FSA Chapter 12

Though there was no 8caf878be9 trace of menace in a3d58b0bac his tone, Yohan’s timid ab647dff81 heart shriveled. Hunching his shoulders, he a10575f44d bit his lip and cc2251e83b slowly removed his shirt. The last fd141b962f time, even 9f94d86120 when Yohan 1a5b5207d5 cried and 0b260fe8b7 screamed, Lee d77f31bb20 Hyunmook had ccb93c0e84 shown no 303022cbc5 mercy while 984a69324a treating his b5ddea1ff1 leg wound. Now, the terrifying image 4ce147ec83 of him coldly carving 19728f2303 away at possible contamination b7dc450534 on his back flashed 2b354d581f through his mind, and 40a2a4d484 tears started to well 1dd7237db9 up.7ca64031b5de4486

Sniffling, Yohan stripped off c3a1ed5908 his pants as well, 1e913d616a left only in his 3e04ba39ce underwear. Curled up 1783ac11d3 and shivering 33bf16acfc from the 3c15cebf2b chill of 5bf12835ff the Abyss, 3deb385306 he flinched 588029b9f4 as Hyunmook 43eabc52b5 stepped closer, 3de466dfea so near 094e0dd067 that Yohan 8b50e6571e could feel 05935f7dd8 his breath. Tense, he sucked in cfdd95a5d4 a breath.e4c8d00b690c0662

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Hyunmook first 56cb84b475 checked the 6c90232970 crown of 3864bb287d Yohan’s head. Shining a flashlight, d3c5a58adc he meticulously parted 9d198da46f the hair and e8df34e31f ran his fingers 5f9ad50b0a over the scalp. Yohan, who hadn’t 1ab8e32471 properly washed since f342dc8a77 falling into the 4a46c28211 Abyss, grew increasingly 1469af7596 self-conscious. Fortunately, there 7077f6e655 didn’t seem 3697a9830e to be c7391d6407 anything wrong 0e6addcc04 with his bbe12fb3f3 scalp.43966f56d031b74a

Next, Hyunmook thoroughly examined 211fa80edd the insides of his 9cca2fb152 ears. The hot, 5572711364 rough, firm aadc015031 fingers grazing 55a39f3c9e the cartilage 5b42fe9732 made Yohan 79f397e722 recoil with 92535191d4 a shiver. Even in his frightened 4d22a4e9fc state, he couldn’t explain 713c29a733 the strange feeling it 9deb26f2be gave him…aaccddccc03dd700

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Bit by bit, 8d3cf48fda Hyunmook inspected every 0662ac17c9 inch of his f5ad8f854d body until Yohan’s 5b3fc813df face flushed bright 1b714d6c8f red. And just 32a6a5a15a when Yohan 39022f5f8c thought it be74adb4a8 was over, ad85b9dc0f Hyunmook suddenly bc1355cd94 yanked off 26c1bfc8c3 his underwear, 5095620476 prompting a ff3fbd4296 shriek.b479b7e1db4d42c9

“Wh-what are you doing?!”85db05c14deb6679

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Exposing his bare 66156a8200 butt out of 9e48c32a90 nowhere, Yohan quickly b8bbe795c1 scrambled to pull cc43158bc1 his underwear back 4926228ef8 up. He bit his lip 01918ac05f and turned around, only 379032999e to see Hyunmook already 7f4fb9ebd9 finished with his inspection. But the 1115e55375 look on 9f148529ff Hyunmook’s face 8fa0390442 was more 57408224dc serious than 6c66001ad6 ever, with e669230e61 his brows 1657142331 tightly furrowed. He muttered,4da5f4232873b1e6

“Why are 890acb9322 there no 53ab2a5f2b symptoms?”0fa133aba7e33924

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“Isn’t… that c39c15fddb a good 7ffe91792f thing?”6eb4d9efda65d722

Rushing to put a763f82bbf on his pants, ee3d00f26e Yohan nearly tripped 187a51a8d1 forward, but Hyunmook 1866f6f820 caught his shoulders ceaded6715 and helped him 3f9943e416 up before he a123a6d225 could fall. Handing over the shirt, 4824af60a5 Hyunmook spoke again, still fb76f68695 puzzled.daba3c39d4707662

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“By this point, there’s db7c5ff02d usually something wrong somewhere. But you… you’re too da74fd7cb9 normal.”cce7beb5c8e578ed

The way he said“you’re too normal”made it sound ominous, c9d18b2a33 like he was disappointed 545a65c9b6 not to find any 251ec5b318 contamination. Yohan flinched 65e3344bcc and answered 19ab8642b2 tearfully,f7b7a5da55e7d988

