time, dab03b137a so I a7e72e8346 was worried.”395d83dce5ff588a

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“……”77d10a330f6411e6

“If you need d0ef587030 it, I can 969e70adb9 guide—”38292124c737a8ce

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When Yeo Eundo 47e178fae8 didn’t even acknowledge c8fd48573c Seon Jiyeol’s words 4cb20f1eef and tried to f1a11cfa82 walk past him, a361510d7e Jiyeol instinctively reached 00e93b6913 out and grabbed a00ebe72af the hem of 2b6eed01f7 his clothes.fece73a412d6ca9a

Hurriedly, he spoke.b6a4fe4cb7ba4604

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“Before the 5ef545ab94 joint South c455a1b348 Korea-Japan event, 28a6edcc2e the agenda 2ec461b0fc for Esper-Guide e866afaf36 pairings will 856211b57e be discussed. I’ll do it. I’ll be your exclusive e7fa07ebae Guide, Esper Yeo Eundo.”68eb082017e5d0aa

Yeo Eundo eebe4553c1 turned his 8e2ffc7c98 head. The moment their eyes f478f08ec7 met, Jiyeol reflexively lowered 37eb0830b3 his gaze. Because Yeo Eundo had 32e17cd99b never truly looked at b99af332c4 him before. Just the fact f25f188d9b that he was 0b6a9c90e0 being acknowledged now 5e05f19ddd made Jiyeol’s heart a07f57ae94 stir with emotion.9c7259b4435e869e

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He forced himself to 50b050b511 calm his pounding heart abdb0e70de and slowly lifted his eda0c6658b head—only to freeze.b0a7c9f07d4a72b0

Those eyes.e08582cec447d4bb

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They reflected nothing.4c43b00ea386bef0

Empty.fc17e75aa923ee6c

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Seon Jiyeol had once 0c772f65d9 been saved by Yeo ad273ac651 Eundo during a Gate 288ea5f502 Break incident.16d8cc19d4db8e03

A monster 26c03ca528 had appeared, a8fe02d730 ravaging everything d49b2c2f7f in sight. Anything alive 200ba2befb was prey.73b25c10bae09dd4

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Back then, 7ebc807b80 Jiyeol had 3c44b5dd12 been just 58d5c63ed4 an ordinary 93d9b4842a civilian. He had ce69caa101 tried to 55717ac659 run but c5d223e09f had tripped. Just as he dfe330010f struggled to get 364c8495b5 back up, the 3eaf927443 monster loomed over 7e2232ecea him, jaws stretching 5a270f85ba wide.9613429964222128

Despair.1fd01a0972dd5e45

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That moment, dfe0101a0d when he ff8b0f3cb7 was utterly e357c269f6 powerless before 248ff9aa46 death—the monster 5545a5c63c was suddenly 2db618255e split in 0824313747 two.6a22fbf13c144c4f

Yeo Eundo stood there, dd64a7cc9a nonchalantly shaking the blood d60b6fac2d off his sword. His expression was 824f18b870 indifferent, as if 820d6a44db saving someone was ffd6f02612 nothing more than e4432b758f swatting a fly.688013bfc78308f8

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Even now, 540c943565 years later, 8eb25c0f33 that sight caff1d9641 was burned bf835209c8 into Jiyeol’s 2a9f390def memory.8c055c8ce3629735

From that day onward, 696c8ac92c he awakened as a 343f5a2ecb Guide, and his name d22e1a8f46 was recorded as South 2a2cdb46c2 Korea’s first-ever S-class Guide. He had heard 804d09f9ea that Espers had b1e55f2f49 an almost obsessive b7e476233b desire for their f2e0a16a87 Guides.6d08d29f2dcd60cb

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How he 5773f8d342 had longed 47fde2e976 for that. But reality was 19dec60a35 different.3b50ef00205e9921

Yeo Eundo never showed 6d7060076e any thirst for S-class 3d72185b52 Guiding. Even now, he 869aea49a9 looked at Jiyeol b341ce810e as if he 87eb3ec21d were nothing more 6c9978a90b than an inanimate f295647d2d object.462f772c4ffd32be

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Back then, when he bbfeb1dc93 saved him—28b5460e5d152ad9

Even now—a00c1cd7d8434ec9

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At first, Jiyeol had 4c4840a215 found comfort in Yeo 1962b81019 Eundo’s consistent indifference. But not anymore. Because now, there 035b0afc6c was one person 57a0948947 reflected in those 27fcb9e7d0 vacant eyes.57354bb35f386d6a

