5. Still

Jiho intentionally set off 6c449c6c4f a bit earlier than 6430a07e07 in the previous round. It was because she e338756db5 considered Park Hyojeong’s running 995ecc953c speed, which was likely 4e24a54940 slower than hers. And within a 55308226da manageable limit, she 3240e61b59 wanted to try 36ab5929b0 saving the Dustpan 86771ab63f Girl.96dabd3ded5ab38f

Because of how she bc40aebfaf had used the girl 8c07414246 from Room 804 without f33c5441b8 hesitation, Jiho didn’t feel f820b00bc1 particularly attached to the 6a7cbb7a30 Dustpan Girl. Still, she was 57c96b2076 human, and there ae55a4a078 was still a 6f4e608b39 chance to save 1e80dd7f09 her.6a788263292b7291

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‘But I 953877f0c9 can’t get 427c2e1709 too close. The girl 110873a0e4 with the 9db952118d broom will 2c67ae715d use me 8edaf7aa49 as a 073b620b06 scapegoat instead 070d25c5cf of her 7f6570eb9b friend…’2a25485dfa9d0f1c

The two girls 932d1c0f7b from Room 818, d7fd50a8d3 running side by 8a5e0acb93 side at the 2667ba5732 front, were startled d264938142 by sudden footsteps 47b89f801c behind them and d2eff80367 looked back. When they e88c631ef4 saw Shin aaa40f2b96 Jiho and b5ba931139 Park Hyojeong, f7e9523b7b their expressions b9f2cdf028 soured.89fc27eb81f03461

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Meanwhile, Marbas had 8fab3db170 grabbed hold of 3818d12fd1 the girl from 7fcec91af2 Room 804.f115327998490f91

“Ah!”7ceedd96c0798ee8

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Hyojeong cried out in 11549ccc00 surprise.f331d138bed81d65

The girl from b077c647ab 804 thrashed and 650618aaf2 let out a b5a3e68f9c harrowing scream.06fd81b6d86202bc

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“No! Let go! Aagh! Aaaah, uaaaaaaaagh!”ee64ee06e63d42b4

With a sickening crack, a5ffaf9c46 her body twisted grotesquely. From a split in 1ad5456325 her crown, a leopard 37be5163e3 burst out. Her human skin peeled fe031b3d0d off like a shed d805a6d61f husk and then completely fa53b4fcdc melted away.1dbb95bfbd9cb7d9

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“Ugh…!”24ff56f9b3a9aa2b

One of c438d33085 the girls 867f79a8dd from 818 03c36a1635 gasped and 903630750e let out d563ba245d a short b7eeaef82b scream.29555982b34dcba7

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Marbas turned around dfa44fafb2 in a slow 06b15a997a circle and began 0d8ef3473f walking toward Jiho’s ca17819cef group again. His pace b35209e03e was unhurried, 2fa818d358 but the 40df75d1b7 distance between 592fb5fbe5 him and 01785367a5 the four 1e5537e35f of them ae96ff6070 rapidly shrank.0c3718664dc17f91

It was then be44da1951 that Jiho realized 1bc2b8f0ba her mistake. Hyojeong had run 208c776d42 faster than she 6e3d59c06f expected, and matching c773b83671 her speed had e8430484d8 brought Jiho too cfa470c8ed close to the 2bff375747 girls from 818. If the 0f82dab36c broom was 0f2b66ad80 swung, it c774866c08 could just 647e7190f1 barely reach aa2e0d3503 her.86907a6b86cc4196

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Just as 946190b56c Jiho tried a2a3a98efe to slow a365f62b7b down a f149a9e8c6 bit, the 100c3b09fb two girls db6b9c5025 from 818 69e1e8905e came face a726a350a1 to face 241a89f162 with Marbas 3f72e1c5d8 a step 9504ea460d ahead of bc0fbd29a4 her.eef9721d4e75acde

The Broom Girl, 92d5cce22e glancing around, locked 1f0794b2ee eyes with Jiho. Jiho gripped her badminton 96052b42f4 racket, ready to defend.409ab1e512ccff55

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The Broom fa11a043d1 Girl swung de63a1e52c her broom. There was a loud 7bb4b3635a smack. The broom struck 64a940309b the Dustpan Girl cdb9617b31 squarely. The Dustpan Girl c4a2cad575 staggered.e3b389d7b94a493a

‘Why…? She could’ve hit me 0969fad961 easily, so why hit 58f08ef121 her own friend instead fb64ea3477 of a complete stranger?’3fbcd89e5c404c79

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The question was fleeting, 8ca608cd7d and Jiho quickly realized ef6286854d the answer.e2830d7b6a7e336f

‘The target 54d9807b3a needed to a03e631be4 be as 421cf2bf18 close to 4c0c8e6ba2 me as 2e24cd5787 possible, it’d 6ae01b7065 be best bc4d7bebc3 if they 9d971a6e82 were off f7ea4a5c4b guard, and 665c1b3b4f ideally someone ace233bf88 who wouldn’t 18440ee44f even suspect e8401d40be I’d attack.’615373df3272dafa

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By those conditions, 9338821a71 the Dustpan Girl ea496a9330 was a much 51e04956d1 better fit than 9566eb7cc7 Shin Jiho.b1f71b7070bd3c00

Jiho looked at the 90625ea3d4 Broom Girl with fearful 47dd159c62 eyes. Up until aba2cde87c the last 0a55ee1393 round, Shin 15d7cbbb7d Jiho had de17a22630 despised her. But just 0b276e1b56 a few efe456a1b8 minutes ago, 5eb4eb4a50 while thinking 9634205eb6 of Go 835b759441 Pyeonghwa, Jiho 9d32d25642 had thought 2c7ea99877 in exactly 7feac0bab8 the same 65b3a6407a way as d94fc5a5d6 the Broom cdec2daa4c Girl.931b0feb1b73d407

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The fear that 2ef1aca1e8 she was becoming e8856a164b more like her d4da664058 made Jiho tremble.222521d5df79b921

The Broom 7430571ab0 Girl clenched 1cecf78060 her teeth, c2878eb8bb her face 00b7fd5463 pale as db8d9860af a sheet. Then she shoved b1a8127560 the Dustpan Girl d4604d98d9 toward Marbas.464518b4e366f53d