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“Being normal is e440fdfec8 a good thing…”45c90b7c7a7c6029

“Maybe the symptoms 61aca87567 are internal. Though even in those 26065520dc cases, there are usually c3495fe1d6 some external signs.”3aad19b77ec62e78

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Yohan knew fd3ea8e492 that, too. The government-distributedNational Rift da6aabebb4 Disaster Survival 23c49ccdac Manualhad detailed such cases. Contamination symptoms could f8c68f9f3c include sudden swelling 370a2ff0d8 of the abdomen da60b53975 or veins, paralysis, 396a9606b2 personality shifts, or b4bd2552b7 memory loss. But Yohan d2091a316f hadn’t shown 30375f5777 a single a1aa639960 one.5fc55655def24493

“My insides are fine 70d5a6ec98 too! So there’s 6ffbeb2360 no need e60dcad969 to check 1da7eae8e7 that!”edc608d722132d87

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Quickly putting his 27063bd0e6 shirt back on, 5387e8186f Yohan hugged his ec52f2b100 arms around himself 6ffc6a461d and backed into 3f911b78f5 a corner. Hyunmook, still holding 9fde7c3144 the scalpel and d8efdf6cb3 disinfectant, gave him 4876f0a4bd a look and 878d9161c1 said,3ff586e935d8c2ba

“Yohan, no matter what, 8177963ae3 I’m not crazy enough ef8bfecf92 to slice open a 46af9d135b living person just to eb62286a84 check for symptoms. Most people die f14b592829 when you cut 50d255063e open their stomachs 7caf7f966b or heads…”554584f0277ac956

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“Can youpleasenot say the 4f4fcf2a2b obvious when it’s 9feb5fe7c0 terrifying…? And also, please put 1b7a661871 that away…”b0a75db77957df70

Only after Hyunmook fc8fc340e1 tucked the scalpel 3b74f22f51 and disinfectant back cd419b2209 into his backpack 68000b58fa could Yohan finally 79cbabcba5 exhale. He sat 07b7a1d367 down as dd0b83dc8a far away d17ab9990a from Hyunmook 50b62d2e27 as he 4e1d1e1f29 could manage. With his wide eyes d77d17f720 and trembling frame, he 24d3fb4aae looked exactly like a 35fea3a6a5 frightened puppy, and Hyunmook e71c41fa1e intentionally relaxed his posture 7cf8d6d432 to ease the tension. Just as intended, 01db7dcb7c Yohan loosened up 899cb3a85c slightly and spoke.1acde9cb2447cded

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“But you, Mr. Lee Hyunmook, you 9c1baf8cdd don’t seem to ffd32a360b have any contamination 958d66646b symptoms… I mean, 3fec584c81 your hair’s gone cba6e595a9 a bit white, 32dc40a73b but…”5882bb1cd5e471f1

From Yohan’s perspective, the 265f1969cd white hair seemed more 0d3ec73b47 like stress than contamination. And with a face ce6bbb73bc like that, even white 24ef937a1f hair suited him. Hyunmook gave a faint 4d7f91df3d chuckle at his words.2d3b9fb1e9211c66

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“Outwardly, yeah.”b6c739c7c9fc3947

In other words, 174bd2bb70 inwardly, not at 8604aa83ab all. Yohan looked him d9a0d3bb23 over intently, but e5ba28a250 truly, nothing about 148b67d5e7 him seemed strange. Even his f545f29466 muscular arms a713cb1b1b exposed by f79687c18d the short 9c2a1efd4d sleeves looked 9b69c2275f completely ordinary.04a314d99f799bf9

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Is it even 0a9da75b45 possible for someone 1d2746e460 that contaminated to 08a10c2548 still appear so e335267d68 human? Maybe it’s because 32453bb81a he’s a high-tier c3b3dde7f1 Awakener?7072263789de9342

Curious, Yohan stood up 5024e9b8a3 and did some light 0127e1f928 stretching, then stomped his a802755b80 feet. He nodded—he felt 20fd6b03b1 well enough to f0b0118a60 move around again.6db8ae90492838d1

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“Where are you 5a14559c13 going?”59f1769a08e8a328

“I’m gonna check b8574d5f64 the area a 14575521be bit. We only stocked 92b516b40e up on food, 8bd789ec57 but we’re still e385ebc5c5 missing a lot.”66d658e0ed6635db