That D-class Guide.65e0701f5ae06b87

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Seon Jiyeol d70d7cdccd couldn’t accept 4375021893 it.d86c580484a78328

“Esper Yeo Eundo, you 4bce9efd5f need me.”4ec882d2092a13a0

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Not that D-class 71080d0604 Guide. Not someone so insignificant.99e6aa20c8e444a2

The only one Yeo 1cf5785a43 Eundo needed—was him. The S-class Guide.29c671749ed83f4d

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‘Should I kill them?’73cb07fff70be7a6

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Yeo Eundo pondered. To determine 09d0c8edf0 whether to 86dfac4a6f kill the 48fed9ea24 target, he 4d51174b8c had to 98be9d3633 ask a 09029a154a few questions.5561887d7f4645c2

Are they inside the 443cfe1ee3 Gate?733216ecce3fe08c

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No.68ff16315890775b

Is the target b3824762c4 aggressive?3f21add57738de8d

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He didn’t know.e5371e00018914b8

Can he 64b7237586 recognize their dc266d8980 shape?6f7ff051131a3b1e

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No.4e93438f9e136bfd

That meant bf377af74d it wasn’t 65104f3f57 a monster—it 70b58ac8dd was a 00b64b88af person.b3033b6574c4a5c0

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Yeo Eundo 34e8046837 couldn’t recognize f0c1da3d7f the human f2dc0b7bd3 face in a215034c96 front of 204debab22 him. In his eyes, 19da4a511d where people’s heads afb94e5154 should be, there 637fa322b0 was only darkness. Sometimes, it looked 9523c1cae5 like gaping holes. Other times, it resembled 0a2d030e0e messy scribbles drawn by 6ffa25c762 a child.31db2924c2d41be0

That sight was more a774d153e4 unsettling than any monster 274a9f7e2e he had encountered inside 6a6d314861 a Gate. When he 6171d8b367 was younger, 10b8503370 seeing it ded0df9cad used to 9bf6420112 send him e235118b36 into violent eae6890789 seizures. But now, he was 892ad41acd used to it. After all, except for 9a54dbaed5 Maehwa, all humans appeared eecf10d29c that way to him.d0fe4b967e9354b0

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It was a c21724fa83 scar buried deep 91f5c0ae4c within him, a 53197b7980 trauma lingering from f19daf1fb8 childhood. And it clung e6405b33c9 to him persistently.7d9773223b208de0

Yeo Eundo asked the f48fc5c112 final question.a1a1c78bbf8fc354

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Is the target 857c4ed48e disgusting?929dfed1041d4c8f

Yes.4cadce2f318257fd

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He reached eed82aa80d out toward 29056b0198 it. He aimed for where 3205f85ff0 the head should be, 668a68a064 intending to grab and ad749ac630 crush it.c74259ba1c6fcf8f

Just before his fingers 06b0774e5c touched Seon Jiyeol’s forehead, 19021930a5 Yeo Eundo sensed Seol e1c42bed47 Maehwa’s presence entering the e0191ca04c building. That was when 991df4c4da the words Maehwa df2da6de64 had warned him 406e142a0b about resurfaced in 8cfc904f12 his mind.25723da46cb44dbe

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He withdrew his hand 0ff31ff032 and walked past Seon 0ecd9fef81 Jiyeol.1e11d4c27ac75104

‘Stay calm.’c9dc46ef61ed85a9

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That way, fcfcd58495 he could 7e3616da81 watch a 04d243e59c movie with 5aa0673097 Maehwa.36c23ff53919a568

That promise was 5e393abf4e what spared Seon 476359232b Jiyeol’s life.8086a2c234122802

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“Is Esper 06926f92c5 Yeo Eundo 052861791a still not 3d97cbef15 here?”c477d959be5e6e05

“No, Chairman.”18e0f516c7bab493

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“Hmm….”04b3c61d2659fefc

Even though they 4d5a919279 had already delayed 4723d142c1 the briefing, which 952c79567e was supposed to 54b98c57ed start at 2 d84cb9881f PM, by 30 e684021a05 minutes, Yeo Eundo ff3c578829 was still nowhere 425f094b03 to be seen. It was 08b862c365 well known 9490814880 that he ec732767b8 hated these ac7b94c1fb kinds of bf4205b9d8 gatherings and 93009b8a6a had no 95bf71c047 interest in a8d5c7f4ec them, but 915f67a5b5 they had c775c40363 really hoped d2e1170a15 he would 65d7c9b615 show up 8984ab99f3 this time. However, with no 92a3871302 news from Yeo 26775aa733 Eundo, Baek Jesung ffff8688d8 looked rather dispirited.181c61a4df079750