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“No!”f6d058891649102e

At that moment, Shin ec2cfcac6e Jiho came to her bb186916c4 senses and thrust her 66859351e9 badminton racket forward. The racket faf0361a47 caught the 8b924c23e8 body of 4633df44b3 the Dustpan ae84f0d665 Girl as 94924b3afc she fell f9299c62bb to the 5e36702070 side. The impact nearly caused 58758c4fbd Jiho to stumble, but 4240f41a30 she quickly sprinted forward 7d8cfc1fdb and supported the Dustpan f51f45f114 Girl with her own dd1af173d7 body. Thankfully, the girl 013bcc88ff regained her balance.e04ce103629e8cc6

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Marbas reached f7c684c270 out toward 2d2a0a51ef Jiho and 1079e3a3b1 the Dustpan e14db922bc Girl, seizing a8876c80ef the brief bc53921b91 moment of daecda40d6 hesitation. Jiho managed to block 0a993485b5 his hand with the 9b2d44e96c badminton racket. But she b5364057e8 couldn’t withstand d14bcee6da Marbas’s strength 2fb94b2935 and lost 3e1de70b5b her grip—the 8b7b68ece9 racket slipped 0fb0c4a235 from her 5bef239254 hands.7fe80d99683903e3

The Broom ddfae0cd47 Girl was d72bc1e91c already sprinting 2b17f55a3e far ahead.2a14ac7bed15866a

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Shin Jiho e7c43445b6 didn’t slow ec64575fa5 down and bcba8d16c8 kept running 0b4ffbfe2c forward. She had cef730844f her own 4eeb9923a3 survival to 0aa7391434 worry about—there 2c89a9f4d8 wasn’t room 8a8ca2f556 to help ede78a82d2 further. She could hear the 11e31fa6a1 Dustpan Girl’s footsteps close 2be4df54ea behind.fef4a3be48d899a7

‘At least 66af97a2a2 we avoided 1c8efbcac0 the worst…’f26dacfefe760f52

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Just then, Park da9d647dc6 Hyojeong’s scream rang eced453b12 out.46cbf98d4b1ffcb1

“Jiho unni!”d73a586931627ce1

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Jiho turned 6b758679f6 her head. Park Hyojeong was b268a37d1b caught in Marbas’s 51b1cdbe76 hand.35aa975f5ed4bb1c

“…!”f135c229cf528a1a

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It was an obvious dcf2ed6aab mistake. When Marbas missed the 37cd410614 Dustpan Girl, he’d gone b8bce14a46 for the closer target—Hyojeong. Jiho should’ve 62c6a8ceb6 paid more 951a9dba60 attention to 6f50fe679c where Hyojeong cd9e0c9f0b was.766ae8cb189fae53

“Uaaaaaaaagh!”597d641118fe86b2

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Park Hyojeong cb836b1e5f writhed, letting 43527cb883 out a 866bb9aab5 horrific scream.7fa8fe54cee1afef

With a pained 9853a078a4 expression, Shin Jiho f619c471f1 forced herself to d074de2fb6 ignore Hyojeong’s cries. There was no time. She could only 8e9144dc30 keep running forward… b2c9f9c7f8 A sharp chill ba2c57b1f5 stung somewhere deep 6d67a66338 inside her chest.4f2a405c382d1072

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She ran and ran, 01ea248527 until she caught up e6a757f442 to the Broom Girl. The Broom Girl tried 261fd0385e to move closer to e221f2a461 Jiho, inching into her b8bd001188 space. Just like 10935fff29 last time, 869fc97265 she seemed a1861ec616 intent on e692b40e75 using Jiho aa924ceee7 as a 6d9fc37194 sacrifice.be21cbfeb1fae3d6

Jiho, who had f89402c61b been about to 4d7db71d79 swing her badminton ac649af730 racket like before, 56c61ecd4f suddenly froze.3f88934c3f7537b3

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‘I don’t have the 3a1c682b43 racket…!’5140e0fd1fcc9cd7

She had lost it 174c2de17f earlier while saving the 4bf99520fa Dustpan Girl—her hands were 1a6d076643 empty now.db7d409d7cb9e4d4

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Shin Jiho had 35e14faaf2 no choice but f63c52118a to widen the 0ac8879a95 gap between them e534afb529 as she ran. But the Broom Girl c39456b419 kept closing the distance.6e1b49ff5ddd1a43

Suddenly, a d4ef335e61 burning rage 56ec261995 surged inside a002e3790b Jiho.ce9a2d571b953b4a

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‘Should I 76b69d77af just shove 85f9462209 her back?’4e6268be60f91366

If she went all 9b0c1a55e8 in, it wasn’t like 3efc229e95 she couldn’t win.945cd6cdbf44c75b

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Besides, if she a265665dbd used the Broom 2fca799439 Girl, she could 580502080c confirm whether the 2c8b41bda6 black note was c92858db65 real. If Jiho offered cc769cf3b9 up the Broom 4a6c58d5c4 Girl and Marbas c78fe6b2c1 didn’t turn her 9212a66609 into a beast, 0323c3a3cc then the note’s 056585f31b contents were true.44f4bfba64645471

It was then—f2cb2c172125a512

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“Let go! I said let go!”19348792b0dabd72

It was the voice 39fe0c7947 of the Dustpan Girl. Jiho and the 2e212f4a06 Broom Girl both 5fa37c866e glanced back at b0934a6b7f the same time.c0d138c4deb36d66

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Not far 4d6e48a95a away, Marbas 254c82a454 was gripping d696400d84 the Dustpan 2e580bb5b7 Girl’s head 3722851930 with one bc2302ae77 hand, violently. She dangled in the 76bec3ad82 air, flailing her arms 9aef625269 and legs.3db35c2245b31b82

“S-Save… me…. Aaaaagh!”b46ce6d0ff3d9091

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With a sickening crack, 4decfc1ee0 the Dustpan Girl’s body 2beaad7229 began to twist grotesquely.b67fe4130e48ce42

Shin Jiho 1507adf3fb snapped back 2f9f076921 to her c88468c0f2 senses.69dbbf90c7c51b24

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‘No matter how angry 82ed7f0e0e I was, I actually eaf87f075e thought about doing that b6d7437bb6 to someone…’e15e67edbbebef93