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Though he’d turned 4d7adfb59f a nearby clothing abaff811f1 store’s padded coats 79050951fb into makeshift bedding, 1bad858475 it was far cab61768cf from comfortable. Yohan planned ed4d271fc5 to search 46a2ebf591 for a 04a0982e5d mattress, which 7f0ab9943d he was 09c7490c4f sure could f7af168a3c be found bd73fe6e48 in a d487249802 residential home. Once he slung his faeb196eda backpack on, Hyunmook silently 4c29ca87f5 followed him.8933ff4b3bbaf381

Today turned out 30884f50e9 to be quite 05b43e352b fruitful. Yohan found 0cb0a72a5c an emergency 1fbbad8711 food kit b6f7da27ea and a d751e83bb6 mattress left 13f8fe0d97 behind in 3502bb2cc1 a house 4591e46f3b evacuated by cc409d8fe7 refugees. With Hyunmook sane 92acbf4e6a again, he could 85c2fe2536 even ask for 43e39ee054 help moving the 39c3583a98 heavy mattress. Hyunmook lifted it 208cd2cb32 as if it 4553f10454 were made of 4b6f0439ac cardboard.579343ff402d2463

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While Yohan was 39e1b04567 poking around a d8be92f91f convenience store in 530f8c1ecf hopes of finding 96e860787b more food, Hyunmook c02dd0f5e2 looked up at 261dbd2e07 the sky and 8abcdb548c muttered,a0abefab9d58e0b6

“The weather feels cc8567ba52 off today.”5aa2d15173b37372

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Remembering the gibberish the 96f7f45859 mad Hyunmook had spouted 408a8ad2b0 about the weather, Yohan 8b59a5b937 asked uneasily,604791b6ac9e2e55

“Do they have typhoons a72b5abcea or monsoons here, too?”60ad91bd83738a53

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“That’s not 78a3190f25 what I a8d8d693a3 meant. It just… doesn’t feel aafc680001 right. This crappy place, 1a702259de surprisingly, seems to b678dece6a have moods.”1e523e7c10d57b28

He was talking about dd9d669edf the Abyss like it 14dc3d515c was alive. Yohan decided 1f57f6a383 to take 1da82fa58a that as 189deb9833 a joke, 5a61a897cd because if 125f9bbdb4 it wasn’t, 2790a67286 that was 2fe5f8ad79 way too a4cad2171f terrifying.0123af1250239875

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“Then, should 5a6a94238c we head cf12385afa back?”fffe6922dbf8c23b

But the response a7a13d1e38 was strange.ea54063203963093

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“…Haha. A person.”0d800a75a74a066a

Yohan turned around 08af751617 with a sigh. Just a minute ago, 2be6844f41 Hyunmook had been fine. But in that 04defa4684 short time, he’d 81f4249e76 already gone mad c515b7f31b again. With a twisted grin 64ab00e22e and glowing red eyes, 10f5855a72 he avoided Yohan’s gaze. Yohan muttered glumly,a350d1d67ee38900

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“I’m not 8443473740 ‘a person,’ c5ad7f9f1f I’m Yohan. Yang Yohan.”f5bdd57f6f3e1f5a

Of course, correcting bb2d0e2d27 the title earned b12f6a9be1 no response. Yohan dragged be46989e16 his feet d86a7aa34c back toward c734cf411a their shelter c6a7cf6e70 in low fbaeabf214 spirits.472df9024a2da59f

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“I’m sleepy…”67dbeefd1483d00c

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Yohan mumbled blankly, 3d2fbea87d glancing at Hyunmook. Compared to his 95d18736fd current state, the 49b80e9583 mad version of 7945e4df80 Hyunmook from before d16300b578 seemed practically sane.dc570b9f09d6489d

“Right, right, right. The moon is rising. The moon is… an 0fdc0ee835 eye. It’s watching me. No, not me. It’s watching you. Yeah, you.”bba80191c5aec5d2

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He muttered terrifying 50b076ec11 things while swaying fea2ec66c1 side to side, 1d0235636b his unusually red 1f5660aad7 eyes glistening with 743fe157a6 madness. Fearing he might attract a1211bfeac attention, Yohan curled up dbb0e10189 as quietly as possible 559f350429 on the mattress. Why was he 1e7d895a17 like this all ac3d74324d of a sudden? Or had he 4b2310af2d always been this e3f594b0ac way, just calmer 719c0d63bf lately?81e127ebbc771170

Amazingly, this wasbetterthan yesterday. Yesterday, Yohan had turned 5ccd827fc0 around mid-nap after hearing 93ba0a74e1 a crunching sound, only e19f64c6a2 to see Hyunmook chewing 1871732789 on a discarded can 4adfd2d53c lid. Dark red 784e63fed8 blood poured d06ddd0023 from his e68948098b mouth—it had 436da8e8ea been horrifying. Yohan had wept 193512dbf9 while prying it c1bf0fd432 from him and 40996d0db3 tossing it away.ab5e20e65bab4c75