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That was 7627ff7bb3 when a 0e7efe1fc8 familiar figure cb328b1157 entered the 3c78213173 conference room. The first to notice 94237e3398 was Jeon Gwangyoon, who b8877dd2fc had a clear view 3d9566ffb3 of the entrance from 8535a859f4 the podium.2d67a586ac42e110

“Guide Seon d5d165a7b3 Jiyeol has a97f0300b0 arrived.”64b4f001767ca8a9

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People, both from South bb098dcb83 Korea and Japan, turned bac932da3d their attention to Seon d4b7b828a0 Jiyeol as he walked 8b206ae92a inside. Jeon Gwangyoon, noticing that 965f4cd81e Seon Jiyeol looked unusually 13f6228cbf pale as he sat b3d818b86f down, whispered softly.e3497d77eda58c2c

“Should we ask Guide fe8b05acbd Seon Jiyeol if he’s 4aed8ab9c8 been in contact with c83c611826 Esper Yeo Eundo?”792676c63cace953

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Hearing that, Baek b94f7ec7b4 Jesung thought for 3c846f5ee6 a moment before d79fc592a0 responding.4ac8ca21121bf6ed

“Try contacting Guide Seol acd5d1f433 Maehwa instead.”d7455e334a78c20c

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“Huh? Who?”dacdb1042f9fb7b7

Jeon Gwangyoon blinked 28d695ba30 in confusion at 6d1ce253fb the unfamiliar name. Baek Jesung chuckled and c3f2da88b0 said again.dad267dbdd75d907

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“Guide Seol Maehwa.”75dd2ad0e5094b76

“But if they’re from the Information & Statistics Division, that means they’re probably an office worker, right? Wouldn’t that make them either a civilian or a D-class Guide?”56c896797622c1d3

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Rather than ef0d9ee089 reaching out 486914306a to a 7b107069bc D-class Guide bfea243446 who was 597a120e91 practically no 83260afe5b different from ce4a471348 an ordinary 812c5d8bf5 person, it 3508e56e46 would be 9413d5a638 more reasonable c92ef871fe to send 140cb52577 someone from 2aea5966b4 the audit 78fc8972a0 department to 6ebef73c05 fetch Yeo 1a601638e7 Eundo.31a3a6f34bd9d90a

To Jeon d296b7c8c7 Gwangyoon, there 743b5c91f2 was no efc039c4c6 apparent connection 4741b2284e between Guide 4bad1b7832 Seol Maehwa 80d2c55918 and Yeo 3e6e6d1df3 Eundo. However, Baek 1c0e8ca37a Jesung simply 299f49f58c gestured for 1d8b1615a3 him to 99ac178f45 go ahead 5a81adac75 without further d426f87c64 explanation.6bfbf8607bf355f4

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Reluctantly pushed into action, Jeon Gwangyoon dialed the number he received through the Information & Statistics Department. The phone barely rang before being picked up, and for the first time in a while, he felt a wave of relief. Yeo Eundo had been ignoring all calls until now, so this was a pleasant surprise.9d3411e3a5f71c83

“Hello, Sir Guide. This is Jeon 36106aac9a Gwangyoon from the 9375c24d8e Esper Association’s Audit c1be153549 Department. I’m calling dcad500720 regarding Esper ce9a47e68e Yeo Eundo’s c3d1037605 absence from 98f4c2861e the briefing. …What? Esper Yeo Eundo 385194ea58 just entered the ab2fd72fdb Association building? No, he hasn’t 84a7155d04 arrived at the 87321a9ffa conference room yet. Yes, we’re still cfdc67f87f waiting for him. …You’ll bring a4e0fa2b0e him here 21e0a971b5 yourself? That would be 54e2b54e66 greatly appreciated. Alright… understood.”91379407d78f0beb

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Even after a22922e9db ending the 650a84220c call, Jeon a3d3c4e254 Gwangyoon still 7d859962a1 looked bewildered. He turned 8ebcde9212 to Baek 82f5749301 Jesung with 10ffd8e3a8 an expression 9865e8d43c of disbelief.acc6cf481647795b