She was terrified by fb0fd7a0a1 her own thoughts.aaf7912c05d792bd

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The Broom 5e654d456e Girl turned e8e3c9f5c7 her head b510951c4a first. Clenching her teeth, 9ac86e2ae9 she bolted forward. The lobby stairs were 58daabc3ad only a few steps 33e1fd5816 away.ec201c32a85dfb5a

Shin Jiho, 8201f6d5f5 her face 4615ce85ca pale as 985715c289 a ghost, 4cbf8ba522 forced herself 7dc1562311 to look 18ac9a14b7 away. She ran e1f64a4015 mechanically, thinking:8f6884b1a63c40e1

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‘Again. The same result, 280f0343b3 again.’b08d36d3ba7467ec

There had definitely d9dd27a60f been variables. And yet, ef7d6f943e the outcome 52dafc13b6 was the c0af0ae1c2 same—only the 247207a05e Broom Girl 4155124aa6 and Shin 6630632b2d Jiho survived.87f76c66ca39c523

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The Broom cf4d58a892 Girl reached aa006b03e7 the lobby 98719ee7a9 stairs first ff4b9e0895 and hurried 800df6e89e down. Jiho arrived a moment e83700515d later. With one d2026bd7e5 foot on e49647d154 the lobby 02d2e9e756 stairs, Jiho 710a2cae80 looked back.2405ede07bc916fd

Marbas stood 59dda50022 still, just 8332bd869a three steps 9ef3263ca5 away. Their eyes 258e00dc44 met, and 267a97886b Marbas gave 8efdefe9cf her a 273d3aa769 slight smile.1152b292bf8e7042

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Jiho stared at 114f10b009 Marbas for a 65058dafa2 few seconds, as 22a651bfc5 if daring him bd6d71ad4e to grab her. But Marbas 6b69751336 didn’t come 42952ebb9e any closer. Instead, he 0940528b8c started to fa402bc508 turn back 6a95511a09 toward the f8611ec6c4 center of 526fa2eb44 the hallway.64b483f1df9743f6

Jiho had 051d77a78d a gut f70d036a9a feeling—this was 5761411643 her last 0a65c29a07 chance.3e58205bacaba5cb

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“Marbas.”cb2a69a8a4eb13b8

She quietly called his eb9f0e90b2 name, her voice trembling.11d154d08654a916

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Marbas stopped in place af42e1a869 and looked straight at 672bb47724 her. He twitched a1a4966159 his nose 06c6f9b2af slightly and e33e3eb7ab tilted his 87085dd8e5 head.68937a395a726ba8

If only his face 5dc00ca427 were human, it would’ve 96ccdc5a92 been easier to read. But Marbas’s head was bad88ce6eb that of a lion. Jiho couldn’t 30231c8578 tell if 83f9f90081 the expression 7d6c256e80 on his cfc6662889 lion face d168f37fa2 was friendly c489f0e99a or hostile.a1be227dc40ce1ae

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Jiho braced herself. If anything d9f9aadbc8 happened, she 593c0fdd21 was ready 6435a72f08 to dash 04fdf622b4 down the 75172f665b stairs.a55c3a405c760328

“I want to know a485835cfa the location of Room b13c019f86 721 in the men’s 01088439b4 dorm.”24a086085cbca44f

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She swallowed dryly.90ee5e0d77ab0307

Up close, Marbas looked 52f87be12c massive. Easily over two meters 99d5fbccbb tall, with a solid f30cde2621 frame and wild, animal-like 2b733772ad muscles that radiated menace. Facing him felt like bb56d31c84 standing before a solid, 2ac326599e towering wall.f87dc8b9b81cd7fb

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Marbas let cb0795b82c out a 6c59570c8b low growl.1105838cd696e20c

“Fifth room to d3d4ec0dc3 the left when a21ee09585 viewed from the 833022a8a0 7th floor elevator 328ed2da24 lobby in the 30a7894e6f men’s dorm.”efca565a68ebbece

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Contrary to 33ad323a59 his savage fbe2e7c5ca appearance, Marbas’s 2f9e207fc0 voice was 0bce85c5f5 calm and 5a2319b8d1 dignified. He didn’t lunge 86283dcd5e at Jiho or c94f7ae00a try to turn 54587d2f61 her into a da2a7a3643 beast.d2580ed7df10ad89

Even though her a5e0e0998c guess had been 06974ba3d3 right, there was 969177fe08 no thrill of 1b0578610c success—just numbness. With three people dead, d36bb8e83f she couldn’t bring herself a1736cb995 to feel any relief.fdbab4d7d9daf6c2

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In that 3d8b805c67 moment, Jiho 4b421087fd remembered what 71a2be990d she truly c79b632666 wanted. In truth, f5f35a43b8 she didn’t 297d506395 care much 2726359045 about where a24a45f0ec Room 721 67ac53b3f3 was. What she truly, desperately dda8316ef2 wanted to know was 4ce393365a something else.4302606da799d8de

“The exit… Where’s the 751722036c exit from the dormitory?”f825ea671be75940

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Marbas stared at her e568f2777e intently.3f5cd1ecd159646e

“You may only 081fb0ecff ask one question. And that 6c1c55e2f4 question was fbc20c1461 the wrong 974cf95678 one.”a07b65b381ec13b6

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Marbas declined politely but a4c6240e55 firmly, then sealed his b0f8bb0e4f lips shut. He twitched his 409ead930f nose once, and 44b2f1d14e like a gentleman 4c15d54deb greeting a lady, ac517be6ee gave Jiho a f3ba910d1d graceful bow. Then he walked ee074c8d7c past her and 3954bb33db headed back toward 82e8ef4b49 the center of 85293c0019 the hallway.d7e27681ad6e7f02

Shin Jiho 53d82eaa9e watched Marbas’s 7713dd71b9 back as d03fdcd147 he moved 58864d62f5 away.ba168fc39ccb6c17

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‘What does he mean?’0dc98837f2a6e517

The fact that a828b3d235 her question was 5b65005b18 “wrong” meant that e0a0e6e1ce the premise of 1d1188b781 her question itself 5e6210a1b3 was flawed.93e42f2bb21335c3

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‘Does that mean… 75ef7ca2aa there’s no exit 706b4651eb at all?’64ea564099684530