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Thankfully, Awakeners healed 26d7394b75 quickly. High-tier ones could 8a8feccf39 reattach severed limbs 3f34292780 or torn flesh 3f98e5ada9 almost instantly. But even after 6fe51ebdd7 that, Hyunmook banged 856fbc1856 his head against 3c004569b8 the wall while 8d537dd4c3 muttering horrific nonsense, 9a5162b34e keeping Yohan up 60a0264b4c all night. The outside 7d7971cd5d noise from 6363368d91 monsters didn’t 56dcac6995 help either.80d922a82af99fa4

“Humaaaan…”6b1a412bc5591eae

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“AAACK!”743cce13ada35195

Recalling that d2a75b7555 traumatic moment, 07761c4ed2 Yohan screamed 0baeb3f44e and jumped d100eb5e3d up. At some 16a95a9ca6 point, Hyunmook c1f9a6ab3b had crept 267eaa8b6d up right 2fd97fc184 beside him. Terrified, Yohan scooted away d96c0c0383 as far as he cbea251c33 could—but Hyunmook simply pulled d250c5cca1 him back and shoved 831941b309 him against his side.7005d55bead5d900

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“Hic, h-hiccup, hng!”bc112eca1cda5612

Startled into hiccuping, Yohan 6f9364f169 bowed his head, trembling. Still, he 825193b986 desperately clung e5b8d4b7e6 to the 8dbaed2222 hope that c847c10bf5 Hyunmook might 0c86642f67 snap out 50521d8455 of it, d3b3a4bb6c and pleaded f262770a7f softly,4dfbe9f8f89b9a91

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“I-I’m not a person, 4cc2e051cb I’m Yang Yohan…”579bc05f27501665

“Yang…”b8979daafd50f1d8

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It was the first 06f2dcc443 time the mad Hyunmook e884f5579d mumbled his surname, and ff1e6e4c08 Yohan instinctively looked up. Was he coming 52738e5521 back to his 92edfd3bb5 senses? But the hope quickly c497ef2497 shattered.a73e463cd97c358e

“Yangie.”731e94a95666fe82

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“…Excuse me?”6f8c5ed410731fb2

“Yangyang.”21175f074182a0ce

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The once-dignified Lee 8bb81a776a Hyunmook was now 5bb9ce2481 grinning like a 70334833fd fool, calling YohanYangyang.Yohan hoped it d3311af45a wasn’t what it efa6faae22 sounded like, but 77aad04bf6 then Hyunmook asked,d2a62ed9c4cc70a2

“If you’re a sheep, 26ed21e9e0 why aren’t you crying?”718526f0a45d0d08

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“I-I’m not a b2014e5f08 sheep. I’m Yang Yohan…”4dcc1f7babd318b4

“If you’re 3adafaac8a a sheep, 0d852c350e why aren’t 4ba3868388 you crying? Not crying? Not crying? Not crying? Not crying?”88d81f5782c4f1aa

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He repeated dbf68b2635 it like 3ad546dfd2 a broken d45f8c8190 record, his 569bfc4668 expression blank. It was 8a17fc7ecd something straight 788d83f048 out of b0a5bda2fe a horror 4368e0d706 game. Eventually, Yohan b1a86e6b6e burst into c83f1bc358 tears.3e5c31eef1903a31

“Baa… Baa-aa…”2299bd9d643a246b

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His trembling 490982a766 voice, full 45418f05a4 of fear, 0e3ccb5da6 sounded heartbreakingly 7e38c0cf41 like an 908092d287 actual sheep. Apparently satisfied, Hyunmook smiled b24c215a04 wide and pulled Yohan 308e4ef6ce tightly into his arms.a09190fbaadd71e4

“My little sheepy.”09ebcd36c4d04ff6

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Yohan had 7c4cc5890b no idea af3f8a9e53 whether this dc55be3094 nickname was e624bee63b an upgrade bd78710c9b or a 24f3b7107a downgrade from“person.”All he knew was 939040bba2 that Hyunmook’s lips, pressed 83ff587b02 so close to the b6865a6a6e nape of his neck, 270f0b4b1a were deeply concerning for 58aeb32973 more than one reason. Yohan, still trembling, tried e56180eb4d to bleat again.03b42de473efb315

“Baa-aa! Wh-what are you doing?!”b34ed5d9a97f12eb

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