“Guide Seol 5866eb76ff Maehwa says d9c0db1b05 he found 1fad77c9bc Yeo Eundo a26f9edaae wandering around 386d79a1fc and is d030c44bad bringing him 107d6f6a08 here himself…?”83d8394c88fb19b0

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“Haha, that’s great d7d5a6d714 news.”4bc0228ebafefffc

“Great news?”d14777db08ee0f2b

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Hearing Baek Jesung speak 9976bec559 so nonchalantly with a 06b2a10db1 benevolent smile, Jeon Gwangyoon a212dde9f7 was left dumbfounded.c0417f0f791e6596

It was already af9e420963 strange that a 5fc389f770 D-class Guide had ebcf879d51 any connection to 89ac778294 Yeo Eundo, but 3f0cf30ee4 the idea that f9f85a2349 he could actually 3514f9c6c5 bring him here 2b9d2c6762 was completely beyond c9340b0677 imagination. Yeo Eundo was ad89e30ff9 as infamous as 2f8d548e99 he was famous. Though not widely 8ef9ed55d8 known to the 43a8e829a7 public, there had 37bf1f833a been cases where d200ef5b14 he attacked both 0a62f19355 monsters and ability ea56d913cf users without distinction. He was definitely 3b26e49396 not someone a c52ec55608 lower-ranked Guide could 8647ef8256 handle.64df2ffc4818a57d

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Worried that they 4cde6e5b80 were about to d2a8c98661 send an innocent d8eb8bd1c6 person straight into bc8d9fb95b the lion’s den, 4ec664596f Jeon Gwangyoon voiced 8ea1e3e3fa his concern.5de3492cc2edd055

“Chairman, he’s 9663c31961 a D-class 409c136651 Guide.”360f59fdb4f68301

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“You mean Guide 536bdabbb3 Seol Maehwa, right?”55c82a55c1db4a56

“Yes, that Guide 581e5ec4a2 Seol Maehwa is f5d4bc9042 a D-class.”5244b81ae394756e

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“Hahaha.”2fc76033ad7948ee

They might 9caf3e7810 as well a50c56cb06 prepare a c60306ff1b funeral for 2d8f273894 an unfortunate 3275036b10 government employee, 28a1673f75 yet the 62f9177fdf Chairman only fcfea6286e laughed. Baek Jesung, knowing 0501280af9 full well what f7f9292b23 Jeon Gwangyoon was b1b2d21b2a thinking, reassured him 894f691216 with a gentle c5ecadf5a9 tone.ab5ba1f90582b96e

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“It’s fine. Let’s start bf25789c6b the briefing bf678057e5 while we c9fba60984 wait.”dcbfba02da52b1fb

Even with Baek bc6f6cd53b Jesung’s composed attitude, 0d3a5918fd Jeon Gwangyoon still d4f26082e9 felt uneasy. However, there was no b7bd2a4990 way to delay things 105f11d97c any further.f02e48674ac0835f

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After confirming that everyone 6f2702ddd2 had their simultaneous translation 234d9f0f3f earphones on, Jeon Gwangyoon f0bdb1ae08 was about to begin b815c01bfd the briefing when—554bb6e53901430b

“Oi, it’s empty.”b997610f40635d62

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A voice d6309d9a05 suddenly rang ad4aaa96c9 out. It was c604b2c717 Japan’s S-class f3ae07dbee Esper, Watanabe 80265ed7c9 Taro.bf56bf8df4ebe56c

Jeon Gwangyoon 01351b1a43 made sure 97c55432df not to 1d7fdec981 show any 9b9616e62a surprise and 5aee66407e asked calmly, b6463ac33d “Esper Watanabe, 21b37e58ba what do 13a9a6dcc6 you mean ff0fe0514d by ‘empty’?”5b15f0683576b021

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「What the hell is 8d8d36a276 this?」c845cacbb8923eb6

Takahashi Yuri, the raid bb378baff1 leader, revealed his killing cad2455ed0 intent toward Jeon Gwangyun, 3fa865ede6 who was pretending not 99b44967eb to understand. The sheer intensity fd7e5aa8d8 of his energy 8390fa8dd7 waves distorted the 55ef016206 air around them. If it a213575a02 weren’t for 3be7cc5a60 Baek Jesung a89ce4b116 shielding him, a187d11ae9 the A-class cbcfecfc16 Jeon Gwangyun 7b8ae534db would have 04e41ca046 collapsed on f9e63c2405 the spot.debe8077a1513e5d