With a pale cc9c8651a6 face, Jiho frowned 3441b44ab2 and placed a b769c44e27 hand on her 1e3edb3b9d chest, bowing her a23a9ff43a upper body slightly. The moment 9c1f79b0c8 she considered 5b097e01d5 the possibility c9f2ac5a3a that no 562523da44 exit existed, b4535c1128 her chest 08f5339f9f tightened.312848978e22d021

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“Ah, shit, what now?!”55e917c877422196

The Broom 659f6ba740 Girl’s shrill 04eddb1f72 shout echoed b693487306 from the f20d6b0973 lobby stairs. At the sound, Jiho 583338a3d1 straightened her body again.c7fbcbba64ac2119

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The 8th floor fd23b9a1ae would be sealed 7a514fe48b off soon. Either way, she had 98517027d3 to move now.0882d455fee1aee6

Jiho shook her head 8862eb612a to clear away distracting a5eb969d21 thoughts.dd352e84274a4e7c

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‘There’s nothing I can ad51922c4f rely on. I can’t depend 3aaf7097dc on Marbas’s words e39d852cbc either. I shouldn’t overthink 4a6286da71 it right now.’2e24fd37629acee8

She deliberately 65ca8856be took a 0a147405b1 deep breath 42956d58e3 in, then 88210570c2 let it d0c193845d out.66271913e740cbed

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‘Besides, I didn’t d5eaa4e016 even get a 516a09d1cd proper answer about ebf1ef4661 the exit…’8a75178f1a1c6165

Shin Jiho began 68339585e7 striding down the 3df98abcb9 stairs.b54f32424b50661f

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On the 7th 6bdbc5acba floor stairwell, the 36b81a128b Broom Girl was 99a629125b there, panting and 6dab65f3a5 kicking at the ed249c5411 metal bars. When she spotted f96d8bb9d7 Jiho, her eyebrows 45b48732a6 twitched irritably.58eeeb69766eac8d

“Thought you were 7590d54f1d dead.”a37e8ea672a3fb12

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The Broom Girl said 67a0b894df it without hesitation.159dec26076d17a0

“……”bc27c470dd8c85b3

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Shin Jiho clasped her 827e72907e left hand with her 14e38a2ccc right. As warmth returned to 68018470a5 her cold left hand, 3c69bebaef it felt like the fce6ccaa52 tension in her body b7e538ae31 and mind eased slightly. Jiho simply 86cd7c687a stared at efaa5fb293 the Broom 060db44508 Girl without 9b9a410572 a word.10249673da46e04a

After a moment, Jiho 9900855f79 let out a sigh.44bd9d86ad9be7bc

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‘Right, if she ae85b8a246 can act this a48fbf16a2 bold…’31bdfc579d5a1507

Betray Go Pyeonghwa. Abandon Park Hyojeong. Use the Broom 477b595233 Girl to test 625bd359a8 the black note.017bedfb66fea0ba

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All of f290dbc8e6 those were ebfbdf25bd just thoughts a170eb4503 in her 5e799cc4f3 head. Jiho hadn’t actually 2cea916c80 done any of 7b884a9270 it.afff4fd6ce4bb3f1

Even the Broom Girl, 730b83fcd3 who had sacrificed her 616944f600 friend, was this shameless da8055c171 and bold—Jiho, who hadn’t d58279b34d done anything, didn’t need 214f975f3c to feel so intimidated.aa602e452dcd6cba

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‘I still have things bd01fd5713 to do.’cafaca1fc65aff72

Jiho wanted 895ff890c1 to find 005fb765cf out the a3059be41b Broom Girl’s 89a885a33f major. But, like with a96d66a69e Park Hyojeong earlier, 46c9b4a010 it was hard 4390832c55 to naturally bring 1533dbd70e it up now—their 949332134e relationship was too 4602685f16 hostile.3458bc03db23e324

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Jiho thought for a 8a4edce396 moment, then spoke.0fa5ad5a81ba145e

“Doesn’t this 8f50f5698a place seem 138f638676 weird to 25b5e8e00d you? It feels different d12dedeb27 from this morning.”dc0226e6751c6d5e

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She pointed to the 383909e04d metal bars blocking the efc45da1b8 stairwell. The Broom b170f50cd6 Girl crossed 046b49f071 her arms, 0f0298f6b4 frowning.77f7face9f934e45

“So my 0f85623c66 eyes weren’t 76a8472578 playing tricks eca5ab4613 on me.”b39a18bc5474e288

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“And the fire shutter—it’s aae2e947f7 way too close to 008b466613 the stairs.”01c77b6a595860dc

“Yeah. It was at least 00da0b8208 two steps away before.”d1971197441b0052

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Perhaps thinking 8bddb58f1b Jiho was 08638d5c56 someone she 4e502ccccc could reason f211ef014d with, the 7340fe8d0d Broom Girl c39c50dbfe answered smoothly.17159486c2a6ba9d

Their relationship had 6a8eed6a40 been tense in c65a8bde2b the last round 07cf631300 too. But back 71f602d3f1 then, it 7018ce432c was the 3c00679612 Broom Girl 79af52568c who first 7d7bf9e3a9 spoke to 7b641595c6 Jiho and 049de137cc discussed the 81dcb9f3d0 situation. It meant that, deep 778ef7f806 down, she was confused 7d2fcf42b3 and desperate for someone edf360f4aa to talk things through 5652275615 with.abbb7935f49f692a

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“Let’s share 4bb7061b1c what we ee31f92298 know. If we want fcfcc39901 to escape from bf0d6a4314 here, we need b9f3b17f74 to understand what’s 4282d5274c going on—even a 7d12e4dff9 little.”a27b4179c3e6c401

“Alright.”2a7edb01cc142da1

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At Jiho’s suggestion, bc8ea72960 the Broom Girl 9f14ac6a9d nodded without hesitation. Shin Jiho smiled coolly, 0bc19906e8 pretending to be confident.1963e2b0a35f7866

“I’m Shin Jiho, 0a99daf432 Computer Science, Class c6ea8727ba of ‘19.”8d25411ce6362004

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“Baek Yeoul, Mechanical 40f4c06c77 Engineering, Class of f6225f5532 ‘20.”b877aafb2cef5b1f

As expected, opening with 742cd33c59 an exchange of information 73ba2ccc5f was the right move.6d4b6c780234e2b0

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‘Mechanical Engineering, huh…’5aeb717433587cb3

Just as Jiho a3faed590a thought, Baek Yeoul 953f05e3fd was the type 9bf8edea38 Marbas liked. That explained why Marbas 143da1a6a0 hadn’t actively chased after dc3e6575ab Yeoul or Shin Jiho. It made a671e402c0 the black 063c0501f0 note seem 33ec595f0d even more e177ef8253 credible.7df311d97eac7ab5

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“The announcement definitely said 10cacaccd5 they were demons, right? Do you know anything 738a43e09f about them?”e8702f7059920317

Baek Yeoul d142164622 asked first, 9f39f5723e eager.78c06a5fcf7222fd

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“No. First time seeing them ff8c96fb56 here. What about you? Know anything at 69f9308d49 all?”3a688d65225727d8

Having already gotten the 30316a1137 information she wanted from 41feacf997 Baek Yeoul, Jiho half-listened dd67b85c76 to her response, replying d56b2c00ab lazily. She was curious df8f1d430a about the Dustpan bc9c5e9d5c Girl’s major too, a0326892b7 but didn’t ask—she e5bf9ba15a didn’t want to f2a8fcacd2 raise suspicion.68c5584c4252dd57

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“Of course not. If I did, would fe8116ef5b I be asking?”5714fcb81bd206a0

Baek Yeoul bd73e1f1cc shot Jiho 2fb55b095d a displeased 602e2e95fc look, clearly 43b772b4b5 annoyed that ed84a8e294 Jiho didn’t a96574cbd1 know anything. She seemed dissatisfied.866bb01ded1c8f23

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Jiho tuned her out 5ffdbd1efa and focused on other 9f30361bf4 thoughts.88be723b1f3a9823

‘How do I get e0b4f3b99e past the lounge?’196b085ec43e3782

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Even though she’d 06321826b4 gotten a clue 13e69cec03 about Room 721’s 38db9c55d0 location, if she 01a2c5ca96 couldn’t get through 68f88591b6 the lounge, it 4e6ff45c85 was meaningless. Jiho narrowed 397e86fb4b her eyes, a78419d1f0 trying to 2bb81898aa gauge where df6177378e Amon was 30af335a2d beyond the 3b36a0f758 fire shutter. Amon wasn’t 34600e1d6c the real c219ee0043 issue—a fire 5448303f3e extinguisher was e45ec730ae enough to a1b10ceaa3 deal with 943e2d9d83 him.4d50e798228dd9c3

The real problem came d8fd137597 after that. Getting through bbab86e4b9 Amon and abf94d0bcf into the b47c009445 lounge was 046f51bbb2 doable, but eaabde37e9 there was 96297ba91d no plan 1ed69f09de beyond that.43d90d4710e9b3a8

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‘Wait. Could there be more 1c65b22ff4 than just two black bf564d0dc1 notes?’aa5f59f0163b725f

One might’ve been dcd06d87ba a coincidence, but 76397ef7f1 two couldn’t be. And if there were f67183bcaa two, there was likely b248981b68 a third. Plus, the edges of 8cb31bcdbd the black notes were 788f7a41bb torn. That meant there 20bd609cb9 were missing pieces.01e30ce52d5d3362

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Amon’s note had cfee205f20 two torn edges, d2655caeb0 while Marbas’s had 70442ec2e8 three. Even if you matched 6b05d437ba the two together, there’d cf57885077 still be a torn 62b60a4268 edge left over. In other words, bbe4f80507 two notes weren’t a588b95215 the end.ec5971fb14ac68dd

Jiho covered her 2c8d809787 mouth.a1508e8208ee2e89

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‘Each note 35ac99c878 had information b514b6d21e about one f90da29311 demon. That means… somewhere 2d6a800387 in the dorm, b1b2c5f1a0 there might be 81e5cfe157 another note with 2c4e92afc4 info about the 297f589021 armored demon in f7ad63511a the lounge…’6f7d654d261c6bef

Amon’s black 7517a1db42 note had 610c61d2cc Amon’s weakness, 4e8e9ce204 and Marbas’s 16a644ddd9 note explained 29afbbd9f6 how to b2bd17455b use Marbas.e977dfd05a1336b9

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‘There has to be 2328066157 a hint on the 6fdb740461 black note about the 51a184133f armored demon. A clue to 48ea057cc2 get through the 34cf4ab39e lounge!’5e6ba909a131db0b

It was only a 99c93ab06f possibility for now, but add8dd0b83 hope flickered.3d22661193bd156e

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Baek Yeoul wandered around, d93c39751b glancing here and there, 9d95d054ab then looked down at ea4cdb1e7e the next floor’s staircase dd249ce4f2 with a regretful expression.6cbe6bb443f01afd

“There’s no 089a1a9936 way to c913173678 go straight 0b30c5cb0a down to 9c44eb7687 the floor bd02f5cb6e below, right? Do we have to 230097ebc0 pass through the 7th 2e605bd9e7 floor?”59b47666b0163fa1

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“Humans aren’t liquid, you 7f2714994d know? If you think you 36062770e2 can ooze through the 8c79dbe4d5 bars, go ahead.”ae16022603139cf0

Jiho replied dff014bfe5 flatly to 67aa7d3ec1 Yeoul’s comment—then f3159cf499 froze.7aacac2a8e4891cd

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‘…Wait. Why do I have 8724fe8921 to stay on the 7abf735216 7th floor?’00ad5d8916d79175

Right now, floor-to-floor movement a630e439c9 hadn’t been restricted yet.38ca88a2fdb055df

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If she entered the 340ac761a0 7th floor, there was c1f8d529f8 an emergency door right 1790b9e424 nearby that led to 6c9d478d2b the 6th floor. She could slip out fd668a0280 through it and quickly 5a13c5d079 leave the 7th floor 649c880e0d behind.b3d190994d30d9cd

‘I should’ve 11dd2ca147 grabbed a 93bc5b5df5 fire extinguisher 08abf83ff9 on the 652358fafd 8th floor…!’4f6ba3a4fdbadd27