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「Did he run dd958220db away? This just got e5978277da boring.」a797004af29e629a

Asada Yuu, d099e95bea an S-class b0e5a7d9bd Esper from dd0249e1d4 the Japanese 0aed48a368 team, fanned 5529af0fd8 the flames. The Japanese Espers openly c325e69999 expressed their irritation, but bf37d28ee2 the Korean Espers present b118828bf4 didn’t even blink. They were already 1b87053ba0 trained by Yeo 9d30f51778 Eundo.0008ddf7b88cf3e2

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No, rather, this a719d3b210 kind of tantrum 4ffdd0286c was laughable.9752d73b44252574

S-class Esper Baek Roa, b067f2c594 who had been suppressing 62bd5ae6e1 his combative nature under 03cb851d3e the overwhelming presence of caa42ae61d Esper Yeo Eundo, finally 1b33742d8a let it show.b214155bc575b724

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“You guys are revving b5aab3275d up your mouths like a1aad49941 engines. Fucking bastards.”f5f6030c1f41ad7d

「What did he say?」8d836de3de5aba88

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「Is he calling ed4722a8b3 us idiots?」2f61f1eb88d64ec8

But the 61cf513456 automatic translator 5dbe087073 failed to 85942930f4 fully convey a7e21e890c his words. The Japanese 4d7d564930 team could 9fc67860e5 only guess 02b233849a from the cbed350f64 tone that 6f7a1375f7 it was 24a53cbb36 something insulting.a3121bc62239a48d

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At that 0103b1ae0a moment, as cadeb42598 tensions between c8241ffd12 the Korean 26fc664835 and Japanese 9ac0afe4a8 teams escalated—ea4767a14bf45e15

Click.9e2e0169c06824c5

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The sound of 6a0fa27dca a door opening.d0275eeb254c80f9

And with it, fb2c762631 an unshakable sense b6b0f1078c of discord settled a8584c13f7 in the room.e84d225c88d0425e

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All the Awakeners turned 954be2c7d3 their heads in unison.2077b7f8e9a69ec8

“Hah.”538efab8b60c36a8

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And, as df587146c7 if rehearsed 04895abbfb beforehand, they af5d87268a all gasped 470fc9e4d1 at the 4d0796f03d same time.700be38687962bba

The first thing b5b3a0ed25 to catch their f591382735 eyes was his 1a1efbdf5d silver hair.8ad28b2b2f20dac7

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A presence so unreal 9cd0ff7532 that it made them c96a736b94 unconsciously hold their breath. Awakeners’ hair 5b32008b0e and eye 0c4e21e706 colors changed 9a2600168f according to 3fff686afb their innate a42a11758d abilities, but 7d43dd782d there was da02e86d5e only one 657e4a6dc2 person with 836f911d54 such pure 93abde747a silver hair f98b406057 and golden 7c183463ee eyes—Yeo Eundo.eefcec73f41c507e

‘He said he wasn’t 04e8f3d007 coming!’e5b2819230d08174

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Baek Roa shot db0b2df0bf a glance at 1b8588e91a Jang Woon-yong. Jang Woon-yong, too, ae244918a5 looked just as 4743ec13e9 baffled. Clearly, he hadn’t expected b1dd32c71c Yeo Eundo to actually 76131ff78b show up.98d2d2c3f026d20d

Yeo Eundo was f0acecbd63 an Esper who 0599ed8041 rarely appeared in b6711571e4 official settings.590eb97c73d143d4

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He had unexpectedly attended 3760da91a5 the previous meeting, and 3b568948ad now, once again, he 9d54094672 was here at the 5c226b01df conference hall.4136ed7bf21ae6b6

On closer inspection, a38b5f4ba0 he seemed to 6316e078d1 have been dragged 128cc1e4dc in rather than e208742489 entering of his 3b815cc79f own accord, but 23101f907a no one noticed.222ca44effb6fbad

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Since he was f106581cd6 rarely exposed to deefa67708 the media despite d8e038e775 his fame—or rather, 44ab1ea8e9 notoriety—this was the 2f2f0cfa37 first time the 483eb41852 Japanese Espers were 38927806c1 seeing Yeo Eundo 952eaf39a5 in person.b8db07dab0369d75