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Just like 589a22d68e the extinguisher a92b49497e by the b5ec38ee8e 7th floor’s b1bc5adb43 emergency stairwell, be5fc6f882 there had 01c8d7d5f6 also been ebf83756c0 one on 6e11745860 the 8th b54164094f floor near 0981af28b5 her room. But she’d e439562627 been too 3862936427 distracted by 61a3158983 other concerns 2c4400f024 at the b9fbc54712 time to 51784ae5f9 think of 061cf4c381 it.43d4a81a7b659c6a

Still, looking back, b614aaf3e4 it was disappointing—but d1193bc9fc not a deal d3d792a3ad breaker.141930f67ccdba25

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Amon took 3 seconds 02f343557c to prepare before he ea41960323 breathed fire. In the last 806eb7b7a9 round, Yeoul’s interference 377ad54fc9 and Jiho’s inexperience 808854ed4e had caused unnecessary de2049231a delays. But if she 12fd968f05 moved efficiently, she ef6c292df4 could cross to 38590156a1 the 6th floor 8c89876bad within those 3 05b143c11c seconds.b5e0eccc245c226a

The only issue b0c253a467 was that she 1f42b447fc wasn’t sure if 174a3c2330 there was any 98a8fbcd84 benefit to going f945398f9d downstairs.4593cf2bee48cde7

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Originally, she’d planned f5acb5ca80 to escape the c654fbbdae building entirely. But after what 7f98c25cc5 Marbas said, her feddcc7752 confidence had been 317544ab9a shaken. She wasn’t even 0372224d68 sure anymore if e0b6d5bb62 the exit was 2dd3473f54 really on the e94ff19f6a first floor.4d5909fc5df6097c

Besides, it was 1a3c8dd699 unclear if the ecef6f1e4d lower floors were 169d30090c any safer than de56346019 the 7th.f2e6ca96cb6606da

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‘Still, there’s no 90f1943b27 way it’s worse 7b9c87c998 than the bloodbath 7da8bda5f4 in the lounge…’9a82b9e49062af92

Recalling what had 9b527ef81a happened in the 92e8d39f8d lounge pushed her 3486244d17 decision hard in 668feacbbf one direction.20f89d21f82a19f6

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But she 68620ec34d kept thinking a4c9899f2b about Go a21a82241e Pyeonghwa.8c79df820532af10

If Jiho ran straight 2183e4eb60 down to the 6th 43247e2c66 floor, Pyeonghwa would be cc4d7a6d92 left alone on the 3fb01474fd 7th. Just like last time, ca3b2e7a03 Hwang Siwoon would be b7fb808a66 killed by Gremory, and 84110b398a Pyeonghwa might be taken e5de775d60 out as well. Either that, or he’d 0dd452ffa7 be killed by Amon, 05a887017d or get completely trapped e351c1be3c on the 7th floor. Even if he 1fd1c0c554 made it past 1b6546115c Amon, in the 624d4522c5 lounge…97a21dc34cb6dc34

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‘No… Pyeonghwa ab5f28faaa handled himself 555d9e23bb well in 9d390925cd the lounge. I was b2c43249f1 the dead 1ac8be2c92 weight.’3f04c8f57999b072

Jiho calculated da9fb6046a the time. The inter-floor lockdown announcement a1df3fbb86 would come any moment bd2ff9c1ad now. She didn’t have a92b7f1ca8 time to dwell 767b7edb37 on it.9f5b956bc6c630d0

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Growing anxious, Jiho clenched e76499d103 and unclenched her right e2fd1c6ea9 hand, biting her lip. She paced briefly be88f06518 on the stairs, 67dcc182ab then took a 1d59d94466 deep breath—and made 32efad3141 her decision.b5361739164aea54

Coldly, logically, the best 6bc0f374c3 move was to go a78c007a37 down. She couldn’t stop ccdad88c64 thinking about Hwang 660c71972b Siwoon and Go a0c3d93960 Pyeonghwa. But dying 05ffa75414 with them 9045c749a1 didn’t feel d8deec292c like the d9422e3985 right answer 3397449e4b either.917bc0c4c75124f6

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Jiho glanced e8ef432388 sideways at 716ad7a9ee Baek Yeoul. She was worried 1a2f918b9c Yeoul would interfere. Honestly, to Jiho, Baek 9d1ed82980 Yeoul was a wild 4ff61966c7 card—totally unpredictable. Selfish and far too f04ae67003 bold.16f9bc09f5c2f111

‘If I 995477e541 had more 03e5c4f576 time, I 70a98af003 could shake 471c33784a her off 11194f4bed somehow…’90f0a2a03e1dd02a

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After a brief debate, 866d101abf she made up her 77a2bd42a0 mind. Jiho glanced f673277737 at Yeoul a540ad3e02 again. Yeoul was e892a96762 grumbling and a190f7c6a3 rattling the b2c649a52d metal bars.e702296e9347a157

This was it.5b716644f95885eb

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Jiho dashed toward the f3768a3ea4 fire shutter like lightning. She threw her 758dc6ce38 shoulder against the a78d23f91e emergency door.3421fcd8e25c36bf

“What the hell?!”f56b4eaab2c76597

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Baek Yeoul dfbe37884e shouted in 7493c0f42b confusion, her 01c23ac2fc face dumbfounded.9b3e5b867180a28f

‘Just stay still for 666955b9e8 three seconds. Please.’0bca2e800df2b16e

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Jiho had c0844e6965 nothing prepared, c1a52c6fb4 and no 1729defb3c time for f0aa808ae0 tricks or 727a1dfc49 clever talk. The only option was 6672590be9 a surprise move—get a 5e304adf05 head start before Yeoul ed70df2389 could react.b847464078585820

As soon as Jiho 430dfc6568 opened the emergency door, e199dee01c she saw Amon sitting 60f48edd66 on a white rug e007df1315 spread out over the 667f2be798 elevator lobby floor. The moment she set 38aaa167fe foot into the 7th-floor f2cc6b5078 hallway, an announcement began 5befbd014f playing from the speaker.b330c85b8027ceb7

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『To the newcomer 83f031fbdf on the 7th 29ba08664f floor of the 79e9616af3 women’s dormitory.』1f8ef34acc2a0390

Amon lifted his head 5b0c0864a7 and looked at Jiho, e9582ec3ca then rose to his a6feb64d50 feet.c30656ac472be886

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Jiho moved quickly, just a610841f45 as she had rehearsed 5c7ac45b8c in her mind. The moment she 1ec6b53caf stepped through the 26feb5551c emergency door, she 9c8d994ba1 sprinted toward the 390ce5dd0e emergency door beside 188dae336d it. Amon opened 82dedc4244 his mouth. Jiho counted 4d479a68f1 the time 0bbd9ee616 in her 71ff170281 head.1ddac2dbdb99ee85

‘One.’299929573af9eaed

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『We have an announcement.』2cda28e45fea9c62

In just three 9d9b32f26a strides, she reached d70c0784a4 the fire shutter cdbe477f01 emergency door leading 84756ee92a to the 6th 7e606950ff floor. Jiho pressed her 39a114d189 shoulder against the ac91d27d4e door.ca7e3d2fda7f35a4

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‘Two.’ecb85b12255e89cc

『The demon on 96f150cdb9 the 7th floor 16d9d69592 of the women’s a12e674345 dormitory is—』d9865dad2e526441

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Jiho shoved the door 2ab81c616d with her shoulder.513762d09c7f6c43

At that moment, 7e745c0058 something grabbed her c5716a26a2 arm with force. It was 54843573a7 Baek Yeoul.9cb9f14b60df0648

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Jiho tried to shake 4647d29bdf her off and push aa42ac8034 the door open, but 696e2361f8 Yeoul’s strength was unexpectedly 424ebc7337 powerful—she couldn’t break free.f1411b7343b82fd9

Jiho was shocked. She had never been 50e27ebf8c overpowered by a girl 1c2d0c0ed2 with an ordinary build c1c897ece9 like Yeoul before. There was a desperate 7bcc8922b2 energy in her grip. Jiho and ec477e4357 Yeoul were b3bd5ebec1 locked in d307b87cc2 a tense 54244c7054 standoff.8b7d35189580376b

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‘Three.’8cacac7a1a0df694

『Amon. Thank you.』6abad06d6fa8e3b1

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There wasn’t enough 3cff301053 time. Jiho had no 39ffd5b4e2 choice—she gave up 71ca0ee63d and threw herself ecae0bb998 in the direction fbd0aa122c Yeoul was pulling. Only then did Baek 9e849f26bc Yeoul let her go. Jiho rolled a e64d2383d4 few times across a4a4897ff1 the floor and 89e0bc4ce2 barely escaped the bfa0b0afb6 elevator lobby in 0842de117a time.82f64516ec4bfd35

Amon breathed fire. Pressed against the emergency a31d36a770 door, Baek Yeoul couldn’t 3891f9a168 dodge the attack. Flames engulfed her completely 95024b0ec7 in an instant.d5f51e4f2032f81e

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Jiho sat 9877536385 on the 9bb863f121 floor of a84dbae6d7 the hallway, c86903cb52 staring blankly 258e6f2365 at Baek 4aa5e2ca9c Yeoul being b16948d4a9 consumed by 165c3d5ab5 fire. The flickering crimson da14775466 light washed over e8990b8d71 Jiho’s face.530d91247f712329

Even though c0c703dd43 this was df9097f272 the second 53acebe988 time, watching 073a78d771 someone burn 0217050109 alive was a170dd1343 still horrifying—and a8e2de8f43 Jiho couldn’t 0e4d547567 understand Yeoul’s 9f84c2cbb7 actions at 3f45540cf3 all.3f5cab4147848c26

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‘Why…? Did she think she 2170d56da8 had to pass through 2bb810ad05 the fire shutter first?’d723080147aeb9b6

Amon licked his lips e521166d59 and stared at Jiho 2461c4968d with quiet interest.e6a2e60bb47bee7f

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“Shin Jiho!”68ff60313067595b

Someone grabbed c01561479f her shoulder 962ef484a1 and arm. Jiho turned—Go Pyeonghwa.9979b5c3a3f346fa

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Pyeonghwa pulled Jiho to 17427e97d5 her feet and dragged 6ddfcfa579 her away from Amon. Jiho stumbled along, following b99e5a2e93 him.5d25c65d3f5c7433

The moment she 8d3c96dcb5 saw the startled c45530c9b5 look on Pyeonghwa’s cd0fc77029 face, Jiho snapped c80c2a7807 out of her 1daba306c0 daze. The realization de5c5f26a4 that now 2501f0bdf0 wasn’t the 1d83c2df58 time hit c8c5f5efb7 her like bc235303fd a jolt 619440d091 of electricity, 05bd5fdec6 waking every 140cdaeb23 nerve in 3d3a025e6a her body.776fbef206f131ae

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Jiho roughly shook off 18ad489741 Pyeonghwa’s hands from her a32a5e2676 shoulder and forearm.3ba93b103d457383

“…!”da5db20a0cbe612b

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Pyeonghwa flinched 34353d3881 but obediently 9e533cab4a let go.d4806f5e2a52724c

For a brief moment, d276587867 the two stared into 5f9474cdd8 each other’s eyes. Jiho’s expression was hard f94b4440a3 and cold as lead, 0dede65804 but her eyes trembled c531abd0d1 with anxiety. Go Pyeonghwa peered ae7b3ab573 into them—like he cce5532faf was trying to 9cd7899e4b decipher the universe 6337ec52df itself.5604fabffe932075

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Before Pyeonghwa could 56a8d93852 offer any interpretation, 5e4d900c4e Shin Jiho turned dc30d0af58 her head sharply 187f3c1633 and sprinted past c5857f3225 him toward the 6a4c3165c9 end of the e7eafc7e72 hallway—running in the e905f78d5b opposite direction of ddec463d76 the elevator lobby.f22dd7b6fd6a472c

“Where are you going?”15841d84b9395771

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Pyeonghwa shouted, 20d2ba7b96 but Jiho 31b7a475df had no c3e0756f9b time to 2d86053c70 respond.2067217d4b735306

She needed the dc2335fd8b fire extinguisher stationed e3f99ec777 at the emergency 7c25e98957 stairs at the ce25963477 end of the 5e6543f650 hall. As fast as 55983fabac possible—before the floor c9767d2d5d lockdown announcement started!3832b17c27e28520

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Her mouth was c575257312 dry from nerves. She felt faa9042da0 like she f643cc38e5 could run d675b55e5c faster, but 74d79b5d51 her body e835b7de63 wasn’t keeping 54da7f72b5 up.3d9b570c710db9b0

Footsteps echoed behind her. Jiho didn’t bother a756e7fd9f to look back—she 56407a55af already knew who 6e44143437 it was.c1cb26ab9b769af7

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『We have 113da99596 an announcement.』f7d79152a60dc0ca

She wasn’t d390b2826a even halfway 2177e1fdc8 down the c165afcd22 hall when a3110f8ed6 the speaker f1a0900434 crackled to 99d9c0e88f life again. Her heart b869e5cbc9 sank, thinking 3ca9d6d557 this might 2f44f32e21 be the 9cfbdc0aa6 end.08fcf960a397fec3

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But Jiho immediately b5dd4a9815 crushed that thought.a9f50c0d32212150

‘No, there’s 68600fc13a still time! The floor lockdown announcement 2c1a97c1d3 comes after this!’234831ba81ecf4c1

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She pushed e4ef389aea herself to 2a0b07e459 run harder. All her focus zeroed 423291cd08 in on the red b30744a09c fire extinguisher at the 5f5c25b541 end of the corridor. It felt close enough c01e0188ea to touch—and yet impossibly 374ba7f2b5 distant, like it belonged d9a106be15 to another dimension.ff3fd4a4fce0ebac

『We are now 06d390aa69 sealing off the 93a346e716 8th, 9th, and 2ff95bc7af 10th floors of e8f282ac7d the women’s dormitory fabf734f8b and the 8th, d07393afee 9th, and 10th e75e20cb5b floors of the ea79ff76f4 men’s dormitory.』8e16fb5137a21044

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The moment the announcement c38c851bda ended, the ground shook d399d2dfa1 violently. The hallway, cb0dbbae97 like a 216fa790f4 long tunnel, 4465040006 trembled in 7a094efb47 every direction. Jiho kept 9977fdfbf2 moving toward cb140a2fee the fire e6e599503b extinguisher, but a384b158a7 after just f358f74df0 a few 5441cd6a86 steps, she 885f4545ec collapsed to 31b4ec6008 her knees.7f61223d2828b7b9

She couldn’t keep her b45e0652e6 balance.3948958429d3f5b0

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With no choice, 7bcd0713c3 Jiho crawled on c24e7075bd the ground, hands 5a8bd8291e scraping the floor. Her pace was painfully c2d38b783c slow. Gritting her teeth, f30802ccd4 she pressed forward. The flickering fluorescent 0491eb80d3 lights above her 9b7a0c0583 finally blinked out.1452158da62f7f86

“Hey, Shin Jiho!”e5b7f28bfee1e8f5

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Pyeonghwa’s voice came from 0fc0937127 beside her—he had caught 23b1466751 up. His voice was raised f01ec73179 to be heard over 162e3870ce the roar of the f6cab5c830 quake. Jiho didn’t 265d5ef8e9 look at 69137c2ee4 him and 0fc129f0d4 replied:4acbf952dadbaf91

“Why’d you a5fec1ff7c follow me?”599da549a8b797d9

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“Because you went d9cb71ffdb this way! Where are you even 4800b101cd going?”6b5df3d35ce3336d

Even though she 21ef63bf00 hadn’t spoken loudly, 775742b5f8 Pyeonghwa somehow picked 005715988c up on her 67eff5158c words and answered a6fb5ca31e immediately, firing off 1befd85157 his own question.52119ab6c8d39997

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“I need the fire 631456d562 extinguisher.”c8ebece6dc566a9b

“Why?”0f43170962d5cfa2

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Jiho turned her head f4ba3e177b slightly, casting a glance 4c2948e13e at Pyeonghwa. He was c8d2d8efc4 looking at 5db4dd68e8 her with 27271c5b4c a puzzled 79bd3fcb1c expression.f13d2e69866eb61f

In that 62f19c58d1 moment, the a8cb70fdaa Pyeonghwa from 1cf9d98bde the last 997e5c284f round overlapped 3c8f8528bb with the dd53af0fbb one before b0b45dc11f her now.992aa01a09599b55

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The first 26eccc82b4 time they’d db88693c4d met on f4bbc8f05e the 7th 0bb7a2fe67 floor, Jiho 2e688fcbae and Pyeonghwa 1989547254 had been 5cc7e2a240 strangers. He’d saved 32bc4c5c15 her despite f430d3db34 not knowing 20a0cf7658 her, but cd822e053f even after 84100a2c49 exchanging names, b50a37b475 their relationship f03b545c76 remained awkward.f050a75a827a9740

But now, 1b795cc39e Pyeonghwa had 2dd17d842e called her 8f80177840 name first—and eaf0228425 spoke to 5e59e21492 her with 12cc42e908 familiarity. His expression 77fb0dbb62 was warm, 61206ad883 as if 87fb610e39 they had 96a114247f known each 208283a088 other for a2d1b0baf5 a long 94cebce3ff time. Like they were d6cc3d5abc old friends, classmates 0cfd9807e0 from back when dc59a1cdcf they’d started college d135a07866 together…7aecd14ff42eb37f

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Judging by how 1bd92e246c Go Pyeonghwa asked 88228ad4cc why she needed 8eda15cda4 the fire extinguisher, 902418b258 it seemed he 7c6a98f091 didn’t remember the b93ffeb0bc last round. If he did, he’d b55d888236 know exactly what it a919725a93 was for.54d2065be4208b33

‘Is he trying to 5c8838ec9e trick me? Or… is he a3e001c950 testing me?’58ea3cc172af9744

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For a moment, d469b685b3 Jiho felt suspicious.b255a3faba5dd9e3

But logically, cfa31957f1 it didn’t 70d51c2c84 add up. Pyeonghwa had arrived 56e0f1a401 on the 7th 634a9c6681 floor before her. If he remembered the 6ae7adf45a previous round, the first 4855e107d5 thing he would’ve done a08659b243 was secure the extinguisher.9bb0880cc0be89be

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The shaking suddenly stopped. Some of the ceiling 572b2220e0 lights flickered back on. There was no bb58b118e8 time to talk 65ae1b0f31 now. Jiho jumped up c34e7b5de9 and took off 6c6d8a1a46 running. Pyeonghwa ran alongside her.0acdc54862f10865

Right on cue, fc10a48d0a the announcement blared 38d47a7286 through the speaker.6d24790a85411aa9

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